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zeqexes 
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Joined: September 19 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1238 |
 Topic: Images & Words or SFAM?Posted: January 02 2013 at 16:56 |
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Both of these Dream Theater albums are rated virtually equal on PA, so I wondered which really is the preferred one.
I vote for SFAM.
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Dayvenkirq
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Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 16:59 |
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I've yet to get into those.
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someone_else
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VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 24660 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 17:18 |
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I have to think long before I vote. They are about equally good.
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voliveira
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Joined: October 27 2010 Location: Sergipe,Brasil Status: Offline Points: 48 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 17:33 |
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This is a very, very hard choice... If I could vote for both, but as I can not ... I think my final choice is the SFAM
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"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be" Matthew 6:21
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Pietro Otello Romano
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Joined: April 22 2011 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 112 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 17:33 |
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I was in love with Dream Theater sometime ago', a love that started when I listened Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory, Images and words too cold for me.
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"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful
what we pretend to be." Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut |
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Dellinger
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 18:29 |
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Don't really know. I really like DT a lot, but both albums have many songs that I love, and many others that I just don't care about. I guess I could say I like them both about the same.
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dtguitarfan
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Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 18:39 |
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It's a tough choice but I'd pick SFAM by a hair every time - it's always been my favorite, and I'm a sucker for concept albums.
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Sagichim
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 29 2006 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 6632 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 21:01 |
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A simple and tough question! I'll vote for Images And Words, I think the melodies are a little better.
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Sumdeus
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 21:14 |
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where's the "dream theater? please, no" option? :P
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Sumdeus - surreal space/psych/prog journeys
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Wanorak
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 21:16 |
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Metropolis 2. I don't like Images and Words. I much prefer Awake!
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166183 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 21:18 |
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Tough question.
I'll go with I&W. |
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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martinprog77
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Joined: December 31 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2531 |
Posted: January 02 2013 at 23:24 |
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Metropolis Pt. 2
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 23:27 |
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Scenes. More varied and better composed, with one of the best concepts ever created for a prog album.
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: January 03 2013 at 00:01 |
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When Petrucci and Rudess pass their solos back and fourth with Myung's tight ass bass lines in the second half of Beyond this Life, I realize why people love this band so much. Then Through Her Eyes starts and I feel like killing myself. Either way, Scenes from a memory
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I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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HarbouringTheSoul
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Posted: January 03 2013 at 05:46 |
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Images and Words aka the only reason why I like Dream Theater. SFAM starts out great, but goes south from "Beyond This Life" onwards. And the concept strikes me as an unnecessarily convoluted story about nothing in particular.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 03 2013 at 05:57 |
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SFAM quite easily for me. Images And Words if Ok but nothing special.
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Gerinski
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Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Barcelona Spain Status: Offline Points: 5154 |
Posted: January 03 2013 at 06:59 |
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I discovered DT with Images and Words and became hooked for a long time, and it has the additional value of its historical significance, it sort of created a genre, which deserves my respect. However by now, although I still love half of it (from Metropolis till the end) the first half of the album has started to sound dated, too hair-metal or too cheesy.
As a whole I think that Scenes From A Memory is a more accomplished work.
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richardh
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Posted: January 03 2013 at 14:49 |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: January 04 2013 at 16:49 |
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Images & Words
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RedNightmareKing
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Joined: September 03 2012 Location: Colorado Status: Offline Points: 321 |
Posted: January 04 2013 at 20:36 |
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Oooooh, this is a toughie. I'm a die-hard DT fan, and these are both excellent, excellent albums. Now, SFAM has such variation and the concept is very superb. However, I feel like it gets a little cheesy at times (The Spirit Carries On, anyone?). I&W, on the other hand, is just balls-out prog metal with some great power ballads. Plus, Metropolis Pt 1 is by far my favorite DT song next to Octavarium and The Count of Tuscany. So in conclusion, I&W is the clear winner even though SFAM is very good also.
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I consider drone metal to be progressive...
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