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Poll Question: In your opinion, which is the worst song from DT’s Octavarium album?
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3 [10.00%]
5 [16.67%]
2 [6.67%]
14 [46.67%]
0 [0.00%]
3 [10.00%]
2 [6.67%]
1 [3.33%]
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    Posted: September 09 2005 at 18:16


I've rated this album with 3 stars. 

I think the song "Octavarium" is a magnificent piece of music, even though you can easily recognize all the direct influences it have from some 70's prog dinosaours.

All the rest of the album is almost disposable, with the exception of two good prog metal songs ("The Root of all Evil" and "Panic Attack") and an O.K. one ("Sacrificed Sons").

IMO the one song is almost HORRIBLE is "These Walls". Now's your turn, make your choice NOW!.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 18:41
The Answer Lies Within for me. cheesy, poppy ballad Still not as bad as hollow years. backstreet boys could have done that one
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 18:47
I walk beside you does nothing for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 18:58
I walk Beside You and The Answer Lies Within
RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 19:11
Root of all evil- SUCKY 1st track- the 2nd one is sucky as well
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 20:11
These Walls isn't that great, but Dream Theater still owns!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 20:14
i think it's a tie between them all!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 23:13
I don't really care for These Walls,I Walk Beside You and The Answer Lies Within.But I voted for These Walls.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 23:16
I Walk Beside You.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2005 at 23:46
I like them all.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 04:20
I Walk Beside You was bad.
"Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 07:17
I like this album but "Never Enough" is the only song that leaves me stone cold
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 07:20
MY vote goes to Octavarium ... they could have done the song in 10 minutes, but they had to add the damn noodling PF references in the beginning, the boring and needlessly complex chord progressions in the second part and the pompous ending ...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 07:22
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

MY vote goes to Octavarium ... they could have done the song in 10 minutes, but they had to add the damn noodling PF references in the beginning, the boring and needlessly complex chord progressions in the second part and the pompous ending ...


Please tell me this is a joke

Octavarium is one of their best songs ever! And it`s not dull
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 08:11

Originally posted by Wolf Spider Wolf Spider wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

MY vote goes to Octavarium ... they could have done the song in 10 minutes, but they had to add the damn noodling PF references in the beginning, the boring and needlessly complex chord progressions in the second part and the pompous ending ...


Please tell me this is a joke

Octavarium is one of their best songs ever! And it`s not dull
 

It's not a joke ... maybe I exaggerated a bit, but I really think that it's the worst song on the album.

  • The noodling on the keyboard in the beginning is nice, but uncalled for.
  • The following Shine On You Crazy Diamond reference also makes no sense to me. Dream Theater's other albums contain little (if any) PF references, so what's the point? Were they trying to say "Listen to this, we can sound like PF if we want to"?
  • Then the vocals kick in ... and that part has overly complex chord progressions. In my subjective opinion the complexity is also uncalled for here. It's like they were trying to make this the most complex "simple" song ever.
  • After that a complex riff on the bass introduces the first part of the song that I really like. I really like how the epic evolves from here, and everything is alright until the "outro".
  • In the outro we essentially get the noodling from the beginning on the guitar.

Mind you, I actually like the album AND the song. It's just not as good as their other albums. I'd rate Octavarium 3 stars as an album and 2 stars as a song.

BTW: The most alarming signal that the song is bad is that most people who don't like Prog Metal (and DT in particular) say that they like that song ... it simply isn't DT. It's against everything that I&W, Awake or Scenes stand for.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 09:03

Originally posted by Wolf Spider Wolf Spider wrote:

I like this album but "Never Enough" is the only song that leaves me stone cold

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 13:09
Octavarium is a dull song- takes WAY too long to get going. I always fast forward the first 10 minutes or so.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 14:03
Octavarium is my favourite!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 14:41
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

BTW: The most alarming signal that the song is bad is that most people who don't like Prog Metal (and DT in particular) say that they like that song ... it simply isn't DT. It's against everything that I&W, Awake or Scenes stand for.



Sorry dude my favoriute DT album is Train Of Thought
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2005 at 14:51
Originally posted by Wolf Spider Wolf Spider wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

BTW: The most alarming signal that the song is bad is that most people who don't like Prog Metal (and DT in particular) say that they like that song ... it simply isn't DT. It's against everything that I&W, Awake or Scenes stand for.



Sorry dude my favoriute DT album is Train Of Thought
 

sorry ... and ToT and 6DoIT of course.

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