Shesmovedon (Reprise)

An important period of my life begun with this song… Now it appears to end with his song as well. To some cultures, time is cyclical, not linear. Events repeat themselves, since time does not “go on”, more like, “goes round”.

Some even choose to delete the past

So, time has gone round. And again, more than ever, this song catches the spirit of it perfectly.

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/search/songs/?query=shesmovedon


You move in waves
You never retrace
Your newest craze
Straight out of the face by the bed unread
I’m left behind
Like all the others
Some fall for you
It doesn’t make much difference if they do
She changes every time you look
By summer it was all gone – now she’s moved on
She called you every other day
So savour it it’s all gone – now she’s moved on
So for a while
Everything seemed new
Did we connect?
Or was it all just biding time for you?

Porcupine Tree live in Athens!

It was a special moment when I heard the radio announcer on 105.5fm I was listening to with Neni utter the magic words… “Porcupine Tree will be playing together with Anathema in Gazi Technopolis [incredible selection of venue!] on September 9th. Pre-ordering of tickets has begun”. It was an almost… orgasmic experience.

That was about 3 weeks ago. Back then, I had no money and could do nothing about it. The minute I got my monthly allowance though, I immediately ordered one ticket for me and one for Neni (it was her nameday present… I was a bad boyfriend and hadn’t bought anything for her. I think this little gift did nicely!), so we, as ticket numbers 157/158, will know where we’re going to be come September 9th. It’s going to be exam period, we know… But come now, honestly, what’s more important?

Good chance to get to know Anathema’s music as well…

Locked Within A Significant Other

The music video was uber-cheesy so I decided I preferred the real song… Thanks Neni for introducing me to Blackmore’s Night and this song! OK, Mordread too! 🙂 Incredibly happy song!

Silly yet cool video depicting Porcupine Tree while this song is from Steven Wilson’s “Insurgentes” solo album (just like Harmony Korine)… The female vocals are astounding in this song… So powerful yet so mellow.

These two songs have been playing in my head for days on end, my little earworms…

In The Court Of The Crimson King

More than 40 years ago, a band called King Crimson, having been formed for a mere 9 months, debuted with releasing one of the most important albums in the history of progressive rock. This is none other than “In The Court Of The Crimson King”. Tracks such as the self-named, or “Epitaph”, have made it to the pantheon of rock classics and for good reason.

While I was casually sifting through Porcupine Tree’s homepage, looking at their news and stuff, a certain something caught my eye. Steven Wilson, together with Robert Fripp, remixed King Crimson’s first three albums in digital and 5.1. Now that was something! I knew that Robert Fripp had worked with Porcupine Tree, had contributed with some guitar solos and things, but I did not know such a collaboartion actually existed!

I promptly set out to download this huge 40th Anniversary Edition of “In The Court”, 1.9GB worth of 5 discs. Wow! Indeed, the recent mixes bring out a certain something out of the sound. I really thought these songs were recorded yesterday, that’s how good the remixing is. If you haven’t yet listened to this album, I highly, highly recommend. Just like Steven Wilson puts it:

“this is the birth of progressive rock”.

(This is one AMAZING video. The music goes very well with the footage, which is just breath-taking in its own right… Fantastic stuff!)

The dance of the puppets
The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun.
I walk a road, horizons change
The tournament’s begun.
The purple piper plays his tune,
The choir softly sing;
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue,
For the court of the crimson king.

The keeper of the city keys
Put shutters on the dreams.
I wait outside the pilgrim’s door
With insufficient schemes.
The black queen chants
The funeral march,
The cracked brass bells will ring;
To summon back the fire witch
To the court of the crimson king.

The gardener plants an evergreen
Whilst trampling on a flower.
I chase the wind of a prism ship
To taste the sweet and sour.
The pattern juggler lifts his hand;
The orchestra begin.
As slowly turns the grinding wheel
In the court of the crimson king.

On soft gray mornings widows cry
The wise men share a joke;
I run to grasp divining signs
To satisfy the hoax.
The yellow jester does not play
But gentle pulls the strings
And smiles as the puppets dance
In the court of the crimson king.

The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams.

Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back
And laugh.
But I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying.

Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known;
Knowledge is a deadly friend
When no one sets the rules.
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools.

Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back
And laugh.
But I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying.

Porcupine Tree – Moonloop (Live) + Piano Lessons

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Κομματάρα. Απο τότε που οι Porcupine ήταν space κατάσταση.
Πειράζει που το μόνο που τελικά ακούω εδώ και μερικούς μήνες είναι τον Wilson και την παρέα του; Πόσο γαμάτοι παίζει να είναι; Όχι, σε αυτή την ερώτηση έχω απαντήσει εδώ και χρόνια: ανυπέρβλητα!

Ανδ δις ουάν μείντ μι λαφ…