Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Didn't think Twice!
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!
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!
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!
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!
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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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!
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!
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!
Okay - he sings like Anderson but he does it bloody well - as does all the instrumentation
Robust stuff
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Robust stuff
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
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Kath needs one!
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!
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!
Ah, C's nailed it.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!
C wrote:Okay - he sings like Anderson but he does it bloody well - as does all the instrumentation
Robust stuff
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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.
oof whipcrackin. don't tell mrs c
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!
C wrote:
Kath needs one!
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ohhhh, what is that?? i need one.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!
I thought it was maybe a damped cowbell. Beware of the damped cowbell.
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C wrote:
Kath needs one!
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Our anniversary is coming up... thanks for the gift idea!
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!
The guitar player definitely has the Steve Howe thing down.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Starcastle, Now playing!
kath wrote:C wrote:
Kath needs one!
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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!
Not hugely familiar with Yes - but I'm starting to like the sound of this vocalist - not as strident as Anderson can be.