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Guldbamsen 
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 Posted: November 07 2014 at 06:28 |
and I'm even missing a few... soooo much great music out there, especially if you branch out beyond the usual suspects. A whole other world indeed.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: November 07 2014 at 06:34 |
 Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
Tom Ozric wrote:
I do indeed have many albums what I consider as 'Masterpiece' status - however, there's a handful that for me, personally, that exceed the 5 star level........here's a few........
ANGE - Le Cimitere des Arlequins
ASH RA TEMPEL - S/T
ATOMIC ROOSTER - S/T
CAN - Future Days
CARAVAN - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
CURVED AIR - Air Cut
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Man, I have been playing that self titled Ash Ra nonstop lately! Had it ages ago, let it be for a while, now I can't work out why on earth I `let it be' for so long!
Damn, Tom, I would probably personally place `Caricatures' JUST ahead of `Le Cimitere...'....but I'd be happy for them to both slug it out for my attention!
Heh, `Rare Birds'...I've had the CD for months (and the `Clowns' one) but never listened to it! I'm still so satisfied with the self titled and lovable old `New Faces' that I haven't felt the need to move on yet! |
Hey Bro !! You read my incomplete list - yeah, Caricatures on par with Cimitiere....... ..........and with Ash Ra debut, Traummaschine is just the *perfect* drift away piece.......(without chemical enhancements......) ...........and more seriously, 27 Club takes me a lot further than most albums I've listed ....... Just can't explain what it is - this Magenta album floors me into the ground/Kosmos/stratosphere/wherever.........it just 'does it' for me........not just Christina's vox/looks either. Reed and Fry also amaze me.......and Andy Frost on drums..........just beyond perfect....... ..........if 'Seven' is better than 27 Club, then it looks like a straight-jacket will be in order for me..........
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 07 2014 at 06:35 |
micky wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
My fave Tull is early Tull, so I completely agree with you - even if they made their high water mark with A Passion Play. I think my current fave of theirs is 'With you there to help me'.
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wow. It is almost scary. I've met a lot of people on this forum over the years David.
Tell me you love Willie Nelson and I'll start think thinking we were seperated at birth or something like that.
Känguru? Hell yeah!!!  With You There to Help Me has been my absolute favorite Tull track for as long as I've been listening to them. Perfection.
As far as Tull. Raff and I disagree... I mean REALLY disagree really only on one thing musically and that is regarding Jethro Tull. I suppose with you as well, I know I have with 99.9 of the forum. I think Tull reached their creative peak with Aqualung and then overreached and became the originator of the mediorce prog moniker. Prog for prog's sake. The rest of the 70's albums were simply ho hum to me.
Aqualung was their definitive masterpiece IMO.
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Not a big Willie Nelson fan no I do love his persona though.
It's funny, I almost never find people with similar tastes as my own but on here there are quite a few. I think you'll find that HolyMoly (Steve), Logan (Greg), Saperlipoppete! (?), Finnforest (Jim) and John the Mellotron all share our love of Battiato fx.
I don't agree on Aqualung though  Give me a spectacled hare any day!
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: November 07 2014 at 06:42 |
At least Willie loved his hash......
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micky
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Posted: November 07 2014 at 15:25 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
micky wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
My fave Tull is early Tull, so I completely agree with you - even if they made their high water mark with A Passion Play. I think my current fave of theirs is 'With you there to help me'.
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wow. It is almost scary. I've met a lot of people on this forum over the years David.
Tell me you love Willie Nelson and I'll start think thinking we were seperated at birth or something like that.
Känguru? Hell yeah!!! With You There to Help Me has been my absolute favorite Tull track for as long as I've been listening to them. Perfection.
As far as Tull. Raff and I disagree... I mean REALLY disagree really only on one thing musically and that is regarding Jethro Tull. I suppose with you as well, I know I have with 99.9 of the forum. I think Tull reached their creative peak with Aqualung and then overreached and became the originator of the mediorce prog moniker. Prog for prog's sake. The rest of the 70's albums were simply ho hum to me.
Aqualung was their definitive masterpiece IMO.
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Not a big Willie Nelson fan no I do love his persona though.
It's funny, I almost never find people with similar tastes as my own but on here there are quite a few. I think you'll find that HolyMoly (Steve), Logan (Greg), Saperlipoppete! (?), Finnforest (Jim) and John the Mellotron all share our love of Battiato fx.
I don't agree on Aqualung though Give me a spectacled hare any day!
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HahI would have been surprised if you were ...and had agreed with me. THEN I really would have been worried for you. I would have had to have then asked you if you got your kicks dressing in women's clothes and duping unsuspecting men for phone numbers at bars to really see if we were separated at birth. The search continues. 
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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micky
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Posted: November 07 2014 at 15:36 |
richardh wrote:
TFTO seems a particularly contentious album. The scope of ambition dwarfs just about everything but I suspect Wakeman's slightly bitter comments did much to kill the respect that album obviously deserved.
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missed this earlier as I was in a hurry to get out the door to work. I think the point has been made by many Richard, I know I tried to hammer it home in my review of the album, that album is ..was.. the highpoint of the 70's progressive rock movement. It was, for the lack of a better work. Art. Aural Art if you will and what is main purpose of art. To stimulate and provoke. No album EVER, prog or otherwise did that the way TFTO did. Some consider it the among the worst albums ever done, some consider it among the best ever done. That in my mind speaks volumes, the shear contentious of it, about just what kind of masterpiece it was. The lack of respect? By half wits and non thinkers. One does not like to like the art to appreciate it.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Raff
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Posted: November 07 2014 at 16:57 |
Cactus Choir wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
I was thinking about choosing Stand Up over A Passion Play in my list. Such a great album and the one
that really got me hooked on Tull. Very nice choice indeed.
.....but BOC's Spectres? Really? I'd take any of the first ones over it with Secret Treaties being my fave of the lot. |
Some of my choices may be a bit contentious - some might even say "naff" - but that's personal taste for you. Spectres seems to have a bad rep with a lot of BOC fans but I think it's full of memorable tunes, the production is great and I love Buck Dharma's guitar work. I like their early "Black and White" albums but the production on them always sounded a bit thin to my ears.
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My husband (aka Micky  ) is a big fan of Spectres, which is in my opinion a much better album than Agents of Fortune. Then again, even mediocre BOC albums are way better than a whole lot of other things.
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tuxon
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Posted: November 07 2014 at 17:17 |
Raff wrote:
Cactus Choir wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
I was thinking about choosing Stand Up over A Passion Play in my list. Such a great album and the one
that really got me hooked on Tull. Very nice choice indeed.
.....but BOC's Spectres? Really? I'd take any of the first ones over it with Secret Treaties being my fave of the lot. |
Some of my choices may be a bit contentious - some might even say "naff" - but that's personal taste for you. Spectres seems to have a bad rep with a lot of BOC fans but I think it's full of memorable tunes, the production is great and I love Buck Dharma's guitar work. I like their early "Black and White" albums but the production on them always sounded a bit thin to my ears.
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My husband (aka Micky) is a big fan of Spectres, which is in my opinion a much better album than Agents of Fortune. Then again, even mediocre BOC albums are way better than a whole lot of other things.
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I prefer a little BOC over a kick in the head at any day. It's simple music, for simple people, but boy do they (BOC) get it right everytime. Gotta love them. Think I'm of to listen to some secret treaties, that's right Astronomy rocks.
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: November 08 2014 at 04:21 |
Raff wrote:
[QUOTE=Cactus Choir][QUOTE=Guldbamsen
My husband (aka Micky) is a big fan of Spectres, which is in my opinion a much better album than Agents of Fortune. Then again, even mediocre BOC albums are way better than a whole lot of other things.
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Hi Raff, good to see other Spectres fans out there! ETI, Reaper and Morning Final are the only three tracks from Agents of Fortune that match the Spectres material. Unlike a lot of long lasting bands BOC never really had a nadir (Club Ninja was as close as they came) and pretty much everything they did is worth listening to.
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
"He's up the pub"
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micky
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Posted: November 08 2014 at 06:01 |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Snoopy
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Posted: January 16 2015 at 08:25 |
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Prog
1. King Crimson - Red
2. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
3. Henry Cow - Concerts
4. Magma - Kontarkos
5. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters Club
6. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
7. Camel - Rain Dances
8. John Greaves - Songs
9. Genesis - The Lamb lies down on Broadway
10. Peter Hammill - In Camera
11. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
12. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
12. Bruford - Bruford
13. Allan Holdsworth - i.o.u.
14. Mother Gong - The Owl and the Three
15. U.K. - U.K.
16. Brian Eno - Discreet Music
17. Robert Fripp - Exposure
18. Can - Future Days
19. Yes - Close to the Edge
20. Chris Squire - Fish out of Water
Prog Related
1. Talk Talk - Eden
2. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
3. David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
4. Mick Karn - Dreams of Reason produce Monsters
5. Kate Bush - Never Forever
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Moogmoods
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Posted: January 16 2015 at 09:46 |
Yes - Going for the One Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here ELP - Works Vol 1 ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Kansas - Two for the Show Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Jethro Tull - Bursting Out Camel - Nude Camel - Rajaz Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 7-13 Vangelis - Reprise Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield - Crises Mike Oldfield - The Songs of Distant Earth Eno - Apollo - Atmospheres and Soundtracks Genesis - Seconds Out
Edited by Moogmoods - January 16 2015 at 09:47
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