B-Sides Appreciation Thread

[tri.ad]

Here's a thread for all the fans of the B-side songs DT has created so far. And there are a lot of gems to be found: To Live Forever, Eve, Don't Look Past Me, The Way It Used To Be, Speak To Me etc.

To Live Forever is my favourite among those songs. Short and sweet, and some glorious guitar playing by JP.

Have at it.

(Also: OMG2112threads)

[Zydar]

To Live Forever and Speak To Me are my favourites. Eve is great too.

[ScioPath]

TLF

[?]

To Live Forever is definitely their best B-side. Eve and Don't Look Past Me are great too.

[skydivingninja]

Eve, Speak to Me, To Live Forever, and Raise the Knife are my favorite B-sides/rareities.  I also always forget about The Way It Used to Be until I listen to it again.  Thats a great one too.  Kinda wish we got more of these cuts that didn't make the album, as opposed to the recent "We write just enough songs to fill in 80 minutes and thats it."  Of course, they don't have so many years to write stuff like they did between WDADU and Images or Awake and FII, which is probably the biggest factor.  In fact, forget I said "recent" earlier.

[Infinite Cactus]

I absolutely love Raise The Knife, To Live Forever, Don't Look Past Me, The Way It Used To Be, and Where Are You Now. There rest are solid too but I'm fairly indifferent about Speak to Me and Eve. I listen on occasion but I find myself listening to the above more than a fair share of their album songs.

[Aniland]

"Don't Look Past Me" will always be my favorite b-side of theirs, though "Speak to Me" is high in my graces too.

[hefdaddy42]

They are all great in their own way.  Except You Or Me.

[Algo Fonix]

They are all great in their own way.  Except You Or Me.

Basically that.  Don't Look Past Me has been one of my favorite DT songs for years.  I really like The Way it Used to Be a lot too.  I'd love to hear what the songs sound like live.  I think it'd be a great surprise if they ever did any of those fan club shows or something and played all of them. 

[Occasional_Madman]

Eve is a personal favorite of mine. Kev's synthwork is beautiful in this song.

[Metropolis Pt. II]

Eve definitely wins for me.
Speak to Me is a close second, with Cover My Eyes trailing closely.
However, I listened to Metropolis Pt. II earlier today, and that song is such a fun trip. Like tri.ad said, there's a lot of gems.

[Mebert78]

Eve.  So beautiful.  So, so beautiful.

[Setlist Scotty]

The only 2 B-sides I'm not super thrilled with are Where Are You Now and Cover My Eyes. The rest are as good as a chunk of DT's "regular" songs!

[Ħ]

In my top 50, I would put

Don't Look Past Me
Eve
Raise the Knife
Speak to Me
To Live Forever

Honestly, FII could easily have been a top 5 album if they swapped some of the songs.

[Occasional_Madman]

In my top 50, I would put

Don't Look Past Me
Eve
Raise the Knife
Speak to Me
To Live Forever

Honestly, FII could easily have been a top 5 album if they swapped some of the songs.

This. I still love the album, but it could have been so much more.

[PetFish]

If they pulled out Don't Look Past Me live I would crap my pants.  Totally awesome b-side that must see the live stage before it's all over.  Great lyrics, awesome guitar work, and it's a major-key song.  So great.

[JayOctavarium]

If they pulled out Don't Look Past Me live I would crap my pants.  Totally awesome b-side that must see the live stage before it's all over.  Great lyrics, awesome guitar work, and it's a major-key song.  So great.

just realized i have never heard this song till now. when was it written/recorded? I must know. Its not FII era, is it?

[Ħ]

If they pulled out Don't Look Past Me live I would crap my pants.  Totally awesome b-side that must see the live stage before it's all over.  Great lyrics, awesome guitar work, and it's a major-key song.  So great.

just realized i have never heard this song till now. when was it written/recorded? I must know. Its not FII era, is it?

It was one of the pre-Images songs.  It was one of the songs used to audition singers.

[JayOctavarium]

This has to be one of the greatest songs ever written. any idea when the it was recorded? the back of the cleaning out the closet cover says like 7/90 - 10/99.

i must learn more

[Marvellous G]

I don't really see DT as a B-Side band like I do PT, to be honest.

[Kyo]

I wish we'd get some b-sides again. The total lack of lesser-known new material is one of the reasons why I feel DT's setlists have been getting less interesting in recent years.

[ZirconBlue]

The only 2 B-sides I'm not super thrilled with are Where Are You Now and Cover My Eyes. The rest are as good as a chunk of DT's "regular" songs!

I agree, except that I absolutely love the acoustic version of Cover My Eyes.

I think the "Cleaning out the Closet" disc is actually better than a couple of their most recent albums.

[ZirconBlue]

This has to be one of the greatest songs ever written. any idea when the it was recorded? the back of the cleaning out the closet cover says like 7/90 - 10/99.

i must learn more

Music recorded in 1990; Vocals recorded in 1999.

[Metropolis Pt. II]

If they pulled out Don't Look Past Me live I would crap my pants.  Totally awesome b-side that must see the live stage before it's all over.  Great lyrics, awesome guitar work, and it's a major-key song.  So great.

just realized i have never heard this song till now. when was it written/recorded? I must know. Its not FII era, is it?

Don't Look Past me was written before Images and Words, but it was recorded with vocals in 1999 I believe.

[orcus116]

I wish we'd get some b-sides again. The total lack of lesser-known new material is one of the reasons why I feel DT's setlists have been getting less interesting in recent years.

Seriously. All the B-sides people love are, at their newest, just over a decade old, some even stretching into the 20 year range. It's pretty clear DT only writes enough material to fit onto a new CD and that's it. I can't for the life of me figure out why such high class musicians wouldn't delight in just getting together and jam out some random stuff, even if they don't plan on forming anything serious with it.

[tri.ad]

Damn, I keep forgetting Raise The Knife. Such a great song, and the Score version is the definite one imo.

[ZKX-2099]

The Way It Used To Be is a favorite. I hate that the only version I have is low quality. Don't Look Past me is a fun one as well.

[Seventh Son]

In my top 50, I would put

Don't Look Past Me
Eve
Raise the Knife
Speak to Me
To Live Forever

Honestly, FII could easily have been a top 5 album if they swapped some of the songs.

Even as the way it is, FII is my #3 DT album. Take out You Not Me, Burning My Soul, and Just Let Me Breathe and replace them with Eve, Raise the Knife, To Live Forever and FII just might strangle Awake's #2 position away from it.

[Ben_Jamin]

Where are you now hhad potential to be an amazing song. I love that synth melody and jp reprising it.

[toro]

I love To Live Forever and Speak To Me, and Cover My eyes, Eve and Raise The Knife are awesome too.

[Dream Team]

If they pulled out Don't Look Past Me live I would crap my pants.  Totally awesome b-side that must see the live stage before it's all over.  Great lyrics, awesome guitar work, and it's a major-key song.  So great.

just realized i have never heard this song till now. when was it written/recorded? I must know. Its not FII era, is it?

Don't Look Past me was written before Images and Words, but it was recorded with vocals in 1999 I believe.

Not sure about that. James' voice definately sounds "pre-injury".

[Ħ]

If they pulled out Don't Look Past Me live I would crap my pants.  Totally awesome b-side that must see the live stage before it's all over.  Great lyrics, awesome guitar work, and it's a major-key song.  So great.

just realized i have never heard this song till now. when was it written/recorded? I must know. Its not FII era, is it?

Don't Look Past me was written before Images and Words, but it was recorded with vocals in 1999 I believe.

Not sure about that. James' voice definately sounds "pre-injury".

I disagree...the vocals sound very close to ToT.

[Ben_Jamin]

Yup that's correct on my lifting shadows cd it says vocals recorded 1999

[faizoff]

I don't think I dislike any of the DT B sides. My fav though is Speak To Me.

Also the jam after To Live Forever on the Tokyo DVD is the most amazing jam ever.

[Ben_Jamin]

To Live Forever is a great song but I don't listen to it a lot. I have to be in the right mood.