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Steven Wilson — Harmony Korine
Album: Insurgentes
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Released: 2009
Length: 5:04
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Rain, come down, and fall forever
Drain, the dirt, into the wasteland
Pray, for sound, to quiet the howling

Feel, no shame, too brave
Feel, afraid, to wait forever

Kneel, to fade, the day's corrosion
Crawl, depart, towards perdition
Gray, the part, the bruise within you

Feel, no shame, too brave
Feel, afraid, to wait forever

Forever

Feel, no shame, too brave
Feel, afraid, to wait forever
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Segue into this out of the Miles Davis classic "Concierto De Aranjuez"

Only on RP.......................
 Helmholtz wrote:
How refreshing to hear music again, after that Einaudi crap..
 
That cracks me up, as Einaudi is where RP energy always seems to grind to a halt.  People swoon over him in the comments, but it messes with my flow all the time when I'm working and the soft plinky piano music starts going.
 dolfan wrote:

Are you my mummy?




Doctor Who reference, I believe. Creepy/great episode.
Gavin Harrison is a standout among the TRIO of drummers in the current incarnation of King Crimson. He's the only one to get a full on drum solo, and it's clear why. Check their recent live stuff.
Steven Wilson... but no one of Wilson's acquaintance (or to my knowledge anyone else of fairly recent vintage) cranks the rhythm section and drives a tune forward like Gavin Harrison on the skins.  And that's him and his signature sound right beside SW, almost like a co-author. Why not double billing? Too complicated, Mr. Label Man? Is this the auteur theory of alt prog rock? 
Ten for Gavin Harrison 
 jbuhl wrote:
Couple days ago I was home alone on a Saturday night.  So I took a tiny puff off some fresh Big Bubba Diesel (50/50 indica/sativa )   They warned me at the dispensary of the potency (couch lock)  so I just did a tiny nip and only one a light inhale.  Then mixed up Martini and streamed Wilson's new To the Bone album.  Ooooh Time and space was bent.  The buzz dissipated a few minutes after the album ended.  Perfect little micro trip right in the sanctity of my living room.  

{#Cheers}


 

What a wonderfully descriptive account my fellow #cannabiscousin. Your Cousin' Nikolai appreciates the delights of microdosing all the lovely strains Mother 
Cannabis gives us, indeed.  Cheers'. 
 jbuhl wrote:
Couple days ago I was home alone on a Saturday night.  So I took a tiny puff off some fresh Big Bubba Diesel (50/50 indica/sativa )   They warned me at the dispensary of the potency (couch lock)  so I just did a tiny nip and only one a light inhale.  Then mixed up Martini and streamed Wilson's new To the Bone album.  Ooooh Time and space was bent.  The buzz dissipated a few minutes after the album ended.  Perfect little micro trip right in the sanctity of my living room.  

{#Cheers}




Did you throw on a mask, like the one on the album cover, to 'enhance' the high?
 

 kingart wrote:

A perfect post. I know what you mean. I'm reminded of the days of a 1978 acid blotter trip and after returning home with my apartment mate from an all night party and for the *first* time hearing the crickets on Abbey Road, or at a Boston midnight in 1976 smoking what was then some ridiculously kick ass weed  and blasting Dark Side of the Moon and briefly entering what seemed to be another universe. 
 

Nice! One time I got really high at a friends house not long after Dark Side of the Moon came out. His dad was rich and had this high end stereo with a super fancy turntable that tracked horizontally along a rod as the disc played. My friend got up and left for a while and I finished listening to the 2nd side by myself. I didn't know that the turntable was fully manual and the needle would not automatically pick itself up and return when it reached the end. So the last song ends on a note that was recorded all the way to the center of the vinyl. I'm not sure how many minutes i listened to that last note repeat over and over again, but thought it was the coolest and most avant garde thing I had every heard. I swore I could hear very subtle distinctions in the note being played. My friend finally came back and said, uh, why didn't you pick up the needle, and I was like, What?!?  Ah the good ol days.
Wondering if Mr. Wilson saw the recent Harmony Korine film The Beach Bum starring Matthew McConaughey as a Miami stoner.
 jbuhl wrote:
Couple days ago I was home alone on a Saturday night.  So I took a tiny puff off some fresh Big Bubba Diesel (50/50 indica/sativa )   They warned me at the dispensary of the potency (couch lock)  so I just did a tiny nip and only one a light inhale.  Then mixed up Martini and streamed Wilson's new To the Bone album.  Ooooh Time and space was bent.  The buzz dissipated a few minutes after the album ended.  Perfect little micro trip right in the sanctity of my living room.  

{#Cheers}


 
A perfect post. I know what you mean. I'm reminded of the days of a 1978 acid blotter trip and after returning home with my apartment mate from an all night party and for the *first* time hearing the crickets on Abbey Road, or at a Boston midnight in 1976 smoking what was then some ridiculously kick ass weed  and blasting Dark Side of the Moon and briefly entering what seemed to be another universe. 
Tomorrow gonna see him live in zurich


truly one of (the last) really great ones standing - even thoug he makes his own stuff with an indentifiably induvidual signature somehow a true follower of pnik floyd an so on...
 GatoDeNieve wrote:

Pretty much because in SW words, PT was not a band, but a dictatorship where he was in charge.

 
PT was one of the many, many projects of dictator as well as extremely talented artist Steven Wilson.

Along those lines PF wouldn't be there without an AP and his projects. If you know what I mean
 denbear wrote:
This is the second solo effort that sounded just like the band the artist came from, Grandaddy and now Porcupine Tree. I always thought a solo effort was desirable for its ability to let the artist move out of the rut he/she was in.
 
Pretty much because in SW words, PT was not a band, but a dictatorship where he was in charge.
 Rockit9 wrote:
WEED IS NOW LEGAL IN CANADA...EH!

Couple days ago I was home alone on a Saturday night.  So I took a tiny puff off some fresh Big Bubba Diesel (50/50 indica/sativa )   They warned me at the dispensary of the potency (couch lock)  so I just did a tiny nip and only one a light inhale.  Then mixed up Martini and streamed Wilson's new To the Bone album.  Ooooh Time and space was bent.  The buzz dissipated a few minutes after the album ended.  Perfect little micro trip right in the sanctity of my living room.  


 

TAKE OFF!!
 

WEED IS NOW LEGAL IN CANADA...EH!
Couple days ago I was home alone on a Saturday night.  So I took a tiny puff off some fresh Big Bubba Diesel (50/50 indica/sativa )   They warned me at the dispensary of the potency (couch lock)  so I just did a tiny nip and only one a light inhale.  Then mixed up Martini and streamed Wilson's new To the Bone album.  Ooooh Time and space was bent.  The buzz dissipated a few minutes after the album ended.  Perfect little micro trip right in the sanctity of my living room.  

{#Cheers}


 

I too saw him in November, went in to the 3+ hour concert not knowing any of his music. Came out the BIGGEST fan, had to then attempt to digest all his prior work (both solo and Porcupine Tree, not to mention Blackfield) in the past year. A labor of love. Top marks!!!
Couple days ago I was home alone on a Saturday night.  So I took a tiny puff off some fresh Big Bubba Diesel (50/50 indica/sativa )   They warned me at the dispensary of the potency (couch lock)  so I just did a tiny nip and only one a light inhale.  Then mixed up Martini and streamed Wilson's new To the Bone album.  Ooooh Time and space was bent.  The buzz dissipated a few minutes after the album ended.  Perfect little micro trip right in the sanctity of my living room.  

{#Cheers}


 smackiepipe wrote:
Have you ever seen the video produced for this song? My God. Perfect. The perfect melding of music with vision. The video is a dreamlike nightmare, but beautiful.

Check it out on youtube here:  https://youtu.be/BClzBQmZZBc
 
Yessiree       great Artist, Steve Wilson 
(seems humanity is the demon brought forth by the latest evolutionary cycle and our technology is securing our quick end, or some such...)
Awesome.  Just saw him in November in Orlando; he put on an almost 3 hour show.  I would have stayed later to get an autograph, but I had a 2 hour drive home at 1:30am.
He just put out a wonderful Q&A on music streaming and the future/past of getting music heard. Great article, you can find it off his site or Twitter feed.

 WOW is right - He was great

 

Canlistener wrote:

Just saw him again on the 41/2 tour...WOW! 

 


 Canlistener wrote:

Just saw him again on the 41/2 tour...WOW! 

 

I'm jealous!


Just saw him again on the 41/2 tour...WOW! 
Happy Solstice to all the Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree fans!

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, the days now start to get longer.

And for all you good boys and girls, may Santa bring you more Steven Wilson solo material and a long overdue Porcupine Tree reunion in 2016! 

Just saw Steven in Seattle last night.  He played this along with several PT songs as well as many from his new CD.  I must say I've seen PT and Steven about 6 times and last night's was absolutely the very best PT/Steven Wilson concert I've ever seen.  They really gave us their very best.  Great show!


That made me laugh - thanks for that!

dolfan wrote:
Are you my mummy?

 


Are you my mummy?
 well said !  a dream like nightmare, but beautiful.  smackiepipe wrote:
Have you ever seen the video produced for this song? My God. Perfect. The perfect melding of music with vision. The video is a dreamlike nightmare, but beautiful.

Check it out on youtube here:  https://youtu.be/BClzBQmZZBc
 

{#Cheers}
Reminds me of UNKLE.
 scrubbrush wrote:
I don't know how I didn't know this in 2010 but I know a lot of his work now. amazes me how someone so talented doesn't seem to be known in the mainstream.
 
I get the notion that he likely is reluctant to cast himself adrift in "the mainstream".  There are probably also other reasons why he is not widely known.
Just checking my rating. Yes. Still a 10. at least until we go all spinal tap and allow for 11's. 

Carry on! lol 
Have you ever seen the video produced for this song? My God. Perfect. The perfect melding of music with vision. The video is a dreamlike nightmare, but beautiful.

Check it out on youtube here:  https://youtu.be/BClzBQmZZBc



Steven is a musical genius! I love his solo stuff as much as Porcupine Tree.
Reminds me so much of the band Spirit! Quite excellent.
 scrubbrush wrote:


I don't know how I didn't know this in 2010 but I know a lot of his work now. amazes me how someone so talented doesn't seem to be known in the mainstream.

 
Wilson is becoming increasingly better known.  Peer recognition is in.   Mainstream recognition will happen.  Resistance is futile. 
 vandal wrote:

Creative genius (vocals/guitar) behind the band, Porcupine Tree. . .



 

I don't know how I didn't know this in 2010 but I know a lot of his work now. amazes me how someone so talented doesn't seem to be known in the mainstream.
Wow...
This is well done. 
Outstanding, like pretty much everything he produces.
How refreshing to hear music again, after that Einaudi crap..
 oldviolin wrote:
I vote yes

 
I must concur. Verily.

{#Dancingbanana_2}

Happy Friday! 
I vote yes

So I managed to listen to Raven that refused to sing CD on a couple of long drives along the coast and mountains.

And then I got it.  And I came to think of it as on par with In Absentia.  

 

Wilson outdid himself with this recent 3rd solo project.  


 {#Daisy}{#Daisy}{#Daisy}Deadwing wrote:
{#Sunny}

 


{#Sunny}
..rawks..
SW's new DVD "Get All You Deserve" is amazing.

Highly recommended! 
wow! the song went off like a rocket !
....7-8.....
 westslope wrote:

I adore this CD and play it obsessively at high volume when driving by myself.

How's the new CD?

 

Any tips of seeing Wilson in Seattle this April?


 

The new CD is pretty good - takes a few listens but then it kicks in nicely. Like a huge tapestry of sounds...at first you wonder what he was thinking when they were put together. I love that about him.

I adore this CD and play it obsessively at high volume when driving by myself.

How's the new CD?

 

Any tips of seeing Wilson in Seattle this April?


{#Notworthy}
 Cynaera wrote:

I knew there was a reason I was having mixed feelings about liking this song! I really love the vocals and the whole mood, but after learning about Harmony Korine, I'm sort of troubled by it all...

 

SW named this song Harmony Korine because he thought it was an extraordinarily beautiful and musical name and not from any real love or admiration for the actual person (although knowing how much SW enjoys shock value I'm sure that oxymoron was not lost on him).

He's always been a team irony player.  

Like stopping in a lush garden to admire the most breathtakingly beautiful flower you have ever seen in your life and then noticing a dead human hand sticking up from the soil below it.

That's just how he rolls.

Sick cat but I love him.
 Hannio wrote:


Drumless!  No doubt about it.
 

Thanks for clearing that up.  {#Cheesygrin}
 Tippster wrote:
Harmony Korine is kind of a messed up dood though - wrote the movie "Kids" and directed "Gummo" - two of the most disturbing films ever.
 
I knew there was a reason I was having mixed feelings about liking this song! I really love the vocals and the whole mood, but after learning about Harmony Korine, I'm sort of troubled by it all...

love this, especially when it....................soars...............


 jchrise wrote:
In my opinion, Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree/Blackfield is the modern day equivalent of Robert Plant/Jimmy Page/Zeppelin and the likes of early period progressive rock. One would be hard pressed to find a match (exception: Radio Head or Portishead) for Steven's songwriting depth, larger-than-life guitar expressions, and consistently complex arrangements.    

 
I would agree with that, but you failed to include Gavin Harrison and John Bonham in the comparisons.  The percussive expression and tightness they bring adds considerably to the overall works.  Without these drummers I would have to demote both groups a notch or two.


 Webfoot wrote:
Where would this song be without the drums?
 

Drumless!  No doubt about it.
trippy little nugget
Starts off somewhat Dave Matthews like.
Why do people try to intellectualize music like this? It is what it is, a very simple arrangement that was left to a producer and studio engineer to piece together as a song. If you hear Led Zepplin in this relisten to Led Zepplond 1st album. No ones going to remember this song 42 years fr now like u have recalled LZ.
This isn't porcupine tree guy is it?  Nice tune  {#Silenced}
Now We're talking !         {#Sunny}
Where would this song be without the drums?
I absolutely love Porcupine Tree...guess I need to check this out also.
 jchrise wrote:
In my opinion, Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree/Blackfield is the modern day equivalent of Robert Plant/Jimmy Page/Zeppelin and the likes of early period progressive rock. One would be hard pressed to find a match (exception: Radio Head or Portishead) for Steven's songwriting depth, larger-than-life guitar expressions, and consistently complex arrangements.    

 
Nicely stated! I concur 100%. The word genius comes to mind...

Did I say this CD is brilliant?  It requires a few listens.
In my opinion, Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree/Blackfield is the modern day equivalent of Robert Plant/Jimmy Page/Zeppelin and the likes of early period progressive rock. One would be hard pressed to find a match (exception: Radio Head or Portishead) for Steven's songwriting depth, larger-than-life guitar expressions, and consistently complex arrangements.    

Love all of Steven Wilson's projects (especially Porcupine Tree and Blackfield).

 
andrello wrote:
Finally it has arrived at 10. Incredible. So is the entire album.
 


Finally it has arrived at 10. Incredible. So is the entire album.

 . . . Love it!  Trains and Hormony Korine!

Starting to really love this tune - just moved it to a '9'. Could we hear more from this album? Seems like I've only heard 2 songs from it.


I love his voice - very unique and his musical sensibility - there is U2-like sense of drama and epic nature to his songs.
Generally not a fan of "prog."

Porcupine Tree is one of my favorite bands.

Hence...

Steven Wilson = Genius 
 scrubbrush wrote:
who is Steven Wilson? was (is) he with some other band too?
 
Creative genius (vocals/guitar) behind the band, Porcupine Tree. . .


who is Steven Wilson? was (is) he with some other band too?
10 —-> 11
 robco1 wrote:
Steven is working on a new solo album and apparently Steve Hackett is contributing this time. {#Bananajam}
 
In what capacity is Hackett contributing?  Production or musically, or both for that matter?

A solid 9 with the chance of a 10 when I hear it again in the future{#Dancingbanana_2}
Steven is working on a new solo album and apparently Steve Hackett is contributing this time. {#Bananajam}
Ok, ok I got it! Alice Cooper meets Porcupine Tree, yep, that's it. Whatever it is, not to fond of it.{#No}
{#Lol}Was scrolling down the screen and by God, it really is Porcupine Tree! Well, that explains that.{#Lol}
 Cynaera wrote: 
beautiful posts. Just wonderful. a real gift. thank you Cynaera. For some reason my reply is not referencing your words, but at least the sequencing is right.

 drews wrote:
Cynaera, I can see the hummingbirds! That's visual writing about nature and random stuff that reminds me of the book I'm currently reading (which is great)...


 
Cynaera wrote:
Wow. This is a great song for the kind of day it is - sunny, hot, and lazy.{#Sunny} It's windy, but it doesn't stop the hummingbirds from zooming in to feed, or the Monarch butterflies from fluttering frustratedly while in search of the not-yet-bloomed hollyhocks. Got a load of laundry in the washer, chicken breasts ready to grill, and as soon as I get motivated, I'ma make a really great cabbage/tomato/red-onion/cilantro/lime-juice salad and some brown rice to go with them. And then I'ma sit back and wish for ten days of uninterrupted sleep.{#Roflol}

Uh, I like this song.{#Bounce}
 
I'm laughing... I just read the blurb for this book, and it's SO me...  Thank you, drew. I'm in search of it for a reasonable price (limited budget, y'know...) 

To add to my other post - the hummers have discovered the now-bloomed hollyhocks in the back yard, as well as some volunteer sunflowers. The birds fight for domination, as if they don't know there's a feeder in the front yard. I love nature, in all her facets. My latest miracle is an Austrian Pine tree, consigned to the "tree graveyard" by the owner of the nursery where I water plants. It's happened before, and I couldn't do anything to stop it - but this time, I did. After the hired help came back from hauling that beautiful pine tree to the "graveyard," he saw my expression and said, "If you know someone who wants it, I'll load it onto a truck for you."

Needless to say, my brother and I jumped at the chance to save a tree that wasn't dead, but would have been, had it been left on that scorching gravel with burning sun, no water, and an exposed root-ball.  The tree is now basking in our back-40, in a huge pot (which I have to return, once we figure out what to do with the tree), getting water, nutrients, love, and visitors in the form of birds who want our choke-cherries and are curious enough to check out "the new kid.")

Um, and I still like this song. {#Mrgreen}

 


Harmony Korine is kind of a messed up dood though - wrote the movie "Kids" and directed "Gummo" - two of the most disturbing films ever.
just hearing this song is  the reason why I listen, new good music.
Cynaera, I can see the hummingbirds! That's visual writing about nature and random stuff that reminds me of the book I'm currently reading (which is great)...


 
Cynaera wrote:
Wow. This is a great song for the kind of day it is - sunny, hot, and lazy.{#Sunny} It's windy, but it doesn't stop the hummingbirds from zooming in to feed, or the Monarch butterflies from fluttering frustratedly while in search of the not-yet-bloomed hollyhocks. Got a load of laundry in the washer, chicken breasts ready to grill, and as soon as I get motivated, I'ma make a really great cabbage/tomato/red-onion/cilantro/lime-juice salad and some brown rice to go with them. And then I'ma sit back and wish for ten days of uninterrupted sleep.{#Roflol}

Uh, I like this song.{#Bounce}
 


{#Hearteyes}

{#Dance}

{#Wink}
oh, and the drumming is gorgeous...yummy...

Very trippy - like the atmosphere he created with this.
The Porcupine Tree guy.
Love it.
this song sure fits the trancey, atmospheric theme this afternoon.  I like how this song soars.
Wow. This is a great song for the kind of day it is - sunny, hot, and lazy.{#Sunny} It's windy, but it doesn't stop the hummingbirds from zooming in to feed, or the Monarch butterflies from fluttering frustratedly while in search of the not-yet-bloomed hollyhocks. Got a load of laundry in the washer, chicken breasts ready to grill, and as soon as I get motivated, I'ma make a really great cabbage/tomato/red-onion/cilantro/lime-juice salad and some brown rice to go with them. And then I'ma sit back and wish for ten days of uninterrupted sleep.{#Roflol}

Uh, I like this song.{#Bounce}
Dig
First time I ever heard this stuff. Already in my Amazon shopping basket! Loving it in a rainy England.
Downgraded. 1.
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
I bow before Steven Wilson.
 

And I'm sure Steve loves being the living god-of-mystical-music he thinks he is.

Wow! Another version of Only Women Bleed! That is quite the popular song even though it is never titled that!{#Lol} This one we have Porcupine Tree doing the Alice Cooper classic!{#Wink} Actually, sounds pretty decent.


 Relayer wrote:
Steve Wilson is just amazing.  All his work blows me away (except maybe No Man, which is ho-hum).
 
Isn't Tim Bowness the lead man on that project?

And let's bump this up now that it's available in HD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BClzBQmZZBc 
I bow before Steven Wilson.
 westslope wrote:
This follows Tom Waits quite nicely.  
 
Not really a segue since he talked in between, but still an odd choice after the old-timey blues tune.  Nevertheless it's a cool song (especially if you like Radiohead.)

 Poacher wrote:
10 ==> 11

I win! 

 
No.  You get to wash the dishes!  


This follows Tom Waits quite nicely.  
My, but that was a seamless segue from the REM.
 wenatchee wrote:

I just bumped this to an 8 - eerie and growing on me

 
Likewise, I went 5 -> 7.  Familiarity breeds... pleasure?

Dear Lord, how I do love this song. The louder the better. And the video is killer, too.

sounds much like porcupine tree. 

i like it



Harvey Korman
 stewliscious wrote:
Maybe I'm not hearing it, but sounds very generic.  Could be any number of artists.  Snoozer.
 
2nd.
 Bosami wrote:
7>8
 
I just bumped this to an 8 - eerie and growing on me

This is actually god-like!

Maybe I'm not hearing it, but sounds very generic.  Could be any number of artists.  Snoozer.
This whole CD just gets better and better with subsequent listens.
7>8
The man's talent makes me envious and yet joyful for the listening experience. Since I'll never have the talent — I'll dwell on the joyful listening... Steve, if you're reading and ever feel the need to chill out this way — let me know... I can pretend to jam with you. I am a wizard of ALL air instrumentation, and with my eyes closed and no one within listening distance — I am quite the vocalist as well... (or so I'm told by the little voice{s} in my head)! Once we're bored with that, there's always the wine and beer...{#Cheers}
 . . . wait for it . . . NICE!
 kctomato wrote:
I thought it sounded like the dissonance of an industrial factory.
 
It doesn't sound dissonant at all to me, but we all hear different things. As far as it being factory-like: I do hear a lot of energy.


 Limpopoking wrote:
This man can do no wrong... {#Meditate}
 


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