I always thought the last two minutes of that song are pointless and drag out too long. I love the rest of it though.The Dance of Eternity, which is constructed in a coherent way
I always thought the last two minutes of that song are pointless and drag out too long. I love the rest of it though.The Dance of Eternity, which is constructed in a coherent way
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I always thought the last two minutes of that song are pointless and drag out too long.
I always thought the last two minutes of that song are pointless and drag out too long. I love the rest of it though.
I sort of like [...] until the carnival f'in keyboard comes in...
Much like LaBrie, I prefer his solo work as far as the last decade goes; even though I love Octavarium.Jordan Rudess in DT in a nutshell.
Couldn't remember that one so went back to listen to it. Wish i hadn't.Much like LaBrie, I prefer his solo work as far as the last decade goes; even though I love Octavarium.
I think I've said this before in this thread, but Along For The Ride has to be my least favourite DT song; mostly because of that solo. The sappiness and cheesiness doesn't help either...
I hereby solemnly apologize for the inconvenience. I didn't expect anyone to actually go and listen to it.Couldn't remember that one so went back to listen to it. Wish i hadn't.
Oooh - suckered!I hereby solemnly apologize for the inconvenience. I didn't expect anyone to actually go and listen to it.
I'm studying music in college (or failing to study music in college to be more accurate)... and it's often like that in big music pieces: a main theme gets composed, and then it gets re-used in very different fashions. It also works for music movie scores: for example, the theme for Gilderoy Lockart is essentially a variation on the main theme for the Harry Potter movie series. It's hard enough to write one good theme or leitmotif, nevermind writing several ones for a single piece, movie or album. And if you can re-use it in different movies series, all the better..the thing with SFAM album is that they kept the whole concept trough, not only a linear story/lyrics but on music aswell. If you have played most of the songs like I have or at least pay little attention you would notice the similarities of that whole album with Metropolis pt1, and then in that album the Overture, its an actual Overture, it includes everything that would come next, a little highlight of whats to come, and every song has some music connection to the other songs, either by melodies of chord progressions.
they did a similar thing with the Overture in 6degrees (my favourite album, and song after Octavarium), although the rest of the songs kinda took their own path for most of it until the gran finale.
which is something they failed to accomplish with the Antonishing.... or if they did I havent notice as I can only deal with 3/4 songs in the whole 2 cds.... Same with other bands like Periphery with their "rock opera" double album thing (love that band except that album tho).... everything gets lost, and theres no conection between sogns... there is, but its hard to grasp. And like Antoshinig (or whatever way to write it)... it woud have been an amazing album if they took the best out of the two CDs into jsut one
The cool thing is that it can easily be more interpreted as depth rather than just "recycling because you're out of ideas".
The Haken hype train has long left the station... and I'm already on it, albeit in the last wagon.If you like musically coherent concept albums, I'd recommend Haken's Aquarius.
the thing with SFAM album is that they kept the whole concept trough, not only a linear story/lyrics but on music aswell. If you have played most of the songs like I have or at least pay little attention you would notice the similarities of that whole album with Metropolis pt1, and then in that album the Overture, its an actual Overture, it includes everything that would come next, a little highlight of whats to come, and every song has some music connection to the other songs, either by melodies of chord progressions.
they did a similar thing with the Overture in 6degrees (my favourite album, and song after Octavarium), although the rest of the songs kinda took their own path for most of it until the gran finale.
which is something they failed to accomplish with the Antonishing.... or if they did I havent notice as I can only deal with 3/4 songs in the whole 2 cds.... Same with other bands like Periphery with their "rock opera" double album thing (love that band except that album tho).... everything gets lost, and theres no conection between sogns... there is, but its hard to grasp. And like Antoshinig (or whatever way to write it)... it woud have been an amazing album if they took the best out of the two CDs into jsut one
The Haken hype train has long left the station... and I'm already on it, albeit in the last wagon.I didn't enjoy Affinity as much as I would've wanted to, but I still have a high opinion of the rest of the discography and of the band itself of course.
I'm studying music in college (or failing to study music in college to be more accurate)... and it's often like that in big music pieces: a main theme gets composed, and then it gets re-used in very different fashions. It also works for music movie scores: for example, the theme for Gilderoy Lockart is essentially a variation on the main theme for the Harry Potter movie series. It's hard enough to write one good theme or leitmotif, nevermind writing several ones for a single piece, movie or album. And if you can re-use it in different movies series, all the better..It allows some nice Easter Egg content for those who actually pay attention to the variations and quotations... Like this one. The cool thing is that it can easily be more interpreted as depth rather than just "recycling because you're out of ideas".
As for Dream Theater SFAM, 6DOIT, Octavarium, are albums where most songs have a connection through a main theme. I won't say too much about whether the Astonishing has that or not since I remember too little about the whole album...
I ain't like that, I can sort out the good from the, well, "you-know-what". And the score is good at the very least, or at least some pieces of it... Just like you did with the War Inside My Head when compared to the rest of the title track.IMO keep anything related to the Star Wars prequels out of academic work, we don't want to legitimize them!!!![]()