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    Yes please; that would be very nice.

    Yes please; that would be very nice.
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    I cleared browser history and restarted the...

    I cleared browser history and restarted the computer. I hid my IP-address. I even tried different browsers. Nothing worked.
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    I still can't log in there.

    I still can't log in there.
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    Inga is one of my favourite singers. The sheer...

    Inga is one of my favourite singers. The sheer power of her voice!

    Here a video of Frumpy:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jttL5yuJW2Q
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    Sorry, I don't know that thread. Why not simply...

    Sorry, I don't know that thread. Why not simply state what you consider to be the difference? So far what you are saying is simply "There is a certain kind of vocal utterances that I call...
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    It would be helpful if you could explain in...

    It would be helpful if you could explain in technical terms what you consider to be a "singer".
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    My guess is that what he actually means when...

    My guess is that what he actually means when saying that Hammill is not a "singer" is that he is not a "singer" in a certain style (he probably means operatic). There are, however, dozens of ways of...
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    I have no idea what you mean by "singer". But I...

    I have no idea what you mean by "singer". But I guess that you are not that familiar with his work if you don't consider him a "singer". If after hearing this you still think he is no "singer" you...
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    Of modern composers I especially like Mauricio...

    Of modern composers I especially like Mauricio Kagel, Luciano Berio, Hans-Werner Henze and Luigi Nono.

    I also like York Höller's opera "Der Meister und Margarita" ("The Master and Margarita"),...
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    Nothing surpasses Bach. But there are many other...

    Nothing surpasses Bach. But there are many other things I love very much. The madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo, for example.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs_AgCTovik

    Or the harmonically...
  11. A statement like "Women prefer this, men prefer...

    A statement like "Women prefer this, men prefer that" should be interpreted as "the percentage of women who prefer this is higher than the percentage of men, the percentage of men who prefer that is...
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    I think you are wrong with your assessment of...

    I think you are wrong with your assessment of Hammill not being "a great singer by any stretch of the imagination", but then you probably have not experienced him the way I did. I was at one of his...
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    "Do Not Disturb" can in my opinion compete with...

    "Do Not Disturb" can in my opinion compete with some of their best stuff from the 70s. My favourite track is "(Oh No, I Must Have Said) Yes". Great album, and if it is indeed their swan song then it...
  14. Well, since after over 40 years of knowing him...

    Well, since after over 40 years of knowing him Hammill refers to David Jackson as "Mr. Jackson" and not as "David" I would guess the temperature between them is at absolute zero.
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    Oh, and the 1978 version was published on CD too,...

    Oh, and the 1978 version was published on CD too, with a long bonus track of Nik playing flute inside the pyramid.
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    The 1978 album is completely on YouTube, of the...

    The 1978 album is completely on YouTube, of the 1993 album only the two tracks I posted.
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    Yes, but nevertheless very interesting that...

    Yes, but nevertheless very interesting that Turner made two musically totally different albums based on the Egyptian "Book of Death" (one in 1978, the other in 1993) using the exactly same lyrics.
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    The second is "Anubis": ...

    The second is "Anubis":


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV6E2dj3_lc


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Jq7sECrQI

    As you can clearly hear the lyrics are the same but the music is totally...
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    Oops, my fault; I had Calvert's year of death in...

    Oops, my fault; I had Calvert's year of death in mind as being 1989. The second album came out 1993.

    I will give two examples; the first is "Pyramid Spell"

    ...
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    Nope, not Calvert. Actually Calvert was already...

    Nope, not Calvert. Actually Calvert was already dead for four years when the second album came out.
  21. As far as I understand the question is not "what...

    As far as I understand the question is not "what is your favourite piano intro?" but "what is your favourite song with piano intro)", but most answers appear to be to the first question.
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    Not Lemmy either. But at least with Brock and...

    Not Lemmy either. But at least with Brock and Lemmy you two were not so far off the mark.
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    He is not a former member of a cult band; he...

    He is not a former member of a cult band; he still is a member.
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    None of you guessed it so far, so I will give a...

    None of you guessed it so far, so I will give a hint: Former member of a cult band.
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    No, same lyrics but totally different music. By...

    No, same lyrics but totally different music. By "totally different" I don't just mean different arrangements, I mean totally different compositions.
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    Of recent movies I especially like the German...

    Of recent movies I especially like the German TV-movie "Im Schmerz geboren" ("Born in Pain"). A mixture of Truffaut's "Jules et Jim", Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" (the train station scene...
  27. My favorite John Boorman movie is "Zardoz".

    My favorite John Boorman movie is "Zardoz".
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    Magma is correct. Just imagine what drumming must...

    Magma is correct. Just imagine what drumming must have been going on with Vander and Moerlen bashing the skins.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFqwDLVWrRA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFqwDLVWrRA
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    Which musician made two albums with identical...

    Which musician made two albums with identical lyrics but completely different music?
  31. "Mozambique" by Amon Düül 2 from their album...

    "Mozambique" by Amon Düül 2 from their album "Vive la Trance"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSTRYzOL6k
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    This little known album is in my all-time top 3:...

    This little known album is in my all-time top 3:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVSkIfaxBsM
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    During my late teens and up to my middle twenties...

    During my late teens and up to my middle twenties I took cannabis products, but I must say that in my circle of friends hashish was much more popular than marihuana.
  34. I forgot to mention I saw Magma live as well,...

    I forgot to mention I saw Magma live as well, several times. There was one concert at the Alte Bahnhofshalle in Cologne in which Christian Vander played a 45 minute drum solo which was not boring for...
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    Funny that you mention the misogyny. Being a...

    Funny that you mention the misogyny. Being a woman myself it never bothered me at all; I took the misogyny as being ironic with the irony chiefly pointed at men
  36. I once had a long walk and talk with Peter...

    I once had a long walk and talk with Peter Hammill some twenty-five years ago. The walk took way over an hour, maybe closer to two, and we talked about all kinds of things that interested both of us....
  37. Hawkwind, Gong, Van der Graaf Generator, Yes,...

    Hawkwind, Gong, Van der Graaf Generator, Yes, Genesis, Tangerine Dream, Grobschnitt, Guru Guru, Hoelderlin, Gentle Giant. I actually saw all but the first three between age six and age nine; my...
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    Nope. Chris Karrer is colorblind.

    Nope. Chris Karrer is colorblind.
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    Moerlen also played in a Swedish band, but I...

    Moerlen also played in a Swedish band, but I won't give their name.
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    Nope, it's not Renate.

    Nope, it's not Renate.
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    So nobody knows the answers to my questions?

    So nobody knows the answers to my questions?
  42. "The Fly" was a horrible remake of a 1958 movie...

    "The Fly" was a horrible remake of a 1958 movie of the same name which was way better.
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    What band did Magma drummer Christian Vander and...

    What band did Magma drummer Christian Vander and Gong drummer Pierre Moerlen, arguably two of the greatest drummers in prog, play in at the same time for a short while?

    Which member of Amon Düül 2...
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    "Bananamoon" by Daevid Allen who sadly died last...

    "Bananamoon" by Daevid Allen who sadly died last year.
  45. François Truffaut Werner Herzog Akira Kurosawa...

    François Truffaut
    Werner Herzog
    Akira Kurosawa
    Alain Resnais
    Carlos Saura
    Fritz Lang
    Jean-Luc Godard
    Alfred Hitchcock
    Peter Greenaway
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    My LSD experiences were very aural as well. I put...

    My LSD experiences were very aural as well. I put on music that I had heard a thousand times before but I was totally unable to recognize it at all; it sounded like nothing I had ever heard before.
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    I don't know what exactly you mean by "dated"....

    I don't know what exactly you mean by "dated". Too slow-paced? Too little action? The topic is no longer of interest? Not enough FX?

    If you mean "too slow-paced": I enjoy slow-paced movies a lot...
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    On a side note: The Arcane Sanctuary in the...

    On a side note: The Arcane Sanctuary in the computer game Diablo 2 was given the Escher look. My first thought when entering that area was "Escher". It is not based on a specific work of his, but the...
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    Bröselmaschine. Fourteen letters. ...

    Bröselmaschine. Fourteen letters.

    Zupfgeigenhansel. Sixteen letters.

    Spectaculatius. Fourteen letters.
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    Yep. Most definitely get the live album. I prefer...

    Yep. Most definitely get the live album. I prefer live albums to studio albums anyway.
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    Does anybody remember the beach scene from "The...

    Does anybody remember the beach scene from "The Tin Drum"? One of the most disgusting movie scenes ever, but absolutely iconic.
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    I especially like "Welt am Draht" ("World on a...

    I especially like "Welt am Draht" ("World on a Wire"), a TV-movie in two pats and his only Science fiction film.

    Here a scene from this movie; mark the strange behaviour of the man:
    ...
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    Actually it is "Godard", not "Goddard", but else...

    Actually it is "Godard", not "Goddard", but else I agree. A very famous b/w movie of his is "À bout de souffle" ("Out of Breath") starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg.

    Fassbinder did b/w...
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    My top ten movie openings

    in no specific order. and these are just the movies that come to my mind right now; I might come up with a totally different list some other time

    Aguirre, the Wrath of God - Werner Herzog

    the...
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    "Snarky Puppy" does not make me think of a punk...

    "Snarky Puppy" does not make me think of a punk band at all. "Snarky" would make me think of "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll, the author of the famous "Alice" books. He also wrote a long...
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    Sorry, I overlooked your mentioning of "M".

    Sorry, I overlooked your mentioning of "M".
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    Khan - Space Shanty

    Khan - Space Shanty
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    A few that were not mentioned yet: "M" by...

    A few that were not mentioned yet:

    "M" by Fritz Lang (much better than "Metropolis" and extremely innovative and influential)
    "Rashomon" by Akira Kurosawa (in my opinion better than "Seven...
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    I consider "Rashomon" to be even better than...

    I consider "Rashomon" to be even better than "Shichinin no Samurai".
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    "Village of the Damned" was in my opinion the...

    "Village of the Damned" was in my opinion the better movie,
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