Voices UK interview with MP

[cyberdrummer]

Thought I'd share a few interesting snippets from an interview conducted by Setlist Scotty on 29th August 2009.

Right now my plan is to do a Scenes From A Memory/Metropolis 2000 10th anniversary ... I definitely want to do a 5.1 mix, have the whole concert, stuff like that.

Shame this never happened, probably due to the financial infeasibility that MP describes.

On MP's more aggressive vocals:

There're a lot of times - believe it or not - when he [JLB] will encourage me to sing a part. He'll be like, "why don't you sing this part?" [e.g. middle section of Prophets of War] ... If we're happy with the way we write ... then who are the fans to tell us how to do our job? BUT I understand it's not everybody's cup of tea.

I Walk Beside You was originally a riff and progression that was written during Train of Thought [sessions] ... But it was not at all in line with the direction of Train of Thought.

On the 12 Step Suite:

At this moment, I envision doing it constantly, so that everybody can see it. I don't think it would be a one-night thing filmed for a dvd. I picture doing it so most of the audiences around the world can experience it at least once in their lifetime.

[yeshaberto]

very interesting tidbits

[robwebster]

I think the IWBY one is fascinating. Obviously it wasn't a finished song during the TOT sessions, but if it were that would've made TOT a very strange album.

[Bertielee]

I think the IWBY one is fascinating. Obviously it wasn't a finished song during the TOT sessions, but if it were that would've made TOT a very strange album.

You bet! I wonder at what place it would have been put.

[Dream Team]

Well, one of the things I regret the most about MP leaving DT is that we can forget about cool stuff like quote #1.

[IdoSC]

Well, one of the things I regret the most about MP leaving DT is that we can forget about cool stuff like quote #1.

Go figure. I totally see it happening. The remaining members of DT love this album, it was written by the current members of DT (minus Portnoy who left) so there's no SDV-like song in there, and it doesn't have insane vocal lines for JLB (unlike IaW or Awake) so it won't limit them.

[Samsara]

I highly doubt special projects like the ones MP spoke of will not happen AT ALL. They might just not happen with as frequent regularity.

[LKap13]

I think it's safe to assume that the 12-step suite won't be performed in its entirety. That's what I'm saddest about.

[blackngold29]

I think it's safe to assume that the 12-step suite won't be performed in its entirety. That's what I'm saddest about.

Why is it safe to assume that? I think it would be a much bigger surprise if MP never comes back than if he does.

[LKap13]

Well that depends on what you mean by "comes back". If you mean he'll come back ten years down the road for a retirement tour, then I can see that happening (and can also see 12-step being played). But I don't think it's at all feasible that he'll come back to be the permanent drummer again. That would be completely unfair to the new guy.

As for 12-step being performed at some point, sure it's possible, but I'm sad that it won't be performed on the next tour as it presumably would have been.

[KevShmev]

On the 12 Step Suite:

At this moment, I envision doing it constantly, so that everybody can see it. I don't think it would be a one-night thing filmed for a dvd. I picture doing it so most of the audiences around the world can experience it at least once in their lifetime.

Puh-lease.  I am pretty sure that, while that suite might be special to Portnoy and some fans, it is not so special that most fans would look at seeing it performed as a whole as a once in a lifetime thing.  No how, no way.

[ReaPsTA]

Puh-lease.  I am pretty sure that, while that suite might be special to Portnoy and some fans, it is not so special that most fans would look at seeing it performed as a whole as a once in a lifetime thing.  No how, no way.

I saw quite a bit of speculation on this board that the 12-step suite would be a one-off thign for the DVD.  It was a legitimate thing for him to talk about.

[rumborak]

To me it would have constituted the longest "concert beer break" ever.

rumborak

[ReaPsTA]

To me it would have constituted the longest "concert beer break" ever.

rumborak

Does not computer.  Although I like the whole thing except the second half of TDS.

[ZBomber]

Thought I'd share a few interesting snippets from an interview conducted by Setlist Scotty on 29th August 2009.

Right now my plan is to do a Scenes From A Memory/Metropolis 2000 10th anniversary ... I definitely want to do a 5.1 mix, have the whole concert, stuff like that.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[emindead]

Thought I'd share a few interesting snippets from an interview conducted by Setlist Scotty on 29th August 2009.

Right now my plan is to do a Scenes From A Memory/Metropolis 2000 10th anniversary ... I definitely want to do a 5.1 mix, have the whole concert, stuff like that.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Exactly.

[skydivingninja]

To me it would have constituted the longest "concert beer break" ever.

rumborak

Does not computer.  Although I like the whole thing except the second half of TDS.

Yeah, TDS is the only weak link in it.  Interesting to hear what he had planned and what happened to IWBY.  Thanks Cyber!

[Jamariquay]

*tries to imagine I Walk Beside You as the middle section to a Train Of Thought song, a la Hell's Kitchen in Burning My Soul '96*

[TL]

*tries to imagine I Walk Beside You as the middle section to a Train Of Thought song, a la Hell's Kitchen in Burning My Soul '96*

DON'T CROSS THE CROOKED STEP... wherever you are...

[hefdaddy42]

*tries to imagine I Walk Beside You as the middle section to a Train Of Thought song, a la Hell's Kitchen in Burning My Soul '96*

DON'T CROSS THE CROOKED STEP... wherever you are...

lol

[Global Laziness]

Cool interview snippets...where's the rest of it?

[Kyo]

Cool interview snippets...where's the rest of it?

In the new Voices UK fanzine.

[rumborak]

To me it would have constituted the longest "concert beer break" ever.

rumborak

Does not computer.  Although I like the whole thing except the second half of TDS.

Yeah, TDS is the only weak link in it.  Interesting to hear what he had planned and what happened to IWBY.  Thanks Cyber!

I dunno, our bass player put together the whole suite into one mp3 because he was suggesting to play it in our band, and I can only say I totally zoned out after a while. There are good sections, yes, but in the end MP stretched the concept waaaay too far and over way too many albums, and the resulting "suite" is just too much fluff.

BTW, for the ones who wanted the SFAM 5.1 concert: I have to say LSFAM is by far my favorite live album of theirs, so I can't see what that new version could have added. A full Awake or FII would have been cool.

rumborak

[emindead]

LSFNY is SFAM+AMBI+LTL+ACOS

The whole concert will be awesome. Metropolis + The Mirror + Another Day + JR solo = *Homer's drool*

[ZBomber]

BTW, for the ones who wanted the SFAM 5.1 concert: I have to say LSFAM is by far my favorite live album of theirs, so I can't see what that new version could have added. A full Awake or FII would have been cool.

Uhh.... how about the addition of the album in 5.1?