Metropolis 2: Scenes From A Memory Part 2

ok, this album transformed me into a fan.

It is simply...awesome, you know? Every darn part of the album is so fascinating. This makes you think that all the other musicians(non-prog) are just in a wheel of fortune made by crap, and DT just have been in a gold carrousel dancing around or something. There is so much intensity in SFAM, eventhough you somehow do not understand the tale at all in the first listen. This record can change your life!! ARE YOU READY?!

HaHa!! Well , I dunno. I'm still a prog-rookie.

Anyway, yes, be prepared for sweet ballads. This album goes like a freakin' rocket in every style, from really powerful metal to strong and quiet songs. But, hey, isn't that  what DT is all about? A band that blends metal and ballad songs into one unique piece only they can manage? In every album(xcept TOT of course) there are ballads and metallic songs. So I don't understand why some make such a fuss about it.

 Glad you just purchased Octavarium, it is really good, don't listen to the Octa haters!

Manunkind wrote: sbrushfan wrote: Well, I'm still gonna get it, along with TRAIN OF THOUGHT. Controversial records (TRAIN OF THOUGHT, Yes' OPEN YOUR EYES, etc.) fascinate me. Good call on ToT. I don't know if you can call "Open Your Eyes" controversial. All the reviews I've seen are unanimous in calling it crap.

Well, I've read the reviews myself as well, Manunkind. Amdist the one and two stars reviews are a smattering of four-star people...that leads me to believe that it might just be controversial.  I'm also gonna review BIG GENERATOR and 90125 after I let them all sink in.

My problem with the genre of prog (and this has less to do with the genre itself than it does with people who claim to be "fans") is that if a "prog-rock" band leans a bit too far either way (be it pop OR rock) they get trashed by the reviewers who seem all too eager to bash something. Take TRAIN OF THOUGHT, for instance. It, seemingly, wasn't easy enough on the ears to some people, so it got trashed. It leaned too heavily towards metal, seemingly, so it got trashed.  I thought DT were a "prog-METAL" group. Aren't they?

It's definately one of the cheesiest albums ever recorded, so be prepared for that (a lot of people ignore that though), but it has it's moments The first half is the stronger one, after that it's either too stretched out (Home )or overdone (Dance of Eternity)

HeirToRuin wrote: sbrushfan wrote: Albums on which people's opinions are so divided intrigue me no end, Volta.  I plan on picking up Yes' OPEN YOUR EYES" next.  I wanna see what all the fuss is about.  I got my paws on "90125" and "BIG GENERATOR" this past week, and I think they're great. More pop songs...just an excuse to tour really.  The songs are just plain boring.

Nothing wrong with pop...hell, I'm a pop/rock fiend.  Unless it's a massive departure from their "classic" period, then it might be a good thing.  I, on the other hand, haven't heard their "classic" period.  So I have nothing to base an opinion on.

Speaking of YES...why does Wakeman keep leaving and returning?

king volta wrote: Manunkind wrote: Actually it's my least fav album, and the one I'd have advised you to get last. Glad you like it, though. i for one do not like octavarium at all...it might actually be what turned me away from dream theater...the only albums i still listen to occasionally are ToT and Scenes...ToT being the greater...oh and maybe once a year i'll listen to like one or two songs off of I&W.

Albums on which people's opinions are so divided intrigue me no end, Volta.  I plan on picking up Yes' OPEN YOUR EYES" next.  I wanna see what all the fuss is about.  I got my paws on "90125" and "BIG GENERATOR" this past week, and I think they're great.