"V" one big song?
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Strychnos
UA Agent FROM HELL
In essence, SyX's "V" is the definition of the term "concept song" IMO, just as "The Odyssey" is the definition of the term "concept song".
I agree that there is something about V that just grows on you, especially when you wax philosophical (or maybe if you just drank too many cups of Irish coffee lol). The concept that comes to mind is that of "unity in diversity". Sure, "Fallen" and "Communion & the Oracle" are like apples and oranges, but the way that they complement each other speaks of utter homogeneity.
ok, I'll lay off the Irish coffee..for now. hahahaha..
I agree that there is something about V that just grows on you, especially when you wax philosophical (or maybe if you just drank too many cups of Irish coffee lol). The concept that comes to mind is that of "unity in diversity". Sure, "Fallen" and "Communion & the Oracle" are like apples and oranges, but the way that they complement each other speaks of utter homogeneity.
ok, I'll lay off the Irish coffee..for now. hahahaha..
RequiemX
King of Ithaca
Well, that would make sense considering V is a concept album.
I also think it's true in the sense that they actually flow together. I find V to be a great late-night driving album. It keeps you awake and it passes the time quite nicely.
I also think it's true in the sense that they actually flow together. I find V to be a great late-night driving album. It keeps you awake and it passes the time quite nicely.
V is a conceptiual album, and each song is suppose to flow into one another... If you listen to it through and do pay much attention you realize it can be treated as one song... but is actually not! Its more of one big story, and each song is a chapter of the book 
Whenever people ask me what my favorite song is, I always say "The entire album of V" by Symphony X. The only time I ever think about it as an entire album is when I'm jamming to it when Im bored or when I want to show somebody an awesome part of a track.
Strychnos
UA Agent FROM HELL
ERRATUM: I indicated, implicitly maybe, that the other songs in V don't complement each other (re: my example). I stand corrected now.
sorta off-topic, but my sister actually wrote a sort of fan fiction with V as part of the plot.
sorta off-topic, but my sister actually wrote a sort of fan fiction with V as part of the plot.
Strychnos
UA Agent FROM HELL
I'll see if I can steal it and pass it off as my own.. nyahahaha.. j/k.
I'm also doing that, and now I'm starting on Angra's Temple of Shadows.
I'm also doing that, and now I'm starting on Angra's Temple of Shadows.
all ready have done it lol! Time consuming, but you feel so much more knowledgable when you get down to the skeleton on it
Yngvai X
Dark Emperor
_Gentleman of_the Snow_
Prog' Drummer
wchuck said:
Going by your logic, DT have made a song that is 77 mins long. Oh, and it came out 1 year before V. (Metrop.2:Scenes)
V's songs definitely compliment each other. Re-occuring melodies, and the same dark feeling throughout the entire album. Best album ever written, as far as I'm concerned.
The entire logic is that it's one song, because they al run into one another so perfectly, that the end of each song is more like a bridge part than an outro. Scenes doesn't have that nearly as much. The way you're saying it is like all concept albums work the same way, when they really don't.
_Gentleman of_the Snow_
Prog' Drummer
ptah knemu said:
I'd say both albums do it equally. I actually find it harder to tell when a song switches in Scenes than V.
