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Points: 4070 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2018 at 20:42
Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

Cool to see I'm not the only one. It's definitely my favorite Gabriel-era Genesis record. After the Ordeal is fantastic too!

I also love the lyrics--from Epping

There's no one else alive--must be a drawer
So the black cap barons toss a coin to settle the score!

as you may or may not know this song was based on something the guys read in a newspaper---a real story of gangs and gangsters
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Onward by Yes. 
I sorta ignored some of the tracks on Tormato, but then last year heard Onward as a part of a medley by ..Unitopia i think..One of my favourite tracks on that album now.
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Always been a fan of Epping Forest, and never got the hate some people had for it. I guess I just enjoyed the journey. (Even if I didn't immediately enjoy the keyboard discord near "Picnic")

On a related note. I bought Hackett's Spectral Mournings early in my Hackett catalog. I loved almost all of it. Except the title track. 

It just seemed repetitive and boring. And for decades that's been the reaction that I got every time I tried to listen to it. And then one time I put it on and got the subtle variations. I can't say that it's not repetitive, but I enjoy it more. 
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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2018 at 23:03
I have get into whole Van Der Graaf Generator music just some years ago. Have got Pawn Hearts into cassette over 20 years, listened it sometimes until it hits me some years ago and I started to listen all their other albums. Itīs still not one of my big favourites like Wigwam, Floyd, KC.
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Points: 9233 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2018 at 02:28
Originally posted by Blinkyjoh Blinkyjoh wrote:

Onward by Yes. 
I sorta ignored some of the tracks on Tormato, but then last year heard Onward as a part of a medley by ..Unitopia i think..One of my favourite tracks on that album now.

I'm a huge Yes fan, and I still ignore this album unfairly. Your post has given me urgency to reprise!

Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

Cool to see I'm not the only one. It's definitely my favorite Gabriel-era Genesis record. After the Ordeal is fantastic too!

I also love the lyrics--from Epping

There's no one else alive--must be a drawer
So the black cap barons toss a coin to settle the score!

as you may or may not know this song was based on something the guys read in a newspaper---a real story of gangs and gangsters

Doesn't surprise me! Perhaps they got an early taste for "Robbery, Assault and Battery" while they were at it? Wink 

I LOVE that line btw! It's not just the lyrics that rule, but Gabriel's DELIVERY of them. "Settle the scooooooooooore!" Half of my fascination with that era is how he SPEAKS the words into the songs. Absolute master.

"Oh, no, not me! I'm a man of repute..."

"In with a left hook is the Bethnal Green Butcher,
but he's countered on the right by Mick's chain-gang fight,
and Liquid Len, with his smashed bottle men,
is lobbing Bob the Nob across the gob.
With his kisser in a mess, Bob seems under stress,
but Jones the Jug hits Len right in the mug;
and Harold Demure, who's still not quite sure,
fires acorns from out of his sling.
(Here come the cavalry!)"

^ 10/10 lol. I love how he squeezes the "calvary" line in there almost under his breath but still melodically. It sounds like a separate take, and doesn't matter if it is honestly.


Edited by Frenetic Zetetic - January 10 2018 at 02:31

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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2018 at 03:13
Right - I thought if Devo as a bunch of nerds. Whip It is a very clever song.
The bottom line is :    you gotta look at what they were doing, how they were doing it, and not what presenting overall.
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Frank Zappa's "The Gumbo Variations" from Hot Rats Clap

Gentle Giant's "Aspirations" as well Tongue
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Points: 14 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2018 at 15:50
Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers

I never tire of his track.. timeless Thumbs Up
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Points: 9233 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2018 at 19:27
Originally posted by mooguy mooguy wrote:

Frank Zappa's "The Gumbo Variations" from Hot Rats Clap

Gentle Giant's "Aspirations" as well Tongue

Great choices.

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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