-I'm even a little surprised that "Wait for Sleep" so far has gotten ONE vote. I figure people who only like "that" kind of music probably wouldn't listen to Dream Theater.
I'm not entirely sure by what you mean when you say "only like 'that' kind of music" because the poll asks which of the 8 songs on IAW do you like most, or which is your favorite. Just because you like ONE song out of 8 doesn't mean that person or those people specifically love ALL music that sounds like that one song.
I picked "Learning To Live", but I don't like all music that sounds exclusively like "that" song. Seems a bit presumptuous to say that about a DT fan.
-Marc.
Mellower songs.
Shorter songs.
Piano-driven ballads.
Songs lacking in heavy guitar and/or percussion and/or heavy organ/synthesizer parts and/or a heavy bass line/bass solo and/or screaming vocal parts.
The majority of DT songs has at least ONE of the above
FTFY
Anyways, I understand what you're trying to say, but I think within the context
of the album, someone might find the ballad's beauty to be very touching, something that affects them personally. For that reason, that particular song might be their favorite, even among epic giants like "Metropolis" or "Learning To Live". This shouldn't be highly indicative of their over-all tastes in music.
Likewise, I picked "The Spirit Carries On" in your SFAM poll, but I love "Home" and "Finally Free" just as much. I just enjoy the Floydian groove and spirit behind TSCO, it's very emotionally moving and beautiful to me. On the other hand, for an album like SDOIT, I picked the epic title track, because like most prog, the long, complex and complicated epics are some of my favorites on their respective albums. Do I like EVERY DT epic they've ever done? More than likely, but that's not to say that I love each epic in the context of an album. Look at your FII poll - I'm sure many expected the epic closer "Trial Of Tears" to get a TON of votes, but the other long song has more.
And I think a lot of people who come to Dream Theater often venture from other progressive bands. I came to them after Rush, hearing how their earlier work was influenced by them, especially WDADU. When I got the band's first three albums, I fell in love with them, and ventured forward through their discography all the way up to the then-current album
Live At Budokan. Every aspect of their music caught my attention - the heavy guitars, the amazing vocals, the speedy keyboard solos, the intense drumming, the melodic bass playing - everything came together, and it wasn't just ONE type of music! It was ballads, it was straight rock, it was mind-bending prog, it was sometimes jazzy, or jammy, or anything in-between! But it was all amazing music to me. I don't think many fans come to Dream Theater with just ONE type of music in mind and expecting all of their music to sound like that. Granted, there have been exceptions like
Train of Thought, which was conceptualized as a classic-sounding metal album (in the vein of Metallica and Iron Maiden).
-Marc.
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