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Topic: Lyrically best VdGG album?
Posted: November 15 2013 at 13:12

Still Life, but for lyrics I do prefer the PH solo albums.

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Posted: November 15 2013 at 12:59

I chose The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other because it has seemed to speak to me the best.

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Posted: November 15 2013 at 12:00

Still Life

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Posted: November 11 2013 at 20:20

Went with Godbluff.....but I haven't listened to Still Life in a long time.

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Posted: November 10 2013 at 19:35

Still Life. The lyrics to the title cut are brilliant Wink

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Posted: November 10 2013 at 15:59

HarbouringTheSoul wrote:

Definitely not the one with the song about Euler's formula. LOL

When I heard that one I just stopped listening and never picked it up again. I think $e^{i \pi} + 1 = 0$ is just as cool as the next guy, but I definitely don't want to hear it in a song. Especially since I was a taking a signals and systems class at the time... too many Fourier Transforms kind of ruined the appeal for me.

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Posted: November 10 2013 at 15:46

There's a house with no bell, but then nobody calls
I sometimes find it hard to tell if any are alive at all, outside

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Posted: November 10 2013 at 15:43

So hard to pick between them, really. Godbluff is my undisputed favorite, but based on the topic, it's taking a rare second place in my book. I'm giving the vote to Still Life. The mature, introspective reflections Hammill offers in those tracks are truly wonderful.

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Posted: November 10 2013 at 14:13

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Posted: November 10 2013 at 14:01

ole-the-first wrote:

Shame I couldn't vote for Godbluf and Still Life at the same time. Voted for Godbluff because it have less votes now.

Wow, I radically changed my opinion since then!

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Posted: November 10 2013 at 14:00

Pawn Hearts. 'A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers' lyrics are purely cathartic.

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Posted: November 10 2013 at 13:58

Probably Still Life, then Godbluff

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Posted: January 24 2013 at 08:30

Definitely not the one with the song about Euler's formula. LOL

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Posted: January 24 2013 at 07:43

Shame I couldn't vote for Godbluf and Still Life at the same time. Voted for Godbluff because it have less votes now.

Edited by ole-the-first - January 24 2013 at 07:44

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Posted: January 22 2013 at 08:06

Still Life

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Posted: January 19 2013 at 21:18

Fox On The Rocks wrote:

Still Life, oh god wow, one of the only album's where it's affected me more lyrically and vocally, opposed to the musicianship. Those last few minutes of Childlike Faith are absolutely incredible - so blunt and impressionable - and the voice to go with it too. Only Peter Hammill could get away with something like that! Big smile

Actually in fact, I read somewhere that the reviews at the time gave him flak for his supposed "smart-a**" one liners. LOL

I don't think a rock critic would know a "smart-*** one liner" if it bit them in the ***. LOL

Back on topic, I think Still Life has the best lyrics, with Godbluff being a close second.

He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!

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Posted: January 19 2013 at 19:34

Wanorak wrote:

The Least We Can Do...

I consider drone metal to be progressive...

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Posted: January 19 2013 at 18:27

Still Life, oh god wow, one of the only album's where it's affected me more lyrically and vocally, opposed to the musicianship. Those last few minutes of Childlike Faith are absolutely incredible - so blunt and impressionable - and the voice to go with it too. Only Peter Hammill could get away with something like that! Big smile

Actually in fact, I read somewhere that the reviews at the time gave him flak for his supposed "smart-a**" one liners. LOL

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Posted: January 19 2013 at 04:31

hé?... H to He of course! It's a concept album about what extreme lonileness does to the thinks we take for granted.

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Posted: January 19 2013 at 02:32

Wanorak wrote:

The Least We Can Do...

ya, beats out Godbluff for me

great stuff

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Poll Question: What VdGG album has the best lyrics?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
The Aerosol Grey Machine	0	[0.00%]
The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other	6	[13.64%]
H to He, Who Am the Only One	1	[2.27%]
Pawn Hearts	5	[11.36%]
Godbluff	7	[15.91%]
Still Life	22	[50.00%]
World Record	1	[2.27%]
The Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome	0	[0.00%]
Present	0	[0.00%]
Trisector	0	[0.00%]
A Grounding in Numbers	1	[2.27%]
ALT (i.e. I hate Hammill's lyrics)	1	[2.27%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted