Octavarium VS. A Change of Seasons
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Topic: Octavarium VS. A Change of Seasons
Posted By: TheLamb
Subject: Octavarium VS. A Change of Seasons
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 08:28
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Which is the better song in your opinion? Both are very lengthy dream theater master pieces (IMO they are both master pieces). Dont start talking about which is a better album, I'm talking strictly about the songs themselves, as seperate pieces from their albums.. thanks. ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 08:33
| ACOS, no contest. I like Octavarium, but the old song (both Moore and Sherinian's versions) dwarf it to me. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 08:56
^ agreed ... ACOS, no contest. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa/aoty-2024/vote" rel="nofollow - 2024 Release Poll Listened to: 
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Posted By: Pafnutij
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 09:19
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ACOS is OK. Octavarium sucks. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 09:51
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A Change Of Seasons, Octavarium sounds like its got to much filler ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 10:04
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A Change of Season......Definitely!!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 10:59
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I'd say A Change of Seasons is better aswel but do you guys think that Octavarium is good too? I dislike the rest of the album (Octavarium) but the track itself is an amazing piece with a great finale aswel. I really dont agree that Octavarium sucks Pafnutij. -------------
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 11:14
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I'm completely underwhelmed by the "finale" of Octavarium. I like about 1/3 of the epic (right from after the first part with vocals with the uncalled-for complexity in the chord changes to the end of the ultra complex part). ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa/aoty-2024/vote" rel="nofollow - 2024 Release Poll Listened to:
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 11:16
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Ditto |
sleeper wrote:Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 11:40
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A Change of Seasons Octavarium is good too! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Zarg 2112
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 11:58
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Octavrium is more beautiful and emotional song. ------------- Oh My Lady Fantasy, I... Love You. |
Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 12:29
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Both kik butt yet I have 2 go with ocatvarium simply beacause of those 2 verses made up purely of song titles, to me that shows how far DT have progressed since change of seasons. ------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: buckethead
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 12:35
| definetly "a change of seasons". brilliant songwriting and one of petrucci's finest solos. one of my alltime-dt-favourites. |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 13:27
I love both... But I love ACoS just a wee bit more ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 13:32
| I prefer "A Change Of Seasons" I feel it's more original. |
Posted By: Tommy
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 13:49
| I PREFER OCTOVARIAN. CHANGE OF SEASON SOUNDS AS IF IT WAS RECORDED TOO QUICK AND LOSES ITSELF IN PLACES! |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 14:01
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A Change of Seasons -------------  |
Posted By: Yito
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 14:12
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A Change Of Seasons is great but Octavarium transpose you to a travel of feelings and emotions and that is what the music must do. Octavarium the best Dream Theater song ever. ------------- Psalm 96 1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 04:28
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A Change of Seasons for me. I'm a bit surprised that Octavarium has more votes. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 04:32
| I got moved to a higher level by a change of seasons than any other dream theater song has taken me , Though I like Octavarium I don`t consider its as great. Change of seasons 9/10 Octavarium 8.5/10 |
Posted By: CaptainWafflos
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 04:34
| I don't like either. |
Posted By: Cygnus
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 10:04
| A CHANGE OF SEASONS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SONG FROM DT |
Posted By: fred84
Date Posted: November 30 2005 at 10:44
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------------- Do you know who am i and what am i? |
I'm really surprise...maybe ... astonished!
it's terrifying that Octavarium has much more votes than ACOS!!!!ACOS is probably the best epic prog-metal song in music scene!Octavarium is a 70's mix not to be considered!!
Posted By: liquidtheater
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 23:24
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Seasons hands down ------------- Dream Sequencer System Offline |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 04:52
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Octavarium, 9/10 on the DP scale. ACOS is 8/10 at best, for me. ------------- Blog this: http://artrock2006.blogspot.com |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 07:50
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A CHANGE OF SEASON !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: lmollea
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 08:20
Can't agree more!!!! Octavarium after around the 13th minute loses itself and it hasn't an impressive ending. ACOS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIUL. ------------- Semm che, semm che settà giò in del bar / a cercà l'universo nel bucèer del Cynar cosmonauti al tavolino cun la sigareta in bùca / che vemm a cambià el mund apena finissum la sambuca |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 08:22
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Im horrified by the fact that octavarium is winning... someone vote ACOS! -------------
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Posted By: Erik
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 12:41
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/erikpostma/?chartstyle=artists"> 
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Posted By: Uther Pendragon
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 14:01
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A Change Of Seasons most definitely!
------------- "And so as I patrol in the valley of the shadow of the tricolour I must fear evil for I am but mortal and mortals can only die." |
Posted By: walrus333
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 14:33
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Change of Seasons is way better ------------- If anyone knows where I can get a copy of some Flute and Voice (Indo-Prog/Raga Rock) albums please PM me! Many thanks! |
Posted By: viperjr98
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 14:44
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ACOS for sure. It just seems more cohesive overall. The sections flow into each other better and the concept is more precise and consistent. Now if there was a poll ACOS vs. The Odyssey...hmmm, I don't know how I would vote. I'd have to flip a coin.
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Posted By: Jezz
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 15:11
| A change of seasons is definately the best |
Posted By: raindance
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 18:22
| Octavarian.....because it encompasses so many styles! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 18:33
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ACOS. Octavarium is great too, but the first five minutes aren't that impressive... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 18:55
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I love the end to Octavarium but a change of seasons is the superior song
for sure IMO. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 19:33
| A CHANGE OF SEASONS |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 19:52
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A CHANGE OF SEASONS
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: December 06 2005 at 20:14
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a change of seasons. octavarium is good too but not great
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Posted By: johnnyz86
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 12:43
| this thread is funny... how almost everyone posted wrote ACoS but Octavarium is winning. |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 13:09
| They're both masterpieces, but A Change of Seasons gets my vote. It's one of my all-time favorite songs. |
Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 16:14
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Both songs are quite good. Both songs are very atmospheric but what dislike about ACOS are the
transitions of the themes so my vote goes to Octavarium. ------------- 
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Posted By: Orbert
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 16:54
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A Change of Seasons. It feels more like an epic song, with sections that relate to each both musically and lyrically, even as they go through many changes. I do like Octavarium a lot, and it definitely goes through the changes, but the breadth of styles it tries to encompass is too great; it doesn't feel like a cohesive whole. It feels more like a collection of things put together. ------------- In and around the lake... 
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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: December 10 2005 at 10:34
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ACOS is pure briliance, Octavarium seems like it was written to be a 24 minute long song, especially in the beging ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: transend
Date Posted: December 10 2005 at 20:51
| I like 'octavarium'...ACOS has never done anything for me, I had their first three albums and then went out and got ACOS the day it was released, sold it almost immediatley....I have never understood what is so good about that song... |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: December 11 2005 at 09:27
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Dude.... There are so many good things you can say about Octavarium, but definitely not that it "encompasses so many styles"... ESPECIALLY not when its compared to a piece like ACOS which clearly is more diverse in musical styles. -------------
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Posted By: R_DeNIRO
Date Posted: December 11 2005 at 10:17
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A Change Of Seasons still being the DT masterpiece. ------------- We were always be much human than we whish to be. |
Posted By: tuggy
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 16:39
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A Change of Seasons, hands down. ------------- "face the storm" |