Blind Faith Appreciation

skydivingninja · February 03, 2010, 10:18:47 AM

Top 10 DT song. Bit interesting since its got the same form of the "typical modern DT song" that lots of people complain about, but the way its executed here is masterful, especially JR's piano.

Marvellous G · February 03, 2010, 11:04:15 AM

God, the atmosphere in the intro is SO awesome...

glaurung · February 03, 2010, 12:34:50 PM

Quote from: skydivingninja on February 03, 2010, 10:18:47 AM
Top 10 DT song. Bit interesting since its got the same form of the "typical modern DT song" that lots of people complain about, but the way its executed here is masterful, especially JR's piano.

I think the difference is the instrumental section really fits the song well. There isn't a sudden change of mood with it.

Implode · June 12, 2011, 03:58:58 PM

Reviving this thread for some more appreciation.

I've just recently gotten into this song. It has great vibe like no other DT song. Man that ore house is beautiful. The three keyboard solos are all unique and amazing. That organ solo is sick. Even the lead solo is memorable unlike many others. And of course, dat unison.

LieLowTheWantedMan · June 12, 2011, 04:04:15 PM

One of their best, and the song I most frequent.

FlyingBIZKIT · June 12, 2011, 04:21:19 PM

Quote from: ddtonfire on January 31, 2010, 09:49:48 AM
One of my favorite DT songs and my favorite DT unison section!

Vajra · June 12, 2011, 04:30:58 PM

An amazing song indeed. SDOIT doesn't have a single weak song, which is why I consider it to be DT's best album. (With Scenes and I&W's being a close, close second)

wammabe · June 12, 2011, 04:39:52 PM

Quote from: glaurung on February 03, 2010, 12:34:50 PM
Quote from: skydivingninja on February 03, 2010, 10:18:47 AM
Top 10 DT song. Bit interesting since its got the same form of the "typical modern DT song" that lots of people complain about, but the way its executed here is masterful, especially JR's piano.

I think the difference is the instrumental section really fits the song well. There isn't a sudden change of mood with it.

^ I'm tired of that new DT template in which a sudden unrelated instrumental section comes up. The first couple of times they did that were enjoyable, but now it's a bit too predictable.

Anyways, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is the only album in which I love all the songs equally, I'd really like to see that happen again with the new album. I have to agree that Blind Faith has one of the Best Jordan Rudess performances out there.

Elaitch · June 12, 2011, 06:27:17 PM

Great song. One of the full 10's in their catalog. The instrumental section from about 4:30 to the last chorus is one of my absolute favourite DT moments.

Infinite Cactus · June 13, 2011, 12:07:27 AM

Incredible song. DAT UNISON

Jirpo · June 13, 2011, 12:41:43 AM

In my top 10!

? · June 13, 2011, 12:42:50 AM

Quote from: Infinite Cactus on June 13, 2011, 12:07:27 AM
Incredible song. DAT UNISON

AND DAT PIANO PART

toro · June 13, 2011, 01:03:46 AM

Top 10 song for me I love it
Also... DISC 1 RATING TIME:

1.- Blind Faith
2.- Dissapear
3.- TGP
4.- TGD
5.- Missunderstood

And seriously those 5 songs are probably the best 'back to back' 5 songs on their catalog. Not even I&W gets close.

smerfak · June 13, 2011, 01:23:21 AM

This is the song I'm listening all the time now

The Glass Prison used to be my favorite from 6DOIT but now it's definitely Blind Faith ; )

Fran521 · June 13, 2011, 05:32:47 AM

One of my favorites song. The chorus is great, and the instrumental section is one of their best, specially JR's piano solo

N4Player · June 14, 2011, 04:46:41 AM

Quote from: Marvellous G on February 03, 2010, 11:04:15 AM
God, the atmosphere in the intro is SO awesome...

Agreed. Grabs a hold of you and never lets go. My personal favourite song from SDOIT.

ubit · June 14, 2011, 11:42:40 AM

WOW!

I need to go listen to disc one some more. When I first got into the band, I sort of dismissed those songs on disc one honestly. Then I checked out The Glass Prison, and was in love. Never got into the other four songs as much. I am inspired to give those songs a closer look now.

FlyingBIZKIT · June 14, 2011, 11:45:17 AM

I made a list of my favorite DT songs and this ended up being #5

Nekov · June 14, 2011, 07:25:26 PM

How did I miss this thread?

Almost everything about this song is perfect. Great atmosphere, awesome instrumentals, killer solos,

drumming. Not a fan of the chorus but I think it plays a great part in the song connecting one section to the other, except for the last one which in my opinion is the only weak part of the song. By far my favorite DT song.

chaotic_ripper · June 14, 2011, 07:31:24 PM

Probably my favorite from SDOIT.

Mbarak · June 15, 2011, 04:23:18 AM

Quote from: Perpetual Change on February 01, 2010, 10:03:36 PM
Blind Faith is the only song in the 10-15 minute range Dream Theater have written that can hang with Learning to Live in terms of awesomeness.

I always thought Blind Faith was the closest thing the band got to I&W era.

jonny108 · June 15, 2011, 04:24:08 AM

Awesome song. Live is hit and miss though :/ Which is a shame.

Sycsa · July 31, 2014, 04:56:27 AM

Quote from: jonny108 on June 15, 2011, 04:24:08 AM
Awesome song. Live is hit and miss though :/ Which is a shame.

Indeed. I was just listening to it today and realised this is a song which could really benefit from the Mangini-era triggered backing vocals to give the chorus that much needed beefing up. Couple that with James' outstanding form in recent years, it'd be a killer addition to the next tour's setlist (along with TGP, please).

mikeyd23 · July 31, 2014, 06:01:54 AM

Oh yeah! Playing TGP right into BF live; just like it is on the album would be sweeeet!!

Stadler · July 31, 2014, 08:59:16 AM

I'm with Nekov; how did I miss this?

I love Blind Faith, and Misunderstood. SDOIT is one of my favorite DT albums, and while I get that some think it a "let-down", I thought it was a worthy successor to SFAM.

JiM-Xtreme · July 31, 2014, 09:10:56 AM

Quote from: mikeyd23 on July 31, 2014, 06:01:54 AM
Oh yeah! Playing TGP right into BF live; just like it is on the album would be sweeeet!!

+1. Shame it almost certainly won't ever happen that way...

The Stray Seed · July 31, 2014, 09:37:49 AM

To me, it's one of the greatest DT songs ever. *Chills*

Rickharris1011 · July 31, 2014, 09:42:09 AM

SDoIT came out right at the time I started getting into digital downloads over buying CDs - but it was in a pre-iTunes era (for me), so I had songs, but not albums. It always hurt my appreciation for SDoIT, because I never really listened to it as a whole.

Blind Faith was the exception. It's just so catchy it ended up in heavy rotation. Even though it's over 10 minutes I think of it as the best Dream Theater "rock" song. Songs like PMU, Lie, and more recently OtBoA and TIE that are more accessible to a mainstream listener: classic song structure, catchy melodies and (mostly) straight ahead time signatures.

I absolutely love the "bridge" in this song. For a band that writes outstanding bridges, this may be the best of them all.

Top-20 song for me

tofee35 · July 31, 2014, 09:42:26 AM

Quote from: cygnusx1jg on February 03, 2010, 06:41:21 AM
Blind Faith/Misunderstood IMO is probably the best sequential 20 minutes ever put on a DT record. I love BF more for it's music and Mis more for it's lyrics (some of the best DT has ever written).

I'll go ahead and agree.

When the bridge kicks in (around 5:40 I think), it goes from good song to legendary. I love it.

-Tof

Tomislav95 · July 31, 2014, 09:55:49 AM

I have almost forgotten how great this song is. I like everything about it including chorus (I didn't like it before).

Madman Shepherd · July 31, 2014, 10:30:54 AM

Quote from: Sycsa on July 31, 2014, 04:56:27 AM
Quote from: jonny108 on June 15, 2011, 04:24:08 AM
Awesome song. Live is hit and miss though :/ Which is a shame.
Indeed. I was just listening to it today and realised this is a song which could really benefit from the Mangini-era triggered backing vocals to give the chorus that much needed beefing up. Couple that with James' outstanding form in recent years, it'd be a killer addition to the next tour's setlist (along with TGP, please).

Excellent point!

I don't have a strong opinion on the triggered vocals either way but this is one song that would definitely benefit.

Put it back to back with Misunderstood and I would pass out. Those two songs are perfect together.

Dublagent66 · July 31, 2014, 12:47:02 PM

It's my #2 song on that amazing album.

hefdaddy42 · July 31, 2014, 01:18:24 PM

Quote from: Dublagent66 on July 31, 2014, 12:47:02 PM
It's my #2 song on that amazing album.

Same here, although TGP is starting to lose a little luster, so this may jump to # 1.

Zook · July 31, 2014, 01:19:30 PM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on July 31, 2014, 01:18:24 PM
Quote from: Dublagent66 on July 31, 2014, 12:47:02 PM
It's my #2 song on that amazing album.
Same here, although TGP is starting to lose a little luster, so this may jump to # 1.

Blasphemy!

KevShmev · July 31, 2014, 01:19:55 PM

Misunderstood is better than both.

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