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micky 
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 Posted: November 27 2015 at 08:25 |
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 yeah man.. fanboys.. gotta love them. |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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RockHound
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Joined: March 03 2013 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 518 |
Posted: November 27 2015 at 08:33 |
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For me it's #10 Godbluff; I may have been exposed to it at some point, but I just don't remember.
Purchasing Pawn Hearts decades ago is my only concerted dalliance with VDGG, and I have never felt an inclination to explore their catalog further. VDGG is apparently an acquired taste I've never been able to acquire.
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Tapfret
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Posted: November 28 2015 at 11:14 |
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Not sure why non-English albums would be excluded anymore than instrumental albums would be excluded.
For me, Hormonium, never heard anything by them. I have listened to Anglagard-Hybris all the way through once but can't find it at a decent price so I don't recall any but the first song.
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Angelo
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 05:21 |
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That would work for me as well :)
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ISKC Rock Radio
I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
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Raff
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 06:55 |
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Again with that c*** about non-English-language albums being ignored...
I wonder how many people will tune in to the RPI show tonight just to
debunk this old, tired stereotype. Thankfully, in real life I know a lot
of English-speaking prog fans who absolutely love music from
non-English-speaking countries (including Kobaia
 ).As to the original question, these are the albums in PA's Top 100 that are completely unknown to me: S. Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase Hiromi - Time Control Death - Symbolic Gorguts - Obscura Those I have heard only partially are many more, and include both Pain of Salvation's albums, the Hammill album, Zappa's One Size Fits All and The Grand Wazoo, and Harmonium's long-titled one. On the other hand, I have heard (and in most cases own) 85 out of 100 albums in that list. Therefore, I believe my "prog card" is safe for now. |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 08:13 |
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Never heard anything from: Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (# 36)
Not heard in its entirety (I think): Magma - MDK (# 50)
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Kotro
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Joined: August 16 2004 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 2809 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 08:35 |
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#28 Miles Davis' Kind of Blue is my highest rated album on both accounts. It is followed by #47 Miles Davis' In a Silent Way, same criteria. So I guess my prog credentials are good.
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Bigger on the inside.
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Skalla-Grim
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Joined: July 07 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 305 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 08:58 |
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Albums from the PA top100 I haven't listened to:
#28 Miles Davis - A Kind of Blue (does anybody really consider it "prog rock"??) #32 Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase #34 Opeth - Still Life #47 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way (see #28) #48 IQ - The Road of Bones #62 Riverside - Second Life Syndrome #71 Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet #80 Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane #82 Pain of Salvation -The Perfect Element Pt.1 #100 Obscura - Gorguts There are some albums which I have listened to partially, or am not really sure I have listened to them. |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 20161 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 09:03 |
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Kind Of Blue is certainly not considered a prog album by anyone as far as I know. Whereas In A Silent Way is a great Fusion album and is probably considered a landmark album by most people who include Fusion on Prog.
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
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gr8dane
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Joined: May 11 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1127 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 13:25 |
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Pawn Hearts
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Shake & bake.
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Cristi
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Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Online Points: 41262 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 13:40 |
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Silent Corner... (Peter Hammill)
is it worth checking out? does it sound like classic VDGG? |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 13:50 |
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That and In Camera are probably the albums of his that come closest to classic Van Damme. |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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Rednight
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 14:00 |
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It currently comes in at position no. 18 on the PA Top 100 : Anglagard's Hybris. Never heard of 'em. Any good (please don't say they're as good as Steven Wilson, everybody's hero at the moment)?
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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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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 14:22 |
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Well if you can dig your Crimson with a big slab of Scandinavian melancholy then you're going to enjoy Hybris. Sounds nothing like Steve Wilson.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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micky
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46827 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 16:00 |
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count yourself lucky man...  |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Mellotron Storm
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Joined: August 27 2006 Location: The Beach Status: Offline Points: 12917 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 17:42 |
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Time Control
Symbolic Obscura I do have the first one but haven't got to it yet.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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sublime220
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Joined: January 21 2015 Location: Willow Farm Status: Offline Points: 1563 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 18:04 |
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^ Best jazz piano you will ever hear.
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There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...
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zwordser
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Posted: November 29 2015 at 18:41 |
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Peter Hammill: Silent Corner, Empty Stage for me as well.
Really want to hear it though: I've got two of his other albums, including In Camera, which is supurb!
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TheLionOfPrague
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Joined: March 08 2011 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 1048 |
Posted: November 29 2015 at 20:14 |
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Will check them out 
Will check it out. I did listen to a lot of local prog despite none of it being among my favorite bands, but for some reason never heard that one. |
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I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
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fudgenuts64
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Posted: November 30 2015 at 07:45 |
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Pawn Hearts by VDGG surely.
Edited by fudgenuts64 - November 30 2015 at 07:45 |
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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
So let me get this straight you're from Argentina and you have yet to hear the finest prog album your country ever produced? Oh boy - let me tell you, you're in for a real treat when you finally dip your toes in Bubu's Anabelas
Hell it is possibly one of the finest prog albums out there full stop.