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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Posted: November 19 2019 at 03:56 |
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I like both the Swiss band Circus and the English Jazz-Rock band of the same name too.
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Dellinger
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Posted: November 19 2019 at 14:13 |
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Out of what I know, I can't think of many artists that give a similar vocal delivery to Hamill... that's what makes him so special. The closest I can think of is not classic prog at all, and has very little similarity to the music of VdGG... for it's Devin Townsend... mostly because he does just whatever he wants with his vocals, and he is great. Yet, it's not classic prog, but modern prog metal (or at least it was modern 10 years ago), and of course it's guitar driven and has doesn't have sax. And he doesn't particularly sing like Hamill, but just goes everywhere with his singing (just like Hamill does).
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moshkito
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Posted: November 19 2019 at 18:51 |
I recommend listening to them in "order" ... because the band gets stronger and stronger and the music better, if there is such a thing ... by the time you get to GODBLUFF and STILL LIFE, it is a really strong group. Of the solo side, it is harder to determine, although I would think that the most individualistic of the albums would be SILENT CORNER AND EMPTY STAGE, IN CAMERA , NADIR'S BIG CHANCE, OVER, A BLACK BOX, SKIN (an album I specially like!!!), OUT OF WATER ... are the ones I would recommend ... but you have to remember that there are no rules here, and this stuff is so far out there in the individual area that most top ten folks can not exactly appreciate ... nothing sounds familiar ... because of the artistic interpretation, and the poetic side of it all ... and this is completely counter ideas that rock music tends to talk about. Of the stuff in the past 10 years, I have not kept up ... now retired, my budget is small and I rely on used CD's off Amazon (for example) to get things, and I can not afford to get the new thing ...
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: November 20 2019 at 00:41 |
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^^ Thanks for the recommendation about listening to the Van Der Graaf Generator albums in order of release date. I always do that anyway, whoever the artist happens to be. I also listen to my albums in alphabetical order too, so it's going to take me quite awhile to get around to listening to VDGG.
I'm retired too, so I don't have a big budget either, buy I buy the vast majority of my CD's from charity shops and car boot sales for £1 or less at the rate of about one new CD every day.
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