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What is/are your favorite Dream Theater album opener/s? (you may select up to 3 choices)

A Fortune in Lies
Pull Me Under
6:00
New Millennium
Regression / Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu
The Glass Prison
As I Am
The Root of All Evil
In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1
A Nightmare to Remember
On the Backs of Angels
False Awakening Suite / The Enemy Inside
Descent of the NOMACS / Dystopian Overture / The Gift of Music
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Offline JayOctavarium

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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #35 on: March 28, 2016, 06:06:41 AM »
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Regression/O1928/SDV, The Glass Prison, and ITPOE Part 1

I like the way you think, Sir!

The left and right coast have it.  ;)

You mean the BEST and the other coast have it?


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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #36 on: March 28, 2016, 06:12:05 AM »
Quote from: JayOctavarium on March 28, 2016, 06:06:41 AM
Quote from: Prog Snob on March 28, 2016, 05:49:16 AM
Quote from: JayOctavarium on March 28, 2016, 05:37:44 AM
Quote from: Prog Snob on March 28, 2016, 05:35:14 AM
Regression/O1928/SDV, The Glass Prison, and ITPOE Part 1

I like the way you think, Sir!

The left and right coast have it.  ;)

You mean the BEST and the other coast have it?


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 :lol  Well, I can't argue that you have the better weather of the two. Though, I think the earthquakes would severely fuck with my vertigo.
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #37 on: March 28, 2016, 07:15:47 AM »
I don't even feel them anymore
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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

-BlobVanDam on "Scarred"

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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #38 on: March 28, 2016, 01:37:03 PM »
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #39 on: March 28, 2016, 06:44:32 PM »
Quote from: JayOctavarium on March 28, 2016, 07:15:47 AM
I don't even feel them anymore
That's what my girlfriend says about my 2 penises.

(Not really - I don't have a girlfriend...)
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #40 on: March 29, 2016, 12:18:11 PM »
Quote from: SebastianPratesi on March 28, 2016, 06:44:32 PM
Quote from: JayOctavarium on March 28, 2016, 07:15:47 AM
I don't even feel them anymore
That's what my girlfriend says about my 2 penises.

(Not really - I don't have a girlfriend...)


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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

-BlobVanDam on "Scarred"

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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #41 on: March 29, 2016, 12:19:38 PM »
Quote from: JayOctavarium on March 29, 2016, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: SebastianPratesi on March 28, 2016, 06:44:32 PM
Quote from: JayOctavarium on March 28, 2016, 07:15:47 AM
I don't even feel them anymore
That's what my girlfriend says about my 2 penises.

(Not really - I don't have a girlfriend...)


wut
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #42 on: March 29, 2016, 12:26:39 PM »
Quote from: JayOctavarium on March 29, 2016, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: SebastianPratesi on March 28, 2016, 06:44:32 PM
Quote from: JayOctavarium on March 28, 2016, 07:15:47 AM
I don't even feel them anymore
That's what my girlfriend says about my 2 penises.

(Not really - I don't have a girlfriend...)


wut

The problem I see here is that he has two penises but only one girlfriend. He needs to capitalize on his deformity.
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #43 on: March 29, 2016, 09:31:58 PM »
Yeah, it's a hard life.
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #44 on: March 29, 2016, 11:01:12 PM »
I picked the ones for Awake, ADTOE and TA.
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #45 on: March 30, 2016, 12:17:24 PM »
ITPOE is the best. IMO, the definitive DT album opener
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #46 on: March 30, 2016, 01:03:10 PM »
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #47 on: March 30, 2016, 05:23:41 PM »
I picked 6:00, New Millennium and ItPoE-1, because with all THREE of those songs you know EXACTLY what you're getting, right from the first NOTE! These songs all come out of the box hard and heavy, instead of starting out slow, or trying to sound "pretty." Not that there's anything WRONG with the ballads or pretty melodies, but I like a song that isn't SUPPOSED to be subtle not trying to SOUND subtle. I think all three of those albums, along with Train of Thought, might be good for turning a "hardcore metal-head" onto DT, if it's someone who has no familiarity with their music.
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #48 on: March 31, 2016, 06:52:10 AM »
It's one of my least favorite DT albums, but I always liked how Systematic Chaos went straight to it with ITPOE.
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #49 on: March 31, 2016, 10:37:24 AM »
PMU
TGP
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #50 on: March 31, 2016, 10:38:34 AM »
PMU, SFAM intro run, TGP.
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #51 on: March 31, 2016, 11:27:36 AM »
I voted:
The Glass Prison
ITPOE Pt. 1
OTBOA
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #52 on: March 31, 2016, 11:46:08 AM »
PMU, NM, TGP
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #53 on: March 31, 2016, 06:08:35 PM »
I guess you could take this thread a couple ways, so I'll do this:

Top 3 songs that are also openers:
1. The Glass Prison
2. Regression / Overture / Strange Dejavu
3. ITPOE Pt. 1

Top 3 songs in the sense of how well they open up the album:

1. Regression / Overture / Strange DeJavu
2. FAS / The Enemy Inside
3. Descent / Dystopian Overture / Gift of Music

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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #54 on: April 11, 2016, 05:44:05 PM »
Hard decision, when you think it out, but i'll go with the opener to Awake, my favorite DT album.
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Re: Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s
« Reply #55 on: April 12, 2016, 10:49:56 AM »
Easily The Glass Prison, my #1 favourite DT song (well, maybe #2, a close 2nd to Learning to Live).
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