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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7840 on: January 28, 2016, 05:40:50 PM »
Three Days :lol  :metal :metal :corn :corn

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7841 on: January 28, 2016, 05:41:02 PM »
I doubt it would happen. It's one of 34 songs from a double album rock opera. I doubt any radio stations get passed that fact alone.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7842 on: January 28, 2016, 05:41:48 PM »
Act of Faythe now.

Ahhhh. When a 4th is played and it resolves to a 3rd. :lol

That's been one of my criticisms. This album is a bit "death by plagal cadence".

As a composer it pissed me of a little.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7843 on: January 28, 2016, 05:43:23 PM »
For me I don't like when a 4th doesn't resolve to a 3rd :lol

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7844 on: January 28, 2016, 05:44:55 PM »
That's could be true, fact is that that track could stand even without the context of the album. So yeah, while it's hard to promote something that is part of an album of this proportions, Our New World is the closest to the perfect radio song Dt have done in a long time.

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7845 on: January 28, 2016, 05:45:10 PM »
Brother, Can You Hear Me sounds like a song from church  :biggrin:



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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7846 on: January 28, 2016, 05:46:52 PM »
For me I don't like when a 4th doesn't resolve to a 3rd :lol

That's the very point of it though. Just like a seventh chord tries to "pull" you towards the root note, the 4th tries to pull you towards the third of the tonic.
But, it is a rather hamfisted songwriting device. It should be used sparingly.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7847 on: January 28, 2016, 06:00:20 PM »
Wow, the album hasn't reached its official release date and we already have some musical criticism/observation.

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7848 on: January 28, 2016, 06:01:53 PM »
It's been out for over an hour in the UK :neverusethis:

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7849 on: January 28, 2016, 06:04:17 PM »
Brother, Can You Hear Me sounds like a song from church  :biggrin:

Kotowboy, keep going!  I like the short comments on each song. 
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7850 on: January 28, 2016, 06:07:17 PM »
So, can you fap to this album?
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7851 on: January 28, 2016, 06:09:23 PM »
I like the chorus to "Chosen".

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7852 on: January 28, 2016, 06:13:00 PM »
It's been out for over an hour in the UK :neverusethis:

Seriously, just to point out the obvious here, the Americas are in the last third of the "international day". Since 6pm EST, all of Europe legally has the album.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7853 on: January 28, 2016, 06:13:03 PM »

Uh oh it's the tripods from the 2005 War Of The Worlds  :biggrin:

Immediately thought about it first time i've heard it...
And i was actually scared  :lol

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7854 on: January 28, 2016, 06:14:17 PM »
The X Aspect.

Bagpipes ahoy ...and demonic choir :D

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7855 on: January 28, 2016, 06:14:36 PM »
A New Beginning.

Dat surf intro  :biggrin:

I'm going to bed at the end of ACT I and will continue my "review" tomorrow :rollin

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7856 on: January 28, 2016, 06:16:58 PM »
Well this album is definitely for those that thought DT were stuck in a creative rut.

It's the "weirdest" they've sounded since Six Degrees. And is by far the most of the Mangini Era.

*maybe* the RoadRunner era.

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7857 on: January 28, 2016, 06:18:26 PM »
Well this album is definitely for those that thought DT were stuck in a creative rut.

It's the "weirdest" they've sounded since Six Degrees. And is by far the most of the Mangini Era.

*maybe* the RoadRunner era.

Yeeesssss. So hyped to listen to this tomorrow.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7858 on: January 28, 2016, 06:19:29 PM »
Seriously. They've bought back that - whatever it is - they lost after Six Degrees.

Nutty sections. Some sections so bizarre and awesome I was like :lol fuck yes.

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7859 on: January 28, 2016, 06:19:55 PM »
Brother, Can You Hear Me sounds like a song from church  :biggrin:

Yeah, it sounds like a hymn  :mehlin
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7860 on: January 28, 2016, 06:20:16 PM »
Mangini's Billie Jean drum beat on " A New Beginning " - groovy as fuck.  :metal

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7861 on: January 28, 2016, 06:21:26 PM »
So, can you fap to this album?

...and sing along at the same time?  :mehlin
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7862 on: January 28, 2016, 06:23:53 PM »
The Road To Revolution....

Final track of ACT I.

:clap: thoroughly enjoyed ACT I.

Some songs stand out more than others. But that always happens on first listen.

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7863 on: January 28, 2016, 06:28:53 PM »
I cant take the excitement right now

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7864 on: January 28, 2016, 06:30:04 PM »
:lol i don't want to stop listening but it's 01:30 in the UK and I have work at 9am

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7865 on: January 28, 2016, 06:30:27 PM »
This is some of the most enjoyable music I've heard in a long, long time. It's really A+.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7866 on: January 28, 2016, 06:33:24 PM »
:lol i don't want to stop listening but it's 01:30 in the UK and I have work at 9am
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7867 on: January 28, 2016, 06:34:28 PM »
:lol i don't want to stop listening but it's 01:30 in the UK and I have work at 9am
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7868 on: January 28, 2016, 06:41:18 PM »
:lol i don't want to stop listening but it's 01:30 in the UK and I have work at 9am
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7869 on: January 28, 2016, 06:44:09 PM »
Mike Portnoy's website is down.   Probably putting up a new theme for TA

Makes sense, given Lord Nafaryus was very inspired by Mike Portnoy.

Serious or not, that totally made me  :rollin

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7870 on: January 28, 2016, 06:45:55 PM »
As was pointed out, this was NEVER meant to be a spoiler-free thread.  But as also pointed out, this thread is LONG, which makes it hard for newcomers to get right to discussion of the actual content of the album, so:  https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=45713.new#new
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