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Points: 12798 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2006 at 17:16
Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:



Sorry, but no. Very very different sounds. I'd say TMV are King Crimson's trendy cousin.
 


The Mahavishnu Orchestra and King Crimson comparisons have come up time after time in interviews and articles. Scabdates includes at least one guitar solo suggesting a punked up John McLaughlin on speed - don't ask me which track since the buggers have done it again wrt to track listing on the insert card  not equating to track numbers indicated by my CD player.
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Points: 45 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2006 at 17:45
Their sounds are similar I guess, but I look at the MO as five musicians
who makes music together, and I look at Mars Volta as Cedric and Omar
as the entire band.

Have you noticed that, although Mars Volta has a full time keyboard
player, you hear him for a total of about 9 seconds on the entire 78
minute Frances the Mute? That's why I'm starting to hate the Mars Volta. I
love their claustrophobic feel but jeez, you can have it while incorporating
all the band members.
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2006 at 19:50
That's perhaps a fair assesment of TMV on record, but all live material I've seen has had a very different focus, and everyone is contributing. Great keys and drums, particularly - and much less emphasis on Cedric since there are long instrumental sections.
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Points: 1455 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2006 at 23:18

Hmmm...mayeb it's because i play keyboards...but I can hear Ikey fine throughout the whole record minus Miranda which isn;t havey in keyboards or anything until the pickup...and in L'Via...which he plays organ on, letting teh guest piano player do his part...keys aren't absent...

and live...Ikey's much more amazing live...
I'm a reasonable man, get off my case
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Points: 127 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2006 at 19:14


Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

 

and will be sorely tempted to get Scab Dates if/when it's a little more affordable for a poor student like me 

Don't they have a stream of it on the website?
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