tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post7732858624468826328..comments2023-11-27T01:40:12.441-08:00Comments on EATEN BY DUCKS: Just some bits and bobsMarcel Ruijtershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364661262187868819noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-82775821930881772022009-09-24T12:15:27.555-07:002009-09-24T12:15:27.555-07:00While I dont think many people would argue that Pr...While I dont think many people would argue that Prog generally went downhill at the start of the 80s,, I still love a lot of the new style stuff. IQ, Frost, Porcupine Tree and alot of the prog metal stuff is often marred by an overproduced and artificial sound,, but the songs underneath are still incredible to me. <br /> Frost were a real tough one for me, because I loathed the production and the almost boyband-ish vocals scared me away,, but I persevered and I found an amazing band under all that. Milliontown is one of the best 20 minute prog epics I've ever heard.<br /> I love Cairo too. Their music reminds me of mullets, but I think they are fucking awesome.Robert Adam Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030109275684859704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-18523538073672443602009-09-21T16:45:02.405-07:002009-09-21T16:45:02.405-07:00about the residents:
most definitely check out &qu...about the residents:<br />most definitely check out "eskimo"! while at it, try their "discomo" aswell.<br />then also "commercial album", "third reich´n´roll" & "gingerbread man".<br />R´n´R,<br />crippaXXXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-63292304427190064862009-09-20T23:20:42.016-07:002009-09-20T23:20:42.016-07:00Yes, i watched the videos - quite a nice overview ...Yes, i watched the videos - quite a nice overview of prog (i forgot that comus was in there).It all gets a bit dodgy by the late seventies/eighties, when overproduction and formality begins to take over. The craziness and the links to the psychedelic underground seem to dissolve in a cloud of purple smoke.Punk rock was certainly welcome by then.(Not to say that there werent good bands and albums left, but still....)<br /> the best thing about those vids is seeing the great artwork used on the covers, even some of the modern albums.theres nothing quite like a seven minute organ solo wrapped up in a trippy sci fi nightmare gatefold sleeve!lord cornelius plumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-78838377779932151692009-09-20T13:17:27.935-07:002009-09-20T13:17:27.935-07:00Did you watch those 3 videos I posted last week? T...Did you watch those 3 videos I posted last week? They had Egg, Khan, Comus and some of the others you mentioned.Robert Adam Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030109275684859704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-89336857563623814102009-09-20T12:46:45.941-07:002009-09-20T12:46:45.941-07:00lol! Youre not the first to think im Dave Gregory!...lol! Youre not the first to think im Dave Gregory!!And one guy in Brazil thought i was a real lord!<br /> Sorry to dissapoint you,i just stole the Dukes name when i first got a computer. It suits me better than him anyway.<br /> I imagine Lord Cornelius Plum to be a cross between Brian Jones and Jerry Cornelius, leering down Carnaby Street in a velvet suit tripping his head off.A foppish acid dandy.<br /> Phaedra is a great album, but the early ones (Zeit, Atem, Electronic Meditations) are very strange and dark, almost proto dark ambient.Try Brainticket too, a great swiss band.And Aphrodites Childs'666 album , an amazing concept album about the end of the world and the biblical apocalypse.I think id better stop with the recommendations now before i get carried away.lord cornelius plumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-39676839253943845542009-09-20T10:00:28.236-07:002009-09-20T10:00:28.236-07:00Thanks for all the recommendations,, I'm alrea...Thanks for all the recommendations,, I'm already a fan of Van Der Graaf Generator, I've got Tangerine Dream's Phaedra and quite a few of those bands have been on my lists I've been mentioning in the past few weeks, but more wont hurt,, but my main thing in terms of prog is the symphonic stuff.<br /><br /> I like the Wenske art. Thanks. <br /><br /> Are you Dave Gregory?Robert Adam Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030109275684859704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-45565618503204294812009-09-20T08:31:54.651-07:002009-09-20T08:31:54.651-07:00oh, and check out the art of HELMUT WENSKE too.ps...oh, and check out the art of HELMUT WENSKE too.psychedelic krautrock sci fi apocalypse supremelord cornelius plumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-38087947734353880842009-09-20T08:28:12.998-07:002009-09-20T08:28:12.998-07:00Jacula, though admittedly great, most certainly we...Jacula, though admittedly great, most certainly werent the first horror themed band.Hard to pick who were first, but maybe Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages? Certainly horror and rock n roll have been hand in hand since the beginning.<br /> If you like Jacula and Egg, try finding albums by Amon Duul 2,Khan,Comus (especially comus),Black Widow,Van Der Graff Generator,Il Balletto Di Bronzo,Horrific Child,Necronomicon(the german 70s band),Silberbart,Modulo 1000 and the first four tangerine dream albums. But this is just the tip of a huge iceberg that ive been exploring for 20 years or more....<br /> The Residents are all good, but the best ones are the first five or six. The funniest is "Third Reich and Roll", the strangest(and my favourite) is "Eskimo". a good live version of the Mole Show would be essential too.Thier movies can be found here:<br />http://www.surrealmoviez.info/news.php <br /><br /> And heres a motivational sign :<br /> "artists are gnostics who practice that which the priests think is forgotten" (its a quote from Hugo Ball, i think)lord cornelius plumnoreply@blogger.com