"Voices": Best DT all around song?

"Voices" from  dream theater´s "awake"has it all (excelent and dark lyrics, incredibly intense vocals, virtuosic playing, drama, heavyness, beautiful melody, variated dinamics). I was listening to it again and i thought: what  a masterpiece!!! Evne more than octavarium, a change of seasons, etc, etc, etc.

Is there anyone who agree with me?


Which song could be stronger if that would be possible?



Edited by grimpiter - August 12 2009 at 23:37

Not my favorite DT song, but as ACYL said, it's a matter of tastes anyway.


Edited by birdwithteeth11 - August 12 2009 at 23:49

"Voices" is a fantastic song. It is, of course, a matter of taste, but your points are all valid and I would definitely rank it among the best, especially in the under-10-minutes-long category.

Moatilliatta wrote: "Voices" is a fantastic song. It is, of course, a matter of taste, but your points are all valid and I would definitely rank it among the best, especially in the under-10-minutes-long category.

Yeah, I would agree. Voices is their best song. The lyrics are incredibly powerful and very dark, lots of shifts in mood and feeling, the song itself is incredibly well constructed and is very tight, the guitar solo seems natural rather than arbitrary, also it must be one of Petrucci's best solos, it fits the mood of the song perfectly and is extremely effective.

I wouldn't say that it's a simple DT song from a compositional standpoint. From an instrumental technicality standpoint, sure, but in my books that isn't a huge negative.

I can think of tons of DT songs I like more. Octavarium, Six Degrees, The Count of Tuscany, Learning to Live, etc.

Good song, but it isn't DT's best song by far

^^ Do you listen to ANYTHING after Falling Into Infinity?!?!

Highly emotional song. Both JLB and JP are superb on this track and on top of that it's on my favourite album by them