progmetaldan
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Raise the knife was cool, but hearing Six Degrees played right through with the orchestra. That made it for me...
Dream Theater in the studio
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Detective Clarence Beauregard
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They played the entire first album live a year ago or so, as a 15th anniversary to its release. It's called When Dream and Day Reunite. The songs are much better w/LaBrie.
noble savage
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RTK is by far one of my fav DT songs. Infact, yesturday on my 3 hour long hunt for a nintendo wii I put that song on repeat in my car...
Detective Clarence Beauregard
Dehumanized
RTK is by far one of my fav DT songs. Infact, yesturday on my 3 hour long hunt for a nintendo wii I put that song on repeat in my car...
Yeah, I love that song, too. The middle instrumental section with the bass groove and the guitar effects is really neat, and the chorus is nice. Cool ending, too.
By the way, good luck finding a Wii.
Killing jOe
Yours truly!
I'm gonna have to get that DVD of the entire first album.
And personally, i think BOTH Dream Theater and Symphony X are (much) better off with their current line-up and i wouldnt change any one, espcially LaBrie and russel Allen.
and besides' it's my birthday
And personally, i think BOTH Dream Theater and Symphony X are (much) better off with their current line-up and i wouldnt change any one, espcially LaBrie and russel Allen.
and besides' it's my birthday
progmetaldan
Member
I completely agree on both counts, and Happy Birthday...
I'm heaps glad Jason Rullo rejoined Symphony X, and that both bands chose their current vocalists... Thomas Miller was excellent on bass, but I prefer Mike Lepond. Same with Jordan Rudess,
he's an absolute virtuoso and adds heaps to Dream Theater, allowing the absolute freakishness of all of their musicianship to be released rather than restraining any needlessly...
^
Just to be a bit annoying here: you don't think that DT's songwriting abilities have diminished since Jordan joined DT? I find that the band does indeed exploit Jordan's abilities, but it's seemed to have lost some spunk to it. SFAM and SDoIT are excellent albums with solid songs. ToT and 8vm seem to drag a bit, with the whole mesh of musicianship and songwriting not quite as pungent as it was. Still great stuff, it just doesn't seem up to par, ya know?
Now I love DT as much as the next prog rock fan, so I don't want people jumping on my hairy back about this post, I'm just playing devil's advocate :Smokedev:
Just to be a bit annoying here: you don't think that DT's songwriting abilities have diminished since Jordan joined DT? I find that the band does indeed exploit Jordan's abilities, but it's seemed to have lost some spunk to it. SFAM and SDoIT are excellent albums with solid songs. ToT and 8vm seem to drag a bit, with the whole mesh of musicianship and songwriting not quite as pungent as it was. Still great stuff, it just doesn't seem up to par, ya know?
Now I love DT as much as the next prog rock fan, so I don't want people jumping on my hairy back about this post, I'm just playing devil's advocate
:Smokedev:
Matt
Active Member
No, I think that while it may sound a little different, the song's ablilities to catch my ear have not diminished.
Anonymous
L'Étranger
It's normal that a band loses their touch after a fuckload of albums, blaming it on new members is pretty much pointless cause you'd be complaining about something else if Sherinian or Moore were still on the keys.
Matt
Active Member
_Gentleman of_the Snow_
Prog' Drummer
You're kidding, right?
What he was saying is that just because a member does not write heavily, it does not mean that they are not appreciated. Since Rullo does not write much (along with Myung - for this argument), it does not mean that he is not appreciated by his fellow bandmates.
I really like Raise the Knife on Score. I hadn't heard the song before Score, so I cannot compare it.
DT albums really are different from one to the next, which is also the case between SymX albums. I'm excited for both albums, but more excited for SymX's
(I have a feeling Sym's is going to be a double disc )
Yngvai X
Dark Emperor
DT has stated that you'd be surprised how much Myung writes. Not necessarily in terms of how much, but they've said often the best riffs on the album are ones that Myung comes up with.
Anonymous
L'Étranger
When Rudess joined the band, the level of wankery increased so much that they probably have curved penises now. Still awesome, but everything became way too focused around one instrument at a time.^
Just to be a bit annoying here: you don't think that DT's songwriting abilities have diminished since Jordan joined DT? I find that the band does indeed exploit Jordan's abilities, but it's seemed to have lost some spunk to it. SFAM and SDoIT are excellent albums with solid songs. ToT and 8vm seem to drag a bit, with the whole mesh of musicianship and songwriting not quite as pungent as it was. Still great stuff, it just doesn't seem up to par, ya know?
Now I love DT as much as the next prog rock fan, so I don't want people jumping on my hairy back about this post, I'm just playing devil's advocate
progmetaldan
Member
It's true that perhaps the songs aren't as 'focussed' with Jordan on keys, but I think Dream Theater would be foolish not to continue trying to push musical boundaries to the absolute limit of their incredible skills, as this is what makes them so popular. They do write good songs anyway, but they're trying to write hit songs for the radio, so I reckon it would be a waste of talent for them not to go crazy... And besides I enjoy a bit of musical wankery... 
Tubbs
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I'm getting kind of tired of DT tbh. I think it's because of the ridiculous amount of listening I used to give them, and also I'm really starting to grow tired of constant instrument wankery.
Phanto
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Detective Clarence Beauregard
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