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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: Joshin U on July 30, 2013, 08:37:36 AM
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To get our minds off of new album announcements, show your appreciation for Voices!
I LOVE this song. My favorite song of Awake and top 10 for all DT. I remember the first time I heard it, I wasn't all that impressed. But I came back to it after a while and, damn, did it grow on me fast. My favorite parts are the transition from the heavy intro to the haunting "Love, just don't stare" and the melody during "See my diary on the newstand" section.
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Best song on Awake, great atmosphere, lyrics, vocals, top 2 JP solo on awake. Can't pick a favorite part out of it, i just love the whole song.
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One of the best in the whole catalogue. It has maybe the greatest lyrics ever written for a DT song.
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It's definitely one of the songs (like most songs on Awake) that took me a loooong time to 'get'. I love it now, though. JLB's best vocals on the whole album.
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It's in my top 3 for me. Both the song and the solo.
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I think this song does not get enough recognition. (edit: guess my asuption was wrong, haven't seen it mentioned here much though).
My favorite part are the intro, the "see my diary" sections that build up to an increadible solo that is easily in the top 5 of all petrucci solos for me.
Only part I do not especially care for are the kind of high pitch screams JLB does in the verse the "But where was the Garden of Eden?" parts.
Otherwise an perfect song :metal
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I think this song does not get enough recognition.
Back before I really liked the song all that much, all I used to hear was how much people love it, so I'm pretty sure it gets plenty of recognition. Around here, at least.
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Dream Theater has a handful of songs I would describe as absolutely perfect. Voices is one of those songs. :coolio
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Amazing song with excellent lyrics, great atmosphere, a perfect performance by James and one of JP's top 5 solos :tup
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On a slightly related note, I tagged along with some friends to a metal festival last weekend. Wasn't really my cup of tea (Rammstein, Trivium, Bullet for My Valentine), but between concerts, to lift my spirits I assume, they put on DT songs, almost exclusively. The first one I heard was Voices, cut right to the "Thought disorder, dream control" part. It was unexpected and packed such an enormous punch that I couldn't believe my ears for a few seconds.
JLB's best vocals on the whole album.
Close, but I'll reserve that spot for Innocence Faded.
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*snip*
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Best song on Awake, great atmosphere, lyrics, vocals, top 2 JP solo on awake. Can't pick a favorite part out of it, i just love the whole song.
This, though I can pick a favourite part - 'Pleasantly amused enough to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy' into the solo :metal Always been my favourite song on Awake and although it's not among the real highest tier of DT songs for me, it's still fantastic.
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Simply fantastic.
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One of my all time favorite tracks from DT. Lyrically it's amazing, The "thought disorder, dream control" is the heaviest section in any DT song. Even more than the riff at the end of TDEN. I hope JP can get back to writing lyrics like this again. Absolutely love this song. :metal :tup
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One of Dream Theater's all-time bests.
The lyrics are incredible.
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Love this song, it was actually a grower for me though. When I first got Awake there were some songs that were immediate, I loved them right away. Voices was not one of those songs. I liked it, but there were others that I was more drawn to at the start.
But then after a while, it grew on me quickly, now its one of my favorites on the record. The atmosphere is excellent, each band member playing the exact part they need to play to compliment the song itself and the other players. And JP's guitar solo gives me chills every time I listen to it in the car, volume cranked up!!
Lyrically I find it to be quite interesting as well, I know lyrics are completely subjective, so to each his/her own, but I have always found them to be an intriguing look into JP from a some-what personal perspective.
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Dream Theater has a handful of songs I would describe as absolutely perfect. Voices is one of those songs. :coolio
Yep.
The way the song builds in a crescendo to its majestic conclusion makes Voices my favorite DT song, even after all these years.
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Probably the most atmospheric song on Awake, besides perhaps Scarred. 10/10 song for me, one of my favorites on the album. The guitar solo is sick, and the bridge-verse section after the heavy part is so cool. I also really like the acoustic ending that leads into The Silent Man.
I remember this one growing on me pretty fast, I liked the chorus straight away and the rest of the song came together shortly after.
I also like the song's placement in the album, being a centerpiece in a way. I feel like this song is the point in the album where "shit gets real." All the songs preceding it were fairly upbeat, heavy, driving (6:00, Innocence Faded, etc.), where as this song is serious, dramatic, powerful. The solo exemplifies this. Not sure if others feel the same way, it's just how I look at it.
But yeah, good song, one of the highlights of Awake.
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Love this song...and I feel extremely redundant sayin' that.
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Glad to see this song getting a lot of love. Its a top 5 for me for sure. Lyrics are fantastic and the atmosphere is perfect. Just a great song all around
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It's in my top 15.
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My second favourite from Awake (after Scarred) and one of my favourite DT songs. Fantastic!
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Am I the only one who loves the version of Voices they played on BCSL tour?
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Best misheard lyrics ever.
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Great song. Wish DT would write more epics like this, with less emphasis on their technical prowess and more focus on atmosphere and great songwriting.
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Best misheard lyrics ever.
I FEEL THE LEG
I FEEL THE BREAST
SEX IS DEATH
DEATH IS SEX
SEX IS RIGHT HERE ON MY CRUCIFIX
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simply 10/10 from me. Best song on Awake :hefdaddy
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My second favourite in Awake (after Scarred). Incredible song.
One of the only things that I would criticise is that sometimes I would like this song to be a stand alone so it could have it's own intro and outro (like in OIALT) and when I only want to listen to Voices it doesn't sound a little 'incomplete'. And sometimes not, because Erotomania and TSM are awesome too.
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My second favourite in Awake (after Scarred). Incredible song.
One of the only things that I would criticise is that sometimes I would like this song to be a stand alone so it could have it's own intro and outro (like in OIALT) and when I only want to listen to Voices it doesn't sound a little 'incomplete'. And sometimes not, because Erotomania and TSM are awesome too.
I totally agree with you on that. That's pretty much what deterred me from listening to it for the longest time (mostly because I'm not very fond of Erotomania). But I edited Voices in such a way that it sounds more or less stand-alone now, basically starting it off with the drums, and fading it on the outro. It's not perfect, but it gives the song some independence.
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Fan-fuckin-tastic! :hefdaddy
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Definitely gotta give this song some love...it's a top ten for me. Like a few other posters, this one didn't necessarily grab me at first but grew on me very quickly once it finally clicked and I now feel pretty comfortable saying it's my favorite song on Awake. The slow, dreamy section at 5:00 gets me every time...really, the whole thing is just incredible. It is so so dynamic...okay, I'm tired and my brain is crashing so I'm just gonna quit while I'm behind and just say this song is freaking rad :heart
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To me, this song epitomizes everything that's great about Awake.
Fantastic lyrics, atmospheric keyboards, heavy riffage, and incredible gritty vocals from LaBrie.
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My second favourite in Awake (after Scarred). Incredible song.
One of the only things that I would criticise is that sometimes I would like this song to be a stand alone so it could have it's own intro and outro (like in OIALT) and when I only want to listen to Voices it doesn't sound a little 'incomplete'. And sometimes not, because Erotomania and TSM are awesome too.
I totally agree with you on that. That's pretty much what deterred me from listening to it for the longest time (mostly because I'm not very fond of Erotomania). But I edited Voices in such a way that it sounds more or less stand-alone now, basically starting it off with the drums, and fading it on the outro. It's not perfect, but it gives the song some independence.
I'm not quite sure what y'all mean. When I listen to it by itself, it seems to stand perfectly well on its own.
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"Thought disorder, dream control"
??? What? He clearly says "Fuck this whore, drink a troll". Oops, wrong thread. :biggrin:
Anyway, "Voices" is one of my favorite DT songs. Probably my favorite Petrucci solo as well. My favorite part is "Maybe I'm just Cassandra bleeding" the riffage under that is just awesome. That part gives me a boner every time. I also like the more relaxed part leading up to the solo, for example when James sings "I'm lying here in bed...".
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This was the last song to open from Awake. It took about one and a half year. But now I love it. Especially the middle section is cool, and the solo is a great example of tasteful using of wah-wah.
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love voices. one of my favorite DT songs, i remember i listened to it when i first got Awake and i was blown away
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Voices was one of the few songs I loved from the start on Awake.
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The first thing I love is Voices. ;D
The second thing I love is that everyone on this thread is actually appreciative. :tup :tup
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It has its moments. The screaming section is not good to me, but the rest of it has positive things to take away.
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It has its moments. The screaming section is not good to me, but the rest of it has positive things to take away.
That's BOOLsheet.
No, seriously. That's you. How you've been? :D
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It has its moments. The screaming section is not good to me, but the rest of it has positive things to take away.
That's BOOLsheet.
No, seriously. That's you. How you've been? :D
Been good! Glad to be back for the DT12 excitement ;D
How you been?
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Fuck this whore.
Awesome solo.
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This song is AWESOME!!
I'm going to crazy if someone else posts the misheard lyrics for this song....
Anyways, I love the introduction for this song, it is really fitting. Myung is awesome!! The build up, the verses, the chorus, the sampling!
This song is strong throughout and is definitely a song that I really enjoy and Petrucci's solo blows my mind. Really fitting for a song, and really frantic, like the song itself.
Has some of James' finest deliveries every and the acoustic ending blows my mind again. This song is awesome.
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Is there any live rendition of this song where JL actually sings the last line like on the record?
All the live versions I've listened your mind is just sung like a simple, tasteless phrase >:(
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One of DT's all-time bests.
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All the live versions I've listened your mind is just sung like a simple, tasteless phrase >:(
That frustrates me too :lol See also: the end of 6DOIT on Score.
From a quick look on Youtube, there a couple of 1994 performances where he extends the final 'mind'.
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Haven't listened to this song in a VERY long time but always considered it a "Top 3" DT song for me.
Saw this thread, already had my headphones on, so I cued it up and closed my eyes to fully engage with it....
Mind = Blown!
The emotion, the lyrics, the music and the message of this song is all so powerful. It's a reminder of when DT is/was on, no other band could touch them.
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Yesss!
My favourite part has got to be "Like a scream but sort of silent, living off my nightmares". It's just so... haunting. And kind of intense. I love it.
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That intro is one of the most "metal af" moments, the way that guitar kicks in... what I really love about this song though is pacing and lyrics: the first makes it feel like the song is a shorter epic, packing as much punch and emotion as their longer songs in a bit less than 10 minutes, the second are arguably the most introspective lyrics ever written by Petrucci, touching some very interesting ground between faith, mental illness and perception of reality a la Philip K. Dick.
All in all, a great, memorable song, one of their best for sure.
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I was listening to the Once in a LIVEtime version of Voices today and omg, it's so good. Like, sooooo good.
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If you 'had' to do the impossible and pick the single best DT song of their discography, VOICES very well might be it. Amazing and beautiful on all aspects.
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The lack of proper live performance of Voices pains me. (Not counting OALT which I don't enjoy). I hope DT brings it to the table again for the DVD release.
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Voices has everything I love about DT in it. It is my favorite from Awake (which is saying something since that is my favorite DT record). It has so much soul in the guitar playing, so much emotion in the singing. Just an incredible tune. Great atmosphere.
I remember it used to be a daily play for me on the way from work to my LSAT review course back in 1998. Good memories of heading up to Stony Brook. lol.
The lack of proper live performance of Voices pains me. (Not counting OALT which I don't enjoy). I hope DT brings it to the table again for the DVD release.
Amen.
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The lack of proper live performance of Voices pains me. (Not counting OALT which I don't enjoy). I hope DT brings it to the table again for the DVD release.
What's wrong with the LSFNY version? That one's just about perfect if you ask me.
I know for awhile in the early 2000s, it seemed like it had gotten played a LOT, to the point where I was starting to feel burned out on it. And for some reason, they started shortening it and James seemed to be having trouble with it. That has puzzled me a bit, since he definitely has songs where he goes higher, or songs that otherwise seem more challenging to me. :dunno: Maybe some of it just falls in his gap range, or maybe it has to do with him going too hard on the gritty parts back then and burning himself out. Not sure.
Anyway, my point is just that, for a long time, it was getting played VERY regularly and, off the top of my head, was on at least two live releases. So when they did the Awake celebration on the Along For The Ride tour, I'm glad they skipped the AMBI suite in favor of a lot of songs that hadn't gotten much if any live treatment before then. But it has been absent for awhile now. I wouldn't mind seeing it come back.
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Same.
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Voices is one of my absolute favorite songs from DT, ever, and I consider it one of their ultimate masterpieces.
Yes, I really love and adhore that song that much. It's perfect. It's 10 minutes not because of a verse / chorus / verse / chorus / mindless solo section / chorus format, it takes each of those 10 minutes to change moods and going back and forth to the bombastic chorus always keeping up with wonderful vocal melodies and good lyrics.
This is Dream Theater at their very best.
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Yeah, over the years I think Voices has become my favorite track off of Awake.
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Voices is one of my absolute favorite songs from DT, ever, and I consider it one of their ultimate masterpieces.
Yes, I really love and adore that song that much. It's perfect. It's 10 minutes not because of a verse / chorus / verse / chorus / mindless solo section / chorus format, it takes each of those 10 minutes to change moods and going back and forth to the bombastic chorus always keeping up with wonderful vocal melodies and good lyrics.
This is Dream Theater at their very best.
Well said. Completely agree with you.
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The lack of proper live performance of Voices pains me. (Not counting OALT which I don't enjoy). I hope DT brings it to the table again for the DVD release.
What's wrong with the LSFNY version? That one's just about perfect if you ask me.
WTF is wrong with me? I completely forgot that one. :lol
But again, The Killing Hand and Voices are what I want to see recorded for live DVD again.
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I also like the song's placement in the album, being a centerpiece in a way. I feel like this song is the point in the album where "shit gets real." All the songs preceding it were fairly upbeat, heavy, driving (6:00, Innocence Faded, etc.), where as this song is serious, dramatic, powerful. The solo exemplifies this. Not sure if others feel the same way, it's just how I look at it.
But yeah, good song, one of the highlights of Awake.
This. So much this.
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To get our minds off of new album announcements, show your appreciation for Voices!
I LOVE this song. My favorite song of Awake and top 10 for all DT. I remember the first time I heard it, I wasn't all that impressed. But I came back to it after a while and, damn, did it grow on me fast. My favorite parts are the transition from the heavy intro to the haunting "Love, just don't stare" and the melody during "See my diary on the newstand" section.
I haven't even read the whole thread. I just had to comment to agree 100%. I received a copy of Awake on cassette a few weeks before it came out because I was the music editor of my college paper. "Voices" along with "6:00" stood out to me upon first listen ("Scarred" was not on the cassette version).
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Only part I do not especially care for are the kind of high pitch screams JLB does in the verse the "But where was the Garden of Eden?" parts.
I am generally not a fan of screaming vocals. However, this part is OK for me. It's isolated and fits the lyric
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Just listening to the LSFNY version. Myung's very simple ascending bass part just preceding the "I'm lying here in bed; feel my skin is inside out" part is so simple yet so effective at building the tension in that part of the song. :heart :heart :heart
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I love that version and couldn't agree more about the bass in that section.
I think A mind beside itself is just great with voices fitting perfectly in the middle.
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Just listening to the LSFNY version. Myung's very simple ascending bass part just preceding the "I'm lying here in bed; feel my skin is inside out" part is so simple yet so effective at building the tension in that part of the song. :heart :heart :heart
The only thing I don't like about the live version comes immediately after. The line goes "Just another sunday morning" and then "Seen my diary on the newstead, seems we've lost the truth to quicksand" etc and James sings it high (since both lines, low and high, are on the studio version), but to me it would flow better if he'd just stay low.
I'm not talking about his actual performance, let's say he completely nails it and replicates exactly the studio version, I'd still prefer for him to continue staying low.
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Voices is possibly DT's best song (tied with Scarred) :metal
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Voices is possibly DT's best song (tied with Scarred) :metal
Yes on both!!! :metal