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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: DarkLord_Lalinc on February 18, 2011, 03:15:39 PM
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I think this is probably one of DT's most beautiful songs. I think it needs way more appreciation than it recieves :D
Here's me hoping it will recieve rotation next tour. Seeing this song played live would make my life complete.
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Major props! :tup :tup :tup
It always seems to be voted against in the Survivors, though...
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One of my favorite songs :hefdaddy :heart
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Love it. Great song, and I love JP's solo in it.
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Do you like the clothes she wears today?
Colliding love affair against a shade
Often times I wish she'd speak to me
Her holy open book, a world revealed to see
:heart :heart :heart
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I kept on waiting for something to happen. Kinda glad that was left off...
The Way It Used To Be on the other hand...
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I kept on waiting for something to happen. Kinda glad that was left off...
The Way It Used To Be on the other hand...
GET OUT
Do you like the clothes she wears today?
Colliding love affair against a shade
Often times I wish she'd speak to me
Her holy open book, a world revealed to see
:heart :heart :heart
I WAAAAALKKKK BESIDE YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUU
:neverusethis:
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Top 15 song for me. :tup
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Hey I have over 1000 posts...
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Fantastic song.
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I had the pleasure of witnessing this song live on the octavarium tour and it is a good one :tup
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Great song! :tup I wish it was on the actual album...
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Great song! :tup I wish it was on the actual album...
I agree. Great song.
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I had the pleasure of witnessing this song live on the octavarium tour and it is a good one :tup
*Dies of envy*
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Its a simply beautiful. Great atmosphere too, and the groove of the bass lines.
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Great lyrics :tup
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Great song.
I like both the "cleaning the closet" version and the live at rotterdam version.
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Currently tied with Eve for favorite B-side. Love James' use of falsetto in this one. Better than 3/4 of FII, IMO.
Ohhh, tell me what you're thinking...
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Currently tied with Eve for favorite B-side. Love James' use of falsetto in this one. Better than 3/4 of FII, IMO.
Ohhh, tell me what you're thinking...
It's still one of DT's best soft songs in my book, IMO.
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Currently tied with Eve for favorite B-side. Love James' use of falsetto in this one. Better than 3/4 of FII, IMO.
Ohhh, tell me what you're thinking...
It's still one of DT's best soft songs in my book, IMO.
Agreed, wholeheartedly. Just a damn shame it was never put out on a studio release.
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+1
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I had the pleasure of witnessing this song live on the octavarium tour and it is a good one :tup
Ditto. :tup
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I had the pleasure of witnessing this song live on the octavarium tour and it is a good one :tup
Ditto. :tup
Is there a bootleg or official release with this?
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I always thought this song would make a great end credits song on a movie. Start it during the very end of the movie and move to credit screen when James kicks in.
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I had the pleasure of witnessing this song live on the octavarium tour and it is a good one :tup
Ditto. :tup
Is there a bootleg or official release with this?
There is a GDT release for the show that I went to, which I own, however I cannot share it because of GDT's rules. As for other shows I'm not sure, I don't think its on any live fanclub discs that I can remember or any live Ytsejam stuff. I could be wrong here though!
Matt
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Great song. Use to play the hell out of it 'bout 2 years ago.
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I kept on waiting for something to happen. Kinda glad that was left off...
The Way It Used To Be on the other hand...
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The drums are epic!!! :metal
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Saw it live twice: '98 in with Derek on keys, and in '06 in San Francisco. Truly a gem from that era.
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I had the pleasure of witnessing this song live on the octavarium tour and it is a good one :tup
Ditto. :tup
Is there a bootleg or official release with this?
The song in general, or, specifically from the Octavarium tour?
A live version is available on the 1998 fan club cd (and the 5 Years in a LiveTime video/dvd), while the original demo is available on the 1999 fan club cd and the FII Demos cd.
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I had the pleasure of witnessing this song live on the octavarium tour and it is a good one :tup
Ditto. :tup
Is there a bootleg or official release with this?
The song in general, or, specifically from the Octavarium tour?
A live version is available on the 1998 fan club cd (and the 5 Years in a LiveTime video/dvd), while the original demo is available on the 1999 fan club cd and the FII Demos cd.
That's the unplugged version, right? I mean the Octavarium tour version.
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I've only heard the Rotterdam version, but it's one of my favorites. I wish DT would try to capture that kind of mood and atmosphere more often. :)
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That's why I like the song. The mood and atmosphere is soothing.
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I absolutely love the guitar solo. I need to listen to an 8VM era bootleg of this song.
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i think i am the minority here.
too freakin' long song for a electric drum kit to be used
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I had the pleasure of witnessing this song live on the octavarium tour and it is a good one :tup
Ditto. :tup
Is there a bootleg or official release with this?
The song in general, or, specifically from the Octavarium tour?
A live version is available on the 1998 fan club cd (and the 5 Years in a LiveTime video/dvd), while the original demo is available on the 1999 fan club cd and the FII Demos cd.
That's the unplugged version, right? I mean the Octavarium tour version.
There is no unplugged version of Speak To Me.
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Isn't that the version on the Five Years in a LIVEtime DVD? Where they have all the candles and everything? I know it's not actually "unplugged" but from what I recall, that concert is referred to as the Unplugged concert.
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Well, the "uplugged" version is exactly the same as the studio version :lol
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Isn't that the version on the Five Years in a LIVEtime DVD? Where they have all the candles and everything? I know it's not actually "unplugged" but from what I recall, that concert is referred to as the Unplugged concert.
No, it's not referred to as the Unplugged concert. It was just a fanclub show, that was the deal with the candles, to make everything more intimate. They did a few songs unplugged, but most of the show is quite plugged.
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I think this is probably one of DT's most beautiful songs. I think it needs way more appreciation than it recieves :D
Here's me hoping it will recieve rotation next tour. Seeing this song played live would make my life complete.
Kickstarting this thread, as I just listened to the FII demo set today, and remembered how much I love "Speak to Me." It is also one of my favorite Dream Theater songs, and I agree about its beauty. It was the first song played at the holiday show in 1998 that I attended at Irving Plaza, and I was so glad I got to hear it.
For those that know DT's setlist history better than me, was it ever in regular rotation outside of those holiday shows?
If not, I really wish DT would consider it. Such a great song.
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If memory serves, it was played initially only at those few shows, and then was brought back as one of the rotating FII-era choices on the Octavarium (along with Raise The Knife and Peruvian Skies).
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If memory serves, it was played initially only at those few shows, and then was brought back as one of the rotating FII-era choices on the Octavarium (along with Raise The Knife and Peruvian Skies).
Wow, so it has been quite a few years now since it has been played live at all, much less with any regularity. Thanks for the info, Hef. :hefdaddy
Have the band members (present or past) commented extensively about the tune? I'd love to learn what they think of it, generally. I have the Xmas 1998 gig at Irving Plaza that I went to, but it was the lead track, so there wasn't any real commentary about the song...
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Always loved the song since I've heard it on the Once in a Livetime video. I would have put it on the album in place of Take Away My Pain and/or Anna Lee.
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...was brought back as one of the rotating FII-era choices on the Octavarium (along with Raise The Knife and Peruvian Skies).
Wow, I did NOT remember that. I only remembered Peruvian Skies. But a quick check of the set lists from back then confirms that you are right. And not only that, but they played it in S.F. on 3/11/06. Why I didn't go to that show, I'm not sure.
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I absolutely love the Once in a Livetime video version. Way better in my opinion than the official bootleg version.
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For those that know DT's setlist history better than me, was it ever in regular rotation outside of those holiday shows?
As hef mentioned, it was included as one of the songs to represent FII during the 20th Anniversary tour. But it also was played a number of times throughout the first half of 1998. In fact, the May 18, 1998 official bootleg from Los Angeles includes that song.
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I absolutely love the Once in a Livetime video version. Way better in my opinion than the official bootleg version.
Agreed.
Also, while I am SO glad that they performed Raise The Knife for the SCORE show, I wish they had also played Speak To Me. I know that would have kind of ruined the format, but I'm just sayin'.
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At my gig during that tour I got a "proper" FII song, Peruvian Skies, and a "bonus" song, Raise the Knife. Not complaining at all, 'cause the song is wonderful, but I have a little and anyway very minor regret that I didn't get Speak to Me instead.
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I absolutely love the Once in a Livetime video version. Way better in my opinion than the official bootleg version.
Agreed. Same goes for Cover My Eyes, which was great as an acoustic song, but just okay in the electric version (in the demo).
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I absolutely love the Once in a Livetime video version. Way better in my opinion than the official bootleg version.
Agreed. Same goes for Cover My Eyes, which was great as an acoustic song, but just okay in the electric version (in the demo).
Same
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I absolutely love the Once in a Livetime video version. Way better in my opinion than the official bootleg version.
Agreed. Same goes for Cover My Eyes, which was great as an acoustic song, but just okay in the electric version (in the demo).
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Joining the bandwagon. The acoustic setting was just perfect for Cover My Eyes.
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I absolutely love the Once in a Livetime video version. Way better in my opinion than the official bootleg version.
Agreed. Same goes for Cover My Eyes, which was great as an acoustic song, but just okay in the electric version (in the demo).
Same
Joining the bandwagon. The acoustic setting was just perfect for Cover My Eyes.
I'll be of the dissenting viewpoint. While I'm not a huge fan of the demo (something just doesn't sound right - I think the guitars are overpowering in the mix), I can't say I like the acoustic version a lot either. But what I enjoyed were the versions played during the '98 Home for the Holidays shows. It's interesting, because the first time they did it, it was fully acoustic. Second show was a hybrid between acoustic and electric, and the last time was fully electric. This last version (fully electric) has a pretty cool instrumental jam in it where JP incorporated part of Tarantella Napoletana into it and is my favorite version.