Is Steven Wilson Not Here?
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Topic: Is Steven Wilson Not Here?
Posted By: MattGuitat
Subject: Is Steven Wilson Not Here?
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 20:45
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Has anyone else ever noticed that Steven Wilson refers to not being here a lot? Anesthetizatize-"quite possibly I am not here..." Arriving Somewhere-"arriving somewhere, but not here..." The Sky Moves Sideways-"I find that I'm not here.." Is he lost or something?
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 20:47
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Well, you can't be somewhere until you get there.
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Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 20:47
Good point
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darkshade wrote:Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 20:54
It's quite logical really. If you've got a dead wing, you won't be flying any place. If your planet is blank, you'll have no point of reference. And if the sky is moving, well, there you are (or aren't, as the case may be). ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: steelyhead
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 21:34
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It's quite logical really. If you've got a dead wing, you won't be flying any place. If your planet is blank, you'll have no point of reference. And if the sky is moving, well, there you are (or aren't, as the case may be). [/QUOTE] LOL |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 21:47
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He's a fan of Radiohead and Thom Yorke was also not here, but Thom seems to have this thing for crushing that Steven doesn't have.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 21:48
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No, he is not here.
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Posted By: Isa
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 22:12
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Sounds like a lyrical theme that he likes to implement. A lot of artists have certain unique ideas that they're really fond of and put in their lyrics. In Steven Wilson's case, I guess its the idea of a person existing, yet not truly existing, or at least in his view of what it means to exist as a human being (a view I agree with on a lot of points). Thus the first person narrative speaking "I'm not here" even though they're the person saying it, and thus would logically be where they are at the moment of saying it, but ironically they themselves are void of the things that make human existence different from any other kind of existence, namely beauty and possessing an intrigue of the world around us as humans. Or its just a clever-sounding thing to say.  ------------- The human heart instrinsically longs for that which is true, good, and beautiful. This is why timeless music is never without these qualities. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 22:30
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Or it's just all nonsense.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 22:31
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Well if he were here, I'd like to know just where in my house he's hiding...
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 23:22
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He is also mildly obsessed with trains. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 23:25
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I think it's just a vague phrase that depressed teenagers in search of an identity can relate to.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 23:41
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To quote the great Bob Dylan: "I wish I was beside her but I'm not there, I'm gone." ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 00:32
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All that redundancy, the hurry-up-and-wait, listening to the same measure of music hundreds of times, frustrating soundchecks, answering the same tired questions in interviews, more sitting around and waiting, crappy food and shady hotels, playing in a different city every night to crowds that start to all look the same. I imagine doing that nonstop for a decade or longer could really mess with a persons head, likely leading to feelings of disconnection from the rest of the world, and worse, losing who you are as a person. Telling yourself that you are "not here" may be the only way to cope with such horror for so long. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 01:39
^I really wish I had such a "horror" to cope with. And all the money that comes with it. I really do.
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 01:49
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Short on ideas? Or maybe thinking the same thing all the time? Stuck in a rut? ------------- 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: Dean
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 02:50
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He used to be here, then he asked for his account to be removed and now he's not here.
I guess it's something he does quite often. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 03:27
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Good point - was SW ever here on PA ?
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Posted By: crasholina
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 03:28
ahahahah
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 03:31
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Posted By: crasholina
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 03:31
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I think it's something to do with being physically someplace, but mentally you're somewhere much different. I think most people can relate to that. I'm not just talking about "Oh, whoops - you've caught me daydreaming". I mean you're on a whole other plane. It's a lyrical theme, if you wanna be technical. Wilson employs them quite often. You pick up on it a lot the more you listen to his work.
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Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 03:32
Thought it was a joke - continuing of a word game. But even so, maybe he is still stalking here, account-less. ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 04:23
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Oh that is indeed a possibility, and given his recent facebook comments about us, a very distinct possibility... ------------- What? |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 04:35
Maybe he Wishes You Were Here?
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 05:09
 ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 05:13
Trains will always be worthy of getting obsessed with. |
Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 09:50
He's probably a member on the site.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 09:50
To quote another famous line ... how can you be in two places at once and nowhere at the same time?
It's quite understand'able, and specially worse when some folks answer/talk to you like you are not here, matter or have anything to say ... !!!
Just wrote on another blog ... we love heroes ... so we can throw stones at them! ... think about it! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 10:01
| I've been there - can't get there from here |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 10:59
| Nil Recurring |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 11:08
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 11:30
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He is a figment of his own imagination... -------------   
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 12:29
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Dave's not here man ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 12:31
It's Dave! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 13:39
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I am Steven Wilson.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 13:50
Then you are here  ...------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 13:55
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Steve Wilson is not here, and his wife? She's Not There...... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 14:12
| Whereas Snow Dog is not all there. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 14:48
| ^nor is your avatar |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 17:48
He's here in absentia.
 Have we covered all the obvious jokes now? ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 18:13
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Ooohhh, when he doesn't come here and sees this thread, he'll be pissed off. Again. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 19:02
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I'm pretty sure he is way out of here.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 19:18
| Maybe he should do a cover of Syd Barret's farewell song on Pink Floyd, "Jugband Blues". "It's very considarate of you to think of me here, and I'm much obliged to make it clear that I'm not here"... or something like that, I don't remember exactly. I really would like to hear such a cover. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 19:50
Please don't bother trying to find her. |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 21:24
| Very Interesting ha ha!!! |
Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 22:40
No, shesmovedon
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 23:00
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 23:17
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I heard she is Not Beautiful Anymore.
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: December 23 2011 at 04:53
That's too bad, but I don't believe Steven is as Sectarian about women as he is said to be. -------------   
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: December 23 2011 at 04:56
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interesting use of the gender indifferent term 'sectarian' there methinks
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: December 23 2011 at 05:58
Something to Like, or something to Unlike (helps me reconsider whether I still don't need a facebook account). ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: December 23 2011 at 06:37
. . . . . . Thanks? -------------
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 23 2011 at 06:49
Much better joke than mine.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: AmbianceMan
Date Posted: December 26 2011 at 11:07
Well DUH guys! Deductive reasoning...He is with Thom Yorke watching him crush things...wherever they are....
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Posted By: ergaster
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 06:23
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What happens now?
------------- We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Captain Malcolm Reynolds Reality rules, Honor the truth Chemist99a R.I.P. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 08:44
| ^ Find a way out of here? |
Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 09:57
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you guys are so shallow /the smart kid |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 10:55
He's taking a trip. Voyage 34! Well, he probably already did that ... ! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:12
Mr. Wilson? Mr. Gilmour just called and asked for his guitar lick back. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 13:04
In Cognito? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: ergaster
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 07:08
No no, Mr Gilmour wants to start up a project with Mr Wilson. ------------- We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Captain Malcolm Reynolds Reality rules, Honor the truth Chemist99a R.I.P. |
Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 07:57
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I tried posting here but I ended up in an Access Denied page : /
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 09:47
Thats where he's hiding obviously
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Posted By: Ben Enochian
Date Posted: January 08 2012 at 07:43
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Guess it's kind of like Devin Townsend and his penchant for saying "I know..." a lot. in his material. Reiteration of lyrical themes...and all that.
 ------------- www.enochiantheory.co.uk www.myspace.com/enochiantheoryband "Direction...what we need to achieve..." |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: May 18 2012 at 07:07
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He's buying a new soul. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: mawgojzeta
Date Posted: May 18 2012 at 08:15
| Thank you everyone (!!!) for my first morning laugh. That was fun. |