Friday, May 9, 2008

YHD - Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

0:00 minutes, Some haunting synthetic whooshing noise with drums. Bass begins slowly and the whooshing becomes very weird... Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape, the most awesome song that I have ever heard in my life. This masterpiece from Porcupine Tree(PT) is the one song that has inspired me in the last few years. Its 4 in the morning now, and I am listening to YHD for the third time in a row
Why is this song so awesome? And why is this not the most famous PT song? I really don't know the answer to that. All I know is that the song has reached 3:35 after its mind-boggling journey through the universe and has increased its tempo; I feel goosebumps forming up till my arms, that same feeling I get when I have that first small sip of beer.
As you already probably guessed, I am a big fan of PT, Opeth, DT (Dream Theater) and a lot of other progressive bands. I have tried my hands at all kinds of music but it looks like I will be stuck with progressive for a very long time, and I don't mind at all...
Aah, the song's reached 5:00 minutes now. The extra guitar riffs have begun. If I hadn't been writing this post right now, I would have been transported to another world right now. Space rock at its best! Strings have joined the party. A wonderful guitar lead at the 6:00 minute mark. Reaching 6:30 minutes now and the BPM is slowly increasing(when does it ever stop increasing?). By the time its 7:00, i can only hear muffled guitar notes with that lovely bass changin in the background... 7:30 minutes and guitar notes switch octaves with the same ease as my drifting thoughts. Finally there's a wonderful crescendo of notes and all of this comes crashing down at 8:00 minutes like some kind of gigantic orgasm. I could describe this song forever and ever. Somehow I get the feeling that this won't be the last time I would be describing this song...
P.S: I wasn't high when I wrote this. Maybe I should (try to)write the same thing when I actually am. That's a thought...
P.P.S: Please listen to this song at least 10 times before reading this. It took me a whole week to even start appreciating the beauty of this song. Now, its nearly 250 listens later that I am writing this.

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