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Haken v. new single Nightingale (April 26)

Started by Nick, October 31, 2014, 11:44:22 AM

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MrBoom_shack-a-lack

Quote from: Implode on April 15, 2017, 10:57:29 AM
I just found this. Horn/Trumpet cover of The Architect.

https://youtu.be/qYjTK5Uw0Ys

The guy has many other covers on his channel, some DT stuff too.
Wow that was really cool! Btw got me thinking on how great brass arrangements can work in metal music, it's usually more focus on strings and orchestra in general.

King Postwhore

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on April 24, 2017, 01:03:00 PM
Quote from: Implode on April 15, 2017, 10:57:29 AM
I just found this. Horn/Trumpet cover of The Architect.

https://youtu.be/qYjTK5Uw0Ys

The guy has many other covers on his channel, some DT stuff too.
Wow that was really cool! Btw got me thinking on how great brass arrangements can work in metal music, it's usually more focus on strings and orchestra in general.

You ever try Thank You Scientist?  If not I bet you'd love them.
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'." - Bon Newhart.

rumborak


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Quote from: rumborak on April 25, 2017, 11:43:12 AM
I'm not a fan of Haken, but I have to admit, this is impressive:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0jn38,%2Fm%2F0fqv7jg
Do note that quite a large part of the relevant search items are not people searching for the band Haken but rather dutch people searching for how to knit something (haken is a dutch verb for knitting). Also explains why the Netherlands has such a high score on the interest per region.  :P

mikeyd23

Quote from: rumborak on April 25, 2017, 11:43:12 AM
I'm not a fan of Haken, but I have to admit, this is impressive:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0jn38,%2Fm%2F0fqv7jg

Help me out, cause I'm trying to figure a couple things out. The interest over time graph at the top is the only impressive thing I see on this page... It seems like the only place in the world that shows up in Haken's favor is Germany. Isn't haken a German word? Seeing how a lot of the search results for Haken don't seem to have anything to do with the band...? Or am I misunderstanding?

home

It's a Dutch word for knitting yeah :lol look at my post above yours

mikeyd23

Quote from: home on April 25, 2017, 12:30:08 PM
It's a Dutch word for knitting yeah :lol look at my post above yours

Ah, okay sorry, I missed your post!

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Zydar

Haken is somewhat close to my first name (Håkan).

King Postwhore

Quote from: Zydar on April 26, 2017, 03:40:32 AM
Haken is somewhat close to my first name (Håkan).

I know, I get you 2 mixed up all the time.
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'." - Bon Newhart.

Zydar

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 26, 2017, 05:12:47 AM
Quote from: Zydar on April 26, 2017, 03:40:32 AM
Haken is somewhat close to my first name (Håkan).

I know, I get you 2 mixed up all the time.

I won't be going out on tour though.

I bring the victims home to me instead.

King Postwhore

Still sounds like a rock star to me.
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'." - Bon Newhart.

rumborak

Is Google Trends that stupid though? I always assumed they classified search terms by what people clicked on afterwards. I mean, yes, Haken ist a German word meaning "hook" (knitting would be häkeln), but searching for hook seems an odd thing to do.

EDIT: You can also compare to Haken as a pure search term, and that's more. So Google definitely does some filtering.

axeman90210

Quote from: rumborak on April 26, 2017, 07:58:26 AM
Is Google Trends that stupid though? I always assumed they classified search terms by what people clicked on afterwards. I mean, yes, Haken ist a German word meaning "hook" (knitting would be häkeln), but searching for hook seems an odd thing to do.

Does Robin Williams' take on Peter Pan have a big following in Germany?

rumborak

The name of that movie in German is ... Hook :lol

hefdaddy42

Quote from: BlobVanDam on December 11, 2014, 08:19:46 PMHef is right on all things. Except for when I disagree with him. In which case he's probably still right.

cramx3


mikeyd23

 :lol It is a great movie.

Quote from: rumborak on April 26, 2017, 07:58:26 AM
Is Google Trends that stupid though? I always assumed they classified search terms by what people clicked on afterwards. I mean, yes, Haken ist a German word meaning "hook" (knitting would be häkeln), but searching for hook seems an odd thing to do.

EDIT: You can also compare to Haken as a pure search term, and that's more. So Google definitely does some filtering.

I don't think Google trends is stupid, but when I look through the lists of related queries everything in the DT list is associated with the band Dream Theater. I can only say for sure that one search in the Haken list is associated with the band. I might be wrong, cause most of it is in languages I don't speak, just thought it was worth mentioning.

ariich

Quote from: mikeyd23 on April 26, 2017, 08:21:04 AM
I don't think Google trends is stupid, but when I look through the lists of related queries everything in the DT list is associated with the band Dream Theater. I can only say for sure that one search in the Haken list is associated with the band. I might be wrong, cause most of it is in languages I don't speak, just thought it was worth mentioning.
That's related queries, which suggests that the trend tracker is looking at queries that are just "Haken" or "Dream Theater".

I agree with Ralf that it's unlikely many Germans will be simply searching for "hook". But Dutch people just searching for "knitting" could potentially be bolstering numbers.

Quote from: Buddyhunter1 on May 10, 2023, 05:59:19 PMAriich is a freak, or somehow has more hours in the day than everyone else.
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Ben_Jamin

One thing I really love about this album are the lyrics. Especially Earthrise and Bound by Gravity.

jammindude

Bound by Gravity is slowly climbing my list of some of the greatest songs ever written.  Completely serious.   The build up in that song is not to be believed.   Complete eargasm. 

cramx3

Quote from: Ben_Jamin on April 27, 2017, 04:56:30 PM
One thing I really love about this album are the lyrics. Especially Earthrise and Bound by Gravity.

Yea there are some nice lyrics on Affinity

mike099

Quote from: jammindude on April 27, 2017, 06:11:24 PM
Bound by Gravity is slowly climbing my list of some of the greatest songs ever written.  Completely serious.   The build up in that song is not to be believed.   Complete eargasm.

Yes Bound by gravity is normally the last song I listen to at night before going to bed.

Zydar

Affinity was released one year ago today :metal

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Quote from: Zydar on April 29, 2017, 04:35:10 AM
Affinity was released one year ago today :metal
Still my favourite Haken album by far  :metal

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JayOctavarium

Giving Affinity another listen to while at work this morning.

Too bad I can't blast it too loudly though...

jammindude

It might be their most superior album musically.   The message of The Mountain was just really personal to me.  I don't think it can be topped for that reason.   

Mosh

It's a really strong album, but it is the first time a Haken album doesn't seem lightyears ahead of what they did previously. Granted, The Mountain is such a masterpiece that such a task was probably impossible to begin with.

I also kinda wish the album was shorter. Not every Prog album has to be a double LP. I think it would've been a stronger statement if they cut a few songs and kept it in the 50 minute range.

Negatives aside, I'm still coming back to it fairly frequently and enjoying quite a bit of it. 1985 is excellent, The Architect is very cool, The Endless Knot is possibly their best "short" song.

KevShmev

Quote from: jammindude on April 27, 2017, 06:11:24 PM
Bound by Gravity is slowly climbing my list of some of the greatest songs ever written.  Completely serious.   The build up in that song is not to be believed.   Complete eargasm.

Agreed.  I get that it's easy to go nuts over something like The Endless Knot because that song is (from all accounts) fun as heck live, but a song like Bound by Gravity blows it out of the water.  I think the album closer from The Mountain, Somebody, gets the short end of the stick, too, for the same reasons (not as energetic and rocking, therefore not a live staple).

Estiui

I still feel that The Mountain is a perfect album, every song is a 10/10, has its pace and place in the album, and is simply perfect. Affinity is an excellent album, just as Visions and Aquarius, but all of them have little flaws that make The Mountain the best album ever, for me.

hefdaddy42

Quote from: Estiui on May 02, 2017, 01:57:19 AM
I still feel that The Mountain is a perfect album, every song is a 10/10, has its pace and place in the album, and is simply perfect. Affinity is an excellent album, just as Visions and Aquarius, but all of them have little flaws that make The Mountain the best album ever, for me.
I'm with you.
Quote from: BlobVanDam on December 11, 2014, 08:19:46 PMHef is right on all things. Except for when I disagree with him. In which case he's probably still right.

Zydar

Yeah, Affinity is great and all but it's no The Mountain.

BlackInk

I think The Mountain is awesome, but there's something about Affinity that just clicks with me on another level. I don't think there has ever been an album that inspired me musically as much as Affinity did.