Reacting to Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (Live) All rights and music: Porcupine Tree and Kscope Buy this incredible music here: itunes.apple.c... Original video: • Porcupine Tree - Anest...
Everytime this song starts playing I think to mayself: Come on mate, you can't listen to it again, it's almost twenty minutes of your time... But then I just can't stop and have to go till the end. Absolutely beautiful and timeless, musical perfection.
I'm a patient guy, I like songs that go long, and this is one of my favourites, but it's nearly twenty minutes of cloyingly cold and familiar pain. I say this while glued to my PC, staring at the pile of meds on my desk, and considering rolling another smoke...
I think the reason more people don't listen to all of this fantastic music we all love here is that most people are too impatient to sit through the entire thing. They don't see or appreciate long-form musical journeys. Those who are incapable of enjoying the journey will never "get" this type of music, and unfortunately this is the majority of society today. Everyone is too impatient and mired in today's world of instant gratification which has crippled their ability to fully appreciate the most important aspect of music which it that of the artform. Thanks, Jim, for plowing on through that world anyway and helping to keep the journey alive for the rest of us who still "get it".
Bayou, you’re right about the short attention span and the fondness for the sub-3 minute songs, but, another reason is the categorization and labeling of this type of music as progressive. There are RU-vid videos of young people “reacting” to PT, Tool, DT, etc. and the reactions are very positive for the most part. They’re just not exposed to this stuff.
What an astonishingly good, beautifully crafted, beautifully sung piece of music. I have to admit I have never really listened to much Porcupine Tree, but I am definitely going to be sourcing more of their material now.
I'm so glad to have seen them in concert! Prog Rock at its best...the band members are so intune' with one another....This is such intelligent and creative music!! And love the fact I'm one of the few females that love this stuff!!
I agree 100% with your comments. I too can't understand why this music isn't a whole lot more popular. It literally takes the mind on a journey unlike most popular music today, which is, as you said, little more than background noise. Steven Wilson is a genius, and Porcupine Tree is one of my all time favorite bands. I listen to them almost every day.
My thoughts about why bands like this don't get the recognition that they deserve is due the the lack of collective attention span of the general public. This is why the average radio song is only 3 1/2 minutes long. Radio stations want catchy earworms that fit into the blocks between advertising spots. I don't know if you've listened to Porcupine Tree's song "The Sound of Muzak" or not, but they address that very point! Only the music that is being pumped out isn't even designed to entertain but to neutralize the brain.
You nailed it bro. This is one of the greatest bands in my music repertoire, and unintentionally this song became one of my wives favourites. We sat on the couch and listened to this, and the album version. 30 minutes go by and it felt like a breeze. We jokingly mentioned how a majority of the world couldn’t patiently allow the song to develop and play out. Everyone wants things in the moment. Also side note I can’t stand the radio for that very reason. 6 minute songs chopped down to 4. Ads ads ads, etc
Good music like this is like going to the best restaurant in the world. You experience something special and you will remember it forever. But most people like fast food manufactured garbage. Quick, empty and pointless. But I don't care about it anymore. I enjoy Porcupine Tree. It's mine little secret restaurant.
Beautifully written. But still Porcupine Tree is well established and known band compared to some other great bands which are completely unknown, at least if I see the numbers in Spotify. And there have to be so many great bands I never heard about which I would love if I know about, that makes me sad, but to discover new bands is pretty harsh process at least for me, because to like music like this, it takes me many listenings to get into it. I have one example, Flaming Row, it is less art and more direct/blunt compared to PT and that band, just no one seems to know. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ib7J8g3gG8U.html
This was the first porcupine tree aong and video I ever saw! One of my favourite songs, arrangements and performances ever. It reminds me of the first time I hear Bohemian Rhapsody when was 8 in 1979, this similarly has a richness, depth, grit, range and warmth that is so special.
I could see you melting in the chair at the end....i know that feeling. Anesthetize absolutely is my favorite song and nothing's gonna beat that, in my opinion.
thanks for your wise words in the end.... these were exactly my thoughts and i cant get my head around this... but to a certain extend im also a bit proud that we exclusively as a smaller group of people love this kind of music...
I remember the first time i heard this song. I was so blown away. Bummer about 1985. Great song. But there's plenty more Haken to explore. One music video I've not seen anyone else do by them is the one for Darkest Light. Funny story about that one. Its off the Restoration EP. All three of the songs from that EP are reworked and re-recorded songs from their very first demo "Enter the Fifth Dimension". Darkest Light is the reworked version of a song called Blind. Its a fantastic song. Just the right amounts of heavy with the perfect amounts of technical wankery and loads of groove. It marks the debut of their current bassist, Connor Green. I think you'd realy enjoy that song. Cheers.
That part you said at the end, that modern music is only there to listen to in the background, not actively - Porcupine Tree made a great song about that development. It's called 'The Sound of Muzak' and has one of THE best and most memorable grooves by Gavin Harrison in there. I really think you should listen to that!
I wasn't at this show, but I'm fortunate to have seen PT a couple of times live (and Steve Wilson solo a couple of times as well). I consider myself lucky that I got to hear PT play this Live in Dallas at the House of Blues several years ago...It was every bit as good. Wilson is just on another level.
Sometimes it is astonishing indeed that so few people seem to open up for music like this. I feel like they are missing out on a great musical experience. I was one of the lucky few to attend this concert (8 miles from my home) together with my uncle who in fact introduced me to the genre a long time ago with Marillion back in the 80's. Didn't understand a word of it but it was really captivating. It's always nice to see other people experiencing music like this and leave them speechless...the trademark of a great song. :) You might also like Anathema, The Pineapple Thief, Blackfield, Antimatter, Sleeping Pulse...
'I's manufactured entertainment for the masses, it's background music' Have you heard PT's 'The Sound of Muzak'?! Also makes me think of Devin Townsend's line "..and music; it's just entertainment folks!"
Gavin Harrison is one of my favorit drummers. Love extremely talented drummers. Brann Dailor of Mastodon and Frederik Åkeson of Opeth are also among my favorites...
Steven Wilson always has great material to explore... just a great musician overall. May I introduce a Prog group from Poland... They are named Riverside. A good video/song to begin with is "Second Life Syndrome (Reality Dream DVD)" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yNuPf8siX_8.html I've been listening to them for years still love them... hope you do too!
This music isn't listened by everybody, because it's art just for musicians and prog enthusiasts. Everybody else can't afford that much pacience and concentration to enjoy the whole thing without talking or doing something else at the same time.
Hey people need to be patient and somewhat intelligent to really listen to this, but I'm from Sydney and I can tell you, I need music as art every day, my 19 year old son loves Porcupine tree too and he tells his buds, not only that but checking out the constant nostalgia rock magazines sez that, prog ain't dead, not but a fuckin long shot.
Fear of a Blank Planet was released around the same time as 10,000 days, so unless Steven had a spy mic somewhere in Tool's studio, the similarities are entirely coincidental. Both bands worship King Crimson, so that might be one reason they can sound similar at times.
Live version of this song kills the studio version IMO. Some people don't like Jon Wesley's solo compared to Ales Lifeson's but I think that's mostly because they just want to praise Alex. Wesley's solo is so dirty and unique, I think it's fantastic, just maybe a few too many long slides.
Lifeson's style of writing and playing is a bit different than how guitarists normally learn how to play, which is why it can be tough for somebody who doesn't imitate his style to cover his solos. I thought John did a very credible job here. Its kinda like how unless you play guitar with Marty Friedman's 'broken wrist' picking style, it can be near impossible to cover his solos 100%.
People have been brainwashed into liking 3 minute ditties because local radio stations play nothing else, were also in a throwaway society where anything that requires attention span of more than 5 minutes is out. Their loss, I’ll stick with my 10 minutes plus shit that tells a story, I find it much more enlightening 😃
depends. I listen to many kinds of rock... including progressive rock. A lot can be put into a 3 minute song. It's the way artists use those three/four minutes that really sets them apart from all the bullshit.
oh, of course! But if you look back into the alternative rock/prog rock/trip hop/new wave/ art rock/ underground etc... sectors of music back through the past 30 years, you will find many brilliant works under 4 minutes. Somehow along the lines someone thought to themselves: "Hang on, who cares if my music sounds crap, people like this shitty sound I'm producing and I'm making money!" and hence modern commercialised pop music was born. Don't even get me started on rap.
