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rick gryphon 
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 Topic: weirdest albumsPosted: May 29 2008 at 04:44 |
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hello there just wondered what you think are the weirdest prog albums of all time i have been trying to collect the most way out prog ever can you help please thanks....
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Rocktopus
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 05:05 |
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Residents popped into my head. I don't know which one's the weirdest: Meet the Residents, Duck Stab/Buster & Glen or Eskimo (plus the rest of their albums up to ca 81). They're all reccomended though.
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Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 05:07 |
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Weird comes in various flavors, but you could try the following to see where your own particular tastes might eventually lie:
The Residents - anything before circa 1980 is just plain vanilla bizarre Comus - 'First Utterance' album is genuinely unnerving Faust - just about anything they touched remained so. Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come 'Galactic Zoo Dossier' album sounds like a literal example of 'group' therapy One man's meat etc |
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Yukorin
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 05:26 |
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Bobby Beausoleil and the Freedom Orchestra 'Lucifer Rising'
Frankie Dymon Jnr 'Let It Out'
Banten 'Banten'
Brast Burn
All a pleasant listen but with some sinister undercurrents
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Rocktopus
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 06:09 |
Far out! Have you got this on vinyl? |
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Yukorin
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 06:13 |
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Nope, but I would literally kill to obtain it.
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Yukorin
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 06:20 |
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Here's another one I would chew the leg off a human to have:
Armand Schaubroeck Steals "Ratf ucker' (excuse the language. This is the title). Woudn't call this one prog but always worth a mention for the song 'Pre-teen Mama' which has the most disturbing lyrics.
Makes Motorhead's fantastic 'Jailbait' lyrical theme come over as Snow White.
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BaldJean
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Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10387 |
Posted: May 29 2008 at 06:25 |
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good examples so far. Peter Hammill's "Loops and Reels" come to my mind too, as well as "Spur of the Moment", a collaboration he did with drummer Guy Evans.
another one is Vangelis' "Beaubourg" |
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Yukorin
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 06:29 |
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Good shout for Vangelis. His earliest records are fantastic. And beyond weird.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 06:34 |
 This one comes to mind first. Col. Bruce Hampton One Ruined Life of a Bronze Tourist "A host of characters contribute to this hybrid sound of jazz, funk, rock, poetry, and various strange noises - orchestrated by none other than Col. Bruce himself. Got Zambi? Charles Patrick's Millionaires Learn To Swing Edited by Slartibartfast - May 29 2008 at 06:35 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Yukorin
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 06:37 |
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Anything to do with The Hampton Grease Band? If so investigate will.
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Karyobin
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 06:42 |
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I'd second the Arthur Brown LP very odd
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Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.
Alexis Korner |
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grahawk
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 07:30 |
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I don't think there's much to out weird The Residents though I wouldn't have put them in the prog catergory. I have a fairly weird album by pre prog psychedelic band Fifty Foot Hose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Foot_Hose, which considering it came out in the 60's is worthy of mention.
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BaldJean
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 07:41 |
I don't know which albums you heard of the Residents; there are very weird ones and not so weird ones. another weird one is Robert Calvert's "Lucky Leif and the Longships". not that any of the songs are especially weird (except for "Phase Locked Loop", "The Making of Midgard" and "Volstead O Vodeo Do"), but the album as a whole |
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 08:17 |
Yoda?   Yes, that was his first project. By the way, big fan of the Residents, not so big on those early Vangelis albums, but can confirm they are definitely weird. I'm going to plug three others of Bruce's.  "This
1980 release represents one of Bruce’s most creative bands, the Late
Bronze Age. During this time he was making music that was totally
unlike anything else in the world. "Farmers Earn Livings" is
particularly magical, an Eastern-flavored jam with some of Bruce’s most
cryptic lyrics. "A Stained Soul Cringes …" marries a rock-solid groove
with more bizarre lyrics, and gave the name to Bruce’s later band The
Stained Souls. "Pen Pals Diminished" and "Rehearsals for Fainting" are
more classic Bruce insanity at its very best. Features the previously
unreleased bonus track "Seven Men in a Bazooka."" "The
Late Bronze Age in full flower, at the peak of their creativity and
popularity. Of course, in typical Bruce style, the band broke up
shortly after this was released in 1982. "Sea Cow" rocks ferociously,
and "Walking with Zambi" is one of the most fun songs in the entire
Hampton discography. "Feel the black tie splendor" indeed! This release
is worth having just for the original studio version of "Time Is Free,"
which later appeared on the first Aquarium Rescue Unit album. There are
two bonus tracks, including the wonderful "Jack the Rabbit," one of
Bruce’s most straight-ahead rockers." ""How do you define the undefinable? Col. Bruce's unique blend of otherworldly sounds. Jimmy Herring, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Sipe and Tinsley Ellis are all featured." Arkansas The blurbs are quoted from the site that sells the albums. What? you want me to make my own blurbs? Edited by Slartibartfast - May 29 2008 at 08:36 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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proggy
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 08:34 |
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Roger Waters and Ron Gessin - Music for the Body
Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy...........................................Can we get any weirder........
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Shakespeare
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 08:34 |
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John Zorn's entire discography.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 08:39 |
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Let's not forget Fred Frith, his first one, Guitar Solos is definitely difficult listening music:
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Yukorin
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 09:01 |
Cheers bruv'. Owe you I do.
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Tasartir
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Posted: May 29 2008 at 09:20 |
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Fantomas and Mr. Bungle
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