Author Topic: Your least favourite, popular Dream Theater song? (Read 10491 times)

Gh101 · « **on:** February 29, 2016, 04:37:45 PM »

Is there a song by the band, that is popular but for whatever reason, no matter how hard you try you just can't get into it, for me, this has to be A Change of Seasons. I've given it plenty of listens, and I can appreciate the musicianship but I just don't like it that much.

(I don't mean songs like, You Not Me, or Status Seeker)

WheyWaffles · « **Reply #1 on:** February 29, 2016, 04:45:17 PM »

A Change of Seasons is one of my favorite songs by anyone--back when Dream Theater could write long songs.

For me, Octavarium or Illumination Theory probably. I hate the forced epic-fests.

Dream Team · « **Reply #2 on:** February 29, 2016, 05:15:08 PM »

Panic Attack is popular due to Guitar Hero, but I don't think it's that good.

TheCountOfNYC · « **Reply #3 on:** February 29, 2016, 05:43:20 PM »

There's a few that people generally like but I don't enjoy all that much. Space Dye Vest would have to be the biggest offender though. People worship this as Kevin Moore's masterpiece and one of the all time great Dream Theater songs, but I feel that it's among their worst.

TAC · « **Reply #4 on:** February 29, 2016, 05:49:51 PM »

Home

And The Glass Prison has not aged well for me.

Adami · « **Reply #5 on:** February 29, 2016, 05:55:48 PM »

I think Count of Tuscany is popular right?

I really don't get that song at all, save for maybe the guitar swell parts.

Setlist Scotty · « **Reply #6 on:** February 29, 2016, 06:08:29 PM »

I'd say for me it is Metropolis. Probably one of DT's biggest fan favorite songs, but it doesn't do much for me.

Outcrier · « **Reply #7 on:** February 29, 2016, 06:08:42 PM »

Breaking All Illusions come to mind. It's a good song, but i wouldn't rank it anywhere near top 10 DT songs like most. It isn't even my favorite song on ADTOE (i prefer Bridges, Lost and Outcry over it).

Count of Tuscany, Illumination Theory and Stream of Consciousness do nothing for me too.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 29, 2016, 06:10:32 PM »

A Change of Seasons.

chaossystem · « **Reply #9 on:** February 29, 2016, 06:40:38 PM »

If I HAD to pick one as "worst offender" it would probably be The Ministry of Lost Souls. I think it's the one bad song on an album of at least passable music. I actually love most of the rest of it, but I know most people's opinions will be the opposite of mine: they LOVE that song, but HATE the rest of Systematic Chaos. I just don't care for the "story," and to me there is nothing special or original about the music

energythief · « **Reply #10 on:** February 29, 2016, 06:54:13 PM »

This is an interesting topic!

There are a few songs I skip every time despite most people seeming to gush over them:

Panic Attack
Constant Motion
Sacrificed Sons
Octavarium
The Dark Eternal Night
A Nightmare to Remember
The Count of Tuscany

fischermasamune · « **Reply #11 on:** February 29, 2016, 07:09:34 PM »

I don't know which of their songs are popular. Can someone fill me in?

Outcrier · « **Reply #12 on:** February 29, 2016, 07:38:23 PM »

Quote from: fischermasamune on February 29, 2016, 07:09:34 PM

I don't know which of their songs are popular. Can someone fill me in?

Just go to DT League in the Poll/Survivors section and see the best ranked songs.

TheCountOfNYC · « **Reply #13 on:** February 29, 2016, 08:08:25 PM »

Quote from: energythief on February 29, 2016, 06:54:13 PM

This is an interesting topic!

There are a few songs I skip every time despite most people seeming to gush over them:

Panic Attack
Constant Motion
Sacrificed Sons
Octavarium
The Dark Eternal Night
A Nightmare to Remember
The Count of Tuscany

Four of your listed songs are in my top 10.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #14 on:** February 29, 2016, 08:19:28 PM »

Six Degrees. I was so amazed at the awesomeness of the first disc when it came out, I couldn't get over how mediocre the title track felt to me. And it didn't help I never had the time or patience to try and get in to it. I thought when Score came out (and seeing it on the setlist was a huge disappointment for me) that it was now or never when it came to liking that song. And I am still stuck on never.

SebastianPratesi · « **Reply #15 on:** February 29, 2016, 08:22:07 PM »

I've never liked "Pull Me Under", "Lie" or "Lines In The Sand".

Setlist Scotty · « **Reply #16 on:** February 29, 2016, 08:46:45 PM »

Quote from: chaossystem on February 29, 2016, 06:40:38 PM

If I HAD to pick one as "worst offender" it would probably be The Ministry of Lost Souls. I think it's the one bad song on an album of at least passable music. I actually love most of the rest of it, but I know most people's opinions will be the opposite of mine: they LOVE that song, but HATE the rest of Systematic Chaos. I just don't care for the "story," and to me there is nothing special or original about the music

Maybe it's me, but I don't really see TMoLS as really being a popular DT song. That said, I agree that the song is nothing great, altho the second half is far better than the first half that just seems to drag with it's overdramatic melody.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #17 on:** February 29, 2016, 08:56:06 PM »

I already several songs listed that I wouldn't call popular, at least for what I'd count here (although they're songs that I personally love and would call underrated if anything).

The big one that others have said is ACOS. I do like the song, but it's one of their weaker epics imo, and it would struggle to make my top 50. The other big one for me is LTL. Again, I like the song, but for me it's the weak link of IaW rather than the standout. And Scarred.

For the most part I love most of DT's popular stuff, and love a lot of the less popular stuff more than most.

Outcrier · « **Reply #18 on:** February 29, 2016, 09:19:13 PM »

Quote from: SebastianPratesi on February 29, 2016, 08:22:07 PM

I've never liked "Pull Me Under", "Lie" or "Lines In The Sand".

Lie isn't popular though.

erwinrafael · « **Reply #19 on:** February 29, 2016, 09:23:50 PM »

Learning to Live. It is good, but it just sounds too dated for me. Like wearing black leather pants while playing that late 1980s/early 1990s bass groove type of datedness.

fischermasamune · « **Reply #20 on:** February 29, 2016, 09:27:23 PM »

My comments on the songs of Division 1 of DT the League as they are ranked right now (11 rounds so far):

1. A Change of Seasons (good but not the best ever)
1. Octavarium
3. Breaking All Illusions
3. Learning to Live
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3. Take the Time (doesn't deserve to be that high)
7. Metropolis
7. Scarred
9. Finally Free (a bit overrated, but okay)
10. Lines in the Sand
11. Home
11. Illumination Theory
11. Surrounded
14. The Count of Tuscany
14. Voices
16. In the Name of God
17. Trial of Tears
18. The Spirit Carries On
19. The Glass Prison
19. In the Presence of Enemies
21. Endless Sacrifice (can't believe it's on first division!)
21. Fatal Tragedy
23. Beyond This Life (it would be second division for me, but okay)
23. Bridges in the Sky
23. Space-Dye Vest (not in my top 50, even before TA)
26. Under a Glass Moon (this one is bottom tier!!)
27. Disappear
27. The Mirror
29. Misunderstood
30. Blind Faith
30. Lifting Shadows off a Dream (this belongs to the third division)
30. Stream of Consciousness

By the way, the only one that should be considered popular even if it's not in the list is Pull Me Under, their only hit. I think it's fair it doesn't appear in this division.

I think I can say my least favorite of their popular songs is Under A Glass Moon.

energythief · « **Reply #21 on:** February 29, 2016, 10:05:03 PM »

Quote from: TheCountOfNYC on February 29, 2016, 08:08:25 PM

Quote from: energythief on February 29, 2016, 06:54:13 PM
This is an interesting topic!

There are a few songs I skip every time despite most people seeming to gush over them:

Panic Attack
Constant Motion
Sacrificed Sons
Octavarium
The Dark Eternal Night
A Nightmare to Remember
The Count of Tuscany

Four of your listed songs are in my top 10.

Interesting! What is your top ten? Mine would be (in no particular order):

Home
Under a Glass Moon
Voices
Space-Dye Vest
Blind Faith
In The Name of God
Breaking All Illusions
Disappear
Lines in the Sand
Trial of Tears

Honorable Mentions to ACOS, Illumination Theory, ITPOE and Outcry.

54_diplomats · « **Reply #22 on:** February 29, 2016, 11:14:13 PM »

Not sure really. I'd say Breaking all Illusions even though I like the song. I just don't find it top 10 worthy like most people.

aurorablind · « **Reply #23 on:** March 01, 2016, 01:13:34 AM »

The Glass Prison. I love the first half of the song, but after that I kind of lose interest.
In the name of God is also a song I never really cared that much for.

Enalya · « **Reply #24 on:** March 01, 2016, 01:26:40 AM »

Have to go with In the Name of God, Innocence Faded and The Best of Times

Eldomm · « **Reply #25 on:** March 01, 2016, 01:28:27 AM »

I'd say
6 degrees
In the name of God

Logain Ablar · « **Reply #26 on:** March 01, 2016, 01:34:54 AM »

Octavarium.
Don't know why, but this just doesn't click with me as well as other songs do.

erciccio · « **Reply #27 on:** March 01, 2016, 02:01:44 AM »

I have 2:

1) The Glass Prison: I love the Intro, the arpeggios and the main riff, but all the rest is extremely boring and forgettable...the vocal lines and the instrumental section have no inspiration at all, and are way too long.

2) The Dance of Eternity: it just sounds like a "remake"of the instrumental section of Metropolis Pt I and an attempt to break the world record of time signature changes in a song. But, apart from the "5 over 4" riffs and the ragtime section there are no exciting melodies or ideas, it just sound like a long odd-time practice exercise.

Zydar · « **Reply #28 on:** March 01, 2016, 02:16:09 AM »

Octavarium and The Glass Prison are the ones that I can think of.

Edit: I'll add Lines In The Sand and Blind Faith too.

Estiui · « **Reply #29 on:** March 01, 2016, 02:31:31 AM »

The Glass Prison is the first that comes to mind.

Train of Naught · « **Reply #30 on:** March 01, 2016, 02:46:56 AM »

The Spirit Carries On is easily my #1 choice for this. The only part I actually like is the sentence starting with "Move on, be brave".

Also Lifting Shadows off a Dream seems to be popular according to the survivor, that's one of my least favorite songs aswell.

Freeze · « **Reply #31 on:** March 01, 2016, 02:53:19 AM »

The Glass Prison and anything on Systematic Chaos.

Mladen · « **Reply #32 on:** March 01, 2016, 03:13:07 AM »

Hell's kitchen and Lines in the sand, no contest.

And to an extent, some of the Train of thought stuff. It's good, but not great.

Pettor · « **Reply #33 on:** March 01, 2016, 03:58:21 AM »

I always skip Under a Glass Moon & Another Day. Otherwise I am pretty much love the stuff that is liked in general

ariich · « **Reply #34 on:** March 01, 2016, 04:15:44 AM »

We all seem to have a different view of which songs are popular.

Going only by the DT league listing (so far) that fischermasamune posted and taking only the top 20 from there, the ones I'm not really very interested in are:

Scarred - it's an ok song but really does very little for me.
Surrounded - has some really nice stuff, but not one I find especially exciting.

That's probably it. Though some others that are super high up in the ranking, like Metropolis, I don't love as much as a lot of the fanbase. I still find it a great song though, so I don't think that counts.

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Author Topic: Your least favourite, popular Dream Theater song? (Read 10491 times)

SebastianPratesi