PC21 Last Round Match 8 *john aka josh 10- GNDT 6*

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PC21 Last Round Match 8 *john aka josh 10- GNDT 6*

Postby never/ever » 25 Apr 2021, 11:19

A

Nektar - Desolation Valley/Waves





B

Brian Eno - Always Returning

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby Neil Jung » 25 Apr 2021, 22:56

A A robust choice from Nektar. Saw them live in the mid seventies. Excellent light show.
B Broad church time.

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby Good Night Austin, Texas » 26 Apr 2021, 00:16

What a match. Nektar ebbs and flows but also rocks. It's jazzy & atmospheric and get's the thumbs up.
However that Eno track is amazing as i look out the window at the setimg sun.

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby kath » 26 Apr 2021, 02:45

geezuss, people. mwhaha.

i was so sure i was gonna go nektar, cuz it is just fantastic. (yes, i even have a coffee cup with this album cover on it. i would take a pic of it and show y'all, but in the last month, my iphone is no longer sending pics to my email, and i dunno why. if anyone who is *not* a tech-idjut could help me, PM me. thanks in advance.)

anyway, then i heard B. and whatever it is, it made my eyes water up. it did. leave me alone.


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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby C » 26 Apr 2021, 21:43

Eno, Eno & Lanois's Atmospheres & Soundtracks is a fantastic album - full of emotions and some of the most beautiful music ever written

Up against a great Nektar track.

A very tough match but I'm going:

-+B+-





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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby toomanyhatz » 26 Apr 2021, 22:41

A gets a nice groove going but overstays its welcome. B is lovely.
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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby Purgatory Brite » 27 Apr 2021, 09:09

Nektar are what prog is about!

The Eno track is splendid in it's own way, but not today thanks ...

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby Jumper K » 27 Apr 2021, 16:57

Confession time. In my going down the prog wormhole doing a bit of research I came across Nektar, and I like it. Its just on the right side of twee naffness that I can get with. I almost picked a Nectar track but went with something a little more modern, and noisy, shall we say.
B sounds like any Spacemen 3, Spiritualised track I've ever listened to. I've only ever listened to that sort of thing out of my mind on nefarious substances. I never touch anything these days and I'm not going to start in an attempt to appreciate this. You know when Eno did the Bloom and Trope apps? He obviously created this on them. You could too. Whilst asleep.
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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby pcqgod » 28 Apr 2021, 03:34

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby never/ever » 30 Apr 2021, 22:33

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby Neige » 02 May 2021, 11:49

Hated to have it stop so abruptly, but A is a great pick

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby Spock! » 02 May 2021, 21:15

Very contrasting songs, both excellent in their own very different ways.

If I want to get lost in music, Nektar.
If I want to get lost in a book, Eno.



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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby LMG » 02 May 2021, 22:22

Nektar goes nowhere in particular and doesn't know this.
Eno goes nowhere at all and not only knows it, he says 'and what of it?'.

The smartarse.

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby trans-chigley express » 03 May 2021, 12:25

A is a fine Nektar track. I always enjoy these guys when they crop up on Prog Cups but don't actually own anything by them.

The Eno track was lovely, my kind of ambient.

Two tracks from albums that I'd be interested in getting hold of so a tight match but I'm going for the Proggier of the two.

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Postby fange » 03 May 2021, 13:20

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby Lord Rother » 04 May 2021, 17:45

There's something a bit Flower Kingsy about Nektar and they are rather hit and miss for me.

I quite enjoyed the Eno track, which surprised me.

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Re: PC21 Last Round Match 8

Postby never/ever » 06 May 2021, 00:45

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