Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Didn't think Twice!

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby kath » 17 Mar 2017, 21:24

echoes of triumvirate i hear, what is that classical riff i am not currently remembering? mwhahahaha.

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby kath » 17 Mar 2017, 21:25

Hugh wrote:I believe Oliver Wakeman - or it might have been Adam - played with a reformed version of the band which is kind of ironic.


why yes, it is.

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby C » 17 Mar 2017, 21:26

kath wrote:echoes of triumvirate i hear, what is that classical riff i am not currently remembering? mwhahahaha.


Almost Aaron Copland







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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby kath » 17 Mar 2017, 21:26

kath wrote:echoes of triumvirate i hear, what is that classical riff i am not currently remembering? mwhahahaha.


or maybe i was thinkin of ELP. lord help my brain.

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

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C wrote:
kath wrote:echoes of triumvirate i hear, what is that classical riff i am not currently remembering? mwhahahaha.


Almost Aaron Copland







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maybe that's it. cheers. it will come to me later, surely, if i only drink more.

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby Spock! » 17 Mar 2017, 21:27

kath wrote:
it is amazing, is it not, how some albums you heard at a formative time just seem to cut a new synaptic route in yer brain, one that never leaves you.






Very true. Music clearly reaches a spot for some that nothing else can reach and a strong visceral reaction happens.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby Nancy » 17 Mar 2017, 21:27

Hugh wrote:I believe Oliver Wakeman - or it might have been Adam - played with a reformed version of the band which is kind of ironic.


It was Oliver. Played with them at ROSfest 2007.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby C » 17 Mar 2017, 21:28

Okay - he sings like Anderson but he does it bloody well - as does all the instrumentation

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Postby C » 17 Mar 2017, 21:29

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby Spock! » 17 Mar 2017, 21:30

Hugh wrote:Cowbell?



Heard some sleigh bells earlier - there's a wooden sounding instrument beating out - not sure what.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

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Ah, C's nailed it.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby kath » 17 Mar 2017, 21:31

C wrote:Okay - he sings like Anderson but he does it bloody well - as does all the instrumentation

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i agree. as i said before, i don't mind at all if a band sounds like another band, as long as they do it well and in enjoyable ways. this is full of skill and ear-catchability and variety.

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

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C wrote:Image

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ohhhh, what is that?? i need one.

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby Hugh » 17 Mar 2017, 21:32

I thought it was maybe a damped cowbell. Beware of the damped cowbell.

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C wrote:Image

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby Hugh » 17 Mar 2017, 21:32

Out! Out! Damped cowbell.

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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby Nancy » 17 Mar 2017, 21:33

The guitar player definitely has the Steve Howe thing down.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby C » 17 Mar 2017, 21:33

kath wrote:
C wrote:Image

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ohhhh, what is that?? i need one.


Technically called a 'wooden block'






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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!

Postby Spock! » 17 Mar 2017, 21:33

Not hugely familiar with Yes - but I'm starting to like the sound of this vocalist - not as strident as Anderson can be.
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