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Offline Vajra

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Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« on: September 13, 2011, 06:09:43 PM »
According to the "What is your favorite song off the new album" thread, BITS is the second most popular song off the album. I'm in the same boat, this one is my second favorite as well. I'd go as far as to say it's one of the best songs DT has ever written. A totally fresh and unique intro, one of the most brutal main riffs I've ever heard, an absolutely stunning chorus, and fantastic/unique lyrics by JP.

Ya did good BITS, ya did good.  :tup

Can't wait to hear this live!  :metal

PS: Keep the discussion of the Shaman's throat singing out of the thread for god's sake lol. You can discuss that in the following thread specifically for it!

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=27615.0

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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 06:12:31 PM »
It's the best heavy song since The Glass Prison. And the chorus is one of the highlights of the album.  :metal
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2011, 06:13:41 PM »
This song is absolutely glorious. From the Gregorian choirs, the soaring melodies, the "Shaman take my hand" part, or even the throat singing, everything about this song just blows me away. Definitely one of the best of the album.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2011, 06:14:53 PM »
Best chorus on the album...It would be my favorite song on the album if I liked the instrumental section a little more.  I LOVE the instrumental parts before and after JP/JRs' solos...but I think the solos themselves don't quite do the song justice.  Still my 2nd favorite track on the album, though.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2011, 06:16:33 PM »
Quote from: Metrovarium on September 13, 2011, 06:12:31 PM
It's the best heavy song since The Glass Prison. And the chorus is one of the highlights of the album.  :metal
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2011, 06:20:45 PM »
Best song on the album. While it is all good, the JLB's chorus and the music underneath kick it up a few notches.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2011, 06:28:30 PM »
My opinion of it from the main thread:
Quote from: IJewBear on September 09, 2011, 05:32:23 PM
Bridges in the Sky
Oh man. That intro is so weird. I love it. It would be a great song to open a show with. Once the intro fades out and the band comes in, it just dumps the awesomeness right on you. I love it. It's very heavy but not like the heaviness of the past 3 albums. It's a very tasteful heaviness. I had doubts when I heard the snippet to this song. It sounded bland and uninspired. Wrong. The pre-chorus is so heavy and the melody that attaches to it is no exception. It melodic yet not a typical melody. It's really fresh. That chorus. Seriously, it's as DT as you can get. It's soaring! One of my favorite choruses to date. JLB sounds amazing once again on this track. So far, he has yet to disappoint me. The instrumental section sounds a bit like the past albums but it doesn't feel forced. It fits very nicely in there. It's not too long, not too short. Just right. It transitions right into the last chorus perfectly. Once again, a soaring chorus that ends on an unexpected note but that just makes it that much better. It ends dark that suits the songs a little better. One last Shaman call to end it.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2011, 06:32:49 PM »
when i first heard the album, after about 5 times through my list was

LNF, Outcry, BITS, BAL

now its

BITS, BAL (growing on me a lot), Outcry, LNF
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2011, 07:14:18 PM »
I love the whole into. It's so atmospheric and awesome.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2011, 07:18:28 PM »
Quote from: Perpetual Change on September 13, 2011, 07:14:18 PM
I love the whole into. It's so atmospheric and awesome.

Into what?
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2011, 07:20:06 PM »
Being the only song I've heard on the album, I love it. The chorus is excellent and it has all the right pieces. Is it wrong though that when I put it on my iPod, I will rename it The Shaman's Trance?

Remember when Aniland said Track 5 would be the most lauded on the album, looks like he wasn't too far off
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2011, 07:23:07 PM »
I like it, heaviest song on the album with great riffs but also with soaring chorus and bridge. It's also good to have one longer song that isn't made up mostly of an instrumental, with a rather short one (by DT standards) towards the end. I still prefer Outcry and Breaking All Illusions at the moment though.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2011, 07:28:07 PM »
the whole time i was listening to BITS i was just thinking "this shouldve been the end to the the 12 step suite' (with different lyrics of course)


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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2011, 07:35:42 PM »
Best song on the album, really.

I love the song.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2011, 07:48:09 PM »
It gets better each time I listen to it. So Awesome!!!
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2011, 07:58:05 PM »
Love love LOVE this song.  It's so amazing.  I've only heard up to this song so far and I can already tell this will be one of my top favorite albums.  I was listening to it on the way home tonight for the first time and there was a thunderstorm in the distance and you could see the lightning every few seconds light up the sky.  It was definitely an awesome way to hear this song for the first time! :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2011, 08:10:18 PM »
Right now it's my second favorite song on the album. The chorus is absolutely killer, one of my favorites DT has ever written, and it reminds of of Honor Thy Father in how chock full of :metal riffs it is
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #17 on: September 13, 2011, 11:39:50 PM »
Definitely one of my favourites on the album, perhaps 2nd. Lots of nice riffing, and JLB sounds really good on it. And that chorus is great, and goes on forever (in a good way).
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #18 on: September 13, 2011, 11:42:22 PM »
Absolutely killer song in every way imaginable.  I had the "Bridges in the sky" chorus part stuck in my head all evening. :metal
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2011, 11:43:49 PM »
Quote from: BlobVanDam on September 13, 2011, 11:39:50 PM
Definitely one of my favourites on the album, perhaps 2nd. Lots of nice riffing, and JLB sounds really good on it. And that chorus is great, and goes on forever (in a good way).

Agreed.  Never saw that "And at last the time has come" part coming.  The chorus builds in such a fluid and epic way even with it's length(what amazing writing it is to do so), especially at the end of the 2nd one where it leads into the instrumental.  "Shaman take my HAAAANND" (whilst Petrucci and Myung simultaneously play their crazy descending scales)   Man...#1 part for getting chills from the album IMO  ;D
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2011, 11:47:49 PM »
Quote from: Heretic on September 13, 2011, 06:13:41 PM
This song is absolutely glorious. From the Gregorian choirs, the soaring melodies, the "Shaman take my hand" part, or even the throat singing, everything about this song just blows me away. Definitely one of the best of the album.

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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2011, 01:26:00 AM »
It's one of the best songs they have ever written and recorded, and it is one of my favourite songs currently..
A top 10 DT song for me, without question.

There isn't anything to say about it that hasn't been said before..
Everything is just great.. The instrumental section just works so perfect with the rest of the song, and it doesn't drag longer than it needs to, and the actual song still manages to be long. And, it doesn't feel like like a copy and paste job, as some of their instrumentals seem to feel at times.

My only gripe is that I wish the guitar solo was a little more dynamic, maybe going into an arabic feeling solo with the riff played right before it  as the accompaniment, only an octave lower. That, and I wish that they didn't use the "morte et dabo" sample, because it's been used way too many times already.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2011, 01:53:00 AM »
definately one of my favorites by them
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #23 on: September 14, 2011, 02:14:41 AM »
It's a Top 3 song on the album for me.

Shaman take my haaaaaaaaand
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2011, 02:34:13 AM »
My favorite on the album. I adore everything about it, especially the chorus.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #25 on: September 14, 2011, 02:53:06 AM »
This song does not need an appreciation thread ;) It appreciates itself, just like that ;) It's great, the best heavy DT since The Glass Prison for me.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #26 on: September 14, 2011, 03:22:52 AM »
Absolutely brilliant song. It's a perfect blend of heaviness and sense for melody, and the chorus is absolutely amazing. Definitely one of my favourite songs on ADTOE.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #27 on: September 14, 2011, 03:57:26 AM »
Indeed a brilliant song!
I love the Shaman and the choirs in the beginning.

And at last the time has come
to unite again as one,
to the power of the earth I'm calling.
Crossing bridges in the sky
on a journey to renew my life.
Shaman, take my hand

Fantastic section.
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #28 on: September 14, 2011, 07:41:22 AM »
is mangini the shaman and the song about "the part of me that died" being the loss of the drummer, so mangini taking the seat saved the band?
Not a fully thought through idea, interested to see if I get flamed or not
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #29 on: September 14, 2011, 08:01:53 AM »
Quote from: Mladen on September 14, 2011, 02:34:13 AM
My favorite on the album. I adore everything about it, especially the chorus.
Yep, same here. The second chorus when they first go into the second part of the chorus... :metal

I don't know about it being the best heavy song since TGP though. Bridges in the Sky is heavy? I didn't even notice :lol
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #30 on: September 14, 2011, 09:10:42 AM »
Pretty badass song. It took me a while to get into it but now I love it. The second verse is the tits' meow
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #31 on: September 14, 2011, 09:42:52 AM »
This song is amazing.  I absolutely love the lyrics and JLB's delivery of them.  I love that the first time we get the chorus, we don't get the "Bridges in the sky" part, it doesn't come in until later.  That's a great effect, and the instrumental sections are amazing as well.

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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #32 on: September 14, 2011, 09:52:06 AM »
Quote from: Bolsters on September 14, 2011, 08:01:53 AM
Quote from: Mladen on September 14, 2011, 02:34:13 AM
My favorite on the album. I adore everything about it, especially the chorus.
Yep, same here. The second chorus when they first go into the second part of the chorus... :metal

I don't know about it being the best heavy song since TGP though. Bridges in the Sky is heavy? I didn't even notice :lol

Y'know, I kinda know what you mean. While the main riff (what was in the snippet) is undoubtedly heavy, the heavy parts on this song and album seem to be free of that dark undertone that seemed to be present on Systematic Chaos, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, and a little bit of Train of Thought.

This song is awesome. The chorus is most likely my fav part, although I love the instrumental as well. It seems so fresh to me, I didn't even notice that it contained the typical Petrucci/Rudess trade-off solo's until someone mentioned it.

However, as much as I love this new album, I am waiting for quite awhile before I try to compare it objectively to the rest of their catalog.

Quote from: Infinite Cactus on September 14, 2011, 09:10:42 AM
Pretty badass song. It took me a while to get into it but now I love it. The second verse is the tits' meow

This is the Life's meow?  ;) :laugh:

Edit: Am I the only one who is reminded of the opening noise of Burning my Soul,  45 sec. in, just before the choir chants enter?
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Re: Bridges In The Sky: Appreciation Thread
« Reply #33 on: September 14, 2011, 10:33:10 AM »
Jordan's organ solo.  Nuff said
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« Reply #34 on: September 14, 2011, 10:40:05 AM »
It should win the "Chorus of the year" award!  :metal
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