Recent content by Thudd

You lucky duck! (lived in Perth for a few years myself until recently) I had kittens when I saw the 2010 lineup, I would have killed to get there. I'll be in the Netherlands next year about a month and a half before PP2012 too :(

Lord are excellent. I'm not a fan of his vocals either but the lads can certainly play, and pull it off live too.

Amazon UK lists two Iconoclast 2CD versions: Limited Edition B004WOJ6ZK Box Set B004WPYNY8 Anyone have any idea if there is actually any difference between the two? The prices are almost, but not quite, the same, and the release date are strangely listed as a day apart.

Why not? Why aren't they allowed to say they don't like it if indeed they don't? Some of the criticisms I've read so far have been quite reasoned, and not just "Yahhh it's too heavy/not prog/not V".

At least some of you have been able to see them live! Some of us don't care what the setlist is, we'd just like to see them play anything.

And also, any news on somebody like Newbury having signed copies available like the 5.1 PL release?

Not necessarily so. Tommy Emmanuel never learned to read music and nobody can doubt his ability.

How far do you go with that then? The first thing that came to mind when I read your response was some of Andy Warhol's work like the Campbell's Soup Cans - dull, banal, mundane, emotionless, unaesthetic, yet they are regarded as icons of modern art. At least the red rectangle is a pleasant...

I had a fiddle with this myself. For my accent, I'd always pronounce it as riderS, because the S is a shorter and softer sound than the Z. For me to say riderZ it comes out like riderSah, where that 'ah' is short and subtle but adds an unwanted sibilance. If I try to sing it loud and...

Let's take the red rectangle. It interested you and it got you thinking and talking about it and searching for meaning. Is that enough for it to be art?

Australia - which has been listed in the past on their website as being on their tour agenda but which hasn't happened yet. I was *that close* to flying up to Bangkok to see them last year, which is the closest they've got, but the timing just didn't work out.

At least you get to see them! Plenty of places in the world they haven't been to, and international trips to see a 60 minute set aren't really feasible.

It's my own theory, although I have been known as one to overanalyse! True or not though it works for me.

I'm not going to pick either because I like them both for their own reasons. Regarding Russ' 'rough' vocals on PL, I mentioned this once before in another thread but I might give it a re-run because I've never heard this theory/analysis anywhere else. The first couple of songs as Russell is...

Not bad! Biggest problem is that on a lot of the big notes it sounds like you've got nowhere left to go whereas RA is only at mid-throttle. Mind you, if the worst criticism I can come up with is "You're not Russell Allen" then you're doing about 1,000x better than I can do! ;) Let me qualify...