The Dance Of Eternity
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Topic: The Dance Of Eternity
Posted By: tortellino
Subject: The Dance Of Eternity
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 11:38
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Being in love as I am these days (discussion is open in another thread), and being a music lover too, I am temporarily obsessed with a song; only thing is that, rather than cry my eyes dry listening to heart-breaking ballads, at every opportunity I put on DT's "The Dance Of Eternity" from SfaM... I must have listened to it at least 10 times in the car, going and coming from work, plus another 10 times at home from the hi-fi system or watching the DVD... This, in two days. I don't know why, but this piece of music now seems to fit my momentary feelings so well... And it's been with me for 7 years now! Has the same ever happened to you? ------------- tengo 'na minchia tanta |
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Posted By: Camel_APPeal
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 19:21
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Not with that song nor with a DT song either, but yes, sometimes you "re-discover" a song when you realize that song matches your feelings at that time, and a whole new perspective opens up about that song. ------------- 
"After all, it's music what we're talking about here, so there's no best or worst; just what you like and what you don't" |
Posted By: tortellino
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 19:38
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True, and for sure other songs from other artists are welcome in the thread. What made me think was the association my subconscious mind must have made to make me listen to that song while I'm in this state... That's the trick, "The Dance Of Eternity" has nothing to do with love, so why I'm so fascinated with it? ------------- tengo 'na minchia tanta |
Posted By: Camel_APPeal
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 19:51
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Well, I haven't heard the song, but remember one thing: In music, it's not only the lyrics what we can find ourselves identified with, but also the music by itself!
Maybe it's the music directly the one that is making you feel that way!! -------------
"After all, it's music what we're talking about here, so there's no best or worst; just what you like and what you don't" |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 20:15
Of course it has something to do with love. The last lines of "Metropolis Pt. 1" (the song) read "Love is the dance of eternity". Now I'm not very familiar with the symbolistic in that (lyrics tended to be impossibly abstract on the first DT albums), but I think "The Dance..." could be seen as an instrumental illustration of the concept. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
tortellino wrote:Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 20:22
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I got addicted to it too. The whole Scenes From A Memory album actually. But at that time, I was far from being in love with someone romantically. ------------- 
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Posted By: Aspiring hope
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 16:24
I agree. I think the intensity a song yields to its listener is furthered, when in contact with reality and experience, on moments of simillarity to the tune's concept, thus the listener would present more attention and affinity to the song than before he/she had a "common ground" to relate to. Sometimes, however, the melody's theme isn't the least congruent to our concrete (or even abstract) emotions, but still produces this effect - perhaps, our mind subconsciously links a certain piece of music (or any specific element of reality) to a certain event, where the music was played during its occurance, thus becoming a vivid part of the recollection, in these circumstances. Dance of Eternity (both the track and the theme), although, hasn't much of a correlation to romantic/healthy love, whilst portrayed by DT, as it recurs to more of a perilous and fearsome image of this sentiment, nearly taken to the state of a disease; so (to tortellino), I would imagine that you feel no sense of love in the song's meaning, but maybe something that triggered those emotions happened while you were listening or thinking about it. I had a vaguely simillar experience with a lyrically incompatible song, if not for the chorus: Van Halen's Can't Stop Loving You.......thought this thread needed a couple of laughs. -------------  |
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 17:42
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Great song.
I had that happen to me with the Extreme song: More than Words.
What a beautiful piece of music that is... maybe i'll go listen to it right now... ------------- 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: The T
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 22:39
| The Dance of Eternity is an altered version of Metropolis, only instrumental... a masterpiece.... from the greatest album ever.... RULES |
Posted By: shanocles
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 06:15
ditto there. what a lovely song! ------------- if left is wrong i don't wanna be right... 
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Posted By: kashedguy
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 11:35
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Know the feeling. I'm currently experiencing a renewed interest in Tad Morose.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kashedguy/?chartstyle=OpethMR"> 
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Posted By: Penumbra
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 11:43
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I'll never get over that beautifully fast yet short ragtime solo in Dance of Eternity. Sheer genius.
------------- The Holy Trinity of Symphonic Progressive Rock 
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Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: November 20 2006 at 02:28
My point exactly! It fits perfectly in the concept of the album! ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: November 20 2006 at 02:33
| Music can also be associated with memories, and hearing a song can trigger past feelings. I was watching a show on TV tonight and they played Nick Drake's "Time Has Told Me", which triggered quite strong emotions, as a result I'm practically devoting the rest of this night to Nick Drake! |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: January 05 2007 at 07:07
Agreed. I 're-discovered' Hymn to the Atman from Kansas Song for America a few years ago and the build-up at the end got to me just as it had when I first heard it thirty years ago as a teenager. Same with Gates of Delirium from Yes Relayer. To use the lingo of my generation, Gates is a 'bitchen' tune! |
Posted By: Stars Die
Date Posted: January 05 2007 at 16:47
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Oh, that happens to me all the time, recently with Porcupine Trees "pure Narcotic" it is a wonderfull feeling when the song just fits you perfectly. Then a week later, you might not like the song at all anymore. ------------- Du Skojar om att jag Skojar men jag skojar inte alls |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: January 06 2007 at 07:41
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Mmmm... only song I truely got addicted to, to the point that I could listen to it a few times a day, or in loops was ELP's "The Only Way". I ussualy can't listen to the same song over and over again in a short period of time... But "The Only Way"... God... There was like a week that I opened my MP3 and all I had was this urging desire to listen to The Only Way... and nothing else could satisfy me... I felt like a serious drug addict... twas pretty sick :P
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