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dr wu23 
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 Posted: October 28 2014 at 13:53 |
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Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
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Call me ignorant on that one but what was their 'stated mission' ?
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 14:00 |
dr wu23 wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
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Call me ignorant on that one but what was their 'stated mission' ?
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Playing obscurant, difficult music on albums that were virtually unsellable, of course.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Padraic
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 14:02 |
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Now, now..."Giant for a Day" was as unsellable as anything they put out. ;)
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Michael678
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 14:03 |
Padraic wrote:
Now, now..."Giant for a Day" was as unsellable as anything they put out. ;)
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as for any of their studio albums by the looks of things.
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 14:22 |
The Dark Elf wrote:
dr wu23 wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
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Call me ignorant on that one but what was their 'stated mission' ?
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Playing obscurant, difficult music on albums that were virtually unsellable, of course. |
Just how is Interview* not part of that "stated mission"? Its certainly as obscurant, difficult and virtually unsellable as their former seven releases. If anything its probably more of all that than their first four albums. (*an album I personally prefer to both Power and the Glory and Free Hand)
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 14:27 |
The Dark Elf wrote:
dr wu23 wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
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Call me ignorant on that one but what was their 'stated mission' ?
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Playing obscurant, difficult music on albums that were virtually unsellable, of course. |
I must have nissed that somewhere in all the articles about them.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Rednight
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 14:29 |
dr wu23 wrote:
The Dark Elf wrote:
dr wu23 wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
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Call me ignorant on that one but what was their 'stated mission' ?
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Playing obscurant, difficult music on albums that were virtually unsellable, of course. |
I must have nissed that somewhere in all the articles about them. |
Like they held a "stated mission" press conference.
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Rednight
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 14:36 |
My, my! Obscurant! Look at you!
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richardh
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 15:06 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
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they didn't
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danyboy
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Posted: October 29 2014 at 04:54 |
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ebil0505
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Posted: October 30 2014 at 01:03 |
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I-I can't . . . *mind snaps into two hemispheres*
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"I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 30 2014 at 13:49 |
dr wu23 wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
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Call me ignorant on that one but what was their 'stated mission' ?
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From the album cover for Acquiring The Taste - "... It is our goal to expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of being very unpopular. We have recorded each composition with the one thought - that it should be unique, adventurous and fascinating. It has taken every shred of our combined musical and technical knowledge to achieve this. From the outset we have abandoned all preconceived thoughts of blatant commercialism. Instead we hope to give you something far more substantial and fulfilling. All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste."
richardh wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
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they didn't |
Hint hint - Giant For A Day
Edited by Slartibartfast - October 30 2014 at 13:50
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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richardh
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Posted: October 30 2014 at 18:22 |
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^ Interview was still prog. After that..
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presdoug
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Posted: October 30 2014 at 19:56 |
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^The Missing Piece is a fantastic album.
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Barbu
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Posted: October 30 2014 at 20:00 |
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^ Giant For A Day is excellenté.
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Friday13th
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Posted: October 30 2014 at 22:03 |
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GG is hard to rank. I think Octopus wins just by a hair. It rocks, has great instrumental parts like "Boys in the Band", and has probably their most signature experimental song in "Knots." Acquiring has an impressive variety of sounds, but I think it may be too mellow overall and they're still finding themselves. In A Glass House is the most serious and instrumental, but I think that loses a bit of their charm. Power and Free Hand are the most accessible maybe to a fault with the overly funky stuff, though "On Reflection" is probably my favorite GG song.
Edited by Friday13th - October 30 2014 at 22:03
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BarryGlibb
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Posted: October 31 2014 at 05:34 |
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By the polling it is safe to say that you can buy all albums from Acquiring the Taste up until Free Hand and you won't be disappointed.
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Rednight
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Posted: October 31 2014 at 09:57 |
Barbu wrote:
^ Giant For A Day is excellenté. |
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: October 31 2014 at 12:07 |
BarryGlibb wrote:
By the polling it is safe to say that you can buy all albums from Acquiring the Taste up until Free Hand and you won't be disappointed.
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What the poll doesn't say - is that their debut and Interview are equally safe buys. Both solid four star-albums imo.
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Rednight
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Posted: October 31 2014 at 12:31 |
Saperlipopette! wrote:
BarryGlibb wrote:
By the polling it is safe to say that you can buy all albums from Acquiring the Taste up until Free Hand and you won't be disappointed.
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What the poll doesn't say - is that their debut and Interview are equally safe buys. Both solid four star-albums imo. |
Right on!
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