Tull Fan Too

This thread has inspired me to listen to the album again. (Not that it takes much arm-twisting!)

Oh yes. That song is one of my favorite pieces of music, by any artist. Sheer perfection. The covers are quite good, too, but they pale in comparison to the title epic.

QUOTE (rickyrob @ Jan 23 2008, 01:31 PM) QUOTE (Tull Fan Too @ Jan 23 2008, 06:43 PM) QUOTE (rickyrob @ Jan 19 2008, 10:31 AM) Has anyone invested in the new album... "Dark Passion Play" Its f***ing awesome! Annette's voice is not as high as Tarja's, but its still fantastic. In fact, some of Tarja's very high vocals used to annoy me a little. I bought the special edition with a second CD, which is just the instrumental version of the album. I need to buy that album. It's been on my "wish list" practically since it came out. Its on par with, if not better than, "Once" Cool.... I'll have to add "Once" to my wish list as well.

QUOTE (rickyrob @ Jan 19 2008, 10:31 AM) Has anyone invested in the new album... "Dark Passion Play" Its f***ing awesome! Annette's voice is not as high as Tarja's, but its still fantastic. In fact, some of Tarja's very high vocals used to annoy me a little. I bought the special edition with a second CD, which is just the instrumental version of the album. I need to buy that album. It's been on my "wish list" practically since it came out.

QUOTE (tangdog @ Dec 16 2007, 11:48 PM)Great players. They will be opening along with 3 for Dream Theater and Opeth this spring. That sounds like an awesome combination- I hope that tour comes somewhere near me so that I can see it. Listening to Opeth's Lamentations live double-disc right now -- good stuff, much mellower than the studio albums I've heard from them.

My stepdad has If I Were Britannia I'd Waive the Rules and Bandolier on vinyl (which I have recorded to minidisc). They get a listen occasionally, it's fun stuff.

I just recently bought The Anatomy Of and Colors due to this thread. The cover album is kind of uneven IMO (I love "Blackened" and "Us and Them", but can hardly stand "Bicycle Race"), but Colors is very good, and is growing on me the more I listen to it. Thanks to the original poster for starting this thread.

I'm going to see them, LIVE, tonight! I am psyched!

What a neat thing to find posted up here, when I just found out yesterday that I will be seeing Kansas live in couple of weeks. Thanks, treeduck.

QUOTE (floydfanatic111 @ Feb 5 2007, 05:48 PM) NONE. ZERO. ZIP! I refuse to get with the MP3 player generation! Just out of curiosity, what kind of portable music player do you use (assuming you use one)?

I'm a Scorps fan, I'm in the process of collecting some of their albums. So far I've only got the 3-CD Platinum Collection (not recommended BTW, I wish I'd gotten Box of Scorpions instead); and the first album, Lonesome Crow. I have Taken by Force coming to me in the mail as well. Scorpions lyrics are often rather cheesy IMHO, but the musicianship more than makes up for it. And Klaus Meine (sp?) certainly has a distinctive voice.

I'm going to see Kansas this Friday in VA Beach! I can hardly wait!

Wow! A thread about the most overlooked and underappreciated of my most favorite bands on a forum dedicated to another one of my favorite bands! Woohoo! Kansas to me is more than a band and more than just music- they are the ultimate favorite band of my Dad, so it is impossible for me to listen to them without thinking about him. Of course, I love the music as well- I have a hard time picking out just one favorite Kansas album. I think, all things considered, Point of Know Return is their best, followed closely (in order) by Somewhere to Elsewhere (their newest album) and Leftoverture. For a "best of" collection, IMHO it would be hard to beat Always Never the Same, on which the band play many of their best songs backed by the London Symphony Orchestra. That album is absolute dynamite. I sincerely hope they will put out a new album sometime soon- judging by their most recent works they are doing as well now as they were in their heyday in the mid-70's -- possibly even better.

Demons & Wizards Demons & Wizards Demons & Wizards Demons & Wizards I've got Demons & Wizards on the brain. I just ordered the digipak version of their first album..... hope it's as good as their second one. The second one is awesome! Demons & Wizards Demons & Wizards Demons & Wizards Demons & Wizards

I like Dog Years. It always brings a smile to my face to hear it- it's a cute song. It's sort of like "Boris the Spider" by The Who- not the deepest or most intellectual song ever written, but it's FUN, dammit!

^^ Wow, that's a very good rant, RushGoober. (Going off topic here) I have to admit that I feel the same way about Kansas (another one of my favorite bands)- everyone knows Leftoverture and Point of Know Return. Few people are familiar with their first three albums- which IMHO are superior to the more popular ones. (Going back on topic) I may get into the more "obscure" PF later, but right now I'm still trying to collect the more popular stuff and see how it hits me. If I'm still interested after that, I'll start getting into the other albums. I'm truly sorry if that offends you. That being said, you guys are a bad influence on me- I come to a Rush forum and am encouraged to buy Pink Floyd albums! Tell me, if I have the choice between Permanent Waves and The Wall which one should I choose? Keep in mind that I already have Permanent Waves on minidisc.

QUOTE (Rush! @ Jan 15 2006, 02:42 PM)Tull Fan Too: One of these days I intend to buy The Wall. One Of These Days is a Floyd song! It is the opening track on their 1971 album 'Meddle'. Really? I didn't know that! LOL! Test4VitalSigns: What is Animals like? EDIT: Wait a minute, I remember the song now. That's the one where he says "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces!" (Duh!) That was a pretty cool song IIRC.

QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jun 25 2005, 10:28 PM)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/test4vitalsigns/pinkfloydgirls.jpg I have a giant poster of this (54 inches by 39inches) Hey, I have that poster on my wall too! I'm not a HUGE Floyd fan; I have DSOTM and WYWH. Both are excellent IMO, although I like WYWH better than DSOTM. One of these days I intend to buy The Wall. Maybe Animals. I think I'll eventually buy Meddle too- I heard that album on the radio once (yes, the whole thing!) and even though that was about five years ago I still remember it.

QUOTE (Moonraker @ Dec 4 2005, 08:32 PM)Oh and welcome Tull Fan Too. I am a Tull Fan Too, Thanks for the welcome! And I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one here who likes Tull.

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Dec 4 2005, 08:17 PM)QUOTE (Tull Fan Too @ Dec 4 2005, 08:09 PM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Dec 4 2005, 04:55 PM)QUOTE (Tull Fan Too @ Dec 4 2005, 04:04 PM) 23-year-old female I'm proud to be a second-generation Rush fan. Welcome! Thank you! Looking at the poll results, I see I am part of a very small minority. I know most women my age don't like Rush, but I didn't think it was this bad... Well you just need to recruit some more damnit! LOL- as a matter of fact I am working on converting my Mom. Of course, that still won't help my age group. Most of the people my age that I know wouldn't know good music if it hit them over the head. I tell them what kind of music I listen to and they look at me like I have two heads. Oh well, that's their loss.

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Dec 4 2005, 04:55 PM)QUOTE (Tull Fan Too @ Dec 4 2005, 04:04 PM) 23-year-old female I'm proud to be a second-generation Rush fan. Welcome! Thank you! Looking at the poll results, I see I am part of a very small minority. I know most women my age don't like Rush, but I didn't think it was this bad...

23-year-old female I'm proud to be a second-generation Rush fan.