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Sorry KevShmev, had to steal your idea!
 
So yeah, it's basically going to run the same way that the Rush SOTD thread is running, with a few changes.  I'll pick a song each day, and after a week, I'll pick someone new to carry the torch.  They'll go for a week, and pass it on to someone else (preferably someone that hasn't done it before).  Etc.
 
Also, if it isn't clear, the SOTD is not limited to his solo albums.  It can be any song he's been a performer on (meaning songs that he's simply done the production for don't count).  So Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, Bass Communion, and Jordan Rudess' "Tarkus" are all fair game.
 
I hope this is fun!
 
The Steven Wilson Song of the Day for October 27th is "Abandoner"
 
The reason I didn't get into Insurgentes for a LONG time.  It is totally the opposite of what traditional music sounds like.  But after I warmed up to the album (which later earned a place in my top 5), I really began to appreciate the song.  It's incredibly somber and haunting, musically and lyrically.  I was surprised to learn that the dark tones in the latter half of the song are actually the lower keys on the piano (from the Insurgentes road documentary).  Brilliant.  I really really really hope Steven comes to the west coast because I would kill to hear this song.
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (currently discussing Abandoner)
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2011, 03:37:43 PM »
Do we honestly need one of these for every artist? :P
Just sayin'.

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (currently discussing Abandoner)
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2011, 03:38:24 PM »
We have one for only one other artist...
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (currently discussing Abandoner)
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2011, 03:39:10 PM »
Yeah but this is how trends start.

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (currently discussing Abandoner)
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2011, 03:39:57 PM »
So what?

Abandoner is awesome.
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (currently discussing Abandoner)
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2011, 03:41:10 PM »
Abandoner rocks.
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (currently discussing Abandoner)
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2011, 03:41:58 PM »
I'll add setlist spoiler tags.
"All great works are prepared in the desert, including the redemption of the world. The precursors, the followers, the Master Himself, all obeyed or have to obey one and the same law. Prophets, apostles, preachers, martyrs, pioneers of knowledge, inspired artists in every art, ordinary men and the Man-God, all pay tribute to loneliness, to the life of silence, to the night." - A. G. Sertillanges

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (currently discussing Abandoner)
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2011, 03:42:51 PM »
I'll add setlist spoiler tags.

Nevermind I'll discuss those things in the SW thread. Thanks.
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Well, this thread needs more No-man in the future, seriously.
Can't believe not more SW-fans check that project out. :o

Abandoner is a great song btw.

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Abandoner) [spoilers]
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2011, 03:44:18 PM »
Well, this thread needs more No-man in the future, seriously.
Can't believe not more SW-fans check that project out. :o
They are on the list but it's not like I can absorb all his projects at once. :lol
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Abandoner) [spoilers]
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2011, 05:35:22 PM »
Great tune.  Does anyone else notice that the sounds heard around the 2:31-2:35 mark are very similar to music used in the movie The Usual Suspects (in the long boat scene near the end).  I've always noticed that.

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Abandoner) [spoilers]
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2011, 06:26:18 PM »
Not among my favorite on the album, but still a solid track.

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Abandoner) [spoilers]
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2011, 11:09:22 AM »
The Steven Wilson Song of the Day for October 28th is "Lullaby" (Blackfield)

One of my favorite BF songs.  Very soothing, very melancholic but in a gentle way.  I'm amazed at how minimalist SW can be while still being himself and creating something original.
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Lullaby)
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2011, 11:10:53 AM »
H I'm not gonna read this thread because I don't wanna know anything about the setlist, but you should keep the spoiler tags in the thread title

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Abandoner) [spoilers]
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2011, 11:17:11 AM »
The Steven Wilson Song of the Day for October 28th is "Lullaby" (Blackfield)

One of my favorite BF songs.  Very soothing, very melancholic but in a gentle way.  I'm amazed at how minimalist SW can be while still being himself and creating something original.

I love it, but Vapour Trail Lullaby takes it to a whole new level :heart

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Lullaby)
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2011, 11:20:27 AM »
Lullaby, one of my favorite Blackfield-tunes.
Such a fantastic song, can't say enough good things about it!

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Lullaby) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2011, 01:19:26 PM »
H I'm not gonna read this thread because I don't wanna know anything about the setlist, but you should keep the spoiler tags in the thread title
Okay, sorry bout that...I figured Lullaby was a BF song so I took the tags off.  Didn't realize that people would read before the Lullaby post.
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Lullaby) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2011, 12:43:13 PM »
The Steven Wilson Song of the Day for October 29th is "Way Out Of Here" (Porcupine Tree)

It took me a while to warm up to this song.  Initially I ranked it in the bottom two of the album, but now it's at least in the top three.  The "I'll try to forget you..." verse just brings tears to my eyes.  The music video is incredible, too.
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Lullaby) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2011, 01:07:41 PM »
Its one of the most emotion-packed songs I've ever heard *appreciates and loves*

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Lullaby) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2011, 01:26:31 PM »
My all-time favourite PT song... I can't describe how powerful it is.

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (discussing Lullaby) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #20 on: October 29, 2011, 01:31:45 PM »
i love the shit out of "WOOH" (gotta love the acronym!), but i also really love "Cheating the Polygraph," the original 'song 5' when PT debuted FOABP live pre-release. they work really well together, though i think i prefer the tracklist as it appears on the FOABP vinyl ("CTP" between "My Ashes" and "Anesthetize").

the aforementioned "i'll try to forget you..." verse is amazing, probably my favourite part. but even the intro is fantastic; when the drums come in, i get chills. the chorus is catchy, and contrasting nearly to the point of not fitting, but it works. the bridge is one of the best on the record, methinks, as it doesn't smack of "metal for metal's sake" like that of "Normal."

anyone else find this to be the emotional climax of the record?

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Awesome guitar solo, that's about it.

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Never got into this track, in my bottom 2 in FOABP.. still, it's a good song.

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Abandoner is crazy. Not necessarily 100% good crazy, but most of it is.

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Gavin Harrison's drumming during the breakdown: :hefdaddy

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Way Out of Here is great, such a sad tune.

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First half of WOOH is very good. Second half is a schizophrenic mess of a song.

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The part with "And I'll try to forget you, I know that I will" is so amazing and tears and stuff. And then of course the chorus



Yes it is amazing

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Meh.

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Sorry I forgot to update yesterday.

The Steven Wilson Song of the Day for October 31st is "Veneno Para Las Hadas"

Favorite track off Insurgentes.  So beautifully raw.  That's all I have to say about it.
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (Veneno Para Las Hadas) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #30 on: October 31, 2011, 12:40:28 PM »
Definitely one of my favorites from Insurgentes  :heart
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (Veneno Para Las Hadas) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #31 on: October 31, 2011, 12:45:17 PM »
Good song, sorta feels like a "ripoff"-mix from The Sky Moves Sideways and some No-Man songs, but still a great song!  :tup

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (Veneno Para Las Hadas) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #32 on: October 31, 2011, 01:07:04 PM »
Good song, sorta feels like a "ripoff"-mix from The Sky Moves Sideways and some No-Man songs, but still a great song!  :tup

There's definitely a more than passing resemblence to TSMS, but aye good tune.

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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (Veneno Para Las Hadas) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #33 on: October 31, 2011, 01:19:26 PM »
So what you're saying is that Steven plagiarized off of himself.
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Re: Steven Wilson Song of the Day (Veneno Para Las Hadas) [setlist spoilers]
« Reply #34 on: October 31, 2011, 01:30:20 PM »
So what you're saying is that Steven plagiarized off of himself.
Moreso recycled older tunes.