Dream Theater

jampa17 wrote: darkshade wrote: ^ Agreed. The end section of Octavarium is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made. So powerful and uplifting. It gets me every time. Exactly my point. I tend to believe that fans that said that only the 90's material of them is good, I think it's a bit of a nostalgic notion. I feel chill up my spine in at least two songs of every album of them and that's inspiration...

What one considers inspiration is also relative to each one's expectations, perceptions and these are further influenced by one's cultural background and previous exposure to music.  I am not elaborating on that this time because I would have to then draw comparisons and I don't like where that goes on a DT thread.  I will restrict myself to saying that I have largely regarded and found DT to be technical metal music and the only reason I prefer the 90s albums to the more recent ones is they were written more tightly.   I don't find much difference in terms of emotional resonance barring Awake.   They need a better singer to do something about that, period.


Edited by rogerthat - May 24 2012 at 20:10

Ambient Hurricanes wrote: I see ADToE as a culmination and refinement of everything they've done up to this point.  They brought back the tightness and coherence of the songwriting from the early days and incorporated all of their influences from their career into one story: not a literal one, but an emotional one, as Jordan Rudess said in an interview.  In my opinion, it's their best-composed, most coherent, and most powerful album I've heard from them.

THIS!!!!! I love it when I find someone who agrees with me on this album.

dtguitarfan wrote: Ambient Hurricanes wrote: I see ADToE as a culmination and refinement of everything they've done up to this point.  They brought back the tightness and coherence of the songwriting from the early days and incorporated all of their influences from their career into one story: not a literal one, but an emotional one, as Jordan Rudess said in an interview.  In my opinion, it's their best-composed, most coherent, and most powerful album I've heard from them. THIS!!!!! I love it when I find someone who agrees with me on this album.

Snow Dog wrote: ^I definitely prefer BC&SL

That's pretty incredible I have to say 

darkshade wrote: I like "Myung's" face.

The 'Score' live album is the one that I actually enjoy listening to the most. The production on their 2000s studio albums annoy me, they're very well done of course, but they don't have that vibe that you get from live DT. Or their earlier 90s albums from that matter that had a more organic edge to it. 

Snow Dog wrote: I definitely prefer BC&SL

Edited by JS19 - June 23 2012 at 06:05

dtguitarfan wrote: JS19 wrote: Snow Dog wrote: I definitely prefer BC&SL ADToE is so lackluster. It feels like I'm listening to a DT tribute band... Too bad for you.  I'd put it right up there with Images and Words, and it's a nice feeling to enjoy it so much.

zumacraig wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: JS19 wrote: Snow Dog wrote: I definitely prefer BC&SL ADToE is so lackluster. It feels like I'm listening to a DT tribute band... Too bad for you.  I'd put it right up there with Images and Words, and it's a nice feeling to enjoy it so much. Me too.  The melodies are there, but it is a their most complicated as far as changes go.  Way beyond rush.