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Topic: The new MARS VOLTA record
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Tangento
VoivodFan
Member # 117
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posted August 29, 2003 01:11
    
I guess I'll be the first to go against the grain on this one.Many people out there are calling this 'the new progressive' and it just sickens me. I have also heard rumblings about how this is so fresh,
because Mars Volta has created a progressive sound without
being 'dragged down' by any old-school prog influences. I may just have to get violent.
 What they hear is music which benefits from a lack
of "stumbling blocks" and brings in "fresh angles". What I hear is music which "lacks direction" and "stagnates". I actually think that the very thing this album lacks
is a more traditional progressive influence.
Glaringly missing is the cornerstone of all great prog rock:
The profound and imaginative melodic creations and complex arrangements thereof.
Without that element, self-indulgent music like this is at a complete standstill. To these critics:
Step back for a moment, you portentous bandwagon jumpers
& ignorant brown-nosers, and imagine how much this band
would have benefitted from the proper absorption of some
Magnus-era Steve Hackett, or even a good dose of early 80's Rush.
How about just ONE SPIN of Pre-ignition!? I can see why fans of music like Santana might enjoy this
crap for the endlessly rambling and totally pointless 'jams',
and likewise I could see why younger, less experienced
listeners would enjoy this album because it is so differs
from 99% of the mainstream crap, but I am surprised to see
that so many seasoned prog veterans are falling for this
...monstrously 'lousy' album. P.S. I do not understand how ANYONE can stand that
so-called 'vocalist' for more than the flick of an eyelash.
AAARRRGGGHH!!
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K
VoivodFan
Member # 6
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posted August 29, 2003 14:57
quote:
Originally posted by Noitall:
TOTO! lol!!! 'Hold the line
Love isn't always on time
Oh oh oh' hahahaaaa! Hey Kula, do you have any Toto records? Or just ELO?
TOTO! Yeaaahhhhh! Wooooooooo!
Toto totally Rock! Cool band indeed, Nia!
Theyre song 'Rosanna' was written by the Keyboardist
for the Actress Rosanna Arquette.  Little TOTO trivia for you.  OH!...and in those lyrics you posted...its not "Oh oh oh..."
its..."Whoa whoa whoa..."
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posted July 14, 2003 20:17
