Create your own Symphony X setlist

[Detective Clarence Beauregard]

I know there was a thread on this a while back, but I can't seem to locate it. Anyway, make your own (reasonable) Symphony X setlist! I say reasonable because setlists like the one immediately following are obviously not plausible:

V: The New Mythology Suite in its entirety
The Edge of Forever
Through the Looking Glass
INTERMISSION
Divine Wings of Tragedy (album) in its entirety - 10th anniversary!
The Odyssey (album) in its entirety - 2,707th anniversary! (of the poem)
ENCORE - Shades of Grey

I'm not asking you to add all of the songs' lengths together and aim for a specific time limit, but just try to keep it reasonable.

Here's mine:

*Songs marked with an asterisk are swapped each night, Rush/DT style

The Walls of Babylon
*Set the World on Fire (or) *Evolution (The Grand Design)
The Serpent's Kiss
*Fallen (or) *King of Terrors
Church of the Machine
Domination
Accolade medley
*Out of the Ashes (or) *Dressed to Kill
Paradise Lost
*Seven (or) *The Relic
*Eve of Seduction (or) *Frontiers
Through the Looking Glass
--------------------------------------
Revelation (Divus Pennae ex Tragoedia)
The Divine Wings of Tragedy

I wanted to put The Edge of Forever in there, but after the conversation that Eyeball Kid, Rocky Raccoon, and myself had with Russ and Lepond, it became evident that no one would ever hear that song again. Lepond also said they would never play Frontiers (since no one knows what it is), but I can dream!

 

[progmetaldan]

With and orchestra...

Oculus Ex Inferni
Set The World On Fire
Domination
Paradise Lost
Eve Of Seduction
Walls Of Babylon
Seven
Revelation
The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
------------------------------
Prelude
Evolution
Fallen
Communion And The Oracle
The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm
On The Breath Of Poseidon
Egypt
Death Of Balance
Rediscovery Pts 1 & 2
------------------------------
The Odyssey


I'd be happy with that...

 

[Detective Clarence Beauregard]

bump

C'mon, people! Get creative!

 

[Helios]

Oculus Ex Inferni
Set The World On Fire
Inferno
Accolade 1&2
The Edge Of Forever
Paradise Lost
Smoke And Mirrors
The Walls Of Babylon
A Fool' s Paradise
The Death Of Balance / CandleLight Fantasia
Revelation
The Odissey

:rox:


rotfl @ "ENCORE - Shades Of Grey"

 

[naboo]

Oculus Ex Inferni
Set the World On Fire (Such a good opening combination)
Evolution
Fallen
Egypt (I need to see this song live before I die)
Paradise Lost (This was great live)
The Walls of Babylon
Accolade I and II
Through the Looking Glass

Encore:
The Odyssey

Might need a few more fast rockers like Of Sins and Shadows, Sea of Lies etc...

 

[Wander]

For the first gig, I'll be happy with any setlist and it will propably be mostly new material. But If I could add some older songs, I'd like to have following songs in the dream setlist:
Through The Looking Glass
The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Church of The Machine
the Edge of Forever (so what if it's impossible)

That's about it really.

 

[Lucius Octavion]

Prelude
Evolution
Fallen
The Accolade
The Accolade II
Egypt
The Death of Balance
Church of the Machine
A Fool's Paradise
Through the Looking Glass
Sea of Lies
The Edge of Forever
Seven

Encore: The Divine Wings of Tragedy

Actually when I look at it now, it seems a bit long.

 

[Horus]

lol Again?

OPTION 1

Church of the Machine
Seven
King of Terrors
Domination
Of Sins and Shadows
Sonata/In The Dragon's Den
Set The World On Fire
Frontiers
The Walls of Babylon
Accolade 1
Keyboard Solo Segue
Accolade 2
A Lesson Before Dying
The Odyssey

Prelude
Evolution
Fallen
Communion and the Oracle
The Bird Serpent War/Cataclysm
On The Breath of Poseidon
Egypt
Death of Balance/Lacrymosa
Absence of Light
A Fool's Paradise
Rediscovery

Revelation
Divine Wings of Tragedy

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OPTION 2

Oculus Ex Inferni/Set The World On Fire
Of Sins and Shadows
Evolution
King Of Terrors
Domination
The Serpent's Kiss
A Fool'd Paradise
Frontiers
Paradise Lost
The Edge of Forever
Eve of Seduction
Egypt
Accolade 1
Keyboard Solo
Accolade 2
The Walls of Babylon
Through the Looking Glass
Seven
A Winter's Dream
Sacrifice
A Lesson Before Dying
Candlelight Fantasia
Revelation
Divine Wings

Encore: Free Bird

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OPTION 3

Okay, just bare with me here. Since the first half of V is pretty much the story that either was based off Paradise Lost or that Paradise Lost was based off of (dependng on if you believe in Atlantis or not), I decided to put the two together for one of the most epic Metal Concepts EVER

Overture
Divine Wings of Tragedy: At the Four Corners of the Earth
Oculus Ex Inferni
Divine Wings of Tragedy: In The Room of Thrones
Prelude
all rearranged together to form a propper overture

Act 1
Evolution
Divine Wings of Tragedy: A Gathering of Angels
./ Fallen
|. Domination
|. Serpent's Kiss
.\ Divine Wings of Tragedy: The Wrath Divine
New Segue
Communion and the Oracle
./ The Bird Serpent War
|. The Walls of Babylon
|. Set the World On Fire
|. Divine Wings of Tragedy: The Prophet's Cry
|. Divine Wings of Tragedy: Bringer of the Apocalypse
.\ Cataclysm

Act 2
On the Breath of Poseidon
Egypt
The Death Of Balance/Lacrymosa
Absence of Light
Seven
A Fool's Paradise

Act 3
Sacrifice
Revelation
Rediscovery
Divine Wings of Tragedy: Paradise Regained


EDIT: I switched Serpents' Kiss and The Wrath Divine. It would work much better than the other way around, because you really can't go from something like Serpent's Kiss into Communion and the Oracle.

 

[1by4by9]

Harris, that is your econd best post you've posted here. Option 3 is awesome.

 

[Detective Clarence Beauregard]

Overture
Divine Wings of Tragedy: At the Four Corners of the Earth
Oculus Ex Inferni
Divine Wings of Tragedy: In The Room of Thrones
Prelude
all rearranged together to form a propper overture

Act 1
Evolution
Divine Wings of Tragedy: A Gathering of Angels
./ Fallen
|. Domination
|. Divine Wings of Tragedy: The Wrath Divine
.\ The Serpent's Kiss
New Segue
Communion and the Oracle
./ The Bird Serpent War
|. The Walls of Babylon
|. Set the World On Fire
|. Divine Wings of Tragedy: The Prophet's Cry
|. Divine Wings of Tragedy: Bringer of the Apocalypse
.\ Cataclysm

Act 2
On the Breath of Poseidon
Egypt
The Death Of Balance/Lacrymosa
Absence of Light
Seven
A Fool's Paradise

Act 3
Sacrifice
Revelation
Rediscovery
Divine Wings of Tragedy: Paradise Regained

Although I could never see them splitting up one of their epics by parts (DT, anyone?), I must admit that that is a killer set.

 

[Strychnos]

Wow, that IS definitely creative. I like Option 3 too.

here's my dream setlist:

Oculus Ex Inferni
Of Sins & Shadows
Smoke & Mirrors
Set the World on Fire
Wicked
The Accolade I and II
The Turning
The Eyes of Medusa (playing through the "Isle of Deadly Shores", then segueing to...Pharaoh)
The Damnation Game
Sea of Lies
Paradise Lost
Divine Wings of Tragedy
Revelation

*more ideas to come, I hope*

 

[EyeballKid]

MY DREAMZ SeTL1st!

(Sonata)
The Witching Hour
Pharaoh
The Haunting
Incantations of the Apprentice
Lady of the Snow
The Turning
A Lesson Before Dying
The Raging Season
Secrets
------
Seven
The Divine Wings of Tragedy
------
Shades of Grey

................perfection.

 

[Detective Clarence Beauregard]

MY DREAMZ SeTL1st!

(Sonata)
The Witching Hour
Pharaoh
The Haunting
Incantations of the Apprentice
Lady of the Snow
The Turning
A Lesson Before Dying
The Raging Season
Secrets
------
Seven
The Divine Wings of Tragedy
------
Shades of Grey

................perfection.

epic phail.

 

[estYMaj]

Sea of lies
Dressed to kill
eyes of the medusa
out of the ashes
absence of light
smoke and mirrors
wicked
serpents kiss

 

[urinalcakemix]

I wanted to put The Edge of Forever in there, but after the conversation that Eyeball Kid, Rocky Raccoon, and myself had with Russ and Lepond, it became evident that no one would ever hear that song again. Lepond also said they would never play Frontiers (since no one knows what it is), but I can dream!

Explain this conversation about TEOF? Did you happen to ask why they play the same old songs time after time? Its almost a travesty how many songs I've heard every time I've seen them live (5x)

 

[rockyracoon]

Explain this conversation about TEOF? Did you happen to ask why they play the same old songs time after time? Its almost a travesty how many songs I've heard every time I've seen them live (5x)

Explanation: I can tell you I personally asked each member(except Romeo) why certain songs have been, and will no doubt continue to be omitted, i.e. TEoF, Whispers, In a Winter's Dream, etc... Two members made it very clear that there are other songs they would love to play live, but indicated that it was basically not their call. Additionally, another member had a different perspective, citing that although a few songs like TEoF had been rehearsed in the past, they just didn't "feel" right. He went on to state that touching on the older material would be a step in the wrong direction, as they have so much new material they are trying to get out there to people. That was followed by referencing albums sales, and the fact that the newer stuff sells better and Damnation Game didn't sell shit. Frankly, I don't see the correlation between record sales and what SX plays live, but it was an explanation given. There may be more that Clarence can remember, but that was the gist.

 

[Detective Clarence Beauregard]

Explanation: I can tell you I personally asked each member(except Romeo) why certain songs have been, and will no doubt continue to be omitted, i.e. TEoF, Whispers, In a Winter's Dream, etc... Two members made it very clear that there are other songs they would love to play live, but indicated that it was basically not their call. Additionally, another member had a different perspective, citing that although a few songs like TEoF had been rehearsed in the past, they just didn't "feel" right. He went on to state that touching on the older material would be a step in the wrong direction, as they have so much new material they are trying to get out there to people. That was followed by referencing albums sales, and the fact that the newer stuff sells better and Damnation Game didn't sell shit. Frankly, I don't see the correlation between record sales and what SX plays live, but it was an explanation given. There may be more that Clarence can remember, but that was the gist.

Nah, you got most of it. Jason said they simply omitted Evolution because the entire band was sick of playing it, and also said they scrapped Communion to add Paradise Lost. Mike (Lepond) said he would love to play something like Whispers, and that he'd love to play a longer (three hour?) set in the future. I think Russ and Michael (Romeo) have most of the pull over the setlist, as one has to handle the vocals and the other is the "band leader."

I know you had very in-depth conversations with Lepond and Russ about TEOF, and I think you listed all the reasons why they don't want to play it.

 

[rockyracoon]

1. Frontiers
2. The Damnation Game
3. Rapture or Pain
4. Pharaoh
5. Secrets
6. Absinthe and Rue
7. The Relic
8. Whispers
9. The Haunting
10. The Witching Hour
11. Savage Curtain
12. In the Dragon's Den
13. Secrets
14. Masquerade
15. Candlelight Fantasia
16. Rediscovery Pt. 1 and 2

First Encore:
17. A Winter's Dream Pt. 1 and 2

Second Encore:
18. The Edge of Forever

 

[Detective Clarence Beauregard]

Frontiers
Absinthe and Rue
The Relic
In the Dragon's Den
Candlelight Fantasia
Rediscovery Pt. 1 and 2

Didn't P say that he would love to play The Relic? Didn't Lepond also say that they would never play Frontiers because no one knows what it is?

 

[EyeballKid]

1. Frontiers
2. The Damnation Game
3. Rapture or Pain
4. Pharaoh
5. Secrets
6. Absinthe and Rue
7. The Relic
8. Whispers
9. The Haunting
10. The Witching Hour
11. Savage Curtain
12. In the Dragon's Den
13. Secrets
14. Masquerade
15. Candlelight Fantasia
16. Rediscovery Pt. 1 and 2

First Encore:
17. A Winter's Dream Pt. 1 and 2

Second Encore:
18. The Edge of Forever

I'll all for playing some rarities and old songs as well, but to be perfectly honest...if I saw them play this setlist? I'd be pretty uninterested.

A few staples is (in my opinion) good, because I don't dislike a song just because it's more popular. With the exceptions of a few songs (Dragon's Den, Candelight, Relic, and TEoF), that setlist would annoy the living hell out of me.