"Surrounded"
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Topic: "Surrounded"
Posted By: E-Dub
Subject: "Surrounded"
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 16:59
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I'm pretty new to Dream Theater; but, one of the songs that has really sucked me in is "Surrounded" from Images And Words. The song packs so much emotion in 5 1/2 minutes. More importantly, however, is LaBrie's vocal performance. I know it's not their most epic song; but, really adds a nice flavor to Images And Words (which I love).
What are your thoughts regarding "Surrounded"? E ------------- 
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Posted By: white_russian
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:13
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definetly a nice song, but not among dream theaters best tracks (my favourites would be a change of seasons, learning to live, metropolis pt.1, the whole scenes from a memory album and six degrees of inner turbulence).
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Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:14
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This is one Dream Theater song I'm lukewarm about. I find it to be incredibly cheesey for the first half, but the middle to end (about 2 and a half minutes), there's some excellent music to be heard.
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Posted By: Open-Mind
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:23
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I like it, but, it doesn't really sound like Dream Theater
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Posted By: dAJaro
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:53
| its a good song, not one of their best, but still good |
Posted By: dagrush
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 17:57
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Doesn't really sound like them, still great though. I guess I'm somewhere between the first two options.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:12
| I love it. Great song. Then again, I pretty much love every minute of "Images & Words". |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:28
| Very good song !! It has one of the greatest Labrie's vocal performances ever, if you hear the verse that starts with "They took pictures of our dreams ...", oh, impressive !! |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:28
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Its an okay song, not great ------------- 
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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:37
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What if I just "like" the song, not "love"?
Its a good song though, I like the guitar solo and the part before the solo.. ------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg"> 
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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 19:58
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I like that song too.
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 20:04
The key parts are extremly cheesy...but the rock part are great, so yes, I can listen to it
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 20:14
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You can't really compare "Surrounded" to songs like "A Change Of Seasons", "Octavarium", or "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence"; but, I think it's a very cool song. Just watched the live version on www.youtube.com.
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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 20:17
^ Thats true, just by looking at the length of the song  .. Its like a cool and nice calm song after Take The Time..------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg">
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 21:09
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Great song! Not the best on I&W, but still a great tune. Very underrated. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 21:36
The first option. I&W is perfect through
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 22:24
same here ------------- 
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NaturalScience wrote:Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 23:36
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a nice song, but I cant stand JLB vocals
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Posted By: titico
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 00:08
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Well...I have to say that for me all Dream Theater's songs are simply AWSOME something incredible non a music created in this world! I'm a fan of D.T. since ...2001 and their are for me the best Progressive Metal that is actually played in this world Surrounded it's not the most WOW song, but hearing it gives you and idea of the potenciallity of the band...! ------------- Take me As I AM! From Venezuela or Italia? Both! |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 00:36
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Isn't it the Kenny G tribute song?
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 08:25
exactly |
Posted By: Aspiring hope
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 08:52
I think that verse belongs to Another Day, not Surrounded, though. The song is, in my opinion, bristling with the album's essence and charisma, thus I would rend it essential to the array of songs present, as it complements the ambience constructed throughout the album and, even though it isn't, by any means, their greatest track (or simply great), it's still an indispendable melody of near-beautiful performances, especially regarded from keyboards and vocals, albeit not so much adroit in instrumental and compositional traits, nor as appealing as the rest. -------------  |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 10:29
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Great song.. I love it..
I loved Kevin Moore's keyboard accent on that track! ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 11:45
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I like this song, especially the guitar solo which reminds me very much of It Bites.
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 12:31
That's Another Day, not Surrounded ;). Both songs are great though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/"> 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 02:28
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Kevin Moore does a fantastic job on it.
I love it. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 07:50
| I think it's a very good song, like IAW songs in general. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 10:14
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Its a good song but its probably the weekist track on I&W for me, but still worth listening to. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 12:53
| ^Yes, it may be the weakest track on the album. That really doesn't say much though, because it is a fantastic album start to finish. It doesn't sound like Dream Theater necessarily, but Dream Theater's sound is constantly evolving and what not anyway. I personally love the song. |
Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 13:53
It's easily the weakest short song. It matches it's potential though. "Under a Glass Moon" is the least impressive song on the album though. It just doesn't live up to it's potential. It would be better as an opener.
I think Dream Theater should've done what they had originally planned and put "A Change of Seasons" on Images and Words. You could then make an album like this:
Under a Glass Moon
Another Day
Pull Me Under
Surrounded
Take the Time
Wait For Sleep
Learning to Live
Metropolis
A Change of Seasons
Under a Glass Moon would be a nice heavy opener track, and it would set a nice tone for a lighter "popier" section at the beginning of the album with each track getting more and more progressive and interesting.
What a release that would've been. -------------
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 14:28
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I disagree, Under a Glass Moon is a very impressive song. A Change of Seasons on I&W would make that album unbelieveably good, but I very much like it as a stand-alone track. |
Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 17:40
Maybe you find Symphony X impressive too.  -------------
"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls." |
Posted By: Prog-man
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 00:25
AGREED.  ------------- Arriving somewhere but not here |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 00:50
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absolutely love this song. If ever there were a song to show to someone
to show that Dream Theater isn't "all about chops and virtuosity" like
some people say. The song is anchored by a simple but powerful keyboard
hook (I don't think Rudess would do something that simple and powerful,
with one or two exceptions) and features one of LaBrie's best performances.
Incredible song. I love driving to it!!! I crank up like 15 miles over the limit (at least)!! ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 08:54
| I love it! Great song. |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 15:03
Are you dissing Under a Glass Moon?
 It's a great song man.About the polll. I like the song, reminds me of Rush... ------------- 
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 15:08
""they took pictures of our dreams" is from "Antoher Day", not Surrounded.... and that part isn't that impressive :P
Try that high part in Innocence Faded... one of the most impressive recordings of James LaBrie... -------------
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 18:08
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I quite like it, a good song but I wouldnt say is great. The "weekist" song on I&W (not that its week really).
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Posted By: martinn
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 21:04
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I dont know...for me it sounds like the soundtrack of a cheap porn movie... The rest of the Album is good though |
Posted By: Pseudonym
Date Posted: October 31 2006 at 07:56
just a great song!
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Posted By: Agadepáuer
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 17:24
| Why, it's a work of art, like all of Images and Words. |
Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 21:32
No. I love the song, especially the vocal melodies. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bupie
Date Posted: November 20 2006 at 04:32
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Great, great, great.
Was listening to it once again in my car this morning. When the guitar solo arrives ... wow, I mean WOW !!!
Though, I got very frustated with the live version of this one on Live at the Marquee. Doesn't live up to the studio version.
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