Supreme Court declines to hear lawsuit vs. the Beastie Boys

[kexodusc]

Any which way, I also see made mention(more than once) of a group named "Porcupine Tree"...Do porcupines climb trees? Are there trees that feel like porcupines? An odd name that...sort of like "Moby Grape", just an odd juxtaposition of unrelated words is my guess. But I digress(as I oftimes do)...

1. Deadwing...Grand Funk Railroad meets CSN...what's with the wispering bit?

2. Shallow...Led Zep meets Yes

3. Lazarus...pure pop for now people...

4. Halo...what's with all the vocal effects?

5. Arriving...Pink Floyd with harmonies...

6. Mellotron...Deep Purple meets Van Halen meets Yes

7. Open Car...Deep Purple meets Peter Gabriel

8. Something Beautiful...very Yes-y

9. Glass Arm...sort of ELO

10. So-called Friend...sort of Black Sabbath doing a Kashmir thing

11.Half Light...again, what's with all the vocal effects...vocalizers/harmonizers, band-pass limiters so it sounds like a phone conversation...a little bit goes a long way...

Uh-oh.

[Resident Loser]

Uh-oh.

I did like it...there is just a generational "but" involved...

jimHJJ(...please elaborate...)

[kexodusc]

I did like it...there is just a generational "but" involved...

jimHJJ(...please elaborate...)

Sorry Jim, just some forum humour. Glad you enjoyed it.
Around here Porcupine Tree is highly regarded...I suspect there might be a few champing at the bit over your comments.
There's generally excellent studio work on most of their albums, I hope you didn't judge them on a computer! Their a refreshing approach to artsy/progressive/hard-rock.

[kexodusc]

RL: Well, derivative it all may be, but, I'm not sure you could name one artist/group, jazz, classical, or otherwise that truly wasn't derivative - one in which we don't hear just a hint of somebody else? We could play that game forever (or at least until the beginning of time).

Matthew Sweet and Ben Folds were a few good pop rock recommendations...I would add Tori Amos to that (now there's one I really DON'T find too derivative at all, though the lyrics can be a bit much at times when they're just too honest).

I see you've already found Allison Krauss...derivitive or otherwise, she's not all that bad, and she knows how to make a great sounding record.

Porcupine Tree is one of my personal favs (and I suspect that of many others here)..."Deadwing" isn't their best work, but it's a solid effort......Can't believe you hear anything remotely Zeppelin OR Van Halen in them....LOL

Floyd, Gabriel, Yes, and ELO, well definitely, but, if you're like me, and dig those groups too, it's all good.

I'm all for groups using the internet to their advantage and allowing you to sample, but I have to confess (err, explain), that I didn't know Porcupine Tree existed (or dozens of others for that matter) until I received by mail some samples of their material (illegally shared). This compilation trading exercise is more common than you might think. Is it moral? Perhaps not. Do the ends justify the means???? IMO, sometimes they do. Judge me all you want. Lucky for me, I don't answer to you - I'm sure I'll get mine in the end...but in the meantime, life is good.

[Resident Loser]

Can't believe you hear anything remotely Zeppelin OR Van Halen in them....

Since I'm not sure if your foolin' with me or not, I'll bite...

"Shallow" strikes me as being kin to "The Ocean" from "Houses Of The Holy" at least musically and in "Mellotron" I think I hear a little Eddie Van Halen-like guitar...

jimHJJ(...but that's OK I still liked it...)