Porcupine Tree- The Sky Moves Sideways

[AtomicExplosion95695]

This sucks without everyone else's parts.

[jeffymanking]

@NjDevilsFan77 where can u find one of the real version link ?

[gsk1LLz]

so fucking out of this world

[gogolplex74]

mom, I promise I'll never take drugs again

[dean7879]

simple but incredible

[TheMpgiles]

have not yet come across a PT track i don't like. they have such a range of style! always something no matter what the frame of mind!

[nouralharirii]

This is Breath taking... !!!!

[FlyingHarlequin]

Quite clearly 4 people have missed the point...

[TheEgg185]

i find this song extremely boring and sad. why am i listening to it? someone posted it on a forum and i am hearing for the first time what it is.

[FlyingHarlequin]

@TheEgg185 There's nothing wrong with a song being a sad song. It has depth and emotion, you have to take it for what it is and how it was meant

[Grimmjow567]

@TheEgg185 If you find it sad, then you don't find it boring.

[TheEgg185]

@Grimmjow567 no. i found it to be both. :|

[Meyaleleth]

one of the best live bands ive ever seen in Nottigham Uk some years ago....

[dean7879]

hi looktick could you send me the mp3 of this version?

[gerhatesyou]

no doubt that steven wilson is one of the greatest musicians of the recent years

[coffeepoint]

i love pt and floyd too, cant you hear all the infuences from floyd though,, so many tracks from all their albums come from similar soundscapes to floyd. nothing wrong with that of course ,,, in fact id say pt had an awful lot more talent than floyd, esp the drummer. anyone can drum like nick mason

[dnb47]

i fuckin love this tune on the album...

[chinmaymenon]

Hi im kinda new to PT, can someone please guide as to what songs are the ones tht i wud need to hear to fall in love with them... Not tht I haven't already after listening to Sound of the muzak... thot it was amazing !!.

[L00n1TICK]

@chinmaymenon

It really depends on what you want to hear. If you want something with more a "pop" edge go for Stupid Dream or Lightbulb Sun. Anything after that is heavier, and anything before that is much more psychadelic/proggy. Personally, I think In Absentia is their best album, so I recommend that. They are a band where you need to listen to whole albums, not just single songs.

[kishoregsatwal]

@L00n1TICK  Rightly said man..

[Qazic12]

@L00n1TICK

Well actually their later albums are pretty proggy, in addition to being heavy. They are an album oriented band, but to give chinmaymenon suggestions, here's what I would listen to:

The Moon Touches Your Shoulder - the sky moves sideways

Blackest eyes, Trains - in absentia

Piano Lessons - Stupid Dream

Fear Of A Blank Planet - Fear Of A Blank Planet

Lazarus, Shallow - Deadwing

The Blind House - The Incident

That's where you start. :)

[chinmaymenon]

@Qazic12 Thanks a ton !! i posted that comment some 4 months back !! now im sucha big PT fan tht i feel stupid not to have started listenin to them earlier..

thanks again !! cheers !!

[TheJombur]

@Qazic12 Then u find out about Blackfield and mind is blown all over again!

[Surasanji]

@TheJombur Hell yeah. Steven Wilson + Aviv Geffen. Amazing stuff.

[howdyfeller]

@L00n1TICK Yea, what you said

[adrian5b]

@chinmaymenon

get lightbulb sun and in absentia

[chinmaymenon]

Hey Thanks Adrian5b !! will surely get it soon.

[adrian5b]

those are both great albums, you'll love the band

[chinmaymenon]

Hey thanks once again !! Loved listenin to most of em.. especially Gravity Eyelids, Trains,Collapse the Light into Earth and many more.. stil have to get Lightbulb Sun

[ldanforth3]

@chinmaymenon

Radioactive Toy, Lazarus, Coma Drive. Bla Bla Bla......

They have a Shitload!!!

Bet you know now..

[chinmaymenon]

@ldanforth3 thanks !!!!

[TheDBelanger]

@chinmaymenon

Arriving Somewhere But Not Here off of Deadwing is the best song IMO but they are all amazing.

[chinmaymenon]

@TheDBelanger Thanks !!

[erkiiph]

arriving somewhere '06, the concert. Best version imo......

[HeRaLd007]

@chinmaymenon i fell in love with them after listening to trains

check it out

[ivoway]

@chinmaymenon

I would personally check out The Incident, listen to the whole record. It pretty much gives you a complete overview of what they are all about and then go backwards from there.

[willregnier]

@chinmaymenon Listen to their whole catalogue. Don't listen to separate songs. Listen to full albums because PT's albums have to be listened from A to Z because it's a whole with a concept and it's a very nice journey! And buy their albums if you like them! :) Cheers!

[TheColourOfAir1]

pure genius

[coolguyjames99]

boring

[SquishypuffDave]

Is that Steve saying 'thank you' at the end or is it someone in the background?

...oh yeah almost forgot; AMAZING SONG!

[Requieskat]

= Pink Floyd

[Lobyto]

some "ADN" from Pink Floyd...i agree

[Wozero22]

this song is awesome

[20plus5]

"I agree with ss19!" (she says spitefully )

LOL @ 2 below, wouldn't like you to meet ......

[spitesuicide19]

Im going to butt in here

Whys it really matter? the sequence that the albums were made doesn't effect anything unless he was implying a cretin chronology and meaning to it.

this "old song" sounds like your "new song"

your "new song" sounds like this "old song"

who really cares, unless hes trying to convey a meaning beyond simply noticing a similarity between 2 songs by the same artist.

i mean the way you are saying it

edthehead83 makes things clearer to the reader... but other than that...

[Metalunited101]

God damn it.

[Metalunited101]

Haahhahahahaa, ........Steven: Actually it's just me. Wow. XD. This sounds like the intro to Veneno para the hadas from Steven Wilson's album "Insurgentes".

[edthehead83]

no, Veneno Para Las Hadas sounds like this.

[Metalunited101]

No the sky moves sideways came out in the 1995 so it makes sense to say that this sounds like Veneno para la hadas.

[edthehead83]

yes... and Veneno Para Las Hadas came out one year ago... Veneno sounds like this, and not the other way around. how is this complicated?

[Metalunited101]

Yeah for the Insurgentes album. Veneno Para las hadas. It doesn't matter anyways. They sound alike. And it's not complicated. I never said it was Smart Ass.

[edthehead83]

i never said you said that; you were just making things complicated. that song sounds like this, because this came first, chronologically. next topic.

[Metalunited101]

I have ever single one of there cds.

[Metalunited101]

Do you research! Let me put it in Order for you!!!!! On a sunday life Up the downstairs Stair case infinities Sky moves sideways Signify Stupid dream Lightbulb sun Recordings In Absentia Deadwing Lazarus (single) Fear of a blank planet Nil Recurring The Incident By the way Insurgentes is not a Porcupine tree album. It's a Steven Wilson album. Now, you write back to me and tell me where you can find Veneno para las hadas in any other album. Sky moves sideways came out in 95.

[edthehead83]

I am aware of the sequence that these go in, it was unnecessary for you to list them. The Sky Moves Sideways came out BEFORE Insurgentes--this I have been aware of the entire time. So it makes more sense to say that Veneno sounds like The Sky moves Sideways and not the other way around, because The Sky Moves Sideways came out first. This arguing is truly stupid.

[Metalunited101]

Alright screw it. Either way they both sound alike. lets leave it at that.

Oh and by the way if this arguing IS TRULY STUPID! Then why do you persist!? I mean after all your the one that thinks this is stupid. RIGHT? maybe you should PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.............

[chinobataco]

man u forgot a lot, first it's called on the sunday of life, u dindt tell coma divine, Futile EP, incignificance, metanoia, moonloop, out absentia, stars die: The delerium years, stranger by the minute EP, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm, The sky moves sideways, VOYAGE 34!!!, Xmii and Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape... btw sorry for my bad english lol

[Metalunited101]

I already know about those as well. And most of them happen to be live performances. Don't try me dude. Seriously. I'm really aware of those. I'm not oblivious. Later!

[hrkplb]

no human's words to tell what the spirit can feel through some magic sound

[Gaunc]

i love this version

[worthduncan]

I really like what he did with this song. While it's difficult to compare this to the full 18 minutes of Phase One, it's still a nice companion piece.

Superior EP overall.

[erkiiph]

or to the 40 minute unedited improvisation of Moonloop......(Transmission IV)......I'll get it 4 u....just a sec.

[erkiiph]

what was I thinking?! sorry, no can do (for obvious reasons......)

[187beyond]

verydie pretteee :)

[AfasiaFIN]

Really shows how the man is able to go around stuff so well

[ricardo1925]

what is steven using to make that sound?

[Kathedral5]

I believe he's using a volume pedal on his electric guitar and it's set to a simple clean tone with light phaser.

It's majestic on how resourceful he is, and still able to make something so beautiful.

[Vintagecolor]

@Kathedral5 Do you know, you can do it with the volume control too, It gives it another feeling, maybe he's using It..

[capillarian187]

Dammit.. Steve skipped the intro. It's one of the most beautiful 4 minutes of soundscaping I've ever heard, and he fucking skipped it :(. Still a good song tho.

[hybridizedstudios]

That's because all he had with him was an acoustic guitar.

That is, of course, not saying that he couldn't have simply made swooshy noises with his mouth. XD

[BenniMuzak]

I think, the refrain is genious enough... shurely, it is a masterpiece which is - a little bit - difficult to play only with an acoustic guitar...

[bRain524]

Sounds to me like the guitar is electric.

[oddjobmj]

Yeah, that's an electric guitar...

[Gaunc]

it actually sounds really good on an acoustic guitar with no effects (just the singing part)

[edthehead83]

lol-- "actually it's just me."

[ElDorros]

Great lyrics, they fit with the music.