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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: The Letter M on July 09, 2009, 01:54:25 PM
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This is a thread I started a long time ago on a Rush message board and with all the "Your Favorite" threads popping up, I figured I'd throw one into the mix as well.
What you do is pick one pair of songs that are back-to-back on the album that you enjoy the most because they're next to each other!
Some thread-rules and what-nots:
Because SFAM-8VM are connected end-to-beginning with shared/continued sounds, you can throw in which cross-album pair of songs you like most out of the 3 pairs of songs (FF / TGP, SDOIT / AIA or ITNOG / TROAE).
Also, just to make sure everyone actually READS the original post here, I'm counting SCENES and not SONGS/TRACKS from SFAM, so you have 9 scenes to choose from.
For example, you could pick "Scene Two: I. Overture 1928, II. Strange Deja Vu / Scene Three: I. Through My Words, II. Fatal Tragedy" or "Scene Six: Home / Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity, II. One Last Time".
Likewise, the title track to SDOIT is counted as one song, BUT ITPOE will be counted as it's two parts, since it's split. At your discretion, you can count "A Mind Beside Itself" as one.
Additionally, if you WANT, you can choose "Octvarium / The Root of All Eivil" on 8VM because of the albums' cyclical nature.
Everyone ready?
Here's my list:
WDADU - The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun / Only A Matter Of Time
IAW - Wait For Sleep / Learning To Live
Awake - Lifting Shadows Off A Dream / Scarred
FII - Hell's Kitchen / Lines In The Sand ... OR Anna Lee / Trial of Tears (very hard to decide which)
SFAM - Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On / Scene Nine: Finally Free
SDOIT - Disappear / Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
TOT - Stream of Consciousness / In The Name of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC - The Ministry of Lost Souls / In The Presence of Enemies (Part 2)
BC&SL - The Best of Times / The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - Far From Heaven / Breaking All Illusions
Cross-Album choice - Finally Free / The Glass Prison
-Marc.
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Interesting idea.
WDADU: Light Fuse and Get Away / Afterlife
I&W: Wait For Sleep / Learning to Live
Awake: The Mirror / Lie
FII: Hell's Kitchen / Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Home / The Dance of Eternity
SDOIT: The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
TOT: Stream of Consciousness / In the Name of God
8VM: Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC: Constant Motion / The Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL: The Best of Times / The Count of Tuscany
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WDADU: don't know the album well enough
I&W: Wait For Sleep/Learning To Live
Awake: Scarred/Space Dye Vest
FII: Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
SFAM: One Last Time/The Spirit Carries On
SDOIT: The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT: Vacant/SOC
8VM: Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC: TMOLS/ITPOE Pt.2
BC&SL: The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
Cross-Album: Finally Free/The Glass Prison
awesome thread idea!
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WDADU: two songs in a row that are good? Let's not push it :lol
I&W: Another Day, Take The Time.
Awake: Would anything in AMBI be cheating?
FII: Hell's Kitchen to Lines in the Sand is the obvious answer here
SFAM: Overture 1928 to Strange Deja Vu. I don't care about scene transitions or whatever. Those two are great back to back
SDOIT: Misunderstood / The Great Debate
TOT: Vacant / SOC
8VM: The songs I love are perfectly spaced out as to not allow this :lol
SC: Constant Motion / The Dark Eternal Night. I love that combo. I always listen to them together
BC&SL: ANTR / AROP
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WDADU: Lulz
IAW: Metropolis / Under a Glass Moon
Awake: The Mirror / Lie
FII: New Millennium / You Not Me
SFAM: Scene Three / Scene Four
SDOIT: Misunderstood / The Great Debate
TOT: As I Am / This Dying Soul
OV: These Walls / I Walk Beside You
SC: Forsaken / Constant Motion
BC&SL: Wither / The Shattered Fortress
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WDADU: Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
I&W: Metropolis/Under a Glass Moon
Awake: Erotomania/Voices or Lifting Shadows/Scarred
FII: Yikes . . . would have to be Hells Kitchen/Lines in the Sand I guess
SFAM: Scene 1/Scene 2
6DOIT: The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT: This Dying Soul/Endless Sacrifice
OV: Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC: Yeeshh, I can't make it work
BC&SL: The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
I might have to start a Metallica or Maiden thread like this in GMD :P
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IaW- Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake- CiaW/IF
FII- Nothing, really
SFaM- Overture/SdjV
6DOIT- The whole second disc is like a one-eight punch
ToT- Vacant-ITNOG
8va-PA/NE
SC- Nothing
BC&SL- None of the good songs on the album are immediately followed up by better or on par ones, so nothing here either.
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WDADU - Ytse Jam / The Killing Hand
I&W - Surrounded / Metropolis
Awake - The Mirror / Lie
ACOS - ACOS / Funeral For A Friend (my favorite of the pre-BC&SL covers)
FII - Hell's Kitchen / Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu
SDOIT - Solitary Shell / About To Crash (Reprise)
ToT - Stream Of Consciousness / In The Name Of God
8vm - Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC - ITPOE pt.1 / Forsaken
BC&SL - The Best Of Times / The Count Of Tuscany
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I&W - TTT + Surrounded
Awake - Erotomania + Voices
FII - Hell's Kitchen + LITS (duhhhhh :laugh:)
SFAM - Scene 6 + 7
SDOIT - Blind Faith + Misunderstood
ToT - Vacant + SoC
8VM - SS + 8VM
SC - CM + TDEN
BC&SL - ANTR + ARoP
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WDADU: Ytse Jam/Killing Hand
I&W: Take The Time/Surrounded
Awake: Scarred/Space-Dye Vest
FII: Hell's Kitchen/Lines In the Sand
SFAM: Spirit Carries On/Finally Free (8/9)
SDOIT: The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT: Stream of Consciousness/ITNOG
8VM: Sacrificed Sons/8VM
SC: Ministry of Lost Souls/ITPOE Pt.2
BC&SL: Best of Times/Count of Tuscany
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WDADU: Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
I&W: Surrounded/Metropolis
Awake: Lifting Shadows Off a Dream/Scarred
FII: Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
SFAM: The Spirit Carries on/Finally Free
6DOIT: The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
ToT: Stream of Consciousness/In the Name of God
8VM: Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC: Constant Motion/The Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL: The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
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WDADU - pah i dunno
I&W - Metropolis / Glass Moon
Awake - Erotomania / Voices
FII - Hell's Kitchen / Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu (spec mention for last 2 tracks)
SDOIT - Glass Prison / Blind Faith
ToT - Stream Of Consciousness / In The Name Of God
8vm - Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC - ITPOE pt.1 / Forsaken
BC&SL - The Best Of Times / The Count Of Tuscany
I&W, Awake, FII, SFAM, SDOIT and BCSL all pretty awsome
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WDADU: Ytse Jam / The Killing Hand
I&W: Metropolis / Under a Glass Moon
Awake: Scarred / Space Dye Vest
FII: Hell's Kitchen / Lines In the Sand
SFAM: Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu = The Spirit Carries On / Finally Free (I can't choose)
SDOIT: The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
TOT: Stream of Consciousness / In the Name of God
8VM: Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC: The Ministry of Lost Souls / In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 2
BC&SL: The Best of Times / The Count of Tuscany
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WDADU: The Ones Who Helps to Set The Sun/Only a Matter of Time
IAW: Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake: 6:00/Caught in a Web
FII: Anna Lee/Trial of Tears
SFAM: Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy
6DOIT: War inside My Head/ The Test That Stumped Them All
TOT: As I Am/This Dying Soul
OV: I Walk Beside You/Panic Attack
SC: In The Presence of Enemies Pt. 1/Forsaken
BS&SL: Wither/The Shattered Fortress
Cross album choice: In The Name of God/The Root of all evil.
Cool thread, obviously DT has a lot of good two-punchers.
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WD&DU: ... (maybe Ytse Jam / The Killing Hand)
I&W: Metropolis / Under a Glass Moon
Awake: A Mind Beside Itself (Erotomania+Voices+The Silent Man) / The Mirror
FiI: Hell's Kitchen / Lines in the Sand
SfaM: Scene Six (Home) / Scene Seven (The Dance of Eternity+One Last Time), but it was very hard to choose...
SDoIT: Blind Faith / Misunderstood
ToT: Stream of Consciousness / In the Name of God
8vm: Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC: ... (if I really have to choose, The Dark Eternal Night / Repentance)
BC&SL: The Best of Times / The Count of Tuscany
Cross-Album choice: Finally Free / The Glass Prison
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WDADU - Ytse Jam / The Killing Hand
I&W - Metropolis Pt.1 / Under A Glass Moon
Awake - Innocence Faded / A Mind Beside Itself
FII - Hell's Kitchen / Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Scene 6: Home / Seven 7: I. The Dance of Eternity, II. One Last Time
SDOIT - The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
ToT - As I Am / This Dying Soul
8VM - Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC - Constant Motion / The Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL - A Nightmare To Remember / A Rite of Passage
Cross-Album - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence / As I Am
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WDADU - hard to say
I&W - Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake - Erotomania/Voices - mostly thanks to the AWESOME transition, as Erotomania is probably my least favourite on Awake
FII - Anna Lee/Trial of Tears
SFAM - Through Her Eyes/Home - "How to use contrast properly - guide by Dream Theater"
Six Degrees - very tough.
TOT - This Dying Soul/Endless Sacrifice
Octavarium - Panic Attack/Never Enough - there are better songs on the album, but they work awesome as the "heavy part"
SC - Constant Motion/The Dark Eternal Night - just like above, POWERRRRRRR
BC&SL - The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
Cross-album: Finally Free/The Glass Prison. I wish they had continued the links between the albums :(
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WDADU - LFAGA/Afterlife
Images And Words - Wait For Sleep/Learning To Live
Awake - Lifting Shadows Off A Dream/Scarred
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Overture 1928/Strange Déjà-Vu
SDOIT - The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT - lol
Octavarium - not really
SC - no
BCASL - Wither/The Shattered Fortress
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WDADU - None, I haven't really listened to it and I think I never will.
I&W - Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake - Lifting Shadows off a Dream/Scarred
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand (Damn, that was easy. A GREAT one)
SFAM - The Spirit Carries On/Finally Free
SDOIT - Misunderstood/The Great Debate
TOT - Stream of Consciousness/In The Name of God (epic)
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - Constant Motion/The Dark Eternal Night (not really though.. but these two songs both have powah energy)
BC&SL - The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
Cross-album: In The Name of God/The Root of All Evil
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WDADU - Meh, any of them tbh
I&W - Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
AWAKE - Mirror/Lie
FII - Hell's Kitchen/LITD
SFAM - Dance Of Eternity/One Last time
6DOIT - Misunderstood/The Great Debate
TOT - As I Am / This Dying Soul
8VM - TROAE/The Answer Lies Within
SC - ITPOE Pt.1 / Forsaken
BC&SL - Wither/The Shattered Fortress
Cross Album - Finall Free/TGP
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WDADU – Ytse Jam / The Killing Hand
I&W – Pull Me Under / Another Day (Damn, that was hard)
AWAKE – Caught in a Web / Innocence Faded (easy)
FII – Anna Lee / Trial of Tears (basically I would have chosen a pile of manure along with Trial of Tears for this album)
SFAM - One Last Time / Finally Free (great closers)
6DOIT – Blind Faith / Misunderstood (easy)
TOT – Endless Sacrifice / Honor Thy Father (hrm… not easy)
8VM – Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium (hard to find 2 consecutive songs on this album that aren’t lame)
SC – The Ministry of Lost Souls / In the Presence of Enemies Pt.2 (I like these 2 more than most here seem to)
BC&SL – Wither / The Shattered Fortress (need to listen to this album more)
This was harder than I would have thought.
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WDADU - Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
I&W - Metropolis/Under A Glass Moon
Awake - Caught In A Web/Innocence Faded
FII - Don't know it well enough
SFAM - Home/The Dance Of Eternity
6DOIT - The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
ToT - Stream Of Consciousness/ITNOG
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/8VM
SC - Forsaken/Constant Motion
BC&SL - The Best Of Times/The Count Of Tuscany
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Resurrection!
Now that BC&SL has been out for a long time, I was wondering what people's thoughts would be on THEIR one-two punch choice for that album now that it's had time to settle.
Also, this is for anyone who never saw this topic before and would like to post!
-Marc.
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Interesting. I somehow didn't see this thread first time around. Anyhow...
WDADU - The Ytse Jam > The Killing Hand
IAW - Wait For Sleep > Learning To Live
Awake - The Mirror > Lie (I was really tempted to go with Lifting Shadows Off A Dream > Scarred because, even though LSOAD is one of my least favorites on the album as a whole, the outro and transition to Scarred are amazing)
FII - Hell's Kitchen > Lines In The Sand
SFAM - I'm not doing it because I don't like your arbitrary rule and it pisses me off
SDOIT - Misunderstood > The Great Debate
TOT - Stream of Consciousness > In The Name of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons > Octavarium
SC - ITPOE > Forsaken (this was the hardest)
BC&SL - A Nightmare To Remember > A Right Of Passage
Cross-Album choice - Finally Free > The Glass Prison
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WDADU: Status Seeker/Ytse Jam
I&W: Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake: Mirror/Lie
FII: Hells Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Overture 1928/Strange deja Vu
SDoIT: About to Crash (Reprise)/Losing Time
ToT: Endless Sacrifice/Honor thy Father
8VM: Sacrificied Sons/8VM
SC: ITPOE Pt1/Forsaken
BC&SL: Shattered Fortress/The Best of Times
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SFAM - I'm not doing it because I don't like your arbitrary rule and it pisses me off
For the life of me, I cannot recall why I did that the way I did back then over a year ago, but I really don't care so much now. Besides, it seemed like people picked back-to-back songs instead of scenes anyways, but I think it was more of an allowable suggestion rather than a rule in my mind but ended up becoming a thread rule? Who knows... either way, it's still allowable, but I don't care either way now.
Same with SDOIT - if you *REALLY* want to choose just two parts of SDOIT as your favorite back-to-back tracks on the album, go ahead.
-Marc.
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Damn resurrection...for a minute I thought Blob came back to us. :sadpanda:
WDADU: Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
I&W: Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake: Caught in a Web/Innocence Faded (the great tracks are kinda spaced out)
FII: Hells Kitchen/Lines in the Sand (again, great ones are spaced apart)
SFAM: Overture 1928/Strange deja Vu
SDoIT: The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
ToT: Stream of Consciousness/ITNOG
8VM: The Answer Lies Within/These Walls (I still can't stand Sacrificed Sons)
SC: Abstain...there is an average song spacing all the above average songs
BC&SL: The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
Live setlist - Learning to Live/A Change of Seasons (Live Scenes from New York) Yeah, I made my own category. Wanna fight about it?
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Damn resurrection...for a minute I thought Blob came back to us. :sadpanda:
Ack yeah, me too.
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When Dream and Day Unite The Killing Hand/Light Fuse and Get Away
Images and Words Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake Scarred/Space-Dye Vest
Falling into Infinity Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
Scenes From a Memory Scene Two (Overture 1928 & Strange Deja Vu)/Scene Three (Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy)
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Fatal Tragedy/Beyond This Life
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
Train of Thought Stream of Consciousness/In the Name of God
Octavarium Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
Systematic Chaos Constant Motion/The Dark Eternal Night
Black Clouds & Silver Linings The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
Cross-Album Choice Finally Free/The Glass Prison
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WDADU - Light fuse and get away / Afterlife
I%W - Metropolis / Under a glass moon
Awake - Caught in a web / Innocence faded
FII - I dunno, really...
SFAM - Fatal tragedy / Beyond this life
SDOIT - The Great debate / Disappear
TOT - Stream of consciousness / In the name of God
Octavarium - Panic attack / Never enough
SC - The Ministry of lost souls / In the presence of enemies II
BC&SL - The Best of times / The Count of Tuscany
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WDADU - AFIL -- Ytse Jam
IaW - Surrounded -- Metropolis
Awake - Caught in a Web -- Innocence Faded
FII - Hell's Kitchen -- Lines in the Sand
SFAM - Overture 1928 -- Strange Deja vu
SDOIT - Misunderstood -- The Great Debate
ToT - Vacant -- SoC
8VM - Panic Attack -- Never Enough
SC - Constant Motion -- The Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL - Wither -- The Shattered Fortress
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WDADU - The Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
IAW - Wait For Sleep / Learning To Live
Awake - Scarred/Space-Dye Vest
FII - Hell's Kitchen / Lines In The Sand
SFAM - The Spirit Carries On/Finally Free
SDOIT - The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT - Stream of Consciousness / In The Name of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC - ... abstain
BC&SL - The Best of Times / The Count of Tuscany
Album: Finally Free/ The Glass Prison
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WDADU: My favourites are pretty evenly spaced. Fortune, Ytse, Fuse and Time. Probably A Fortune in Lies into Status Seeker. Status Seeker is the most fun of all the lower-tier songs, and Fortune is possibly my favourite of the upper-tier.
IAW: Take the Time into Surrounded, narrowly pipping Wait for Sleep into Learning to Live.
AWAKE: 6:00 into Caught in a Web. Short, chunky, fun songs are what Awake does best, and these are two of my favourites in the whole catalogue, in a tier with Erotomania.
FII: Peruvian Skies into Hollow Years. Much as I love Hell's Kitchen, Lines in the Sand - while cool - is not particularly one of my favourites. Peruvian Skies and Hollow Years are my two favourite songs on the album, and they're right next to one another. Their respective extended live versions would gain yet more "cool points."
SCENES: The Spirit Carries On into Finally Free. Although I did originally put Fatal Tragedy into Beyond This Life, my third-favourite into my second-favourite beats my first-favourite into my fourth-favourite. TSCO into FF just keeps on getting better, and while I like FT more than any other song off SFAM, and I do love BTL, it's a sheer drop between them.
SDOIT: Blind Faith into Misunderstood. Probably sacrilege not to put TGP, but I find Misunderstood a lot more fascinating. TGP's thoroughly intense and heavy and that's wonderful, but Misunderstood starts off with a lot more heart, then it gets downright creepy. Love it. Brilliant bit of music.
TRAIN: Stream of Consciousness into In the Name of God. Train of Thought is one of those albums where each successive track is better than the previous, more or less. SOC and ITNOG are both top five tracks for me, so they don't get much better than this.
OCTAVARIUM: Sacrificed Sons into Octavarium, although there's not a weak track among 'em. Recently listened to this on a journey and remembered why I loved it so much. There's not a single moment I'd change.
SYSTEMATIC: Any of the first half would be eligible, but I'm gonna plump for In the Presence of Enemies pt. 1 into Forsaken. I'm more likely to put on Constant Motion into The Dark Eternal Night, but ITPOE/Forsaken is better.
BCSL: The Best of Times into The Count of Tuscany. Back in the day, it would've probably been A Rite of Passage into Wither or Nightmare into Rite, but I've recently finally got into TBOT. Fantastic bit of music, though TCOT is far and away the standout song on the album.
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I'm not sure I'd call these one-two punches. For me, a one-two punch needs to start an album, hence the "one-two." These are more like back-to-back songs. For a one-two punch, I'd definitely have to go with "6:00/Caught In a Web." That's a powerful combo right there!
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I'm not sure I'd call these one-two punches. For me, a one-two punch needs to start an album, hence the "one-two." These are more like back-to-back songs. For a one-two punch, I'd definitely have to go with "6:00/Caught In a Web." That's a powerful combo right there!
I can understand that. But "one" and "two" don't necessarily have to mean first and second. It's just the order of things, one being the first song you hear and two being the one immediately following it.
I found this definition to be fitting to the purpose of my thread...
one-two punch
n.
1. A combination of two blows delivered in rapid succession in boxing, especially a left lead followed by a right cross.
2. Informal - An especially forceful or effective combination or sequence of two things.
Although what you proposed, as being first-two tracks, would make for an interesting poll - which are your favorite first two tracks? Someone else can do that one, though...
-Marc.
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WDADU - AFIL -- Ytse Jam
Status Seeker just ceased to exist, eh?
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Interesting. I somehow didn't see this thread first time around. Anyhow...
My thoughts exactly, but it's a very cool idea.
WDADU - Urgh, nothing really as the songs I'm not keen on are so spread out, but I guess Light Fuse And Get Away > Afterlife is the best.
IAW - Wait For Sleep > Learning To Live
Awake - Erotomania > Voices
FII - Anna Lee > Trial of Tears
SFAM - I also think the rule is weird, but fortunately for me my favourite is The Spirit Carries On > Finally Free, which are whole scenes in themselves.
SDOIT - The Great Debate > Disappear (very, very close though, could easily have been the opening 2 tracks)
TOT - Stream of Consciousness > In The Name of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons > Octavarium
SC - In the Presence of Enemies part 1 > Forsaken
BC&SL - Wither > The Shattered Fortress (Again tough between this and the closing tracks, but this combo has Wither which is my favourite on the album, so it just edges it)
Cross-Album choice - Finally Free > The Glass Prison
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WDADU - Ytse jam > The killing hand
I&W - Wait for sleep > Learning to live
Awake - The silent man > The Mirror
FII - Hell's kitchen > LITS
SFAM - ugh...Scene 3 > scene 4 or scene 6 > 7...hmmm...I think I'll go with 3 > 4
SDOIT - Misunderstood > The great Debate
ToT - Vacant > Stram of consciousness
8VM - Sacrificed sons > Octavarium (Panic attack > Never enough is really gr8 too though)
SC - TMOLS > ITPOE pt2
BC&SL - TBOT > TCOT
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WDADU - AFIL -- Ytse Jam
Status Seeker just ceased to exist, eh?
Shows how much I listen to that album. :biggrin:
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A Fortune in Lies>Status Seeker
Another Day>Take the Time
Scarred>Space-Dye Vest
Peruvian Skies>Hollow Years OR Anna Lee>Trial of Tears
Overture>Strange Deja Vu OR Fatal Tragedy>Beyond This Life OR The Spirit Carries On>Finally Free
Misunderstood>The Great Debate
Stream of Consciousness>In the Name of God
Sacrificed Songs>Octavarium
Presence Pt. 1>Forsaken
The Best of Times>The Count of Tuscany
Wow, a lot of these were really tough, I've just come to realize DT pretty much never puts my favorite tracks near each other.
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I've just come to realize DT pretty much never puts my favorite tracks near each other.
Yeah, I mentioned something similar in my post as well. A DT conspiracy? :itpoe:
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I've just come to realize DT pretty much never puts my favorite tracks near each other.
Yeah, I mentioned something similar in my post as well. A DT conspiracy? :itpoe:
Nah, no conspiracy. Bands tend to do that all the time to encourage you to listen to the entire album and not just your favourite tracks.
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WD&DU: The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun / Only a Matter of Time
I&W: Metropolis / Under a Glass Moon
Awake: The Mirror / Lie
FII: can't decide
SFAM: Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu
6DOIT: The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
TOT: Stream of Consciousness / In the Name of God
Octavarium: Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC: ITPOE1 / Forsaken
BC&SL: A Nightmare to Remember / A Rite of Passage
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WDADU - Never listened to it
I&W - Take The Time/Surrounded
Awake - Innocence Faded/A Mind Beside Itself I. Erotomania
FII - Peruvian Skies/Hollow Years
SFAM - Scene III, Part Two: Fatal Tragedy/Scene Four: Beyond This Life
SDOIT - The Great Debate/Disappear
TOT - Stream Of Consciousness/In The Name Of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - Constant Motion/The Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL - A Nightmare To Remember/A Rite Of Passage
Cross album choice - Finally Free/The Glass Prison
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WDADU - Never listened to it
I&W - Take The Time/Surrounded
Awake - Innocence Faded/A Mind Beside Itself I. Erotomania
FII - Peruvian Skies/Hollow Years
SFAM - Scene III, Part Two: Fatal Tragedy/Scene Four: Beyond This Life
SDOIT - The Great Debate/Disappear
TOT - Stream Of Consciousness/In The Name Of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - Constant Motion/The Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL - A Nightmare To Remember/A Rite Of Passage
Cross album choice - Finally Free/The Glass Prison
WHAT?! At least go buy When Dream And Day Reunite if you want to listen to the whole album live and with LaBrie. If anything it has a killer 14-minute version of "Metropolis" featuring a 7-member Dream Theater on stage! Get the CD, or the DVD, or BOTH for the greatest experience of WDADR.
-Marc.
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WDADRU is great for those who like to avoid '89-Charlie, but the problem is that JLB wasn't on top of his game that night. The Metropolis jam makes up for it, though, and also shows how good Derek has become.
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WDADU: Haven't listened to this album except for TYJ.
I&W: Wait for Sleep / Learning to Live
Awake: Caught in a Web / Innocence Faded
FII: Haven't listened to FII yet either. Will get to it soon.
SFAM: The Dance of Eternity / One Last Time
SDoIT: Solitary Shell / About to Crash (Reprise)
ToT: As I Am / This Dying Soul
8VM: Panic Attack / Never Enough
SC: Constant Motion / In the Presence of Enemies: Part I
BC&SL: Wither / The Shattered Fortress
Cross-Album Choice: Finally Free / The Glass Prison
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WDADU ------- Status Seeker / Ytse Jam
I&W ---------- Pull Me Under / Another Day
Awake -------- Innocence Faded / A Mind Beside Itself
FII ----------- Hell's Kitchen / Lines in the Sand
SFAM --------- Scene Four: Beyond This Life / Scene Five: Through Her Eyes
SDOIT -------- Disappear / Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
TOT ---------- Vacant / Stream of Consciousness
8VM ---------- These Walls / I Walk Beside You
SC ----------- The Ministry of Lost Souls / In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 2
BC&SL -------- Wither / The Shattered Fortress
ADTOE --------The Shaman's - Bridges in the Sky / Outcry
Cross-Over Albums: FF / TGP
Edit: added A Dramatic turn of Events
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Bumping because since this thread, ADTOE has come out, and I'd like to add that the "one-two punch" of "Far From Heaven" and "Breaking All Illusions" is my favorite from the album.
-Marc.
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WDADU: The Killing Hand / Light Fuse And Get Away
I&W: Surrounded / Metropolis
Awake: Scarred / Space-Dye Vest
FII: Hell's Kitchen / Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Scene Six: Home / Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity II. One Last Time
SDOIT: The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
TOT: Stream of Consciousness / In The Name of God
8VM: Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC: In The Presence Of Enemies Pt 1 / Forsaken
BC&SL: The Best of Times / The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE: Far From Heaven / Breaking All Illusions
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Tricky...
WDADU - The Ytse Jam + The Killing Hand
I&W - Wait For Sleep + Learning to Live (TtT + Surrounded and Metropolis+UaGM are both contenders)
Awake - Erotomania + Voices
FII - Hell's Kitchen + Lines in the Sand
SFAM - Scene Two + Scene Three (1928, SDV, TMW, FT)
SDOIT - Disappear + Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
TOT - Stream of Consciousness + In the Name of God
8VM - Octavarium + The Root of All Evil (rules said it counted, right?)
SC - In The Presence of Enemies pt 1 + Forsaken
BC&SL - A Nightmare to Remember + A Rite of Passage
ADTOE - Breaking All Illusions + Beneath the Surface
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WDADU - Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
IAW - Metropolis/Under a Glass Moon
Awake - Erotomania/Voices
FII - Hell's Kitchen / Lines In The Sand ... OR Anna Lee / Trial of Tears (same as OP)
SFAM - Scene 3: Through my Words & Fatal Tragedy/Scene 4: Beyond this Life
SDOIT - The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT - Toughest choice for me I think. I'll go with This Dying Soul/Endless Sacrifice
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - The Ministry of Lost Souls/In The Presence of Enemies (Part 2)
BC&SL - Again tough, but this time because of a lack of quality surrounding the good songs. Suppose it'll have to be The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany, despite the fact I don't really like TBOT.
ADTOE - Bridges in the Sky/Outcry
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WDADU --- Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
I&W --- Metropolis, Pt. 1/Under A Glass Moon
Awake --- Erotomania/Voices
FII --- Hell's Kitchen/Lines In The Sand
SFAM --- Scene Two/Scene Three
SDOIT --- The Great Debate/Disappear
ToT --- As I Am/This Dying Soul
8VM --- Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC --- In The Presence of Enemies, Pt. 1/Forsaken
BC&SL --- The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE --- Bridges In The Sky/Outcry
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WDADU - Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
I&W - Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake - Scarred/Space-Dye Vest
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
SFAM - Scene Two/Scene Three
SDOIT - The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
ToT - Vacant/Stream of Consciousness
8V - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - Prophets of War/The Ministry of Lost Souls
BCSL - The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - Far From Heaven/Breaking All Illusions
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WDADU - The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun - Only A Matter Of Time
Images and Words - Wait For Sleep - Learning To Live
Awake - If I had to choose (I really really dislke this album) it would be Erotmanie - Voices
Falling Into Infinity - Hell's Kitchen - Lines In The Sand
Scenes From A Memory - The Spirit Carries On - Finally Free
Six Degrees - The Great Debate - Disappear
Train of Thought - Stream of Consciousness - In The Name of God
Octavarium - Hard to pick between These Walls - I Walk Beside You and Sacrificed Sons - Octavarium
Systematic Chaos - The Ministry of Lost Souls - In The Presence of Enemies Pt 2
Black Clouds - The Best of Times - The Count of Tuscany (only because TCOT is so good, TBOT sucks)
A Dramatic Turn of Events - tough call between This Is The Life - Bridges In The Sky and Far From Heaven - Breaking All Illusions
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WDADU: The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun - Only A Matter of Time
I&W: Metropolis Pt. 1 - Under A Glass Moon (But Take The Time - Surrounded is very close)
Awake: Erotomania - Voices
FII: Hell's Kitchen - Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Scene 3 (Through My Words + Fatal Tragedy) - Scene 4 (Beyond This Life)
SDOIT: Disappear - SDOIT
TOT: This Dying Soul - Endless Sacrifice
8VM: Sacrificed Sons - Octavarium
SC: The Dark Eternal Night - Repentance
BC&SL: A Nightmare to Remember - A Rite of Passage (If only TBOT wasn't in between TSF and TCOT)
ADTOE: Bridges in the Sky - Outcry
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ADTOE is filled with great one-two punches all over the album.
I guess mine would be FFH-BAI, but I really like the 1-2-3 of OTBOA, BMU BMD, and LNF
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WDADU: The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun - Only A Matter of Time
I&W: Surrounded - Metropolis Pt. 1
Awake: Erotomania - Voices / Voices - The Silent Man (Can't pick one)
FII: Hell's Kitchen - Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Overture 1928 - Strange Deja vu
SDOIT: The Glass Prison - Blind Faith
TOT: Endless Sacrifice - Honor Thy Father
8VM: mmmm, can't pick here since I only enjoy Octavarium.
SC: The Ministry of Lost Souls - In The Presence of Enemies Pt 2
BC&SL: The Best of Times - The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE: Bridges in the Sky - Outcry
Cross Album: It's tied between Finally Free - The Glass Prison and Only a Matter of Time - Pull me Under
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WDADU - Ytse Jam/The killing hand
I&W- Take the time/ Surrounded
Awake - The mirror/ Lie
FII - Hells Kitchen/ Lines in the Sand
SFAM - Scene 2/Scene 3
SDOIT - Blind Faith/Misunderstood
TOT - Vacant/Stream of consciousness
Octavarium - I walk beside you/Panic attack
SC - Prophets of war/ Ministry of lost souls
BC&SL - Best of times/ Count of tuscany (even though i dont like tbot)
ADTOE - Lost not forgotten/ This is the life
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WDADU Light Fuse and Get Away / Afterlife
I&W Metropolis / Under a Glass Moon
Awake The Mirror / Lie
FII Lines In The Sand / Take Away My Pain
SFAM Scene Two: I. Overture 1928 II. Strange Deja Vu / Scene Three: I. Through My Words II. Fatal Tragedy
SDOIT The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
ToT Endless Sacrifice / Honor Thy Father
8vm Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC The Ministry of Lost Souls / In The Presence of Enemies (Pt 2)
BC&SL The Best Of Times / The Count Of Tuscany
ADTOE Bridges In The Sky / Outcry
Cross Finally Free/The Glass Prison
edit: SDOIT. bloody hell....
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WDADU: I don't know
I&W: Wait for Sleep / Leaning to Live
Awake : Erotomania / Voices
FII: Hell's Kitchen / Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Scene 2 / Scene 3
6DOIT: Misunderstood - (epic cross) - The Great Debate
ToT: Stream of Consciousness / In the Name of God
Octavarium: Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
Systematic Chaos(?): The Ministry of lost Souls / In the Presence of Enemies pt.2
BC&SL: The Best of Times / The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE: Far from Heaven / Breaking All Illusions
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WDADU - The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun + Only a Matter of Time (tough call between the two pairs with TOWHtStS)
I&W - Metropolis + Under a Glass Moon
Awake - Erotomania + Voices (hate to leave The Silent Man off, though)
FII - Anna Lee + Trial of Tears (No two in a row I love, but Anna Lee is a nice prelude in a pair like this)
SFAM - 2 + 3 (tough)
SDOIT - Blind Faith + Misunderstood
TOT - Stream of Consciousness + In the Name of God
8VM - :| No two in a row I even like.
SC - In The Presence of Enemies pt 1 + Forsaken
BC&SL - A Nightmare to Remember + A Rite of Passage (No great pair)
ADTOE - Breaking All Illusions + Beneath the Surface
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I'll submit my all time favorite because nothing comes close:
The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
...their two greatest songs or at a minimum my two favorites.
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WDADU: Status Seeker/Ytse Jam
I&W: Surrounded/Metropolis Part 1
Awake: Erotomania/Voices
FII: Anna Lee/Trial Of Tears (though I don't like Anna Lee that much)
SFAM: Overture 1928+Strange Déjà Vu/Through My Words+Fatal Tragedy
SDOIT: The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT: This Dying Soul/Endless Sacrifice
8VM: Octavarium/The Root Of All Evil (not that anyone ever listens to it like this)
SC: The Dark Eternal Night/Repentance
BC&SL: The Best Of Times/The Count Of Tuscany
ADTOE: Bridges In The Sky/Outcry
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WDADU: Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
I&W: Metropolis/Under a Glass Moon (easiest choice)
AW: Lifting Shadows/Scarred
FII: ugh . . . Hells Kitchen/Lines in the Sand I guess
SFAM: Fatal Tragedy/Beyond This Life
SDOIT: The Great Debate/Disappear
TOT: Stream of Consciousness/In the Name of God
OV: Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC: ugh again . . . Forsaken/Constant Motion
BCSL: The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE: Lost Not Forgotten/This is the Life
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Dream and Day - YtseJam / Killing Hand
Images and Words - Wait For Sleep / Learning to Live
Awake - Scarred / Space Dye Vest (oh I went there..)
Falling into Infinity - Gotta be Hells Kitchen / Lines in the Sand
Scenes - Tough... going with Through My Words , Fatal Tragedy / Beyond this life
Six Degrees - Probably Great Debate / Disappear (I love Disappear intro)
Train of Thought - another toughy... Vacant / Stream of C.
Octavarium - Panic Attack / Never Enough
Systematic - ITPOE 1 / Forsaken
Black Clouds - I really dont like any of them... so probably Passage / Wither
ADTOE - argh tough one! Bridges / Outcry
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WDADU: Light Fuse And Get Away -> Afterlife
I&W: Surrounded -> Metropolis
Awake: Erotomania -> Voices
FII: Hell's Kitchen -> Lines in the sand (Easiest choice by far)
SFAM: Scene Two -> Scene Three
6DOIT: Misunderstood -> The Great Debate
ToT: As I Am -> This Dying Soul
8V: Sacrificed Sons -> Octavarium
SC: ITPOE.Pt1 -> Forsaken
BC&SL: The Best Of Times -> The Count Of Tuscany
ADTOE: Far From Heaven -> Breaking All Illusions
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WDADU -------Status Seeker/The Ytse Jam
I&W------------Wait For Sleep/Learning To Live
Awake---------Lifting Shadows Off A Dream/Scarred
FII--------------Hell's Kitchen/Lines In The Sand
SFAM-----------Home/The Dance Of Eternity
SDOIT----------The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT-------------Vacant/Stream Of Consciousness
8VM------------Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC--------------In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 1/Forsaken
BC&SL---------The Best Of Times/The Count Of Tuscany
ADTOE---------Bridges In The Sky/Outcry
Cross Album: In The Name Of God/The Root Of All Evil
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WDADU: The Ytse Jam / The Killing Hand
I&W: Surrounded / Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
Awake: Scarred / Space-Dye Vest
Falling into Infinity: Peruvian Skies / Hollow Years
Metr. Pt. 2: SFAM: Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On / Scene Nine: Finally Free
SDOIT: The Great Debate / Disappear
TOT: Vacant / Stream of Consciousness
Octavarium: Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SysChaos: The Ministry of Lost Souls / In The Presence of Enemies Pt. 2
BC&SL: I honestly don't give a damn, but I'll say TBOT into TCOT
ADTOE: This is the Life / Bridges in the Sky
Cross Album: Scene Nine: Finally Free / The Glass Prison
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You know what has the most amazing transition between songs? Build Me Up, Break Me Down -> Lost Not Forgotten. Admittedly, BMU,BMD is a weaker song on ADTOE, but that final string section is exactly the type of magic I crave from DT. The most haunting and tragic thing on the album. I wish DT would incorporate more of that atmosphere in the future. And then, the galloping, which flows seamlessly into LNF's piano intro. THEN THAT MAIN RIFF! AND THEN THE TICKLE SECTION! AND THEN THAT WHOPPER OF A CHUGGING RIFF!
Seriously, those 4 minutes right there (BMU,BMD's string section -> LNF's chuggy riff) are some of the best in DT's catalogue, I reckon. But that said, ADTOE's best "One-Two" is Bridges In the Sky + Outcry.
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Ok so bear with me here since I'm still relatively new to DT, I still haven't heard all of WDADU and FII (I plan on buying them soon)... I hope no one gets mad at me for bumping this post as I thought it was a pretty cool idea and found it by searching for something else.
Images and Words: Metropolis / Under A Glass Moon
Awake: 6:00 / Caught In A Web
SFAM: Fatal Tragedy / Beyond This Life
SDOIT: The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
ToT: As I Am / This Dying Soul
Octavarium: The Root of All Evil / The Answer Lies Within
Systematic Chaos: The Dark Eternal Night / Repentance
Black Clouds and Silver Linings: The Best of Times / The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE: Breaking All Illusions / Beneath The Surface
Cross Album: Tough to say but I guess In The Name of God / The Root of All Evil
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WDADU - LFAGA/afterlife
I&W - metrop/UAGM
Awake - mirror/lie
FII - hells kitchen/lines
Scenes - home/dance
6DOIT - TGP/blind faith
TOT - as I am/TDS
8V - sacrificed sons/8V
SC - constant motion/TDEN
BCSL - ANTR/AROP
ADTOE - BITS/outcry
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those two are the hardest albums for people to like, for some reason. no worries.
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WDADU - Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
IAW - Metropolis/Under a Glass Moon
Awake - 6:00/Caught in a Web
FII - Peruvian Skies/Hollow Years
SFAM - Home/The Dance of Eternity
SDOIT - Goodnight Kiss/Solitary Shell
ToT - This Dying Soul/Endless Sacrifice
8VM - The Answer Lies Within/These Walls
SC - The Ministry of Lost Souls/Presence pt 2
BC&SL- The Best of Times/The count of tuscany
ADTOE - Bridges/Outcry
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WDADU - Light Fuse and Get Away/Afterlife
I&W - Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake - Scarred/Space-Dye Vest
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
SFAM - The Spirit Carries on/Finally Free
SDOIT - Blind Faith/Misunderstood
TOT - Vacant/Stream of Consciousness
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - The Dark Eternal Night/Repentance
BCSL - The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - Breaking All Illusions/Beneath the Surface
Crossover - Finally Free/The Glass Prison
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SDOIT: The Glass Prison - Blind Faith
TOT: Endless Sacrifice - Honor Thy Father
8VM: mmmm, can't pick here since I only enjoy Octavarium.
SC: The Ministry of Lost Souls - In The Presence of Enemies Pt 2
BC&SL: The Best of Times - The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE: Bridges in the Sky - Outcry
SDOIT The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
ToT Endless Sacrifice / Honor Thy Father
8vm Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC The Ministry of Lost Souls / In The Presence of Enemies (Pt 2)
BC&SL The Best Of Times / The Count Of Tuscany
ADTOE Bridges In The Sky / Outcry
Well Nem, no matter what the roulette results say we do have something in common musically :D
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WDADU - Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
I&W - Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake - Scarred/Space-Dye Vest
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
SFAM - Haven't listened to this album yet
SDOIT - The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
ToT - Stream of Consciousness/In the Name of God (As I Am and This Dying Soul is extremely good as well)
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - The Ministry of Lost Souls/In the Presence of enemies Pt. II
BC&SL - A Nightmare to Remember/A Rite of Passage
ADToE - Bridges in the Sky/Outcry
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I&W - Metropolis/Under A Glass Moon
Awake - Erotomania/Voices or The Mirror/Lie
FII - Burning My Soul/Hells Kitchen
SFAM - Overture 1928/Strange Deja Vu
6 Degrees - The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
Goodnight Kiss/Solitary Shell
ToT - This Dying Soul/Endless Sacrifice
8 - NA
SC - Prophets of War/The Ministry of Lost Souls
BC&SL - NA
ADTOE - This Is the Life/Bridges In the Sky
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When Dream And Day Unite - Ytse Jam -> The Killing Hand
Images and Words - Surrounded -> Metropolis Pt. 1
Awake - The Mirror -> Lie (I pretty much consider The Mirror incomplete without Lie)
Falling Into Infinity - Hell's Kitchen -> Lines In The Sand
Scenes From A Memory - The Dance Of Eternity -> One Last Time
6 Degrees - Blind Faith -> Misunderstood (2 best songs on the album)
Train Of Thought - As I Am -> This Dying Soul
Octavarium - The Root Of All Evil -> The Answer Lies Within
Systematic Chaos - Prophets of War -> The Ministry Of Lost Souls
Black Clouds - Wither -> The Shattered Fortress
A Dramatic Turn Of Events - Breaking All Illusions -> Beneath The Surface
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WDADU - The Killing Hand / Light Fuse And Get Away
I&W - Wait For Sleep / Learning To Live
Awake - Lifting Shadows Off A Dream / Scarred
FII - Hell's Kitchen / Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Home / The Dance Of Eternity
6DOIT - The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
TOT - Stream Of Consciousness / In The Name Of God
8VM - Panic Attack / Never Enough
SC - In The Presence Of Enemies / Forsaken
BC&SL - Wither / The Shattered Fortress
ADTOE - Bridges In The Sky / Outcry
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WDADU - Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
IAW - Surrounded/Metropolis
Awake - The Silent Man/The Mirror
FII - Lines in the Sand/Take Away My Pain
SFAM - Scene Six: Home/Scene Seven: The Dance of Eternity/One Last Time
SDOIT - The Great Debate/Disappear
TOT - Stream of Consciousness/In the Name of God
8V - These Walls/I Walk Beside You
SC - Constant Motion/The Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL - The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - Far From Heaven/Breaking All Illusions
Cross-Album: In the Name of God/The Root of All Evil
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WDADU - Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
IAW - Metropolis/Under a Glass Moon
Awake - Lifting Shadows/Scarred
FII - Lines in the Sand/Take Away My Pain
SFAM - Fatal Tragedy/Beyond This Life
SDOIT - The Great Debate/Disappear
TOT - Stream of Consciousness/In the Name of God
8V - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - Forsaken/Constant Motion (no good choices here)
BC&SL - The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - Lost Not Forgotten/This is the Life
Cross-Album: The Count of Tuscany/On The Backs of Angels
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WDADU: Ytse Jam -> Killing Hand
I&W: Wait For Sleep -> Learning to Live
Awake: Innocence Faded -> Erotomania
FII: Hell's Kitchen -> Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Overture 1928 -> Strange Deja Vu
6DOIT: Misunderstood -> The Great Debate
ToT: Stream of Conscience -> In the Name of God
8VM: Sacrificed Sons -> Octovarium
SC: Constant Motion -> Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL: The Best of Times -> Count of Tuscany
ADTOE: Bridges in the Sky -> Outcry
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SDOIT The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
ToT Endless Sacrifice / Honor Thy Father
8vm Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC The Ministry of Lost Souls / In The Presence of Enemies (Pt 2)
BC&SL The Best Of Times / The Count Of Tuscany
ADTOE Bridges In The Sky / Outcry
Well Nem, no matter what the roulette results say we do have something in common musically :D
I love that! :laugh:
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:laugh:
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WDADU-Ytse Jam+The Killing Hand
I&W-Wait For Sleep+Learning To live
Awake-The Mirrot+Lie
FII-Hell's Kitchen+Lines In The Sand
SFAM-TDOE-One Last Time
SDOIT-Title track
ToT-As I Am-This Dying Soul
8varium-Panic Attack+Never Enough
SC-Constant Motion+TDEN
BC&SL-None
ADTOE-BITS+Outcry
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Sacrificed Sons - Octavarium
Stream of Consciousness - In The Name Of God
Overture 1928 - Strange Deja Vu :neverusethis:
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Picking anything but The Mirror/Lie for Awake just seems so wrong to me. Then again, a lot of people dislike Lie.
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Picking anything but The Mirror/Lie for Awake just seems so wrong to me. Then again, a lot of people dislike Lie.
Lie is The Mirror's tiny parasitic sea partner, that bites down into The Mirror's body where it can't get rid of it and stays there feeding upon it for nutrients, eventually fusing to its body so they become one; a powerful and dominant creature, and its pitiful little parasite.
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Blob, I love you (Semi homo)
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WDADU: Light Fuse and Get Away -> Afterlife
I&W: Either WfS -> Learning to Live or Surrounded -> Metropolis. I think I'll go with the latter.
Awake: Scarred -> Space-Dye Vest (I'm sorry, Blob.)
FII: Anna Lee -> Trial of Tears (yes, not HK -> LITS, deal with it.)
SFAM: One Last Time -> The Spirit Carries On
SDOIT: Another hard one... I'll go with TGD -> Disappear, which barely edged out TGP -> Blind Faith
ToT: Stream of Consciousness -> In the Name of God, though it kind of feels a little wrong to not have Vacant in there with them.
8VM: Sacrificed Sons -> Octavarium
SC: The Ministry of Lost Souls -> In the Presence of Enemies
BC&SL: Wither -> The Shatter Fortress
ADTOE: Breaking All Illusions -> Beneath the Surface
Cross-album: Either In the Name of God -> The Root of All Evil or The Count of Tuscany -> On the Backs of Angels. I won't decide on this one.
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^ I like how you added cross-album. Mine would probably be Learning to Live --> 6:00 or Octavarium --> ITPOE pt.1
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Lie is The Mirror's tiny parasitic sea partner, that bites down into The Mirror's body where it can't get rid of it and stays there feeding upon it for nutrients, eventually fusing to its body so they become one; a powerful and dominant creature, and its pitiful little parasite.
I've also read that Lie is The Mirror's mentally challenged cousin, so your metaphor is only second-best (unless you came up with the first one as well) :)
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Nice thread Marc. :hat
WDADU - YTSE Jam/The Killing Hand
IAW - Wait For Sleep / Learning To Live
Awake - Way too fucking hard, you have 3 stellar combos - Erotomania/Voices, The Mirror/Lie and Scarred/SDV
FII - Hell's Kitchen / Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Home/TDOE
SDOIT - Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT - Endless Sacrifice/Honor thy Father
8VM - Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC - ITPOE Pt. 1/Forsaken, for lack of a better combo
BC&SL - TBOT/TCOT
ADTOE - Bridges in the Sky/Outcry
edit - Damn...forgot the cross album - Learning to Live/6:00 :hefdaddy
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I shall attempt:
WDADU - not familiar
IaW - Wait For Sleep/Learning To Live
Awake - Erotomania/Voices/The Silent Man (more of a 1-2-3 punch :biggrin: )
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Overture 1928/Strange Deja Vu
SDOIT - The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
TOT - As I Am/This Dying Soul
8V - Octavarium/The Root Of All Evil
SC - The Ministry of Lost Souls/In The Presence of Enemies Pt II
BC/SL - Wither/The Shattered Fortress
ADToE - On The Backs of Angels/Build Me Up, Break Me Down/Lost Not Forgotten (another killer 1-2-3)
Cross album - The Count Of Tuscany/On The Backs of Angels
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Lie is The Mirror's tiny parasitic sea partner, that bites down into The Mirror's body where it can't get rid of it and stays there feeding upon it for nutrients, eventually fusing to its body so they become one; a powerful and dominant creature, and its pitiful little parasite.
I've also read that Lie is The Mirror's mentally challenged cousin, so your metaphor is only second-best (unless you came up with the first one as well) :)
Yes, that was me. :lol I'm so honored that you remember it too.
And that's my best one-two punch.
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Yes, that was me. :lol I'm so honored that you remember it too.
And that's my best one-two punch.
If it's mentally challenged, then it's like Forrest Gump, because Lie is awesome.
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Yes, that was me. :lol I'm so honored that you remember it too.
And that's my best one-two punch.
If it's mentally challenged, then it's like Forrest Gump, because Lie is awesome.
No, it's more like Adam Sandler's character in every movie that isn't Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison.
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No, it's more like Adam Sandler's character in every movie that isn't Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison.
Mr. Deeds, The Longest Yard, Big Daddy, Click... Adam Sandler plays some pretty cool characters in those movies. Certainly better than Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison.
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No, it's more like Adam Sandler's character in every movie that isn't Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison.
Mr. Deeds, The Longest Yard, Big Daddy, Click... Adam Sandler plays some pretty cool characters in those movies. Certainly better than Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison.
They're all terrible, just terrible. The only acceptable answer would have been Little Nicky.
And now an innocent comment about Lie being a parasitic sea creature has taken us off topic somehow. :P
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Grown Ups is classic Sandler.
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They're all terrible, just terrible. The only acceptable answer would have been Little Nicky.
And now an innocent comment about Lie being a parasitic sea creature has taken us off topic somehow. :P
They're all normal, certainly non-retarded characters. Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't say Water Boy.
But Lie is awesome. Best heavy DT song of the 90's.
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But Lie is awesome. Best heavy DT song of the 90's.
Lie is the start of Awake's nosedive into the half hour stretch that drags Awake down to my most disliked DT album. If that's the best heaviness DT could manage in the 90s, that's just sad. The Mirror is much better.
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Lie is the start of Awake's nosedive into the half hour stretch that drags Awake down to my most disliked DT album. If that's the best heaviness DT could manage in the 90s, that's just sad. The Mirror is much better.
The Mirror starts off great, but kind of drags on. Lie's main riff is pure awesome.
And personally, I'd say Awake has stumbles all throughout. Innocence Faded, while a pretty cool song, isn't anything special. The beginning of Erotomania is pretty annoying, and a bit of a grind, Lifting Shadows again, pretty cool, but nothing too special, and Space-Dye Vest... Well, let's not get into that.
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Lie is the start of Awake's nosedive into the half hour stretch that drags Awake down to my most disliked DT album. If that's the best heaviness DT could manage in the 90s, that's just sad. The Mirror is much better.
The Mirror starts off great, but kind of drags on. Lie's main riff is pure awesome.
And personally, I'd say Awake has stumbles all throughout. Innocence Faded, while a pretty cool song, isn't anything special. The beginning of Erotomania is pretty annoying, and a bit of a grind, Lifting Shadows again, pretty cool, but nothing too special, and Space-Dye Vest... Well, let's not get into that.
I actually like every song up until Lie. Lie is the beginning of the end for me. And well I've already summed up my thoughts on Lie earlier. :lol
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If it wasn't for Scarred, the last half of Awake would have been the best album. That's what the cassette is for though..
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I actually like every song up until Lie. Lie is the beginning of the end for me. And well I've already summed up my thoughts on Lie earlier. :lol
Well, your THOUGHTS are a lie!
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The Ytse Jam + The Killing Hand
Metropolis + Under A Glass Moon
Scarred + Space Dye Vest
Hell's Kitchen + Lines In The Sand
The Spirit Carries On + Finally Free
The Glass Prison + Blind Faith
Stream Of Consciousness + In The Name Of God
Sacrificed Sons + Octavarium
The Ministry of Lost Souls + In The Presence Of Enemies, Part II
The Best Of Times + The Count Of Tuscany
Far From Heaven + Breaking All Illusions
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WD&DU: Afterlife / The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
I&W: Wait for Sleep / Learning to Live
Awake: Scarred / Space-Dye Vest
FII: Hell's Kitchen / Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu
6DOIT: The Glass Prison / Blind Faith
TOT: Endless Sacrifice / Honor Thy Father
Octavarium: Sacrificed Sons / Octavarium
SC: ITPOE1 / Forsaken
BC&SL: A Nightmare to Remember / A Rite of Passage
ADTOE: Breaking All Illusions / Beneath the Surface
Updated the ones in bold and added ADTOE.
Picking anything but The Mirror/Lie for Awake just seems so wrong to me. Then again, a lot of people dislike Lie.
What about Scarred and Space-Dye Vest? That's one hell of a one-two punch as well although they don't flow into each other!
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What about Scarred and Space-Dye Vest? That's one hell of a one-two punch as well although they don't flow into each other!
That's the kind of thing I need to call it a one-two punch :) otherwise, anything involving SDV wins by default, for me.
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Space-Dye Vest = :heart
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Space-Dye Vest = :heart
I agree with the other Rich.
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I actually like every song up until Lie. Lie is the beginning of the end for me. And well I've already summed up my thoughts on Lie earlier. :lol
Well, your THOUGHTS are a lie!
I hope you're trolling and not being an opinionated dick.
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I actually like every song up until Lie. Lie is the beginning of the end for me. And well I've already summed up my thoughts on Lie earlier. :lol
Well, your THOUGHTS are a Lie!
There, is it more clear where I was going with that?
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I actually like every song up until Lie. Lie is the beginning of the end for me. And well I've already summed up my thoughts on Lie earlier. :lol
Well, your THOUGHTS are a Lie!
There, is it more clear where I was going with that?
Damn. I noticed it but thought it was so obvious that I completely missed the point XD.
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WDADU - Ytsé Jam/The Killing Hand
IAW - Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake - Caught in a Web/Innocence Faded
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
SFAM - The Spirit Carries On/Finally Free
SDOIT - Blind Faith/Misunderstood
TOT - Vacant/Stream of Consciousness
8VM - Panic Attack/Never Enough
SC - Repentance/Prophets of War
BC&SL - The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - Bridges in the Sky/Outcry
Cross albums - Space Dye-Vest/New Millenium
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When Dream and Day Unite - Ytse Jam + The Killing Hand
Images and Words - Wait for Sleep + Learning to Live
Awake - The Mirror + Lie
Falling Into Infinity - Hell's Kitchen + Lines in the Sand
Scenes from a Memory - Scene Three (I. Through My Words, II. Fatal Tragedy) + Scene Four (I. Beyond This Life)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - The Glass Prison + Blind Faith
Train of Thought - Vacant + Stream of Consciousness
Octavarium - Sacrificed Sons + Octavarium
Systematic Chaos - The Ministry of Lost Souls + In the Presence of Enemies Pt. II
Black Clouds & Silver Linings - The Best of Times + The Count of Tuscany
A Dramatic Turn of Events - Bridges in the Sky + Outcry
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Holy thread bump Batman!
I was looking for something else and came across this thread and thought with two albums having come out since the last post, it would be interesting to see what peoples one-two punch is for DT12 and TA as well as to see if anyone's one-two punch for the previous 11 albums changed.
When Dream and Day Unite: Afterlife/The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
Images and Words: Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake: 6:00/Caught in a Web
Falling Into Infinity: Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
Scenes From a Memory: Home/The Dance of Eternity
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: The Glass Prison/Blind Faith
Train of Thought: Vacant/Stream of Consciousness
Octavarium: Panic Attack/Never Enough (the title track is strong enough that SS/8vm could also work here)
Systematic Chaos: The Ministry of Lost Souls/In the Presence of Enemies Pt. II
Black Clouds & Silver Linings: The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
A Dramatic Turn of Events: Breaking All Illusions/Beneath the Surface
Dream Theater: Along for the Ride/Illumination Theory
The Astonishing: Dystopian Overture/The Gift of Music
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When Dream and Day Unite: Ytse Jam/The Killing Hand
Images and Words: Wait for Sleep/Learning to Live
Awake: The Mirror/Lie
Falling into Infinity: Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
Scenes from a Memory: The Spirit Carries On/Finally Free
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: The Great Debate/Disappear
Train of Thought: Stream of Consciousness/In the Name of God
Octavarium: Panic Attack/Never Enough
Systematic Chaos: The Dark Eternal Night/Repentance
Black Clouds and Silver Linings: The Shattered Fortress/The Best of Times
A Dramatic Turn of Events: Far From Heaven/Breaking All Illusions
Dream Theater: The Bigger Picture/Behind the Veil
The Astonishing: The Path That Divides/The Walking Shadow (I consider Machine Chatter as a connector)
I would like to see another Soft Piano Song/Crazy Prog Song pair in the future.
Cross Album: Octavarium/In the Presence of Enemies - Part I
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For the albums I have:
I&W: Surrounded/Metropolis
Awake: Erotomania/Voices
FII: Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand
SFAM: Home/The Dance of Eternity
6DOIT: Misunderstood/The Great Debate
8VM: Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
BC&SL: The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE: Bridges in the Sky/Outcry
DT12: Enigma Machine/The Bigger Picture
TA: 2285 Entr'acte/Moment of Betrayal
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1. The Bigger Picture - Behind the Veil
2. Ravenskill - Chosen
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IAW - Metropolis Part 1/Under A Glass Moon
Awake - The Mirror/Lie
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Home/The Dance of Eternity
SDOIT - Misunderstood/The Great Debate. This was the toughest one for me. I almost chose The Glass Prison/Blind Faith.
TOT - Stream of Consciousness/In The Name of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - Constant Motion/Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL - The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - Bridges In The Sky/Outcry
DT12 - Enigma Machine/The Bigger Picture
TA - Ravenskill/Chosen. This was another tough one simply because there were so many songs on the album.
Cross Album - Finally Free/The Glass Prison
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The Killing Hand/Light Fuse and Get Away :metal
Metropolis/Under A Glass Moon
Erotomania/Voices (it's part of a suite though.....)
Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the sand
Fatal Tragedy/Beyond This Life
Blind Faith/Misunderstood
Honor Thy Father/Vacant
Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
(Systematic Chaos N/A for me)
Best Of Times/Count Of Tuscany
Bridges in the Sky/Outcry
Enigma Machine/Bigger Picture? :-\
X Aspect/A New Beginning
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WDADU - The Killing Hand / A Fortune in Lies
I&W - Under a Glass Moon / Learning to Live
Awake - Voices / Scarred
FII - Lines in the Sand / Trial of Tears
SFAM - Fatal Tragedy / Finally Free
SDOIT - Blind Faith / SDOIT
ToT - Endless Sacrifice / Honor Thy Father
Octavarium - The Root of all Evil / Octavarium
SC - In The Presence of Enemies / The Ministry of Lost Souls
BC&SL - A Nightmare to Remember / The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - This is the Life / Breaking All Illusions
DT12 - The Looking Glass / Behind The Veil
TA - There are no two songs good enough to be called "One-Two Punch"
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WDADU - YtseJam/The Killing Hand :metal :metal :metal
I&W - Surrounded/Metropolis
Awake - Silent Man/The Mirror
FII - Hell's Kitchen/Lines In The Sand (Didn't even have to think about this one :biggrin:)
Scenes - Scene 6: Home/Scene 7: The Dance Of Eternity, One Last Time
6DoiT - The Great Debate/Disappear
ToT - Stream Of Consciousness/In The Name Of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons/Octavarium
SC - Constant Motion/Dark Eternal Night
BC&SL - The Best Of Times/The Count Of Tuscany
ADToE - Breaking All Illusions/Beneath The Surface
DT12 - Enemy Inside/Looking Glass
Astonishing - A New Beginning/Road To Revolution
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The Ones Who Helped To Set The Sun/Only A Matter of Time
Surrounded/Metropolis pt.1
Lifting Shadows Off A Dream/Scarred
Anna Lee/Trial of Tears
Through Her Eyes/Home
Blind Faith/Misunderstood
Stream of Consciousness/In The Name of God
These Walls/I Walk Beside You
Prophets of War/The Ministry of Lost Souls
The Best of Times/The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions/Beneath The Surface
The Bigger Picture/Behind The Veil
Act of Faythe/Three Days
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WDADU - Status Seeker -> Ytse Jam
I&W - Wait for Sleep -> Learning to Live
Awake - The Mirror -> Lie
FII - Hells Kitchen -> Lines in the Sand
Scenes - Home -> Dance of Eterninty/One Last Time
6DoiT - The Glass Prison -> Blind Faith
ToT - Stream Of Consciousness -> In The Name Of God
8VM - Sacrificed Sons -> Octavarium
SC - In The Presence of Enemies Pt 1 -> Forsaken
BC&SL - A Nightmare to Remember -> A Rite of Passage
ADToE - Bridges in the Sky -> Outcry
DT12 - Behind the Veil -> Surrender to Reason
Astonishing - Ravenskill -> Chosen
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Also the covers part of ACOS, the transition of In The Flesh to Carry On My Wayward Son is outstanding!