The Seth Man
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"Lizard"
Mar 13, 2003, 09:15
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...is definately "prog as fuck."
Evidence:
1) It's a King Crimson album
2) Side two's about the end of the universe
3) More mellotrons than you can shake a stick at outside of any Moody Blues album except for "Go Now" or the ones Patrick Moraz appeared on
4) Vocals by Jon Anderson
5) Drumming is totally inept
6) Made me laugh for most of side one
7) Too many woodwinds not played by Chris Wood or Steve Winwood
8) Lyrics by Pete Sinfield...(always a danger sign)
9) Guitarist performing on a stool
10) Marc Charig on cornet
11) Interiors by Koraz wallpapers
12) I can't live without it
(hahahahahahahahahaha)
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Squid Tempest
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Re: "Lizard"
Mar 13, 2003, 09:22
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wb Sethman! where yer been?
So, the Crimsoid beast finally got yer did it?!
Squiddo
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The Seth Man
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"Entry of the Chameleons"
Mar 13, 2003, 09:33
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Heeey, Prince Squidster's Lament--
I've had the rekkid for over 2 decades and pulled it out on a lark...
What you reckon are the best lyrics are:
"...Grip Pipe Thynne/Cried out 'We're not Rin Tin-Tin"
or "Let the sergent mirror's spin/If we lose/The barber's win"
OR (drum roll)
"Night: Sowed me with carbon..." (or whatever the first line of "Prince Rupert's Lament" is) all rendered vocally by...(gulp) Gordon Haskell
(ahahahahahahahahahahaha)
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Serotonin
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Re: "Entry of the Chameleons"
Mar 13, 2003, 12:55
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good lord! never knew sinfield's "poetic visions" were such a heady mix of tarot, astrology and, er, utter cack.....
http://www.songsouponsea.com/Promenade/Lizard.html
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Joolio Geordio
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Re: "Lizard"
Mar 13, 2003, 19:36
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8) Lyrics by Pete Sinfield...(always a danger sign)
Didn't Pete Sinfield also contribute lyrics to that prog leviathon that was Bucks Fizz?
(Echoes of door slamming as Seth Man legs it down to Tower Records record vouchers in hand!!!)
;-)
Joolio (ducks for cover)
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Squid Tempest
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Re: "Entry of the Chameleons"
Mar 13, 2003, 21:00
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>adopts Spock-like pointy ears<
Fascinating...
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no_neck
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Ladies of the Road
Mar 14, 2003, 00:28
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Better tell them about that one, Mr Seth
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Fitter Stoke
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Re: Ladies of the Road
Mar 14, 2003, 10:24
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Indeed. Quite possibly the most offensive lyric to women on record yon side of the Macc Lads.
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Lord Lucan
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Re: "Entry of the Chameleons"
Mar 14, 2003, 10:38
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Oh, cheers! I just nodded off for 15 minutes at work thanks to that link.
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The Seth Man
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"Formentera Lady"
Mar 16, 2003, 21:52
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For years I thought the Sinfield lyric in "Ladies Of The Road" ("Like marron-glaced fish bones...") was a cunning linquistic punning on cunninglingus but I think it's probably a reference to the Sirens in "The Odyssey" every bit as much as going down on a "Stone-headed Frisco spacer" (the album IS called "Islands" after all, and with songs called "A Sailor's Tale" the dots connect pretty easy)
"Ladies Of The Road" was probably meant to contrast the beauty and grace of "Formentera Lady" on side one with something a bit more lusty --underlined by Mel Collins' satyr-like sax squonking and so forth
Sinfield works with a lot of mirroring patterns on those first four Crimso LPs
My most memorable experience listening to "Islands" was when I took a seven hour ferry ride to Ibiza from the mainland in late summer. It was quite a vibe to be listening to "Formentera Lady" while slowly passing that exquisitely narrow and amazingly flat island as I felt the full strength of the Mediterranean sun for the first time. It all felt quite timeless..(and so did I, come to think of it!)
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