Interviewer of reprobate ne'er-do-well musicians of the long-haired rock n' roll persuasion at: www.velvetthunder.co.uk and former scribe at Classic Rock Society. Only vaguely aware of anything other than music.
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Hardly a resolution like giving up beer, which lasted 15 hours, (but cutting back to get trim again!) since I look forward to the following:
1. listen to the Mahler and Buckner CDs a friend convinced me to buy ten years ago. I liked them but never absorbed it. Absorption coming...
2. listen to Yes Relayer and Tormato carefully a few times. I have only listened to those from start to finish once although loved "Soon" and "Ritual" from the first notes on Yesstory. No resolution needed for The Yes Album, Fragile , Close to the Edge and Drama for obvious reasons. Also no resolution for Time and A Word and TFTO - for a different reason.
3. Carefully listen to the late 80s and 90s Saga that I haven't heard before to order MP3s of "The Best of the Rest". I hope I can find 15 to 20 songs off of six albums.
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Yeah, Boz gets the job done for sure, laying down some funkiness during "Peoria". He does appear to sit out the fast unison run in 21st CSM, but who could blame him? It’s treacherous terrain.
So you also wasted no time getting that degree! Good for ya!
My LP was pretty battered, but sounded great even on a garden variety system. Earthbound’s one of the few instances where vinyl does sound better (though this 100% subjective).
Sorry for that first world ennui snore fest tale. Didn’t mean to depress you.
OK, Edge…play the blues!
"Dem Glücklichen legt auch der Hahn ein Ei."
Pretty spot on, I'd say; I spent most of my first five student years playing in bands and collecting music, drinking beer and chasing unfortunate girls - until finally getting serious with my (1st.) wife-to-be in 1995-6, which prompted me into making more of an academic effort.
Can't say I regret that; those years of becoming musically cultivated and addicted pretty much left me with a protective layer for future downhill trips in life, and indeed when parting ways with my partners, WOOTT was left but that silly record collection? Leave me, wifey - but the music stays here!
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
At least 100 dead, your story was actually pretty interesting.
A little late, but I thought of one : I resolve not to use the standalone word "Prog" any more. It used to be a shorthand word for "Prog-Rock," which was itself shorthand for "Progressive Rock." However, it has since metastasized into a giant nebulous amoeba that swallows everything in its path.
So, even though it will mean more key strokes, I resolve to use "Prog-Rock" or "Progressive Rock" when referring to the music. Feel free to join me.
^
Guitars, some keys, trumpet and recorder. I played in a cuppa neo-psych kinda bands, some singer-songwriter stuff, then a full-blown "prog" band and an improv/noise one as well.
Just don't ask what sort of unfortunate girls I was chasing, as the beer rendered it somewhat blurry.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
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