Now Playing Thread

[maddox]

Frost* - Experiments In Mass Appeal

Track: [09] Wonderland

How lovely. 

[Nicky007]

NP Sieges Even - The art of navigating by the stars.

That's wonderful music, aint it, Iggy ?   


NP  Scar Symmetry:  Pitch Black Progress

Simply can't get too much of it 

So now I'm awaiting the moment when another roomie is struck by the grandeur of this music 

Nicky.

[Teunis]

It Bites - The Tall Ships

3. Playground

[maddox]

Delain - Lucidity

Track: [01] Sever

[Nicky007]

NP  Royal Hunt at MySpace

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=85239743

Quite nice, and somewhat prog. I'v never listened to this band before, altho they're quite popular in Denmark. Their leader André Andersen "is a mix of Danish and Georgian Royal blood and is a musical genius who can virtually play any instrument, compose, write lyrics and produce all at the same time."

What's gripped me most initially is that the guitarist Marcus Jidell (Swedish) delivers some terrific solos     so, Tom 

Anyone else into this group ?

Nicky.

[PH]

DC Cooper was a singer for that band right?
He did a great job on Amaran's Plight!


-Paco

[PH]

I'm listening to:

Il Bacio Della Medusa - Discesa Agl'Inferi D'Un Giovane Amante
12. Epilogo: Conclusione Della Discesa Agl'Inferi D'Un Giovane Amante

The album was very nice.
And the last few seconds sounded like a direct copy of Dream Theater's Space-Dye Vest.


-Paco

[Nicky007]

DC Cooper was a singer for that band right?

Right, Paxi. He was with them 1994-98, sang on the albums Moving Target (1995), Far Away (1995), 1996 (1997), Paradox (1997), and Closing the Chapter (1998).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._Cooper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_hunt

Nicky.

[maddox]

Opeth - Damnation

Track: [08] Weakness

[PH]

Well, now listening to:

The Dark Side Of The Moon ( Indeed!)
5. The Great Gig In The Sky

The 'singing' scares me a bit.



-Paco

[The Butterfly Man]

Hey, guys, is it only Paxi and me who are enthusiastic about A.C.T. If so, how about gettin your asses movin 

You and Paco woke me up...I listened to some A.C.T (without the extra dot, mind you Nicky! ) on Youtube and on MySpace and I can't believe I missed these guys! Gotta have 'Silence' asap!

NP: Abigail's Ghost - Close

Tom

[PH]

Whohoho! You're in for a real treat!
Get "Last Epic" too. It's just slightly better than "Silence" in my book!


-Paco

[Nicky007]

The Great Gig In The Sky

The 'singing' scares me a bit.

From Songfacts:  "This is one of a few Pink Floyd songs to use a female vocal. They wanted a girl to scream on it like she was having an orgasm. Their engineer, Alan Parsons, brought in a singer he knew named Clare Torry. They had to specifically tell her not to form words. On the Dark Side Of The Moon DVD you can see the band along with engineer Alan Parsons just watching her in amazement as she nails it in one take."

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2665

The video on Songfacts is an excerpt from Delicate Sound Of Thunder. It's Rachel Fury doing the scat singing.

Now Tom, there might be something here that I have to explain to you .....  

I can't believe I missed these guys! Gotta have 'Silence' asap!

Tom. You're sure in for a treat  

... without the extra dot, mind you Nicky! ...

Are you kiddin me, Tom ?  It's the end of a sentence  

But then again, my period should'v been a question mark 

Nicky.

[PH]

From Songfacts:  "This is one of a few Pink Floyd songs to use a female vocal. They wanted a girl to scream on it like she was having an orgasm. Their engineer, Alan Parsons, brought in a singer he knew named Clare Torry. They had to specifically tell her not to form words. On the Dark Side Of The Moon DVD you can see the band along with engineer Alan Parsons just watching her in amazement as she nails it in one take."

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2665

Yeah Nickster, I read that too. But that's never confirmed. In fact, I read somewhere else that they told the singer to think about depressing things.
That's quite a contrast don't you think?


-Paco

[Nicky007]

Whatever, it's a good story, Paxi 

And for a Calvinist like you, a female orgasm is supposed to be depressing 

And who cares; it's one of the greatest moments in rock history 

And a woman, on top of it !

Nicky.

[The Butterfly Man]

And a woman, on top of it !

***Don't try to make any funny comments Tom. Don't try to make any funny comments Tom. Don't try to make any funny comments Tom. Don't......***

[Nicky007]

I also withheld embellishment, in respect of Bella 

Nicky.

[Steve Jones]

a female orgasm is supposed to be depressing 

I can't comment, as I've never had one

NP: Supertramp - Some Things Never Change.

[Nicky007]

I can't comment, as I've never had one

I have scissors and drill, so I can help you out with that, Jonesey 


NP  Savatage:  The Wake Of Magellan

Havent played it much yet, but now it's beginin to take hold .....

Anyone else into Savatage ?

Nicky.

[PH]

Savatage... Savatage... Aren't those the guys who also did Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas albums?
Those were really nice!


Today I played:
A.C.T - Silence
A.C.T - Last Epic
Arena - Contagium

Last Epic + Contagium is exactly how much time it takes from Utrecht to Amersfoort by train.


-Paco

[Steve Jones]

I have scissors and drill, so I can help you out with that, Jonesey 

Typical.  The first time I've pulled in over 10 years and it's a bl**dy veggie!  

Anyone else into Savatage ?

A little, although to me they're one of the zillions of bands out there that are certainly good but not top-of-the-pile.  Magellan's one of those I own, though, and I do like it.


NP: The Who - A Quick One.

[The Butterfly Man]

Last Epic + Contagium is exactly how much time it takes from Utrecht to Amersfoort by train.

Does it always take that long or did you have the usual delays?

NP: Tool - Lateralus

Tom

[PH]

Does it always take that long or did you have the usual delays?

Uhmm... I made a mistake...

When I said "Utrecht" I meant my "school in Utrecht" and when I meant "Amersfoort" I meant "my house".
From Utrecht station to Amersfoort station it's barely 15 minutes, twenty minutes max.

[The Butterfly Man]

Uhmm... I made a mistake...

When I said "Utrecht" I meant my "school in Utrecht" and when I meant "Amersfoort" I meant "my house".
From Utrecht station to Amersfoort station it's barely 15 minutes, twenty minutes max.

Yeah that seems more like it. I remember travelling from Rotterdam to Amersfoort last september with a stop-over in Utrecht and from there it only took about 15 minutes. But yeah, you never know exactly what you're up to when travelling by train...

Anyway.......

NP: Arena - Edits - Empire Of A Thousand Days (Instrumental)

Tom

[Draco chimera]

Sentimental, Porcupine Tree
Great song.