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Old 06-30-2012, 09:22 AM   #121 (permalink)
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Yes but I wasn't expecting them to sound like a pop band.
they had a few hits back then

i heard them, that's why i'm abstaining from hearing the album
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Old 06-30-2012, 09:28 AM   #122 (permalink)
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As far as It Bites EW concerned, it might have been better to pit either The Tall Ships or their 2012 release Map Of The Past against Touchstone. I can assure everyone here that the modern It Bites is quite fantastic, especially if you don't like their 80's sound that much.
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Old 06-30-2012, 10:00 AM   #123 (permalink)
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Well I wasn't overly impressed with the Touchstone album but it did have some good songs and was more of what what I expected, so my vote goes to them, nobody seems to have tallied the votes here so maybe Trollie will do it
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Old 06-30-2012, 10:21 AM   #124 (permalink)
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can we do District 97 vs Anathema next?

cos i really like both
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Old 06-30-2012, 10:26 AM   #125 (permalink)
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can we do District 97 vs Anathema next?

cos i really like both
I'm guessing you just PM Trollheart and he'll do it, first come first served etc, you know the drill.
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Old 06-30-2012, 10:40 AM   #126 (permalink)
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I'm disappointed no-one like the It Bites: seriously, not even the epic title track? Can't believe that. Still, as Anteater says, as above, so below. Not that that means anything, but as the Joker once remarked: I just like the way it sounds.

I was very impressed with the Touchstone, and I'm not the only one, as they were tipped to be one of the bigger prog bands emerging from the UK in the last few years, and just recently signed a deal with a major label.

I'll tally up the votes shortly, working on something for the Album Club at the moment.

As for Howard's suggestion, I have to say that D97 would right away get my vote but I would not even listen to Anathema, as it has those growly vocals I hate, so whether that's being unfair to them or not I don't know. If everyone's happy with that we can go ahead, but let me total up the votes, as such, for these two albums first, though few people it seems bothered to even vote, perhaps an indication of how poor everyone thinks both albums are.

And yes, the It Bites is an eighties record, and though I don't really like those on either side of it ("The big lad in the windmill" as the debut and the follow-up to this "Eat me in St. Louis") I still think they're a great band. Ant, will look into "The tall ships" and of course they have a new one out, don't they?
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Old 06-30-2012, 03:35 PM   #127 (permalink)
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It Bites has its merits, but Touchstone is more to my liking. More to be said soon, but I did want to mention, Trollheart:

"As below so above and beyond, I imagine" is a quote from one of the Seven Aphorisms of Summum and is also a direct reference to Hermeticism and the Emerald Tablet.

Or so says wikipedia. But it is a phrase I have oft enjoyed since hearing it in Tool's Lateralus.
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Old 06-30-2012, 05:56 PM   #128 (permalink)
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"As below so above and beyond, I imagine" is a quote from one of the Seven Aphorisms of Summum and is also a direct reference to Hermeticism and the Emerald Tablet.
Hmm. Thanks Mrd00d, but none of that means a thing to me....? I just assumed it was something the Ant had made up...
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Old 07-02-2012, 12:56 PM   #129 (permalink)
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Hmm. Thanks Mrd00d, but none of that means a thing to me....? I just assumed it was something the Ant had made up...
Yeah, he certainly didn't make it up. It's something I first heard in the Tool song, Lateralus.

" What happens on one level of reality also happens on every other level; the microcosm and macrocosm behave alike"

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"A method of explaining the interaction between the Gods and humanity, the compact between us and the idea that even the Gods must follow the Laws of Nature. Thus, whatever happens on the Divine Plane, also is reflected upon the Material Plane. This is very important to Wicca and magick."

(Gardnerian)

I won't derail the thread any further though.
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Old 07-02-2012, 01:15 PM   #130 (permalink)
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Ah, NOW I see. It's like it's NOT one rule for them and one for us? Everyone has to follow the same rules. Cool. If only it were true... if there was an emoticon for irony/sarcasm it'd be right behind this...
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