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Porcupine Tree — Lips Of Ashes
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westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 18:31
 

Pensive.

Still the best CD to date. I am at a loss to understand why this CD has not garnered more attention.



1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 09:52
 
Splendid guitars !

Sturff
(Moscow, Idaho)
Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 21:20
 
After the cult with no name's lies this is excellent. Bill, awesome feeeling! Spiraling down to soberness. Thanks.

globecroqueur
(Pau)
Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 11:42
 
Thanks to Radio Paradise, I discover Porcupine Tree on your radio ! I love itT

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 11:40
 
 coloradojohn wrote:
Wow, I'm really loving the sublime spectral nature of this piece...stunning strings, keys, percussion, vocals — and truly mind-blowing CRANKED on a good system in a place with good acoustics!
 
If you like this one it seems like someone is in for a rather large porcupine flavoured treat - they keep getting better

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 09:32
 
 ziakut wrote:
Beautiful in BIG way. Gleaming through the clouds in slow motion!
 

Just played this touring through the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of central British Columbia.  This area has some of the best high mountain lake and dry plateau views in the western cordillera.

 

Stunning.  



coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 13:34
 
Wow, I'm really loving the sublime spectral nature of this piece...stunning strings, keys, percussion, vocals — and truly mind-blowing CRANKED on a good system in a place with good acoustics!

jim1964
(1379 miles to Wall Drug)
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 13:33
 
 justlistening wrote:
Anyone else reminded of CSN harmonies
 
...now that you mention it.

justlistening
(So. California)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 11:51
 
Anyone else reminded of CSN harmonies

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 11:49
 
Beautiful in BIG way. Gleaming through the clouds in slow motion!

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 11:48
 
 MiracleDrug wrote:

I DO play and I find Gavin's time displacement stuff to be AMAZING!

 
Harrison has posted a ton of videos on YouTube explaining some of his techniques and even giving demos. Truly a cool dude and an artist who wants to share his skills.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 06:29
 
 Canlistener wrote:
Just went and saw Gavin Harrison's drum clinic - what a thrill.  I don't even play but a couple hours of watching a genius work for $10 was a great night.  What that guy can do with one hand while holding a mic is amazing enough!  Next week Steven Wilson concert and John Wesley is playing with him....
 
I DO play and I find Gavin's time displacement stuff to be AMAZING!


Canlistener
(Ontario Canada)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 06:28
 
Just went and saw Gavin Harrison's drum clinic - what a thrill.  I don't even play but a couple hours of watching a genius work for $10 was a great night.  What that guy can do with one hand while holding a mic is amazing enough!  Next week Steven Wilson concert and John Wesley is playing with him....

jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 17:23
 
I saw them twice, last year.  They are easily the most proficient and exact band that I have ever heard.  True professionals and students of their own music.
 

Canlistener
(Ontario Canada)
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 07:14
 
 Propayne wrote:
PT could easily put out a CD collecting the rare stuff and extras from old eps/singles etc.

Wish they were out on tour.

 
 
Steven Wilson is touring this fall to support his new solo album out the end of September.  Got tickets myself for Toronto....

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 06:19
 
PT could easily put out a CD collecting the rare stuff and extras from old eps/singles etc.

Wish they were out on tour.

 

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 16:22
 
 heliosweb wrote:

Well, this is what I appreciate about Steven Wilson and PT. They do experiment and break out of boxes musically, even though it usually retains the PT feel. Their different albums over the years show not just the ability to experiment and grow, but the persistent desire to do so. Steven Wilson and PT don't remain static, and that's a very good thing.

I enjoyed listening to some material from Wilson that I haven't heard before, posted here earlier by another listener, but I'll share the link here for your edification and listening pleasure.

I LOVE PT! If it wasn't for RP, I may have never discovered them. They deserve so much more widespread recognition than they're getting. I'm really hoping I can catch them live some day. (Missed them last year when they appeared here... dang it!)
 

I love this link!!! I listened to Disappear 1997 demo which surprisingly is on the European release of Lightbulb Sun. It is not on any other release that I know of and I got it from my years of gathering music from the now defunct alltunes/all of mp3 Russia Site. Yeah, talk to me later about stealing music, I got something light years before most Americans did. I even listed this song to the Radio Paradise Upload Song links, but it was shot down since Disappear is already on the RP list of songs via the Recordings CD. Steve Wilson is so dynamic and this song has so much angst, his story of him going nowhere and his lover going places too fast for him to keep up the pace.

Wonderful musicians and excellent writers, one of my favorite bands to date.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 12:39
 
 Deadwing wrote:


Steven Wilson's favorite song in the world is the Beach Boys "God Only Knows"    true story   {#Music}
 

Steven is far from alone in that assesment.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 22:13
 
 RadioDoc wrote:
And (*gasp*) The Doobie Brothers.
 
How Ironic !  

nice tune 

Null
(Out there (where the truth is))
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 07:06
 
I saw them live in Heineken music hall twice, in the Melkweg and in Paradiso,  Amsterdam  (is there another place called Amsterdam? I mean the Capital!!!) their Paradiso gig was awesome, I'm just saying that I never saw a better gig.  (and i have seen a lot!)


heliosweb
(New Mexico USA)
Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 16:27
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
And see this is one of the Porcupine Tree songs that I really like, but then they will play one that sucks and doesn't even sound like the same band! Strange band.{#Eek} I give this one a 7.
 
Well, this is what I appreciate about Steven Wilson and PT. They do experiment and break out of boxes musically, even though it usually retains the PT feel. Their different albums over the years show not just the ability to experiment and grow, but the persistent desire to do so. Steven Wilson and PT don't remain static, and that's a very good thing.

I enjoyed listening to some material from Wilson that I haven't heard before, posted here earlier by another listener, but I'll share the link here for your edification and listening pleasure.

I LOVE PT! If it wasn't for RP, I may have never discovered them. They deserve so much more widespread recognition than they're getting. I'm really hoping I can catch them live some day. (Missed them last year when they appeared here... dang it!)



sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 - 13:25
 
 westslope wrote:
Not sure I really liked this song the first time I heard it.  But then it just grew and grew.    10

 
Agreed...it has grown on me as well, very nice.


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Nov 14, 2010 - 09:28
 
Not sure I really liked this song the first time I heard it.  But then it just grew and grew.    10


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 17:04
 
I love the ethereal, ringing guitars. This would make a great instrumental, with violins playing the vocals.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 12:58
 
These guys are growing on me. Next week the`ll play in Germany! I would like to see them!!

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 12:58
 
PT does CSN.   ; )
(Oh, looks like I wasn't the first to pick up on this!)

robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Aug 26, 2010 - 13:08
 
{#Notworthy}

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Aug 26, 2010 - 13:07
 
"Prodigal" from this CD hooked me.  I've bought a ton of their stuff since.

nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 00:56
 
Harmonies like Nash and Crosby..............beautiful and distinctive

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jun 23, 2010 - 15:54
 
The la la la bit is the best part. Nicely layered with the lead guitar.

bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 04:23
 
too much la la la

Wilmshurst
(My pineal gland)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 11:17
 
meh

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 11:06
 
 posworld wrote:
OK, that's it. I have to get this CD.
 
That's funny I had the same reaction last week. Great album, though I found it to be pretty dark. I have to listen in small doses.


posworld
(Michigan)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 11:04
 
OK, that's it. I have to get this CD.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 18:18
 
 RadioDoc wrote:
And (*gasp*) The Doobie Brothers.
 
Yah think!?!!


RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 15:21
 
And (*gasp*) The Doobie Brothers.

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 15:17
 
And see this is one of the Porcupine Tree songs that I really like, but then they will play one that sucks and doesn't even sound like the same band! Strange band.{#Eek} I give this one a 7.

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Jan 16, 2010 - 12:06
 
Shades of CS&N, Pink Floyd, EL&P

bbryan
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 02:20
 
C,S,N & S (Satriani)


That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 22:06
 

Commented on by Deadwing —> "I'd like to hear CSN tackle something as heavy as Anesthetize... (not that there's anything remotely wrong with CSN...)"
There was a time for CSN&Y, as there is a time for PT, but don't forget who came first and who's influence PT
has available to learn & emulate. They didn't pull "their" music out of a hat. PT should be so lucky as to influence
as many artists and the whole of the music world, as CSN&Y have. Today, behind every great group is another great group from yester-year. It's evolution, and if PT was identical to CSN&Y and some of the Pink Floyd influence I hear in their music, they would be just another R&R band. Give credit where credit is due.. as to assume that today's groups just fell of the turnip wagon with a golden touch is naive at best. 
"Teach your children well"- - - CSN&Y


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Nov 14, 2009 - 16:50
 

Hi gang!

Am enjoying The Incident.  Immensely.   Listen to it almost obsessively if driving.

But reckon that In Absentia is still the single best CD to date.




1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 10:49
 
{#Yes} snowcat wrote:
The guitar solo gives me chills.  Awesome mix with the bass line.

 



farbenblinde
(Vereinigten Staaten)
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 10:46
 
I truely love this band.  They get inside my head and my dreams.

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Sep 12, 2009 - 16:59
 
 westslope wrote:

Steven Wilson points to the Beach Boys as a major influence.

I would guess that the Beach Boys were a major influence on many bands including CSN(Y).

 

I find lots of early psychedelic Beatles influence in the Stupid Dream, Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia CDs to keep this cowboy ultra happy.



 

Steven Wilson's favorite song in the world is the Beach Boys "God Only Knows"    true story   {#Music}

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Sep 12, 2009 - 16:57
 
 westslope wrote:

Clicked through this morning and bought from amazon.ca 2 Porcupine CDs, 1 Steven Wilson CD Insurgentes and finally The Republic Tigers Color CD.  The Incident is a pre-order.  Due out Sept 15, 2009.

Finally ordered The Sky Moves Sideways CD.


 

You will love all of it!!! I hope you are going to the show at the Vic! I'll be at the Cleveland HOB show on the 21st  {#Jump}  So happy... The new album is amazing btw!

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Sep 12, 2009 - 16:20
 

Clicked through this morning and bought from amazon.ca 2 Porcupine CDs, 1 Steven Wilson CD Insurgentes and finally The Republic Tigers Color CD.  The Incident is a pre-order.  Due out Sept 15, 2009.

Finally ordered The Sky Moves Sideways CD.



westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 12, 2009 - 08:21
 

Steven Wilson points to the Beach Boys as a major influence.

I would guess that the Beach Boys were a major influence on many bands including CSN(Y).

 

I find lots of early psychedelic Beatles influence in the Stupid Dream, Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia CDs to keep this cowboy ultra happy.




dedawson
(You never know where you're going til you get there (currently, Thousand Oaks, Ca)
Posted: Jul 27, 2009 - 19:14
 
 RParadise wrote:
The legacy of Crosby Stills and Nash is alive and well.
 
On the nose.  This is most excellent.


RParadise
(Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Posted: Jul 11, 2009 - 12:47
 
The legacy of Crosby Stills and Nash is alive and well.

DaveInVA
(VA)
Posted: Jul 11, 2009 - 12:47
 
This song reminds me a lot of Crosby, Stills and Nash stuff from way back when...