Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds Poll.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds...

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1. Quick question - Do you know what I'm on about?

Or am I just being wilfully obscure?

[jeffsurfus]

2. My roomate had that album in college....

and "strangely compelling" is the right description. Over time I really got to like it.

Is it available on CD?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. Yeah, I believe it is.

[Nihil]

15. Yes

Got it a few months after I bought my DVD player.

Listened to it again at the weekend and Mrs.Nihil & myself both
said how it brought back memories ... hers were of her friends
and parties while mine were of my attempts to reproduce the sounds
using a mixture of keyboards with home made effects units!

Nihil

[Screaming Lord Byron]

16. Cool! Could you get the Martian effects?

I worked out a bizarre version of the main title through my little Korg guitar FX box.

[Nihil]

22. Most of them I think

The heat ray was a "given" (though I preferred a filtered fuzzed synth
to a fuzzed guitar - maybe it was my playing!) and the "whoosh" of the
green flares was straightforward enough but some of the other sounds
were a bit trickier for someone on a pocket money budget (albeit
pocket money augmented by the cash for repairing/making stuff).

Sadly, we could never run a complete song live as I couldn't reset
the sounds as often as I needed them (especially while still playing
the backing).

Had hours of fun trying to get the "UUUuuLLLaaAAh" to work though :-)

Nihil

[dolo amber]

3. Nah..

Being *willfully obscure* would be asking if anyone knew the tracks from about 15:00 through 20:30 on the Chris Liebing-Thomas Schumacher - Live @ Sputnik 2001 mix...

:D

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5. Or your favourite Gallon Drunk EP tracks.

Mine? Traitor's Gate.

[dolo amber]

8. Two Wings Mambo

'cept I'm not sure it's from the ep...As a matter of fact, I think I prefer The Singles Bar to all of it. :D

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10. I just can't get anything past you, can I?

[dolo amber]

12. Oh, sure you can

Just notice the posts of yours I *don't* respond to. ;)

Btw, next time you see DUer thebigidea, say hello...turns out...HUGE Morris/Coogan fan...:D

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. Yeah, and there's another one.

Who'd a thunk it?

[Whitacre D_WI]

6. The Best Recording in the HISTORY OF ROCK!

Dude. Dick Burton AND Phil Lynott.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

7. And the guy from the Moody Blues...Justin Hayward. Altogether now....

ooooooLAAAAAA!
Used to terrify me as a kid. Tricky sampled the hell out of it.

[dolo amber]

9. Pffft

You *would* say that...:eyes:

<no clue what I'm on about...>

:D

[rfkrocks]

11. Thunder Child

I hope our nominee isn't like the thunder child because if we lose 04 "the gop, i mean the martians rule the earth"

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14. Welcome to DU, rfkrocks.

[sendero]

17. I had a cassette...

.. of that back in the late 70s. I have to go with "strangely compelling" because it was. Probably, looking at it with a critical eye (ear? :)) one could easily dismiss it. But for me it was more interesting than annoying, although I'll admit it was close.

I used to play it in the lab where I worked. One of my coworkers fell in love with it and I gave him the tape.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. I personally find it both dreadful and great - hence strangely compelling

So there you go.

[supernova]

18. "Through autumn's golden gown we used to kick our way..."

"you always loved this time of year.....

Now you're not here.....

Now you're not here......"

Huh? Were was I?

Strangely compelling is right. Wierd avant-garde for it's time. I still have the album I bought. The artwork is even trippy. :crazy:

I still think it's the only album that ever made disco meaningful.

I'm a hugh H G Wells fan anyway. :D

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20. I was about three when my dad bought it (1979 or so)

so I think it's burned into my subconcious. The art work always terrified me. I'm also a big Wells fan, btw.

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. Uuuuullllllaaaaa!