THE OFFICIAL DREAM THEATER DISCUSSION THREAD

[crapola]

Just wait till you all hit 35 or so. You cannot believe the importance of sleep. So, if you're hurting for sleep already and you're < 20, I feel for you when you hit 35. Indeed, the real world will not be a pretty sight.

i'm 45! i havent had a decent nights sleep in years... in fact, the last decent nights sleep i can remember would have been waaaaaaaaaay back in 1986. my brain doesnt know how to shut itself down, and my shoulder kills every time i roll over. i've learnt to live with it, but a good nights sleep is my idea of heaven...

 

[ABQShredHead]

Ah, the simple things in life remain the most difficult to obtain... Such cruel irony.

 

[Statler Waldorf]

I have never been a fan of DT's lyrics personally. I think the whole reincarnated evil therapist in "Scenes from..." thing was ridiculous to the point of being laughable. Lyrics are one of those things where a band either has the ability to write them or doesn't, and DT doesn't in my opinion. Whereas someone like Paul O'Neal has the ability to take a song that is average and make it a good song just by his lyrics alone.

 

[ABQShredHead]

Interesting statements regarding lyrics. I guess I don't really care much about lyrics, just the music, because I've never run into a problem with a band's lyrics. I guess I'll go read the liners.

 

[progmetaldan]

I basically agree about not really caring about the lyrics overly, but I do think JP and JM write good lyrics, I don't think it can be said that they don't have the ability...

 

[Anonymous]

I just realised that I don't know any CoB lyrics, but I know the sequence of growls, and the ya-yows. Lyrics don't substract any musical value, but they sure do add alot when done right.

 

[progmetaldan]

Yeah, what he said ^

 

[Matt]

Interesting statements regarding lyrics. I guess I don't really care much about lyrics, just the music, because I've never run into a problem with a band's lyrics. I guess I'll go read the liners.

You haven't listened to much metal, have ya?

 

[ABQShredHead]

How old are you?

 

[Matt]

Heh, 18. But seriously, have you listened to much black or death metal? Those lyrics can be very disturbing.

 

[progmetaldan]

If you can understand them... That's why I prefer clean or no vocals, then you know exactly what the band is about...

 

[Kenneth R.]

depends what disturbs you.

 

[progmetaldan]

That's why I said I like them to be clean, cause then I can decide for myself whether they disturb me or not...

 

[Horus]

I like Gwar's lyrics. America should raise this next generation on the teachings of Gwar.

 

[noble savage]

I agree. Instead of learning math and reading kids should dress up in costumes and squirt blood and internal organs all over each other.

 

[progmetaldan]

From all news reports, that's exactly what the kids of America do to each other...

Thankfully it's only a small minority...

Whoops, being depressing, must get happy again... BEHOLD... THE ARCTOPUS!!!! Gees I love these guys, I'm so glad I discovered them today...

 

[Setsu]

Behold the Arctopus makes me cringe, they don't know how to blend their sounds. Their songs sound like a giant train wreck.

 

[progmetaldan]

I enjoy a bit of insanity in my music sometimes... That's why I listen to Spiral Architect, Watchtower, Spastic Ink etc. BTA are instrumental, which I like even more for this kind of music, I reckon they're great!!!

 

[PoisonSeed]

they're good indeed, although they can be really blurry from time to time and sound really unstructured and random -compared to those other bands you mentioned that are ALL but random and unstructured (especially Ink) - but that's... good? right?
i like it :S

 

[PoisonSeed]

Behold the Arctopus makes me cringe, they don't know how to blend their sounds. Their songs sound like a giant train wreck.

how the hell would you know the sound of that?