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guilddigger wrote:Children in Sweden have the opportunity to learn to play an instrument in the communal music school for free.
That could be the reason.

Really? How excellent.

Very Nice! Thanks for the link My pleasure. :) very cool - nice to see the Stick (& it's variants) being used to such good effect.. Yep - the instrumentation they employ is wonderful. Thats awesome, so much it the spirit of Yes, thanks again. What was the spirit of Yes. Yes hasn't a spirit anything...

Hey all. :) Crank up the volume and see what you think of this: "L'arbre" - (The Tree) <object width="420" height="339"> <embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xp9bj" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="420" height="339"></object> Lazuli ...

Travel! By necessity, living in the north of Sweden, I usually have to travel a bit to see my favourite artists. Sometimes even abroad.. Having said that; my other musical Gods, Jethro Tull, actually played in my hometown a couple of years ago! I wonder if I could convince YES to do the same? :D Be...

BTW Amy, do check out Unitopia, I think you would really like them. The title track of The Garden has been compared to Supper's Ready, and it's not too off the mark. Gosh, I've never heard of any song being compared to "Supper's Ready"...that certainly sounds intriguing. Thanks for the info, Linda!

Magnification was a tremendous disappointment for me. Somewhere I read that Yes was attempting to reach back and use a "70s formula" with this album, but you certainly can never go back again. There was nothing progressive and adventurous going on here, with its mostly-insipid, saccharine lyrics an...

[font="][font=Verdana]I think the fact that I've been a Yes and Genesis fan for so long has predisposed me to favor bands (consciously and otherwise) which draw at least some of their influence from these T-Rexes of the prog world. The following are bands that I like very, very much...

Other ones.

Hey, Barry White had a cool voice, even if he wasn't prog! Greg Lake has a sensual voice, but to me, that's a GOOD thing . . . guess I didn't perceive him as a sleaze though . . . Nah, not a sleaze...just someone "looking for opportunity". A lot of his work is too in yer face. I like it more subtle...

Oh, man... I didn't even think about Greg Lake... the quality of the vocals in "C'est La Vie".... man, that send chills up and down my spine every time I hear it. Not to mention his work with King Crimson - for a PRIME example, the entire "Court of the Crimson King" album... just phenomenal..... Gr...

Tomfoolery wrote:Concentrate? Ain't that what store bought orange juice and grapefruit juice are made from?

Not "Tropicana" Orange Juice. No concentrate there, baby...

You'd be a fool not to drink "Tropicana".

I love the Song Of Seven album, but I mainly only listen to side two of that album these days. Days/Song Of Seven, is such a wonderful pairing, don't you think? Yes, I do think - very well. Tom Curiano stated on another site that it's fairly recent - since Jon's illness, and that they have some pla...

guilddigger wrote:Oh, somebody misses me?
Rest assure, I am still around but my schedule is too limited to actually participate in conversations.
But I am alive and kicking!

Jeepers. I missed you. I was just too bashful to say so.

Glad you're alive, kicking, and decided to check in here, Tom!

And it can only be your top ten. I make the rules in this thread, so there. I guess I'll go first - but make sure you go, too. I'm sure you've some different voices than I do, and I want to know what I'm missing. 1. Jon Anderson 2. Freddie Mercury 3. Ian Anderson 4. Francesco di Giacomo (Banco del M...

For the life of me, I've never understood Ozzy Osbourne's vocal appeal.

So where the heck is IAN Anderson? And Eddie Vedder...rock and roll grit and anguish personified...I love his voice. Lots more in the prog vein, too. Hm, that gives me an idea for my Thread of the Month.

Greenglade's Frog wrote:What does thread have to do with squirrels, the unacknowledged legislators of the suburbs?

I have a great idea. Start a thread on Squirrels; The Unacknowledged Legislators of the Suburbs.

That's about the funniest thing I've read from you in months - I mean it.

tribute1969 wrote:
Buy yourself a "drain snake" for that shower drain gunk problem...

Who said anything about a problem?

Would anyone fancy a discussion on staplers? Shower drain gunk? Tire pressure gauges? Uvulas?


What's the topic of this thread, anyway?

Nothing wrong with ruffling feathers, unless it results in hurling invectives and ugly free-for-alls. We have had way too much of that in the last month or two. That's about as inspired as Jerry Springer or whoever does those kind of talk shows these days. Given the overblown reactions of late, I s...

I DO like the "Title" of this thread... Nil Recurring is on right now!! Enjoying the discussions..... I like the title, too... "Suffocating the Bloom" by Echolyn is on right now. Yes, prog is quite larger than "The Big Five", who, for the most part, starting sputtering out years ago. I wouldn't exp...

Speak for yourself.... Well, I'm not speaking for anyone else - at least as far as I can tell. Should anyone have the forthrightness to agree with me (and publicly) remains to be seen. I agree with you, Happy... in fact, that's the point - we're all busy people with lives outside the webworld; & wi...

I just think the Yestalkers are better looking.... Not all of them are. A little wise-assness wouldn't hurt this place, either. A little going-against-the-grain, and a little ruffling of feathers to inspire conversation. Peacocks and beans are dull after the fifty-sixth mention of them, and so are ...

Without wishing to revisit the issues surfaced in a similarly names thread (...) it does seem to me this is something we need to be clear about.. A lot of the posters here also visit & contribute to Yesfans, which does seem the more active forum. But yet here we are.. so it seems to me we ought to ...

You mean we're not all robots and androids?! Darn! Oh, that was my first wife...anyway.... Facial expressions, body language work for me too, being a professional recruiter, counselor, concierge, customer service person...I rely on them. Emails,postings and chat rooms are a little like Russian Roul...

When an attorney says "poo-head" at least three times in one communique, I sit up and take notice.

Thanks very much everyone - I must say that I don't feel a day over 25 - hard to believe I'm four years older than that.
Actually, 45 feels better than I think it looks. Though oddly enough, it's looking younger all the time.

Some thoughts of mine on Billy's comments. I preface this by saying I IN NO WAY mean for this to be adversarial or negatively provocative. But maybe some food for thought for anyone who cares to consume. For the record... here's some of my thoughts on the topic or off topic as the case may be Basing...

sound_chaser wrote:Baaah!



And Humbug.

Sometimes, sheep can be wolves in sheep's clothing, you know.

tardistraveler wrote:I can't watch this at work, unfortunately . . . you're not suggesting we barbecue Greenglade's peacocks, are you???

By "peacocks", you mean..."peacocks"...right??

I have some musical heroes, some whom I've met, and in meeting them, it's sometimes been tough not to feel star-struck - if a musician floors me with his or her music, I do put them on a pedestal - 'cos music matters so much to me, and I am so impressed with a person who can make music that makes me...