Trial of Tears vs. On the Backs of Angels

[Aniland]

Kind of an odd question, but they both give me the same vibe/atmosphere and I think I may like them exactly the same.

[wammabe]

Trial of Tears, they don't really give me the same vibe though...

[Nic35]

ToT. Not even close.

[ScioPath]

ToT. Not even close.

[ReaPsTA]

Trial of Tears is like, one of the ten best DT songs.

[Aniland]

I wish I felt that way too. I ranked it at #67, right under "The Test That Stumped Them All".

[Adami]

What an odd thread.



But ToT.

[bosk1]

What an odd thread.

That's how I initially felt too.  But even though the songs are very different, I have felt since first listen that ITBOA gives off a strong FII vibe and reminds me in very general terms of TOT, so I get it. 

As far as rating the songs against each other, although I like OTBOA, I have to go with TOT for 2 reasons:  (1) At least superficially after a few listens, OTBOA does not feel quite as dynamic and epic as TOT; and (2) OTBOA is in the unfortunate position of not having years to grow on me as TOT has.  It's still too new to unseat such a longstanding favorite.

[tjanuranus]

What an odd thread.

That's how I initially felt too.  But even though the songs are very different, I have felt since first listen that ITBOA gives off a strong FII vibe and reminds me in very general terms of TOT, so I get it. 

As far as rating the songs against each other, although I like OTBOA, I have to go with TOT for 2 reasons:  (1) At least superficially after a few listens, OTBOA does not feel quite as dynamic and epic as TOT; and (2) OTBOA is in the unfortunate position of not having years to grow on me as TOT has.  It's still too new to unseat such a longstanding favorite.

Exactly how i feel about it as well.

[reneranucci]

Pointless thread. Anyway, I made the effort of listening to Angels again, and it's still incredibly boring, lame, lackluster, insipid, forgettable, etc. And Trial of Tears is still excellent.

EDIT: Wow, I didn't notice those fast transitions after and before the chorus sound awful.

[The Silent Cody]

What an odd thread.

That's how I initially felt too.  But even though the songs are very different, I have felt since first listen that ITBOA gives off a strong FII vibe and reminds me in very general terms of TOT, so I get it. 

As far as rating the songs against each other, although I like OTBOA, I have to go with TOT for 2 reasons:  (1) At least superficially after a few listens, OTBOA does not feel quite as dynamic and epic as TOT; and (2) OTBOA is in the unfortunate position of not having years to grow on me as TOT has.  It's still too new to unseat such a longstanding favorite.

Exactly how i feel about it as well.

Same. Very hard to tell, I think that OTBOA will grow much for Us, but now I have to stick ToT, anyway I still think that OTBOA is very solid track, one of the best DT singles.

[JayOctavarium]

What an odd thread.

That's how I initially felt too.  But even though the songs are very different, I have felt since first listen that ITBOA gives off a strong FII vibe and reminds me in very general terms of TOT, so I get it. 

As far as rating the songs against each other, although I like OTBOA, I have to go with TOT for 2 reasons:  (1) At least superficially after a few listens, OTBOA does not feel quite as dynamic and epic as TOT; and (2) OTBOA is in the unfortunate position of not having years to grow on me as TOT has.  It's still too new to unseat such a longstanding favorite.

Exactly how i feel about it as well.

[Elsydeon]

Trial of Tears is like..... the best

[Jamesman42]

What an odd thread.

This. The only similar things are the very beginning of the intros.

[Heretic]

Not the biggest Trial of Tears fan, it's a good song, yeah, but it's nothing incredible for me. I enjoy OTBOA more. Controversial opinion time!

But yeah, these songs really aren't similar at all, this is like asking if I like Home better than Wither.

[TheGreatPretender]

Trial of Tears is for all intents and purposes one of their long, progressive epics.
And those are usually dead ringers against the "single" type songs in my book.

[reneranucci]

It's incredible to think that DT have so many great songs that ToT might not even be in my top 15.

[chknptpie]

ToT currently.

[Infinite Cactus]

Trial of Tears.

[Zook]

On The Backs Of Angels doesn't have that awesome instrumental section*, and furthermore isn't Trial Of Tears, so Trial of Tears all the way.







*I'm aware that Petrucci was a little over inspired with his solo, but I don't care.

[wasteland]

On The Backs of Angels is cool, but Trial Of Tears is among the five best DT songs ever composed.

[j]

On The Backs of Angels is cool, but Trial Of Tears is among the five best DT songs ever composed.

-J

[tri.ad]

Trial Of Tears is absolutely incredible; but OTBOA doesn't need to hide from it, although it's not as good as ToT.

[Elite]

It's incredible to think that DT have so many great songs that ToT might not even be in my top 15.

This. Not that OTBOA would though. 

[ReaPsTA]

One thing I'll say, the atmospheres in OTBOA compare favorably to ToT.  The choir/string patch and the ambient patch with Morphwiz in the beginning are both incredible.

[Tomislav95]

Trial of Tears is like, one of the ten best DT songs.

[TheGreatPretender]

One thing I'll say, the atmospheres in OTBOA compare favorably to ToT.  The choir/string patch and the ambient patch with Morphwiz in the beginning are both incredible.

I still can't get into that Morphwiz intro.

[BlackInk]

Interesting, when I was going to vote I had to really think for a while. I went with Trial of Tears though because it's more dynamic and that is what I want from any Dream Theater song.

[hefdaddy42]

ToT. Not even close.

[PS Head]

Trial of Tears without question......very Xanadu/Rush at the begining with an incredible instrumental section.Thats not to say OTBOA isnt a great song...it just doesnt have some of the elements that make ToT an incredible song.

[stryker]

What an odd thread.



But ToT.

This

[JediKnight1969]

Odd thread indeed...

Welcome back, Aniland!

[jsem]

ToT. Not even close.

[chrisbDTM]

ToT

dat solo.

[Implode]

On the Back of Angels is a great song.

Trial of Tears is an amazing song and one of their best ever.