How about bands like Talk Talk, Bark Psychosis or No-Man?

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prog is so varied. I enjoy the latest djenty trends quite a lot but I've always not restricted myself to prog (e.g. now I'm doing Lamb of God, Royksopp and Tigran Hamasyan's discog) so I never heard much fatigue

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Yea I listen to so much that I can't imagine ever getting bored or fatigued

I listen to prog quite often though not as often as before. I used to look for long tracks with lots of passages and instruments. My tastes have expanded since and now I look for bands that can do a lot in the length of a normal 3 - 4 minutes long song. But "Animals" is still a regular jam.

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I had to stop this album for awhile.

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Does anyone knows what the lyrics of "Just a Ride" are supposed to talk about?

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My first interpretation is that it's about the band and the one talking is Maillux (the singer) himself. Keeping in mind the band's history, lines such as



''It is the cost for causing choruses

To erupt in front of stages in the dark

It is the cure between the words and what we thought we heard as such

Cleverness and sleight of tongue''



''Emotional manipulation throughout

For no good reason I'd deceive you all

Just to get the point across''



could be refering to lives (stages in the dark), and to the lyrical mess that their songs are (cleverness and sleight of tongue/ I'd deceive you all... etc) Then, we have this:



I am certain I have lied

I have been to nothingness and

Barely bothered to survive

I laughed when your levee broke to

Shed tears when nobody rose to say:

"It's Just a Ride"



Remember that Maillux didn't feel comfortable with the band and decided to part ways. He vanished from the limelight and all fans would be outraged that Rishloo were no more. This could have confused him, as he thought of the band as a simple thing and found it bizare that no fan said. ''Ok, relax, he just didn't want to be part of the band anymore.''

Finally:



''You were brave with a free-talking mind

And a voice that is still a cry for life

And no matter what we want

We want to be loved

Yes we were here

We were afraid

We paid them for the right to commit our own ego suicide

But I believe it's just a ride''



What does a band want? What are its tools to succeed (maybe a voice that's still a cry for life? Anyhow, they're still here and they have to cope with many difficulties, but, it's just a ride.



That's what I believe it is. There was another user saying it had a political, anticapitalistic message, connecting some lyrics and the album cover with Ayn Rand's book ''The Fountainhead''. There's also a theory (really valid one) that says it's based on stand up comedian Bill Hicks's speech, that you can find here:



http://www.tehomet.net/bill.html

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Oh wow, you was so accurate. Many thanks!

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you're welcome!

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They're lyrics are especially great on this

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*Their*

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Shit I done fucked up. I'll leave it though. I gotta learn from my mistakes and grow as a person ;)

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haha, nice. I was only kidding though, I'm not a grammar freak. Much... Yeah... Okay, fuck it, in my mother tongue I really am

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I know just fucking around haha

Can the vocalist sing this well live or is it mostly production? he vocals seem to have gotten a lot more sharp on this album.

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Yea he's awesome live. He improved immensely.

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This album gets better and better with each listen. Dark Charade might be me favorite song by them.

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this and Feathergun are on the same level for me. Downhill's solo still has to be topped, though.

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This and Eidolon fucking slay. Feathergun grew off me a bit, as well as Eidolon but at this point this and Eidolon are on the same level.