Steven Wilson has always been an experimenter with genres that interest him, whether with side projects or in his solo work. This album was him diving into electronic music (with a bit of So era Peter Gabriel mixed in). I like it a lot more than I thought I was going to. It always amuses me when people accuse him of selling out when this album is anything but mainstream.This is probably my least favorite track on the album. What I think is really cool about him as an artist is that the things he learns on these adventures get folded back into his overall style as additional flavors in his repertoire. His whole career has been this way.
I love this track and most of the album. I imagine that being of a similar age and background to Steven Wilson it's more likely that his tastes in musical styles will map easily onto mine so this swerve into eighties flavoured electronica is not a problem for me
A lot of SW fans ended their relationship to his music after the release of The Future Bytes. It DOES mark SW's departure from doing things exclusively with Lasse Hoile, who had clearly run out of ideas. The result is a very powerful message about consumerism and what I consider a great video.
really? why is that? People have misfires and songs their fans dont like all the time... what is this, his Metallica hair cutting moment ors omething haha where a bunch of fans abandon him cus of it>?
@@DekkarJr It was more than that. Wilson has always been adamant about the difference between a “performer” and an “artist”. A performer gives their fans what they want. An artist does what he wants, and if their fans like it, then hey, great! If not, thanks for coming along perhaps I’ll see you next time. The Future Bytes represents a time when Wilson jumped from prog/prog-pop to electronica-ish (for lack of a better term) and this didn’t hit a majority of his long-term fans in a favorable manner. Wilson is certainly an artist, and this example represents that. While you can pigeon-hole him in a number of aspects (sad songs, progressive with jazz elements, and a strong story writing), there are many aspects that don’t fit convenient labels (barbershop quartet sections, “Permanating”, Electronica-ish…). This makes it very easy to love Wilson if you’re into going along for the journey and not the destination, but very difficult if you’re looking for that ONE sound he did on the “XYZ123” album. Hell, he even did a Taylor Swift cover which I thought turned out pretty darn good!
This album was a real departure and I too am still ambivalent towards it despite my love of his work. There are a couple of good tracks on it that are not so extreme in their electronic vibe but it certainly challenged the fans. Reminds me of some of the seismic shifts that Bowie made during his career. Be interesting to see where he goes next…………….
I love this one. It's his best song/album in years imo. Some of his solo stuff falls flat for me, i love porcupine tree tho so I stick with him :D I love his falsetto voice stylings. It's very similar in this song to a restrained Barry Gibb for some reason im thinking lol. It's really cool that Elton John did a cameo on this song doing the spoken word part. Volcanic Ash Soap :D
While this was my request, I still have to say nope to this song and album. So glad you got a taste of it. As I said in earlier posts, it was so shocking to hear this sound that a lot of fans hated it. Some have come around and think it’s a great album but no, not me. And that was Elton John saying the various products in the middle section. Forgot to mention that in my email. And yes, permanating was better. It was all real instruments and not digital stuff. I’m very biased against all digital (although this song does has some instruments).
I still don't own this album. I don't care for the falsetto vocals, the clubby-electro sound and vibe, the lyrics, and the whole anti-materialism pontificating (that he'd been doing for years already) complete with Elton John spoken word. This came out right before the pandemic hit. SW had a big tour planned but the whole thing was scuppered, partly because the album sales weren't that great and he had booked big stadiums, so in some ways Covid did him a favor.
Great song and album. I probably play this album of his the most since it so suits most moods
Steven Wilson has always been an experimenter with genres that interest him, whether with side projects or in his solo work. This album was him diving into electronic music (with a bit of So era Peter Gabriel mixed in). I like it a lot more than I thought I was going to. It always amuses me when people accuse him of selling out when this album is anything but mainstream.This is probably my least favorite track on the album. What I think is really cool about him as an artist is that the things he learns on these adventures get folded back into his overall style as additional flavors in his repertoire. His whole career has been this way.
I love this track and most of the album. I imagine that being of a similar age and background to Steven Wilson it's more likely that his tastes in musical styles will map easily onto mine so this swerve into eighties flavoured electronica is not a problem for me
Wait. Hold Your Fire? I definitely need to check out this album. 😆
A lot of SW fans ended their relationship to his music after the release of The Future Bytes. It DOES mark SW's departure from doing things exclusively with Lasse Hoile, who had clearly run out of ideas. The result is a very powerful message about consumerism and what I consider a great video.
really? why is that?
People have misfires and songs their fans dont like all the time... what is this, his Metallica hair cutting moment ors omething haha where a bunch of fans abandon him cus of it>?
@@DekkarJr It was more than that. Wilson has always been adamant about the difference between a “performer” and an “artist”. A performer gives their fans what they want. An artist does what he wants, and if their fans like it, then hey, great! If not, thanks for coming along perhaps I’ll see you next time. The Future Bytes represents a time when Wilson jumped from prog/prog-pop to electronica-ish (for lack of a better term) and this didn’t hit a majority of his long-term fans in a favorable manner. Wilson is certainly an artist, and this example represents that. While you can pigeon-hole him in a number of aspects (sad songs, progressive with jazz elements, and a strong story writing), there are many aspects that don’t fit convenient labels (barbershop quartet sections, “Permanating”, Electronica-ish…). This makes it very easy to love Wilson if you’re into going along for the journey and not the destination, but very difficult if you’re looking for that ONE sound he did on the “XYZ123” album. Hell, he even did a Taylor Swift cover which I thought turned out pretty darn good!
For me, the most interesting aspect of this song was the music video.
The mix and production on this song are top top, even by Wilson’s standards
Sounds like the pet shop boys 😊
This album was a real departure and I too am still ambivalent towards it despite my love of his work. There are a couple of good tracks on it that are not so extreme in their electronic vibe but it certainly challenged the fans. Reminds me of some of the seismic shifts that Bowie made during his career. Be interesting to see where he goes next…………….
For a very electric song I dig it. Got a good groove and is different than what you hear. Is progressive pop a thing? Lol.
Also, lyrics???? Lmao.
I love this one. It's his best song/album in years imo. Some of his solo stuff falls flat for me, i love porcupine tree tho so I stick with him :D
I love his falsetto voice stylings. It's very similar in this song to a restrained Barry Gibb for some reason im thinking lol.
It's really cool that Elton John did a cameo on this song doing the spoken word part. Volcanic Ash Soap :D
I haven't heard this one before. Music is pretty cool, Steven Wilson's point/whining less so. (man, I really lost my patience with his motif).
Yeah, it’s kind of catchy, but not the type of music I’m into. I could see how this would be the HYF for Steve Based off what I’ve heard so far.
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While this was my request, I still have to say nope to this song and album. So glad you got a taste of it. As I said in earlier posts, it was so shocking to hear this sound that a lot of fans hated it. Some have come around and think it’s a great album but no, not me.
And that was Elton John saying the various products in the middle section. Forgot to mention that in my email.
And yes, permanating was better. It was all real instruments and not digital stuff. I’m very biased against all digital (although this song does has some instruments).
I still don't own this album. I don't care for the falsetto vocals, the clubby-electro sound and vibe, the lyrics, and the whole anti-materialism pontificating (that he'd been doing for years already) complete with Elton John spoken word. This came out right before the pandemic hit. SW had a big tour planned but the whole thing was scuppered, partly because the album sales weren't that great and he had booked big stadiums, so in some ways Covid did him a favor.
The whole album was a misfire. I've listened to it several times to give it a chance but never have the desire to return to it for enjoyment.
The mix and production on this song are top top, even by Wilson’s standards