YTSEJAM digest 3888

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Date: Wed May 13 1998 - 00:13:08 EDT

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    Today's Topics:

      1) sailboats and shannon doherty
     by RASI2290@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU
      2) Re: chicks
     by belhai <belhai@drew.edu>
      3) dt/elp/dp
     by RASI2290@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU
      4) Re: SF DT show
     by Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com>
      5) Re: Kiss the Stone
     by Ville Paukkonen <ville@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>
      6) Re: prog on FII
     by Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com>
      7) ANTHRAX
     by "Vincent G. LuPone" <vgl@syspac.com>
      8) New email for summer
     by cmustard@netdot.com (Mark Lampert)
      9) Re: Full on the Mouth?
     by "Ryan P. Skadberg" <skadberg@wicked.stigmata.org>
     10) bahahah
     by "Ryan P. Skadberg" <skadberg@wicked.stigmata.org>
     11) Re: Dump...
     by Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com>
     12) Re: Rap lyrics
     by Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com>
     13) re: HOB L.A./Moshing
     by "Paul T. Fini" <fini@engineering.ucsb.edu>
     14) Re: DALI'S DILEMMA / S.F DREAM THEATER SHOW
     by drkhoe@gms.gmsnet.com (Dr. Mosh)
     15) Re: Need info on LA concerts for June
     by drkhoe@gms.gmsnet.com (Dr. Mosh)
     16) Re: HOB L.A./Moshing
     by drkhoe@gms.gmsnet.com (Dr. Mosh)
     17) TV Themes...
     by q9720680@mail.connect.usq.edu.au (Paul Dyer)
     18) Irving Plaza Bootleg Request
     by Paul Drapeau <drapeau@cs.uri.edu>
     19) Re: prog on FII
     by Matt Johnston <matt2518@gladstone.uoregon.edu>
     20) Re: prog on FII - In Defense of Peruvian Skies
     by marshallm@juno.com (Mike A Marshall)

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:39:32 -0500 (EST)
    From: RASI2290@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: sailboats and shannon doherty
    Message-ID: <01IWYFB4JLJ6002CWK@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU>

    Date sent: 12-MAY-1998 18:36:35

    >Oh, cool, a sailboat.
    >
    >D-Man spouts off yet another movie reference.

    Oooh, oooh, I know, Clerks II! I mean, uh, Mallrats!

    That movie always gets me thinking of Shannon Doherty, clinging by her
    fingernails to the fringes of the entertainment industry, just a few short
    years from a lovely career in amatuer porn films.

    Josh

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    mailto: rasi2290@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu
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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:41:00 -0500 (EST)
    From: belhai <belhai@drew.edu>
    To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: Re: chicks
    Message-ID: <Pine.PMDF.3.95.980512183950.539188546A-100000@drew.edu>

    On Tue, 12 May 1998, Steve Zebrowski wrote:

    > Seriously. The best move I ever made IN MY LIFE was when I dumped the
    > girl who gave me this same treatment in my own car.

    I hope you didn't dump her strictly for that reason. She was an all-around
    bitch, right?

    Brandon

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:51:18 -0500 (EST)
    From: RASI2290@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: dt/elp/dp
    Message-ID: <01IWYFGQYICO002CWK@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU>

    Date sent: 12-MAY-1998 18:40:54

    Ok, I'm not really in the know here. Who knows anything about this concert
    ? do all three bands have equal billing, or does one(ours) open for the
    other two? Also, how much are tickets, and where in LI is jones beach, is
    it off the LIE and if so which exit, blah blah blah?

    And when in august is it?

    >it was beautiful. I suppose my aversion to Celine Dion clouded
    >my judgment. Enough Celine Dion comments for now.

    Perhaps your aversion stems from the fact that listening to Celine Dion for
    extended periods has the same effect as ramming a staple gun through one's
    eardrums. You need to have bionic ears to listen to that titanic song.
    When she sings, I can actually hear dogs' heads exploding down the block.

    josh

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 19:07:49 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com>
    To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: Re: SF DT show
    Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980512190710.12665D-100000@shell.monmouth.com>

    coldfire invited me to move out to some town i never heard of. Well, if I
    could, I would be on de plane right now, but I have to live here, where
    the sun just came out today after 45 days of rain. And I just finished
    building the damn ark, too.

    --
    Damon Fibraio, damon@monmouth.com
    Keyboardist, Vocalist, musical slut
    "One likes to believe in the freedom of music
    But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of
    integrity."--Rush, 1980
    

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    Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:17:07 +0100 (BST) From: Ville Paukkonen <ville@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: Kiss the Stone Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980513000459.28777A-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>

    On Tue, 12 May 1998 Joe DeAngelo wrote: > Secondly..... > Has anybody ordered from Kiss The Stone? > I'm seriously thinking of getting Mind Control, but I haven't heard any > feedback on this place.

    I ordered Lords of Sound a few weeks ago, and I got it in four days. Not bad considering they are in Singapore. However, I think somebody complained a month or so ago about them not having charged his credit card correctly, but since they got it right with me they probably didn't do that on purpose.

    --- ,-------------------------. Ville Paukkonen (ville@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk) | Paikallinen nimikauhu | Undergraduate in Mathematics and Computation | tulee ellei maissi lopu | JCR, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford OX2 6QA `---------(|0.|)----------'

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 19:17:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: prog on FII Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980512191614.12665F-100000@shell.monmouth.com>

    Well, the reason why I don't think PS is prog is this. The end of the song sounds so much like Black album Metalica. Not that this is bad, but there is really nothing proggy to my ears about the solos or the song itself. in fact, I thought it would make a great single. Still do. It doesn't sound anything like Metropolis, TTT, or any of those songs. In fact, PMU is not really prog either. I guess I am still adapting to the idea that a prog song can be in 4/4 all the way through. Here's an idea. Who thinks that they can cut New Millennium into a radio single?

    -- Damon Fibraio, damon@monmouth.com Keyboardist, Vocalist, musical slut "One likes to believe in the freedom of music But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity."--Rush, 1980

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 16:23:14 -0600 From: "Vincent G. LuPone" <vgl@syspac.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: ANTHRAX Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980512162312.006c2c54@postoffice.syspac.com>

    Hey, Anyone know where I can find some new Anthrax sound clips in decent sound quality? AU, wav, MP3, ra, whatever, I need to hear some of this stuff :) Thanks.

    Peace and love, and good happiness stuff, ~Vince

    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | http://www.prognosis.com/obscure/ | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:31:03 -0500 From: cmustard@netdot.com (Mark Lampert) To: "Ytsejam" <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: New email for summer Message-ID: <01bd7dfe$072d0cc0$7a2227d1@cmustard.vonl.com>

    Ahoy,

    Avast ye ytsejammers and take heed (or hey you ytsejammers, listen up), I'll be getting out of here (college) tommorow and heading home for the summer, so this email account will be no more. I should be able to be reached at cmustard@vonl.com in a couple of days when I get the account set up. I'll mail the jam when I do. Good sailing!

    · • Colonel Mustard • ·

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 23:34:34 +0000 (Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page) From: "Ryan P. Skadberg" <skadberg@wicked.stigmata.org> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Full on the Mouth? Message-ID: <13656.56198.15862.262600@wicked.stigmata.org>

    Ryan Park said:

    > I saw Full on the Mouth at the Daytona's show last week, and I was > favorably impressed. The mixture of "grunge-meets-electronic" was > fairly original and unique.

    Ummmmmm, Original and Unique? Ummm, Rock n Electronica is NOTHING new. Lesse, how about Stabbing Westward, God Lives Underwater, White Zombie have all been doing this for a long time and alot better than FOTM. They weren't horrible, but if this is the genre they want to be in, they have some damn still competition.

    > Verve Pipe last summer. Tonic was awful in concert, but K's Choice > was WONDERFUL! I had never heard of them before that show, but > I've practically become a K's Choice groupie! <g> Any other K's > Choice fans out there? E-mail me.)

    K's Choice is definately a very cool band. Haven't had a chance to see them live yet though.

    Skadz (yes, Skadz is reading again, live in fear)

    --- Ryan Skadberg | "there's a space beside us Ytsejam Moderator | and there's miles between us skadz@dreamt.org | and all around us http://www.dreamt.org/ | grows this shade of gray" | _A Pleasant Shade of Gray_ - Fates Warning

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 23:41:26 +0000 (Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page) From: "Ryan P. Skadberg" <skadberg@wicked.stigmata.org> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: bahahah Message-ID: <13656.56825.554845.771124@wicked.stigmata.org>

    ok, this may come in to the practice what you preach land later, but anyways. I just have to say this:

    > Dream Theater Tourdate Archive > http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/grunge/49/DreamT.html

    Ummm, like, nice URL ;) Makes TONS of sense ;)

    Skadz

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 19:54:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: Dump... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980512195322.12665J-100000@shell.monmouth.com>

    You know, before I dgot out of my relationship with my X, she hated Rush, Yes, genesis, ELP and Dt. Now, since we are just friends, she is actually more open-minded. Could be because she wants me back, but ... hey why argue!!

    -- Damon Fibraio, damon@monmouth.com Keyboardist, Vocalist, musical slut "One likes to believe in the freedom of music But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity."--Rush, 1980

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 20:02:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: Rap lyrics Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980512200231.12665K-100000@shell.monmouth.com>

    OOPS, I forgot the sex reference. Here's one. Combine rap lyrics about money and sex and you'll have a hit that never dies from the hearts of its fans.

    -- Damon Fibraio, damon@monmouth.com Keyboardist, Vocalist, musical slut "One likes to believe in the freedom of music But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity."--Rush, 1980

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:29:34 -0700 From: "Paul T. Fini" <fini@engineering.ucsb.edu> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: re: HOB L.A./Moshing Message-ID: <v03102800b17e9879451d@[128.111.29.61]>

    >Okay, I saw on the jam that the Sunday HOB show was rescheduled from >7:30p to 9p, or something. What's up with that? Is it true?

    Yup... it's true, but I'm not sure what it means - "the opening band: to be or not to be?"

    >Have you ever been experienced? With DT at HOB, that is. >Are we non-moshing fans going to be a little battered bruised >by some midnight hysteria? That would be no big surprise, but >I'm kind of hoping that I can just stand there in front of JP and >watch him play at Stage right without bringing my shoulder >pads and knee braces.

    Don't worry about the moshing, because if it's anything like last time at HoB, there will be none. If people try, we shall have to kick their ass. Correct me if I'm wrong, but attempting to absorb the intracies of Myung's bass wizardry is complicated by having some asshole coming at you elbow-first at 20mph. IMHO, moshing of the usual brainless, full-contact variety simply has no place at a DT concert.

    p.

    -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. Paul T. Fini U.C. Santa Barbara fini@engineering.ucsb.edu Materials Dept. voice (805)893-8869, fax (805)893-8971 MOCVD group -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --..

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:18:42 -0700 From: drkhoe@gms.gmsnet.com (Dr. Mosh) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: DALI'S DILEMMA / S.F DREAM THEATER SHOW Message-ID: <199805130118.SAA09672@gms.gmsnet.com>

    Before proofreading..., James Thorpe said: > >Hello Jammers! > > Just wanted to pass some exciting news with what's going >on with Dali's Dilemma if you haven't heard already. I listened >to all their songs with Matt B's vocals and they are awesome!!!

    Yeah, I agree... Matthew Bradley is a freakin monster on vocals... after hearing some of the rough mixes... The music is incredible to say the least... PROG N ROLL! :)

    > I also will be going to the S.F Dream Theater show at >Maritime Hall. I hope I can meet >all you popular people on this list. Oh yeah, and that >guy Dr. Mosh. Finally we can hook up. :) :)

    You will not see me, I will cloud your minds... you will see me as a 5'9" blonde with big zongas and a great behind. -The Doc

    -- *#&*@#@*(#@#*@(#!@*#(!@#(&!#(@!*#@((#@$(#@(($@#($(#@$@#($@#(*$@(*$*(#(#(##(#(# computersarefasterthanhumans - devastatetoinnovate - hyperspacialparallelcomp\ drkhoe@gmsnet.com = http://progmetal.gmsnet.com = internetcyberwetwaregamedev+ s*o#o$n@@c*o!m^e)s@@t>h<e@@|d~i+g-i%t%a.l@@<M><E><S><S><I><A><H> gaMECoReTeKN0

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:21:34 -0700 From: drkhoe@gms.gmsnet.com (Dr. Mosh) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Need info on LA concerts for June Message-ID: <199805130121.SAA09714@gms.gmsnet.com>

    Before proofreading..., "Chung Ng" said: > >Hi again. I am heading out to Los Angeles for the first week of June and I >was wondering if anyone knew of any concerts happening out there. I am hoping >to catch a few shows on Sunset Blvd while I'm out there, if it still exists. > >Thanks - Chung in NYC

    Well, Sunset is still there... I dunno where it'd move to, but you know, Godzilla and everything. The Roxy, the Whisky A GOGO, House of Blues, Coconut Teaser, Billboard Dead, are all still on Sunset BLVD... e-mail me when it gets closer to June... and I'll let you know of some shows.

    -The Doc

    -- *#&*@#@*(#@#*@(#!@*#(!@#(&!#(@!*#@((#@$(#@(($@#($(#@$@#($@#(*$@(*$*(#(#(##(#(# computersarefasterthanhumans - devastatetoinnovate - hyperspacialparallelcomp\ drkhoe@gmsnet.com = http://progmetal.gmsnet.com = internetcyberwetwaregamedev+ s*o#o$n@@c*o!m^e)s@@t>h<e@@|d~i+g-i%t%a.l@@<M><E><S><S><I><A><H> gaMECoReTeKN0

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:22:59 -0700 From: drkhoe@gms.gmsnet.com (Dr. Mosh) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: HOB L.A./Moshing Message-ID: <199805130122.SAA09741@gms.gmsnet.com>

    Before proofreading..., Rob Jurado said: > >Okay, I saw on the jam that the Sunday HOB show was rescheduled from >7:30p to 9p, or something. What's up with that? Is it true? > >Have you ever been experienced? With DT at HOB, that is. >Are we non-moshing fans going to be a little battered bruised >by some midnight hysteria? That would be no big surprise, but >I'm kind of hoping that I can just stand there in front of JP and >watch him play at Stage right without bringing my shoulder >pads and knee braces. > >-R

    Generally it's a non-moshing crowd at the HoB... mostly more mature like folks... (as opposed to the word: OLD) that attends the functions at the HoP (House of Progressive).

    -The Doc

    -- *#&*@#@*(#@#*@(#!@*#(!@#(&!#(@!*#@((#@$(#@(($@#($(#@$@#($@#(*$@(*$*(#(#(##(#(# computersarefasterthanhumans - devastatetoinnovate - hyperspacialparallelcomp\ drkhoe@gmsnet.com = http://progmetal.gmsnet.com = internetcyberwetwaregamedev+ s*o#o$n@@c*o!m^e)s@@t>h<e@@|d~i+g-i%t%a.l@@<M><E><S><S><I><A><H> gaMECoReTeKN0

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    Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:34:13 -0700 From: q9720680@mail.connect.usq.edu.au (Paul Dyer) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: TV Themes... Message-ID: <3559E7A5.6E50@mail.connect.usq.edu.au>

    >>I got dibs on the INSPECTOR GADGET theme...!!!! Anyone craps over that >>song and I'm suing and you're all my witnesses... it was my idea!!

    That's cool...but I have a claim on He-man and the Masters of the Universe! Including the by the power of greyskull bit.... :)

    Cheers

    Paul D.

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 21:53:34 -0400 From: Paul Drapeau <drapeau@cs.uri.edu> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Irving Plaza Bootleg Request Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980512215334.00929dd0@cs.uri.edu>

    Hello,

    I was at the May 8th Irving Plaza show and I must say it was the best DT show I have ever been to. The band sounded great and the setlist was awsome.

    If anyone has an audio or video recording of this show please contact me. I would be very willing to enter into a trade or purchase of a recording.

    Thanks, -Paul

    ----------------------------------------------- Paul Drapeau drapeau@cs.uri.edu http://www.cs.uri.edu/~drapeau/ Age of Valor Live Role Playing http://www.larp.com/valor/

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 19:17:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Johnston <matt2518@gladstone.uoregon.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: prog on FII Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980512185554.25635B-100000@gladstone.uoregon.edu>

    On Tue, 12 May 1998, Damon Fibraio wrote:

    >really prog either. I guess I am still adapting to the idea that a prog >song can be in 4/4 all the way through. Here's an idea. Who thinks that >they can cut New Millennium into a radio single?

    You're on, Damon... (grin!) ..when I heard your challenge (^_^), I decided to take matters into my own hands. I went through and edited a little over 3 minutes off of NM, and came up with a song that's as radio-friendly as I can get it. Most of the cuts sound seamless, but some lack the shine of a professional studio. Cest la vie.

    The finished product weighs in at a scant 4:42, and cuts 1x thru the New Millennium pre chorus, and the last time thru the I Got This Feeling chorus. It also cuts out a lot of the proggy stuff, but this is to be radio friendly, you understand!

    It seems a little choppy (duh!), and I prolly could do better if I give it another go, but I wanted to get something out there in a timely fashion. Actually, I'm pretty proud of some of the more subtle aspects of the job I did, like integrating the beginning of the first verse with the beginning of that riff (the first time thru without the vocals, but with the cymbal crash). Anyways, enough about the obviously cool job I did (chuckle)...

    ..I'm encoding it to .mp3 now (128kbps, high-accuracy), and placing it on my web page:

    http://thanatos.uoregon.edu/~ryoga/newmill.mp3

    It should be there by 8:00pm PST. I'd like to hear other edits. Anyone?

    --Matt

    ----------------------------------------------------------- "..." --James LaBrie, "Hell's Kitchen" -----------------------------------------------------------

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    Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 22:47:17 -0500 From: marshallm@juno.com (Mike A Marshall) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: prog on FII - In Defense of Peruvian Skies Message-ID: <19980512.224722.16606.1.marshallm@juno.com>

    I'll probably regret responding to this, but my opinions differ quite a bit from those posted by Damon. No offense intended...

    Damon Fibraio <damon@shell.monmouth.com> writes: > >Well, the reason why I don't think PS is prog is this. The end of the >song >sounds so much like Black album Metalica. Not that this is bad, but

    To ease into this debate, let me say I agree completely with Damon. The 'Heavy Ending' (tm), not including the solos, is the best song Metallica never wrote. That's why I about died laughing when they put in a couple of bars of "Enter Sandman" last night! Does humor belong in music...?

    >there is really nothing proggy to my ears about the solos

    This is where I start to disagree. While not John P.'s most spectacular solo, this solo displays a level of technical proficiency and the ability to "play for the song" far and above 99% of what is in the pop-hard-rock field.

    >or the song itself. in

    Again, I disagree. The mellow first-half of the song gives us a beautiful, yet haunting melody, played (or sung) over top of a subtlely shifting rhythm. To go one step further, this subtlely shifting rhythm is not in 4/4, the yardstick of Prog (tm) you allude to later.

    The over-driven end of the song is (again, in my opinion), the perfect resolution of the tension built by the mellow first-half. Can something be mellow and still create/build tension? I think this is proof-positive.

    >fact, I thought it would make a great single. Still do.

    I agree, if you could just get radio stations to play it, lengthen people's attention spans to take in the whole picture, to appreciate the whole wild ride that is PS. I think the ending would win over a lot of standard hard rock listening people. But I think the ending is nothing without the the first half.

    >It doesn't sound >anything like Metropolis, TTT, or any of those songs.

    And I think that's great! I don't want another I&W. Progress, evolution, growth, whatever you want to call it. I'm glad that I&W isn't just a better-recorded WDADU, and that Awake isn't just I&W with 7-string guitars.

    > In fact, PMU is not really prog either.

    Disagree, 100% man. Time signature changes, challenging to play/sing, challenging to listen to, song longer than radio-imposed 3 minutes. What more do you want?

    >I guess I am still adapting to the idea that a prog >song can be in 4/4 all the way through.

    For a particular song to be 4/4 throughout, and be considered "prog", would be tough. But stack it up against the artist's body of work, and see where it fits.

    >Here's an idea. Who thinks that >they can cut New Millennium into a radio single?

    Aaarrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!! ABORTION!! No sir, I don't have time to fully appreciate the Mona Lisa. Can you just photocopy the lips for me? That's all it's really about anyways, isn't it?

    >"One likes to believe in the freedom of music >But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of >integrity."--Rush, 1980

    I couldn't have said it better myself. I guess "prog"-rock for me is something of a rock-oriented nature, but typically showcasing more complicated song structure, instrumentation, performance. I also view an artist's body of work as a whole, not wishing to segregate individual songs as befitting of the artist or not...I either like them or I don't. PS is not my favorite song from FII, probably around #6.

    While I'm pulling on my Asbestos undergarments, let me add that I'm not saying that Damon's wrong. It's his opinion. These are my opinions, and one of them happens to be that I find Damon's yardstick of Proginess to be a couple of inches short...

    Later,

    M.

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