OT: A True ProgRocker: Steven Wilson! A video and a tribute.
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:18 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mISGb_Hmn0
Look at him go. The man's Prog Pedigree is undeniable. I only got like six of those questions right! I should change my username right now, I'm not worthy!!
Steven Wilson IS Prog... not only does he know it, but he performs it well and often with his various groups that he plays in (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-Man, IEM, Bass Communion, etc.) and produces (Opeth, Paatos, Fish, Riverside, OSI, Marillion, Anathema, Anja Garbarek, etc.)
SOME STEVEN WILSON FACTS:
--- Steven Wilson breathes in 9/8, blinks in 17/4, speaks in 19/12 and has a heartbeat in 23/16.
--- Steven Wilson once wrote a song so beautiful, it made Marilyn Monroe jealous.
--- Only one time has Steven Wilson played the drums. Dinosaurs became extinct as a result.
--- Only one time has Steven Wilson played the bass. That marked the end of the final Ice Age.
--- Mankind rues the day that Steven Wilson takes up the saxophone.
--- The other members of Porcupine Tree merely exist to, you know, "bring Steven back down to earth."
--- The Beatles broke up because they realized they could never be better than Steven Wilson. All other existing bands either haven't listened to Wilson's work, or are in denial.
--- When Steven Wilson gets higher than a kite, he wrotes songs deeper than the Marianas Trench.
--- Speaking of the Marianas Trench, Wilson can fill it up with five-star prog records he has produced.
--- Robert Plant once looked into Steven Wilson's eyes. That inspired him to write "Stairway to Heaven."
--- Steven Wilson once looked into Robert Plant's eyes. That inspired him to take a massive dump.
--- Once, Steven Wilson got pregnant somehow. After much thought he decided to have an abortion. The result is the multi-platinum band Coldplay.
--- The RIAA keeps offering Steven Wilson gold and platinum records. He has no need for them and instead donates them to bands who wouldn't receive them otherwise, such as Limp Bizkit, Barry Manilow, and Dokken.
--- Radiohead is just a Steven Wilson tribute band. True story.
--- John F. Kennedy wasn't assassinated. He was trying to figure out a complex Steven Wilson guitar part, and his brain exploded.
--- A record producer once told Steven Wilson to write a three-minute song in 4/4 time. That record producer is now dead.
--- Most raindrops are the tears of the virgins sacrificed to appease vengeful Steven Wilson. They are tears of joy.
--- The other raindrops are the tears of virgins who have yet to be sacrificed to appease vengeful Steven Wilson. They are tears of sorrow.
--- Steven Wilson once wrote a concept album with fifteen inoffensive arena rock songs and released it. He entitled it "Journey: Greatest Hits." It went diamond.
Look at him go. The man's Prog Pedigree is undeniable. I only got like six of those questions right! I should change my username right now, I'm not worthy!!
Steven Wilson IS Prog... not only does he know it, but he performs it well and often with his various groups that he plays in (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-Man, IEM, Bass Communion, etc.) and produces (Opeth, Paatos, Fish, Riverside, OSI, Marillion, Anathema, Anja Garbarek, etc.)
SOME STEVEN WILSON FACTS:
--- Steven Wilson breathes in 9/8, blinks in 17/4, speaks in 19/12 and has a heartbeat in 23/16.
--- Steven Wilson once wrote a song so beautiful, it made Marilyn Monroe jealous.
--- Only one time has Steven Wilson played the drums. Dinosaurs became extinct as a result.
--- Only one time has Steven Wilson played the bass. That marked the end of the final Ice Age.
--- Mankind rues the day that Steven Wilson takes up the saxophone.
--- The other members of Porcupine Tree merely exist to, you know, "bring Steven back down to earth."
--- The Beatles broke up because they realized they could never be better than Steven Wilson. All other existing bands either haven't listened to Wilson's work, or are in denial.
--- When Steven Wilson gets higher than a kite, he wrotes songs deeper than the Marianas Trench.
--- Speaking of the Marianas Trench, Wilson can fill it up with five-star prog records he has produced.
--- Robert Plant once looked into Steven Wilson's eyes. That inspired him to write "Stairway to Heaven."
--- Steven Wilson once looked into Robert Plant's eyes. That inspired him to take a massive dump.
--- Once, Steven Wilson got pregnant somehow. After much thought he decided to have an abortion. The result is the multi-platinum band Coldplay.
--- The RIAA keeps offering Steven Wilson gold and platinum records. He has no need for them and instead donates them to bands who wouldn't receive them otherwise, such as Limp Bizkit, Barry Manilow, and Dokken.
--- Radiohead is just a Steven Wilson tribute band. True story.
--- John F. Kennedy wasn't assassinated. He was trying to figure out a complex Steven Wilson guitar part, and his brain exploded.
--- A record producer once told Steven Wilson to write a three-minute song in 4/4 time. That record producer is now dead.
--- Most raindrops are the tears of the virgins sacrificed to appease vengeful Steven Wilson. They are tears of joy.
--- The other raindrops are the tears of virgins who have yet to be sacrificed to appease vengeful Steven Wilson. They are tears of sorrow.
--- Steven Wilson once wrote a concept album with fifteen inoffensive arena rock songs and released it. He entitled it "Journey: Greatest Hits." It went diamond.
