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Xanadu · Local time: Aug 21, 2006, 07:15 PM

Reporting.

Huge fan of DT, have been for years now. Seen them live once (on the Octavarium tour), got all their albums, member of the fan club. Practically breathe them. Best songs are Peruvian Skies, The Root Of All Evil, and Octavarium. Short, snappy sentences.

How ya doing, buddy?

Xanadu · Local time: Aug 23, 2006, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by Will

IMO, Octavarium is their strongest album ... (though "In the Name of God" and "Stream of Consciousness" off Train of Thought are probably in my top ten), so I'm excited to see where they go next.

This sentence (with the Scenes From A Memory bit abridged - not a fan of SFAM actually, kinda bland imo) gives my exact feelings.

Originally Posted by Living Legends

The only album I didn't like by Dream Theater was Awake, I don't really know why, but a lot of the music off of it just is odd, and the vocals are probably my least favorite off any album. Maybe it just needs time to grow on me?

It's a very long-term grower. I hated it for ages, but now I'd rank it fourth or fifth. Awake is generally the ultra-critical "Jordan Rudess is a moron, long live Kevin Moore" Dream Theater cynic's choice, but imo the album's incredibly overrated. It's a good, powerful album, but it's not incredible.

Originally Posted by jb1101

I'm also a great fan of Dream Theater. Saw them in St. Louis a couple years, great show. Their live show is exactly like the CD.

Yeah, they can replicate their songs incredibly well. I saw them this tour, and I love the little extra bits they throw in too. In Peruvian Skies they had a jam (using the continuum... or lap steel guitar, I forget which) at the start, an excerpt of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here in the middle, and Wherever I May Roam by Metallica at the end. And in the middle of Endless Sacrifice, they replaced the funny orchestral bit with Jordan Rudess playing a rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Very happy to catch Another Won, too. Bet they won't be playing that again any time soon. :P Same goes for Octavarium. I've always been impressed by the way they cycle the setlists, too. There are a lot of bands who play the same things day in, day out, but MP really makes an effort with them. I like that.

Btw, Dream Theater start writing their new album next month, if anyone's interested.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Xanadu · Local time: Aug 23, 2006, 11:36 PM

Funny you should mention it. In a list of my top 10 albums of all time, The Human Equation is at position 1. Masterpiece.

The other Ayreon albums aren't bad either. ITEC is brilliant.

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