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Archangel Foster Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 10 2001, 01:51 How about giving the titles of MO pieces to the different ratings? Like 'Far above the clouds' for the highest one - and maybe 'Only time will tell...' for the lowest? Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 10 2001, 04:06 Following on from what Archangel Foster said, here are some "possible" rankings. I say possible because I'm not thinking straight, I'm writing in a rush and I can't be bothered checking them: Far Above the Clouds (AF) Only Time Will Tell...(AF) First Excursion Out of Sight In High Places Mistake Top of the Morning Jewel in the Crown Into Wonderland Five Miles Out (hmmm, maybe not) From the Ashes A New Beginning Ascension Good News Bad News The Time Has Come Flying Start Summit Day There are plenty more for you to add or discard, but for the moment, I'm going out so I can't finish the list. -Tim- Back to top

Archangel Foster Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 10 2001, 06:58 I'd like to add 'Crises' - isn't that obvious? Apart from that, I think Tim's suggestions should get us started. I like 'Mistake' very much! Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 10 2001, 08:03 Personally I'm a bit iffy about using Crises and Five Miles Out as rankings, as they are also album names, and you might end up having something like Five Miles Out is ranked as Crises, vice versa or similar. So we might have to ignore those two. Unless we edit it a little (ie there's a crises rather than just Crises). -Tim- Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 10 2001, 08:09 But, if we do use album names, we could give them Platinum status. Or we could give them a rating of In Dulci Jubilo (ie, Good Christian Men [or Mike fans] Rejoice) -Tim- Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 11 2001, 05:49 So, after thinking about this a little, a provisional rating system (out of say 10): Best rating to worst rating: OUT OF SIGHT/JEWEL IN THE CROWN FAR ABOVE THE CLOUDS/JEWEL IN THE CROWN IN HIGH PLACES/TOP OF THE MORNING/IN DULCI JUBILO ASCENSION/IN HIGH PLACES/INTO WONDERLAND GOOD NEWS FLYING START ONLY TIME WILL TELL... FROM THE ASHES/EMBERS BAD NEWS MISTAKE And perhaps a completely unnecessary option of giving a provisional rating after listening to the album once (ie, First Excursion). -Tim- Back to top

Archangel Foster Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 11 2001, 07:57 Well, that's fine, innit, Olivier? Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1865 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Jan. 11 2001, 11:40 This would be fine for the legend, but we need 10 icons now... Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Jan. 11 2001, 17:40 They could be rated with instruments - from say, contents of an aeromodeller's toolbox all the way up to tubular bells at the top. Then there is the possibility of using the names of Mike's various women... Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 11 2001, 20:11 Or a sax as the lowest icon, then the aeromodeller's toolbox and so on. -Tim- Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 13 2001, 03:48 Hmm, I'll make some more lists now: ICONS Best to worst: Tubular Bells <insert a few guitars here, you can do that, I don't know about the tech stuff here> Keyboards/Grand Piano Glockenspiel Synthesizer (sorry Korgscrew, I don't think we could have synthesators here. Or could we?!) Piltdown Man Aeromodeller's Kit Saxophone Or the more convential method: Tubular Bells Acoustic Guitar Spanish Guitar Mandolin 2 Slightly Distorted Guitars Bass Guitar Glockenspiel Reed and Pipe Organ Grand Piano Saxophone/Aeromodeller/whatever or the TBII version Tubular Bells Digital Sound Processor The Venetian Effect (ie, gondola piccy) 2 Slightly Sampled Electric Guitars Bass Guitar Glockenspiel Reed and Pipe Organ Grand Piano Saxophone/Aeromodeller/Piltdown Man/whatever Saxophone/Aeromodeller/whatever This reminds me a lot of my attempts at taking over the bell system at school... -Tim- Back to top

Man In Rain Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: Sep. 2000 Posted: Jan. 14 2001, 12:40 Aaaargh! The aeromodeller kit describes something worthless?! Maybe it's not a good instrument, but I don't accept (neither Mike as a qualified pilot I think) that 'something that has to do with airplanes' means 'sh*t'. Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 14 2001, 20:49 Don't worry Man In Rain, the aeromodeller does not represent something worthless. It is just an experimental instrument. What we could do then is change the icons a little to include instruments and hobbies, ie planes, horse-riding etc etc. -Tim- Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 14 2001, 20:51 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I forgot the double speed guitar and the vocal chords!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Too much Amarok, not enough Tubular Bells or Tubular Bells II. My life is not worth living (well actually it is, but still). -Tim- Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 15 2001, 17:57 Tim...the MC in TB2 actually says "Vocal cords", not "chords"... I have the songbook... Vocal cords are a human instrument, and the MC introduces instruments...not the sounds produced by the instruments.... PS: Please don't take this seriously. I'm jokin'. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Jan. 15 2001, 19:12 Digital sound processor isn't an instrument... (that's not the digital sound processor making that noise - it's a synthesator being processed by one...) Perhaps digital sound processor should be the one of lowest value because of that...and while we're on the subject...how exactly do you slightly sample a guitar? This could be a new one for tubular tech... Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 15 2001, 19:42 I'm tired, I've just got up, I want to go to sleep and I'm always the one who ends up making the lists in this topic. So I don't really want to go into depth with this. I just made a list of the announced instruments as I heard them. OK? So if you really need new ideas, I look forward to reading your lists soon. -Tim- Back to top

Archangel Foster Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 16 2001, 03:52 It's about time we decided on something, isn't it? I mean we've collected loads of ideas now, are they all that bad? If there isn't some genius out there who'll provide us with THE perfect rating system, I suggest we agree on Tim's suggestions. Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: Jan. 16 2001, 09:01 Ugo: (I wasn't originally going to respond, but what the hey...) About the vocal chords/cords issue: There are a few reasons why I wrote the former. You can decide which one is most believable to you: 1. I was writing in a rush so that no one pointed out that I'd missed out the two instruments that I forgot. 2. Spelling error 3. I knew what the MC was referring to but I wasn't completely sure how to spell it 4. Natural stupidity 5. Sailor's Pornhipe. -Tim- Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 16 2001, 19:06 Tim, what do you mean by Sailor's Pornhipe? Never heard about this... -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

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