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Two Van der Graaf Generator songs |
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AFlowerKingCrimson 
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 Topic: Two Van der Graaf Generator songsPosted: May 22 2020 at 19:32 |
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Two rather mellow VDGG tunes.
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jamesbaldwin
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 20:22 |
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Two masterpieces.
But the arrangement of Refugees creates a celestial atmosphere that, in my opinion, made of it one of the greatest elegiac song of all times.
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"Happiness is real only when shared"
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Logan
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 21:07 |
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I really love both tracks, and both I find very poignant and emotionally resonant, but “House with No Door” I find particularly poignant and emotionally resonant. I also find it to be achingly beautiful in its way. “Refugees” always leaves me feeling a sense of bittersweet nostalgia, and “House With No Door” resonates with feelings of isolation and alienation that I have experienced and continue to struggle with. These are two songs that I commonly link together, when I think of one, I often think of the other.
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 21:33 |
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House
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 22:48 |
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Neither is my big faves, but Refugees.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 23:08 |
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Always loved Refugees (the 6:20 version).
Also, I think Out of my Book is a beautiful song. Edited by Tom Ozric - May 22 2020 at 23:09 |
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I prophesy disaster
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 00:30 |
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House With No Door
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 01:01 |
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Refugees.
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Lewian
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 03:22 |
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For some reason Refugees always rubbed me up the wrong way. If I'd make a list of VDGG songs, I'd probably rank 90% or more above it. House With No Door on the other hand got me from the very beginning.
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Cristi
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 05:02 |
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House With No Door
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 05:15 |
I liked the lyrics of House With No Door from the very beginning. The music took somewhat longer to appreciate. It is still my least favourite track on the album, but it is facing very stiff competition from tracks such as Lost, Pioneers Over C, The Emperor In His War-Room, and Killer. |
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 05:31 |
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^ and Lost.
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 08:59 |
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I like both, but prefer Refugees.
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 15:58 |
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House with no door +1
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Posted: May 26 2020 at 03:27 |
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Refugees.
Love that song. Gets me every time. |
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Posted: July 03 2020 at 15:59 |
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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
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King of Loss
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Posted: July 03 2020 at 16:15 |
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Both are god-like songs, so I picked both equally.
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Posted: July 07 2020 at 03:27 |
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Refugees is huge plains, hope, and sunset. House with No Door is a stone tower, despair, and rain outside. The latter is more "whiny" and "sadder", but I have to give it a very slight edge. I just love that "damp" piano.
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