Author Topic: Steven Wilson (Read 315829 times)

blackngold29 · « **Reply #35 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:23:07 PM »

I'm a straight dude and SW is the only guy I would marry.

dongringo · « **Reply #36 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:24:45 PM »

Quote from: ZBomber on June 09, 2011, 09:57:50 PM

That. Some of us LIKE things like that. I like happy things as well, but songs that are sad and so emotional like a lot of SW's songs just really connect with me. He's said in a couple of interviews that he isn't an overly negative person, he just knows that a lot of people, like himself, find beauty in sadness.

If SW started writing happy songs, I would still listen to him and love every thing he does, but I think it would be a lot harder for me to connect to his music.

I totally agree. I'm a happy person, but I also connect with his music, just like I connect with Sigur Ros even though most of their music is in Icelandic. There is definitely beauty in sadness, as strange as that may seem. It's not so much the lyrics that I connect with, rather it's the overall mood and atmosphere that pulls me into it and brings me down to a more serious mood.

At the recent Blackfield show, he said at one point, "We're going to continue now with some really sad songs," with a grin on his face.

What a great show!

Gorille85 · « **Reply #37 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:30:55 PM »

Most of the lyrics on Insurgentes were done on the spot, like impro. I hope he'll go back to good lyrics this time around.

dongringo · « **Reply #38 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:34:59 PM »

Quote from: Gorille85 on June 09, 2011, 10:30:55 PM

Most of the lyrics on Insurgentes were done on the spot, like impro. I hope he'll go back to good lyrics this time around.

He improvised the lyrics? I did not know that.

Ravenheart · « **Reply #39 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:40:35 PM »

Huh, well, I actually really like the lyrics on Insurgentes. Very cryptic, but that makes them all the more interesting for me. I especially love the lyrics for Salvaging, Only Child, Get All You Deserve, and the title track.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #40 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:53:10 PM »

Quote from: Gorille85 on June 09, 2011, 10:30:55 PM

Most of the lyrics on Insurgentes were done on the spot, like impro. I hope he'll go back to good lyrics this time around.

Source?

Sigz · « **Reply #41 on:** June 10, 2011, 06:03:16 AM »

Quote from: Global Laziness on June 09, 2011, 10:53:10 PM

Quote from: Gorille85 on June 09, 2011, 10:30:55 PM
Most of the lyrics on Insurgentes were done on the spot, like impro. I hope he'll go back to good lyrics this time around.

Source?

He said it in an interview somewhere, I can't find it though.

JustJen · « **Reply #42 on:** June 10, 2011, 06:48:23 AM »

Quote from: Sigz on June 10, 2011, 06:03:16 AM

Quote from: Global Laziness on June 09, 2011, 10:53:10 PM
Quote from: Gorille85 on June 09, 2011, 10:30:55 PM
Most of the lyrics on Insurgentes were done on the spot, like impro. I hope he'll go back to good lyrics this time around.

Source?

He said it in an interview somewhere, I can't find it though.

Quote

And about "Insurgentes", did you try some kind of new recording methods or did you just follow the way of recording of "Fear of a Blank Planet". Are you someone who is always trying to find some kind of new machines, computers to have a better sound each time?

I wouldn't say that I'm looking for better means to have a better sound but I'm certainly looking for new ways to inspire the music and keep things fresh. I'm not really interested in repeating myself. The way that I recorded this album was totally new for me.

In general, with Blackfield and Porcupine Tree I spend a lot of time on the lyrics to have deep meanings and very strong senses, but I did something very different with this album because I improvised almost all the lyrics. So I stood up the microphone and I simply improvised the lyrics as an experiment to see what would happen. Some were rubbish (laughs), some other were interesting.

This time I like the fact that the lyrics are more a part of the music and that they wouldn't be so important. That's a new approach for me. It can be scary sometimes to try new things and do some adventuring. But I did something special with vocals on this album and somehow they're more natural and maybe have more emotion and feeling, because I was not singing words from a page but directly words from my own. Maybe that some logical sides of the lyrics are missing but it was an intense new experience to do.

source -- https://www.metalstorm.net/pub/interview.php?interview_id=513

Global Laziness · « **Reply #43 on:** June 10, 2011, 08:01:06 AM »

Interesting, thanks. I gave the album a listen last night because of this thread...it's way better than I remember.

OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #44 on:** June 10, 2011, 09:33:14 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgACGvJEVxU&feature=related

FretMuppet · « **Reply #45 on:** June 10, 2011, 09:37:19 AM »

My favourite SW video has to be the Disneyworld one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y99r--eHwJ8

faemir · « **Reply #46 on:** June 10, 2011, 10:41:19 AM »

Quote from: Global Laziness on June 08, 2011, 11:00:18 PM

I love Steven Wilson, but...apart from the first track, nothing on Insurgentes has really clicked with me.

Get some good headphones, start album, close eyes.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #47 on:** June 10, 2011, 10:50:56 AM »

Quote from: faemir on June 10, 2011, 10:41:19 AM

Quote from: Global Laziness on June 08, 2011, 11:00:18 PM
I love Steven Wilson, but...apart from the first track, nothing on Insurgentes has really clicked with me.

Get some good headphones, start album, close eyes.

Quote from: Global Laziness on June 10, 2011, 08:01:06 AM

I gave the album a listen last night because of this thread...it's way better than I remember.

That's actually pretty much what I did.

faemir · « **Reply #48 on:** June 10, 2011, 10:56:50 AM »

Good job! It took a while to grow on me, but I wasn't as into that sort of stuff when I first got it, then I broadened my tastes so it's just awesome now.

Oh and FYI everyone in case you didn't realise:

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wilson/sets/insurgentes-special-edition-bonus-disc/

second cd from insurgentes cloth deluxe edition for free, in wav \o/

dongringo · « **Reply #49 on:** June 10, 2011, 11:12:36 AM »

Quote from: faemir on June 10, 2011, 10:56:50 AM

Good job! It took a while to grow on me, but I wasn't as into that sort of stuff when I first got it, then I broadened my tastes so it's just awesome now.

Oh and FYI everyone in case you didn't realise:

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wilson/sets/insurgentes-special-edition-bonus-disc/

second cd from insurgentes cloth deluxe edition for free, in wav \o/

Thank you for pointing out the free stuff.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #50 on:** June 10, 2011, 11:13:14 AM »

Downloading now.

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #51 on:** June 10, 2011, 11:23:53 AM »

he's also got other juicy morsels up on his SoundCloud, like the excellent "London" (which became "Don't Hate Me") and the new/unreleased track "Home in Negative."

FretMuppet · « **Reply #52 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:40:36 PM »

But the best Ingurgentes bonus track has to be Collecting Space

bout to crash · « **Reply #53 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:41:15 PM »

Quote from: FretMuppet on June 10, 2011, 09:37:19 AM

My favourite SW video has to be the Disneyworld one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y99r--eHwJ8

Holy fuck I have never seen this before and I'm nearly crying

OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:32:29 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sad-xhIZgz8

Love the epic walk at the end

JustJen · « **Reply #55 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:34:34 PM »

Quote from: bout to crash on June 10, 2011, 12:41:15 PM

Quote from: FretMuppet on June 10, 2011, 09:37:19 AM
My favourite SW video has to be the Disneyworld one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y99r--eHwJ8

Holy fuck I have never seen this before and I'm nearly crying

What the creepy fuck was that

JustJen · « **Reply #56 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:37:30 PM »

best part:

bout to crash · « **Reply #57 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:40:08 PM »

FretMuppet · « **Reply #58 on:** June 10, 2011, 03:04:43 PM »

Lol I can't get enough of that video

JustJen · « **Reply #59 on:** June 10, 2011, 05:04:10 PM »

Quote from: JustJen on June 10, 2011, 01:37:30 PM

best part:

Local schoolyard cameras recently filmed this odd creature darting around erratically and crying. Experts remain baffled.

Ravenheart · « **Reply #60 on:** June 10, 2011, 10:34:38 PM »

Quote from: JustJen on June 10, 2011, 05:04:10 PM

Quote from: JustJen on June 10, 2011, 01:37:30 PM
best part:

Local schoolyard cameras recently filmed this odd creature darting around erratically and crying. Experts remain baffled.

Though some speculate that it's Nessie, or a derivative of her.

Quadrochosis · « **Reply #61 on:** June 10, 2011, 10:36:56 PM »

i love steven wirlsong

blackngold29 · « **Reply #62 on:** June 10, 2011, 10:44:31 PM »

I love the marching band music playing softly.

wjc · « **Reply #63 on:** June 11, 2011, 01:30:52 AM »

Steven Wilson is the ugliest fuck in music today.

Totally geed for Grace for Drowning though

bout to crash · « **Reply #64 on:** June 11, 2011, 01:49:13 AM »

Are you kidding?! He is beautiful.

tri.ad · « **Reply #65 on:** June 11, 2011, 02:04:51 AM »

That video was absolutely hilarious.

Quadrochosis · « **Reply #66 on:** June 11, 2011, 05:57:34 AM »

Quote from: bout to crash on June 11, 2011, 01:49:13 AM

Are you kidding?! He is beautiful.

Zantera · « **Reply #67 on:** June 11, 2011, 07:41:29 AM »

Quote from: wjc on June 11, 2011, 01:30:52 AM

Steven Wilson is the ugliest fuck in music today.

Totally geed for Grace for Drowning though

Not that I'm gay, but Steven Wilson looks fairly good, above average at least.
I could think of many examples with 'uglier' people in the music-scene.

ZBomber · « **Reply #68 on:** June 11, 2011, 08:52:05 AM »

Yeah, I would say Steven Wilson is FAR from ugly... especially by music standards.

OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #69 on:** June 11, 2011, 10:06:15 AM »

Yeah SW is not ugly at all especially comparing to other musicians in the genre.

News: Track-by-track video for Paralyzed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5TbGbalPs&feature=youtu.be

Author Topic: Steven Wilson (Read 315829 times)