Even more epic live in concert as is the way with so many of SW's songs.

Superb piece of music. Pity it was too rich for you 😜 Regret #9 was the keyboard/guitar solos. Incredible line up. Adam Holtzman on keys. He played with Miles Davis for 4 years, say no more. Marco Minnermann on drums, Nick Beggs on bass/chapman stick and G.O.A.T. Guthrie Govan on guitar. The last guitar solo, one of the best ever, Guthrie did in one take. I will put that on Discord for anyone interested Part of the lyric was "Another day on earth has passed me by, but I have lost my faith in what's outside" hits the spot with me. Song of the week by a million miles 🙂

@SightAfterDark

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the info Paul! We hope you had a happy birthday!

@paulfenwick8767

4 ай бұрын

@@SightAfterDark Yes I did, thank you very much and tonight's (Friday) reaction will be a sorted of belated bonus.

Adam Holzman on synth, Guthrie Govan on guitar

This whole record is fire. Great concept album

This entire piece still blows my mind, even after hearing it for the 100th time.

The lyrics were about downloading the outside world and the obsession people have with modern technology. Not experiencing reality. They use the sounds of kids playing to emphasize the point. The part that really hits me is the guitar solo and the banjo and piano playing off each other at the very end

@SightAfterDark

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great song but U guy's should have gone to the live version posted here on KZread!

@steveymoon

4 ай бұрын

yeah but the keyboard solo in the live version isn't anywhere near as good as the studio version.

@LuisOrozco-il8fr

2 ай бұрын

@@steveymoon That's because Adam Holzman loved to improvise the solo each night. He did the same for the intro of Deform To Form A Star. Every night was a different intro. He even released an album with a collection of them.

@SightAfterDark

2 ай бұрын

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Hey guys - kudo's for the review. 2 different tracks really: Home Invasion was the 1st half which is an intriguing insight into the insidious invasion into our homes that has come about with the advent of the internet: "download sex, and download God, download the funds to meet the cost... " "Download love and download war, Download the shit you didn't want, Download the things that make you mad, Download the life you wish you had..." then with that solemn slightly ominous and depressing mood set he moves into "Regret #9" the 2nd instrumental half which once you got more familiar with Steven Wilson you will discover there are multiple tracks with different Regret numbers allocated to them. I do kinda get and agree that it all sounds a little heartless and academic to a point out of the studio, which is why as one other peron commented below, anything involving Steven Wilson should always be watched and listened to LIVE. Should you want to take the time either as a reaction or in your own time I sincerely suggest you listen to this same combo of tracks from his 2018 Home Invastion Tour LIVE DVD at the Royal Albert Hall. Watching this track and listening to it be performed LIVE is a completely different universe!

Heard about Steven Wilson but never listened to him before. Sounds really really good. Is it fusion or prog? Sort of in between the two.

@breenschipke

4 ай бұрын

Good luck trying to find a pidgeon hole for SW - it doesnt exist and hence his genius! By all means check out more of his solo work. From his latest/current solo work Harmony Codex you could try any of the following (they all have videos on KZread) and none of them are even remotely in the same genre as any of the rest of them: Impossible Tightrope. What Life Brings. Economies of Scale. Rock Bottom. Beautiful Scarecrow.

@PaulHilburger

4 ай бұрын

The record is a lot like pink floyd

Guitarist Guthrie Govan of The Aristocrats is great on Steven Wilson's music (Regret #9 solo), and Porcupine Tree.

@breenschipke

4 ай бұрын

Guthrie is without doubt a brilliant technical guitarist but unfortunately boring as the proverbial when playing live. Its almost like everything he has feeling wise comes out through his fingers and leaves him as a presence on stage as interesting and emotional as a statue. This very track on the Home Invasion DVD is infinitely better due to the guitar solo played by Alex Hutchings and the pure unbridled emotion and life and passion he injects into his playing. Goosebumbs stuff. Guthrie never played with PT by the way....

I get it because I almost tapped out at the beginning-yeah maybe too technical sounding-but I hung in there and the 2nd part redeemed it for me.

@SightAfterDark

2 ай бұрын

Fair enough!

Really??? ... Wow.

Not heard his solo (?) work before. I’m a big Hawkwind fan and have enjoyed his remix work. I enjoy the music where it is in the realm of Van Der Graff Generator and Gong… but the vocals are too harmonious, sentimental, syrupy(?) for me. Great instrumental work though. Sorry I didn’t respond to the vocals.

Atmospheric trash without originality