I think Andy Edwards is the most thoughtful commentator on prog and fusion on youtube. Very idiosyncratic. Even the click bait leads to interesting analysis.
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I think Andy Edwards is the most thoughtful commentator on prog and fusion on youtube. Very idiosyncratic. Even the click bait leads to interesting analysis.
Wilco's Summerteeth LP has lots of good Tron. "She's a Jar" showcases it best. Gorgeous harmonica too.
For me the two that stand up higher than the others post Defector are Darktown and To Watch the Storms. Guitar Noir and Wild Orchids are one tier down.
A lot of albums I liked then have faded for me, but those two Underground Railroad albums have only gotten better to my ears. I get the sense these were smart people who actually listened to jazz...
RPWL's Trying to Kiss the Sun is one of the albums from that era that I still love. Great hooky and memorable songwriting. I am unfamiliar with the rest of their discography, though.
Not exactly what you want but the first thing I thought of were the tracks "Racing the Tide" and "Sudden Ray of Hope" from the Mercury Rev album See You on the Other Side.
I am a weird sort of Yes fan. I almost view them as two bands. One has the albums Close to the Edge through Going for the One. The other has most of the others, with the Yes Album, Drama, and...
I like Darktown and To Watch the Storms as much as the first four. But I also like Cured, so maybe do not trust me.
I got an original copy of the And Every Blossom ep last week. I am in love with those tracks as I know them from the A Little Nonsense set and was surprised that the original 1993 ep sounds so...
I have had As the World in the car for a few days. I think their best work is their post reformation stuff--I am especially fond of Mei, The End is Beautiful, and self titled especially-- but As the...
Shicke and Fuhrs and Frohling. They are an excellent German symphonic band from the late 70s. Some amazing mellotron textures.
In other sepia news, I have been listening to Anglagard's Buried Alive in the car this week. I know it was supposedly the worst show they had ever played, but I love it. The bum notes honestly add...
I love that lasers edge SFF CD. It definitely seems proto-Anglagard.
What other obscure bands fit in that category? Thirty Years War and Cathedral?
Also: I may not have accomplished much in...
Missing Pieces has my favorite National Health material on it. I love the Mont Campbell stuff and Clocks and Clouds is one of my favorite songs ever by anyone.
Perhaps you can tell from my name, but I have loved the Rotters Club since I first heard it as a teenager. The self titled record has been more of a grower for me. The ideas I love go by so quickly...
I really like the vibe of some almost entirely or mostly acoustic albums. The Geese and the Ghost, the self titled Celeste album, and Harmonium spring to mind.
There ought to be more quiet prog.
A belated wave back right atcha.
The performance was very good, especially so many years after their original run.
Not to relitigate any controversies, but Wetton's songwriting was trending quickly in the direction of Asia. ...
We actually had the first part of Nothing to Lose on at 1.5x speed. It was improved by that, I think.
Danger Money is a bit repetitive. Rendezvous 6:02 is a perfect union of melody and arrangement.
Glad to see the guitar back for The Only Thing She Needs. I miss the guitar on the second album.
Bruford and Holdsworth really let their freak flags fly compositionally on Nevermore and Mental Medication. The first UK lineup was a band setting off in two directions from the very start. The...
Thirty Years might be my favorite thing they ever did.
Headless guitars still look silly to me.
They seem to add more bass and drums to By the Light of Day. It makes it sound a bit less abstract. A good addition.
This mix is not very good. I feel like I get used to it after 5 minutes. It sounds very much like I am actually watching the band, but that it is at an outdoor venue and I have a lawn seat.
My dad and I are screening the Curtain Call dvd today. Looking forward to it. We saw UK live in 2011 in Arlington, MA and then I saw them again with Bozzio in 2012 in Foxboro. I loved both...
Born in the 80s and went to college during the peak of Bush era indie:
In no particular order:
Steve Hackett Nearfest 2002
Camel Nearfest 2003
The Hold Steady, Lupos Providence 2006
Wilco,...
That Nels Cline essay was fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
You should definitely dive in!
Suffocating the Bloom is the other great record from their original run.
Their sound changed when they got back together. The textures got earthier and the...
I was listening to I Heard You Listening today. It isn't the instant masterpiece that Windows is, but it is a very, very good album that rewards multiple listens.
I heard the other lyrical...
I just pulled out the liner notes to check and here are some songs from 2005 to present Ray played all the bass on:
Arc of Descent
Locust to Bethlehem
Some Memorial
Speaking in Lampblack
For...
It doesn't bother me at all. I was psyched that the Suffocating the Bloom-As the World lineup was back together when Hyatt rejoined in 2003ish, but Weston played bass on two albums I like a...
Since at least Mei they have done this where they reuse snatches of lyrics as a thread of continuity.
"Too late for Everything" was used in Mei.
"Outside the world moves on" was used in Arc of...
Probably my favorite band, bar none. I got into their original run as a suburban American teenager with similar interests and concerns as Kull and Weston, so its naivetee never bothered me. Life...
They did play Ritual. It was really good. Incredible show.
I am seeing the show in Tyson's Corner tonight. The videos online show the band looking tighter and tighter. It seems that the Gates of Delirium has replaced Ritual in the set. (At least I hope...
I think he was a great bass player. With Crimson he was a master of dynamics. Check any rendition of Talking Drum/Larks Tongues pt 2. He also did some wonderfully melodic things. Check out the...
Yeah, that is the one.
I was just reading an essay about the Smithsonian Folkways box set which had such an influence on the folk revival of the 60s, and it got me thinking about the rare compilations that seem greater...
I always thought this was called Zombie Nation or something like that. I think its been the Boston Bruins goal song for a while.
Good call. I can't imagine many people on Progears have heard this record, but it was their followup to What's the Story Morning Glory. Every single song is about 3 minutes too long and the gobs of...
Now that you say that, I remember seeing an announcement for USA 2 in one of the tour boxes. What did that become? Live in Toronto? Chicago and/or Meltdown?
Where did you see this? I have been eager to hear Live in Rome for a few years now.
When I was a teenager getting into prog around the turn of the milennium, ELP seemed to me to be one of the most loved prog bands. Now, I would say they rate far lower. I am uninterested in what is...
Feels Good to Me is also my favorite of the three Bruford records and I love the vibe Peacock's vocals add, even if the mix is a bit wonky. I adore Bruford's late 70s drum sound.
I really like what Bill brought to the table and his whole attitude toward music. The lineup was missing a certain something when he left, although they still did amazing stuff.
I have everything official this lineup put out. Chicago and Meltdown are still my favorites.
I wonder if we will ever hear the Rome 2018 material that Bill was working on at one point before he...
Actually northern Virginia. (I suppose I must be one of those aggressive New England drivers!)
Except for 9 months when my wife was in grad school, I have spent all of my 35 years living in the smallest state in the US, never more than a half hour away from my parents.
In about ten days my...
Slightly off-topic, but if you haven't seen this 2018 interview with Pat Mastelotto where he is giving a tour of his drum kit, he spends a lot of time with the odd percussion and shows off some...
I am listening to the new Jarasum 2014 disc. I don't think the performance was quite as good as the shows from the other five Manifesto archival live shows, but I am still enjoying it quite a bit.
...
Echolyn: As the World
Wilco: Summerteeth
Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Genesis: Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
King Crimson: The Great Deceiver
The Stormy Monday rarities discs that have been available for download and have been slowly getting released as ohysical media have a some Exposure era jams of Fripp, Wetton, and Phil Collins. Its...
Growing up in the mid 90s, the most interesting CDs my dad had were Trick of the Tail, Duke and Misplaced Childhood. One day in the late 90s he bought the first UK album and bought a new needle for...
Echolyn
This is one of my favorite albums of any genre. My favorite moments are the lush part before the guitar solo in Fitter Stoke Has a Bath, the delicate synth part at the end of It Didn't Matter Anyway...
I am eager to hear it. I got English Electric Full Power as a gift 5 or 6 years ago but it unfortunately didn't click with me until after David Longdon's death. I have fallen in love with the band...
Was born between 90125 and Big Generator. My dad gravitated toward the Squire-heavy stuff, so I grew up with a decent amount of The Yes Album, Drama, 90125, and even a bit of Tormato.
I have come...
To go back to the opening question, I think I read somewhere that the vocals at the end of Afterglow were Collins vocals played on the mellotron or something to that effect. The vocals on Eleventh...
My favorite Procol Harum album. Their sound to me was always half blues and half church music, so the stylistic variety of the album makes sense to me. It is almost like you can hear the band's...
After 3 or 4 tours with huge setlists with multiple surprises, I definitely get the sense that they have pared down the set to the material they find this lineup does the strongest. It seems they...