phanan
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Axver said:Andrew, when you listen to Up The Downstair, pay particular attention to the closer, Fadeaway.
It's challenging Piano Lessons for the title of my favourite Porcupine Tree song.
Great minds think alike.
Axver said:Andrew, when you listen to Up The Downstair, pay particular attention to the closer, Fadeaway.
It's challenging Piano Lessons for the title of my favourite Porcupine Tree song.
phanan said:After that, you can go back to the Stupid Dream/Lightbulb Sun era and listen to Recordings (which has songs that didn't make those albums). It's worth listening to just for the full version of Even Less and Buying New Soul.
phanan said:
You've certainly been jumping around.
Listen to Fear next, and then you'll be caught up with everything from Stupid Dream on (except for the Recordings compilation).
After that, you can go back to the Stupid Dream/Lightbulb Sun era and listen to Recordings (which has songs that didn't make those albums). It's worth listening to just for the full version of Even Less and Buying New Soul.
Then there's quite a bit from the earlier era to still check out. I'd probably go with Up The Downstair at some point. It has one of my favorite songs from those years on it - Fadeaway.
the tourist said:I'll make sure to do that. I noticed that the Piano Lessons single wasn't on that site Phanan linked us to.... Any way anyone has it and could... er... give a gift of music?
Axver said:
Just read Wikipedia's entry on Loveless about how obsessive Kevin Shields was in the whole recording process. It's almost hilarious in how over-the-top it is.
phanan said:
First Wave FTW.
Axver said:
Disappear is also an incredible song.
For most bands, Recordings would be considered their masterpiece ...
phanan said:
Great minds think alike.
phanan said:
I downloaded from somewhere, but I have no idea where.
You won't need it anyway, because the other two songs are located elsewhere on that link.
Ambulance Chasing is on Recordings, and Wake As A Gun is on Insignificance (also part of the Signify deluxe version).
the tourist said:
I've got everything from that site downloaded. I was gonna go FOABP, then Recordings, then Signify, then Stars Die, then Up the Downstair (and no order yet for after that).
phanan said:
Ah yes, forgot about Disappear.
Without a doubt, the three best songs on Recordings.
phanan said:
Stars Die is just a compilation of songs from the regular early albums, with a couple of rarities. Might as well hold off on that one.
phanan said:
Stars Die is just a compilation of songs from the regular early albums, with a couple of rarities. Might as well hold off on that one.
Axver said:
Yeah, I agree; going straight from Signify to Up The Downstair would be a smart move in my opinion.
It took me a while to get into Signify. Now I wonder why. Waiting, Sever, Every Home Is Wired, and Dark Matter are amazing. I was really impressed at how well the band did Dark Matter live. Especially in Brisbane, SW did the "crushed like a rose in the river flow/I am, I know" part beautifully.
LarryMullen's_POPAngel said:
I've seen it but haven't given it a chance yet.
I need to do my presets this weekend.
phanan said:
Signify is the one album that I don't have the physical CD for yet. I've been collecting them as I go, and while I've got it downloaded, I want the physical copy. The artwork and notes on the deluxe editions are fantastic.
And the new deluxe edition of Lightbulb Sun is out soon.
phanan said:
Signify is the one album that I don't have the physical CD for yet. I've been collecting them as I go, and while I've got it downloaded, I want the physical copy. The artwork and notes on the deluxe editions are fantastic.
And the new deluxe edition of Lightbulb Sun is out soon.
the tourist said:
The Sad Punk said:Also!: http://www.s endsp ace.com/file/7lkqct
Axver said:
Thank you!
Have you given Mezcal Head a spin yet?
The Sad Punk said:Tonight I found this Microsoft Word document that I had little memory of writing. It's a menu for a fictional restaurant where the pizzas are named after Greek Gods. It's the sort of thing you think you'd write after snorting a line but actually I think I may have been sober, possibly eagar and fully awake, while writing it.
The Sad Punk said:
I'm putting it on my iPod so I can listen to it in bed. I would play it on the PC but my brother's asleep, and I'm planning the same after my beer's done.
The Sad Punk said:
When Husker Du is your favourite band, any production sounds good.
Also!: http://www.s endsp ace.com/file/7lkqct
the tourist said:
It'd be nice to have a bit of money. Until I do, free is the way to go.
the tourist said:
What's this?
Axver said:
I have these hilarious documents from when I was about 11-14 where I wrote fictitious histories about New Zealand's railways ...
The depth of the detail is just astonishing. I really had no life. But living in Australia was pretty shit until I was about 14.