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Topic: Top 10 Songs from Porcupine Tree
Posted By: PyramidMeetsTheEye
Subject: Top 10 Songs from Porcupine Tree
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 07:14
Lazaru ♥-

Trains


Dark Matter


Dissappear


last chance to evacuate planet earth before it is recycled


where we would be



Time flies



way out of here



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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 07:18
Where?

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Posted By: PyramidMeetsTheEye
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 07:28
sorry i hit  enter by accident and it just posted the post :/ the admins should really fix this. 

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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 07:32
I don't really bother with pages containg post with a lot of embedded video. Winds me up to much.

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Posted By: PyramidMeetsTheEye
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 07:35
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I don't really bother with pages containg post with a lot of embedded video. Winds me up to much.

well its easier for people who didnt heard of porcupine tree that they have videos at one place so that they can listen it way sooner than that they would go to search them on youtube. 


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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 15:25
There only seem to be 8 songs although it is a nice list.
 
 


Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 18:03
Welcome! 

1. Way Out Of Here
2. Buying New Soul
3. Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1
4. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
5. Dark Matter
6. Blackest Eyes
7. The Start of Something Beautiful
8. Trains
9. Stop Swimming
10. Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

Never done a Porcupine Tree list, so this was quite difficult. 


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Posted By: Desert_Storm
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 18:24
Without any particular ranking or too much thought:

Drown With Me,
Time Flies,
Lightbulb Sun,
Trains,
Arriving Somwhere But Not Here,
Sound Of Muzak,
Blackest Eyes,
The Rest Will Flow,
Pure Narcotic (probably just for associations that come with it),
Collapse The Light Into Earth :)
Probably also very dependent on current mood etc. ;)


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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 19:00
So Called Friend
Remember Me Lover
Anesthetize
Lazarus
Half-Light
Heartattack in a Layby
Sever
Shallow
Deadwing
Four Chords That Made a Million

well, 10 songs is not enough to call all my very fav songs of them.


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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 21:01
1. The Sky Moves Sideways Phase One
2. Voyage 34 Part Phase One
3. Voyage 34 Part Phase Three
4. The Sky Moves Sideways Phase Two
5. Dark Matter
6. Anesthetize
7. Way Out Of Here
8. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
9. Lazarus
10. My Ashes


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Posted By: Riuku
Date Posted: April 05 2012 at 09:18
1. Anesthetize
2. The Start of Something Beautiful
3. Time Flies
4. I Drive the Hearse
5. Trains
6. Drown with Me
7. Way Out of Here
8. Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth before it is Recycled
9. Pure Narcotic
10. Don't Hate Me
11. Stars Die
12. Sentimental
13. Heart Attack in a Layby
14. Lazarus
15. Arriving Somewhere but not Here


Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 13:45
I never understood the attraction to Porcupine Tree. I have three of their recordings: In Absentia, The Sky Moves Sideways, and Deadwing and they didn't do much for me. I don't get where the progressiveness of this band comes into play. I mean what makes this band progressive? Where are the long improvisations, the continuing development of the songs, etc.? I mean these guys surely can't be ranked alongside of Genesis, Yes, ELP, or King Crimson IMHO. Steve Wilson seems like a good musician, but he's just not a progressive one.

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Posted By: Cthulhu42
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 14:17
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Anesthetize
Trains
The Sky Moves Sideways
Russia On Ice
Deadwing
Way Out of Here
Blackest Eyes
Time Flies
Lazarus


Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 14:21
It's interesting how no one I've spoken with can explain what makes Porcupine Tree a progressive rock band and how they even begin to compare with the heavyweights.

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 14:21
Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

I never understood the attraction to Porcupine Tree. I have three of their recordings: In Absentia, The Sky Moves Sideways, and Deadwing and they didn't do much for me. I don't get where the progressiveness of this band comes into play. I mean what makes this band progressive? Where are the long improvisations, the continuing development of the songs, etc.? I mean these guys surely can't be ranked alongside of Genesis, Yes, ELP, or King Crimson IMHO. Steve Wilson seems like a good musician, but he's just not a progressive one.
I felt exactly the same when I first heard Stupid Dream. This is supposedly 'progressive rock'??! Can't be! Was another five years before I started to change my mind. Now I own an awfull lot of SW music and wouldn't be without it. Not sure how I made that transition apart from that I was able at some point to enjoy the music without overdosing on too much analysis of what I was listening to. Eventually resistance is futile.Big smile


Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 14:25
Originally posted by richardh<div></div>
<div>I felt exactly the same when I first heard Stupid Dream. This is supposedly 'progressive rock'??! Can't be! Was another five years before I started to change my mind. Now I own an awfull lot of SW music and wouldn't be without it. Not sure how I made that transition apart from that I was able at some point to enjoy the music without overdosing on too much analysis of what I was listening to. Eventually resistance is futile.<img src=http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley4.gif height=17 width=17 border=0 alt=Big smile title=Big smile /></div>[/QUOTE richardh
I felt exactly the same when I first heard Stupid Dream. This is supposedly 'progressive rock'??! Can't be! Was another five years before I started to change my mind. Now I own an awfull lot of SW music and wouldn't be without it. Not sure how I made that transition apart from that I was able at some point to enjoy the music without overdosing on too much analysis of what I was listening to. Eventually resistance is futile.Big
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It's not that I'm trying to over-analyze their music, which would surely keep me from enjoying it, it's just that I fail to understand how they are often lumped in with giants like Pink Floyd, Genesis, or Yes.

It's not that I'm trying to over-analyze their music, which would surely keep me from enjoying it, it's just that I fail to understand how they are often lumped in with giants like Pink Floyd, Genesis, or Yes.


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Posted By: elbownut
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 16:01

Fairly new to PT but already have all their studio albums, two live ones, compilation, SW solos stuff & some of his collaborations ie Balckfield , No-Man and recent Storm Corrosion.

So difficult to name tp ten as PT have wealth of classic songs IMHO
 
Anyway, front of mind top ten  (mostly the  longer anthemic songs I have to confess )
 
1, Radioactive Toy
2. Buying New Soul
3. Untitled
4. Dark Matter
5. Even less
6. Anesthesize
7. Trains
8. Arriving Somwehere
9. Collapse the Earth
10. What happens now
 
selection of honourable mentions :
 
Open car , The Sky Moves Sideways, I Drive the hearse, Smart kid, heart attack in a layby, Nine cats,Lazarus etc etc
 
 


Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 18:12
Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Originally posted by richardh<div></div>
<div>I felt exactly the same when I first heard Stupid Dream. This is supposedly 'progressive rock'??! Can't be! Was another five years before I started to change my mind. Now I own an awfull lot of SW music and wouldn't be without it. Not sure how I made that transition apart from that I was able at some point to enjoy the music without overdosing on too much analysis of what I was listening to. Eventually resistance is futile.<img src=http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley4.gif height=17 width=17 border=0 alt=Big smile title=Big smile /></div></td></tr></table>
<div><br></div><div>It's not that I'm trying to over-analyze their music, which would surely keep me from enjoying it, it's just that I fail to understand how they are often lumped in with giants like Pink Floyd, Genesis, or Yes.</div>[/QUOTE richardh
I felt exactly the same when I first heard Stupid Dream. This is supposedly 'progressive rock'??! Can't be! Was another five years before I started to change my mind. Now I own an awfull lot of SW music and wouldn't be without it. Not sure how I made that transition apart from that I was able at some point to enjoy the music without overdosing on too much analysis of what I was listening to. Eventually resistance is futile.Big

It's not that I'm trying to over-analyze their music, which would surely keep me from enjoying it, it's just that I fail to understand how they are often lumped in with giants like Pink Floyd, Genesis, or Yes.
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Because it's good music, that's all that matters. They don't need to be groundbreaking to be compared to bands with more great material.

Though i don't understand how you don't see experimentation and all that stuff you mentioned if you listen to Sky Moves Sideways? The title tracks are quite obviously prog.

Because it's good music, that's all that matters. They don't need to be groundbreaking to be compared to bands with more great material.

Though i don't understand how you don't see experimentation and all that stuff you mentioned if you listen to Sky Moves Sideways? The title tracks are quite obviously prog.


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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 18:56
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:


Because it's good music, that's all that matters. They don't need to be groundbreaking to be compared to bands with more great material.

Though i don't understand how you don't see experimentation and all that stuff you mentioned if you listen to Sky Moves Sideways? The title tracks are quite obviously prog.

Yeah, I suppose it's good music to somebody who isn't looking for something that's progressive. Smile Anyway, no need to get all riled up about this as it's just my opinion. This said, I didn't say I was looking for anything groundbreaking from Porcupine Tree, because, quite frankly, they can't be groundbreaking especially compared with the early masters of prog rock. What I have a beef with is why is this band considered a progressive rock band? They've done some experimentation that sounds a lot like something Pink Floyd would have done. I do own The Sky Moves Sideways and wasn't terribly impressed. My problem with a lot of these so called "progressive" bands today is their unwillingness to be a little self-indulgent. After all, that's what the best progressive rock bands do and do well. This is what separates them from the trifle that most rock bands put out. Some may see this as a criticism but it's not, it's a compliment.


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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 19:17
Porcupine Tree aren't indulgent what-so-ever. 
I'm not offended or anything by the way, just having a conversation - sorry if i come off that way. Here are some songs, i personally think are progressive. Plus i don't think anyone here thinks PT are completely prog in the sense of Yes, VdGG, TMV, etc. I think they're progressive in the way Rush are, just rock/alternative with progressive visions that differ in certain eras. 





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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 19:25
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Porcupine Tree aren't indulgent what-so-ever. 
I'm not offended or anything by the way, just having a conversation - sorry if i come off that way. Here are some songs, i personally think are progressive. Plus i don't think anyone here thinks PT are completely prog in the sense of Yes, VdGG, TMV, etc. I think they're progressive in the way Rush are, just rock/alternative with progressive visions that differ in certain eras. 


Good to see you aren't offended, because I can't tell you how many Porcupine Tree fans I've gotten into arguments with over what I would deem "trivial". I guess I'm just an "old school" progger. I'm pretty weird when it comes to Rush, I like their early 80s albums better than anything before and after.


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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 19:54
Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Porcupine Tree aren't indulgent what-so-ever. 
I'm not offended or anything by the way, just having a conversation - sorry if i come off that way. Here are some songs, i personally think are progressive. Plus i don't think anyone here thinks PT are completely prog in the sense of Yes, VdGG, TMV, etc. I think they're progressive in the way Rush are, just rock/alternative with progressive visions that differ in certain eras. 


Good to see you aren't offended, because I can't tell you how many Porcupine Tree fans I've gotten into arguments with over what I would deem "trivial". I guess I'm just an "old school" progger. I'm pretty weird when it comes to Rush, I like their early 80s albums better than anything before and after.

What kind of modern prog do you like?


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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 20:07
I wondered myself for a while: what's so great about Porcupine Tree?
I first heard "Sky Moves Sideways" when it came out, and I thought it was pretty good as a Pink Floyd-derivative project.  It wasn't even a real band yet at that point, more of a Steven Wilson "look what I can do by myself" project.  Not bad at all.  Signify came out next, and I heard some metal elements start to creep in, which I wasn't particularly thrilled with (I didn't like metal at all at the time), but I still had to admit it was good music.  Then I saw them at Progfest when "Stupid Dream" came out, and that's where I jumped ship.  These are pop songs! What the?  But again, it wasn't bad, but at that point I stopped following them.

And then about 10 years later, they entered my life again.  I started reading people talking about them on message boards.  Porcupine Tree? Really? They're still around?  And people of all colors and shapes were raving about this band.  I just happened to have a copy of their recent Sirius XM broadcast, which I'd had for a year and hadn't even listened to yet.  So I listened, and carried it around with me for a while.  The songs were accessible, but they had that full, resonant sound that combined drama, heaviness, harmony vocals, impeccable playing, just everything in its right place.  I was impressed, and before long I went back and saw what else I'd missed.

To me, Steven Wilson is the consummate prog fan, who knows how to make records that push the emotional buttons that he would want to hear in an album as a prog fan.  He's just a brilliant architect, in a way, drawing upon decades of prog tradition into something that's familiar, warm, and reflects his love of music.Cool


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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 20:12
so my top 10 are

Shesmovedon
Fear of a Blank Planet
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
The Sky Moves Sideways
Blackest Eyes
Trains
Shallow
Russia on Ice
Collapse the Light Into Earth
Signify


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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 20:17
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:


What kind of modern prog do you like?

I like several of Dream Theater's albums, IQ (even though I said I don't like them --- I must confess I'm starting to enjoy them), Marillion (a few of their recordings I enjoy), Big Big Train are pretty cool. TransAtlantic had some good stuff. I really need to get familiar with more modern progressive rock. Any suggestions besides Porcupine Tree or Flower Kings?


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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 20:25
I would recommend The Mars Volta, but they don't fit the tastes you've listed.

Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase
Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
The Tangent - A Place in the Queue
Gazpacho - Night or March of Ghosts
Gavin Harrison and 05Ric - Drop
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion


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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 21:01
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

I would recommend The Mars Volta, but they don't fit the tastes you've listed.

Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase
Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
The Tangent - A Place in the Queue
Gazpacho - Night or March of Ghosts
Gavin Harrison and 05Ric - Drop
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

I've heard of all of these but have yet took the plunge. Thanks for the recommendations.


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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 21:23
Gotta get into modern RIO/Avant. Wink

Honestly though, you might enjoy Aranis, assuming you enjoy classical music as much as Shostakovich is making me think you might. Tongue   They're very much more chamber music than rock, very very good group though.


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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 21:34
Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Gotta get into modern RIO/Avant. Wink

Honestly though, you might enjoy Aranis, assuming you enjoy classical music as much as Shostakovich is making me think you might.   They're very much more chamber music than rock, very very good group though.

Thanks for the recommendation, but I can't say I've been impressed with the RIO movement. Henry Cow, Hatfield and the North, National Health, The Art Bears, and more recently Thinking Plague. They're a little far out there for me. Smile I do like some of the Canterbury stuff like Gentle Giant and Caravan.

I'm a huge classical fan with a 7,000 classical CD collection comprising mostly of 20th Century composers. My favorites are Shostakovich (of course), Bartok, Ravel, Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams, Villa-Lobos, Stravinsky, Berg, Janacek, Tippett, Britten, Sibelius, Nielsen, Szymanowski, Respighi, Casella, Arvo Part, William Schuman, Copland, Myaskovsky, Revueltas, Ginastera, Ives, among others. I'm also a fan of jazz and, of course, progressive rock with maybe around 5,000 or 6,000 in addition to my classical collection.


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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 21:39
I'll stop hijacking the thread after this, I promise, but check this out:




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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 21:46
Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

I'll stop hijacking the thread after this, I promise, but check this out:



Pretty cool but nothing that sounds like something that I don't already have. This music is approaching John Zorn territory with his Masada recordings. Thanks for sharing.


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Posted By: Jirpo
Date Posted: July 18 2012 at 22:46
1. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
2. Anesthetize
3. Russia on Ice
4. Mellotron Scratch
5. Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before it is Recycled
6. Collapse the Light Into Earth
7. My Ashes
8. Sleep of No Dreaming
9. Trains
10. Dark Matter


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 19 2012 at 01:06
Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

I wondered myself for a while: what's so great about Porcupine Tree?
I first heard "Sky Moves Sideways" when it came out, and I thought it was pretty good as a Pink Floyd-derivative project.  It wasn't even a real band yet at that point, more of a Steven Wilson "look what I can do by myself" project.  Not bad at all.  Signify came out next, and I heard some metal elements start to creep in, which I wasn't particularly thrilled with (I didn't like metal at all at the time), but I still had to admit it was good music.  Then I saw them at Progfest when "Stupid Dream" came out, and that's where I jumped ship.  These are pop songs! What the?  But again, it wasn't bad, but at that point I stopped following them.

And then about 10 years later, they entered my life again.  I started reading people talking about them on message boards.  Porcupine Tree? Really? They're still around?  And people of all colors and shapes were raving about this band.  I just happened to have a copy of their recent Sirius XM broadcast, which I'd had for a year and hadn't even listened to yet.  So I listened, and carried it around with me for a while.  The songs were accessible, but they had that full, resonant sound that combined drama, heaviness, harmony vocals, impeccable playing, just everything in its right place.  I was impressed, and before long I went back and saw what else I'd missed.

To me, Steven Wilson is the consummate prog fan, who knows how to make records that push the emotional buttons that he would want to hear in an album as a prog fan.  He's just a brilliant architect, in a way, drawing upon decades of prog tradition into something that's familiar, warm, and reflects his love of music.Cool
What he said Approve


Posted By: steveyoung695
Date Posted: July 20 2012 at 12:32
several of Dream Theater's albums


Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: July 20 2012 at 21:58

10. Wedding Nails
9. Blackest Eyes
8. Deadwing
7. Lazarus
6. Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
5. Sentimental
4. Anesthetize
3. Even Less
2. Way Out of Here
1. The Start of Something Beautiful


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Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: July 24 2012 at 16:15
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

I never understood the attraction to Porcupine Tree. I have three of their recordings: In Absentia, The Sky Moves Sideways, and Deadwing and they didn't do much for me. I don't get where the progressiveness of this band comes into play. I mean what makes this band progressive? Where are the long improvisations, the continuing development of the songs, etc.? I mean these guys surely can't be ranked alongside of Genesis, Yes, ELP, or King Crimson IMHO. Steve Wilson seems like a good musician, but he's just not a progressive one.
I felt exactly the same when I first heard Stupid Dream. This is supposedly 'progressive rock'??! Can't be! Was another five years before I started to change my mind. Now I own an awfull lot of SW music and wouldn't be without it. Not sure how I made that transition apart from that I was able at some point to enjoy the music without overdosing on too much analysis of what I was listening to. Eventually resistance is futile.Big smile
I was the same way.
 
I bought Deadwing when it came out based on alot of things I'd heard about Porcupine Tree online, and after listening to it I thought "bleh!!!!"
 
Now, Porcupine Tree is maybe my favorite band, and either Deadwing or In Absentia would make my top-10 favorite albums of all time, depending on which one I like better at the time....


Posted By: The Jester
Date Posted: August 18 2012 at 08:04
Who is comparing PT with the legendary '70's Prog bands?
There are totally different styles. PT are more modern, with many influenses from the '70's (of course), but they are a very good band.
Anyway, here is my top-10 list:
(Chronological order)

1. Radioactive Toy (1991)
2. Always Never (1993)
3. The Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1 (1995)
4. The Moon Touches Your Shoulder (1995)
5. Even Less (1999)
6. How is your Life Today? (2000)
7. Shesmoved on (2000)
8. Trains (2002)
9. Collapse the Light Into Earth (2002)
10. Arriving Somewhere but not Here (2005)

And here is an incident I lived a few years ago:
In an open theater in my hometown (Athens) took place the 1st (and last!) 'Prog- festival'.
3 bands in one night. Blackfield (why these ones were called Prog???), Van Der Graaf Generator, and Porcupine Tree.
I went with a friend who is a metalhead, but he adores PT. Me, I went 100% for VDGG. (I had seen PT live many times anyway before). So we were arguing all afternoon about how is possible to put VDGG before PT. IT's a shame! (My opinion) He was saying something about old dinosaurs that they should be home drinkind tea etc etc...
Anyway, Blackfield came and gone, and VDGG went on stage. I moved in the first row in front of P.Hammill, and enjoyed an unforgetable performance! Still life, Lemmings, Refugees, and many more masterpieces...
After the end of VDGG went back to my seat and my friend was laughing and he was saying things like 'now wait to see the 'real big Prog band'. And I said, 'Look, if VDGG and all those great bands were never had been active back then, probably Mr. Wilson would be doing something very different right now' Maybe own a bar or something! Tongue
And 'The 'great Prog band' finally came out! With no music as entrance, no effects, nothing!
First St.Wilson came on stage, reached the microphone, and said. Good evening athens! I have to say that I really feel awkward putting us to play after VDGG! After all, If these guys were not making music in the '70's, we were probably not be here now...
I gave my friend a look, smiled very ironically, and relaxed on my seat for the rest of the show.
Justice was given! Smile

(Sorry for my mistakes but I'm not English or American or Canadian etc...)


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Posted By: ScorchedFirth
Date Posted: August 21 2012 at 11:05
i've got patches missing from my PT knowledge, but so far (chronologically, i don't think i could justify a ranking):

radioactive toy
voyage 34
dark matter
blackest eyes
trains
deadwing
fear of a blank planet
anaesthetise
time flies
bonnie the cat




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Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: August 26 2012 at 09:07
1) The Sky moves sideways
2) Voyage 34
3) Fear of a blank planet
4) The sound of muzak
5) Moonloop (improvisation)
6) The blind house
7) Cloud zero
8) Fadeaway
9) Blackest eyes
10) Time flies
 


Posted By: ProgDrummerTony
Date Posted: October 21 2012 at 18:35
1. Anesthetize
2. Trains
3. The Sky Moves Sideways
4. Dark Matter
5. Even Less
6. Wedding Nails
7. The Sound of Muzak
8. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
9. Way Out of Here
10. Hatesong


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Posted By: uncle leo
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 01:59
The greatest rock band of all time was Pink Floyd, at least that was my opinion for 35 years until I was introduced to Porcupine Tree in 2008.  Within 12 months, Pink Floyd dropped to No.2.
 
Steven Wilson is the greatest musician of his time ... and along with Gavin Harrison, Colin Edwin and Richard Barbieri (not to mention John Wesley), Porcupine Tree absolutely rules.  I can only beg that they produce some more music!
 
My top 15 Porcupine Tree cuts (I could give ya 100):
 
15. stars die
14. dot 3
13. last chance to evacuate planet earth (warszawa)
12. disappear (april 1997 demo)
11. cut ribbon (OK...sue me...not an actual PT song but it's close enough and it's going on my list!)
10. cheating the polygraph
09. a smart kid
08. the start of something beautiful
07. always never
06. shesmovedon (warszawa)
05. even less (extended version)
04. fear of a blank planet
03. russia on ice
02. arriving somewhere but not here
01. dark matter
 


Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: March 06 2013 at 12:29
no particular order

Lazarus
So Called Friend
Anesthetize
Blackest Eyes
Remember Me Lover
Half-Light
Fadeaway
Don't Hate Me
Shesmovedon
In Formaldehyde


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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 21:13
No particular order:

1. Trains


Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 21:16
1. Dark Matter
2. Small Fish / Burning Sky (counted as one track)
3. Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
4. Heartattack in a Layby
5. The Sky Moves Sideways
6. Mellotron Scratch
7. Don't Hate Me
8. What Happens Now?
9. A Smart Kid
10. Sleep Together


Posted By: Barbed_Aedeagus69
Date Posted: April 06 2013 at 07:25
Hard to do and haven't heard all of their music, but at the moment would be:
 
1. Shesmovedon
2. Heart Attack in a Layby
3. Arriving Somewhere but not here
4. A Smart Kid
5. Russia on Ice
6. Sentimental
7. Radioactive Toy
8. Buying New Soul
9. Anesthetize
10. Open Car
 
Honorable Mentions:
 
Way Out of Here (possibly pt's saddest song for me)
Collapse the Light into Earth
Dark Matter
.3
 
I seem to be the only person that doesn't love 'Trains'. Some reason it does nothing for me.


Posted By: Biff Tannen
Date Posted: April 07 2013 at 11:44
This is very difficult to narrow down to 10, but here goes...

Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Dark Matter
Lightbulb Sun
Feel So Low
Collapse the Light into Earth
Hatesong
I Drive the Hearse
Shesmovedon
Buying New Soul
Trains 


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Posted By: bonestorm
Date Posted: April 08 2013 at 23:26
1. Arriving Somewhere But Bot Here
2. Anesthetize
3. Trains
4. Open Car
5. FOABP
6. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)
7. Shesmovedon
8. The Sound of Muzak
9. Heart Attack in a Layby
10. A Smart Kid




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Posted By: MJAben
Date Posted: April 08 2013 at 23:58
1. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
2. Signify
3. Up The Downstair
4. Anesthetize
5. Stars Die
6. Even Less
7. Shesmovedon
8. Gravity Eyelids
9. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase 1)
10. Dark Matter


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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 00:00
1. Russia on Ice
2. Time Flies
3. Even Less
4. The Sky Moves Sideways
5. Buying New Souls

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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 15:15
I just can't do it.



Posted By: efoman2
Date Posted: July 06 2013 at 11:55
10. Way Out of Here
9. Collapse the Light Into Earth  (Love the simple beauty)
8. Normal  (Why isn't this on a 'proper' album?)
7. Heart Attack in A Lay By  (One of the saddest songs I've ever heard)
6. I Drive the Hearse (Why no love? Who needs heroin when you can listen to this?)
5. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
4. Trains
3. Anesthetize (The vibe...the drums...MY God !)
2. Lazarus (This song amazes me)
1. Time Flies (I didn't expect to put it #1, but I couldn't put it behind anything else. It has everything.)

Is Steven Wilson planning on keeping Porcupine Tree alive, or is it all solo stuff from here on?


Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 06 2013 at 12:08
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Welcome! 

1. Way Out Of Here
2. Buying New Soul
3. Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1
4. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
5. Dark Matter
6. Blackest Eyes
7. The Start of Something Beautiful
8. Trains
9. Stop Swimming
10. Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

Never done a Porcupine Tree list, so this was quite difficult. 

Pretty much still this. 

Stop Swimming is underrated! Best song off of Stupid Dream. Smart Kid, Baby Dream, and Stranger by the Minute are up there too though of course..


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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 06 2013 at 14:54
In no particular order :
Shesmovedon
A Smart Kid
Trains
Fadeaway
Stars Die
Waiting
Even Less
Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
The Sky Moves Sideways
Arriving Somewhere
 
Other notables :
The Blind House
Buying New Soul
The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
Sever
Dark Matter
Blackest Eyes
The Sound Of Muzak
Way Out Of Here
Nine Cats
Deadwing
In Formaldehyde
Rainy Taxi
Gravity Eyelids


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"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN


Posted By: TheGreatSopko
Date Posted: July 07 2013 at 22:13
1. Time Flies
2. Trains
3. Lazarus
4. Stars Die
5. The Sound of Muzak
6. Mellotron Scratch
7. Occam's Razor / Degree Zero of Liberty
 All the rest are neutral 


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Posted By: drakness
Date Posted: January 30 2014 at 19:32
1.Trains
2.Anesthetize
3.Heartattack in a Lay Bay
4.A Smart Kid
5.Even Less
6.Feel So Low
7.Lazarus
8.Blackest Eye
9.Collapse light into Earth
10.Arriving somewhere but not here


Posted By: smoledman
Date Posted: February 17 2016 at 01:04
1. Trains
2. Anesthetize
3. Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
4. Dark Matter
5. Buying New Soul
6. Time Flies
7. Lightbulb Sun
8. Gravity Eyelids
9. Stars Die
10. Pure Narcotic

of course that's a meaningless list since I have another 40 or so.


Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 17 2016 at 09:12
Hi,
 
Unlike many here, I do not listen to "songs". I do not even know the names of the songs, but I can tell you that the whole album plays through ... I'm into the music and the band as a whole, not just their haircut!


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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 17 2016 at 13:18
Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Hi,
 
Unlike many here, I do not listen to "songs". I do not even know the names of the songs, but I can tell you that the whole album plays through ... I'm into the music and the band as a whole, not just their haircut!
 
That's priceless....I love it.......
LOL


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Haquin


Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: February 17 2016 at 13:28
1-Arriving Somehwere but not Here
2-Anesthetize
3-Lazarus
4-Gravity Eyelids
5-Mellotron Scratch
6-Fear of a Blank Planet
7-She's Moved on
8-My Ashes
9-Time Flies 
10-Open Car



Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Hi,
 
Unlike many here, I do not listen to "songs". I do not even know the names of the songs, but I can tell you that the whole album plays through ... I'm into the music and the band as a whole, not just their haircut!

The first thing you said makes sense, but I have no idea but the haircut thing is even supposed to mean.





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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: July 12 2017 at 12:58
1. Blackest Eyes
2. Sound Of Muzik
3. Trains
4. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
5. Lazarus
6. Open Car
7. Deadwing
8. Prodigal
9. Anesthetize
10.Octane Twisted



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