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The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« on: September 28, 2013, 01:54:28 AM »
Quite surprised that this beast hasn't had it's own thread yet.  :omg:

Anyway. Weirdly, I found this to be one of the most intriguing parts of the whole album to me and one of the most pleasant to listen to.

What I find intriguing about is the very fact that it's considered by the band to be an "Easter Egg". There hasn't been anything like this on a DT album before, but there doesn't appear to be anything "nuggety" about it. But why the silence preceding it? As it initially appears to be a musical idea that doesn't "go" anywhere, why was it not a) part of one of the other songs b) made into a song in itself or c) left off the album entirely?

Clearly, this piece was intended to serve a specific purpose, standing by itself as opposed to being a part of Illumination Theory (perhaps this last bit is debatable). This is evidenced by it warranting its spot on the studio song charts and JP's ironic "I don't know what you're talking about" comment during the live chat.

My "theory" (if it really deserves to be called that) is that this piece is intended to be the counterpart to the False Awakening Suite. That piece was written for the live shows as the band takes the stage, and to me it seems like this will be the "exit music" played through the speakers as the crowd begins to leave the venue.

If this is truly what the band intended, I think it's a really clever idea. I think it brings the album - and potentially the live shows as well - to a really satisfying close. Now I almost wish they'd started using this device on some of their earlier albums!

What do you guys think? What purpose is this intended to serve?

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2013, 02:11:59 AM »
What Easter Egg? ???

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2013, 02:13:10 AM »
It is beautiful, and I don't know about its meaning other than being a great ending for the album. As an exit music it could make sense as you mentioned. Most of the time this is the part of the album that I keep hearing inside my head after finishing the whole thing, so I'm not sure if I'd want the outro tape to be the thing I remember the best from a live show.   :lol

The interesting thing for me to find out was that Jordan already played it on this video which was published in March.

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2013, 02:30:27 AM »
Clearly, this piece was intended to serve a specific purpose, standing by itself as opposed to being a part of Illumination Theory (perhaps this last bit is debatable). This is evidenced by it warranting its spot on the studio song charts and JP's ironic "I don't know what you're talking about" comment during the live chat.

My "theory" (if it really deserves to be called that) is that this piece is intended to be the counterpart to the False Awakening Suite. That piece was written for the live shows as the band takes the stage, and to me it seems like this will be the "exit music" played through the speakers as the crowd begins to leave the venue.

If this is truly what the band intended, I think it's a really clever idea. I think it brings the album - and potentially the live shows as well - to a really satisfying close. Now I almost wish they'd started using this device on some of their earlier albums!

What do you guys think? What purpose is this intended to serve?

I like the sound of all of that.

It feels like a cool-off to the album, like the lights have just come on in the theater as you leave or something.

I would have loved it to be worked into a whole song, and I'd love to hear it live maybe as a solo spot, but even as it is, it's a nice little piece of music.
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2013, 02:37:39 AM »
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2013, 03:22:55 AM »
It could be a way of this album flowing into the next, if the next album was to start with the same theme. Perhaps to signal a new string of albums that flow into each other?
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2013, 03:41:06 AM »
I love this piece :heart To be brutally honest I enjoy it more than IT.

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EDIT: Does anyone else think the Easter egg might be the reason the track lengths aren't on the back cover? They probably wanted it to be a surprise.

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2013, 04:15:11 AM »
I love this piece :heart To be brutally honest I enjoy it more than IT.

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EDIT: Does anyone else think the Easter egg might be the reason the track lengths aren't on the back cover? They probably wanted it to be a surprise.

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2013, 04:27:58 AM »
Would be cool if there really is a full composition, and the Easter Egg on the album is just a little preview.

Then the full thing gets performed at their concerts.
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2013, 06:11:28 AM »
I enjoy it.... sounds like red velvet cake to me.
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2013, 06:16:29 AM »
Would be cool if there really is a full composition, and the Easter Egg on the album is just a little preview.

Then the full thing gets performed at their concerts.

Maybe it will be the intro to DT13 ....which of course will be a concept album   :biggrin:

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2013, 06:30:16 AM »
Would be cool if there really is a full composition, and the Easter Egg on the album is just a little preview.

Then the full thing gets performed at their concerts.

Maybe it will be the intro to DT13
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....which of course will be a concept album   :biggrin:
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2013, 06:32:08 AM »
A double concept album.

3 discs at 30 m each to represent 30 years together.

It revolves around the number 13 to represent both their 13th album and again the number 5 & 8 - a nod to Octavarium.

I don't have any more information at this time.

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2013, 08:01:13 AM »
I absolutely love this song.  Jordan kills it!  There is no overplaying just perfection.  Perfect outro. 

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« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2013, 08:15:06 AM »
Relax, people, it's just an outro they wrote and recorded at the end of the writing sessions, there is no bigger composition :D
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2013, 08:58:24 AM »
NOOOOOO!! Keep digging for nuggetz! There are always nuggets!

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #17 on: September 28, 2013, 09:55:18 AM »
Should have turned Portnoy into the Colonel instead. :lol

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #18 on: September 28, 2013, 10:07:14 AM »
It reminds me of Hourglass. Short and beautiful.
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #19 on: September 28, 2013, 10:22:33 AM »
It's awesome. I'm sad that it had to be tacked onto IT and wasn't its own nice little ending track.

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« Reply #20 on: September 28, 2013, 10:43:04 AM »
It's awesome. I'm sad that it had to be tacked onto IT and wasn't its own nice little ending track.

A little audio editing can fix this! In fact, when I burn my own copy of the album for car enjoyment, I may just do that, so IT can end when it actually ends lol

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #21 on: September 28, 2013, 11:56:52 AM »
If I didn't want to have a song called "Easter Egg", I'd have done that in a heartbeat.

In other news, this piece of music is great.
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« Reply #22 on: September 28, 2013, 12:00:38 PM »
I love this piece :heart To be brutally honest I enjoy it more than IT.
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #23 on: September 28, 2013, 08:50:45 PM »
I enjoy it.... sounds like red velvet cake to me.

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #24 on: September 29, 2013, 02:02:34 AM »
It's awesome. I'm sad that it had to be tacked onto IT and wasn't its own nice little ending track.

A little audio editing can fix this! In fact, when I burn my own copy of the album for car enjoyment, I may just do that, so IT can end when it actually ends lol

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #25 on: September 29, 2013, 02:08:17 AM »
I might actually do this. Can it be done in Audacity? I mean cut out the easter egg and make it a separate track.
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« Reply #26 on: September 29, 2013, 03:26:40 AM »
It's awesome. I'm sad that it had to be tacked onto IT and wasn't its own nice little ending track.

This is my main problem with it.  I like it and all, but it being tacked on the end of one of DT's most awesome pieces without really knowing the the reason behind it, kind of leaves a bitter taste in my mouth to be honest.  If it was meant to be like an ending credits sort of thing, I would have much rather it been it's own track.
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #27 on: September 29, 2013, 08:16:40 AM »
I enjoy it.... sounds like red velvet cake to me.

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #28 on: September 29, 2013, 08:22:39 AM »
I'm honestly annoyed that its called an "Easter egg" it's just the real ending of IT. I just wish they cut the 20 seconds of silence to like 5 and it would be perfect. Either way, IT is still one of the best DT songs ever.

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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #29 on: September 29, 2013, 08:32:03 AM »
I'm honestly annoyed that its called an "Easter egg" it's just the real ending of IT. I just wish they cut the 20 seconds of silence to like 5 and it would be perfect. Either way, IT is still one of the best DT songs ever.

I'm not sure it was intended as an ending to IT specifically, I think it's just on that track because it's the last. It was charted as a separate song on their whiteboard in the studio vids, so I'd consider it a separate entity.
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2013, 09:47:29 AM »
Same thing that for Enigma Machine : useless and boring.
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Re: The "Easter Egg" Appreciation Thread
« Reply #31 on: September 29, 2013, 12:55:19 PM »
It is an absolutely beautiful piece, and makes for a wonderful comedown to end the album. It fits absolutely perfectly where it is, and as people say, I hope it's eventually extended into a fuller piece.

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« Reply #32 on: September 29, 2013, 03:00:15 PM »
Same thing that for Enigma Machine : useless and boring.

Enigma Machine was a great instrumental.
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« Reply #33 on: September 29, 2013, 04:11:56 PM »
Same thing that for Enigma Machine : useless and boring.

Enigma Machine was a great instrumental.

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« Reply #34 on: September 29, 2013, 04:16:40 PM »
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