To me, Octavarium is "1/2 excellent, 1/2 cheese." I won't disown DT for that because that description fits DT as a whole...and I love them for the excellent stuff. And yes, DT is in my list of Top 5 favorite bands ever.
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Doctor J said:I didn't like the new one at all. Contrary to most DT fans I know, I think Train Of Thought is their best work by a long, long way...
...Sorry, I'll get my coat
Doctor J said:That's four of us on Drew's Black List so
The Live At Budokan DVD/CD is well worth getting, low on cheese, big on the widdly widdly stuff and the director did well in focussing on Petrucci when the man was letting rip (sometimes these live shows just don't capture the important stuff).
They're an odd band. That "Walk Beside You" tune on Octavarium is one of my least favourite tunes in the world but some of the other stuff on the album is so damn good. What I liked about TOT was that it cut out a lot of the cheese and stuck to the two most important things about good music: big riffs and big solos
Now that I've owned it for a few months, I feel that way, too. It's good, but it doesn't really stick in my head the way Awake did, or even Petrucci's solo albumShannon said:To me, Octavarium is "1/2 excellent, 1/2 cheese."
FoxMustang said:Now that I've owned it for a few months, I feel that way, too. It's good, but it doesn't really stick in my head the way Awake did, or even Petrucci's solo album
And Live at Budokan is awesome. I think Petrucci misses one note the entire show The "Instrumedley" is absolutely insane.
Nik said:Just curious, the guitars on Train of Thought were recorded directly, without mics, right?
Shannon said:Nope, that's a Mesa Road King through a Recto 4x12 cab.
I completely agree.Doctor J said:I didn't like the new one at all. Contrary to most DT fans I know, I think Train Of Thought is their best work by a long, long way...
Nu-metal? I think you mean that about Octa-valium.Drew said:Eh, I hated ToT, but I'm not exactly going to ban you for liking DT's nu-metal album...
Donnie said:I completely agree.
Nu-metal? I think you mean that about Octa-valium.
Drew said:Eh, I hated ToT, but I'm not exactly going to ban you for liking DT's nu-metal album...