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Inside the vehicle the cold is extreme
Smoke in my throat kicks me out of my dream
I try to relax but it's warmer outside
I fail to connect, it's a tragic divide
This has become a full time career
To die young would take only 21 years
Gun down a school or blow up a car
The media circus will make you a star
Crushed like a rose
Feel the river flow
I am I know
I am I know
Dark matter flowing out on to a tape
Is only as loud as the silence it breaks
Most things decay in a matter of days
The product is sold the memory fades
Crushed like a rose
Feel the river flow
I am I know
I am I know
'''Spoken:'''
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy and you're more relaxed than you have been in weeks. All those childhood traumas magically wiped away along with most of you personality.
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 14:37 About 10 days ago on a long drive, Steven Wilson's latest solo CD--the raven that refused to sing--finally grabbed me.
It is an acquired taste--it might help if you enjoy both Yes and King Crimson--but I think he finally made something on par with Porcupine Tree's In Absentia. King Crimson fans absolutely must listen to this. Parsons co-produced. |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 14:32 magnificent |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Apr 09, 2013 - 19:57 PT is one of the earliest and best reasons I kept coming back to RP years ago. I have to thank Deadwing (who we haven't heard from enough lately) for her enthusiastic promotion. PT is one of my favorite bands ever (and "ever" is a meaningful time-frame for moi). Agree with fellow RPers, PT is wonderful. What's amazing is how relatively few have heard of them—sadly for them, happily for us. |
| Beastie (Harrison, NY) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 16:17 Totally in agreement. They are truly talented. Thanks to Radio Paradise for letting me know about them, now have all their records. ottovonb wrote: I just really enjoy the way so many PT songs evolve over the course of 3 minutes or so. There's a complexity there that keeps them interesting over repeated plays. And they just create so many wonderful melodies. |
| ottovonb | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 16:12 I just really enjoy the way so many PT songs evolve over the course of 3 minutes or so. There's a complexity there that keeps them interesting over repeated plays. And they just create so many wonderful melodies. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 16:12 Amazing. 1st class. A consistently enthralling band. |
| expatlar (Michoacan, Mexico) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 16:12 Okay, so you make me walk back in from the garden and log back in just to rank this song. Good radio. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 16:06 A Masterpiece |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 08:25 Don't know if this is the correct word but I consider this one of the most "consistent" bands of the last 20-25 years |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 08:25 Coworkers again comment once I crank the guitar solo: 'Must be that porcupine band again.' |
| sssterling | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 00:05 smackiepipe wrote: That song is SOFA KING the bomb! "Sofa king." Laughing out loud - I'm SO stealing that! |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 15:18 So True ! westslope wrote: That lead guitar just doesn't get any better. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 17:28 That lead guitar just doesn't get any better. |
| jules44 (Sunny North Carolina) | Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 17:24 Why don't I have this album?.......................? |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 13:54 High score for music, high score for cover art. |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 19:31 If anyone ever asks, "What is 'Porcupine Tree'"? just play this (preferably through good speakers and amp) and get their reaction. You'll see if they know… |
| linzie | Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 19:29 hansvw wrote: The more often I hear this song and many other Porcupine Tree songs the better they get. Also their live performances, such as the excellently recorded DVD in Tilburg (Netherlands), are really good. Some are even better than the studio recordings, especially the ones with second vocal and guitar parts by John Wesley in live setups. just gonna comment meself... |
| hansvw | Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 03:56 The more often I hear this song and many other Porcupine Tree songs the better they get. Also their live performances, such as the excellently recorded DVD in Tilburg (Netherlands), are really good. Some are even better than the studio recordings, especially the ones with second vocal and guitar parts by John Wesley in live setups. |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 05:07 gjeeg wrote: Today's stuff is often great but never measures up to the Original Masters. I'm stuck and dated on the First Innovators; Yes, Genesis, Floyd. Everything since then is derivative - not plagerized, and often a good tribute - but never rises to the same frisson. Proclivities wrote: That's pretty much the same sentiment a prior generation has said about a subsequent generation's music, throughout history. Maybe that "frisson" cannot be attained for you from newer artists because you are no longer as young as you were when you first heard those other artists. I have to agree with Proclivities up there... What appears original to us usually only appears that way because we have not heard what came before. I don't think it's a stretch to say that Yes, Genesis, and Floyd were influenced by the early guitar legends, some freestyle blues guitar, and early psychedelic music. Then, to bring it further back, you could point to big band music and jazz. While I'm no music historian, and I'm also not old enough to remember the early rock greats, I feel pretty confident in saying that all music, like all life on Earth, is in a constant state of evolution. Humans and chimpanzees are not the same animal at all, but if you look at our DNA you will see much that is alike and can draw a direct line in our shared evolution. In nearly all music I've heard, I could do the same if I am familiar with what influenced the musicians. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 05:49 Sh!t yeah, It's gonna be a good day when it starts out with this. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: May 14, 2012 - 10:09 donnyballgame wrote: PT Skull Candy Phones My head just melted and I got absolutely nothing done for the last 4 minutes. Heck yeah, that last 2-minute guitar run can peel paint off the walls. |
| donnyballgame (41*53'36.29N 87*38'20.43W) | Posted: May 14, 2012 - 10:06 PT Skull Candy Phones My head just melted and I got absolutely nothing done for the last 4 minutes. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: May 14, 2012 - 10:04 That song is SOFA KING the bomb! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 14, 2012 - 10:03 gjeeg wrote: Today's stuff is often great but never measures up to the Original Masters. I'm stuck and dated on the First Innovators; Yes, Genesis, Floyd. Everything since then is derivative - not plagerized, and often a good tribute - but never rises to the same frisson. That's pretty much the same sentiment a prior generation has said about a subsequent generation's music, throughout history. Maybe that "frisson" cannot be attained for you from newer artists because you are no longer as young as you were when you first heard those other artists. |
| Imkirok (The Arctic Hinter Land) | Posted: May 14, 2012 - 10:03 westslope wrote: The later CDs are much edgier. Some of the material has been described as prog metal. That begs an interesting question. This may be kind of an open ended query, but has anyone done a chronology or timeline of PT/Steven Wilson albums? i.e. how do their early albums compare to their later stuff, or are they more random than that? |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 12:23 One more comment and I will shut up. Gavin Harrison is an amazing drummer. But the former drummer Chris Maitland contributed excellent vocal harmonies and that talent has been lost. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 12:21 gjeeg wrote: Today's stuff is often great but never measures up to the Original Masters. I'm stuck and dated on the First Innovators; Yes, Genesis, Floyd. Everything since then is derivative - not plagerized, and often a good tribute - but never rises to the same frisson. I love Yes, Genesis and Floyd. Listened to Yes obsessively in the early 1970s while still in high school. Must disagree. Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree is better. |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 12:17 Today's stuff is often great but never measures up to the Original Masters. I'm stuck and dated on the First Innovators; Yes, Genesis, Floyd. Everything since then is derivative - not plagerized, and often a good tribute - but never rises to the same frisson. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 12:16 horstman wrote: It came out about 2 months ago. Typical Steven. Dark, introspective, haunting. In other words, awesome! Hi horstman! Just received Grace for Drowning a couple of days ago. It will require a few more listens before I dial in. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 12:13 So is this song psychedelic, progressive rock, space rock? Labels please! Just bought On the Sunday of Life, one of the first PT CDs with basically Steven Wilson on all instruments. What can I say? I'm hard core. The blurb by Steven Wilson that comes with the CD is most interesting and almost worth the cost of the CD alone. |
| Marzz_13 (Cape Fear Coast) | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 18:57 Poacher wrote: Oh my goodness. This is rather good!
I bought this cd a while back, played it once did not get it and dismissed it. My ears must have been turned off that day. How weird it is that one can 'miss' something when you are not in the right mood to receive it in the aural cavities. Yes! Did the same with 'In Absentia' many years ago. Put it away after initial listening-Now, like most Tree Nuts, I.A. Is one of my Favs. |
| countyman (Pittsburgh) | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 18:53 I agree with the comments below. Never heard of PT before RP. The more I hear them the more I like them. Can't wait for them to visit the Burgh. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 18:43 scrubbrush wrote: i don't listen to much, if any, commercial radio. I do listen to KEXP (Seattle's 'college/underground/alternative'-type station... i've never heard PT ANYWHERE (except RP) and i don't understand why they're not more popular on commercial radio and/or 'underground' stations... they're really great Snap that. I'd not heard of them either until I wandered in here many years ago. Great band. |
| dlaumor (Nantes - France) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 07:04 Still a big Waouh !!! What a fabulous song. |
| slott (Ugerløse, Denmark) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 07:04 Yess... love these earlier PT stuff. |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 07:03 it really is THAT good |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 07:02 Fabulous song. |
| ski19570 (Northern Sierras, California) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 07:02 Never get tired of hearing the Tree.. So good... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 07:01 Great song. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 09:28 Just made my lunch hour perfect. |
| csuess (Munich GER) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 09:24 Again a big THANX to RP for introducing me to Porcupine Tree a couple of years ago, when I was working late, hearing "Trains" ... Rest is history :-) |
| dlaumor (Nantes - France) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 09:24 So Good ! |
| wenatchee (Duvall, WA) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 09:23 So distinct, upper level stratospheric . . . |
| ShaunJ (Tsawwassen, BC) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 09:23 jimmpypowder wrote: Yeah I believe you.Awesome song! My favorite PT song  |
| jimmpypowder | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 15:38 jberko wrote: I saw these guys live, twice, last year. Perfectionists, each and everyone of the band. I highly recommend if you get a chance go see them. Yeah I believe you.Awesome song! |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 15:38 I saw these guys live, twice, last year. Perfectionists, each and everyone of the band. I highly recommend if you get a chance go see them. |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 15:36 caregiver wrote: Anyone heard Wilson's Grace For Drowning yet? Very nice. Lots of old prog influences in it. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 16:42 caregiver wrote: Anyone heard Wilson's Grace For Drowning yet? It came out about 2 months ago. Typical Steven. Dark, introspective, haunting. In other words, awesome! |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 16:41 i don't listen to much, if any, commercial radio. I do listen to KEXP (Seattle's 'college/underground/alternative'-type station... i've never heard PT ANYWHERE (except RP) and i don't understand why they're not more popular on commercial radio and/or 'underground' stations... they're really great |
| caregiver (near contentment now) | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 16:41 Anyone heard Wilson's Grace For Drowning yet? |