Model Sarah wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY - "Lateralus" by Tool (try to follow the math in this song.. )

what the phi? jk. love that song, and album. fibonacci, aside.



golden ratio, ftw. pi may be more complex, but i likes me some simpilz.

GK photo wrote:
genres be damned. post examples of what you consider to be great songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X2TXwREYOY

this one was a major hit, in the way back machine, and has been covered a million times; but this is the actual writer performing it. jw wrote some iconic songs, but i still consider this his opus magnum.

next up?

Great song, but I still prefer Glen Campbell singing it and playing his guitar on it.  I saw his documentary recently on CNN, "Ill Be Me" about his struggles with Alzheimer's ... I'm getting choked up even writing this, but I cried hard at some parts and laughed just as hard at other parts.  It really hit home because I was a caregiver for my father who had dementia and a stroke later in life before he died.  I am now caregiver to my mom who also have dementia in her elder years.  She is 91 years old, but it is still difficult to see someone you love fade away.  My parents were never diagnosed as having Alzheimer's, but severe dementia where ones memory is so bad for short term that one cannot cook for fear of burning the house down ... it's hard.  I tell myself that at least I still have her and it could be worse. But yeah ... Glen Campbell is the man!  I will love him till the end!

kickfight wrote:
In terms of complete song construction (thoughtful lyrics, a melody that's both catchy and yearning, a fantastic arrangement, and superb performances), it rarely gets any better than this

Love the Beatles!  Never can go wrong with them.

J O H N  A L L A N wrote:
Yes - Close to the Edge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGaai0A … XRALRB43qV

Saw them in concert so many times -- good times

it reminded me of these guys for some reason . . . same era I guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWqD7GyJBVM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VHHcd0M_o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nyt57LxWy8

J O H N  A L L A N wrote:
Yes - Close to the Edge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGaai0A … XRALRB43qV

i got to see yes in both their wakeman, and moraz eras. i passed on the rabin years, and anything sense. yes, ca. 1973 through 1977/8, was a great fucking concert. they had so many tunes that were (for lack of a better term) epic. they had no fear of playing three or four 20 minute tunes during their shows.

awaken=awesome
close to the edge=religion
any of the tunes from tales=mind blowing
gates of delirium=i still can't believe i saw them do that...and fucking nail it

yes, pink floyd and zeppelin put on shows that i'll never forget. not that the other 500 or shows i saw i'll eve forget, but bands like that did concerts that were transcendent. they are standouts, in a long list of great concert experiences.

the only thing that has come close in the last decade or so was seeing tool a couple times. i've still never seen opeth live, but i'm afraid i couldn't hang with the crowds.

KungPaoChic wrote:
10CC -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BavhwpIJg

Must listen to very loud and not on headphones. You must allow the sound to swell and fill the room to truly appreciate the crescendo.

i fucking loved 10cc. and you can google how hard it was to record that song. the work they did to even get it on vinyl was astounding. if you ever hear the billy joel tune: "just the way you are", you'll hear how influential "i'm not in love" was.

there was something about hearing that tune (uh, you know, way back when) through a car radio, over am radio. it's almost like it was mixed perfectly for both a great stereo, and a shitty sound system.

and ftr, they almost didn't even record that tune. that was about the time that the two factions (of a four piece band) were beginning to separate.

that truly is a great song.

GK photo wrote:

i fucking loved 10cc. and you can google how hard it was to record that song. the work they did to even get it on vinyl was astounding. if you ever hear the billy joel tune: "just the way you are", you'll hear how influential "i'm not in love" was.

there was something about hearing that tune (uh, you know, way back when) through a car radio, over am radio. it's almost like it was mixed perfectly for both a great stereo, and a shitty sound system.

and ftr, they almost didn't even record that tune. that was about the time that the two factions (of a four piece band) were beginning to separate.

that truly is a great song.

It reminds me of being in the pool at the club ( I swam competively when I was younger) and that song would come over the loudspeakers and fill the air.

KungPaoChic wrote:
It reminds me of being in the pool at the club ( I swam competively when I was younger) and that song would come over the loudspeakers and fill the air.

dude...creepy. same thing here! i shit you not. so, you totally got the weirdness, as you'd bring your ear up out of the water, to take a breath?

breast stroke here. what was your discipline?

GK photo wrote:
dude...creepy. same thing here! i shit you not. so, you totally got the weirdness, as you'd bring your ear up out of the water, to take a breath?

breast stroke here. what was your discipline?

yup. Same. Breast Stroke and I swam the medley too -- but I had to have the coach get in the pool with me so I could really get the rhythm of the butterfly. IMO that is the hardest stroke to swim.

I think if I tried to swim a lap of the fly now I'd probably stroke out.

KungPaoChic wrote:

yup. Same. Breast Stroke and I swam the medley too -- but I had to have the coach get in the pool with me so I could really get the rhythm of the butterfly. IMO that is the hardest stroke to swim.

I think if I tried to swim a lap of the fly now I'd probably stroke out.

definitely. i could barely make 100 meters in butterfly. i liked swimming breast in the medleys. second up. i did the occasional freestyle in the medleys, but loved bs.

when i see it now, it's nothing like it used to be. back when i swam, if your noggin went fully underwater, it was an automatic dq. hell, nowadays, half the swimming goes on underwater.

GK photo wrote:
definitely. i could barely make 100 meters in butterfly. i liked swimming breast in the medleys. second up. i did the occasional freestyle in the medleys, but loved bs.

when i see it now, it's nothing like it used to be. back when i swam, if your noggin went fully underwater, it was an automatic dq. hell, nowadays, half the swimming goes on underwater.

Oh yeah I remember that. Can not dip head under water. But I swam the individual medley so I had to swim all 4 strokes. Supposedly I had really good strokes but I drag one hand in the freestyle when I am tired.

I can remember just pushing to get through the fly portion and being so grateful when you got to sprint the freestyle at the end.

Another song that was kind of like that with the loudspeaker was Elton John -- Someone Saved my Life Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw2Lptf7K0E

But nowhere near as powerful as 10CC.

KungPaoChic wrote:
Oh yeah I remember that. Can not dip head under water. But I swam the individual medley so I had to swim all 4 strokes. Supposedly I had really good strokes but I drag one hand in the freestyle when I am tired.

I can remember just pushing to get through the fly portion and being so grateful when you got to sprint the freestyle at the end.

oh, fuck me. i could never get through an im. we used to have those silly pennant strings at both ends of the pools, for you to gauge flip turns on the backstroke. yep, i was always off by at least one stroke. either smashed my arm into the wall, or was left hanging like tom brady, looking for a high five.

and that elton tune was definitely one of his better efforts. i believe that was on captain fantastic. which was underrated, but had some great tunes.

GK photo wrote:

oh, fuck me. i could never get through an im. we used to have those silly pennant strings at both ends of the pools, for you to gauge flip turns on the backstroke. yep, i was always off by at least one stroke. either smashed my arm into the wall, or was left hanging like tom brady, looking for a high five.

and that elton tune was definitely one of his better efforts. i believe that was on captain fantastic. which was underrated, but had some great tunes.

I am split on elton John -- I like his earlier work  from Tumbleweed Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEQkRq_xrw Burn down the Mission and of course Rocket Man, Goodby Yellow Brick Road, Harmony but I some of his later stuff is too schloky for me.

KungPaoChic wrote:

Saw them in concert so many times -- good times

it reminded me of these guys for some reason . . . same era I guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWqD7GyJBVM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VHHcd0M_o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nyt57LxWy8

ELP - Karn Evil #9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLS0Med0s6E

J O H N  A L L A N wrote:

ELP - Karn Evil #9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLS0Med0s6E

still one of the best lp packages ever. i think i'm still unfolding it.

giger, ftw.

Chris Rifkin wrote:
OK..king of the obscure
bands nobody has ever heard of,I see some are opeminded here,so take a listen

from Italy..this band has been on my repeat play the past 2 weeks-
Kingcrow

here are 3 awesome tracks,the beauty,ambience,prog,and just awesome harmonies...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK4y57DKhTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9OYxbajywI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Giy35m410

Have not finished listening yet but I liked the first song -- reminded me a little of Queensryche "Silent Lucidity". Loved the second song. He is a fantastic guitarist. Just listening to the third song now.

Very bouncy, very happy.

Chris Rifkin wrote:
OK..king of the obscure
bands nobody has ever heard of,I see some are opeminded here,so take a listen

from Italy..this band has been on my repeat play the past 2 weeks-
Kingcrow

here are 3 awesome tracks,the beauty,ambience,prog,and just awesome harmonies...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK4y57DKhTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9OYxbajywI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Giy35m410

Nice!  *goes to find more to listen to*  that's really nice!

Now, since we are being tolerant and listening to stuff outside our boxes.  Here is a historical piece.  Back in the day when stereo was brand new - two recording buffs started a company recording high fidelity train recordings - the sounds of rain and thunderstorms.  etc.  (I shit you not there was a album titled ""Steam Railroading Under Thundering Skies,")  of railroad and thunderstorms.  One night as a joke, a DJ played some easy listening tunes and this album together and got quite the response.  Later the Mystic Moods Orchestra was created, that intentionally mixed instrumentals and environmental sounds.  I guarantee that nothing much like this has been heard in a generation, or two - but for many of you gentle readers - your parents (or grandparents) may well have been conceived to the Mystic Moods -

mystic moods/ Fire Island -  Rain and then the thunderclap at about :37  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOnhlJylltg

Play this for them - and see if grampa and grandma remember

(also, the youtube recording is a pitiful and weak version - with headphones, you can hear the wind and individual raindrops falling along with the music)

KungPaoChic wrote:

Have not finished listening yet but I liked the first song -- reminded me a little of Queensryche "Silent Lucidity". Loved the second song. He is a fantastic guitarist. Just listening to the third song now.

Very bouncy, very happy.

yeah,definitely a huge Pink Floyd influence with these guys...This is kinda a new wave of Prog metal..started with Porquipine Tree,then Anathema started their Pink Floyd phase from being a doom/death band to what they are now..then Riverside came along in 2003 and became the standard bearers in this style(as did Wolverine)
Its more a mellow,moody prog metal influences heavilhy by Tool,Pink Floyd,Dream Theater a bit...

this is another band that is more Tool than anything..think Tool,ambient 80's styled keys,and Muse
Leprous-The Price(really cool video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9Qd_84YZs

GK photo wrote:

i got to see yes in both their wakeman, and moraz eras. i passed on the rabin years, and anything sense. yes, ca. 1973 through 1977/8, was a great fucking concert. they had so many tunes that were (for lack of a better term) epic. they had no fear of playing three or four 20 minute tunes during their shows.

awaken=awesome
close to the edge=religion
any of the tunes from tales=mind blowing
gates of delirium=i still can't believe i saw them do that...and fucking nail it

yes, pink floyd and zeppelin put on shows that i'll never forget. not that the other 500 or shows i saw i'll eve forget, but bands like that did concerts that were transcendent. they are standouts, in a long list of great concert experiences.

the only thing that has come close in the last decade or so was seeing tool a couple times. i've still never seen opeth live, but i'm afraid i couldn't hang with the crowds.

Opeth don't do much of the growlie stuff anymore because(like I posted)Mikael's voice is shot
even when they were a growlie prog band,little if any moshing

Chris Rifkin wrote:
Opeth don't do much of the growlie stuff anymore because(like I posted)Mikael's voice is shot
even when they were a growlie prog band,little if any moshing

it ain't moshing i'd be concerned about. i'm an old school cbgb, city gardens, fender ballroom regular.

the live videos i've seen, the crowds seemed a little, i don't know, unruly. akerfeldt himself seems to berate them. plus, whenever they play out here, it's always at some weird ass place i've never even heard of. they played on my birthday last year (maybe the year before) at some place way out in agoura. i didn't feel like making the trek.

Chris Rifkin wrote:
OK..king of the obscure
bands nobody has ever heard of,I see some are opeminded here,so take a listen

from Italy..this band has been on my repeat play the past 2 weeks-
Kingcrow

here are 3 awesome tracks,the beauty,ambience,prog,and just awesome harmonies...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK4y57DKhTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9OYxbajywI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Giy35m410

I like the third one the best. They are all good. There is not enough time in the day to listen to everything!

Chris Rifkin wrote:

yeah,definitely a huge Pink Floyd influence with these guys...This is kinda a new wave of Prog metal..started with Porquipine Tree,then Anathema started their Pink Floyd phase from being a doom/death band to what they are now..then Riverside came along in 2003 and became the standard bearers in this style(as did Wolverine)
Its more a mellow,moody prog metal influences heavilhy by Tool,Pink Floyd,Dream Theater a bit...

this is another band that is more Tool than anything..think Tool,ambient 80's styled keys,and Muse
Leprous-The Price(really cool video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9Qd_84YZs

Me likey. I actually liked a lot of that entire album.

I got one for you.

Riverside -- Dance with the Shadow -- 46.37 mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5OVUBDK2Po

KungPaoChic wrote:

Me likey. I actually liked a lot of that entire album.

I got one for you.

Riverside -- Dance with the Shadow -- 46.37 mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5OVUBDK2Po

I already have every song  Riverside has ever recorded(except for Rainbow Trip,which was on one of their limited EP releases..)
As I think they are in an area that only Rush occupies at the very top..
New albu coming out in sept...already love the new song...
Will be seeing them at Prog Power in atl..