Retrospective Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Amazon had On The Sunday of Life for only $9 with free shipping so I gave in and ordered it. I just finished listening to the auto-rip download and I was pretty surprised. I knew and liked Radioactive Toy, but I honestly expected the rest of it to be pretty bad. While the album was a mixed bag, there were a handful of good songs (Nine Cats, The Nostalgia Factory, and several others). I do regret waiting so long as it's really interesting to hear how much Steven Wilson's music has progressed over the last 20 years. Jupiter Island was a bit of a shock... I couldn't believe that was him singing (albeit with a ton of effects)! It is definitely a mixed bag - I love it! You'll never get bored, that's for sure. He wrote most of it when he was really young. .....I want you to place Felix's penis on me ................I heard about that sample but I didn't know what song it was on. That was the one thing I was waiting for when listening to the album. And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun It's a cool title! And then, boom - penis talk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 New Colin Edwin Websitehttp://colinedwin.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/new-website.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindrift82 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I love the new Steven Wilson album. It's everything The Incident wasn't, although I liked TI (just liked the 3 albums before it more.) I'm hoping they come off of hiatus, so I can see them live again. I'd love to see SW solo, but he's not coming down to Cincinnati...never has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospective Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 I love the new Steven Wilson album. It's everything The Incident wasn't, although I liked TI (just liked the 3 albums before it more.) I'm hoping they come off of hiatus, so I can see them live again. I'd love to see SW solo, but he's not coming down to Cincinnati...never has. Yeah, which is weird because I saw PT in Cinci. Maybe he'll come around for his 2nd US leg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Just going to put this out there... Not a fan much at all of "Mother and Child Divided", solely due to the guitar playing. Failed experiment there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Good thing you bumped this. Alex LIfeson does a guest spot on John Wesley's next solo album (coming out next month I think). Wesley says he has a monster guitar solo on one of the songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Good thing you bumped this. Alex LIfeson does a guest spot on John Wesley's next solo album (coming out next month I think). Wesley says he has a monster guitar solo on one of the songs. No kidding? That's cool as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Good thing you bumped this. Alex LIfeson does a guest spot on John Wesley's next solo album (coming out next month I think). Wesley says he has a monster guitar solo on one of the songs.Didn't know this! Looking forward to hearing the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Just going to put this out there... Not a fan much at all of "Mother and Child Divided", solely due to the guitar playing. Failed experiment there.Which is why it didn't make it onto the Deadwing album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Good thing you bumped this. Alex LIfeson does a guest spot on John Wesley's next solo album (coming out next month I think). Wesley says he has a monster guitar solo on one of the songs.Yeah I saw that on Facebook, pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Just going to put this out there... Not a fan much at all of "Mother and Child Divided", solely due to the guitar playing. Failed experiment there.Which is why it didn't make it onto the Deadwing album. Makes enough sense ;) Wake as Gun I however is an outstanding outtake... I really love those cathedral-like-effect acoustic guitar / piano duet melodies. Hypnotic and beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I've just finally started getting into these guys (and Steven Wilson's other stuff). Working my way up from the beginning. I'm not a big fan of the earlier stuff. That debut is...odd at best. Signify is the first LP of theirs that I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of from start to end. Dark Matter is an awesome song. Currently on Lightbulb Sun and things have definitely steadily got better since Signify. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I've just finally started getting into these guys (and Steven Wilson's other stuff). Working my way up from the beginning. I'm not a big fan of the earlier stuff. That debut is...odd at best. Signify is the first LP of theirs that I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of from start to end. Dark Matter is an awesome song. Currently on Lightbulb Sun and things have definitely steadily got better since Signify.I am a big fan of Lightbulb Sun, not so much Signify. The beauty of PT is how the sound changed from release to release. Although I haven't gotten into the SW solo stuff very much, their is one song called A Door Marked Summer of the expanded version of his new release To The Bone that could almost fit on Lightbulb Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Some of the earlier stuff was REALLY experimental, and over the top....But interesting nonetheless!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I've just finally started getting into these guys (and Steven Wilson's other stuff). Working my way up from the beginning. I'm not a big fan of the earlier stuff. That debut is...odd at best. Signify is the first LP of theirs that I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of from start to end. Dark Matter is an awesome song. Currently on Lightbulb Sun and things have definitely steadily got better since Signify.I am a big fan of Lightbulb Sun, not so much Signify. The beauty of PT is how the sound changed from release to release. Although I haven't gotten into the SW solo stuff very much, their is one song called A Door Marked Summer of the expanded version of his new release To The Bone that could almost fit on Lightbulb Sun.Here it is on YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Can anyone shed some light on the samples used in Voyage 34? I've looked for years to find information on where Steven got the material, but haven't found anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) Can anyone shed some light on the samples used in Voyage 34? I've looked for years to find information on where Steven got the material, but haven't found anything.Phase I and II samples a documentary LP by Capitol Records from 1966 called LSD narrated by the late Dick Clark (yes THAT Dick Clark) of all people. If you couldn't tell by his voice, it's Timothy Leary's voice heard in Phase II. This is the same source material used in "What You're Listening To" and "Not Beautiful Anymore" on Up The Downstair. Here's an extract from it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jYLdfmwTpA Edited December 12, 2017 by PolarizeMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Can anyone shed some light on the samples used in Voyage 34? I've looked for years to find information on where Steven got the material, but haven't found anything.Phase I and II samples a documentary LP by Capitol Records from 1966 called LSD narrated by the late Dick Clark (yes THAT Dick Clark) of all people. If you couldn't tell by his voice, it's Timothy Leary's voice heard in Phase II. This is the same source material used in "What You're Listening To" and "Not Beautiful Anymore" on Up The Downstair. Here's an extract from it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jYLdfmwTpAI knew it! When I first heard that narrator I thought it was Clark but was told by someone more knowledgeable (at the time) that it wasn't him. Thanks for confirming it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate2112 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) Can anyone shed some light on the samples used in Voyage 34? I've looked for years to find information on where Steven got the material, but haven't found anything.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycgdj74oNwc At around 2:30 they have a recurring sound that originated here Edited December 12, 2017 by Nate2112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate2112 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I've just finally started getting into these guys (and Steven Wilson's other stuff). Working my way up from the beginning. I'm not a big fan of the earlier stuff. That debut is...odd at best. Signify is the first LP of theirs that I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of from start to end. Dark Matter is an awesome song. Currently on Lightbulb Sun and things have definitely steadily got better since Signify. Funny enough, everything before In Absentia is godwork. I could never really appreciate anything In Absentia onwards. I mean, it's great stuff, but not even close to the mastery on The Sky Moves Sideways, Signify or On the Sunday of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I've just finally started getting into these guys (and Steven Wilson's other stuff). Working my way up from the beginning. I'm not a big fan of the earlier stuff. That debut is...odd at best. Signify is the first LP of theirs that I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of from start to end. Dark Matter is an awesome song. Currently on Lightbulb Sun and things have definitely steadily got better since Signify. Funny enough, everything before In Absentia is godwork. I could never really appreciate anything In Absentia onwards. I mean, it's great stuff, but not even close to the mastery on The Sky Moves Sideways, Signify or On the Sunday of LifeSince I got into “fringe genres” of music I’ve grown to dig pre-Stupid Dream era PT (Up The Downstair being my favorite of that phase of the band) but my favorite album is Fear Of A Blank Planet. There’s really not a single bad PT album (yeah that included On The Sunday Of Life). Personally, it’s just a matter of how strange (in my case it’s very strange) you can handle as far as how much you enjoy their first four PT albums... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I've just finally started getting into these guys (and Steven Wilson's other stuff). Working my way up from the beginning. I'm not a big fan of the earlier stuff. That debut is...odd at best. Signify is the first LP of theirs that I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of from start to end. Dark Matter is an awesome song. Currently on Lightbulb Sun and things have definitely steadily got better since Signify. Funny enough, everything before In Absentia is godwork. I could never really appreciate anything In Absentia onwards. I mean, it's great stuff, but not even close to the mastery on The Sky Moves Sideways, Signify or On the Sunday of LifeSince I got into “fringe genres” of music I’ve grown to dig pre-Stupid Dream era PT (Up The Downstair being my favorite of that phase of the band) but my favorite album is Fear Of A Blank Planet. There’s really not a single bad PT album (yeah that included On The Sunday Of Life). Personally, it’s just a matter of how strange (in my case it’s very strange) you can handle as far as how much you enjoy their first four PT albums... PT has lots of gems! I appreciate all PT releases, since the funny odd stuff until their last record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Been bingeing Porcupine Tree really hard for the last month and I think I've got my rankings in order. Fantastic albums:Fear Of A Blank PlanetIn AbsentiaLightbulb SunDeadwing Mixed bags:Stupid DreamSignifyUp The Downstair Not for me:The IncidentThe Sky Moves SidewaysOn The Sunday Of Life Then Anesthetize is easily one of the best live albums I've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) I've been binging on these guys too My order. 1. Lightbulb Sun2. In Absentia3. Stupid Dream4. Fear of a Blank Planet5. Deadwing6.Signify7. Up the Down stair8. The Sky Moves Sideways9. The Incident10. On the Sunday of Life Yea PT is one of the few recommended bands by TRF i took to on first play. Mick Edited February 23, 2018 by bluefox4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I've been binging on these guys too My order. 1. Lightbulb Sun2. In Absentia3. Stupid Dream4. Fear of a Blank Planet5. Deadwing6.Signify7. Up the Down stair8. The Sky Moves Sideways9. The Incident10. On the Sunday of Life Yea PT is one of the few recommended bands by TRF i took to on first play. Mick I love Blank Planet and really enjoyed In Absentia Will try more soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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