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Posted: August 01 2015 at 09:32
Of the classics, I'd say Relayer. The first time I heard it, when I was in my late teens, I didn't particularly like it, and it took me over 30 years to actually "get" it.
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 17:58
Pink Floyd Animals. It took decades to reach the situation me wanting to hear that album. I didn't hate it but ... Nowadays it's one of my PF favourites.
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 21:20
emigre80 wrote:
Tales, definitely. But it sure was worth the trouble.
I think it is the Ancient that is the key to the album. Get that, the hardest of the 4 to get into but ultimately the most satisfying of the 4 once you do, the rest sort of falls into place.
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 22:32
micky wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Tales, definitely. But it sure was worth the trouble.
I think it is the Ancient that is the key to the album. Get that, the hardest of the 4 to get into but ultimately the most satisfying of the 4 once you do, the rest sort of falls into place.
Hmm, that's exactly the way I felt about the Remembering. I thought RSOG and Ritual were easier but was listening to them more as stand-alone songs. Once I "got" the Remembering, the rest of the album just made sense as a four part suite.
However, it's kind of cool that there are so many different ways into the album, but they all lead to the same place. A really good place.
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 22:38
oh yeah.. most do seem to trip up on the Ancient. Hell I did for many years.. but irregarless of which one. They are are frickin great.. and different which is the cherry on top. Get them all... and one will if they are patient enough... the masterpiece is thus fully revealed.
It is the epitome of prog rock. It was the creative peak of prog rock.. what everything done before was working up to.. and everything since then working down from....
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Posted: August 03 2015 at 16:47
Honestly, I got into Tales immediately. It was not a challenge at all for me. However, Larks' Tounges was extremely hard and it still is today for me to listen to.
I'd say The Lamb mainly because it was not what I was expecting at all. Up to that point I'd been listening to Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme and Trick of the Tail a lot and was hooked on Genesis.
I kept reading about the Lamb and thought it would be more of the same. At first I didn't like it! I felt like there were no proper songs, I was confused by the story. It took me a good few listens but the key to understanding the album for me was allowing time for the story to sink in. Once it does you can listen to an individual track whilst keeping the context.
It is noy hands down my favourite Genesis album. Would be interested to hear how it went down with those of you who were fans on it's release. How long until you got it?
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Posted: August 03 2015 at 18:46
I'm just now starting to get Yeti after a long time. Probably because it was the first krautrock album I ever bought. And yah Ancients took me forever to get, but the other 3 songs clicked with me almost immediately.
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Posted: August 07 2015 at 20:25
My prime vexample would be for VdGG. Bought two albums as a teen in the 70's and didn't get to appreciate them until I saw Hammill live at the Exito 13 in Brussels in 92, and the same year, I got to see the Godbluff live film. I needed to "see" to understand I guess
Hercules wrote:
I think anything by Gentle Giant.
For years, I couldn't stand them; now I love them.
Still haven't "got" TFTO at all.
Well, just like VdGG,I knew one day I'd get GG so I kept trying the two albums I had every coupple of years or so.... It finally clicked when I read a piece analysing Knots... And everything fell together.
Don't care to one day "get" TFTO???? It's pretentious junk AFAIAC.
Kirillov wrote:
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Beefheart - Trout
Mask Replica and Henry Cow - In Praise Of Learning. It took me a decade
to 'get' Dagmar vocals.
Me too. I 'got' Leg End and Unrest straightaway, but struggled with IPOL.
I still can't grasp or stand her every time I listen to HC, AB or NFB, to be honest... Somedays she grates me
Guldbamsen wrote:
Funny, no mentions of electronic music yet. Maybe that's because most people never really get around to appreciate it? Either way, I would think that an album like Phaedra would be quite difficult to get into if you're coming from a rock background. 'Where the feck are the drums and guitars!!??!?!?!!!!'
Actually, my dad bought Tomita's Snowflakes are Dancing upon its release(I was 11 then and starting to buy albums >> COTC, DSOTM, netc...) and played that album really loud (like it's supposed to) in the living roof. It clicked instantly with me (and my brothers as well)
But the first TD album I bought was Zeit, and I hated it for a few years (Pheadra is a cinch compared to Zeit, really). I tried again TD with Ricochet and it clicked instantly, as with Alpha Centauri as well.
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Posted: August 08 2015 at 11:51
emigre80 wrote:
micky wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Tales, definitely. But it sure was worth the trouble.
I think it is the Ancient that is the key to the album. Get that, the hardest of the 4 to get into but ultimately the most satisfying of the 4 once you do, the rest sort of falls into place.
Hmm, that's exactly the way I felt about the Remembering. I thought RSOG and Ritual were easier but was listening to them more as stand-alone songs. Once I "got" the Remembering, the rest of the album just made sense as a four part suite.
However, it's kind of cool that there are so many different ways into the album, but they all lead to the same place. A really good place.
Wow. That just goes to show how different our perceptions can be. The Remembering was the ONLY part of Tales that I got the first time through. Other than certain small segments, I still don't get the rest of Tales to this day. Oh well.
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Posted: August 09 2015 at 18:48
SquonkHunter wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
micky wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Tales, definitely. But it sure was worth the trouble.
I think it is the Ancient that is the key to the album. Get that, the hardest of the 4 to get into but ultimately the most satisfying of the 4 once you do, the rest sort of falls into place.
Hmm, that's exactly the way I felt about the Remembering. I thought RSOG and Ritual were easier but was listening to them more as stand-alone songs. Once I "got" the Remembering, the rest of the album just made sense as a four part suite.
However, it's kind of cool that there are so many different ways into the album, but they all lead to the same place. A really good place.
Wow. That just goes to show how different our perceptions can be. The Remembering was the ONLY part of Tales that I got the first time through. Other than certain small segments, I still don't get the rest of Tales to this day. Oh well.
Different people are always going to react to music - any art, really - differently. But it is interesting to hear so many other reactions to the same piece of music.
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I think it is the Ancient that is the key to the album. Get that, the hardest of the 4 to get into but ultimately the most satisfying of the 4 once you do, the rest sort of falls into place.
