The Slanny Ganizat

(I feel like this may be a stupid question...) I was showing my father how the Soundhound app on the iPhone works, and can even recognize songs if you hum or sing them. Since we are both Rush fans, I sung the beginning of Tom Sawyer, which the app recognized and returned as one of the results. However, neither of us recognized the preview that Soundhound provided. Here's the link: http://www.soundhound.com/?t=1bbedc36fe9be3f8eaf29f8c50f306b6 Anyone know which version this is??

Anyone planning on picking up Weightless on Tuesday? I just discovered AAL and I will definitely be spending many hours listening to it...

They'll take a year to get back into the studio, find they've lost half the tracks they've recorded, pump out a couple more songs and release it with 6 tracks, coming in at just over half an hour. Then they'll call it quits.

I'm not too worried about there not being growls. I enjoy them but Damnation is one of my favorite albums. I'm excited to hear the new stuff.

I'll admit I haven't really been keeping up on Rush news for a while. But now that the tour is over, I still haven't heard a word on anything Clockwork Angels related. I assume it's still coming out?

QUOTE (King Whompus @ Jul 24 2011, 12:26 PM) QUOTE (reani14 @ Jul 24 2011, 01:36 PM) now people, Amy wine house was in shape. need i say more! But Neil's blood type isn't cocaine.

QUOTE (Earthshine @ Jul 16 2011, 05:47 AM) QUOTE (FallTempest @ Jul 15 2011, 01:15 PM) QUOTE (Earthshine @ Jul 15 2011, 06:03 AM) Overrated and immature band. *IMO you mean. Immature? Help us out here. I have a hunch that maybe you haven't got your facts straight. And overrated where?? Not on TRF thats for sure. I think they get as much or perhaps not enough recognition IMO. Well, they just sound like they try to make their music as complicated as possible. The whole drama with Portnoy showed immaturity also. Kids really. They can't play much more than what they play. That, and covering other bands. I doubt any of them can play classical or jazz with the exception of Rudess. I doubt Portnoy could play Rite Of Spring on timpani or Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra on snare drum or timpani for example. Or read a Basie or Ellington chart arrangement. I don't think Myung could play Cherokee or Four. I doubt Patrucci could play McLaughlin's Guitar Concerto for Orchestra or solo over rhythm changes modulating into different keys using chord scales. They really need to go back to school or go and take lessons. Them's are different strings, man.

Love the cover, love the song, love the video! The Hunter may be the album I'm looking the most forward to this year up there with Heritage.

If their new album is anything like BC&SL I would have to jump on the "getting sick of dream theater" train too. Not only do I hate the cover art for both albums but BC&SL just didn't do anything for me, outside of maybe the shattered fortress. But I will have to disagree with those who say ToT isn't any good...Stream of Consciousness is actually the first DT song I ever heard and still one of my absolute favorite songs of all time. The whole album is fun to listen to in my opinion but I'm more of a metal fan anyways so I can understand how a lot of people wouldn't like it.

It's good. It definitely, as many are saying, has a classic DT feel and sound to it but with a fresh taste. Unfortunately, I can't help but feel like there is something missing in the song structure or just the general flow of the song. I think they should have included Mangini in the songwriting process. But it's still pretty good I guess.

Mastodon is definitely coming out with a new album sometime this year. Also, according to the Tool website, they are not expecting their new album until May 2012.

Must have been quite a drum solo.

QUOTE (The Owl @ Apr 13 2011, 09:23 PM) QUOTE (In A Tidewater Surge @ Apr 13 2011, 10:58 PM) What album should I start with if I want a more atmospheric one? Been meaning to give Opeth a listen Depends... - Are you apprehensive about the growling vocals, but not entirely dismissive? If so go with "Watershed" or "Damnation" If you are fully accepting of the growls and welcome it, I'd go with "Blackwater Park", probably their best overall, and Produced by Steven Wilson. If you are entirely dismissive of growling vocals, then you'd still Try my first recommendation... I was at one point entirely dismissive of Opeth just because of the death growls, but I actually gave them a try ("Ghost Reveries" was the first album I tried out actually), and the music was so fantastic that I could have kicked my own ass for being so dismissive of this band for so long............. and eventually the growling vocals grew on me and I can actually enjoy them... Plus Opening the door to Opeth opened the door to other bands with harsh vocals that I would have otherwise dismissed as well, groups like Mastodon and Between the Buried and Me. Couldn't have said it better myself.

SWIM TO THE MOON!!! The whole album is great, but this has got to be one of the greatest songs ever written.