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The Twelve Songs of Doug-Mas (Fan Favorites, Episode 10) (Patreon)

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2022-12-02 16:50:07
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2024-06-04 22:02:58
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It's here! Our epic year-ending episode of Fan Favorites features 12 'Holiday Gift' Daily Doug reaction episodes in one. I added together the original Discord Votes and the Patreon votes to arrive at this final list of 12. (Doing this didn't change any of the content, just the order a bit.)

This was a labor of love, filmed over two days. And, I'm thrilled to present the community with this almost 2.5-hour video full of great tunes, musicians, and bands.

Thanks for all your support this year! I can't wait to get back to more Fan Favorites in  2023.

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The Twelve Songs of Doug-Mas 2022 (Fan Favorites, Ep. 10)

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Eirik Morken

Thank's for your work Doug.🤘 Once again didn’t Spock's manage to reach your attention. And I won't stop nagging until you check them out again. Over a year since last time now...😓 Merry christmas!

Peter Tutak

You'll hear that 'folk' element, including the repeated use of an arpeggiated guitar figure in some of Hackett's earlier work, i.e. his first three albums. FYI, "Star of Sirius" was the Hackett track from 'Acolyte' that was played during a Council Chat some months back, and there are two guitar phrases on this performance that reprise themselves on 'Sirius', providing a kind of connective tissue between the tracks. On 'Epping Forest', it's interesting to note that it was originally conceived as an instrumental piece, hence the 'busy-ness' of the playing. It was to Tony Banks' dismay (he admitted this) that PG showed up with lyrics for the piece and tracked them on, but that lends itself to PG's story-telling in this work. If you strip the lyrics away, you can hear the piece as a series of interconnected shorter pieces, which was part of their compositional process in those days.

Christopher Arters (relative timeworx - Mr.A)

Life On Mars is such a work of art - lyrically metaphors about society all woven together with double-entendre. Chordally, as sophisticated as any rock artist ever gets. One of these days, I'll sing and play this for you on guitar! It's always in my cover sets.

MarkM

This is an amazing gift and far better than a bird sitting in a fruit tree. Thank you and Merry Christmas

Walking the Path with Chris Ramsbottom

Thanks to all Patreons and Discordians for voting Shadow of the Hierophant in. A few thoughts having now seen the review. Firstly, regarding the Sun/Moon cards, yes Doug you are right with your interpretation of the cards, and if you read the words in the context of the last line "as the Moon eclipse the Sun", they will make sense. The Sun - the most positive card in the deck - is eclipsed by the Moon - a card of deception and uncertainty, and this robs the Hierophant of his spiritual ascension. Secondly, regarding the second part. I'm pretty sure this takes the form of a bolero, where the actual music itself doesn't change but the arrangement, instrumentation and volume does. Would love to know what others think.

John Wismar

Falling into Infinity is definitely an outlier in the DT catalog, and I loved hearing what Doug thought about Lines. Took me a long time to appreciate this album, personally, but now I love it. That being said, this track is probably my least favorite. (Sorry! Clearly a lot of people disagree with me.) From Falling, I'd love to hear Doug react to Peruvian Skies (which I think is quite a musical journey, and with disturbing lyrics). And, for the contrast, You Not Me, which I think might be their most commercial-sounding song, but which is a hell of an earworm.

MrWondrous David Beckwith

Before I dive into this offering let me brainstorm some favorite Christmas songs for your consideration this season. Lemme think. Okay, the town carols. Sussex, Coventry, Wessex. Dancing Day. Any John Rutter. Tull's Christmas Song. Flaccid Dan's "Charlie Freak". Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen. Stille Nacht. Adeste Fideles. In the Bleak Midwinter. Riu Riu Chiu. Three Ships. Holly and the Ivy. O Come Emanuel. O Holy Night. Cherry Tree Song. Little Road to Bethlehem (Judy Collins @ Biltmore for those last two). Now...time to celebrate Dougmas!

MrWondrous David Beckwith

"All the way to the ends of their bows, with a whole lot of intensity." Details like this make the difference between someone who knows what is going on from the inside, classically, and one who appreciates it from the outside, romantically. Zen & the Art of Music Reaction. And speaking of the Elysian Garfunkel, let me suggest his album, "Watermark", where he beautifully renders the words of old whatshisname there. Phoenix Lineman guy. Webb. Yeah. Webb Hubble. No. Too many Bs. Jimmy. Whatevah.

Michael Brown

Thank you Doug for a truly mixed bag of great tunes. Let's hope 23 is as good if not better.

MrWondrous David Beckwith

What a fabulous trip down mnemonic boulevard. Enjoyed much, learned much. But now it's off to a live tribute to Christine McVie. Hope you get to the Bare Trees and Future Games albums, back when they were a treasure shared by an underground few. BTW, I had all those old prog albums from today, hot off the presses. Even stranger back then.

Richard Rathbun

What a great set of songs!! Thanks, Doug faithful, and Thanks, Doug. My comment regards the Battle of Epping Forest: It's a terrific story and it reminds me a bit (always does) of the Pirhana Brothers sketch from Monty Python. Check it out if you please.

Chris Moorcroft

Good to hear that you are impressed by Steve Winwood with Blind Faith, but you really need to go back even further to the mid-Sixties and his work with The Spencer Davis Group which pre-dates Traffic. Here was a teenager from the suburbs of Birmingham with the voice of Ray Charles. The best known songs are Keep On Running, Somebody Help Me, I'm a Man, and Gimme Some Lovin' (which he co-wrote, not The Blues Brothers). However, much as I love anything Steve sings, my all time favourite is a song called Crossing The Line from a concept album called GO created by the Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Stomu Yamash'ta in 1976.

Bryan Tursk

How fun was that... Great songs... Love you going back and hearing older stuff by Rush Yes, Floyd, Winwood etc. Thanks,

Richard Moore

Thanks for the presents, Doug! Including my nomination (Epping Forest), which I must admit I didn't appreciate on the first many listens but really started to grow on me recently. Of the four "anchor" pieces on Selling England, it isn't the most melodic and accessible, but it does pay off musically, and Peter spins a good yarn. I love Yours Is No Disgrace, possibly the first Yes song I ever heard. And I also enjoyed hearing the Pink Floyd piece. Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets covers the early Pink Floyd material and I encourage those who haven't heard them to check them out. Likewise for Steve Hackett's Genesis Revisited.

Einaras Sipavičius

Tracklist of 12 items just for my taste. Really enjoyed every song and every reaction, but Lines in the Sand the most. Falling into Infinity is really a polarizing album. I used to give that album less attention just because of its reputation, but gradually it became one of the most influential prog metal albums for me, despite several commercial takes on it. Doug, you used the term 'spaciousness' to describe the sound of Lines In The Sand. That's really how I feel about the whole album – it has a pronounced, bright and hopeful atmosphere, something that other Dream Theater albums lack. Really hoping for reactions to New Millenium, Peruvian Skies, Trial of Tears and other great songs from that album. Haken - 1985 was also cool. That's one of my favourites. And Affinity is my favourite Haken album. Really well crafted and diverse work, EPL for it would be nice :) The Battle of Epping Forest is one of the busiest classic prog songs I know, but I've listened enough times to know every chord change in that. It's almost a perfect example what prog music is about - wacky lyricism and over-the-top musicianship with multi-part compositions. It might be my favourite track in Selling England By The Pound. And also, more Cream on the channel! They made so much quality work during their two and a half years together. I used to sit in their discography for hours when I was a teenager.

Tom V

Probably the best fan favorites yet! With these selections, it's now time to complete 2 of my earlier submissions. First, the Live CD from Ummagumma from Pink Floyd. You've now done the 2 middle tracks. Time for the first (Astronomy Domine) and last (Saucerful of Secrets) tracks. Second, Selling England by the Pound by Genesis. You've now done Firth of Fifth, Epping Forest, and Cinema Show. Time to add the rest of the songs: Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, I Know What I Like, More Fool Me (Phil's first vocals) and After the Ordeal. You can either do these as a masterpiece Friday episode or an EPL.

Blinky

Since nobody else mentioned it, the unidentified vocalist in Lines in the Sand is actually Dug Pinnick from King's x. That's another band that deserves some attention on this channel. Essentially the entire Gretchen goes to Nebraska or Dog Man albums would be great.

David Crossen

Thanks Doug, a great listen. I still can't connect to either Dream Theatre or Rush. Oh well, my loss!

Steve Young

All Hail Dug Pinnick! Bassist/lead vocalist for my favorite band of all-time, King's X! He does a great job with the "echoes" in the chorus of Lines In The Sand by Dream Theater. Definitely check into the music of King's X. I think the perfect song for a Daily Doug (or Daily "Dug") is Over My Head from their Gretchen Goes To Nebraska album. That would be awesome!

Claudio Fernandes

That was really fun, Doug. Thank you so much for that. A short comment on the Battle of Epping Forest: this was the tune that always caught my ears in Selling England By The Pound. Of course there's the grandeur of Firth of Fifth but The Battle always stood out for me because of it's storytelling, weirdness and musicianship. That's probably the song of Genesis I've heard the most. Also, I had the opportunity to watch this song and the entirety of Selling England in a Steve Hackett concert last May in Adelaide. For someone who listens to this album for more than 20 years that was a dream come true.

Jeff Norman

Those sound a lot more like actual tympani to me in the intro (and corresponding reprises) to "White Room"—they seem pretty clearly pitched, more than toms would be. Does anyone know what Baker actually played on that track? The other interesting thing to me is the ambiguity of some of the chords. That D is sometimes minor, sometimes major, and sometimes just an open fifth. And Bruce approaches the bass the first time through the sequence as if it's D, C, G/B, Bb, C D...but the second time as if it's D, F, G, Bb, C, D. He's pretty consistent in that! I think Clapton's just playing an open C-G fifth on the guitar there in the second chord...

Jeff Norman

Judging from the musical backdrop, "Prince By-Tor" is now disguising himself as Lou Reed... (I mean, did I expect Rush to nip "Sweet Jane"? No, I did not!)

Thom P

You can bloviate all you like, Doug. We love you.