Your ultimate goose bumps moments in prog?

Today I bought this compilation. This is my review. Also Ely78 bought this compilation. And also Ely78 speak that this isa fundamental compilation. And in the next few days it will review it, like me just it said. 

GOBLIN

Claudio Simonetti Compilation (Profondo Rosso)

(Boxset/Compilation, 1999)

Review by Mandrakeroot (Andrea Salvador)
COLLABORATOR Italian Prog Specialist

My review is produced using this release: D.V. MORE RECORD MCDV 6398

Rating: 9/10

If you love Goblin, Claudio Simonetti, the O.S.T. and Symphonic Prog Metal this compilation is for you. All this ingredients are here. Because Claudio Simonetti decides to re-arrange some success played by he. And the music becomes Symphonic Prog Metal (except in "TGamma", good Jazzy POP song and in "Twin Peaks" clear Vangelis Electronic Ambient Longue music with Rock part). In this sense this compilation are extreme fresh and convincent. The sole real problem is represented from the label of this release. In fact D.V. More Recond is a small label that produces good budget compilation. And I don't know that distribution have abroad. In Italy is distributed in the departement stores. In every case we return in musical field. The songs are great in these new versions. In my opinion this compilation should have greater spread because the songs excite, ooze anger and horror. Simonetti plays like possessed by Satan and the atmospheres of the songs materialize upsets before our eyes.

Upsetting. After the listening Satan will be your sole god. Welcomes to the Universal Judgment! If succeeded gained this compilation to eyes closed. To regret for the not purchase means to cry for the despair.

 

                          I am sure you love your son , T. Rox !

Ely78, Curved Air is one of the bands I have to check out more, thanks for the recommendation

When Yes play And You and I live jaws usually drop.

Prometheus wrote: --The Mars Volta- De-loused in the Comatorium...everything, but especially take the veil...; Cassandra Gemini, Cygnus...Vigismund Cygnus; L'Via L'Viaquez; Day of Baphomets(the percussion towards the end) --Sigur Ros- all of ( )..especially Untitled #8, Hoppipola, Saeglopur

You had some good ones there The Mars Volta has one truly masterful piece of goosebumps material on every album: In Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt it's the "who brought me here?!" finale, on Frances it's the one last "No there's no light..." chorus after all the improvisational weirdness in Cassandra Geminni, and on Amputechture it's the fantastic percussion part you mentioned and the few moments after that. I've been a bit disappointed in the last couple of albums, but they always have at least one moment of total perfection.

Sigur Rós's ( ) is another good goosebumps album, especially the two final tracks. On #7 the second time they jump into the stream and just let it wash away. On #8 the build up and the finale with the exploding drumming. It was a total killer live, I often think of that moment, almost with a tear in my eye. Some best moments of my life.

Some other favorites:

The final climax of Starless, that wonderful melody coming one last time over Wetton's rough sounding bass.

The PULSE version of Comfortably Numb, Gilmour's long guitar solo from beginning to end.

A Change of Seasons, "I'm sick of all you hypocrites, holding me at bay!" Very often DT's emotion leaves me cold, but this is a fantastic performance by LaBrie.

Radiohead's Paranoid Android, in the "rain down on me" part when the lonely simple keyboard line rises up to the sky from the right side like a tiny ray of hope. That's so beautiful.

Absoluuttinen Nollapiste's Suvannossa Ylpeä Ilme, final guitar solo. Suljettu is the best lyrics album ever (too bad it's in Finnish, so it won't be widely recogniced as such), and after the 20 minute closing track's tragic story comes this simple, melodic, melancholic piece of guitar art that takes my breath away every time.


Edited by Keppa4v - September 03 2007 at 01:41

I finally managed to listen to Phoenix's Cantafabule in it's entirety. For me this is one of the best (and most elusive) albums of it's era.  Shame it is so difficult (and expensive!) to get hold of!

Edited by cacha71 - September 03 2007 at 17:13

- Floyd's "Fletcher Memorial" and "Bring the boys back home", especially performed live.
-Floyd's "Careful with that axe, Eugene" from Ummagumma.
-Nektar's "Astronauts Nightmare" and "Burn Out My Eyes" where it says "there soon is gonna come a day" etc etc.
-Indian Summer's "Secrets Reflected" especially where he sings "time,time is the answer blah blah blah".
-Guitar and vocal melody on Swampgas' - The Waiting.E Train Blue".
-Eloy's "Return of the Voice" , "Poseidon's Creation" from the point where he sings "son of god,son of god" etc etc , "Mutiny" and the double guitar solo on "Inside".. Makes me feel pain almost every time..
-Radiohead's "Idioteque".
-Julian Jay Savarin's - Child Of The Night.

Necessary condition being that they are played LOUD.

My favorites...hmm...

erik neuteboom wrote:       Mellow Candle, I am glad you mention the overlooked Julian Jay Savarin

How could I not? The whole album's a masterpiece! Glad you agree

erik neuteboom wrote:                                                    Efcharisto

Hahaha