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Points: 20468 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2014 at 17:30
Originally posted by TODDLER TODDLER wrote:

Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

What's so special about Scheherazade And Other Stories?
   It was a progression forward for the band and the fine writer influencing the band to progress was Michael Dunford. Although I like Ashes Are Burning a bit more, I understand the complexity to the Scheherazade epic and appreciate. It's merely adapting the mind set for it to understand how to go about enjoying anything about it. For example....Some people in life have to be in the right mood to watch a period film. 
 
I also prefer Ashes Are Burning and Turn of the Card to Scheherazade though they are all well done imho.
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Points: 12608 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2014 at 22:19
Annie Haslam's voice... well, and Tout's piano too, of course, and that Renaissance magic I really like. It's a beautiful album, however, I like "Turn of the Cards" much better... for me that's the Renaissance masterpiece. On this album, the best is the title epic, of course, but it actually only holds my attention for about the first half, and the last few minutes. The instrumental orchestral passages before the end sound a bit uninspired and unrelated to me, and break the flow of the song, so that it doesn't feel like a cohesive epic song.
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all i want to do is post a topic
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Points: 20468 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2014 at 22:52
Originally posted by edededed edededed wrote:

all i want to do is post a topic
I think you have to have a minimum number of posts before you can vote in a poll and start a topic.
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What's so special about Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh?
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Points: 2689 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2014 at 05:33
I'm going to let this one run for a third week until people comment on it.
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Hard to say. It's Magma and it has the Magma distinctive sounds and compositions (except for Merci). Saying what MDK has to special is the same of saying why one likes Magma. Personally I prefer Kohntarkoshz (or how the hell it's written).
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Points: 9869 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2014 at 05:40
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Hard to say. It's Magma and it has the Magma distinctive sounds and compositions (except for Merci). Saying what MDK has to special is the same of saying why one likes Magma. Personally I prefer Kohntarkoshz (or how the hell it's written).

Ditto.
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Points: 2689 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2014 at 03:37
What's so special about "Space Shanty"?
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Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

What's so special about "Space Shanty"?
 
Canterbury  meets prog rock with some fusion thrown in....what's not to like.
Not to mention Stewart on keys and Hillage on guitar.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2014 at 23:11
I've always been bored by the record x_x

Canterbury has better to offer, or whatever genre it's a part of. 
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What's so special about Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom?
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Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

What's so special about Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom?

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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Points: 2111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2014 at 23:18
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

What's so special about Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom?

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

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Points: 2689 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2014 at 05:35
Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

What's so special about Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom?
We covered it on page 24 in January.
 
For almost a year we've been discussing a different album every week. 
The first post has an up-to-date list of them all.


Edited by Stool Man - June 17 2014 at 05:37
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Points: 9869 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2014 at 10:14
Not necessarily one of the best Canterbury albums but pretty solid and very enjoyable stuff.  Perhaps its reputation precedes it, given that it features Dave Stewart AND Hillage. I prefer Egg for Stewart and Gong for Hillage.

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Points: 20468 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2014 at 10:19
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

I've always been bored by the record x_x

Canterbury has better to offer, or whatever genre it's a part of. 
 
I understand...I've always been bored by Dave Matthews .  Wink
 
Seriously I'd like to know what a young prog fan likes in the way of Canterbury....your favorites..?
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Points: 20468 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2014 at 10:22
Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Not necessarily one of the best Canterbury albums but pretty solid and very enjoyable stuff.  Perhaps its reputation precedes it, given that it features Dave Stewart AND Hillage. I prefer Egg for Stewart and Gong for Hillage.
I'm also a fan of EGG and GONG but their albums can be spotty at times.
Hatfield, Caravan, and Nat health are better imo.  Fish Rising is often cited as the second Khan LP but imho it's not as strong.
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Points: 9869 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2014 at 10:23
Do like Hatfield and Health.  Not a big fan of Caravan, too much on the safe side of Canterbury for my taste.
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Points: 20468 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2014 at 10:31
Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Do like Hatfield and Health.  Not a big fan of Caravan, too much on the safe side of Canterbury for my taste.
Yes....Caravan is more along the pop side of Canterbury for sure but there are always one or two tracks on their albums that get into the longer more adventurous fusion things.
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