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There's a bloke called Steven Wilson. Some people might know of him from his solo albums and bands such as Porcupine Tree and Blackfield. There's a few other groups he's been involved with. I believe No-Man was the first of these act, and it included himself and a guy called Tim Bowness. A rotating cast of whoever did what they needed completed the lineup. They hardly ever do live shows, and usually in fairly small premises.
A few years ago, I bought the first No-Man album, Speak, and to be honest it left me cold for quite a while. However, it pushes its way back onto my playlist when working from home (I do this occasionally). When they released Schoolyard Ghosts a few years ago (2008?) it got positive reviews. YouTube and the sound samples on Amazon are good methods of finding out what you're getting in advance, and I gave them another go. It's a great studio album, but I couldn't help but wonder over the reason that they didn't appear live. However, my wife then gave me the live Love and Endings CD/DVD set last Christmas, recording sections from one of their occasional live appearances at Leamington Spa in 2011. Admittedly, there's always production on live albums that renders a lot of them pseudo-live, but there's been a lot of thought (and not a massive budget) put into this. My only criticism is that the CD is a bit quiet to be heard over the noise from my very basic car.
Disappointingly, the band has been put on indefinite hold as Steven Wilson's schedule is too full. So, after finding out that there was a live act I should have had more faith in than I did, it looks like I'll never get the chance to see it. Not that I'm a great fan of crowds.
A link to the song I listen to most days, one that received one of the lighter makeovers, called Wherever There Is Light:
Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsJEAOpZLTI
Studio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3T2iJ715ss
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mPiizL1Jlc
\Jim steinman performs surfs up. he wrote it for meat loaf but this is a far more emotional version.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6KBkiLr0mg
Left in the dark. Jim steinman again. Its amazing to think these songs are 32 years old.
You swore you'd be with me at 7 o'clock now its a quarter to three; well whatever you got and who ever it was
i guess you couldn't get it from me.
God i love those lyrics.
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Relaxation Al Emor
Love this song
http://youtu.be/-oMmw2N1VbM
http://youtu.be/-oMmw2N1VbM
We don't use the video though just the song for relaxation love it
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This was posted on a friends FB wall this morning and it really made me laugh so I thought I'd share the bizarreness with you all!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xc614Z8lsg0#t= 212
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Y2FVD5JVw&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLjhJRPvOzuIqTR4K-bsK1TinDy43V65J_
My band of the moment - 1975's and The City. Also like chocolate and woman (Hope video link works ok!)
Off to see Spector tonight
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I'm rather loving Imagine Dragons atm.. This one has amazing lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn7eYibzmTs
Imagine Dragons - Nothing Left To Say / Rocks LyricsCustomize :
Who knows how long I've been awake now
The shadows on my walls don't sleep
They keep calling me
Beckoning, beckoning, beckoning
Who knows whats right
The lines keep getting thinner
My age has never made me wise
But I keep pushing on and on and on and on
There's nothing left to say now
There's nothing left to say now
Give it up, give it up now
Give it up, give it up now
There's nothing left to say now
There's nothing left to say now
Give it up, give it up now
Give it up, give it up now
Below my soul I feel an engine
Collapsing as it sees the pain
If I could only shut it out
I've come too far to see the end now
Even if my way is wrong
I keep pushing on and on and on
There's nothing left to say now
There's nothing left to say now
Give it up, give it up now
Give it up, give it up now
There's nothing left to say now
There's nothing left to say now
Give it up, give it up now
Give it up, give it up now
I keep falling, I keep falling down
I keep falling, I keep falling down
hey
I keep falling, I keep falling down
I keep falling, I keep falling down
If you could only save me,
I'm drowning and the waters of my soul
There's nothing left to say now
There's nothing left to say now
Give it up, give it up now
Give it up, give it up now
There's nothing left to say now
There's nothing left to say now
Give it up, give it up now
Give it up, give it up now
(instrumental interlude/end song, silence, start ghost track: "Rocks")
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
I threw some rocks up at your window
I broke some rocks right through your window
Timber! Timber! We're falling down
Let the forest hear our sound
ooma ooma oom
Why cant i see whats right infront of me
We fall, we fall
We fall, we fall down
We fall, we fall down
We fall, we fall down
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