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Topic: Mastodon: Crack The Skye
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schroeder
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posted May 27, 2009 21:56
    
The song Crack The Skye is about the drummers sister who commited suicide when she was 11 and he was 15 and it's his emotions he's relating about the situation.Oblivion is about and out of body experience where basically they can't get back to their body. The Czar is about Rasputian. There's a lot more infor on each of these and the other tunes, but it's all I can remember right now. so, who can give me review of THE WORKHORSE CHRONICLES dvd. Amazon's write up sounds like it's cool and it's on my wish list, but I'd rather here from people I trust... or someone here   I'm dying to hear what they come up with for the next album... it might just make my brain explode. -------------------- yawn
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Slaytanic
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posted May 27, 2009 22:30
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Originally posted by schroeder:
so, who can give me review of THE WORKHORSE CHRONICLES dvd. Amazon's write up sounds like it's cool and it's on my wish list, but I'd rather here from people I trust... or someone here
It starts with some interview with the guys, then a lot of songs from different concerts. Songs are in chronological order, up to Leviathan. It reminds me of Fear Factory's Digital Connectivity in the way it's done, there is no such thing as a "main concert", it mixes songs from various gigs as I mentioned before, quality varying from pro-shoot to "one-camera-boot". Needless to say the musical quality is top notch. It's also nice to see the evolution of the band on stage, it even contains gigs with their former vocalist, who only recorded a 7-inch single, I believe. Well worth the money spent, imo.  -------------------- "Forty-five moments of perfection translated through a cautionary escape into the perils of the mundane, the inherent entropy in ultimate order, and the potential threats of eternal, unchecked apathy in civilization; all cloaked in musical expression so thoughtful, creative and forward thinking that almost a quarter-century later, few can even comprehend it, much less match it." (autothrall)
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ShredTilDead
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posted May 28, 2009 16:21
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Originally posted by AngelRat:
I'm even wondering if and how they're ever gonna top this album themselves.
I was thinking the same thing, but then realized it doesn't really matter much. Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon, which is universally recognized as a "classic" - and their other releases, while also very good, never quite approached it. Same thing with Led Zeppelin IV, etc. And these are always the albums toward which new listeners are steered, as representative of a band's best work. I think a few people on this forum might say that Nothingface was Voivod's peak - not to take anything away from the other awesome Voivod releases (I like 'em all), but Nothingface is the one where, when people say "Voivod, huh? Never listened to them...which album should I start with?", you'd say "Nothingface. Listen to that one, and then we can talk about the others." For Mastodon, that album is Crack the Skye. But I think it's more than that: This is one album where everyone will look back on it in ten years and say "wow, that one's an all-time classic". Plus, they've got just the right amount of notoriety in the press, critics, charts, etc., where this might actually be possible. It'll take some time, but this one is Mastodon's "Dark Side of the Moon" - not to take away from the past or the future, but rarely (if ever) does a band top itself like this. Let's reconvene back here in ten years and see if I'm right. -------------------- My head explodes, my ears ring, I can't remember just where I've been.
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schroeder
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posted May 28, 2009 19:48
Well then The Workhorse Chronicles will be added to my cart on my next Amazon shopping spree. Thanks for the review.Just received Remission today. I keep digging further back into their catalog. It's interesting to become a fan this late in their career and then go back album by album and hear where it started. Kinda like watching someone age backwards. It's definitely better to listen a band grow up and evolve if you catch them early in their career and get to hear them change (hopefully) and take chances and just grow musically. CTS might just very well be their Dark Side Of The Moon, but what I have always found interesting is that most bands landmark albums aren't usually the ones I would choose as my favorite. I usually pull Animals or The Final Cut for PF. Crack The Skye seems to be making the same kind of buzz among fellow musicians, critics, and listeners that Radiohead's OK COMPUTER made when it was released. Although I still don't understand why that album is so well praised. I've listened to it time and time again and it still bores to no end. -------------------- yawn
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ShredTilDead
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posted May 29, 2009 16:19
Originally posted by schroeder:
<snip />I agree with you...although I wouldn't inflict The Final Cut on a new PF listener! That one took some getting used to, at least for me. As for OK Computer, ...well, that was something that I tried really hard to like (after all, everyone said I should), but never did enjoy. It probably got all the attention it did because it went in a very different direction (for them, anyway), and everyone decided that different == good. Even when it isn't. The other thing that got people talking about "OK" was that it was a concept album, long after people pronounced the concept album concept dead. (can't believe I just wrote that.) I tried to like OK Computer, but for me it's a really depressing album. So there it sits, gathering dust after all these years. Radiohead's newer stuff is even weirder, and not in a good way. Guess I'm not emo/goth/sad enough to appreciate it. -------------------- My head explodes, my ears ring, I can't remember just where I've been.
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Slaytanic
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posted May 31, 2009 12:56
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Originally posted by Auntie Luna:
Hi Slaytanic! Nice signature line...I s'pose I fall into the Concentration Camp skinny group. Now all's I need is a Dino Cazares fat boyfriend...haha. I hope Mr. Luna doesn't see this, or I'll never hear the end of it!!
(oh...still don't have Crack the Skye)
Thank you! A couple of months ago I reached my limit and was almost Dino's lost twin brother. Now I'm working on reaching concentration camp skinny again. It will be hard.  -------------------- "Forty-five moments of perfection translated through a cautionary escape into the perils of the mundane, the inherent entropy in ultimate order, and the potential threats of eternal, unchecked apathy in civilization; all cloaked in musical expression so thoughtful, creative and forward thinking that almost a quarter-century later, few can even comprehend it, much less match it." (autothrall)
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schroeder
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posted June 28, 2009 18:40
I have been completely sucked in to CTS and have been collecting every cd and vinyl item related to it. picture discs, promos, colored vinyl, instrumental versions... I'm fuckin obsessed. I like them better now because of the singing. It's understandable. They are so much more diverse on this album than previous ones, although I can understand if you were hoping for something totally brutal, violent, and ugly like the early releases... you won't really find that on CTS. The band has certainly evolved from where they began and obviously some early fans aren't going to like it, and some newer fans (like me) are going to go total apeshit over it. This album just about has everything in it that I love about music. I blame Mez for getting me hooked on this and opening my ears to how good Blood Mountain is, and needing to check out CTS. To each his own. Probably my album of the year... I doubt even the new Porcupine Tree will top this. -------------------- yawn
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