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kazansky 
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Joined: December 24 2006 Location: Indonesia Status: Offline Points: 5085 |
 Posted: April 05 2007 at 03:09 |
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i'll make sure i read it sometimes when i have the mood to read something long...
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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micky
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46838 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 06:35 |
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and that stopped me from even looking at it hahhaha. If it takes that long to explain why an album is good... you are fudging it... |
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 06:40 |
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same here... it was overly long and had to take a cigarette break in the process of reading it. It was well written and actually made me want to listen to it again... |
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Raff
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24429 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 15:19 |
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Your SFAM review made me decide to pull out the album and listen to it
for the second time ever since I bought it (several months ago
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Great review indeed, even if mine tend to be much shorter (or better,
tendED... I seem to have run out of ideas when it comes to reviewing
albums, though I have list as long as both my arms). However, I'm
sorry to say I don't find the album equally great. I might even try my
hand at reviewing it, but to be perfectly honest bashing albums I can't
get into is not my way.
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salmacis
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Content Addition Joined: April 10 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3928 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 15:31 |
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I enjoy SFAM more than any other album of theirs and almost start to finish (a rarity), save the woeful Great Gig In The Sky rip-off before 'Through Her Eyes'. Makes me cringe every time. Good, detailed and impassioned review though- I must admit my cup never runneth over THIS much when it comes to review lengths, but I SOMETIMES make an exception for Genesis...
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 15:44 |
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*has Caravan ready for when this..... hhahahha... masterpiece of prog is over*
since I have been subjected to 77 minutes of this *......* .... I might as well review it... micky style... |
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:25 |
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now this is how you review an album... fairly and objectively...
http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=117496 |
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progismylife
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Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:35 |
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 Micky I'm sorry but that is hilarious, especially the end bit... |
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:36 |
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If you don't like the album, of course.
But a little bit weird to give the album 5 stars and then give it just one....I understood what you tried... can't say I agree, though.
My only question: why people that don't like DT always have to sound a little bit arrogant or even insulting in their reviews? It's like they said "oh, you herd of morons, I'm not like you".... When people dislike other albums, they write without insulting, they can even bash the album but nothing else, but when it comes to bash DT, there seems to be a special need to also bash DT fans....
Very fair and objective indeed, anyway. Edited by The T - April 06 2007 at 16:37 |
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:42 |
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it's the way I review albums... .two ratings. One for the site. You need to listen to the album if you consider yourself a fan a prog.. thus essential. The other rating is my personal take on it.. for those who care. I don't think I said a thing about DT fans ...in fact.. I validated people like you that ..funny as it was to read at the time.. put it with the truly great prog albums. In it's funny way.... it is... to me it was shear painful to listen to. I don't see what you all get out of it to be honest. But it's all a question of taste. I just expressed mine. Edited by micky - April 06 2007 at 16:43 |
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:43 |
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no problem at all... just the "acne-scarred masses" bit kind of confuses me...
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:45 |
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an inside joke.... you had to be here last year....
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progismylife
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Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:46 |
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That usually refers to teenagers (who are battling with raging hormones) so they get acne, thus the acne scarred masses. I've never seen someone older than 19 with acne. |
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:50 |
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I might edit it that DT review tomorrow and make a reference to another 5 star I did... TFTO...
the similarities are scary .... for many of the same reasons I gave that album 5 stars.. I gave the DT 5 stars. |
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stonebeard
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Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:56 |
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You perplex me, Micky. I don't think SFAM is DT's best album--in fact, I think it's a bit too smooth around the edges compared to something more interesting like Awake--but I think it's really, really odd that you don't like any of the music from the album. None of it. None at all. I think in your bias of Dream Theater you may have formatted you brain to be unresponsive to anything that you might enjoy by a band name "Dream Theater." It's not that I think you aren't capable of disliking them, which you surely do, but it seems to me that you would be horrified at the thought of even liking a bit of their music.
By the way, Zarathustra is rather mediocre and nowhere near as good as Close to the Edge.
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:57 |
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I know man!
 Ok, no problem.
I'll talk about the "white haired masses" that hear Yes....
(by the way, I love classic prog, and I have not acne, not that "scarry" at least
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 17:02 |
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hey Stonie.... it comes comes down to a bigger problem.. and it isn't only DT. I don't like music that is overproduced, sterile, and emphasizes musicianship...over music. DT is just the poster boy for that...but it is far from a bias alone of DT. They are have just been more fun to kick around... |
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 17:06 |
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or to actually take a part of my review which sums it up EXACTLY....
This album for me highlights for me what Dream Theater is about. 5 musicians who all do their own thing, and though they are all respected in their specific fields, they fail at coming together to make a solid band great for people who get off on skills alone... but I was a music fan well before I started playing or getting into prog. If the music is good... all is forgiven... if the music is bad... nothing is forgiven. |
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OpethGuitarist
Prog Reviewer 
Joined: June 25 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1655 |
Posted: April 06 2007 at 21:15 |
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stop stealing my lines micky
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back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums
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micky
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Posted: April 07 2007 at 05:24 |
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sorry... it just summed up exactly what I felt... Edited by micky - April 07 2007 at 05:26 |
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