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1; Still Life: Childlike Faith in Childhoods End
2. Godbluff: Arrow
3. Too many to choose from....
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1. Pawn Hearts (Man Erg)
2. Still Life (Pilgrims)
3. Godbluff (Sleepwalkers)

Funnily enough i don't see many mentions of Man Erg, one of the greatest prog songs of all time. I'm quite upset Cry
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-Very easy:......Hto HE....LostHeart
                         The least we......Refugees
                         Pawn Hearts.....Lemmings
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H to He ...  Lost    -  because of this nice jazzy sound similar to KC
Pawn Hearts ...   A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers  -   simply great,  the perfect epic
The Least ...   Darkness  -  Hammill's best vocals ever 

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Originally posted by Einsetumadur Einsetumadur wrote:

H to He ...  Lost    -  because of this nice jazzy sound similar to KC
Pawn Hearts ...   A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers  -   simply great,  the perfect epic
The Least ...   Darkness  -  Hammill's best vocals ever 

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Interesting; I've always considered the vocals on The Least We Can Do as a bit of a pre-cursor rather than themselves impressive... not the same sort of sense of exploration, in my opinion, and though the overdubs are getting there, the later ones are a bit more sophisticated. Like those on Darkness, Out Of My Book and Refugees quite a lot, though.

All opinion though, and I know James is firmly in the opposite camp.
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The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other - Refugees (A song that deserves to be very famous)
Pawn Hearts - Man Erg (Absolutely stunning vocal performance)
H To He Who Am The Only One - House With No Door (ditto)
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Originally posted by TGM: Orb TGM: Orb wrote:

Originally posted by Einsetumadur Einsetumadur wrote:

H to He ...  Lost    -  because of this nice jazzy sound similar to KC
Pawn Hearts ...   A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers  -   simply great,  the perfect epic
The Least ...   Darkness  -  Hammill's best vocals ever 

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Interesting; I've always considered the vocals on The Least We Can Do as a bit of a pre-cursor rather than themselves impressive... not the same sort of sense of exploration, in my opinion, and though the overdubs are getting there, the later ones are a bit more sophisticated. Like those on Darkness, Out Of My Book and Refugees quite a lot, though.

All opinion though, and I know James is firmly in the opposite camp.


Oh sorry, I meant this ->   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDmhP6YiN6s       Beat Club   recording,  there he sings very great.  In the studio he sounds a bit "thin".   A great song though,  especially the "flying in pitch, flying in fear"  sequence.  
Also,  the bass  fits very well to the music - too bad that "Pawn Hearts"  doesn't have a real bassist.


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1. Pawn Hearts: A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
2. Godbluff: Sleepwalkers
3. Still Life: Still Life

4. H To He: Killer
5. World Record: Wondering
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I've never heard Still Life so if that probably completely disqualifies me but.......................
1.Godbluff-Arrow
2.Pawn Hearts-Lemmings
3.H to He- Emperor In HIs War Room
This got me in the mood to put on Pawn HeartsBig%20smile




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Time Vaults, especially "Tarzan"
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My current Top 3 (this week)
 
Still Life -  My Room
Godbluff - Scorched Earth
The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (a VdGG album in every way but name...) - Modern
 
Honourable mentions to The Comet, the Course, The Tail (from PH's In Camera) and Orthenthian Street from Aerosol...
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Marmalade...I like marmalade.
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Albums:

1. Still Life
2. Godbluff
3. Pawn Hearts

Songs:

1. La Rossa
2. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
3. Meurglys III
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Boat of Million of Years
Still Life
Killer
 
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and After the Flood




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Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other - Refugees (A song that deserves to be very famous)
Pawn Hearts - Man Erg (Absolutely stunning vocal performance)
H To He Who Am The Only One - House With No Door (ditto)
 
 
It's amazing that House with No door has such a high recommendation! I dont mind the song but i thought there were so many better tracks from that album. It goes to show you that it is all a matter of taste and I can appreciate that each track must have its own specific place in the individual's heart. Also Refugees is interesting as a very quiet side of VDGG. So you like the more contemplative side of VDGG whereas I like the all out assault of Killer, POLHK, and D11/11 to name a few
 
I agree that Man-Erg is stunning.
 
The first I heard this band was on Youtube plague of Lighthouse Keepers (in 3 parts from Brazil TV) - i have been hooked ever since.
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1. H to He - Pioneers over C (but Lost and The emperor are so briliant too).
2. Still life - La rossa (My room and Still life also amazing).
3. World record - Murglys III (my personal favorite VDGG song).
4. Pawn hearts -  plauge ...
5. Godbluf - Arrow (all other songs pretty cool).
6. The least we can do .. - After the flood (Darkness and White hammer also great tracks)
 
I also have Aerosol, The quiet zone and Trisector but we still geting to know each other. I don't have Present (interesting nobody mentioned it).
 
Where is Baldfriede ? This thread can not be completed without her choices !
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  • "Pawn Hearts" - Man-Erg
  • "Godbluff" - The Sleepwalkers
  • "H to He..." - House With No Door

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Godbluff - The Sleepwalkers
 
Still Life - My Room (Waiting For Wonderland)
 
Pawn Hearts - Man-Erg
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1. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
2. La Rossa
3. The Sleepwalkers

4. Lost
5. Darkness (11/11)
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1. Still Life - "Childlike Faith at Childhood's End" (4/5 stars)
2. Godbluff - "Sleepwalkers" (4/5 stars)
3.Pawn Hearts - Man Erg" (4/5 stars)

star ratings are for the albums themselves.


Edited by stonebeard - December 25 2008 at 18:32
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