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[Steve Jones]

Magnum - Breath of Life.

[Bupie]

Now watching my two favorite fan videos on Youtube :

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=HMyn7ZqkTlY

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBj5-77m6x8

Two awesome songs that perfectly fit the images 

[Steve Jones]

Robin Trower - Live!

For me, this will always be one of the 'classic' live albums - up there with the Japans, Strangers & Dangerouses

[maddox]

Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

[Steve Jones]

The Reasoning - Awakening 

[maddox]

Enchant - Black Eyes & Broken Glass

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Liquid Tension Experiment - Kindred Spirits

Oh and Mad, I thought you were gonna go to see Demians and Anathema today in Utrecht?

Tom

[PH]

NP: Liquid Tension Experiment - Kindred Spirits

Never fawkin' 'eard... oh wait...

Just listening to something similar:

Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
1. As I Am

[Steve Jones]

Dream Theater - Chaos in Motion

[maddox]

Oh and Mad, I thought you were gonna go to see Demians and Anathema today in Utrecht?

Tom

That indeed was the plan.

Unfortunately it stayed with that. 

[Steve Jones]

The Stranglers - The Meninblack.

[Bupie]

NP The Stranglers - No More Heroes

A bit uneven album IMHO but as a teenager, I remember how impressed I had been by the cover and the lyrics of the eponym song ... which I must confess are not very subtle !

[Steve Jones]

NP The Stranglers - No More Heroes
A bit uneven album IMHO but...

Agreed.  Perhaps that's what the phrase 'difficult second album' was invented for!    Having played 'Black & White' and 'Meninblack' recently, I suspect 'Raven' won't be far away, playlist-wise.  Another Jones favourite.

NP:  Dream Theater - Chaos in Motion.  I can't always manage the time to sit down through the whole 3 CDs, but at the moment I can't resist playing at least some of it periodically.  Cracking album.

[Bupie]

Having played 'Black & White' and 'Meninblack' recently, I suspect 'Raven' won't be far away, playlist-wise.  Another Jones favourite.

Duch of the terrace never grew up
I hope she never will ...

Souvenirs, souvenirs.

[Steve Jones]

Yes - Yes.

[bluepony]

Extreme - Waiting For the Punchline

Brilliant idea! I know what I'll listen to when at home! 

[Teunis]

Martin Orford - The Old Road 

[PH]

Martin Orford - The Old Road 

Cool, how's that one?

Anyone got Neal Morse's latest already? I'm really interested how that one lives up to the (low) expectations...


I'm playing nothing at the moment.
Well, actually I was playing "Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines" (childhood memories...) before it crashed to my desktop...


-Paco

[Teunis]

Cool, how's that one?

Quoting himself in the booklet:
This is not a progressive rock album. Sure, you'll hear a lot of the trademarks of the golden era of prog rock, but this CD is not about pushing back the boundaries of music, quite the opposite in fact - it's unashamedly retro and proud of it. I wanted to make an album as friendly and familiar as a favourite jumper or the wag of a tail from a faithful old dog. This is all about doing things the old way; songs with tunes you can whistle being played by incredible musicians at the very top of their game - a simple formula that never fails.

So If 'The Old Road' is an anachronism, it's intentionally so. I like old things and the England that I live in is not one of the internet, big business, globalisation, mulitculturalism, and the myriad of 21st century social problems: it's one of cricket on the village green, idyllic country pubs and trains with a steam engine on the front. You may think that world has gone forever, but it's still there if you know where to find it. And I have - I'm on the Old Road.

I'll mention a few musicians: Gary Chandler, Nick D'Virgilio, Andy Edwards, Mike Holmes, John Mitchell, Steve Thorne, John Wetton. Add the keyboard skills of the master himself and you know you can't go wrong with this album  .

[PH]

So If 'The Old Road' is an anachronism, it's intentionally so. I like old things and the England that I live in is not one of the internet, big business, globalisation, mulitculturalism, and the myriad of 21st century social problems: it's one of cricket on the village green, idyllic country pubs and trains with a steam engine on the front. You may think that world has gone forever, but it's still there if you know where to find it. And I have - I'm on the Old Road.[/i]

Why is Prog always about trains? Anyway, I 've been born a couple of years too late. I have a strong sense of nostalgia to the world that's 40 years before my birth...

And, it sounds like I need to get that album ASAP.


NP: Rebecca St. James - If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something
2. Alive

Beautiful! Of course it's not Prog, but it's forking good Rock. Rock with a message! And it's the (quite simple... but very effective) lyrics that make my eyes water...

-Paco

[Steve Jones]

Why is Prog always about trains?

Perhaps it's something to do with long tracks

NP: RPWL - God Has Failed

[Bupie]

I'll mention a few musicians: Gary Chandler, Nick D'Virgilio, Andy Edwards, Mike Holmes, John Mitchell, Steve Thorne, John Wetton. Add the keyboard skills of the master himself and you know you can't go wrong with this album  .

That's VERY tempting. I'm already waiting for the new It Bites album to arrive but The Old Road could be my next purchase ...

Why is Prog always about trains? Anyway, I 've been born a couple of years too late. I have a strong sense of nostalgia to the world that's 40 years before my birth...
-Paco

Don't worry, Paco, every season has its charms 

[Steve Jones]

Téléphone - Dure Limite.

[Nicky007]

NP  Scar Symmetry:  Holographic Universe

Whew, there's soooo much going on here, these guys are all over the place, super stuff;  CM, Mercenary, Nevermore, Opeth, A.C.T, Hot Chilis, Ten, jungle metal, everything, man 

They're rapidly rising up my list !!!

Perhaps it's something to do with long tracks

Stevie !

Nicky.

[Bupie]

Téléphone - Dure Limite.

This album was really a huge success in France and the two singles Ca c'est vraiment toi and Cendrillon charted very high. The producer for this one was ... Bob Ezrin himself ! Virgin put a lot of money on the table to try to export the band, which failed. I read that they played a gig in Chicago with an attendance of ... 2 !!!    

It's not my favorite Telephone album, though. I prefer the first three albums which were less polished but rocked more 

Anyway, one the few great French rock bands ...