Comedy of Errors - Best Find 2013!
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Topic: Comedy of Errors - Best Find 2013!
Posted By: M27Barney
Subject: Comedy of Errors - Best Find 2013!
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 08:50
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I have just been blown away by "Fanfare & Fantasy" - so I immediately ordered the first CD. (Hasn't arrived as yet). Who else is appreciative of this sublime CD? ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 08:53
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It's absolutely a good one. I find the opening track a bit boring, but I tend to forget this soon after hearing the other tracks. ------------- 
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 09:01
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It is possibly the worse track on the CD, but I still like it! Track two was what hooked me on first spin - I just freaked when I heard the instrumental break..... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 09:31
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Same here. That first track is soporific, but the rest isn't too bad. I will have to get round to reviewing it soon. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 12:14
| Love the album !! Just listened to this one last night and it always impresses. A high quality work indeed. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 16:39
| Never quite brought myself to press the button on it .The samples I've heard don't inspire. Sound Of Contact -Dimensionaut was easily my best of find of 2013 in terms of a band I hadn't heard before. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 17:34
Wow, this was the absolute letdown of 2013 for me!  I think it's the most wishy-washy, squeeky cleen album of the year for me. Too many `pleasant' vocal sections really get under my skin too. There's been far better Neo albums throughout the year for me as well, either Flamborough Head's `Lost In Time' or Clive Nolan's `Alchemy' (although that's not really a pure Neo album) wipe the floor with it. I cannot for the life of me work out why it's impressed everyone so much, but at the same time, I'm glad other people have enjoyed it a lot more than me. |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 03:17
I will have to find those on the web and give them ear-time before I can comment - they must be bloody good to be better than the COE, or maybe it's just a difference in taste. ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 03:29
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Truth be told, Barney, I'm a little harsh in my opinion of that new CoE. Many people on here who's opinion usually mirror my own have really enjoyed it very much. It's true it doesn't do a lot for me, and the first track in particular really does turn my stomach, but there's better stuff after that. It's all well played and very melodic, but I think I prefer something a little more demanding. I tink one of my personal hang-ups about it is that I wish there were longer instrumental sections, so much of it is vocal driven. Anyway, I know many others will spring to it's defence! I know I'm in the minority not enjoying it as much. Having said that, I won't be getting rid of the CD, I don't dislike it to that extent! 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 04:08
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^I feel almost exactly like you do Michael, and am quite frankly surprised not to see more fans chiming in. I mean this album skyrocketed our chart with one raving review after the other, but maybe most of the frontpage people never visit the dark side of the moon? I'm not entirely sure. For me personally, I find this album to be a prime example of what I'd like to call "dad-prog": keyboard and guitar solos in all the usual places and a strong Genesis/Marillion vibe running through everything. It's very well done, but I get no sense of enjoyment out of it. Sorry fans
 For what it's worth, I feel just like Michael - meaning I'm glad folks are getting into these guys.....I'm just not one of them.------------- “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 |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 05:39
^ H'mmm - Dad-prog  That's another genre to add and maybe the sub-genre - old/farts/with/beards.....? I suppose that melodic and cheerful prog (it is a surprisingly uplifting style of singing I feel) won't be at all appetising for those of you who like the dischord and death growling and the plink/plink/ting/screeech of the artist who thought it would be good to throw a cat with wires attached to it (so 100 volts can be sporadically applied) into a piano - and record the resulting cacophony - experimental I think that's called....  ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 06:10
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Even if I despise death growls....and being experimental for the sake of just that. Hell I rather like a fair few 'melodic prog' acts out there - stuff like Phideaux, Syd Arthur and I and Thou to a lesser extent. I have pretty eclectic tastes and, really, no rules applied to them, I just know what I like is all. Michael mentioned this one as being too polite, which is a good description for me as well. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 06:44
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"Too Polite Prog"...another sub-genre?? I'm not usually a big fan of vocals or lyrics as a rule - but the COE singing and vocal melodies immediately attracted me...You may have a point - as I am a dad (of sons, 19 and 23) and I like prog..and I like COE - so it may just be the correct genre! - What else is dad/prog - suppose Genesis/Yes/Camel and more lately Pendragon/Marillion/IQ/Twelfth Night/Pallas ?? ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 06:53
Well mostly I'm referring to the sound I get from T, Pendragon(yes), CoE, Haken, Flower Kings, Spock's Beard and the likes, where I personally feel like I'm listening to prog created from a recipe. Sorry, I know you're a big fan of a lot of these, and I certainly don't mean to belittle other folks' tastes, I just can't get into them. All the other acts you mention are/were brilliant acts who all had something to say on their own (don't know Twelfth Night or Pallas though) and are furthermore among my favourites. I've never thought of early Marillion, nor IQ for that matter, as Genesis rip offs like some do. Either way, none of these are "dad-prog" to my ears.
------------- “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 |
Posted By: The Glide
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 06:59
This album wasn't love at first, might also have something to do with the first track, but damn the instrumental stuff on this one! Great album!------------- I've created an atmosphere where I'm friend first, boss second. Probably entertainer third. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 07:36
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Just because of the Internet I'm getting to know the newer prog bands, and some tracks I enjoyed from this album. However, I'd like to understand why it's happening to me also with quite a few other songs from quite a few other bands which I have a strange feeling that a series of melody fragments (even catchy ones) follow one another without an identifying structure. Would that be because of the old prog I was used to listen ? Marillion (Fish-era) was one of the first prog bands I knew in the 80s' (thnaks to friends), enjoyed it but always focused on the more instrumental and less vocal pieces, sometimes feeling boring the excessive emphasis in Fish's vocals and lyrics. The same I feel with tihs album from CoE, but I think the band has a good talent to be more explored on the next albums.
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 08:35
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Aye, I feel that if they decided to be more "bombastic" and self-indulgent they could produce their equivalent of Tales From Topographic Oceans, Garden of Dreams (Flower Kings), or even Subterranea (IQ)... I hope that the next CD is a double thus giving them to explore the possibility of a 160 minute epic..... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 08:39
You are referring to the "Prog by numbers" descriptive....You will upset a lot of symphonic prog fans by dismissing it all as if it was "Prog by recipe"...What is T by the way? (Transatlantic?) ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 08:47
I try not to be dismissive of any music, but what I've heard from either of these bands have failed to grab me in any way, and it's not like I don't enjoy symphonic styled music. Like I said, I love Genesis, Yes, Camel, Marillion, IQ and a truckload of other artists including a fair deal of French and English acts. I just can't seem to get into most modern styled symph bands for whatever reason. T is a German one-man band, who did a 2013 album called Psychoanorexia that got a lot of positive mentions both on the frontpage as well as on the fora. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 08:57
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 09:01
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You're probably right Scott. I think I overdosed on a lot of symph when I first got into prog, which is why it's very seldom you see me posting Yes/Genesis covers nowadays. ...........'Son prog' I love it! ------------- “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 |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 09:46
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"Dad-prog" , that's perfect, it's absolutly my cup of tea. Or in my case should I call it mum-prog? And I really like that Comedy of Errors album. Q.E.D. |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 10:15
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Well I can see that the CoE CD is clearly a "Marmite" CD. ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 10:17
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Either you love it or you hate it, I'm guessing? (I'm Danish so some of these Brit expressions do have a tendency to fly beneath the radar) ------------- “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 |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 10:28
AYE - welcome to the world of English colloquialisms , English spoken by so many people and yet the living language is diversifying from "The queens English" at a frightening rate. I had a look at your review list - and it is safe to say that I haven't listened to 99.9% of the CD's that you have rated - so we can see that our taste is definitely NOT CONVERGANT - However - I can see from your signature - that you are a fan of Douglas Adams - One of my favourite authors and in fact I have read ALL of his output!!! ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 10:32
 Nice to meet you Barney.....and don't worry if you don't know anything from my review list - I do have a vast collection of prog classics. I just find that it's far more interesting for me, and the folks reading - when I focus on albums with little or nothing written about them. Huuuuuuuuuuuge fan of Douglas Adams, yet as much as I love the Hitch-hiker's series, it's the Dirk Gently novels that really do it for me. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 10:37
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Aye - the holistic detective, is his finest creation ! It has been some time since I read those, I am currently in "reference" book mode, and may well enter "novel" mode when I go on holiday later in the year!! My prog collection is mainly symphonic in origin although I do have a large collection of metal/prog metal/classical CD's also. Do you read in Danish or English? I am very conscious of my English outlook and I am very jealous of everybody who is bi or even tri-lingual !!! ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 14 2014 at 10:52
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Heh my collection is all over the place, genre-wise that is. Everything from Genesis and Cressida to Comus, Amon Düül ll and Trance/Jazz/you name it.
As for my reading habits: I tend to go for the original lingo and can't really imagine reading Adams, Huxley, Kerouac or Orwell in Danish. Other languages where I don't need the Danish translation would be Swedish, Norwegian and to a far lesser extent French, but then again it might take me months to finish a book. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 15 2014 at 11:50
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Barney, have you heard the debut Lifesigns album yet? If not, it is some more "dad-prog" that you might be able to sink your ears into.
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 15 2014 at 12:45
Aye - I bought it and gave it a spin - I think that a couple of tracks stood out - may have listened in the wrong mood-oid, so it looks like I'll have to re-spin - I think the sobriquet "Dad-prog" is going to be a label that will be given to every CD I LIKE They'll be saying "There's that Barney loon from England - loving another dose of dad-prog!"... I still have the Airbag to spin - I thought that it was very solid - Floyd like and a chill-out CD.... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 15 2014 at 13:02
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 15 2014 at 13:18
I like Flute , think it was a "Special interest" video with Mary Millington - who was a young flautist being shown the alternative use of the flute that showed me it's true versatility !!! Anyway - I was just re-organising my CD collection - to make way for my new CD's - lo and behold - I have found a Shadow Circus CD that I didn't even know I had !!! (I got their latest CD at solstice!) so that's another I'll have to spin - Friay Night - I'll spin the life-signs and the CD I've just found !! - Serendipity INDEED !!! ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 15 2014 at 13:21
for Shadow Circus. It took me a second read to get where I think you were going with your "special interest" video. I was somewhat slow on the uptake there. -------------
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 15 2014 at 13:27
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Aye - My "dads-dvd's" collection used to be in a different order quite often - my son's borrowing them and not putting them back into the correct slot (I'm a bit of an alphabetical order freakoid!!!) - I have nothing too outrageous - just the sort of DVD's that have no men, it gets hot and very soon all the young ladies are as naked as the day they were born and are very interested in some serious primate grooming behaviour ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 16 2014 at 10:29
What do you think of Terry Pratchett? Another of my favourite authors! ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 16 2014 at 10:36
Well you've got me there. I've never read any of his stuff ------------- “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 |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 16 2014 at 10:45
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Well - if you like Douglas Adams then I'm fairly certain you'll find the disc-world novels by Terry Pratchett - fascinating - thay are about a disc world that floats through space on the back of four huge elephants that stand on the back of a giant turtle - swimming though space !! that's based on a true story about an astro-physicist who was harangued by a old woman who insisted that the giant turtle did in fact exist and his big-bang theory was poppy-cock !!! ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 16 2014 at 10:49
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I think I've heard the story about the old woman on QI actually. The turtle supposedly stands on another turtle and so it goes....
This sounds like something I would love, thanks a billion! ------------- “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 |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 16 2014 at 10:52
There are a lot to chose from....The first one is called "The colour of Magic"....enjoy... aye that's right - "It's turtles all the way down" she said...hohoho ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 16 2014 at 10:57
Just found this image
 Alright that's enough of me, I'll let you guys get back to Comedy of Errors  ------------- “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 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 23 2014 at 15:45
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playing at Riffs in my home town of Swindon on March 29th apparently according to Darren Reddick on Planet Rock radio and this link sort of suggests it http://www.swindonweb.com/event/?m=40&c=2659&v=&em=" rel="nofollow - http://www.swindonweb.com/event/?m=40&c=2659&v=&em= although no mention of a date is there anything on Comedy Of Errors website about it though? Ermm no.
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: January 24 2014 at 07:51
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Aha - I have their first CD, Disobey - and it has an Epic - Whooooo.... That will be straight on my CD player tonight.... Magic our Morris !!! ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 16:23
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I have just reviewed, Fanfare & Fantasy - Great CD. ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |