Haken the League - Stage 2-C

[Destiny Of Chaos]

Haken the League 2017
Main thread - https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=50221.0


Remember, we are voting for the song that we want to win each match, not our least favorite! You can also abstain from voting from any match if you so choose.


Now for the last 6 match ups of Stage 2.


1.       Deathless vs. In Memoriam
2.       Cockroach King vs. Visions
3.       Premonition vs. Falling Back to Earth
4.       Portals vs. The Mind’s Eye
5.       Red Giant vs. The Architect
6.       Celestial Elixir vs. Initiate


48 hours to vote

[jakepriest]

1. In Memoriam
2. Visions (though I don't like either of these)
3. Falling Back To Earth
4. Portals
5. Red Giant
6. Celestial Elixir

[home]

In Memoriam
Cockroach King
Falling Back To Earth
Portals
Red Giant
Initiate

[Evermind]

Deathless
Cockroach King
Falling Back to Earth
Portals
The Architect
Celestial Elixir (but Initiate is amazing too)

[RoeDent]

Strange quirk of the draw how Portals is facing the song immediately preceding it on its album in this round, after facing the song following it in the last round. All three songs segueing into each other as well.

[Elite]

Deathless
Not Visions, but CK isn't much better
FBTE
Portals
Einar Solberg
Haken's best song

[BlackInk]

1.       Deathless vs. In Memoriam
2.       Cockroach King vs. Visions
3.       Premonition vs. Falling Back to Earth
4.       Portals vs. The Mind’s Eye
5.       Red Giant vs. The Architect
6.       Celestial Elixir vs. Initiate

[ToT-147]

In Memoriam
Visions
Falling Back to Earth
Portals
The Architect
Initiate

-Best song out of these : Falling Back to Earth and The Architect (these are actually my favorite Haken's songs)..
-Surprised by : Visions barely winning against Cockroach King..

[aprilethereal]

1.       In Memoriam
2.       Visions
3.       Falling Back to Earth
4        The Mind’s Eye
5.       The Architect
6.       Celestial Elixir

[LordCost]

1.       In Memoriam
2.       Visions
3.       Falling Back to Earth
4        The Mind’s Eye Portals
5.       The Architect
6.       Celestial Elixir

Cockoach King vs Visions could be a no vote, it's the hardest match of this group for me.

[Elite]

-Surprised by : Visions barely winning against Cockroach King..

Why are you surprised after what happened in last year's Survivor?

[home]

Also surprised, Cockroach King should be winning by miles.

[jakepriest]

Cockroach King is a terrible song and shouldn't win any matchup. 

[home]

But why  It's the perfect combination of cool riffs, Haken's quirkiness and beautiful vocals.

[ToT-147]

-Surprised by : Visions barely winning against Cockroach King..

Why are you surprised after what happened in last year's Survivor?

I clearly didn't remember that disaster.. Now I do..

[jakepriest]

But why  It's the perfect combination of cool riffs, Haken's quirkiness and beautiful vocals.

Beautiful vocals? You mean the worst thing Ross has ever done?
The main riff is kinda annoying too.

[ToT-147]

The main riff is kinda annoying too.

I can't not relate the CK's main riff EVERY time I hear it to this phrase: https://youtu.be/FHey8XfAWu8?t=642

(it's the local version of Married with Children, so most of you won't understand what he's saying, but the important thing is how he says it.. The "melody" he does at 10:44 is almost exactly the same... Just can't get it out of my head, and needed to say it )

[Scorpion]

Visions is a boring slog, easily Haken's worst epic.

Cockroach King is one of their most interesting and quirky songs.

In typical DTF fashion, the epic wins.

[ToT-147]

But only by one vote..

[BlackInk]

It's a tie now.

I think Cockroach King is a lot of fun, but it's not better than Visions. It just has so many great parts.

[Crow]

surprised to see --- NEXT MATCH BELOW --- doing so poorly in every round. i expected it to at least make the top 15, if not top 10. really underrated track apparently

[RoeDent]

Visions is a boring slog, easily Haken's worst epic.

Really?! Obviously you haven't listened to it properly then.

And in a very rare case of me agreeing with Parama, I too am surprised that NEXT MATCH BELOW is doing so poorly here. 

[Evermind]

I wouldn't quite say Visions is "a boring slog", but I agree with it's being easily Haken's worst epic, for what it's worth.

[Train of Naught]

I have listened to Visions properly, and I can safely say that I too find it to be Haken's worst epic by a longshot. The best part of the song is the part where they copy the Premonition guitar riff and play it in a different tempo, so I usually just listen to that instead. I also feel like it tries way too hard to be a 'quirky' song when it really shouldn't, with that extremely obnoxious "I guess you won't remember..." section.

1.       Deathless vs. In Memoriam
2.       Cockroach King vs. Visions
3.       Premonition vs. Falling Back to Earth
4.       Portals vs. The Mind’s Eye
5.       Red Giant vs. The Architect
6.       Celestial Elixir vs. Initiate

[Scorpion]

Visions is a boring slog, easily Haken's worst epic.

Really?! Obviously you haven't listened to it properly then.

Or maybe I have and I just have a different opinion than you.

Your condescension towards differing opinions is getting tiresome.

[jakepriest]

I have listened to Visions properly, and I can safely say that I too find it to be Haken's worst epic by a longshot. The best part of the song is the part where they copy the Premonition guitar riff and play it in a different tempo, so I usually just listen to that instead. I also feel like it tries way too hard to be a 'quirky' song when it really shouldn't, with that extremely obnoxious "I guess you won't remember..." section.

You find Visions obnoxious and not CK?

wat


WAAAT

[ToT-147]

It's a tie now.

... and now it's not..

At least it won the best song of the two.. It's not their best epic but neither their worst, IMHO..

I also feel like it tries way too hard to be a 'quirky' song when it really shouldn't, with that extremely obnoxious "I guess you won't remember..." section.

I never thought of it like that, and I do like that section... but I think it'd be better if it wasn't repeated so many times..

[KevShmev]

I have listened to Visions properly, and I can safely say that I too find it to be Haken's worst epic by a longshot. The best part of the song is the part where they copy the Premonition guitar riff and play it in a different tempo, so I usually just listen to that instead. I also feel like it tries way too hard to be a 'quirky' song when it really shouldn't, with that extremely obnoxious "I guess you won't remember..." section.

You find Visions obnoxious and not CK?

It's like bizarro world!!

Visions is a top 3 Haken song.

Cockroach King is a bottom 3 Haken song.

Easiest vote ever.

[ToT-147]

: Falling Back to Earth and The Architect  - these are actually my favorite Haken's songs..

I said it back then and say it again...