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The new album from Spanish Pink Floyd wannabies Cantimpalos - In Physics Classrooms http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u26/phil90125/cant4.jpg?t=1200239679">

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Progressive rock is an unloved genre. Over indulgence killed it stone dead. Recently, however a new generation of bands have raked over the past, sorting the wheat from the chaff. â??Porcupine Treeâ?, â??The Mars Voltaâ? and â??You Enjoy Myselfâ? have all released albums strongly influenced by the bands of the 70â??s.  Indeed there was a period that bands were happy to reference classic prog rock bands as the backlash against punk's amateurism grew. None where more vociferous than Elyâ??s â??You Enjoy Myselfâ?. Meeting at the Kings School this power trio released a series of albums, lifting from sources as varied as â??Yesâ?, Carly Simon and the "Sex Pistols" â?? indeed their 17 minute long version of â??Pretty Vacantâ? has remained their standard encore for the past 12 years.

But, like the bands they sought to emulate the indulgence crept in. 2002â??s â??Ely Cathedralâ? a four CD concept album about the foundation and construction of the eponymous building was the first to receive a zero star review in â??Qâ?. The only one itâ??s given in over 20 years.

Interviews before the release of â??Doing More Of Itâ? claimed the band had worked out the indulgence in the previous album, especially since the sacking of keyboardist and singer Tony Moraz-Wakeman and installation of McFlyâ??s Tom Fletcher as a replacement.

The resulting album was precisely what the title implied. Subsequent revelations in the press revealed that Tom Fletcher had been replaced very quickly by a series of session musicians, but that Fletcher refused to remove his name from the credits, until it was released when he was lambasted for his involvement.

The album itself was simply a continuation of the â??Ely Cathedralâ? concept album. When questioned lead singer Anderson Council further alienated fans by saying â??the clue is in the titleâ? and â??what do these morons expectâ?. Sales collapsed and the Tour (with the worrying suffix "On Ice") was cancelled.
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Those expecting the usual Carnlough mix of traditional Irish Folk were dumb stuck â??By Apologize For Truthâ?. Fiddles, bodhranâ??s and tin whistles were jettisoned in favour of John Cage / Karl Heinz Stockhausen electronic soundscapes and musique concrète. This is challenging album, which strongly references Lou Reedâ??s â??Metal Machine Musicâ? is broken down in to three movements. â??Fishingâ? uses the natural sounds of a trawler accompanied by significant prepared piano melodies. Finbar Oâ??Hanlon said that heâ??d become fascinated by the notion John Cage pioneered of introducing the element of chance into music. No more is this more apparent than in â??Drinkingâ? which starts with a out of key version of â??The Star Of County Downâ? and builds over itâ??s thirty three minute length into a cacophony of random noises. Snatches of drunken conversation permeate its length. This is James Joyce's "Ulysses" set to music. "Marriage" repeats many of the motif's in "Drinking" but with a more whistful air, reflecting (it seems) O'Hanlon's own views about melancholy and nostalgia.
Needless to say the album bombed. It was performed once at the Londonderry Hotel in the village of Carnlough. This triumphant homecoming ended in a muted disarray as the local fans vented their anger at the band's new direction. http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u26/phil90125/truth1-1.jpg?t=1200144273">

Carlos Soldini, better known as the winner of a bronze medal in 1935's FiBT Two Man Bobsleigh Championship, released this puzzling collection of inspirational in 1997. Greeted with a mix of awe and bafflement, the album was notable for it's vitriolic attacks on the Methodist Church. The reviews reflected the puzzling nature of the material. Sounds described it as "the best album by a bobsledder in at least a generation" whereas reviewer Charles Shar Murray dismissed it with the now famous quote "what is this bollocks?".

Soldini toured on the back of this album, becoming something of a cause celebre when Loughborough Students Union banned him from performing in their premises on the basis that his material was "likely to cause offence to people related to John Wesley". The resulting riot left one person dead.

Soldini died unrepentant in 2004.

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Following the massive success of Royksopp's Melody AM, Belgium's "Willebadessen" where tipped as the next big thing with their debut album "Confused Power With Greatness". Karl Vont De Deart and Simone Weft who in 1998, provided the soundtrack to Brussels "Summer Of Chill" attempted to recreate the magic on this album. Despite being produced by Global Communication's Tom Middleton and featuring stand out tracks such as "Atlantic State" and the soaring trance anthem "German For Motorway",and being listed in Wired's Top Ten Albums of the 90's, "Confused Power With Greatness" never achieved the commerical success this music deserved. Now counted amongst the most important ambient albums of the last decade this re-release features sleeve notes from Brian Eno, Ralf Hutter and Boards Of Canada's Marcus Sandison as well as a bonus disc of remixes.

Tracklisting
Disc 1                      
1. Introducin'            
2. Atlantic State
3. Poor Leon
4. 4:34
5. Nip The Wax
6. Sexy Girl
7. Arch Decade
8. German For Motorway
9. Remind You
10. Raquel's Song

Disc 2 The Mixes
1. Introducin' - DJ Shadow        
2. Atlantic State (Now We Have Arrived Mix) - A Guy Called Gerald
3. Poor Leon (I'd Rather Jack)- S/A/W
4. 4:34 - Cage / Cale / Glass / Riley
5. Nip The Wax (Anagram Mix)- Aphex Twin
6. Sexy Girl (Trance Anthem) - Cassius
7. Arch Decade (Once Returning) - Stereolab
8. German For Motorway (Autostrada Mix) - Kraftwerk
9. Remind You (Of Something Else 10th Birthday Mix) - Jedi Knights / Boards Of Canada
10. Raquel's Song - Steve "Silk" Hurley ft Sonia

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This is a contender for best thread ever and is one I will be shamelessly cribbing.

I wanna play. Just wait til I get home.

Jim's review is just the sort of NME lite these fictious bands need, nay demand.

Just reading this again. The distance selling regulations only apply to businesses not to individual sellers. If you have a problem with an individual then you really don't have any "legal" protection. I mean if the scammers and pirates really thought that ebay / paypal gave a toss about their activities, or if ebay's procedures and verification was robust enough then frankly they'd move somewhere else. As it is the site is a scammers play ground. Of course the old saying is "let the buyer beware" if it looks too good to be true it invariably it isn't. I do wonder why people seem to leave their common sense behind when the ebay mist descends?

I hear what you are saying. However many people on ebay expect it to work like a shop - you complain to the manager and it gets resolved. If ebay was a shop, it would be one unregulated by any consumer protection, where you had no legal rights, where you can buy stuff not as advertised, where if you had a problem you'd have to complain to the salesperson about the item, then complain to the cashier about the payment, then complain to the person delivering it about the delivery, meanwhile the manager sits on their hands, taking their percentage and claiming to be unable to intervene. And, unlike in the real world where you can warn people about it, ebay are removing the ability to leave negative feedback.

I can see why people use ebay. I simply can't comprehend why they would.

Link: http://www.123electricals4me.co.uk/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=PANA-TH42PZ70B" target="_blank">And the same set for £924 as opposed to the "chea