IQ - How many of you on here

 

Hi, Pixel, the Resistance song has been recorded with Nicholls on lead vocals. It is included in the 'Lost Attic' CD, and it really kicks ass - a hard rock number with a neoprog twist, and Nicholls delivering some furious singing with enthusiasm. Maybe in the original demos Menel gave it his touch, but Nicholls' touch is so special...

My Menel-era fave song is Common Ground, but my fave album is Are You Sitting Comfortably?

My favourite Menel IQ song would have to be "Common Ground". Especially since it has probably Mike Holmes greatest solo ever,and that is saying something! It would be interesting to hear what Nicholls would do with it and the rest of the list of Cesar's although I don't think we're ever likely to find out.

 

"Maybe Menel has a better voice than Nicholls technically but he didn't manage to embody and express the soul of IQ's music the way Nicholls does."

I absolutely agree with my fellow Pixel Pirate. Technically speaking, Menel is more proficient, but Nicholls is THE singer-lyricist-showman that IQ needs as an integral part of their music.

No, what abut that funny idea of re-recording the Nomzamo-AYSC stuff in a concise format? Here goes a possible tracklist: War Heroes - No Love Lost - Promises [with a Zero Hour-like arrangement] - Nostalgia - Falling Apart at the Seams - NTOC (Resistance) - Common Ground - Human Nature - Wurensh - Nothing at All

How about it?

 I apoligize for the obseen comment i made earlier. I was feeling very giddy when i did it. I was a complete jackass and i admit it. Putting that remark on a forum is stupid on itself, but it was my first forum relpley ive made on this site. Which is really retarded. Again I apolagise. I hope you wont put this against me. Sorry for the bad misspelled words. my computers messed up right now and i cant abc it.

I think the last few comments about Eddy may confuse some new to this thread so I think it should be explained that Eddy made a crude and offensive remark that has susequently been deleted ....thankfully.Now we can get back to enjoying this thread about one of England's finest prog bands

I agree with you Ponter. There are few things I dislike more than people unable to articulate their opinions. Err,like,er,IQ,like,really suck,y'know? No I don't know,actually. Try to explain it to me in words! People like that have annoyed me all my life. Disagree with me as much as you like,but be intelligent and constructive about it! On the other hand we might be the victims of a joke in this case since the "opinion" was so moronic that a lobotomised chimpanzee could do better and I don't believe anyone's spelling could be that horrendous except on purpose.

opinions are like assholes, everybody has one. Yours Eddy, is unclean and fouls the air around you. I find your opinion of IQ to be offensive and would advise you to be more articulate with your critique. Maybe even try to educate the rest of us as to IQ's shortcomings, rather than ranting unwelcome sexual overtures.

sigod wrote: I have to say that IQ are a good band and have been a pillar in the prog community for many years but I believe it depends upon what criteria you are judging the bands in question. If it's on sales alone, I suspect the poor buggers wouldn't even register in the top 30 but if it's on sheer guts and their musical contribution, they would be always be in my top ten. I suppose that's the trouble with subjective questions. It's just a matter of taste.

True but IQ are still around and still producing good music.They've never made a bad album but the snidey comments about them being 'neo prog' will abound I suppose.Pity because they deserve respect for keeping the genre going(along with Marillion and a few others) when everyone else was abandoning it.

 

 

And I will definitely ask Lunar to join us,and I hope he has a way of getting in touch with Leigh so that he could come along as well. I'm still waiting for his reaction to the latest Nightwish album that I recommended. He said he had ordered it and that was a few months ago so he should certainly have received it by now and I regard it as a masterpiece and I would like to know if he agrees. By the way,Nightwish doesn't appear in the Prog Archives listings and I think they should. Allright,they are essentially a metal band but they are so much more.Metal is just the basis of what they do,they definitely have strong prog leanings. If Dream Theater can be included I don't see why Nightwish shouldn't.