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Originally posted by Squonk19 Squonk19 wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I wonder how many BBT members are footie fans?? England now only one match from semi final and guess when that is on
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They could play 'Fat Billy Shouts Mine' to keep in the football spirit! "jumpers for goalposts......"

random facts of the day but did you know that the noted English composer Edward Elgar composed the first football song? He was a supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC which by coincidence is also my teamSmile
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I wonder how many BBT members are footie fans?? England now only one match from semi final and guess when that is on
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They could play 'Fat Billy Shouts Mine' to keep in the football spirit! "jumpers for goalposts......"
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I wonder how many BBT members are footie fans?? England now only one match from semi final and guess when that is on
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Yep I'll be there!
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See you all at the Anvil next month?
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Originally posted by Cambus741 Cambus741 wrote:

I'm not deliberately trying to be contrary but I've tried and tried with BBT, and just cannot get into them.    
Bit of a shame as I am interested in railways

shame indeed. They do write a lot of songs about the British industrial past (not just railways) and I find that very interesting as someone from Swindon. Musically they are a long way from being 'dark and edgy' which tends to put them a bit at odds with the modern trends in prog. However the songs are wonderfully refreshing and they are not scared of melody that is for sure although it might make them seems as if they are at the 'pop' end of prog a bit. For me it wasn't instant though. Sometimes its better to not try to hard to like a band too much and then it might just creep up on you. I found this to be true of Gentle Giant and Porcupine Tree who I also like a lot now but it wasn't always the case.
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I'm not deliberately trying to be contrary but I've tried and tried with BBT, and just cannot get into them.    
Bit of a shame as I am interested in railways
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Great news on the new live album 'Merchants of Light' coming out on July 29th, with a 'Swan Hunter' single release just before! Pre-order already in. Bring it on!
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Folklore is my favorite BBT album but I've been enjoying all their stuff since Dave Gregory and NDV joined.
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Originally posted by My Dreaming Hill My Dreaming Hill wrote:

Second Brightest Star is their best release since English Electric. Fight me.

well nearly a year on and I have to agree

btw off topic a tiny bit but I note that Nick is back playing drums with Spock's Beard. Please tell me this isn't permanent?! (or can he do both?). 
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It finally hit me - Folklore is utterly BRILLIANT !!
The first few spins left me a bit underwhelmed - it was good, but lacking in ‘something’ after EE 2. It has been on the shelf for a while. Well, this eve, it lacks nothing. Pure magic. I love it when I’m wrong about certain albums as a fresh observation can be such a delight.

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Maybe it's for the better - BBT keeps doing beautiful albums and Poole plants the seed elsewhere for more good musical crops in the future.

(Or: ... BBT keeps the train on track and Poole  gets  a renovated engine running anew. Tongue )


Edited by Quinino - January 06 2018 at 07:52
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Must admit I'm not even that familiar with the BBT line up. Dave Longdon and Nick D'Virgillio are the only ones I could name off the top off my head! I know there were always 2 main writers so I assume that Andy was one of those?


No, I think Poole has had less of a writing role since The Underfall Yard, although I always had the impression that the artistic direction and musical impetus were shared by him and Spawnton, with Longden obviously taking an increasingly influential role in recent times.

Members on other forums have said that Poole was pretty much finished as far as creative input was concerned. I'm not quite sure that is wholly the case, and I always think that a band losing a founding member like this is a huge moment, and such moments are rarely for the better.
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As long as Spawton stays on board the train will be on track    
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Must admit I'm not even that familiar with the BBT line up. Dave Longdon and Nick D'Virgillio are the only ones I could name off the top off my head! I know there were always 2 main writers so I assume that Andy was one of those?
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Disappointing news - the longevity of prog bands and their line-ups remains a big issue - but I had hoped BBT had settled on a steady and successful line-up, especially in this real 'purple patch' of the last few years. I'd be interested to hear the real reasons for this - personal, band direction, role within the band etc. Very sad!

Edited by Squonk19 - January 05 2018 at 14:28
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Breaking news. Andy Poole has left BBT. No idea why as yet. This will be a huge blow, although they are carrying on, and recruiting a new member for live work (not that there is a great deal of that)
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Have to say...... with a glass of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc down me as I watch the old Scrooge film on Channel 4 and I put the stockings out for tonight........I do like the Mark Benton video for the song. Wonderfully traditional! Here's to another great year for Big Big Train!
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It's rather nice and I like that it's very traditional but isn't going to challenge Greg Lake anytime soon for best Xmas record by a proggie. 
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I think it’s superb.

A proper Christmas single with sentiment, brass band, children’s choir..... what more could one ask?

(But I prefer listening to Snowfalls.)
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