RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Thanks you guys. Now I'm in a full blown Wilson Obsession. Guess I still am a fukking Rush Wilson Fanboi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I can't get "Go To Hell" out of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Thanks you guys. Now I'm in a full blown Wilson Obsession...+1Damn, I catch myself listening to that new album again and again.I'm defenceless, it's the best Wilson-involved release since The Incident. Hesmovedon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 "Stars Die" is my favorite PT song. It's Steven's mom's favorite as well. Seriously!Is she a rocker???I don't think so. He did say in an interview for The Raven that he played his albums to his parents during each album cycle and that his mom was more partial to the ballady type songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I think Steven Wilson is influenced by Pete Townshend. I hear it in the Hand album and Welcome To My DNA also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I think I am finally digging Blackfield IV thanks to this thread! RUSH WILSON WORSHIPPER!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenJennings Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Boy, this is a great album. Stopped at Best Buy today and bought a physical copy of it for my car. The album both breaks my heart and brightens my day. Love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) I think I am finally digging Blackfield IV thanks to this thread! RUSH WILSON WORSHIPPER!!!!For what it is, IV is good IMO, but I know a lot of fans who don't acknowledge its existence. If anything, the songs that SW was involved in are the best songs on the album which include Pills, Sense Of Insanity, Faking, and Jupiter. There's quite a lot of SW in the album (even if it's just backing vocals) than most fans think even though it wasn't promoted as such. Edited March 25, 2015 by PolarizeMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hey man! Great post!! Thanks for informing me on the songs Steven is on!You can tell actually just by listening.I didn't get it until now. What is your take on Insergentes and Grace For Drowning? Not as strong as Raven and Hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I love both Insurgentes and Grace. Prior to HCE, to me Insurgentes was the most "modern" and varied sounding of the solo work. GFD on the other hand was almost middle of the road between Insurgentes and Raven for me; if Insurgentes was one extreme of being modern sounding and the Raven being the other extreme of '70s prog sounding. You've got songs on Disc 2 of GFD like Raider II being almost like a nod to King Crimson (Lizard particularly) yet there's Index which is a bit more modern sounding and too far off from Abandoner from the Insurgentes album. With Grace though, I listen to the album in different sittings (i.e. Disc 1 on one day and then Disc 2 on another day). I used to listen to both discs in the same sitting but once I started listening to them separately I totally got what SW meant by "I advise anyone from listening to both albums back to back". I get a different experience from listening to them separately. It's funny. I think all of his solo albums are very strong albums individually and when compared together and for me that's because they're all quite different. They all have their own nice character to them that isn't quite present on the other albums. For example, there's a vibe about Insurgentes that isn't quite there or the same on HCE. For intents and purposes I said that Raven's my favorite (prior to the release of HCE), but honestly it depends on the day/my mood. One day, I might be yearning for HCE like today, but then a few days later I'm in a Grace mood. Going back to Blackfield IV, I've been skimming through the songs and observed that SW sang either lead or backing vocals in some capacity on every track except for the 3 songs which had guest lead vocals and the final song After The Rain. SW's got a distinct vocal delivery which gets easier to hear the more you listen to his stuff but it's especially noticeable in Blackfield and to a lesser extent No-Man (but he doesn't sing much backing vocals in that project to begin with). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip65 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I would echo pretty much everything that PolarizeMe said about SW's albums. I love the fact that each of his solo albums has a different sound and a different character and that you can never second guess which musical direction he's going to turn towards next. For me, with The Raven and the first disc of Grace, the love was deep and immediate. Insurgentes, Grace 2nd disk and HCE were slower burning but ultimately just as brilliant. As to which is my favourite - it depends on how I'm feeling at the time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Hey PM! Your awesome post has polarized me.Bravo.I'm too busy to comment right now but I get it and I agree with most. I was going to give up on this new album but now I am in love with it."Perfect Life" reminds me of some Psychoderelict by Townshend.I know I'm strange but I hear some Townshend throughout. I'm obsessing over Blackfield again. Live In NYC is beyond EPIC! Forget Rush! I'm a Wild Wilson Worshipper!What could be more hipper? Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 As good as the new album is, it takes on a new lease of life when performed live. His current band are fantastic. Who would have thought Nic Beggs would ever look or sound so cool. remember this ? http://www.globalbass.com/archives/apr2001/nick_beggs.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Ive seen Beggs on a few occasions. Once he was in Warren Cuccurillios band and the other time playing with John Paul Jones. He does wear a skirt but hes an amazing bass/stick player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Ive seen Beggs on a few occasions. Once he was in Warren Cuccurillios band and the other time playing with John Paul Jones. He does wear a skirt but hes an amazing bass/stick player.Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Ive seen Beggs on a few occasions. Once he was in Warren Cuccurillios band and the other time playing with John Paul Jones. He does wear a skirt but hes an amazing bass/stick player.AgreedI met Beggs who stayed awhile near the merchtable after a gig on the last tour to talk with fans and sign stuff. Nice fellow. We talked a bit about stuff like good bass playing tips and why he used a pick on the studio recording of Luminol (on the 2012 tour he played it fingerstyle). Like when I met SW and Guthrie later that night, I probably made a fool out of myself (stumbling through every other word ) but he was quite chill with how I was acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I have the album on right now! I love you TRFers more than you will ever know! :guitar: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 SW's gonna have an opening act for the 2nd Royal Albert Hall gig and it's going to be commedian Matt Berry playing a set with his band. To say that anyone didn't see this coming would be grossly an understatement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 So this is the wrong thread to ask this...fully aware of that... But I feel silly for slating this band when it appears so many of my favourite bands share core members of this ones fanbase. Where should I start if I am a newbie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I have played some of their music, but I have the feeling I was too much of a lazy dumbass to enjoy what I was hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnify Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 So this is the wrong thread to ask this...fully aware of that... But I feel silly for slating this band when it appears so many of my favourite bands share core members of this ones fanbase. Where should I start if I am a newbie? The Porcupine Tree album "In Absentia" is the one that got me. It's proggy, but accessible, with tasty heaviness, and depth. Great songs and very interesting top to bottom. Cinematic. For his solo work, I would definitely recommend "The Raven that Refused to Sing." His solo work is more eclectic. Raven is a more classic prog work - but it just all hangs together so well. Cool instrumentation. It's got some really beautiful songs, and some terrorizing dark moments - cinematic is the word. His production is world class - particularly on the 5.1 mixes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) i have not heard one note of Steve's solo work.....i plan to change it. but...........man i LOVE PT. SUCH an AMAZING amazing band. i said before wonderful blend of the complex and accessible Wonderful band. 2 months in i'm hooked. WAKE UP SEGUE!!!!!! Mick Edited April 23, 2015 by bluefox4000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 i have not heard one note of Steve's solo work.....i plan to change it. but...........man i LOVE PT. SUCH AN AMAZING amazing BAND. i said before wonderful blend of the complex and accessible Wonderful band. 2 months in i'm hooked. WAKE UP SEGUE!!!!!! Mick I HAVE TRIED A GAZILLION TIMES SINCE I DISCOVERED THEM IN 2006! Nothing clickity clicked with me. I did really enjoy Fear Of A Blank Planet...Just remembered that as I type this...been years since I spun that. Must go find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 My Favs i would Start with are. Stupid DreamLightbulb SunIn Absentia They're all more accessible. then albums prior, IMO Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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