I still don't get Blob's hate for Scarred. It's heavy, intense, sung kickassedly by JLB, has a beautiful melodic section in the middle, a kick ass solo and outro. And LSOAD is a beautiful ballad. Space Dye Vest is just OK, but the other songs are amazing.
The chorus melody is so poor that it sounds like they just randomly went up and down the scale to write it, and the first phrase ends on a complete nowhere note that doesn't do anything. It's completely careless. And those church bells sound so misplaced and confused. It makes me wince every time I attempt to listen to it, like nails on a chalkboard to me.
And the outro is out of nowhere tacked on, and completely unnecessary, and tries to be all proggy for the sake of it, and loses all sense of melody and rhythm in the process.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces.
I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have done the new cover anyway...
I agree. I really don't see them switching from Hugh Syme. He just recently did the Luna Park cover, so I'd be pretty sure he'll do DT12 too.