Posted by Nolol on 1/31/2008, 1:00 pm, in reply to "Re: The Carpet Crawlers remake sucks ass"
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I haven't listened to enough prog to call judgment yet. The only prog band I'm into right now is Genesis, and even then I only have a few albums (Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Selling England).
As much as I love the guitar, I certainly do recognize that some songs can benefit from having only a very minimal amount of guitar, or none at all. "Less is more" and all that, even if I'm not the biggest synth fan (though that's probably just due to my growing up hating the 80's). When used correctly, synths can be wonderful though.
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: Yeah, the new Carpet Crawlers did suck. Also,
: I would like to add that due to the Sci Fi
: nature of The Lamb, the synths work
: magically... I actually think more Hackett
: would detract from the feel of the album.
: Well... maybe a little more wouldn't have
: hurt.
:
: And I also think Genesis is the best prog
: band. Call it childhood attachment, but I
: always get a warm, fuzzy feeling when I
: listen to their albums. And it doesn't hurt
: that England is my favorite album of all
: time.
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: yeah im sorry but i question your taste a
: bit
: Ricky.. haha. no worries.
:
: also.. how the hell can you hate The
: Lamia!??? its beautiful. thats possibly my
: 2nd favorite on there (or 1st, but theres
: way too many to choose between, "In The
: Cage" is fantastic, "Carpet
: Crawlers" is an obvious winner and no,
: the remake is WAY worse, and "Fly On A
: Windshield" is REALLY powerful after it
: picks up)
:
: and yeah, its not at all a guitar-dominated
: album, but so what? guitars are overused (i
: play guitar, and wish i played piano instead
: to be honest.. or bass, thats an ever-useful
: instrument) usually, and Steve Hackett's
: unbelievable restraint and incredible taste
: when playing (my GOD) is mind-blowing. the
: guitar moments wouldnt be as special if he
: wanked everywhere like Howe (who is great in
: his own way). in fact, thats why "The
: Supernatural Anaethetist" cheapens
: things so much, nobody needs a
: whole-song-guitar-solo, it kills Steve's
: presence.
:
: but yeah The Wall is absolutely no match for
: it, and I'd say the only Floyd albums that
: are at all are Wish You Were Here and
: Animals (though i really do enjoy Meddle
: easily as much as those two, but its
: objectively not as good filler-wise). and i
: would still in no circumstance call either
: one better than The Lamb. Peter Gabriel
: Genesis > the rest of prog combined.. no
: joke
:
: --Previous Message--
: the original is so much better it's not even
: funny. what was the point of remakeing it
: anyway?
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