Without getting too snobby about music, for me I think it's like a spectrum with pure classical music at one end and pure 3 minute pop music at the other end. PT / SW and others in the prog genre (Genesis, Yes, Rush, Floyd, etc) seem to effortlessly take classical music and make it universally more accessible to the masses with evocative, and meaningful lyrics which resonate with aspects of people's lives and imagination in equal measure. In a word, brilliant! Long may it continue.
Amen...he is amazing. I had tickets to see him in Asheville, North Carolina in December 2018 and a freak snow storm kept many away. Saddest day in recent memory...
Steven Wilson is King with all the musicians being great but I think Adam Holzman on keyboards and Theo Travis on woodwinds are the 2 most underrated members of this band! *****Just Superb*****
I think, more than getting hold of amazing drummers, his music demands such amazing and wonderful drumming that any drummer that suits his requirements would have to be an amazing and very gifted drummer.
Is it just me or is this solo underrated? In the studio version, it sounds exactly like a star transmuting into a black hole, and this version makes me think of the dying gasp of a supernova's brilliant glow
I know, right? His playing is so tasteful. With SW bringing Guthrie and Kilminster on board after him, Niko hardly gets a mention, but he was so perfect for Steven's music.
Oh once in a while I learn how to smile Horses shadows and rain on stone No god here I'm sure This must be the cure For all this carrion and aimless drift Retreat from the begging And invites to the wedding Revelation means nothing here In time we forget our Need to devour All the stories of tortured souls Crawl into your arms Become the night forever Coiled and close, the moment froze Deform to form a star Here on earth together I got time to share and a well used stare This smile isn't pure Certain or sure Cold precision was never there The way we uncoil Return to the soil Flaws are everything and chaos reigns
He came to NH7 Shillong dude... I saw him live....moving those fingers... Sang Routine, Ancestral, Lazarus, Postcard. He said...NH7 is said to be one of the most happiest fests in India...after that he said... "THIS TIME IT WONT BE"
Hahaha I saw him at Nh7 Pune. He said the same thing about Nh7 being called the Happiest Music Festival. Then he said: "I don't make happy music." Obsessed with Steven Wilson and his work.
Really Obsessed bro....He is one of the smartest players of all time.... the smart music he creates is really exceptional... And thats why it takes time to reach to his music...we need the smartness to absorb it...
Oh my god that outro... Marco's feel to it is just so beautiful, the melody brings me back to a time I never lived... I always end up in tears after that outro
Why do so many people get nostalgic about Porcupine Tree, saying that Steven's solo material is so different? This song could have been on Lightbulb Sun if you aske me. And besides, Hand. Cannot. Erase. and The Raven that Refused to Sing are certainly different from PT, but are they worse? I think they might be even better. There's absolutely no reason to get nostalgic about Porcupine Tree. I'm sure Steven still has to write his best record.
+Vincent Jurg He said the same things. He couldn´t play the new stuff with PT. Why? I think he must go his own way on another level. The success gives him right.
Dude there is no problem with being nostalgic and it also just happens I doubt the people you are speaking about choose to be nostalgic about PT, although they do probably say PT is better when they really should be saying that they like PT more because it makes them nostalgic. I like PT more partly because of nostalgia and partly because Gavin is the best drummer I've ever heard but Marco is close 2nd and H.C.E. is also right under FoaBP to me.
it is complex in such a pleasent way that not even a single piece feels extended beyond necessary and all notes seem to be in a perfect progression and then wilson voice and lyrics simply make you cry!! I'm amazed how this song employs all the instruments with such complex set up playing in such mind blowing harmony together!! EARGASM!!!
omg!!!! music can't get better than this, Wilson has chosen all amazing musicians, they all know what they are doing, and working in perfect harmony with each other for perfectly woven out of this world music experience... such a such a shame it has only 150k views, I feel small commenting on wilson!! Love from India.
Suyash J PT was the best concert I've seen. I'm 66 and started going to concerts in 1967 and have been to a lot of concerts. They are all amazing talented in PT.
This, an absolute masterpiece from one of the (formerly) underrated musicians of our time. Steven Wilson is undoubtedly one of the finest examples of true musical genius I have witnessed as of late; awesome band as well.
How the fuck is Niko Tsonev playing that solo?? Is he pinching the notes constantly? Artificial harmonics? Ebow? Figuring the notes out isn't tough but man, that wailing tone is impossible to recreate. What a gorgeous solo!!
That outro, starting at 7:17.. Sounds like something Steven would have picked up from his exposure to Tel Aviv, and his blackfield days.. Dai rei rrai rrai rai rai rai rai rrai . Great heartfelt ending.
What a beautiful song, and to think some of the shite out there with Cowell and his cohorts they sell bucket loads of records, just shows you how the market out there is full of idiots and scammers who know fuck all about music, it is all about looking good and computers making your choices. SW is a genius a term used lightly these days.
I think I've got an explanation for that. This is not music for the masses, ergo, it's hard to contaminate with dumbasses messing around. Instead, this beautiful piece of art demands a considerable degree of maturity and dementia for being authentically appreciated; we are lucky to be here feeding our deep and incomprehensible insanity with quality music. Cheers :)
LYRICS Oh once in a while I learn how to smile Horses shadows and rain on stone No God here I’m sure This must be the cure For all this carrion and aimless drift Retreat from the begging And invites to the wedding Revelation means nothing here In time we forget our Need to devour All the stories of tortured souls Crawl into your arms Become the night forever Coiled and close, the moment froze Deform to form a star Here on earth together I got time to share and a well used stare This smile isn’t pure Certain or sure Cold precision was never there The way we uncoil Return to the soil Flaws are everything and chaos reigns
t starts with one One thing, I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme To explain in due time, all I know Time is a valuable thing Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch it count down to the end of the day The clock ticks life away, it's so unreal Didn't look out below Watch the time go right out the window Tryin' to hold on, d-didn't even know I wasted it all just to watch you go
