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#51
Solo + Side projects / Re: Asia to record a new album...
Last post by Peter - Fri, 2025-07-25, 23:26:45That's great to hear. Didn't John also just finish a tour with them?
#52
Off Topic / Re: Now Playing Thread
Last post by Peter - Fri, 2025-07-25, 23:18:34As of late I'm mostly listening to D'n'B, which I kind of re-discovered for myself. Chase & Status being amongst the very top of what I find interesting. It's distracting, and my bike rides are not long enough for albums any more...
Don't know if I mentioned it before, but I also got into Sleep Token, they're totally awesome and fresh.
np: Sleep Token - Emergence (from their latest album, really recommended)
jp: VOLA - Alien Shivers (wow! melodic, emotional, calming, who's cutting onions here....)
Don't know if I mentioned it before, but I also got into Sleep Token, they're totally awesome and fresh.
np: Sleep Token - Emergence (from their latest album, really recommended)
jp: VOLA - Alien Shivers (wow! melodic, emotional, calming, who's cutting onions here....)
#53
Off Topic / Re: Now Playing Thread
Last post by Teunis - Wed, 2025-07-23, 18:48:39Ghost Of The Machine - Empires Must Fall
One of my favourite 2025 releases so far
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One of my favourite 2025 releases so far
. #54
Off Topic / Re: Now Playing Thread
Last post by Teunis - Wed, 2025-06-25, 21:08:11pp: Ayreon - The Human Equation
np: This Winter Machine - A Tower Of Clocks
np: This Winter Machine - A Tower Of Clocks
#55
Off Topic / Re: Now Playing Thread
Last post by Teunis - Fri, 2025-06-20, 19:57:08Today:
Steve Lukather - Candyman
Kingcrow - Hopium
Airbag - A Day At The Beach
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Moon Safari - Lover's End
Steve Lukather - Candyman
Kingcrow - Hopium
Airbag - A Day At The Beach
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Moon Safari - Lover's End
#56
Solo + Side projects / Asia to record a new album (wi...
Last post by Teunis - Fri, 2025-06-20, 19:44:34Strange to call Asia 'Side project' but 'our' John Mitchell is currently one of the members. And they're recording a new album, which will be released in 2026. Owning nearly all the (studio) albums, it is obvious that I'm excited. Loved the voice of John Wetton, curious what this singer will bring. Anyway, here's the link to the news:
https://originalasia.com/frontiers-music-srl-announces-the-signing-of-asia/
https://originalasia.com/frontiers-music-srl-announces-the-signing-of-asia/
#57
Off Topic / Re: Now Playing Thread
Last post by Teunis - Sat, 2025-06-14, 19:46:13pp:
IQ - Dark Matter
Airbag - The Century Of The Self
np: This Winter Machine - Kites
IQ - Dark Matter
Airbag - The Century Of The Self
np: This Winter Machine - Kites
#58
Off Topic / Re: Now Playing Thread
Last post by Teunis - Wed, 2025-06-11, 19:04:06pp: Kingcrow - Hopium
np: Karfagen - Omni
np: Karfagen - Omni
#59
ARENA Lyrics + Artwork / Re: Clive is asking: Which lyr...
Last post by erik - Tue, 2025-06-10, 14:42:30QuoteThank You...
... for all your comments yesterday... there was a definite leaning towards the Arena lyrics, but I guess that is because many of you are less aware of the hundreds of other albums, I have made 😉
I put together a kind of poll result based on your answers so far...
1. The Hanging Tree (This was a clear winner)
2. Butterfly Man
3. Dreams of the Ferryman (Not Arena... hoorah:)
4. The Legend of Elijah Shade
5. Paradise of Thieves
6. Mephisto Bridge (Not Arena)
7. Opera Fanatica
8. Shattered Room
9. Jigsaw (Not Arena)
10. Moviedrome
After this, many songs got single mentions.
I was asked several times to explain whole albums, but I'm not counting those. I will include more about the album Contagion if I should ever write a book!
If I get more suggestions, I will adjust this. For what I am considering doing, I might only be looking for about ten sets of lyrics, and this is helpful – although, if I'm honest, perhaps not surprising 🙂
#60
ARENA Lyrics + Artwork / The 'Vampire Trilogy'
Last post by erik - Mon, 2025-06-09, 20:33:47QuoteHere's a thing — in amongst the plethora of Arena songs that exist, I wrote, what I privately call, the 'Vampire Trilogy'. Basically, three songs that, in my mind at least, feature a vampiric theme in some form.
We are currently performing one of them on tour — 'Don't Forget to Breathe'. There are various references to vampire culture in that song, including the "children of the storm" line, which of course runs rather close to the Dracula original:
"Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!"
~ Bram Stoker, Dracula
The second song in the Vampire Trilogy is Butterfly Man. Although in this piece I use the image of a 'soul collector', he is — let's be honest — effectively sucking the life out of his victims and then owning them. Seems suitably vampiric to me.
Now here's my question:
What is the third part of the Vampire Trilogy?
I'll need a song title... and some kind of reason. It's entirely possible, of course, that I've unknowingly written a Vampire Quartet. 'Stranger things' have happened.
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QuoteFor those of you who read about the 'Vampire Trilogy'... many of you quite rightly pointed out a fair few vampire references, although in my mind that would not make it a vampire song as such. Some of you were right that the third song was 'Shattered Room' (from Pepper's Ghost).