OT: A True ProgRocker: Steven Wilson! A video and a tribute.

[ProgRocker53]

http://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.

[Don]

Prog,
Are you familiar with the Moody Blues? They're considered by many to be the fathers of progrock. They've got some rare stuff where they go to the deep south and jam out with some Blues oldtimers. They should be in the R&R HOF in my opinion.

[ProgRocker53]

Prog,
Are you familiar with the Moody Blues? They're considered by many to be the fathers of progrock. They've got some rare stuff where they go to the deep south and jam out with some Blues oldtimers. They should be in the R&R HOF in my opinion.

Agreed, they SHOULD be in the R&R HOF. Amazing band from what I've heard... I really need to check out more (I have Days of Future Passed and have listened to a couple of my buddy's MB albums, forget which ones they were though)

[JrnyScarab]

Fuck me man. Steven Wilson is a walking, talking Prog encyclopedia. Fuckin genius.

[S2M]

PT never did a thing for me.....I find the music boring, and lifeless.

No offense....just my .02

[ProgRocker53]

PT never did a thing for me.....I find the music boring, and lifeless.

No offense....just my .02

None taken.

Music touches everyone in different ways... while you may have found PT music boring and lifeless, other than Journey and Rush, no band has made as many songs that have affected me as Porcupine Tree.

Just curious, what albums/songs have you tackled?

[S2M]

Deadwing
In Absentia, and Fear of a Blank Planet


just certain selections off each....not the whole albums...

[ProgRocker53]

Deadwing
In Absentia, and Fear of a Blank Planet


just certain selections off each....not the whole albums...

Hmm, those are their most notable and popular albums, and in my opinion, some of their best.

Can't argue with ya too much then, you've done some listening

But the album that "hit" me the hardest was Lightbulb Sun.. it's a bit more organic and less "busy" than those other three albums... maybe give that one a shake before you give up on PT altogether!