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merkin_muffley
(Down the rabbit hole.....)
Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 11:27
 
 aspicer wrote:
REALLY liken' this one - haven't' heard it before and sounds different than other PT...in a very good way! PT fans - is the rest of the album more in this Pink Floyd like style or more like their other stuff?
 
This was my first PT album back in '93/94. Saw a half page ad in a music magazine and one of the quotes was

"if Pink Floyd had just released their first album then this is what it would sound like"

So in my opinion more spacy and soundscapey (?) but if you like 'em now go and discover their early stuff. 

haretic
(toward Abad, just south of Maitri)
Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 13:52
 
  coy wrote:
        does anyone have a clue what he's talking about ??

westslope replied:

The up and down moments of performing.  From exhilaration to wishing you were dead.  (Well, not literally...) 
 
I'm further confused to see Alan Duffy (King Africa?) credited with the lyrics for this song. I had a fine series of pictures in my mind of a man at the tail end of a stimulant binge writing sentences on 3 x 5 cards, and then finding a sort of non-linear order in his own chaos.
But now I am just impressed with the diversity of Steven Wilson's "connections."
Actually, I'm pretty sure you're right, westslope. {#Cheers}

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jul 15, 2012 - 15:29
 
 coy wrote:
does anyone have a clue what he's talking about ??

 
The up and down moments of performing.  From exhilaration to wishing you were dead.  (Well, not literally...) 

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jul 15, 2012 - 15:27
 
REALLY liken' this one - haven't' heard it before and sounds different than other PT...in a very good way! PT fans - is the rest of the album more in this Pink Floyd like style or more like their other stuff?

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 08:05
 
 MLavender wrote:
...  Porcupine Tree stands on their own, and in my personal opinion, they're actually better than Pink Floyd (and that's coming from a big Pink Floyd fan).

 

Agreed, agreed.

 



abbey_normal
(Behind keyboard)
Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 12:43
 
 Shannon is gone away... drifting out to seeeeeee.

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 21:39
 
had to put on my headphoners for this
now i'm sailin

MLavender
Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 08:00
 
Some of the greatest progressive rock of the last quarter centurty.  I like all of PT's "phases", but as a big Pink Floyd fan, I might like this phase most.  But it's all good, and by no means do I consider PT a modern Pink Floyd.  Porcupine Tree stands on their own, and in my personal opinion, they're actually better than Pink Floyd (and that's coming from a big Pink Floyd fan).


jpdribbler
(Berlin)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 12:08
 
 coy wrote:
does anyone have a clue what he's talking about ??

Not really, though there's definitely a sad and surreal vibe going on. One of my PT top 5 for sure!


I sat in the room with a view
The girl in the photograph knew
Can't you see?
Why is she laughing at me?

I stumbled through the dark unaware
The face in the hall isn't there
Tomorrow has gone
Where do the voices come from?

Watching the leaves as they blew
Lost in the room with a view
Climb the walls
You did not know me at all

I fell through a hole in the floor
The audience cried out for more
Fadeaway It's just another day

Hit heaven far too high... 

 

 

 





coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 21:58
 
does anyone have a clue what he's talking about ??


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 12:12
 
...beautiful one, this...

Neil66
((stav) anger)
Posted: Jul 02, 2011 - 02:46
 
 Propayne wrote:
Early PT, middle PT, late PT.

It's all good PT.

 
As long as middle PT is not PMT.... I agree...


Neil66
((stav) anger)
Posted: Jul 02, 2011 - 02:45
 
LOVE PT!!!

wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 07:45
 
 sbegf wrote:
You know your going to like a song, when you are completely drawn in by the first few notes!
 

Agreed - this tune always pulls me in deeper as it progresses.   Love It!

Dave_Mack
(Saratoga,CA)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 07:44
 
 cosmiclint wrote:

Yes, in fact it inspired me to go find this.

Of course, YouTube wasn't even around when you posted that question in 2003.

 
That's cool!  The internet evolves while we watch and listen{#Dancingbanana}

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 07:43
 
Early PT, middle PT, late PT.

It's all good PT.


sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 07:42
 
You know your going to like a song, when you are completely drawn in by the first few notes!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 21:10
 
I love this - I'm in a spacy mood tonight. Snow is coming down like it really hates us and wants to extract revenge. I don't know what we did to piss off snow, but apparently, we're targeted. I will NOT be going anywhere tomorrow, so RP, brandy, and Rosemary and Olive Oil Triscuits will be my menu. {#Sunny}

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Nov 23, 2010 - 12:28
 
 ambrebalte wrote:
Got a new mp3 player two days ago - walking with this song in the streets of Beijing, grey and dark at dusk. It's like walking in another world.
 
{#High-five} A stranger in a strange land.....


stephanier
(South Africa)
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 07:22
 

Oh yippeeee! I love PT {#Hearteyes} Haven't heard this one before......so chilled and beautiful {#Meditate}



RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 14:12
 
 mandolin wrote:
...but you just played steven wilson twenty minutes ago!..

 
and your point is?  ;-)



ambrebalte
(Beijing)
Posted: Jan 10, 2010 - 03:13
 
Got a new mp3 player two days ago - walking with this song in the streets of Beijing, grey and dark at dusk. It's like walking in another world.

cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 - 09:26
 


 Dave_Mack wrote:
Nice. Does anybody hear (or remember) "Worlds Away" by Strange Advance somewhere in there?
 
Yes, in fact it inspired me to go find this.

Of course, YouTube wasn't even around when you posted that question in 2003.


That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 - 09:15
 
Yet another group I heard here first on RP. Thanks for the musical clinic Bill.

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 - 09:14
 
 westslope wrote:
Wilson understands that spaces and silences matter, something too often lost on much of the prog rock genre which can get 'busy' and 'noisy'.
 
yep, which is why i can't call myself a true prog-rock fan, nor would i categorize PT as pure prog-rock


Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 - 09:09
 
{#Sunny}{#Guitarist}{#Sunny}

fuh2
(salmon land)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 20:27
 
Some interesting sounds going on here.

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 20:24
 
...but you just played steven wilson twenty minutes ago!..


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 19:31
 
Hit heaven far too high.

fuh2
(salmon land)
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 19:30
 
Wow, I think I can see Russia from here.

cmrump
(Flatland)
Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 10:33
 
 Foot wrote:
Forever thankful RP 'helped' (in the best sense of the word) me discover Porcupine Tree; really good stuff. 
 
I had no idea that they had been around this long (1993) & longer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Tree


Pyro
Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 08:05
 
 etcarroll wrote:


I second that thought! Thanks RP!!!
 
Third!

(also Steven Wilson and Patty Griffin - had never heard of any of them until I came to RP.)



etcarroll
(stuck among the Amish)
Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 08:03
 
 Foot wrote:
Forever thankful RP 'helped' (in the best sense of the word) me discover Porcupine Tree; really good stuff. 
 

I second that thought! Thanks RP!!!

DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 08:00
 
 Mugro wrote:
{#Sleep} How boring....
 
You mean your own comment?


Foot
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 21:26
 
Forever thankful RP 'helped' (in the best sense of the word) me discover Porcupine Tree; really good stuff. 

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 15:48
 
so sad I missed this...  was listening to Moth Vellum...  don't bother   {#Tongue-out}

Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Feb 28, 2009 - 13:25
 
{#Sleep} How boring....

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 04:16
 
 baltimorelovejoy wrote:
Is this what they call "space rock?"

Maybe it should be called astral-travelling rock.

See you over Greenland?



baltimorelovejoy
(Philadelphia, PA)
Posted: Sep 23, 2008 - 13:38
 
Is this what they call "space rock?"

drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Sep 23, 2008 - 13:38
 
That searing guitar chorus kicks ass big time

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Sep 23, 2008 - 13:37
 
 Deadwing wrote:
Listen to Dark Matter loud 5 times. It will change your life
 
"Dark Matter" loud 5 times.  OK, I could use a change of life.  {#Music}

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Sep 23, 2008 - 13:35
 
AAAAAAaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh 8

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Aug 23, 2008 - 00:51
 
/melts

Nabla
(Munich, Germany)
Posted: Jul 22, 2008 - 08:54
 
Hi Rebecca and Bill,

Please play more progressive rock.

I am missing other prog bands in RP, such as The Flower Kings, Glasshammer, Transatlantic, and, and... There's a lot of them.
fingerpin
(OhiO)
Posted: Jul 22, 2008 - 08:52
 
eastcoast wrote:
This song drags


This song weaves.
Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Jun 21, 2008 - 02:15
 
I thought one song on Signify "Waiting Phase One" was excellent, the rest were mediocre


Listen to Dark Matter loud 5 times. It will change your life
Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Jun 20, 2008 - 23:22
 
Why hasn't John Wesley simply joined the band?


There are several theories here-

Gavin says it's because he has silly hair and sings like a girl... (Gav is teasin offcoz)

He has been on the last 3 albums doing backing vocals, so in a sense he does record with them already

Wes has his own recording studio in Florida and has released quite a few CDs of his own stuff. He's an artist in his own right. I think they are happy with the status quo. It seems to be benefitting both PT and Wes.

And btw I'm salty I missed this song- I adore it. That guitar in the beginning... /melts

Also I would like to remind all you guys keeping score at home- this is one of the very early PT songs, with Steve Wilson playing all instruments himself and doing all vocals and writing, when he "was" Porcupine Tree.

sunny_day
(East Coast)
Posted: May 20, 2008 - 10:06
 
Not a PT fan, but this ain't bad.
1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: May 20, 2008 - 10:05
 
WOW..I can't believe I have not bought this one yet..
westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 20, 2008 - 11:31
 
Been out in the wilderness trying to drown myself..... Was unsuccessful.

Deadwing: Why hasn't John Wesley simply joined the band?