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E-Dub 
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 16:59 |
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I'm pretty new to Dream Theater; but, one of the songs that has really sucked me in is "Surrounded" from Images And Words. The song packs so much emotion in 5 1/2 minutes. More importantly, however, is LaBrie's vocal performance. I know it's not their most epic song; but, really adds a nice flavor to Images And Words (which I love).
What are your thoughts regarding "Surrounded"?
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white_russian
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:13 |
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definetly a nice song, but not among dream theaters best tracks (my favourites would be a change of seasons, learning to live, metropolis pt.1, the whole scenes from a memory album and six degrees of inner turbulence).
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:14 |
This is one Dream Theater song I'm lukewarm about. I find it to be incredibly cheesey for the first half, but the middle to end (about 2 and a half minutes), there's some excellent music to be heard.
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Open-Mind
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:23 |
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I like it, but, it doesn't really sound like Dream Theater
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dAJaro
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:53 |
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its a good song, not one of their best, but still good
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dagrush
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:57 |
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Doesn't really sound like them, still great though. I guess I'm somewhere between the first two options.
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Padraic
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:12 |
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I love it. Great song. Then again, I pretty much love every minute of "Images & Words".
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Barla
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:28 |
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Very good song !! It has one of the greatest Labrie's vocal performances ever, if you hear the verse that starts with "They took pictures of our dreams ...", oh, impressive !!
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Australian
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:28 |
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Its an okay song, not great
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imoeng
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:37 |
What if I just "like" the song, not "love"?
Its a good song though, I like the guitar solo and the part before the solo..
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Viajero Astral
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 19:58 |
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I like that song too.
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el böthy
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 20:04 |
The key parts are extremly cheesy...but the rock part are great, so yes, I can listen to it
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E-Dub
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 20:14 |
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You can't really compare "Surrounded" to songs like "A Change Of Seasons", "Octavarium", or "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence"; but, I think it's a very cool song. Just watched the live version on www.youtube.com.
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imoeng
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 20:17 |
^ Thats true, just by looking at the length of the song  .. Its like a cool and nice calm song after Take The Time..
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Bj-1
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 21:09 |
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Great song! Not the best on I&W, but still a great tune. Very underrated.
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The Miracle
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 21:36 |
The first option. I&W is perfect through 
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chamberry
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 22:24 |
 NaturalScience wrote:
I love it. Great song. Then again, I pretty much love every minute of "Images & Words".
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same here
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OpethGuitarist
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Posted: July 15 2006 at 23:36 |
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a nice song, but I cant stand JLB vocals
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back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums
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titico
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Posted: July 16 2006 at 00:08 |
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Well...I have to say that for me all Dream Theater's songs are simply AWSOME something incredible non a music created in this world!
I'm a fan of D.T. since ...2001 and their are for me the best Progressive Metal that is actually played in this world
Surrounded it's not the most WOW song, but hearing it gives you and idea of the potenciallity of the band...!
Edited by titico - July 16 2006 at 00:09
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Arsillus
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Posted: July 16 2006 at 00:36 |
Isn't it the Kenny G tribute song?
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