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GhostofCain said:
The guy is an underrated genius.
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Why underrated? Those in the know have a great respect for him. I mean how one could not to, by listening those musics /lyrics? The guy is an obvious genius!

And Iove the way he sings!

Van Der Graaf Generator - When She Comes​


Slow motion in the quiet of the room; so potent is the smell of her perfume that you think she's eternal, that you think she is everything... but no-one knows what she is. Repentance for all you should have said; her entrance seems to raise you from the dead and you think she's really with you, and you think that she'll always stay, always ready to forgive you, always ready to grant you her mercy but in her own way. When she comes, she'll be a stranger; struck dumb, you'll try to protest as the drum beats out the danger... too late, you should have noticed that the lady with the skin so white, like something out of Blake or Burne-Jones always blocked out the light and shadowed all you owned. Still you think she's forever, yesterday and tomorrow... but no-one knows where she is. Still you swear that you can win her and your prayer is that she'll want you; aware - once a saint, now you're a sinner and your sins are going to haunt you when the lady with her skin so white like something out of Edgar Allan Poe holds your hand so very tight and you hope that she'll never let go. Easy targets, easy crosswords, easy life: these key margins leave you balanced on the knife, bleeding darkly. In the end it all comes down to sleazy bargains. That hidden key - you tried so hard to find it, all you can conceive is the effort to be worthy; even now you need to be reminded that La Belle Dame is without mercy. The lady with her skin so white - you never did quite catch her name - now she holds you in the night and she'll never let go again, she'll never let go again.

Van der Graaf Generator - Refugees​


North was somewhere years ago and cold: Ice locked the people's hearts and made them old. South was birth to pleasant lands, but dry: I walked the waters' depths and played my mind. East was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun: The winds came, gently, several heads became one In the summertime, though August people sneered; We were at peace, and we cheered. We walked alone, sometimes hand in hand, Between the thin lines marking sea and sand; Smiling very peacefully, We began to notice that we could be free, And we moved together to the West. West is where all days will someday end; Where the colours turn from grey to gold, And you can be with the friends. And light flakes the golden clouds above all; West is Mike and Susie, West is where I love. There we shall spend our final days of our lives; Tell the same old stories: yeah well, At least we tried. Into the West, smiles on our faces, we'll go; Oh, yes, and our apologies to those Who'll never really know the way. We're refugees, walking away from the life That we've known and loved; Nothing to do or say, nowhere to stay; Now we are alone. We're refugees, carrying all we own In brown bags, tied up with string; Nothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing, But we'll be happy on our own. West is Mike and Susie; West is where I love, West is refugees' home.
 
In my humble opinion, he is underrated because not enough people are aware of his brilliance. They might have heard some of his music, but not realised the depth and breadth of his opus.

Van der Graaf Generator are, by far, my favourite prog-rock band.
 
MindRuler said:
Do you still prefer The Verdict over this one?
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I would need to listen to it again to be sure, but yes, I think I like The Verdict slightly more. “Forest” being kind of a dud is part of it, since The Verdict is all killer and no filler.

That said, Digital Noise Alliance is still great on the whole.
 
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