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[johninblack]

GTR - When the heart rules the Mind.

Got right in to this CD recently again.

[maddox]

100% nl. 

Sometimes it's fun.

Now it's not.

[Nicky007]

This track has a coold ADHD-like part in it. Lovely. 

Do you mean "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder," Mad  

Great album, huh ?  Quite challenging too  

GTR - When the heart rules the Mind.
GoT Right into this CD recently again.

I don't know'm at all, John. What are they like ?


NP  Disillusion:  Back To Times Of Splendor

Prog metal from Leipzig. A very busy album, lots of different things going on, pretty mad at times. Quite original stuff. Vurtox sings in a very unusual way.

The album ends with a long Anathema-like passage 

Lots to figure out here ..... but definitely up there  

Certainly something for Tom and Mad. Would be interested to hear your takes  

100% nl. 

Are you sure you hit the right thread, Mad ?  The right forum ?  The right universe ?

Don't let Holographic Universe take you over the edge, please, Mad 

Nicky.

[johninblack]

I don't know'm at all, John. What are they like ?

Er this chap says......

REVIEW If Asia was cheesey, GTR was bacon with cheese. The group was centered on the estimable talents (and considerable prog rock cachet) of two guitarists: Steve Hackett (late of Genesis) and Steve Howe (late of Yes & Asia). Asia founder Geoffrey Downes produced their eponymous debut (contributing one song as well, "The Hunter"), which also featured (in descending order of fame) vocalist Max Bacon, drummer Jonathan Mover and bassist Phil Spalding. "When The Heart Rules The Mind" did rule the airwaves for a little while, and there's no question that GTR's debut is superior to Asia's waning product, but spending Hackett and Howe in this setting is akin to using a pair of Faberge eggs for door stoppers. That may be my musical elitism showing through, since both guitarists thought enough of this amalgam to fully engage themselves, adding all manner of mighty riffs to the material. Bacon is also a worthy vessel for the vocals, not quite as powerful as Wetton but not prone to his sentimentality either. Like Asia's first album, there are quite a few songs that find patches of prog rock fertility within the seemingly sterile landscape of arena rock: "Here I Wait," "Toe The Line" (no, not the Toto song), and "Imagining" among them. The album also includes an instrumental each from Howe and Hackett. Howe's "Sketches In The Sun" is warm and agile and idiomatic; Hackett's "Hackett To Bits" is a variation on "Please Don't Touch." Prog fans can take umbrage with GTR's packaging, but the product is pretty good. After a worldwide tour, GTR disbanded, underscoring what prog fans already knew to be an unnatural alliance. Still, their lone album is an interesting detour for fans of Steve Howe and (to a lesser extent) Steve Hackett, and a logical second course for anyone who feasted on Asia's first offering.

TRACK LISTING

   1. WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MIND    (Steve Hackett/Steve Howe)    5:25
   2. THE HUNTER    (Geoffrey Downes)    4:55
   3. HERE I WAIT    (Steve Hackett/Steve Howe)    4:54
   4. SKETCHES IN THE SUN    (Steve Howe)    2:31
   5. JEKYLL AND HYDE    (Steve Hackett/Steve Howe/Max Bacon)    4:42
   6. YOU CAN STILL GET THROUGH    (Steve Hackett/Steve Howe)    4:52
   7. REACH OUT (NEVER SAY NO)    (Steve Hackett/Steve Howe/Phil Spalding)    4:07
   8. TOE THE LINE    (Steve Hackett/Steve Howe)    4:29
   9. HACKETT TO BITS    (Steve Hackett)    2:09
  10. IMAGINING    (Steve Hackett/Steve Howe/Phil Spalding or Jonathan Mover?)    5:52

CREDITS

MAX BACON -- lead vocals
STEVE HACKETT -- guitar, synthesizers & backing vocals
STEVE HOWE -- guitar, synthesizers & backing vocals, bass guitar
JONATHAN MOVER -- drums & percussion
PHIL SPALDING -- bass guitar & backing vocals
Alan Douglas -- engineer
Owen Davies -- additional engineering

NP Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained.

[maddox]

Are you sure you hit the right thread, Mad ?  And the right forum ?

Nicky.

Yep, right thread and the right forum.  

But the wrong music station i'm afraid.
It's a Dutch radio station that only plays songs from Dutch artists.
Mostly easy listening music not the proggy stuff.

My wife likes to listen to it. Me too from time to time

But now it's not the time.

Don't worry. I'll change the channel so to say.  

[maddox]

Don't let Holographic Universe take you over the edge, please, Mad 

Nicky.

Trust me, Nicky.

I'm already too far gone. 

NP> Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun 5.1 mix.

Splendid! 

[Nicky007]

I'm already too far gone. 

OK, at least we're together in that 

What I like about you, Mad, is that you're a living proof that one can actually have kids and a normal life and at the same time be ... yeah: Mad 

Most people I know, once they get careers and kids, they get quite closed up in themselves, and teeeeeribly normal - corporate haircuts, no prog, no crazy humor, no over the edge in any way - and even when the kids start goin their own different ways, their parents don't pick up, but just continue being normal ..... normal ..... normal ..... (quoting Johnny boy:) shhhhhhhhhhhh .....

Whadaya do in such an oppressive atmosphere of normality: Become normal yourself ?  That's of course the easiest solution. But man, I couldnt do that (no more). Could you guys ?


NP  (normally playing (today))  Disillusion:  Back To Times Of Splendor 


Thanks for the quote on GTR, John. Got the two Steves in the mix - pretty surprising and exciting 

NP Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained.

That's a partly Danish group. I havent really listened to'm yet. What's your take, John ?

Nicky.

[johninblack]

OK, at least we're together in that 

What I like about you, Mad, is that you're a living proof that one can actually have kids and a normal life and at the same time be ... yeah: Mad 

Most people I know, once they get careers and kids, they get quite closed up in themselves, and teeeeeribly normal - corporate haircuts, no prog, no crazy humor, no over the edge in any way - and even when the kids start goin their own different ways, their parents don't pick up, but just continue being normal ..... normal .....normal ..... (quoting Johnny boy:) shhhhhhhhhhhh .....

Whadaya do in such an oppresive atmosphere of normality: Become normal yourself ?  That's ofcourse the easiest solution. But man, I couldnt do that (no more). Could you guys ?


NP  (normally playing (today))  Disillusion:  Back To Times Of Splendor

Nicky.

I'm so glad I'm not that person you describe there, what a boring bastard!! I have NO intention of getting old, (I'm still 24 in my head). And ON my head, well, that's another story.......

Oh and still got Anubis Gate on. although close to the end. What a majestic piece of music. Lovin' it.

[maddox]

OK, at least we're together in that 

What I like about you, Mad, is that you're a living proof that one can actually have kids and a normal life and at the same time be ... yeah: Mad 

Well thanks i'd say.  
Guess there's still a child in me after all.  

Most people I know, once they get careers and kids...

That's the problem: I don't have a career.

I just work.  

Actually, there was a time when i was too busy with work, making a career, be appreciated for what i know and do, and try to be a leader. Someone they should but most of all could listen too and to be trusted.
Point is that most of the people i know aren't always honest as they appear. And i hate dishonesty.

But then i got kids of my own and all of this became less important.
Sure i can order people what they must do or work late and work myself up but that would also mean less free time with my family.

And in the end: what's more important: Live to work or work to live?

I'd choose the latter option, any day.

I get paid every month, make sure that my boss can't miss me but that's as far as i go.

[johninblack]

And in the end: what's more important: Live to work or work to live?

I'd choose the latter option, any day.

I get paid every month, make sure that my boss can't miss me but that's as far as i go.

I'm so with you Mad, work provides money, that's it.

[Nicky007]

OK, after two full runs of Disillusion today, I'm helter-skelter enuff 

So now to something more familiar and (relatively) easier listening:

NP  Mercenary:  Architect Of Lies

However, these guys are really good. One wouldnt expect it, but in Denmark, a country of rather complacent, normal people, some people here and there do break loose and make exciting music. Mercenary are imo the best. Top-league proggish metal 

Nicky.

[maddox]

Opeth - Watershed 5.1 mix

[johninblack]

Still Playing........Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained. It's getting better each listen!!

[Nicky007]

Still Playing........Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained. It's getting better each listen!!

Great, John, and how would you compare it ? - a bit like Britney's Circus ? 


NP  Mercenary:  Architect Of Lies 

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Randy Coven on MySpace

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=89653770

Cool stuff 

He's a bassist and his style is described as "Rock / Funk / Jazz".

Anyone into his stuff ?

Nicky.

[maddox]

Pendragon - Pure

One of these days i have to complete my best-off-2008-list.

[Teunis]

Pendragon - Pure

One of these days i have to complete my best-off-2008-list.

And this album will hit your top-3 

I've been playing:
Pendragon - The World
Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky

np: Strawberry Fields - Rivers Gone Dry

[Nicky007]

Teunis, nice signature text you have - set my imagination going 

NP   Nothin, as I'm working on a song of my own, so I don't want anything else interfering. If it turns out well, I'l share it with you guys. It's about truth (not sex, if that's what you thought) .....

Nicky.

[Steve Jones]

Widowmaker - Widowmaker.

Short-lived 70s band, most famous for including ex Mott the Hoople guitarist Aerial Bender (Luther Grosvenor).

[maddox]

And this album will hit your top-3 

Ehm...i don't think so actually.

But it might be in the top-4. 

[Steve Jones]

The Wildhearts - Fishing for More Luckies

[maddox]

The Wildhearts - Fishing for More Luckies

Funny, at first glance i thought it said 'Fishing For More Ladies'.

Silly me. 

[maddox]

Metallica - Death Magnetic

Track: [01] That Was Just Your Life

[Steve Jones]

Funny, at first glance i thought it said 'Fishing For More Ladies'.

The missus would snap my rod if she found me doing that!

Wild Horses - First Album.
Another 70s band, this time known for having ex Thin Lizzy & Rainbow members.  Today I've mainly been ripping stuff from the 'W' section...

[Steve Jones]

Les Claypool - Highball With The Devil