madra sneachta Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 The Fratellis - Costello Music Tool - Lateralus (I've never heard Tool, so seeing as this appears to be the most recommended album here, time to give it a whirl). Spock's Beard - V (I've been meaning to get this for ages) Alabama 3 - Exile On Coldharbour Lane (Ditto) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestand Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Finally got Muse's newest. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 My El Grupo Live CD arrived already, it's a jam fest featuring Steve Lukather, Joey Heredia, Steve Weingart and Oskar kataya, Luke burns on this CD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 As of late... Rush - R30 Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory will be coming in the mail soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattler2004 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Been on a Black Crowes kick for the last couple of days. Picked up their two latest releases...The Lost Crowes...cus a store had it out by mistake, and Freak 'N' Roll (live from the Filmore West 2005). Two very good releases from a very good band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydfanatic111 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Both of the David Gilmour remasters. They sound better than the original CDs by a longshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz44 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Today I've just got.... Costello Music - The Fratellis Wolfmother - Wolfmother And All That Could Have Been - NIN Love Over Gold - Dire Straits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 QUOTE (floydfanatic111 @ Sep 21 2006, 12:25 AM) Both of the David Gilmour remasters. They sound better than the original CDs by a longshot. A couple of people were talking about this over at Pink Floyd Online but I didn't know they were out already. Post a review of them in PuppetKing's Album Review thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 QUOTE (fritz44 @ Sep 23 2006, 03:15 AM) And All That Could Have Been - NIN The greatest live album of all time. Let me know what you think of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing2112 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Finally got Counterparts Presto Hold Your Fire yep. Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 After a rather long wait, Dire Straits' 1982 release Love Over Gold arrived in the mail this afternoon. It's not quite as well-known or best-selling an album as 1985's Brothers in Arms or 1980's Making Movies. However, Love Over Gold offers subtle nuances in its progressive leanings. Mark Knopfler continues to establish himself as one of the greatest emotive guitarists in rock history. That's a good thing. The opening cut, "Telegraph Road", is an epic song about the industrialization of the world. Piano lines and the finger-plucked guitar soloing of Knopfler dominate musically, if they can be called "dominating" at all. This is not hard rock; this is rock music as art. It builds as the song goes on; it may be too long or too subtle for some listeners' tastes, but as a progressive rock fan and a Knopfler acolyte, I like it quite a lot. "Private Investigations" follows, mellow as it begins, entering into a strummed, almost flamenco-flavored guitar solo over which Knopfler, in the character of a private detective, begins to speak. The song is basically instrumental, since there is no actual singing in it. After Knopfler's last spoken section, the character of the song changes somewhat, adding a steady rhythm section below the increasingly exploratory guitar. Soon enough, an electric guitar shreds in to add another layer, then the piano. As soon as they appear, almost, they are gone; and then back; the song continues in this way to finish. Definitely prog rock. The third track, "Industrial Disease", takes up the familiar Love Over Gold theme of disaffect with the corrosion of the modern times in satirical fashion. The song is upbeat and rollicking, in contrast with its satirical but charged lyrics. Not my favorite on the album; not unlistenable, though. "Love Over Gold", track number four and title track for the album, comes in with the piano again and adds the acoustic guitar in shortly. Knopfler's voice reinforces the quiet, hushed beauty of the Dire Straits ballad. It's about a spontaneous woman who acts boldly on flickers of passion and spurs of the moment; the last verse asserts that "It takes love over gold / And mind over matter / To do what you do that you must" and gives tacit approval to the fearless, unplanned actions of the character in the song. It's really a beautiful piece (there's even a marimba solo woven in there) and a new favorite of mine from the band... The album ends with "It Never Rains", about a woman who lives life on the edge in a different way (or, perhaps, not in a different way but simply seen from a more critical perspective?) and does irresponsible and naive things that end up hurting the people around her and alienating the world. I think that Dire Straits does better when they try to be affective and evocative; as with the similarly up-tempo "Industrial Disease", "It Never Rains" is not quite as good or moving of a song as "Telegraph Road" or "Love Over Gold". It's not bad, though, as 'Straits rockers go. Overall, I would recommend Love Over Gold to fans of Dire Straits or such other bands as Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and Camel. It's only five tracks long (though all are long, one very much so), but the passages tying together all of them - save, perhaps, for "Industrial Disease" - are classic 'Straits, music as art and art as music. I guess that's what makes groups like this better for me than most of the heavy metal stuff like Motorhead, Dokken, and Metallica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I got 2 DT DVDs today (well technically 3) -- Score (after a month of waiting), and Live in Tokyo/5 Years in a LiveTime. I'll probably getting alot more new music in the near future as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 A friend of mine reccomended me the new John Mayer album, Continuum . It's done downloading. I'll give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Scenes From a Memory by Dream Theater came in the mail yesterday!! That CD is AWESOME!!! My rankings now go something like: Scenes From a Memory Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Octavarium Images and Words Train of Thought When Dream and Day Unite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 QUOTE (fledgehog @ Sep 24 2006, 08:10 AM) A friend of mine reccomended me the new John Mayer album, Continuum . It's done downloading. I'll give it a try. I'm meeting the guy today and watching his soundcheck. I'll let you know how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Sep 24 2006, 12:58 PM) QUOTE (fledgehog @ Sep 24 2006, 08:10 AM) A friend of mine reccomended me the new John Mayer album, Continuum . It's done downloading. I'll give it a try. I'm meeting the guy today and watching his soundcheck. I'll let you know how that goes. cool. I'm on the last song of the CD. It's a completely different style than what I usually listen to. It took a few songs for me to be able to appreciate it. Though it probably will never get to the very top of my list, it was still a worthy addition IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 D/L'ed Muse- Absolution and Dream Theater- Dark Side of the Moon (official bootleg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian Hunter Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Black Crowes - Lions Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydfanatic111 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 QUOTE (Rush! @ Sep 23 2006, 09:41 AM) QUOTE (floydfanatic111 @ Sep 21 2006, 12:25 AM) Both of the David Gilmour remasters. They sound better than the original CDs by a longshot. A couple of people were talking about this over at Pink Floyd Online but I didn't know they were out already. Post a review of them in PuppetKing's Album Review thread. where is that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 QUOTE (fledgehog @ Sep 24 2006, 09:00 AM) QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Sep 24 2006, 12:58 PM) QUOTE (fledgehog @ Sep 24 2006, 08:10 AM) A friend of mine reccomended me the new John Mayer album, Continuum . It's done downloading. I'll give it a try. I'm meeting the guy today and watching his soundcheck. I'll let you know how that goes. cool. I'm on the last song of the CD. It's a completely different style than what I usually listen to. It took a few songs for me to be able to appreciate it. Though it probably will never get to the very top of my list, it was still a worthy addition IMO. Just got back. John is way too down-to-earth to be dating Jessica Simpson. He was a really cool guy, answered a lot of our questions, said some really interesting things. His soundcheck was about an hour. Played 5 or 6 songs. I don't care for his music at all, but he is an excellent guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Sep 24 2006, 06:06 PM) QUOTE (fledgehog @ Sep 24 2006, 09:00 AM) QUOTE (PuppetKing2112 @ Sep 24 2006, 12:58 PM) QUOTE (fledgehog @ Sep 24 2006, 08:10 AM) A friend of mine reccomended me the new John Mayer album, Continuum . It's done downloading. I'll give it a try. I'm meeting the guy today and watching his soundcheck. I'll let you know how that goes. cool. I'm on the last song of the CD. It's a completely different style than what I usually listen to. It took a few songs for me to be able to appreciate it. Though it probably will never get to the very top of my list, it was still a worthy addition IMO. Just got back. John is way too down-to-earth to be dating Jessica Simpson. He was a really cool guy, answered a lot of our questions, said some really interesting things. His soundcheck was about an hour. Played 5 or 6 songs. I don't care for his music at all, but he is an excellent guitarist. Cool! Yeah, he isn't exactly my style either, but I will not say that he is bad at what he does, he is far from it. I liked a few songs from the CD, and a few songs from previous CDs as well. Anyways, I heard alot about Symphony X on the Dream Theater forums, and I previewed The Oddessy (Sp?) at FYE the other day. I d/l'ed there discography (usually easier than getting single albums) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 QUOTE (floydfanatic111 @ Sep 24 2006, 03:07 PM) where is that FloydFanatic111: http://www.pinkfloydonline.com/cgi-bin/iko...d/ikonboard.cgi Register there. Lots of cool Floyd fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 Finally got to Amoeba the other day and bought a buncha new cds The Mars Volta - Amputechture Mates Of State - Bring It Back Silversun Pickups - Carnavas TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain Thom Yorke - The Eraser Depeche Mode - Touring The Angel: Live In Milan (DVD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Those are some good purchases there Moon...you'll have to tell me how that Depeche Mode DVD is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 (edited) A Boy Named Goo by the Goo Goo Dolls just finished downloading I've been hearing alot about Dredg on the Dream Theater forums. I listened to the clips in the store of Catch Without Arms today, and thought it was pretty good. I now am the proud owner (downloader) of Catch Without Arms, El Cielo, Leitmotif, and Orph. Meddle by Pink Floyd just finished downloading. Edited October 1, 2006 by fledgehog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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