alrighty, prog lovers, i have a question for you: 
what is the concensus on the Mars Volta "deloused in
the comatorium?"  I loved "Tom Sawyer" as much as the
next radio listener back in the day, but never made
the move in the proggy directions (for instance, i
could never get into my bro's King Crimson)...however,
the three songs i've heard off of this (check
www.marsvolta.com) are making me mighty curious. 
These guys (formerly in At the Drive In) wrote this
epic about their friend, who committed suicide: the
"storyline" is about him attempting it but slipping
into a coma for a week, the experiences he has while
he's out, and then coming out of it and deciding to
kill himself for good. They claim it's a celebration
of his fearlessness and life.

Of the songs I've heard, I like "Televator" the
most...I understand that the available songs are among
the most accessible and at-the-drive-in-y.  Just
wondering if any of you folks have heard it and what
you thought of it, especially as it compares to other
proggy rockers of yore. I've heard it compared to the
indie rock The Wall (wasn't that sort of indie rock at
the time anyway?)

Ah yes, and this reminds me of an Onion horoscope that
I cherish:  "Quelling the unrest in the forest will
leave very little time for your prog-rock band this
weekend."

Bless the onion:

--kelly


--- David Bash <bashpop@earthlink.net> wrote:
> --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Jaimie Vernon"
> <bullseyecanada@h...>
> wrote:
> 
> > Kerry....if you like "Cygnus X-1" by Rush, I gotta
> hook you up with some
> Max
> > Webster, FM and Zon, dude....Cancon
> Prog....weeehaaaaawwww.
> >
> > Jaimie Vernon
> 
> FM?  Yeah!  I loved "Phasers On Stun" and "One
> O'Clock Tomorrow"; two
> amazingly melodic slices of prog, and an awesome
> one-two punch to open their
> Black Noise album!  I also loved "Truth Or
> Consequences" from their third
> album, and their cover of "Shapes Of Things" was not
> half bad, either!
> --
> Prog Rules!!!!!
> Take Care,
> David
> 


=====
arma non servant modum

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