This Place is a Zoo #1
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Topic: This Place is a Zoo #1
Posted By: rushfan4
Subject: This Place is a Zoo #1
Date Posted: September 12 2020 at 22:03
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Time to get outside and make a trip to the progressive zoo. Which of these songs is your favorite? ------------- 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 12 2020 at 22:26
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Das Machine ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 12 2020 at 23:01
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To try something new, I have created a YouTube playlist of all of these songs if this makes it easier for people to listen to the songs. %3ca%20href=" rel="nofollow - www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh7UTJceJC_X3yrzalZO33O3UoSxQTf37 "> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh7UTJceJC_X3yrzalZO33O3UoSxQTf37" rel="nofollow - www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh7UTJceJC_X3yrzalZO33O3UoSxQTf37 -------------
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: September 12 2020 at 23:20
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Jethro Tull, "Bungle in the Jungle." ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 12 2020 at 23:32
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I deliberately tried to avoid big name bands. Hence no Elephant Talk by King Crimson or Main Monkey Business by Rush or When The Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd. I threw in Jethro Tull's Sea Lion since it is from one of their later albums, and unlike Bungle in the Jungle is not on a greatest hits compilation (which also doesn't have an actual animal name in the title so doesn't qualify for the poll anyways). I also threw in Wot Gorilla because it always seems to fall on the hated Genesis song list, so I'm curious to see how many votes it gets.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 03:26
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I like Wot Gorilla, but Hibou is hard to beat |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 04:43
 ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
rushfan4 wrote:Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 07:01
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So, I have been listening to the playlist (while watching the Tour de France stage at the same time...) and it was quite a nice listen in general, despite the fact that I skipped some of the tracks. Looking at the first votes, I'm afraid there's some pavlovian voting going on: we vote for the bands we know without listening to the others. That's a pity. I very much like Genesis' Wot Gorilla, Ozric Tentacles and Big Big Train, but I knew them before, so they were not surprising me. For me there are three good surprises of bands that I didn't know before: First, The Lounge Lizards, great musicality and great fun; second the Ultraviolet Hippotamus - a great song too. But my vote goes to Tiger Moth Tales. He has the advantage of a 15 minute-track in which he can put many things, but overall this song stood out for me. So, the Tigers get my vote in this Zoo.------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 07:02
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I could have easily picked one I was familiar with. Not this time. Mirthkon is superb! Reminds me of Bubblemath.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 07:10
Sadly they are no more  . Their mainman, Wally Scharold, moved to Italy a few years ago (his wife is Italian). We were lucky to catch them live at Orion Studios a few years ago - a fantastic double act with their fellow Oaklanders MoeTar (with which they shared keyboardist Matt Lebofsky). MoeTar also split up a couple of years ago. Hard not to vote for the fabulous Ut Gret, but I'd like to listen to the other tracks before making a decision. Thanks for a great poll
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 07:12
| Pain of Salvation - Panther |
Posted By: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 07:37
Thanks! I am amazed at how few of these songs I have heard 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 07:58
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Wot Gorilla ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 08:59
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 09:07
surprised, in a good way, to see Kumm in the list. They were great. Out of the ashes of Kumm came out Byron. I enjoy them more than Kumm. Check them out (if you haven't already).
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 09:16
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 11:53
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Sealion. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 13 2020 at 19:02
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Posted By: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: September 14 2020 at 19:11
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Heard all except Soft Machine because the video was not available. Sealion was the only one I'd heard before. I have to admit it was a difficult choice between Tiger Moth Tales, Ut Gret, Mastodon, and Kundalini. Went for Tiger |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: September 14 2020 at 22:09
| Soft Machine! |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 15 2020 at 07:32
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I set this up as a playlist on my iPhone, and I think that it is kind of fun to listen to. I am one who generally listens to entire albums and entire discographies of bands, which generally I enjoy doing, but there can be a certain tedium to this. I tend to find listening to albums that are entirely instrumental to be kind of boring to be honest and bands and albums can have a kind of sameness about them when listening to their discographies. They really can't help that to a certain extent. A vocalist's voice is a vocalist's voice and there are only so many ways that they can make it sound. And generally the instrumentalists have their own styles which might change a bit from song to song or album to album but they are generally still playing the same 3 or 4 instruments. Making a playlist like this, these may not be the best songs on their respective albums but by pulling them out into a different environment I think it helps them stand out a little more. As an example, I'm not really a big fan of the Ozric Tentacles. I'm not sure why. I like pretty much everything I've heard from them but I never feel the urge to pull out an Ozric album, but when this song comes up in this rotation, I'm like, "hey that's pretty good...who is that?" Right now, I just had that same effect with the GranTorino album. Any how, I just thought I would share those thoughts and I am curious if anyone else enjoys creating playlists like this.
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: September 16 2020 at 10:57
Nice! I like playlists. Listening through it on shuffle but in background as I work. I'll vote on the one that catches my ear the most after I get through. So far, the post rock track "Arrival of the Rhino" caught my attention and the Lounge Lizards.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 17 2020 at 18:34
That Lounge Lizards song is good musically and you have to chuckle at the lyrics.  -------------
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 26 2022 at 07:48
| Can't see Jadis go pointless.. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: October 26 2022 at 09:01
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Tiger Moth Tales ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |