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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2006 at 08:46
Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

From what I've read, Dream Theater's lyrics are, indeed, awful on the whole - and there's some proof above.

I remain open to suggestions of anything they've done that is regarded as "good".

"proof" ...

Indeed.

It's obvious to anyone that has a clue.

It's not obvious, it's opinion. Opinion's far from obvious.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2006 at 09:04
like the musicianship
dislike the lyrics generally
after hearing a bootleg of their DSOTM performance...I'm done with them,
imho it was awful...
who was breaking away from the pack

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2006 at 09:13

Cert:

That's just one song. And I do agree, they're uninspired and...blegh!  But when taking int account ALL of Dream Theater's career, I'd say the good outweighs the bad.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2006 at 09:22

BTW: That particular bit is not particularly good, yet far from "awful" or "disgusting". It seems out of context in the Octavarium epic, thrown in all of a sudden and not properly integrated in the whole track, but I would still call it "good". Not everything has to be perfect, you know.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2006 at 10:10

Agree with Cert. That bit is terrible. And yeah, the BJH ones are better, but not by much.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2006 at 10:26
Originally posted by Manunkind Manunkind wrote:

Agree with Cert. That bit is terrible. And yeah, the BJH ones are better, but not by much.

I've seen threads last year in June/Juli with the highest praise for that bit. It's really just a matter of taste.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2006 at 10:33
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Manunkind Manunkind wrote:

Agree with Cert. That bit is terrible. And yeah, the BJH ones are better, but not by much.

I've seen threads last year in June/Juli with the highest praise for that bit. It's really just a matter of taste.

Well, yes, everything is. Actually the title suite has really grown on me, so they haven't forgotten how to write excellent music, but the lyrics... sorry Mike, I'm an avid reader of poetry, I don't require of musicians to be poets and vice-versa, and I don't really care about the lyrics in music, but this one is just bleh.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2006 at 07:43

Their lyrics are surely not the best in the world, but they're a bit negatively overhyped.

DT have some big stinkers among their lyrics, but not all of their lyrics are terrible.

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