Looking back at Cyclone

homeless · Post by **homeless** » Wed May 19, 2010 12:37 am

What a guy! No getting past you on that one.

homeless

bigmoog · Post by **bigmoog** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:44 pm

Cyclone is steamprog

epsilon75 · Post by **epsilon75** » Wed May 19, 2010 3:01 pm

"Madrigal Meridian"

alipaul · Post by **alipaul** » Wed May 26, 2010 7:58 pm

Still gives me goosebumps Col

epsilon75 · Post by **epsilon75** » Wed May 26, 2010 8:03 pm

alipaul wrote:Still gives me goosebumps Col

Amazing piece of work Darren

alipaul · Post by **alipaul** » Wed May 26, 2010 8:14 pm

Sublime

Erik · Post by **Erik** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:24 pm

in the past, i've gone on and one about how much i like this album. i think Bent cold sidewalk is a masterpiece, and it's too bad the band isn't fond of it. and the last track, just epic in every way!

i'd really like hearing live recordings of these tracks. i see that there are 6 bootlegs from 1978, but i'm guessing none of them would contain anything other than perhaps madrigal meridian

Seeker_UK · Post by **Seeker_UK** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:19 pm

"Cyclone" was the first TD album I ever heard.

To me, it the ultimate example of what could be done with analogue gear (you could argue that KS's "Frank Herbert" might be another great example). It's big, bold, brash, and "Madrigal Meridian" is just the most bloody-minded '**** you' sequence you'll ever hear.

IMHO, it's very heavily influenced by the live music they pummelled the US with on the 77 tour where subtlety was wasted on stadium-sized audiences.

alipaul · Post by **alipaul** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:58 pm

Erik wrote:in the past, i've gone on and one about how much i like this album. i think Bent cold sidewalk is a masterpiece, and it's too bad the band isn't fond of it. and the last track, just epic in every way!

i'd really like hearing live recordings of these tracks. i see that there are 6 bootlegs from 1978, but i'm guessing none of them would contain anything other than perhaps madrigal meridian

Maybe it's just the vocals be a great track at the next live TD

Edgar

Erik · Post by **Erik** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:57 am

i know it's probably a different story for madcap's, but i like how they had a live singer for those performances a few years ago. I love Chris Hausl's voice so much.

24db · Post by **24db** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:14 pm

interesting comments from Steve about Cyclone in his book

T4N63R1N3 DR34M · Post by **T4N63R1N3 DR34M** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:01 pm

I think there's so much negative vibe about the vocal tracks, that the sheer brilliance of the non-vocal Madrigal Meridian gets overlooked too much.

The instrumental passages in Rising Runner and Bent Cold Sidewalk are pretty excellent too, and since I like a lot or vocal prog I can live very happily with this TD album

sparrow · Post by **sparrow** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:46 am

In a nutshell Cyclone was one of the first TD albums I bought..always liked it and the lyrics for bent Cold Sidewalk are excellent.

24db · Post by **24db** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:50 am

Seeker_UK wrote:...IMHO, it's very heavily influenced by the live music they pummelled the US with on the 77 tour where subtlety was wasted on stadium-sized audiences.

I can't hear that myself, it's slightly at odds with what Steve says about the recording

bigmoog · Post by **bigmoog** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:49 am

once again...all together now, CYCLONE is a brilliant LP......every TD fan must rilly like it, surely

Tangerine Dream

Looking back at Cyclone