In the Dream Theater the Dead Can Dance
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Topic: In the Dream Theater the Dead Can Dance
Posted By: Logan
Subject: In the Dream Theater the Dead Can Dance
Date Posted: July 16 2024 at 19:05
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I hope this poll has not been done a thousand times before. ;) An oddball apples and oranges poll, but I had wanted to put some D's together and then thought, while these bands are very different, both got started in the 1980s, both have released quite a few albums, and both have remained active. And I like polls that can have appeal to different audiences. It's not about better, it's just about preference and/or what you know and like. Dead Can Dance was formed in 1981, its first studio album came out in 1984, its last full length studio album was released in 2018, but it released a single in 2021. Dream Theater was formed in 1985, released its first studio album in 1989, and released its last album in 2021. No need to actively compare them (either in terms of similarities or differences), but it instead just vote for one you like or prefer. You need not have listened to both bands to vote, but I have prepared a playlist taken from releases of both, which alternates between the two bands. I wanted cover one track per album. DT has more releases, so I stopped at A Dramatic Turn of Events while stopping at DCD's last single and including a track from an EP to get more coverage (one track per release). I know DCD much better, and one might not like my choices from it or Dream Theater -- with Dream Theater for ease of listenability I tried to go with shorter songs, which may make it seem rather ballad heavy perhaps. I avoided The Ytse Jam which I like (reminds me of Spinal Tap's Rock 'n Roll Creation) because I wanted to try something different. EDIT: I think I'm going to add a couple of live songs to the list because that can give another dimension to the music. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4KMmOce3kbCK4TjyB3ylgnK" rel="nofollow - Duelling Dead Can Dance & Dream Theater: The Ultimate Dance Party Mix Just having some fun with the playlist title, and I don't treat my polls as contests.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 16 2024 at 19:57
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I'll be the first to vote for Dead Can Dance -- been one of my favourite acts. Here's a clip of Dead Can Dance performing live in 1986. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 00:20
Dead Can Dance 
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 03:31
Yes, so seems to me, but anyway, I like one album by DCD and none by DT, so I voted for DCD. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Logan wrote:Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 04:26
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I love Dead Can Dance whole discography (well, Spiritchaser isn't exactly a highlight), and as far as I know I do not love a single second of music in Dream Theater's whole discography. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 04:46
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DT ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 05:01
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Never listened to DCD, big fan of DT…. ------------- Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 05:11
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Both are good listens. Dead Can Dance by a nose. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 05:28
| Dream Theater |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 05:33
You know, if this poll had been taken on this site 20 years ago, DT would have won by a landslide...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Criswell
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 07:14
| DCD...Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is a masterpiece... |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 09:57
| None. I know they are good musicians, but their music does not appeal to me. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 11:47
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While both are very different forms of expression, I can totally get people here not being into either, which is actually one thought I had when teaming these two up. The album that got me very into Dead Can Dance is Spleen and Ideal. That said, I'm very into Neoclassical Darkwave, Darkwave, and Gothic Rock. That said, Dead Can Dance can also be pretty light and airy and quite ebullient. I'm into many acts with related "sounds" like Cocteau Twins (interesting similarities to me with early Dead Can Dance and Cocteau Twins), Controlled Bleeding, Coil (especially the Ape of Naples) etc. And more modern ones like Lingua Ignota and Anna von Hausswolff. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 12:29
Absolutely. 11 years ago both would have got more votes, and there would be many more comments by this time, but I expect that Dead Can Dance would have done better. We've lost most of our Prog Metalers over the years as well as the kind of Indie/ Avant/ Art music kids who would also be into things like Dead Can Dance. By the way, here is concert footage of both from 2022 . DT at the RIO festival in 2022, less playfully it's a Rio de Janeiro concert (as opposed to Rock in Opposition). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Lc-JLIodA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Lc-JLIodA And here is Dead Can Dance in Lisbon, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO42bKy2aw4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO42bKy2aw4 DCD still sounds fantastic in concert. Some of the DT moments from that concert remind me of DCD, but in a more Games of Thrones kind of way. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 17:08
| Dead Can Dance by a country mile. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 20:51
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I do like DCD but overall it's Dream Theater for sure. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 17 2024 at 21:07
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Love DCD, hate DT ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 18 2024 at 03:38
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Dead Can Dance - Sanvean (Leaves your bathroom sparkling clean.) |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: July 18 2024 at 05:12
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I find Dream Theater's music incredibly boring. But here in this poll, the other contender is also something I dislike equally as much, except for different reasons. It's like voting between feces and vomit. I voted for Dream Theater. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Tasartir
Date Posted: July 18 2024 at 06:25
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In the 90s I would have said Dream Theater, nowadays I say Dead Can Dance. The last 2 DCD albums have been amazing! ------------- ...Histoires Sans Paroles... |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: July 18 2024 at 06:36
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I can listen to them but I'm not a big fan of both ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Duddick
Date Posted: July 18 2024 at 11:47
| Dead Can Dance all the way. Saw them live in London a couple of times in the early 80’s - superb. Additionally the fact I don’t like metal makes this poll an easy choice for me…. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: July 18 2024 at 12:54
| Not a fan of both bands |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 24 2024 at 10:38
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Dead Can Dance is sublime music with depth....while DT is just a prog metal band. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |