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Topic: Gnidrolog albums Posted: January 07 2007 at 14:43 |
I just got Lady Lake, and think its excellent, long time have I wanted to get hold of Gnidrolog and finally I have this wonderful album. Which is your favorite?
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 14:48 |
I do not know Gnosis, but first two are excellent. Can't say which one is better - say one year ago I was totally in love with Lady Lake and the first one seemed to me less brilliant. However lately I tend to prefer the first one, so it's really difficult to choose here - both are Great!!!
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 15:26 |
Depends when you ask me, but right now I'd say Lady Lake. Both are different, yet excellent, 4.5 star albums. Don't have Gnosis, but I doubt it's as good as their '72 albums.
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:21 |
Lady Lake
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:33 |
Have and love both, but still Toe Nail! By far.
Its darker, more complex and more aggressive, if you like that. But also more medieval/folk sounding. Never really warmed up to I Could Never be a Soldier.
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:35 |
I know nothing about Gnosis, but I have both In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail and Lady Lake on one disc (2-in-1 edition). Both albums are superb, it is just impossible for me to choose any of them as a favourite. Both are favourites, or, if you want, the whole disc with two albums on it is a favourite. Can't vote.
I would like, however, to acquaint myself with those obscure bonus tracks of In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail (they don't appear on 2-in-1 edition disc) as well as with the live 1972 album...
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:38 |
Fassbinder wrote:
I know nothing about Gnosis, but I have both In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail and Lady Lake on one disc (2-in-1 edition). Both albums are superb, it is just impossible for me to choose any of them as a favourite. Both are favourites, or, if you want, the whole disc with two albums on it is a favourite. Can't vote.
I would like, however, to acquaint myself with those obscure bonus tracks of In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail (they don't appear on 2-in-1 edition disc) as well as with the live 1972 album... |
Can tell you with all my love to their two albums, these bonus track are of so awful quality, that I have to skip them all the time to avoid spoiling pleasure of listening to the main material.
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:43 |
eugene wrote:
Fassbinder wrote:
I know nothing about Gnosis, but I have both In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail and Lady Lake on one disc (2-in-1 edition). Both albums are superb, it is just impossible for me to choose any of them as a favourite. Both are favourites, or, if you want, the whole disc with two albums on it is a favourite. Can't vote.
I would like, however, to acquaint myself with those obscure bonus tracks of In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail (they don't appear on 2-in-1 edition disc) as well as with the live 1972 album... |
Can tell you with all my love to their two albums, these bonus track are of so awful quality, that I have to skip them all the time to avoid spoiling pleasure of listening to the main material.
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Well, that's sad.
BTW, how do you pronounce the name of the band?
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:52 |
Гнидролог - sounds perfectly surrealistic to me
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:00 |
eugene wrote:
Гнидролог - sounds perfectly surrealistic to me |
Where is the stress -- at the ultimate syllable or at the penultimate one? People are always in shock when I tell them about this band. It reminds them (and me too) of "nit"... Something like a "nit specialist"...
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:07 |
gnidrolOg - that's how I pronounce it I like LADY LAKE more.Got it from NotAProghead, thanks a lot, Zhenya!!!
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:10 |
Fassbinder wrote:
eugene wrote:
Гнидролог - sounds perfectly surrealistic to me |
Where is the stress -- at the ultimate syllable or at the penultimate one? People are always in shock when I tell them about this band. It reminds them (and me too) of "nit"... Something like a "nit specialist"... |
Emphasis on penultimate syllable - makes it sounds exactly like that - brilliant. When I told my Russian friend that I got aquainted with gnidrolog he fell laughing. By the way Wobbler also sounds quite funny to slavonic ears - Во бля ! - just perfect.
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:13 |
Prog-jester wrote:
gnidrolOg - that's how I pronounce it
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no-no, it sounds too much like catalogue, I prefer it the other way round.
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:16 |
The question is -- whether the Goldring brothers themselves know how their band's name sounds to Slavic ears?
As for Wobbler -- for me it's either eater or catcher of вобла...
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:18 |
I also prefer [gnidrolOg]. [gnidrOlog] sounds like a profession...
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eugene
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:20 |
Fassbinder wrote:
The question is -- whether the Goldring brothers themselves know how their band's name sounds to Slavic ears?
As for Wobbler -- for me it's either eater or catcher of вобла...
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Do not know for sure but they could well have known...
Why catcher or eater - just вобла - great name for a band as well.
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:23 |
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I also prefer [gnidrolOg]. [gnidrOlog] sounds like a profession... |
like a professor of secret ancient science of gnidrology...
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:25 |
eugene wrote:
Fassbinder wrote:
The question is -- whether the Goldring brothers themselves know how their band's name sounds to Slavic ears?
As for Wobbler -- for me it's either eater or catcher of вобла...
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Do not know for sure but they could well have known...
Why catcher or eater - just вобла - great name for a band as well. -- 'cause "Воблер" is either an eater or a catcher...
Yes, it's a great name... with connotations...
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:33 |
Fassbinder wrote:
eugene wrote:
Fassbinder wrote:
The question is -- whether the Goldring brothers themselves know how their band's name sounds to Slavic ears?
As for Wobbler -- for me it's either eater or catcher of вобла...
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Do not know for sure but they could well have known...
Why catcher or eater - just вобла - great name for a band as well. -- 'cause "Воблер" is either an eater or a catcher...
Yes, it's a great name... with connotations...
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But some pronounce "mister" as [mista] and "wobbler" as [wobla],
But we are hijacking this thread with our philological exercises...
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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:41 |
eugene wrote:
But some pronounce "mister" as [mista] and "wobbler" as [wobla], -- ...most Slavs don't...
But we are hijacking this thread with our philological exercises... -- ...and linguistical ones as well... |
Anyway, Gnidrolog is an incredible group, and, still, I would like at least to listen to their live 1972 album.
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