Aphrodite's child 666
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Topic: Aphrodite's child 666
Posted By: jean-marie
Subject: Aphrodite's child 666
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 13:35
| IMO 666 is the greatest prog concept album of all times, tell me what you think, it will not change my mind but i need to get feedback , |
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 13:52
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One of the best albums ever made.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 13:56
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Ricochet wrote:Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 14:42
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It is a good album.... but not in my top 100 :) ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: rikkinadir
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 14:46
| A good album but not the best. For me "the lamb lies down on broadway" |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 15:23
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IMHO the worst in Aphrodite's Child short discography. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 15:37
| it's pretty good |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 15:38
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Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 16:46
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So is the question "is 666 the greatest prog concept album ever"? If so, I'd probably say no, but if it's just "is 666 really good" I'd say yes. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nathaniel607" rel="nofollow - My Last FM Profile 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 16:51
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It is quite nice. There are a few moments where it drags but when its on its top notch. I'd give it a 4 or 4.5. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 16:54
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Its a good album, but not the best concept album ever. ------------- 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 18:24
| Cons yes, pros no in terms of me believing that it is the greatest Prog concept album. If there truly is such a beast as the bona fide greatest Prog concept album, then I don't know what it is. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 18:58
Oddly enough I did Wayne's War Of The Worlds. Had to skip a couple of tracks. Care to guess which? I had heard of the 666 album when I first got a used copy, I had been a fan of V's latter 70's stuff. I like that stuff better. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 19:20
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A great album, but not the greatest. Accentuating the positive, I voted yea. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Mista-Gordie
Date Posted: April 26 2011 at 22:28
| It is a terrific concept album, and among the bests but the best? IMO it isn't |
Posted By: kawkaw123
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 07:21
| Scenes from a memory is the best. der! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 07:40
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Not the best, and it is uneven IMO with some great moments and some not-so-great moments. Break is woefully out of place, tacked on the end as it is.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 07:56
Bye bye my friend goodbye with a lie you forget and break it.........what would be the right place 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 08:35
It's a pretty Pop song that does not fit with the lyric, music or the concept of the album.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 10:23
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Should have been called 911 because they could have used some outside help. I do like it but for me the mood is completely wrong. PLJ BAND from Greece also has that apocalyptic mood down perfectly on their "Armageddon" album. Just my opinion. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 10:41
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 10:42
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Only listened once. Didn't do much for me but was very impressive for the time. -------------  
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 10:42
It's modern music, Dean, it doesn't have to end with Agnus Dei. There would be several quirkier interpretations, if we insist on this. Surely The Four Horsemen is just as off.. I probably appreciate it more for its eclectics than for its conceptuality. -------------
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 10:45
this is an old video from SSW and F  Silver Koulouris wasn't there yet,,who plays the guitar?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:07
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One of my favourite albums.Not keen on concept albums and arguably this is only a concept album up to side three. Both tracks on side 4 are actually tacked on. All The Seats Were Occupied is absolutely brilliant but exactly how this fits into the concept I'm not sure. The use of sampling and mixing in bits of the album into one complete self contained work is very clever but then Vangelis is a genius. Best concept album - Floyd's The Wall.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 27 2011 at 18:23
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 28 2011 at 15:05
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I've been listening to this alot this past week and while i initially felt the mood didn't seem to match the concept...who cares.That's part of it's charm actually,besides the music is so well done.Yes there are some freaky vocal sections but this one is a keeper.Very impressed ! ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 28 2011 at 15:31
 must say i was hoping that from you Mellotron
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 28 2011 at 16:01
| It is an unusual, engaging concept album that I also really enjoy. I like it better than "The Wall," but not as much as "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway." Still, I agree that it is one of the best extended concept albums ever recorded, though it isn't first in my book either. "Altamont," "Aegian Sea," and "The Four Horsemen" are my favorite songs off of "666." |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 28 2011 at 18:14
 
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Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: April 28 2011 at 22:58
| Unbearable. A blasphemy and a abomination. I bought it 25 years ago and after one listen I couldn't get it back to the store fast enough to return it. I lied and said it skipped. I felt my hands were rinsed of blood. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 09:22
    What's the problem with you?one spin is enough to say you don't like an album?i'm not even sure you're joking when you talk about blood on your hands, i prefer not imagine what's on your mind |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 09:58
People are allowed not to like albums you like.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 11:45
but they could try not expressing their feelings in such a vile way perhaps?
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 11:59
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I voted no. I don't know if it's the greatest concept or one of them. But for sure is one of the most important albums of rock history.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 12:08
I've read as bad things about ELP albums and DT ones. Worse probably. Even the band members of DT get some abuse. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 12:28
I don't find it vile, I find it to be humorously over-the-top. I sometimes like to exaggerate my opinions in a strong, quite absurd, and dramatic manner. When i do polls, I'd often prefer that people express strong disgust about music than not express any opinion whatsoever. That can be be fun for me, and, generally-speaking, when one recognises that what we like is a matter of taste, what does it matter when people express their distaste even if expressed strongly? It's just not something that offends me. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 12:40
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 12:46
I can't speak for his intent, but when I use such strong language even if I really dislike something and say over-the-top and dramatic things such as the hands rinsed of blood comment, then I'm deliberately going for absurdist humour. I don't take such comments seriously, though sometimes people are being serious, which can make it even more funny. I do love absurdity and exaggeration. |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 12:50
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Well, considering Jesus Christ Superstar exists, I'd say nay. Hell, even considering a few Ayreon monoliths and Thick as a Brick and Dark Side of the Moon and Animals and Wall and the Final Cut and Days of Future Passed and ... Naw, it's good, real good, but not the best. I'd take Blade Runner's OST from Vangelis even.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 13:59
I'd be interested in knowing why he thought it was blasphemous. I haven't bothered yet to check out the lyrics so...but i idid feel that maybe they weren't taking the subject matter too seriously which some would consider irreverent. I don't have a problem with that but some would i guess. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 01:45
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"No" looks like winning this.
I think some people have voted to the question "is it the greatest album ever?" and others have voted to the question "is it a great album?".
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 03:42
I voted yes on the latter premise. It isn't the greatest album ever made but its a very important album that tends to be a bit overlooked imo.
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Posted By: Falx
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 06:07
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I don't like Aphrodite's Child at all, the singing is terrible.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 07:04
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Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 11:17
I don't have a problem. You? It seems like it.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 15:57
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 18:56
 anyway i never have that kind of judgement after one single quick listening and if it's the case because the music realy doesn't talk to me ,i don't talk about it except saying it's not my cup of tea ( my glass of rhum these last days )
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 19:11
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sure i was on the rhum side when i said the greatest album of all times i meant one of the greatest prog concept album of all times and to answer Cannon i probably have some problems but surely not talking, as you did ,about albums i got 25 years ago and listened to quickly one time
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 19:12
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 19:27
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If he played it at 78rpm he could have listened to the whole thing in 33 minutes 20 seconds... that's still not that quick. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 19:32
I think that Vangelis was mostly portraying in the lyrics a literal description of events from Revelations, with a few irreverent compositional elements thrown into the record. Perhaps the album title scares people away, but I don't really see that the content of the music was blasphemous to religion or spirituality in any real sense. The song "Aegian Sea" is quite spiritual in a very positive way, to my ears. Also, the vocals by Irene Papas on "Infinity" do not specifically say anything that could be construed as blasphemy. I think it is just the unusual repetitive vocal sound that scares some people away from the track, not as a result of the actual content of the lyrics. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 19:40
Vangelis wasn't the lyricist.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 19:43
Then replace the word "lyrics" with "concept," since it was his idea in the first place. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 19:51
| Costa Ferris was the lyricist but it's so close to the apocalypse |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 19:52
 sorry for my bad english, i see what you mean
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Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: May 01 2011 at 16:09
The devil works in many different ways but mostly in the mind.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 10:37
| Who can find the beast? She comes she goes, Who ever knows? Who can find the beast? she's wicked and she's sad, |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 11:13
 Squeaky say rare to you all. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 11:20
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 11:24
Maybe she just wants to play the guitar? http://*i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee302/Slartibartfaster/IM001339.jpg" rel="nofollow - http://*i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee302/Slartibartfaster/IM001339.jpg <a href="http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee302/Slartibartfaster/?action=view&current=IM001339.jpg"><img src="http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee302/Slartibartfaster/IM001339.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> OK the photobucket is being a bit difficult. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 11:38
| Oh! so she plays the guitar? maybe you got an old stray cats album in your collection? |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 12:26
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Mediocre album from an average band. Unfortunately. I´m sorry. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 13:16
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 15:24
nothing ''average'' about this band even if the music is not to your taste
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 10:29
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 11:30
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 11:36
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 13:28
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I like the album a lot, but I don't LOVE it. And I'm certainly not IN LOVE with it. The album and I have never had intimate relations. OK? A good chunk of it is excellent. Several spots are a little lyrically awkward (no doubt due to English as a second language). Overall it seems a bit fragmented - side one especially sounds like a bunch of separate recordings by different bands. I know that I'm being overly critical of what is quite a cool album, and one I am more than proud to own. But overall, after months of hand-wringing and sleepless nights, I vote "No". ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 13:30
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Shame Moshkito left...he loved this album. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 17:11
| MOSHKITO! Come back! |