Porcupine Tree v. Glarung is a Lightbulb

[Nick]

Oh, I agree with all of that, which is why I was commenting solely on the actual video quality. I think the camera angles, effects, and editing on AS are all superior to that of Anesthetize and make it much more appealing to watch as well.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

I like Anesthetize more. Don't know why.

[seasonsinthesky]

I like Anesthetize more. Don't know why.

probably the lack of Windows Movie Maker effect filters!

i find Anesthetize has a far superior audio mix and setlist, too.

[Zantera]

If I had to pick I would say Anesthetize. FOABP is my favorite PT-album, the Nil Recurring songs are awesome, and add to that songs from Signify, and songs like Half-Light and Drown With Me. Just amazing.

[Nick]

See, FoaBP is one of my lesser PT albums, whereas Deadwing is one of my favorites. And while the sound of Anesthetize probably has an edge AS is still stellar in that department, and so the better setlist and much better to watch video makes it the much better live set in my opinion.

[Xanthul]

If I had to pick I would say Anesthetize. FOABP is my favorite PT-album, the Nil Recurring songs are awesome, and add to that songs from Signify, and songs like Half-Light and Drown With Me. Just amazing.

Same for me, plus I dislike the AS video effects. I just like watching them in glorious HD without silly effects giving me a headache.

[King Postwhore]

See, FoaBP is one of my lesser PT albums, whereas Deadwing is one of my favorites. And while the sound of Anesthetize probably has an edge AS is still stellar in that department, and so the better setlist and much better to watch video makes it the much better live set in my opinion.

I agree with you.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

I like Anesthetize more. Don't know why.

probably the lack of Windows Movie Maker effect filters!

i find Anesthetize has a far superior audio mix and setlist, too.

See I actually prefer Deadwing to FoaBP, but I still like Anesthetize more. Probably due to as you mentioned, the filters are pretty lame in AS and the audio mix in Anesthetize just slays AS.

[wolfking]

See, FoaBP is one of my lesser PT albums, whereas Deadwing is one of my favorites. And while the sound of Anesthetize probably has an edge AS is still stellar in that department, and so the better setlist and much better to watch video makes it the much better live set in my opinion.

I agree with all of this.

[?]

I received my copy of Coma Divine in the mail today and it's just awesome! Although the song extensions and jams DT have done on their live albums have never really interested me that much, I like how PT made the songs different from the studio versions; I especially enjoyed Signify, TSMS and Dislocated Day. Moonloop is also much better than the ovelong version from the TSMS reissue.

[Ħ]

Personally, I find FOABP to be lightyears ahead of Deadwing.

[?]

Personally, I find FOABP to be lightyears ahead of Deadwing.

Me too. On FOABP there's not a single song I would call weak or just ok, whereas a lot of stuff on Deadwing falls into those categories.

I haven't seen Arriving Somewhere, but judging by the setlist and the clips I've seen there's no way it could beat Anesthetize.

[Dark Castle]

Deadwing is by far my favorite Porcupine Tree album, I can never get through FoaBP

[ReaperKK]

Personally, I find FOABP to be lightyears ahead of Deadwing.

Me too. On FOABP there's not a single song I would call weak or just ok, whereas a lot of stuff on Deadwing falls into those categories.

I haven't seen Arriving Somewhere, but judging by the setlist and the clips I've seen there's no way it could beat Anesthetize.

I'm not a big fan of the dvd honestly but I do love the set list, gets played a ton on my ipod.

[Ben_Jamin]

Deadwing=FoaBP each one has something I really enjoy. Sometimes I feel for the lighthearted Deadwing and then I'll crave so. Dark dense FoaBP.

[?]

I'm not a big fan of the dvd honestly but I do love the set list, gets played a ton on my ipod.

It's not a bad setlist by any means, but there's a lot of great SD-DW era stuff that wasn't played (where's Gravity motherfucking Eyelids?!) and it's hard to compete with a set that includes FOABP in full, Dark Matter etc. Actually I'd say even the Coma Divine tracklist is better! But as I said, I haven't watched Arriving Somewhere, so I need to get it some day.

[KevShmev]

Arriving Somewhere... definitely has the better and more well-rounded set list, and Anesthetize is not helped by having several less than stellar live performances (Dark Matter, because of Wesley's butchering of the first solo; Drown with Me, simply because it is impossible to do the chorus justice live because of all of those layered vocals; etc.).  AS... is just a better set and a better performance, IMO.

[Ben_Jamin]

Arriving Somewhere... definitely has the better and more well-rounded set list, and Anesthetize is not helped by having several less than stellar live performances (Dark Matter, because of Wesley's butchering of the first solo; Drown with Me, simply because it is impossible to do the chorus justice live because of all of those layered vocals; etc.).  AS... is just a better set and a better performance, IMO.

Dont forget the epic string break.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

I don't mind Wesley's Dark Matter solo. I dislike his Anesthetize one though. Even if I didn't like the Dark Matter one though, Steven pulls off the second (the one that truly matters) fucking magnificently.

[Ħ]

I never even noticed anything wrong with the solo until you just brought it up.

[Xanthul]

I did, it ruins my favorite PT song ever in my favorite PT show ever.

[Zantera]

I didn't care that much for how Dark Matter came out on the live version. It's not horrible, but I feel like it lost some magic that the studio version has. The guitar riff after the "I am I know"-part just sounded sterile and too dominant in contrast to the rest of the song (in particular the keyboards), I would have preferred if they did that more similar to the studio version, with the keyboards building the main-melody instead or whatever.

[?]

Maybe the power chords are a bit out of place in the "I am, I know" part, but overall it's a good rendition IMO. It can't beat the amazing album version though.

[bout to crash]

Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape on CD, gaiz

https://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/headphonedust/porcupine-tree-yellow-hedgerow-dreamscape-cd/

[orcus116]

Oh yes.

[bout to crash]

Only in the UK store. Came out to $22.69 USD with the standard shipping.

[KevShmev]

I still want you to put Felix's penis on me.

[?]

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On the topic of YHD, I won't be getting it, since I'm not a completionist.

[Zantera]

I'm actually less excited for YHD than I thought I would be. Not even sure if I'll pick it up on CD. I mean, it's fine musically. Not bad, not amazing, but the only reason I would get it really would be to have another SW release physically. And frankly there's a lot of other music products I would get over it at this time.

[KevShmev]

Same here.  If I get it, it will be for completist's sake.  I rarely listen to any PT material pre-The Sky Moves Sideways, and assuming most of this stuff is in the same vein as the On the Sunday of Life material, I doubt I'd listen to it much.  Will depend on the price, I suppose.

[bout to crash]

Well, I'm getting it because I've never heard it and have always been curious 

[orcus116]

The song YHD alone is better than most of their recent material.

[Super Dude]

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On the topic of YHD, I won't be getting it, since I'm not a completionist.

Yes!

[seasonsinthesky]

loving the inclusion of "Out" instead of the Prince cover from the original CD. a reason to buy!

[KevShmev]

Well, after checking out the song Mute on YT, I might have to buy this.