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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 04:03
I don't think TMV are hated all that much, I think they're a very polarizing band. Love it or hate it, you know? I love them. and these days they soar above PTree for me. Which is odd since I always thought TMV would be one of those bands I would love for a month and then forget.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 04:42
Originally posted by keiser willhelm keiser willhelm wrote:

porcupine tree's the sonic equivalent of oatmeal whereas the Mars Volta are like some sort of spicy foreign food.
Oatmeal's a lot harder to hate than weird spicy stuff but its only as good as the flavors of other food you incorporate / put on top.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 04:50
Porcupine Tree. Easy choice for me. Although TMV have some great songs to their name, a whole album of that formula is too much for my ears.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 05:16
Originally posted by Anthony H. Anthony H. wrote:

TMV aren't hated on here; they have an album in the Top 50.

Don't let Colin's hate convince you that a band is hated. LOL


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 05:28

I thought there'd be more Mars Volta fans. I voted PT because that's how I roll, but I thought they'd be too simplistic for you lot.

MV could be amazing, but they're just too cluttered. They've got a complete dedication to making sure that making sure absolutely every empty space gets filled with some sort of noise. De-Loused is an excellent album marred by stupid noises going on constantly because there's apparently not enough going on already.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 07:21
The one that's actually progressive.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 07:25
PT. I haven't the slightest idea what Cedric is talking about, all I know is that I can't take it seriously. Lopez is a good guitarist though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 07:36
TMV by far! One of my favorit modern bands, PT is the most boring and unintresting of all modern prog bands they bore me to tears and put me to sleep, how something so usles and unintresting and unorginal culd get so popular is a true mystery.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 08:13

PT: Fine, ok, not bad.

TMV: Interesting, annoying, creative, surprising, changing, provoking, brutal, smooth. FANTASTIC. 
 
Regarding the lyrics, sometimes people say TMV i stupid. Im lucky, im not a native, i dont even try to understand.
But one thing is for sure : I'll never....never sleep alone. 


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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 09:11
PTree, easily. I've tried unsuccessfully to get into TMV.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 09:14
I'm starting to get into The Mars Volta more and more, but PT still is one of my favorites.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 10:18
Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by keiser willhelm keiser willhelm wrote:

porcupine tree's the sonic equivalent of oatmeal whereas the Mars Volta are like some sort of spicy foreign food.
Oatmeal's a lot harder to hate than weird spicy stuff but its only as good as the flavors of other food you incorporate / put on top.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2010 at 12:54
TMV without hesitation.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 20:05
Porcupine Tree for me
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 20:20
this is hard, but I'm going with PT
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 22:44
Porcupine Tree!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 23:06
This thread begs the question: would Porcupine Tree make a better album than Deloused with Rick Rubin as the producer?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 23:23
The Mars Volta mainstream? Really?

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I look up, I'm almost blinded

by the warmth of what's inside me

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but I'm dead inside as I stand alone...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2011 at 01:59
   i'm living on this planet since 1953 , and been following all the way since 1967 the majority of bands active since then .  in my humble opinion the Porcupines can beat any other band on this site !  sorry , this is written on my book ! 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2011 at 07:55
PTree easily for me

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