This is what it's all about

halo
halo Posts: 5,616
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I was listening to Porcupine Tree's In Abstentia and I got goosebumps all up the back of my neck. I couldn't help but smile as I listened to the album. Steve Wilson was in the room. It was spectacular.

Then I found this very well articulated video by Steve Guttenberg describing what I experienced earlier...
https://youtu.be/ybLPVsHLeLQ
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 4,017
    edited February 2019
    Is this not the same Steve Wilson that also does such a great job remastering?

    I love those moments you just experienced. I have them on occasion although not often, but thats what makes them even more special.
    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey

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    The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”……George Orwell-Animal Farm.
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  • stangman67
    stangman67 Posts: 2,328
    Same Steven Wilson. He has a lot of good solo stuff. If you like genesis, his stuff will remind you of the original prog rock
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 4,017
    edited February 2019
    The man is extremely talented for sure.

    I just recently purchased Aqualung he remastered and it is outstanding.
    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey

    To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
    – Kevin Alfred Strom

    The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”……George Orwell-Animal Farm.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,147
    edited February 2019
    I went to high school with someone named Steve Wilson. Sort of a class clown kind of guy; good kid.


    EDIT: on topic, "what it's all about" for me (FWIW, and not that @halo's thread deserves my egocentric-ness), when it comes to music, is when I find myself both smiling and crying. As good as it gets, IMO. Richard Thompson does that for me pretty reliably. There are other artists/pieces of music who do it piecemeal (so to speak).
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,673
    edited February 2019
    Porcupine Tree's "Deadwing" did that for me in my car and then on the big system. B)
    I also have "In Absentia". Both are definitely Steven Wilson style. I've yet to purchase any more of their albums but I'm sure I will sometime.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,673
    Off of Deadwing;
    "Arriving somewhere but not here" B)
    https://youtu.be/W3lsqUqGTzM
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,673
    Same video but with lyrics to the side to read along with.
    https://www.bing.com/search?q=porcupine+tree+arriving+somewhere+but+not+here&filters=ufn:"porcupine+tree+arriving+somewhere+but+not+here"+sid:"e68ddd6a-e100-4346-6139-5d41216bc2b4"+catguid:"8fdcd3e9-5d7c-e594-2f40-b428cf85e5aa_498707c2"+segment:"generic.carousel"+secq:"porcupine+tree+deadwing"+psid:"972af117-df10-9cda-e357-06cdb974632f"+supwlcar:"0"+segtype:"U29uZw=="&FORM=SNG1CR&crslsl=640&efirst=6
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    I saw PT in concert at the Vic Theater in Chicago in 2009. Very good show. Very restrictive about recording or even taking photos at the show.
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