hardwood floor

Also, how about 'Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea' for a bit of Phil Collins era Genesis. Or, alternatively 'Domino' off the Invisible Touch album.

they kind of ceased to exist for me after And Then There were Three

i still think the first two post-Gabriel records -- Wind & Wuthering and Trick of the Tail -- are very good

but from Duke on, i just lost interest

Sorry to come across all Proggy (We love a bit of Prog in the UK) but: 'Supper's Ready' by Genesis (23 minutes and nine distinct sections). What a tune!. 'Cinema Show is another Genesis which applies.

i mentioned supper's ready earlier ... originally written as nine separate pieces, banks & gabriel fused 'em all together and wound up with a classic. gabriel wanted to get rid of the organ solo in 9/8 and for that i will never forgive him. the build-up from the organ solo to "six-six-six is no longer alone .... " is one of the most powerful passages in pop music. a fucking masterpiece.

cinema show though ... really just a conventional pop song with a lunatic synth solo at the end, right?

tony banks is the greatest musician who ever lived

Ace Frehley used to come in the record store I worked in back in the early 1980s

nice guy

they're great

Oh Lord yes. And for me you can add that GBV stuff too.

interesting topic

for me, and i guess this is blasphemy, but Sgt. Pepper falls into this category

i like it OK, but to hear it spoken of in hallowed and mystical tones ... picked by rolling stone as the greatest album ever ...

to me, it's got two flat-out classics -- she's leaving home and a day in the life

but the greatest album ever? with fixing a hole? benefit of mr. kite? within you without you? lovely rita? when i'm 64? that's a LOT of filler for the greatest album ever

if i'm listening to the beatles -- which comes hard for me these days for some reason -- i would much rather listen to the white album, revolver, abby road, rubber soul or some of the super early stuff

i just don't get Sgt. Pepper

Big Man, Pig Man, ha ha charade you are

 

or

 

I met a non dairy creamer explicitly laid out like a fruitcake

probably my least-favorite GBV song!

didn't we have this thread recently?

hey, i'll be in portland that week on vacation

how 'bout that

it's a complete mystery to me why Pollard ignored that song....for a band who constantly toured, and played ~65 songs a night, it's a crime to have not played that one.

hey, you must be spastic semicolon!

it's a complete mystery to me why Pollard ignored that song....for a band who constantly toured, and played ~65 songs a night, it's a crime to have not played that one.

great question

monumental live

they played it throughout the 1996 tour and once in 1998 -- the new year's show in hoboken which is floating around & is an amazing show

and that was it till chicago

i love guided by voices more than almost anything else in life

gbv - over the neptune/mesh gear fox

god-damn yes

seeing this played live in chicago on new year's eve 2004 was one of the greatest things i've ever experienced

with stuff like sendspace & hipinion, one early copy from a band member or producer or engineer or studio intern can be all over the world in a few hours

the hipinion leak thread is frightening

stuff that's not due out for months pops up every day

Yes - Close To The Edge, Starship Trooper, Yours Is No Disgrace, Gates of Delerium, etc...

 

God, those guys were SO good at the suite thing.

close to the edge is the ultimate prog suite

i'd throw in supper's ready, too, which is damn close

now ... gates of delirium i don't think of the same way for some reason ... i guess it does have a few distinct sections, closing with the astounding "Soon" bit, but for some reason i don't think of it the same way as being a segmented piece of music like the others

i love relayer

I wonder if he'll be remembered more for his producing abilities or this...because this is virtually a death sentence for him.

when you hear the name OJ Simpson, do you think of a hall of fame running back or a murderer?

same deal with spector

his producing genius will be forgotten

persuaded, paraded, enebriated and down

still aware of everything life carries on without

'cause there's one too many faces with dollar sign smiles

got to find the shortest path to the bar for a while

a long way from happiness

in a three-hour-away town

whiskey bottle over Jesus

not forever, just for now

not forever, just for now

Maybe my fave right there. I used to have a shirt with that on the front.

painted by barry godber, a work colleague of pete sinfield

godber died in 1970, soon after he finished it

powerstuff stuff, ain't it? sure fits the music

i've always loved the cover of Baby Grand's Ancient Medicine

pretty damn good record, too

mainly the future members of the Hooters

Larry Pierce is great.

semi-NSFW: http://www.larrypierce.com/

 

He has some great lines like "If you want romance, just unzip my pants and watch how my feelings grow."

how 'bout posting one of the great lines?

i know, i know ... sorry

I've always wondered why people hate Kiss. They made some crazy good records.

i love 'em

You can post whatever you want. I use to spend a lot of time around here posting like that also. I try to refrain these days. I may not always be successful, but I try.

 

I understand that people like to dump on Rush, Kiss, Phish, etc. But - there are people around here who like those bands, and they have a right to post about how those bands are important to them. I've long wanted to have a Rush thread, like some of our other band threads. But I figured it would just end full of negative comments.

hey, believe me, when you're a huge Yes & grateful dead fan, you get use to people blasting you and the music you like ... but, geeze, who cares?

why are we here if not to exchange honest opinions? i happen to dig guided by voices, the kinks and uncle tupelo more than any other bands, but i'm hardly going to take it personally if somebody slams them

sir stewart's got almost 30,000 posts ... just a wild guess that in a few of them he's said that somebody or other sucks

rock on

hardwood floor's the dude who doesn't like stuff and lets everyone know it.

yeah, i'm the only person in internet message board history with an opinion

The song "Farewell To Kings" and "Closer To The Heart" have pretty damn good words, yes?

i don't want to turn this into a Bash Rush thread, because i have no problem with how much people dig them

but ...

Closer to the Heart i always thought contained some truly pathetic lyrics

the "you can be the captain" couplet especially .. i mean, christ, this is embarrassing stuff ... reminds me of ELP's final record, Love Beach

And the men who hold high places

Must be the ones to start

To mold a new reality

Closer to the heart

The blacksmith and the artist

Reflect it in their art

Forge their creativity

Closer to the heart

Philosophers and ploughmen

Each must know his part

To sow a new mentality

Closer to the heart

You can be the captain

I will draw the chart

Sailing into destiny

Closer to the heart

I agree. Somewhere along the line it became "uncool" to like Rush and I'm not sure why. I'm not saying that's why people don't like them (like Hardwood). I can see why they probably rub some people the wrong way, those vocals for example. And they do have some really bad albums. My thought is they are monster musicians and they do have some great stuff. Red Barchetta has some amazing lyrics and music. I still love 2112. Not my favorite band but I think they are worthy of more respect than they get.

yeah, i never did dig 'em, even during the height of my arena rock worship

i didn't mind geddy lee's vox, really ... it was the cheesy lyrics and cheesy keyboards that turned me off

i mean, seriously ... even greg lake and pete sinfield never wrote anything this bad

A modern day warrior

Mean mean stride,

Today's Tom Sawyer

Mean mean pride.

Though his mind is not for rent

Don't put him down as arrogant

His reserve, a quiet defense

Riding out the day's events

The river

i was a big arena rock guy growing up ... obsessed with yes, genesis & elp

but i always thought -- and still do -- that rush blows

am i missing something?

i guess they're all great musicians, but the songs just aren't there

At one time Jay was tops in my mind. I was one who loved going to see Son Volt During the first three album stretch. What a tight machine like band. (my favorite moment from a Son Volt concert was when Jay started laughing after playing the harmonica solo leading up to the start of Medicine Hat, it was like he was saying "I know that is absurd" ) I consider the Son Volt "Retrospective" essential for anyone who cares about music.

 

Now that being said, his solo albums are interesting but indicate a man losing his touch and going through some kind of identity crisis.

 

The reformed Son Volt is a freaking joke that if I were the Boquist brothers I would sue Jay for ruining the name. I'm sorry, I just don't get it. There is nothing subtle about his new stuff. Just don't get it, and that makes me sad, but I've tried and I just don't get it.

funny how two people can see the same music so differently

i think the Search is as good as anything Jay has done post-tupelo

can't wait to hear it

can't wait for the shows

first record with masterson and spencer, who are both beasts

love me some son volt + jay