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melimaia 
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Posted: October 08 2012 at 17:19 |
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Posted: March 02 2012 at 21:46 |
I don't think The Whirlwind/TA is a mega-church praise album or band.......I think there are similar religious overtones as with any other artists might do.......I'vre read the lyrics a few times, yea most if it is very obscure but some if it is pretty simple to me. Like Wind Blew Them All Away....to me I almost feel it is about New Orleanians who left because of Katrina.
Suppers Ready is more religious a song to me than Whirlwind.
But that's just me
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Posted: March 02 2012 at 20:19 |
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I'm calling a triple album.  |
A triple album? are you kidding? That way they can only record three song!
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Posted: March 02 2012 at 19:10 |
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Or, at the very least, I would have been happy if the song "The Whirlwind" ended after "Is it really happening" and then, "Dancing with Eternal Glory" were just one aditional song... so that the album might have been in theory a 2 song album... I know it's completley irrelevant, but that would allow me to say that I love "The Whirlwind" song from start to end, and just don't care about that extra song in the album.
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Posted: March 01 2012 at 18:49 |
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I'll admit, I think Dancing With Eternal Glory is a little overlong during the first couple of minutes, but I feel the rest of it is great and a fitting conclusion to the song/album.
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Posted: March 01 2012 at 18:32 |
infandous wrote:
darkshade wrote:
Dellinger wrote:
darkshade wrote:
As someone who doesn't always pay attention to lyrics, I never understood why a lot of people don't like the last track on The Whirlwind. It's a beautiful conclusion to one of the best composed pieces of music any of the members have been a part of. It's also one of the best finale's of Neal, Roine, Mike, etc. Up there with the finale to Garden of Dreams, Octavarium, Question Mark (?), and Duel With The Devil.
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As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care about religious lyrics. I just don't like the last song from The Whirlwind. Well, perhaps I like it just a little bit, but nothing nearly as great as all the rest of the album. I would rather they had not included it. |
I'd feel like the music was unresolved if it ended after Is It Really Happening?. Would you prefer a different ending? |
I would. The lyrics of the ending don't bother me at all really. I just find that it plods on for too long, and I was actually kind of disappointed that it wasn't a completely over the top big dramatic prog type of conclusion. It just sort of ends. I have grown to like it more over time, but I still feel like they could have done a lot better. It seems anti-climactic to me. I mean, if they are going to be so over the top as to create a 78 minute long suite, why end it in such a mellow and non-bombastic manner? But that's just me  |
I'm not sure, perhaps "Is it Really Happening" would sound good as the final song for me. It's one of my favourites, at least, I'd have to make up my mind if it would sound right as the last one. I wouldn't know is some other song would have been better than "Dancing with Eternal Glory" as the final song... I guess they would have had to write that song... Or perhaps the very "Dancing with Eternal Glory" would have done fine if they had kept it under 5 minutes.
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Posted: March 01 2012 at 09:15 |
darkshade wrote:
Dellinger wrote:
darkshade wrote:
As someone who doesn't always pay attention to lyrics, I never understood why a lot of people don't like the last track on The Whirlwind. It's a beautiful conclusion to one of the best composed pieces of music any of the members have been a part of. It's also one of the best finale's of Neal, Roine, Mike, etc. Up there with the finale to Garden of Dreams, Octavarium, Question Mark (?), and Duel With The Devil.
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As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care about religious lyrics. I just don't like the last song from The Whirlwind. Well, perhaps I like it just a little bit, but nothing nearly as great as all the rest of the album. I would rather they had not included it. |
I'd feel like the music was unresolved if it ended after Is It Really Happening?. Would you prefer a different ending?
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I would. The lyrics of the ending don't bother me at all really. I just find that it plods on for too long, and I was actually kind of disappointed that it wasn't a completely over the top big dramatic prog type of conclusion. It just sort of ends. I have grown to like it more over time, but I still feel like they could have done a lot better. It seems anti-climactic to me. I mean, if they are going to be so over the top as to create a 78 minute long suite, why end it in such a mellow and non-bombastic manner? But that's just me
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 19:06 |
Dellinger wrote:
darkshade wrote:
As someone who doesn't always pay attention to lyrics, I never understood why a lot of people don't like the last track on The Whirlwind. It's a beautiful conclusion to one of the best composed pieces of music any of the members have been a part of. It's also one of the best finale's of Neal, Roine, Mike, etc. Up there with the finale to Garden of Dreams, Octavarium, Question Mark (?), and Duel With The Devil.
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As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care about religious lyrics. I just don't like the last song from The Whirlwind. Well, perhaps I like it just a little bit, but nothing nearly as great as all the rest of the album. I would rather they had not included it. |
I'd feel like the music was unresolved if it ended after Is It Really Happening?. Would you prefer a different ending?
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 18:43 |
darkshade wrote:
As someone who doesn't always pay attention to lyrics, I never understood why a lot of people don't like the last track on The Whirlwind. It's a beautiful conclusion to one of the best composed pieces of music any of the members have been a part of. It's also one of the best finale's of Neal, Roine, Mike, etc. Up there with the finale to Garden of Dreams, Octavarium, Question Mark (?), and Duel With The Devil.
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As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care about religious lyrics. I just don't like the last song from The Whirlwind. Well, perhaps I like it just a little bit, but nothing nearly as great as all the rest of the album. I would rather they had not included it.
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 15:00 |
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Hmmm... I'm not sure I care. I used to love Transatlantic, but when they became a mega-church praise band, I just couldn't come along for the ride.
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CC music and Transatlantic are not even remotely close...
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 14:33 |
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Mega-church praise band? I don't know about that...
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 14:12 |
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 14:05 |
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Oh the humanity!!!
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 13:13 |
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Hmmm... I'm not sure I care. I used to love Transatlantic, but when they became a mega-church praise band, I just couldn't come along for the ride.
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sad creature nailed upon the coloured door of time
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 12:17 |
darkshade wrote:
As someone who doesn't always pay attention to lyrics, I never understood why a lot of people don't like the last track on The Whirlwind. It's a beautiful conclusion to one of the best composed pieces of music any of the members have been a part of. It's also one of the best finale's of Neal, Roine, Mike, etc. Up there with the finale to Garden of Dreams, Octavarium, Question Mark (?), and Duel With The Devil.
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So true!!!
And if they top it with a double album epic, I don't think my physical body could take it.
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 10:42 |
If this is true, this will make my year.
They have toured the last couple of time FIVE minutes from my home (sadly, I had not heard anything from them at that time). If they make an album and tour, I'll DEFINITELY be there this time. I'm calling a triple album. |
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 09:53 |
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As someone who doesn't always pay attention to lyrics, I never understood why a lot of people don't like the last track on The Whirlwind. It's a beautiful conclusion to one of the best composed pieces of music any of the members have been a part of. It's also one of the best finale's of Neal, Roine, Mike, etc. Up there with the finale to Garden of Dreams, Octavarium, Question Mark (?), and Duel With The Devil.
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 09:47 |
Dellinger wrote:
That would be cool, but I wonder if they can come with something as good as "The Whirlwind" again. So far that's my favourite album. (Well, as a matter of fact, I haven't heard their first album, and the Whirlwind I've only heard through the live album "The Whirltour", but because of what I heard in that live album, I know I loved all of the Whirlwind - except the very last song, perhaps - while there were many bits from what I heard of songs from the first album I didn't like so much). |
Dude,
You need to get Transatlantic - SMPTe... and get the Roine mix as well.
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"Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 09:45 |
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This is good news! I wonder if they will make the double album length epic they joked about in the tour documentary)?
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It may actually happen. They seem to top themselves from each previous album. I'm calling a double album, with at least an hour long epic on each disc. Or 4 roughly 35 minute songs, 2 on each disc.
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Posted: February 29 2012 at 09:43 |
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Cool.
Even though I still need to check out the whirlwind. |
OMG DO IT WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR????
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