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aapatsos 
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 Posted: July 16 2006 at 08:25 |
 The Miracle wrote:
The first option. I&W is perfect through
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Aspiring hope
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Posted: July 16 2006 at 08:52 |
Barla wrote:
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 !! |
I think that verse belongs to Another Day, not Surrounded, though. The
song is, in my opinion, bristling with the album's essence and
charisma, thus I would rend it essential to the array of songs present,
as it complements the ambience constructed throughout the album and,
even though it isn't, by any means, their greatest track (or simply
great), it's still an indispendable melody of near-beautiful
performances, especially regarded from keyboards and vocals, albeit not
so much adroit in instrumental and compositional traits, nor as
appealing as the rest.
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This is why you should let Robin save the day...
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JayDee
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Posted: July 16 2006 at 10:29 |
Great song.. I love it..
I loved Kevin Moore's keyboard accent on that track!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 16 2006 at 11:45 |
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I like this song, especially the guitar solo which reminds me very much of It Bites.
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Ty1020
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Posted: July 16 2006 at 12:31 |
Barla wrote:
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 !! |
That's Another Day, not Surrounded ;). Both songs are great though.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 17 2006 at 02:28 |
Kevin Moore does a fantastic job on it.
I love it.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Norbert
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Posted: July 17 2006 at 07:50 |
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I think it's a very good song, like IAW songs in general.
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sleeper
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Posted: July 17 2006 at 10:14 |
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Its a good song but its probably the weekist track on I&W for me, but still worth listening to.
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 17 2006 at 12:53 |
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^Yes, it may be the weakest track on the album. That really doesn't say much though, because it is a fantastic album start to finish. It doesn't sound like Dream Theater necessarily, but Dream Theater's sound is constantly evolving and what not anyway. I personally love the song.
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: July 17 2006 at 13:53 |
sleeper wrote:
Its a good song but its probably the weekist track on I&W for me, but still worth listening to. |
It's easily the weakest short song. It matches it's potential though. "Under a Glass Moon" is the least impressive song on the album though. It just doesn't live up to it's potential. It would be better as an opener.
I think Dream Theater should've done what they had originally planned and put "A Change of Seasons" on Images and Words. You could then make an album like this:
Under a Glass Moon
Another Day
Pull Me Under
Surrounded
Take the Time
Wait For Sleep
Learning to Live
Metropolis
A Change of Seasons
Under a Glass Moon would be a nice heavy opener track, and it would set a nice tone for a lighter "popier" section at the beginning of the album with each track getting more and more progressive and interesting.
What a release that would've been.
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"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls."
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 17 2006 at 14:28 |
I disagree, Under a Glass Moon is a very impressive song. A Change of Seasons on I&W would make that album unbelieveably good, but I very much like it as a stand-alone track.
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: July 17 2006 at 17:40 |
Moatilliatta wrote:
I disagree, Under a Glass Moon is a very impressive song. |
Maybe you find Symphony X impressive too. 
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"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls."
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Prog-man
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Posted: July 24 2006 at 00:25 |
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Arriving somewhere but not here
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coffeeintheface
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Posted: July 24 2006 at 00:50 |
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absolutely love this song. If ever there were a song to show to someone
to show that Dream Theater isn't "all about chops and virtuosity" like
some people say. The song is anchored by a simple but powerful keyboard
hook (I don't think Rudess would do something that simple and powerful,
with one or two exceptions) and features one of LaBrie's best performances.
Incredible song. I love driving to it!!! I crank up like 15 miles over the limit (at least)!!
Edited by coffeeintheface - July 24 2006 at 01:04
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OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project)
nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas)
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Cristi
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 08:54 |
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I love it! Great song.
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TheLamb
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 15:03 |
AtLossForWords wrote:
Moatilliatta wrote:
I disagree, Under a Glass Moon is a very impressive song. |
Maybe you find Symphony X impressive too. |
Are you dissing Under a Glass Moon?  It's a great song man.
About the polll. I like the song, reminds me of Rush...
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TheLamb
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 15:08 |
Barla wrote:
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 !! |
""they took pictures of our dreams" is from "Antoher Day", not Surrounded.... and that part isn't that impressive :P
Try that high part in Innocence Faded... one of the most impressive recordings of James LaBrie...
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sleeper
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 18:08 |
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I quite like it, a good song but I wouldnt say is great. The "weekist" song on I&W (not that its week really).
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martinn
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 21:04 |
I dont know...for me it sounds like the soundtrack of a cheap porn movie... The rest of the Album is good though 
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Pseudonym
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Posted: October 31 2006 at 07:56 |
just a great song! 
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