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tboyd1802 
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Joined: June 01 2012 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 898 |
 Posted: December 12 2016 at 19:28 |
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What a great tradition. While my wife tolerates most of my music, much of it doesn't really connect with her.
I tend to connect more with instrumental music. The two recent discoveries I have made that I would place on my current wall of fame include: Slivovitz - Bani Ahead Buckhead (thank you siLLy puPPy for your tireless efforts to review his numerous releases. Although our tastes in what makes a good pike are pretty divergent, your introduction and review work has been immensely helpful in discovering his work) - Polar Trench (my current fav)
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He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore
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Wirebender
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Joined: December 10 2016 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 36 |
Posted: December 12 2016 at 22:18 |
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What a terrific mix of classic albums and hidden gems!
I've always been fascinated by the vastly individualized experience that we each have with music and sound. How one person can feel such deep emotional connection, while another feels nothing. Positive, negative, indifference. The spectrum is only as vast as the number of people experiencing it. Micky, you have a talented writer in your home. I have already listened to a little Ut Gert. Very unique and wonderful. The little improvisation (2nd track?) is such a beautiful homage to Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman. This album will get some heavy play over the holidays. Thank you! |
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Mormegil
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Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 7960 |
Posted: December 13 2016 at 05:13 |
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I'll second that!!! |
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Manuel
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Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13481 |
Posted: December 13 2016 at 05:54 |
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Besides the obvious classics, like Thick as a Brick, Close to the Edge, etc, I really love PFM's "Per Un Amico", Gentle Giant's "Three Friends", Nektar's "Recicled", The Moody Blues' "A Question of Balance", George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass", The Flower King's "Paradox Hotel", Chic Corea's "Trio Live", among many others.
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Lewian
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Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 15425 |
Posted: December 13 2016 at 10:20 |
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There are a number of albums that excited me big time from the very first moment up to the present day in a way that I'd wonder all the time how such music, such an inner experience is possible, in a very personal way.
The first ones I thought of when reading the thread were Heard of Instinct by .O.Rang and, related, the last three (yes, three) albums by Talk Talk. Not sure whether any other band could place so many in what I could call my "Wall of Fame". There are some (on this site) well known favourites such as Discipline or Kate Bush's The Dreaming and somewhat less well known things like Holger Czukay's Movies. An apparently quite obscure one is the magnificent "The Ghost Trade" by Charles Hayward's Camberwell Now. I absolutely treasure the moment when I first listened to Kong's Phlegm; a quite recent one that was brought to me by progarchives (recommendation somewhere by Nogbad the Bad) was Sonar; not yet sure how my appreciation for this will grow over time but I already more and more realise that this is really MY kind of stuff. (...and more... particularly I left out all the non-prog stuff...) Edited by Lewian - December 13 2016 at 10:23 |
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Joined: June 28 2012 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4339 |
Posted: December 13 2016 at 10:45 |
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Some albums that helped me along my prog journey:
Rush-2112 King Crimson-In the Court... Jethro Tull-Thick as... Beardfish-Sleeping in... ...Pt. 2 Gojira-From Mars... Gorguts-Obscura Devin Townsend-Addicted The Mars Volta-Deloused... (more as I think of them)a |
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@ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak.
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Progosopher
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Joined: May 12 2009 Location: Coolwood Status: Offline Points: 6473 |
Posted: December 13 2016 at 17:39 |
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My wife likes most of the music I listen to, but she goes more for the melodic than instrumental jams. She dislikes King Crimson and Magma, though, and will not allow me to play the Residents while she is in the house.
As to a wall of fame, one album immediately comes to mind with no direct connection to the missus: Last Autumn's Dream by Jade Warrior. It had long been a favorite of mine when I brought a copy over to a buddy's house. I think it was a cassette I made of my vinyl album. We sat in his living room for the entire duration, uninterrupted, and said nothing the whole time. Just listening. It created a whole new designation of music for him, and this is a guy who used to live for music as both a performer, arranger, and listener. There are few in recent years that I would put into a wall of fame category, but there are several from many years ago that I still enjoy as much as I did when they were new: Spectral Mornings by Steve Hackett Relayer by Yes Starless and Bible Black by King Crimson (which I am listening to right now for the first time in years) Heavy Horses and Songs From the Wood by Jethro Tull Below the Salt and Parcel of Rogues by Steeleye Span The Book of Invasions by Horslips Live at Carnegie Hall by Renaissance Wind and Wuthering by Genesis Olias of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson Heaven and Hell by Vangelis |
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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EddieRUKiddingVarese
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Joined: February 04 2016 Location: Aust Status: Offline Points: 1802 |
Posted: December 13 2016 at 18:07 |
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My wife also dislikes most of the music I listen to (Zappa particularly), except she likes the Moody Blues - I must have done something really bad in a past life............
My wall of fame would be MOI- Freak Out Zappa- Lumpy Gravy MOI - Uncle Meat King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseidon King Crimson - Lizard Yes - The Yes Album Yes- YesSongs Weather Report - Black Market Ayers Rock - Beyond Ariel - A Strange Fantastic Dream
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"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"
and I need the knits, the double knits! |
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Wirebender
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Joined: December 10 2016 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 36 |
Posted: December 13 2016 at 18:19 |
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I need to give Weather Report a chance. I'm into classic jazz and tend to be a creature of habit. Of course, plenty of Miles, Coltrane, Mingus and Monk. Love early Hancock, Getz and Dolphy's Out To Lunch. Time to broaden my horizons.
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 01 2015 Location: Out East Status: Offline Points: 6777 |
Posted: December 16 2016 at 12:27 |
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Your review really piqued my curiosity, and having just listened to the album for the first time, I'd say that it sums up this piece of art wonderfully. I'm not one to appreciate a lot of post-rock, but the aesthetic works so well on this album, given the subject matter. A really touching experience all around.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Watchmaker
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Joined: April 02 2016 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 170 |
Posted: December 16 2016 at 13:54 |
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Thank you! I don't like post-rock all that much, too. I feel like every song sounds just the same. But this one is different. When musicians put love, devotion and emotion into what they do, you can really tell. |
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 01 2015 Location: Out East Status: Offline Points: 6777 |
Posted: December 16 2016 at 16:59 |
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I can be your wife if you want.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Rednight
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Joined: January 18 2014 Location: Mar Vista, CA Status: Offline Points: 4812 |
Posted: December 19 2016 at 11:49 |
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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npjnpj
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Joined: December 05 2007 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 2720 |
Posted: December 19 2016 at 14:12 |
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I just went through my collection and the list below (in purely alphabetical order) would go up on my wall.
Clearly, this list is not prog-centric, but even so, it's a fun thread. These are the albums I consider to be virtually flawless. They have in common that once I've started listening to any one of them, I just have to hear it right through to the end. There is not a single track on any of these that I don't enjoy. Tori Amos - A Piano Be Bop Deluxe - Modern Music Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory Deep Purple - Purpendicular Deodato - Prelude District 97 - Trouble with Machines Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory Everon - North Focus - Hamburger Concerto Genesis - Wind and Wuthering Gentle Giant - Aquiring the Taste Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown Grobschnitt - Jumbo Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three Hexenhaus - Dejavoodoo IQ - The Road of Bones Ron Jarzombek - Speaking Of Theoretcial Confinement Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery Karnataka - The Delicate Flame Of Desire King Crimson - Lizard Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2 Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2 Lucifers Friend - Banquet Magenta - Home (2CD Edition) Maragold - Maragold Pavlov's Dog - At the Sound of the Bell PFM - Storia di un Minuto Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet Pretty Reckless - Light Me Up Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat Titanic - Titanic (not the soundtrack but the Norwegian band) Transister - Zig Zag Triumvirat - Spartacus Van der Graaf Generator - Least we can Do .... XTC - Nonsuch Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All |
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Raff
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24439 |
Posted: December 19 2016 at 15:35 |
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Somehow I missed this thread, which is a pity, because it's really a great idea. For those who have joined the site in recent times, I'm Micky's wife, and the author of the Ut Gret review posted on the previous page. You can find it (and many others) by clicking on the first link in my signature (that's my sadly neglected personal blog) - lots of interesting stuff for you to explore.
Anyway, besides the wonderful Ut Gret album, there are others that belong to our personal Wall of Fame - that is, albums we both love, and in some cases have a sentimental connection with. These are a few, just off the top of my head: PFM - Storia di un minuto Delirium - Dolce acqua Franco Battiato - Sulle corde di Aries Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Blue Oyster Cult - most of their albums, especially the first three Judas Priest - Sin After Sin Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die Pentangle - Basket of Light Kate Bush - Lionheart/Aerial Some modern stuff: Miriodor - Avanti! Gösta Berlings Saga - Glue Works Knifeworld - Bottled Out of Eden North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon |
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Fragile
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Joined: June 27 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1125 |
Posted: December 19 2016 at 17:02 |
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Hello Ladies, It's been such a long time away it is almost with joy to find you still on here.I enjoyed our love/appreciation discussions on the merits of Mr Peter Hammill's magnificent voice. Hope you are both well John. I followed this up with a susequent post as the first wasn't adressed to you. Edited by Fragile - December 19 2016 at 17:18 |
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Fragile
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Joined: June 27 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1125 |
Posted: December 19 2016 at 17:10 |
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Hello Ladies /Baldfriede, it's a joy to find you still on here I have been away for so long and only came back to look for the 3 Fates after Greg Lakes sad death .I enjoyed our mutual admiration for Peter Hamill's magnificent voice.Hope you are both well. John. |
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micky
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46843 |
Posted: December 20 2016 at 15:36 |
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hah... your tastes are only rivaled by your beauty.. and patience  I'd put Hazards of Love in there as well... as much for the album as that wonderful concert that was an experience....as quasi spiritual in nature as you can get without smoking a lot of sh*t and popping a bunch of pills. I've seen a lot of great shows... very few even approach that one. I think even you were crying at the end as a pure function of emotional release as I was. Brilliant, heart warming, and majestic. |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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rogerthat
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Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
Posted: December 20 2016 at 19:43 |
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My wife doesn't really care to know the names of artists/tracks but she likes Yes, Genesis, Steely Dan etc. She prefers that to heavy metal which is too noisy for her liking. @ thread: My wall of fame album is Red.
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Tapfret
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8632 |
Posted: December 23 2016 at 10:11 |
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Admittedly, neither do I. At least when it comes to track names. Artists are still important to know. Most new albums are "....the 3rd track on [band/album name] is amazing!" Edited by Tapfret - December 23 2016 at 10:12 |
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