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Musicbrainz DBAs the cheerless towns pass my window
I can see a washed out moon through the fog
And then a voice inside my head breaks the analogue
And says:
"Follow me down to the valley below. You know,
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
I survived against the will of my twisted folk
But in the deafness of my world, the silence broke
And said:
"Follow me down to the valley below. You know,
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
"Follow me down to the valley below. You know,
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
"My David don't you worry; this cold world is not for you.
So rest your head upon me; I have strength to carry you."
(Ghosts of the twenties rising golden summers just holding you)
"Follow me down to the valley below.
(Follow me, follow me down)
You know, moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
"Follow me down to the valley below
(Follow me, follow me down)
You know, moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
Come to us Lazarus - it's time for you to go."
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 15:46 What a lovely piece. Starting at an 8. Great images and wondrous melody. |
| JIan (Phoenix, AZ, USA) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 15:44 westslope wrote: Gorgeous as always. Quite a contrast to Steven Wilson's Raven that refused to sing project. Just curious: How so, westslope? I just started listening to SW's Raven project, so I haven't formed a strong opinion about it yet. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 13:33 Gorgeous as always. Quite a contrast to Steven Wilson's Raven that refused to sing project. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 16:40 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 19:17 ziakut wrote: One of the very few "10"s I'll ever give. This is very emotive... nice piano work... love it... |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 08:23 One of the very few "10"s I'll ever give. |
| boober (KC,Mo) | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 08:18 smackiepipe wrote: Uh, this 51 year old is here to tell you that Porcupine Tree has been at the top of my listening list since I discovered them around the Stupid Dream album, and I own every commercial release of theirs, plus Steven's solo work, and the Blackfield albums. Taking a dump is 'natural enough, I guess,' but think before you pigeon-hole an entire group of music listeners. And get off my lawn. Agreed.....thanks for the reply This old fart loves prog-rock(new and old) |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 02:03 ..following High Violets ("Wheel") completes a mood somehow..perfection RP! (thx).. |
| mistabird (frei republik allgäu) | Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 02:01 fine fine ein tolles stück |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 15:26 Deadwing wrote: Gavin's drum fills on this song are so lovely  Yes Deadwing, Gavin is a stroke of genius as are all the members of this band. But I still skip this song every time I hear the album. Sandwitched in betweeen Shallow and Halo, it just breaks up the intensity of an otherwise phenomenal album. If it was placed next to "The Start of Something Beautiful" or Melloton Scratch, it may make better sense. But I for one am not going to mess with Steven's song placement, even and especially with my ipod. Steven will come after me, smash or shoot my ipod to kingdom come.  |
| Keef (Confluence of the American River) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 15:12 New PT Video posted today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n9JgUizq8M |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 17:26 Gavin's drum fills on this song are so lovely |
| Marzz_13 (Counting out the waves as they break on the shoreline.) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 16:39 Ahhh, yes. I needed a little Tree. This hits the spot. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 16:36 ShaunJ wrote: Mentioning Yanni in a PT thread is a laugh. Yanni is not in the same class as Porcupine Tree I knew it would probably piss every one off here, that's why I posted it.  Fact is though, it's true, and coming from me it's not a diss 'cuz I really like some Yanni stuff. |
| stub30 (East Wenatchee) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 16:36 Exactly what I needed at the end of the day, the end of the week, the end of the month. Thanks Bill. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 06:42 westslope wrote: Here's the problem with middle-aged and old people. They have little time, energy and head space to absorb new music. Natural enough I guess. Uh, this 51 year old is here to tell you that Porcupine Tree has been at the top of my listening list since I discovered them around the Stupid Dream album, and I own every commercial release of theirs, plus Steven's solo work, and the Blackfield albums. Taking a dump is 'natural enough, I guess,' but think before you pigeon-hole an entire group of music listeners. And get off my lawn. |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 14:34 lkovathana wrote: Sorry, this song is terrible. Don't be sorry...it's ok not to like a song. It's your opinion...and that's ok. Even if you ARE wrong. |
| lkovathana (Chicago, Illinois) | Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 20:18 Sorry, this song is terrible. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 14:35 First time I've heard this. They have such a great sound. You can recognize them (lead vocalist is distinctive) — yet many tracks are quite different. The unfamiliar might not know it's the same band. Which is good. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 11:50 Dalebarely wrote: maybe you get incredulous looks for making ridiculous statements. Better than King Crimson I will grant you, that isn't a feat. But better than Led Zeppelin? Seriously? Why don't you try something reasonable, like, "Hey you should listen to this band, they are really good", people would be less likely to peg you as a loon. Yes and this too.  |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 11:49 westslope wrote: I keep telling everybody that this band is better than Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, early Genesis, on par with King Crimson, etc., and all I get are incredulous looks.
Here's the problem with middle-aged and old people. They have little time, energy and head space to absorb new music. Natural enough I guess. Maybe that is true, I don't know however I don't know what this has to do with Porcupine Tree, a mainstream band that has been around for 25 years.  |
| DaMoGan (Beer on the east coast, Beer on the west coast.) | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 11:48 westslope wrote: I keep telling everybody that this band is better than Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, early Genesis, on par with King Crimson, etc., and all I get are incredulous looks.
Here's the problem with middle-aged and old people. They have little time, energy and head space to absorb new music. Natural enough I guess. Well, in my experience — the music I love is inseparable from the time period in which I listened to it. Memories become intertwined, and are reinforced by, the music we listened to. I love hearing new music (or I wouldn't be here) but there is something special about the old music I know that newer music can never quite replicate — as much as I may love it. Or, I could just be an old geezer set in his ways. |
| Dalebarely | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 11:48 westslope wrote: I keep telling everybody that this band is better than Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, early Genesis, on par with King Crimson, etc., and all I get are incredulous looks.
Here's the problem with middle-aged and old people. They have little time, energy and head space to absorb new music. Natural enough I guess. maybe you get incredulous looks for making ridiculous statements. Better than King Crimson I will grant you, that isn't a feat. But better than Led Zeppelin? Seriously? Why don't you try something reasonable, like, "Hey you should listen to this band, they are really good", people would be less likely to peg you as a loon. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 10:40 I keep telling everybody that this band is better than Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, early Genesis, on par with King Crimson, etc., and all I get are incredulous looks.
Here's the problem with middle-aged and old people. They have little time, energy and head space to absorb new music. Natural enough I guess. |
| ziakut (Unmoon) | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 19:25 B L I S S......Love this song and band! |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 17:38 Deadwing wrote: I think the excessive love for this band stems from people realizing that there is a band out there recording NOW that is just as talented, creative, and innovative as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, The Who etc. and they don't get airplay because Clear Channel is run by a lot of tin eared corrupt ignorant soulless 75 year old golf buddies who think people should just listen to the same crap they listened to in High School and College... "Freebird" anyone?? :P Yo Dwing..you obviously have thing for this band, but I do believe your blowing their importance and musical worth WAY out of proportion..they aren't bad, but hardly some sort of musical revolution or groundbreaking band..sorry.....bring on Motley Crue (kind of kidding) |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 08:44 Deadwing wrote: I think the excessive love for this band stems from people realizing that there is a band out there recording NOW that is just as talented, creative, and innovative as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, The Who etc. and they don't get airplay because Clear Channel is run by a lot of tin eared corrupt ignorant soulless 75 year old golf buddies who think people should just listen to the same crap they listened to in High School and College... "Freebird" anyone?? :P Very insightful actually - this totally answered that very question for me! ....as someone new to PT and trying to stay open to them, with initial thoughts of I don't fully get the "over the top' love of them, a helpful response. They are very good, but have not got under my skin - yet! Much obliged. |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 08:41 Deadwing wrote: I think the excessive love for this band stems from people realizing that there is a band out there recording NOW that is just as talented, creative, and innovative as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, The Who etc. and they don't get airplay because Clear Channel is run by a lot of tin eared corrupt ignorant soulless 75 year old golf buddies who think people should just listen to the same crap they listened to in High School and College... "Freebird" anyone?? :P What she said... |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 08:41 You tell 'em Deadwing!
Nice to hear one of the gateway songs again. |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Nov 20, 2011 - 16:02 Smoove_D wrote: I usually don't understand the excessive love for this band, but I really like this particular song. I think the excessive love for this band stems from people realizing that there is a band out there recording NOW that is just as talented, creative, and innovative as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, The Who etc. and they don't get airplay because Clear Channel is run by a lot of tin eared corrupt ignorant soulless 75 year old golf buddies who think people should just listen to the same crap they listened to in High School and College... "Freebird" anyone?? :P |
| ShaunJ (Tsawwassen, BC) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 12:47 rdo wrote: Neither, it's Yanni. Mentioning Yanni in a PT thread is a laugh. Yanni is not in the same class as Porcupine Tree |
| Darkmatter (Too close for comfort) | Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 00:48 Ouch. "The Sound of Muzak", indeed.   |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 00:07 nate917 wrote: Ben Gibbard never wrote anything this beautiful, and I'm not even a PT fan.  |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 12:34 Truly one of the most unrecognised bands of the last decade. Brilliant song. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 12:33 westslope wrote: Who plays piano on this song? Barbieri or Wilson?
Neither, it's Yanni. |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 15:21 Well that is funny. Just as I was reading a story of the "Hole in the Rock" expedition, where pioneers had to struggle to get their wagons down a dangerous trail, this song said "follow me down to the valley below." |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: May 15, 2011 - 08:27 1wolfy: Is it longing or whistful resignation?
God, I love this band's "ordinary" songs! |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 13:49 I love the part "My David don't you worry this cold world is not for you"..I can feel the longing in his voice  |
| smokes90 | Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 13:49 pretty damn average |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 13:48 westslope wrote: Swe Tex: Be afraid. Feel the fear!
Nice to hear the gateway song again. *gulp* |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 13:46 Swe Tex: Be afraid. Feel the fear!
Nice to hear the gateway song again. |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 12:06 jnesser wrote: Anything Porcupine Tree does is excellent. They are musical geniuses. Really? ANYTHING? Wow...The PT fans here are starting to scare me.... |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 08:57 socalhol wrote: I am not that enamored with most of their work, but this song I like. (I think because I had always thought it was Death Cab for Cutie doing this.....) While I'm not hugely in love with this song (in fact I do like it in the proper context), it being sandwiched betweeen Shallow and Halo really makes it easy to skip whenever I listen to this CD. The first song, Deadwing, is very complex and hard rocking. Shallow is just plain knock the doors down kinda song, and Halo is an F-You to all overzealous Christians. This song just doesn't fit the mold of the others and seems out of context for me. That's why I rarely listen to it other than here. They did this song in concert for the Fear of a Blank Planet Tour and it was a real gem, made me appreciate more - but that being said, probably one of least favorite PT songs. |
| anisbet (Sacramento) | Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 20:55 wonderful piano... |
| ianmoff (Nr London UK) | Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 06:22 They turn out some 'awkward' stuff now and again - but on the whole a cracking band. Very diverse. And very talented. |
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 11:39 socalhol wrote: I am not that enamored with most of their work, but this song I like. (I think because I had always thought it was Death Cab for Cutie doing this.....) Ben Gibbard never wrote anything this beautiful, and I'm not even a PT fan. |
| tonypf (Honolulu) | Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 17:45 horstman wrote: If they are within 250 miles, they are worth the trip!!! If they are, I hope it's on a boat! |
| gatorade (Ocean Park, WA) | Posted: Sep 04, 2010 - 17:34 horstman wrote: If they are within 250 miles, they are worth the trip!!! They're going to be playing in RCMH later this month. That would be a really good show. |
| rodfear | Posted: Aug 03, 2010 - 17:30 Gonna go to SFO. No C&C, just pure PT! horstman wrote: And I just got mine for Buffalo. Off we shuffle. |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Aug 03, 2010 - 17:29 I am not that enamored with most of their work, but this song I like. (I think because I had always thought it was Death Cab for Cutie doing this.....) |
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