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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #105 on: February 14, 2016, 11:05:51 PM »
Jimi did indeed do the Baywatch theme, we were more of the opinion it's like the 3-4 minute montage scene setting music that appeared in most episodes depending on the story arc... If I'm not mistaken, C.J. (Pammie Anderson) was playing the saxophone on some rocks at one stage... Maybe she was playing 'Another Day'...  :rollin ;D

Oh, well the only Baywatch episode I've watched in the past 20 years is the one with the WCW wrestlers for the sake of the hilarious badness, so I can't relate to that. I only know the theme, because it's Jimi Jamison. :lol And the incredibad outro theme sung by the Hoff himself.
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #106 on: February 14, 2016, 11:57:38 PM »
I've been listening to Rush's Hemispheres for nearly 25 years, and I still have no idea what some of you are talking about in regards to a melody from it being on this record.


Check this at 12.44 mark and it will surely take you less than 25 years to notice what we are talking about  :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uXCfDRddC0

 :facepalm: I knew someone was going to do that, post the Rush song, even though I have heard it a million times to where I know it like the back of my hand. :lol :lol

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #107 on: February 15, 2016, 06:53:27 AM »
Brother, Can You Hear Me? has a certain Pink Floyd flavor in the intro and the flow of the melody.

The first minute of A Life Left Behind feels a lot like Spock's Beard to me.

The piano intro and a few melodies of Ravenskill gave me To The Moon (computer game) flashbacks.

The acoustic guitars in Heaven's Cove were like Queensr˙che meet On The Backs Of Angels, the synth/piano melody twists a little later just scream Ayreon.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #108 on: February 15, 2016, 03:57:49 PM »
The piano intro to The X Aspect always makes me think of the Lonely Man music from The Incredible Hulk, impossible for me to unhear.

Had to have my husband listen to it and tell me what it was. I recognized it instantly, but couldn't place it!

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #109 on: February 15, 2016, 04:05:57 PM »
Heaven's Cove reminds me of Diablo 1/Diablo II Tristram music.
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #110 on: February 16, 2016, 04:26:23 AM »
There is a section in A New Beginning, a short solo before the middle piano section ("Not long ago..") which has a big Queen vibe.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #111 on: February 16, 2016, 05:15:19 AM »
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #112 on: February 17, 2016, 06:07:01 AM »
I'm very surprised that no-one has mentioned 3:22 in Moment of Betrayal and 1:04 in The Enemy Inside.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #113 on: February 17, 2016, 06:21:50 AM »
I'm not.
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #115 on: February 17, 2016, 06:48:09 AM »
It's the same rhythm, no?

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #116 on: February 17, 2016, 06:54:16 AM »
It's the same rhythm, no?
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #117 on: February 17, 2016, 06:57:22 AM »
The first part of it is the exact same rhythm, all on the snare. It immediately jumped out at me, maybe I'm the only one  :lol

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #118 on: February 17, 2016, 11:23:24 AM »
This may already have been mentioned, in A Life Left Behind, the verse that ends " And Somehow I'll find you"
It sounds exactly like something by some other American AOR band, I cant quite place it - is it Boston?

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #119 on: February 18, 2016, 04:36:52 AM »
The whole thing reminds of Disney's Beauty and the Beast...

Specifically, as mentioned elsewhere, I hear the theme from Rush's 2112 Oracle: The Dream in Dystopian Overture.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #120 on: February 18, 2016, 07:24:59 AM »
The Answer.....is the most Disney song ever.  You can totally sing "I can go the Distance" from Hercules, and "Do You Want to build a Snow Man" from Frozen to the song. 

And yes....uh...I have done the above...but I have little daughters so it's not weird, right?  ;)

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #121 on: February 18, 2016, 07:51:24 AM »
When I got to around :41 in 2285 Entr'acte, it reminded me of the line around :21 in War Inside My Head.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #122 on: February 24, 2016, 11:35:53 AM »
There's a big comment thread on Moment of Betrayal video saying that 1:22 sounds like "The Great Debate"

Am I deaf or can I not figure out which part?  :-\

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #123 on: February 24, 2016, 03:23:33 PM »
Didnt know where else to post this - every topic is about the new album :lol


but - the piano fadeout in "The Answer Lies Within" from Octavarium makes me think of Murph's theme from Interstellar.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #124 on: February 24, 2016, 03:37:40 PM »
There's a big comment thread on Moment of Betrayal video saying that 1:22 sounds like "The Great Debate"

Am I deaf or can I not figure out which part?  :-\

The "you are acting very strange" is apparantly like "anarchistic moral vision" or "life to save life". It's a bit of a stretch IMO.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #125 on: February 24, 2016, 03:57:03 PM »
Heavens cove towards the end reminds me of the James Bond music.

Our new world reminds me of House of Lords' Under Blue Skies

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #126 on: February 24, 2016, 04:00:16 PM »
1:33 The Walking Shadow = Mega Man :lol

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #127 on: February 24, 2016, 04:12:06 PM »
Heaven's Cove intro=intro to Suite Madam Blue by Styx.
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #128 on: February 24, 2016, 04:17:34 PM »
The Answer.....is the most Disney song ever.  You can totally sing "I can go the Distance" from Hercules, and "Do You Want to build a Snow Man" from Frozen to the song. 

And yes....uh...I have done the above...but I have little daughters so it's not weird, right?  ;)
Even if you didn't, nothing wrong with that.  They are both great movies.


Instead of saying what songs, I'll give you the lyrics I can't stop hearing:

"Brother Can You Hear Me?
I am just a man
Known across the desert
Beyond the shadows in the sand"  :huh:

Ha!  Totally.  I knew I couldn't have been the only one.
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #129 on: February 24, 2016, 04:20:59 PM »
Heaven's Cove intro=intro to Suite Madam Blue by Styx.

Ding!  I forgot to include that in my original post.
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #130 on: February 24, 2016, 05:56:06 PM »

The Answer.....is the most Disney song ever.  You can totally sing "I can go the Distance" from Hercules, and "Do You Want to build a Snow Man" from Frozen to the song. 



Begin Again is way more Disney.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #131 on: February 27, 2016, 06:25:27 AM »
I'm super surprised this one hasn't been discussed yet

3:43 of Moment Of Betrayal

is basically the same as:

8:04 of On The Backs Of Angels

To the untrained ear the differences are very subtle. the only obvious difference is the faster tempo of MOB.

Another one that was mentioned elsewhere but not in this thread is during the solo of When Your Time Has Come quotes a phrase from The Spirit Carries On solo
We move in circles - Balanced all the while - On a gleaming razor's edge
A perfect sphere - Colliding with our fate - This story ends where it began

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #132 on: February 27, 2016, 12:39:30 PM »
The first two minutes of 'A New Beginning'.....'Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem',...yet again, from JC Superstar.

Christ, you know I love you
Did you see I waved?
I believe in you and God
So tell me that I'm saved
 Repeat

Jesus, I am with you
Touch me! Touch me Jesus!
Jesus, I am on your side
Kiss me! Kiss me Jesus!
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Father, I implore you
Don't believe a word
He is not the enemy
That is just absurd

You may see his talent
As some kind of threat
But I knew we were meant to be
From the day we met
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #133 on: February 27, 2016, 02:00:35 PM »
If you recognise these Rush lyrics you may recognise a very similar recurring melody in The Astonishing:

I have memory and awareness
But I have no shape or form
As a disembodied spirit
I am dead and yet unborn

I have passed into Olympus
As was told in tales of old
To the city of immortals
Marble white and purest gold.

Ok...I'll admit it. The only reason I'm in this thread is to see if this was in here.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #134 on: March 09, 2016, 11:46:51 PM »
The entire album reminds me of past works.


of course:

The Wall....

But also,

All the best classic songs to gratefully embrace humanity.
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #135 on: March 10, 2016, 02:18:03 AM »
The first two minutes of 'A New Beginning'.....'Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem',...yet again, from JC Superstar.

Christ, you know I love you
Did you see I waved?
I believe in you and God
So tell me that I'm saved
 Repeat

Jesus, I am with you
Touch me! Touch me Jesus!
Jesus, I am on your side
Kiss me! Kiss me Jesus!
*****
Father, I implore you
Don't believe a word
He is not the enemy
That is just absurd

You may see his talent
As some kind of threat
But I knew we were meant to be
From the day we met

This is gold.  :lol It's so similar.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #136 on: March 10, 2016, 09:55:48 AM »
This part from Dystopian Overture (and A New Beginning) sounds extremely familiar to me:

https://vocaroo.com/i/s0WnqDoo2Pab

Does it sound familiar to anyone else? If so, do you know what it sounds like?

I think this sounds like the chorus to Pain of Salvation's 'America'.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #137 on: March 10, 2016, 02:21:58 PM »
Not sure if mentioned, but Dystopian Overture beginning riff reminds me of ANTR.

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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #138 on: March 15, 2016, 01:27:48 PM »
The end of Begin Again gives me a total Christmas feeling.
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Re: Parts of 'The Astonishing' that remind you of......
« Reply #139 on: March 15, 2016, 06:34:02 PM »
The end of Begin Again gives me a total Christmas feeling.
Oh yeah. The ending of "Hymn Of 1000 Voices" also feels similar to "Silent Night" - there are some identical melodies there.