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Offline Pockets17red

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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #910 on: October 30, 2011, 12:46:39 PM »
Me and one of my friends are planning on going to either the Nov 10 (Baltimore) or Nov 12 (Philadelphia) show and was wondering if anyone would like to carpool? I am in Ohio, and gas will be $70-80 total for me and my friend :sadpanda: and I would like to bring down that cost by splitting it between more people and maybe bring some fan(s) to the show if they can't justify the gas cost.
(Can also arrange pick up on the way to the concert and split gas from there.)
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #911 on: October 31, 2011, 01:47:12 PM »
WARNING SETLIST SPOILERS

Raider II is awesome, daring, heavy as hell, epic, beautiful. I definately see it as his signature composition right now. In any case it's the visit card of this album, no doubt. It encompasses everything about 'Grace for Drowning', except for the poppy tracks.

This album has a few pop tracks, but it's definately not the main thing. It's SW gone prog-jazz, and the results are amazing. The weird thing is, I'm not a big fan of KC'esque jazzy stuff, but combined with SW's pop/songwriting skills it's amazing.

'Like Dust I have Cleared from my Eye'. PERFECT ending track for the album. I love it even more than Deform and Postcard. Then again Postcard hit me really hard at the live concert.. I just don't dig the sterile production of the drums on that one. That's the only place on the record that sounds like Welcome to my DNA.. that record might be the worst sounding stuff SW has put out.

For the folks in the USA seeing SW live: You can't prepare yourself for this concert. I usually think of concerts as 'good', 'bad' or 'amazing', but this was just a whole new level of magic being created. I almost want to go as far as saying it beat the shit out of any Porcupine Tree gig I've seen, but I won't. Because it doesn't. It's different, and it's every bit as amazing.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #912 on: November 01, 2011, 08:24:49 AM »
Damn, I wish I didn't miss the show here in Florida but I had bigger priorities.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #913 on: November 01, 2011, 08:45:18 AM »
Quote from: ReaperKK on November 01, 2011, 08:24:49 AM
Damn, I wish I didn't miss the show here in Florida but I had bigger priorities.

Isn't the concert next week?
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #914 on: November 01, 2011, 11:54:39 AM »
Regretting not seeing him at Shepherd's Bush now, the setlists look great this tour.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #915 on: November 01, 2011, 05:35:45 PM »
Got my copy of GFD signed by Nic France (at that concert that I mentioned a little earlier in the thread) tonight. What a nice man
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #916 on: November 03, 2011, 11:43:49 AM »
I thought Minneman was doing the tour drums?
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #917 on: November 03, 2011, 01:00:25 PM »
Quote from: faemir on November 03, 2011, 11:43:49 AM
I thought Minneman was doing the tour drums?

Yeah he is, I didn't go to a SW concert. Check my posts from last page.
« Last Edit: November 03, 2011, 04:18:13 PM by petrucci07 »
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #918 on: November 03, 2011, 02:38:36 PM »
Well that's just awesome :o

I like how he admitted he didn't know what he was doing.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #919 on: November 03, 2011, 02:59:39 PM »
Happy Birthday Steven  :tup
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #920 on: November 03, 2011, 05:57:03 PM »
So apparently John Wesley is doing guitar on the US tour.

God. Fucking. Dammit.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #921 on: November 03, 2011, 06:05:19 PM »
At least he has good backing vocals...right? :neverusethis:
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #922 on: November 03, 2011, 06:22:55 PM »
I really like his vocals, but he's not really a good guitar player at all.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #923 on: November 03, 2011, 06:24:48 PM »
I've heard complaints about him "butchering" some guitar-solo's live and such, but apart from Dark Matter on Anesthetize, it's nothing that bothers me.
His vocals are ace as well, My Ashes on Anesthetize is awesome.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #924 on: November 03, 2011, 07:38:59 PM »
Quote from: Zantera on November 03, 2011, 06:24:48 PM
His vocals are ace as well, My Ashes on Anesthetize is awesome.

You forgot Half-Light.

And dark matter really isn't that bad. at all.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #925 on: November 03, 2011, 09:52:32 PM »
Yeah his vocals are really good, I think, but sometimes he's spotty, mostly on the ballady sing-along songs.  Beginning of Lazarus on Arriving Somewhere... he is WAY off.  I can think of other moments where I felt that way about his voice but can't remember exactly where.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #926 on: November 04, 2011, 03:04:50 AM »
Quote from: faemir on November 03, 2011, 07:38:59 PM
Quote from: Zantera on November 03, 2011, 06:24:48 PM
His vocals are ace as well, My Ashes on Anesthetize is awesome.

You forgot Half-Light.

And dark matter really isn't that bad. at all.

I think the problem with the live-version of Dark Matter is that it's perfect the way it is on album, and they try to play it differently live (cudos for trying at least), except it doesn't sound nearly as good.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #927 on: November 04, 2011, 06:52:55 AM »
Good luck to John Wesley, he has under a week to learn all the parts and after what I saw at Shepherd's Bush......he's gonna need it !
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #928 on: November 04, 2011, 07:54:21 AM »
Aw fuck.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #929 on: November 08, 2011, 08:29:42 PM »
I didn't know Steven was remastering Thick as a Brick. Thought he was just doing Aqualung.

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^Play Ian Anderson video. I love Ian's remark near the end. Such a funny guy. :lol
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #930 on: November 09, 2011, 11:21:01 AM »
I wasn't aware that it was the cool thing to do

(hating on a perfectly good guitar player)
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #931 on: November 09, 2011, 12:20:50 PM »
Quote from: faemir on November 03, 2011, 07:38:59 PM
Quote from: Zantera on November 03, 2011, 06:24:48 PM
His vocals are ace as well, My Ashes on Anesthetize is awesome.

You forgot Half-Light.

And dark matter really isn't that bad. at all.

I didn't even notice there was a difference until someone said something.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #932 on: November 09, 2011, 03:50:38 PM »
Quote from: Pockets17red on November 01, 2011, 08:45:18 AM
Quote from: ReaperKK on November 01, 2011, 08:24:49 AM
Damn, I wish I didn't miss the show here in Florida but I had bigger priorities.

Isn't the concert next week?

Oh fuck you were right, I had it marked down on my calender incorrectly FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #933 on: November 09, 2011, 06:22:44 PM »
Just out of interest, where would you guys rank Steven's solo albums amongst the PT discography?
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #934 on: November 09, 2011, 06:26:25 PM »
High. Very fucking high.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #935 on: November 09, 2011, 06:27:33 PM »
Probably a tad above the middle mark.

Both the albums are phenomenal, but  PT is PT. Bit too early to be sure, but they could go higher.

Also that really sucks to hear Reap.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #936 on: November 09, 2011, 06:27:50 PM »
Quote from: ACID_FOX on November 09, 2011, 06:26:25 PM
High. Very fucking high.
Yep.  Both SW albums are pretty much perfect and I can't find anything to complain about.  There's only a handful of PT albums I can say that about, though.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #937 on: November 09, 2011, 08:16:00 PM »
Insurgentes is up with the best them.

Grace for.drowning is also up worth the best them.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #938 on: November 09, 2011, 08:51:19 PM »
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #939 on: November 09, 2011, 09:07:29 PM »
Both his solo albums are great, but they lack the input of Harrison, Edwin and Barbieri which makes PT so special. I was remined of this special chemistry when watching the Anaesthetize DVD again last night. What an amazing production.  :hefdaddy
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #940 on: November 09, 2011, 09:50:35 PM »
Thanks for the answers guys! :tup
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #941 on: November 09, 2011, 11:58:55 PM »
I don't know where I would rank them but they would do pretty well, I think. Tony told me tonight that he thinks GFD is the best SW-related album since Deadwing, which I may actually agree with (as much as I still love the stuff in between).
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #942 on: November 10, 2011, 01:36:21 AM »
Quote from: Jirpo on November 09, 2011, 06:22:44 PM
Just out of interest, where would you guys rank Steven's solo albums amongst the PT discography?

I'd rank them above all PT-albums, not sure yet if Insurgentes or GFD would be first, the latter has to sink in a bit.
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #943 on: November 10, 2011, 03:29:22 AM »
Interesting! I've only listened to GFD a couple times. I'll listen to it heaps more when exams are over :)
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Re: Steven Wilson
« Reply #944 on: November 10, 2011, 06:18:43 AM »
SW has quite a few other albums I would rank equal/higher then my favorite PT-albums as well, Blackfield (the first album), Schoolyard Ghosts by No-Man and Ghosts on Magnetic Tape by Bass Communion comes to mind.

Nowadays, I very rarely mention Porcupine Tree among my favorite bands, because I love SW's other projects so much as well, so I mostly say "Steven Wilson - all projects included".  :lol
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