Maples Oaks and Porcupine Trees

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QUOTE (In A Tidewater Surge @ Jul 14 2010, 05:31 PM) The only objection I have to The Incident is that I think Time Flies is a bit too long, other than that the album is stellar Not to me. Time Flies is perfect. A true and typical Prog song.

QUOTE (The Owl @ Jun 15 2010, 06:19 PM)

Finally watched the DVD tonight.... I love the "Arriving Somewhere" dvd, and I did not think PT could outdo themselves with the new DVD.. But they just did, from the audio, video, production quality, and song choice... This DVD is twofold better......... Get this DVD....... it is a must.

@ pg. 100! Only 14 more to go!

Listening to .3 right now (lots of talk on pg. 99 about In Absentia). .3 would make a great clip as a soundtrack for a sci-fi movie! I love the ending too. Reminds me of orchestral Zep songs like Kashmir.

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jun 5 2010, 06:42 PM)

I'm really bummed out! I didn't remember to pre-order my limited edition Porcupine Tree Blu Ray DVD in the hardbound book with the two bonus live cds and the color photos! SHIT! 1000 with a red cover and 4000 with a gray cover. I'm totally depressed! I FAILED! Who was lucky enough to score one???? Earl

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QUOTE (Steevo @ May 31 2010, 07:07 PM) QUOTE (Soni @ Jun 1 2010, 05:13 AM) Insurgentes is great, I would take it over the Incident any day of the week i cant say that i dont agree Tritto!

QUOTE (The Owl @ May 13 2010, 08:59 AM)

Both the grey and red versions of the Special Edition of "Anesthetize" are sold out! Glad I got my copy, I'd just wish they'd ship them already.

QUOTE (sullysue @ May 9 2010, 04:23 PM)

QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ May 9 2010, 05:45 PM) The Incident is about the LAST place I'd start with PT. I'd say The Sky Moves Sideways would be the last place I'd start. That one I still haven't been able to listen to more than a few times. The Incident is a masterpiece, in my opinion. It's all relative, of course. Personal taste and all that. Reverse Polarity and all that too!   Sky Moves Sideways was the first album I bought, although I had previously downloaded a ton of indivdiual songs prior to that. SMS is definitely a masterpiece to me. I listen to Moonloop Improvisation/Moonloop (Coda) about once a day when I'm on the computer/net.

QUOTE (KW84 @ Aug 14 2010, 02:20 PM)

I cannot wait till monday night! Sunday night: Monday night: Porcupine Tree

QUOTE (Territorial_Game @ Mar 20 2010, 06:14 PM)

Still ridiculously excited for the Houston show. Also, if y'all haven't heard Abigail's Ghost, I think most PT fans will enjoy them. I got Selling Insincerity the other day and am completely hooked!

I would like to see/hear Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater on stage together performing a cover of Stealin' by Uriah Heep!

 

(How's that for eclectic!)

QUOTE (Territorial_Game @ Mar 2 2010, 10:20 AM)

QUOTE (Natch @ Mar 2 2010, 12:06 PM) I think the whole idea of classifying a band as one thing or another is overrated. If the music sounds good to me, I listen to it. If not, I don't. Simple as that. That's a very Steven Wilson-y way to listen I consider myself to be an eclectic connoisseur of excellent music.

Tangy wrote:

 

Still plugging away with the incident. while i have it pretty much memorized by now it still has not grown on me much. bummer. I prefer the music over the lyrics/concept on this one . . .

 

 

I concur, with the exception of Time Flies. I like both the lyrics and the music on that one. The depressing aspect of SW's lyrics normally don't get to me, but this album, especially the songs focused on failed relationships are rather dull.

QUOTE (Maples Oaks and Porcupine Trees @ Aug 14 2010, 10:09 AM)

Just ordered the reissue of PT's Recordings: http://www.burningshed.com/store/porcupine...oduct/169/2268/ Also ordered Steven Wilsons Insurgentes (double DVD): http://www.burningshed.com/store/stevenwil...roduct/65/2288/

QUOTE (The Owl @ Feb 17 2010, 11:14 PM)

anyone hear this yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYbXJfzGEeg It's one of the several covers SW has done, this one is the Alanis Morissette song "Thank You" ........the cover is really good........I think it's better done on the Blackfiled live DVD in NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4MAvwwhiPE not bad.

Nine Cats is so much fun!

 

9. Nine Cats

 

[Lyrics: Alan Duffy / Music: Steven Wilson]

 

The butterfly sailed on the breeze

Past a field of barbed wire trees

Where golden dragons chased around

Pampered poppies on the ground

Two silver trout sat way on high

And watched a royal samurai

Plant two black orchids in a box

And strap it to a laughing fox

A minstrel bought a crooked spoon

He gave it to a blue baboon

Who filled it full of virgin snow

And watched it in the afterglow

 

Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes

Teaching sixteen kangaroos

How to skip across a lake

They found it hard to stay awake

A pharaoh played a merry tune

And watched nine cats dance on the moon

I didn't know what all this meant

I didn't know why I'd been sent.

 

The Insignificance version of Nine Cats has the

following additional verse at the end:

 

I threw 5 clocks down on my bed

The chimes danced out on golden threads

And turned to footprints on my wall

Sequined tears began to fall

 

Listening to Every Home is Wired right now. Is that a 12 string starting @ 0:20? I love how the volume boosts at that moment!

QUOTE (sullysue @ Jan 14 2010, 07:26 PM)

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Jan 14 2010, 04:51 PM) QUOTE (sullysue @ Jan 14 2010, 05:04 PM) QUOTE (Steevo @ Jan 14 2010, 03:22 PM) QUOTE (sullysue @ Jan 15 2010, 05:23 AM) I bought tickets for the Dallas show for me and Patrick this morning thorugh the ROABP thingy. I can't wait!!!!!!!!! Good skills. I'm well stoked for you!! It's going to be so great. I'll take off early from work and we'll head downtown as early as we can. Have some dinner somewhere cool, and then get to HOB early so we can trample people to get up front. We've got it all planned out. Me and my boy. If you get on line early enough you should have no problem getting near the front. For the NYC show there were a bunch of people ahead of us and we still got close to the front. Oh, there will be no "near" the front, my friend. We will be the front. I want to be close enough to see straight up Steven Wilson's nostrils. ETMI!

One of the best things about PT is Wilson's harmonies and overdubs of his own voice on songs like Drown With Me and Octane Twisted. Fantastic!

QUOTE (The Owl @ Nov 18 2009, 06:00 PM)

I know Im sounding like a broken record here, but have any of you newbies tried any early PT yet? If so, what? and How did you like it?

Rhosyn Helena wrote:

 

Also, I'm obsessed with their Voodoo Fest performances which I recently (like, three hours ago) discovered on YouTube . . .

 

Those were excellent appetizers until the Anesthetize DVD was released!

RUSH! wrote:

 

I am also a big fan of the "psychedelic years".

Just adore The Sky Moves Sideways & Signify...

 

Ditto!