Posts by foxfeeder

  • Fish about the Genesis album "Selling England"

    Quote from FeelItComing

    I love Another Murder Of A Day and Shortcut To Somewhere. However I must be the only person who has never heard any work by either Fish or Marillion.

    I got into them at the time, 1983, though the first 3 albums did leave you thinking "That's how Genesis would have arranged that" at every turn. Script is great, Fugazi, the follow-up has one good track, Assassing, and the rest is awful. Then Childhood's End and Clutching at Straws are great too, but after Fish left, I did too and got his first 2 solo albums. Vigil is very good and surprisingly varied, with very touching ballads rubbing shoulders with biting satire.


    His next album was Songs From The Mirror, a covers album of mostly prog which influenced him, I Know What I Like being one of them. Question, by the Moodies, also features.


    You must've heard Kayleigh, surely?


    As for More Fool Me shaping Phil's solo work, yes, I could see similarity with the 3 slow tracks on Face Value.

  • RIP Thread!!

    Helen McRory, like Paul Ritter, far too young to go, and also prolific and a great talent. A sad reminder that Covid is not the only departure lounge!


    RIP

  • RIP Thread!!

    Indeed, the end of an era. The majority of Brits have lived under the same monarch and consort all their lives. Quite an achievement, for want of a better word. RIP

  • RIP Thread!!

    RIP Paul Ritter, brain tumour, age 54, gone far too soon.


    Not exactly a household name to many, but you will have seen him, recent roles include Friday Night Dinner, Belgravia, Chernobyl, Vera, and The Limehouse Golem. Good in all of them, and more.

  • [SPOILERS] GENESIS 2021 setlist discussion

    Quote from thewatcher

    It was always one of my favorites from that album and I would love to hear it live, but i think they are more likely to play dark side of the moon (in it's entirety). For some reason, I can see them giving many too many a whirl just to excite the long term fans, but undertow I put in the same bucket as seven stones in terms of probability.

    Are Pink Floyd Guesting? Wow! Must get a ticket.


    But, seriously...... Mad Man Moon, right? ;)

  • Lack of Archival Releases or expanded editions

    Exactly.


    Worth mentioning binaural recordings that allowed headphones to give a surround effect as they were recorded using a dummy head to recreate the way your ears hear. The track Suicide? by BJH ends with a fabulous binaural recording of the songs story, the moment when he steps out of the lift motor room door on the roof, and you hear a dog barking in the distance, will make you look round! :)

  • Carpet Crawlers 99 - Question

    Quote from Witchwood

    Always struck me as an attempt to add bells and whistles to a song that was beautiful in its original simplicity.

    Compared to the studio version or any live performance of this song I've heard from any era, this is easily my least favourite.

    I agree, it's just a cash-in attempt. You can tel Peter & Phil are on it, and you can hear the bit of Steve they left in, but frankly, the rest of it could be Trevor Horn. Absolutely nothing signature or trademark Tony & Mike here.

  • Lack of Archival Releases or expanded editions

    Quote from gianlucavalenti

    5.1 is the past.....Dolby Atmos is the present.

    40 years in the future, maybe. It's taken until the last 10 years or so for 5.1 to finally bring quad-in-effect (a late 69's/early 70's NOW tech) to not even the masses, just the enthusiasts. Plus the record industry are always slow to catch on, CD caught engineers on the hop in the 1980's, and it was a good few years before many finally got their heads round copyright flags, use of subcodes, and even correct use of masters.


    I won't be holding my breath (except when people don't socially distance while walking past!)

  • Chester Thompson interview in US Rolling Stone (4th Feb 2021)

    Quote from absinthe_boy

    I don't actually understand what your point is and why you're so upset. So I am just leaving it here and wishing you peace.

    Upset? I'm laughing my head off! My point: people arguing about the opinions of others based on their personal viewpoint, which no one else can ever fully understand without their specific explanation. And even then...….


    Ultimately, it seems to have turned into a pissing contest. Or perhaps, a peacing contest.;)

  • RIP Thread!!

    RIP Sabine Schmitz, one of the great drivers, being a woman not a consideration. Just watched her 10 minute lap of the Nuremburg ring. Such a sad loss.