DREAM THEATER’s 9th!!! - Progressive Rock Music Forum

mmmm...
The Eight Wonder - VIII introspection. (lyrics Portnoy, music DT).
55 minutes.
Single track album.

Semm che, semm che settà giò in del bar / a cercà l'universo nel bucèer del Cynar
cosmonauti al tavolino cun la sigareta in bùca / che vemm a cambià el mund apena finissum la sambuca

Well,I've created it

.Just put my fantasies in...

OK,it's going to be neo-prog,but dark and heavy one.Just imagine a mixture of I&W with TOOL/OPETH/PORCUPINE TREE stuff(have I just described RIVERSIDE's style?

)...

It would be a concept story(return to a Formula,when a concept albums always win!!!

),based on Jester-related stuff(yes,as it usually happens in neo-prog

).Petrucci would learn to play Rothery-like solos,and Rudess' pianos would sound much darker this time(the whole sound-producing work would be close to Dark Matter/The Dreams of Men one...with some influences from TOOL/OPETH,yes,I've already told that

).

But the songs would be much more complex(just remeber MARILLION's 8-min epics:they had at least 3-4 different parts!!!),instead of wandering around few chords in Stream of Consciousness(don't get me wrong:I like it,but it's quite long

)!

I even give you a tracklist and some comments:

DREAM THEATER "CURTAIN CALL" 200?

1.The Breakthrough 10.16
(8th & 9th parts of Portnoy's trip;doesn't relate to album's concept,just starting track)

2.Deep inside the Night 4.38 (instrumental) (a dark and moody PT-like track)

3.Strings 13.52 (a first main epic here,related with puppet's theme - puppet on a string etc

)

4.Pieces of my Heart 5.21 (a touching love-ballad,very Neo-prog one!!!)

5.Into the Cradle 3.44 (an acoustical FOLKISH track with violin and flute(JT-like)!!!Yes,a bit experimental for usual DT,but I need it here!!!)

6.Sleepless 11.05 (another epic,very dark and metal this time)

7.Winds 7.33 (a nervous track...dark and complex,unusually stuck inside the Neo-Prog concept album

...)

8.Alone on the Hill 3.27 (a pre-coda track,related to 5th one)

9.Reflection in the Mirror 15.19 (yeah!!!A main stuff here,related to THE MIRROR's theme lyrically and a vintage heavy Neo musically!!!Great ballad coda

)

Well...share your thoughts

Edited by Prog-jester

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Bj-1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Offline Points: 31542	Posted: April 19 2006 at 20:36
	I hope their next album will be like Awake or Images & Words again. Though they'll most likely continue in the Octavarium style... Nice prediction, BTW! Edited by Bj-1
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lmollea Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 12 2005 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 130	Posted: April 19 2006 at 17:17
	mmmm... The Eight Wonder - VIII introspection. (lyrics Portnoy, music DT). 55 minutes. Single track album.
	Semm che, semm che settà giò in del bar / a cercà l'universo nel bucèer del Cynar cosmonauti al tavolino cun la sigareta in bùca / che vemm a cambià el mund apena finissum la sambuca

FragileDT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 20 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1485	Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:06
	I think theyre next album will absolutely be neo-prog. They are trying to write to a prog audience now. I think it will be forced though and you will hear the annoyance of their restraints.
	One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity

Prog-jester Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 05 2005 Location: Love Beach Status: Offline Points: 5908	Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:56
	Well,I've created it .Just put my fantasies in... OK,it's going to be neo-prog,but dark and heavy one.Just imagine a mixture of I&W with TOOL/OPETH/PORCUPINE TREE stuff(have I just described RIVERSIDE's style? )... It would be a concept story(return to a Formula,when a concept albums always win!!! ),based on Jester-related stuff(yes,as it usually happens in neo-prog ).Petrucci would learn to play Rothery-like solos,and Rudess' pianos would sound much darker this time(the whole sound-producing work would be close to Dark Matter/The Dreams of Men one...with some influences from TOOL/OPETH,yes,I've already told that ). But the songs would be much more complex(just remeber MARILLION's 8-min epics:they had at least 3-4 different parts!!!),instead of wandering around few chords in Stream of Consciousness(don't get me wrong:I like it,but it's quite long )! I even give you a tracklist and some comments: DREAM THEATER "CURTAIN CALL" 200? 1.The Breakthrough 10.16 (8th & 9th parts of Portnoy's trip;doesn't relate to album's concept,just starting track) 2.Deep inside the Night 4.38 (instrumental) (a dark and moody PT-like track) 3.Strings 13.52 (a first main epic here,related with puppet's theme - puppet on a string etc ) 4.Pieces of my Heart 5.21 (a touching love-ballad,very Neo-prog one!!!) 5.Into the Cradle 3.44 (an acoustical FOLKISH track with violin and flute(JT-like)!!!Yes,a bit experimental for usual DT,but I need it here!!!) 6.Sleepless 11.05 (another epic,very dark and metal this time) 7.Winds 7.33 (a nervous track...dark and complex,unusually stuck inside the Neo-Prog concept album ...) 8.Alone on the Hill 3.27 (a pre-coda track,related to 5th one) 9.Reflection in the Mirror 15.19 (yeah!!!A main stuff here,related to THE MIRROR's theme lyrically and a vintage heavy Neo musically!!!Great ballad coda ) Well...share your thoughts Edited by Prog-jester