Rank Your Top 10 DT Songs - Limited to 2 Songs Per Lyricist!

[krands85]

I love all the ranking threads and the Survivor polls etc. so I decided to make one of my own    I know there's quite a lot of these types of thread, but it's just a bit of fun 

The idea is to rank your ten favourite Dream Theater songs, but you can only use the same lyricist twice. eg. If you absolutely adore the 12-step-suite and you think its the best thing DT have ever done, you'd have to narrow it down to just your 2 favourites, since Portnoy obviously wrote all the songs in it.

Here is a list of all DT's songs with the lyricist in the right hand column:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dream_Theater_songs - Click the Lyricist tab or the little up/down arrows next to it to sort the songs and make it easier.

You can include instrumentals if you like, but again are limited to 2. The same for songs written by multiple lyricists (eg. Take the Time). Another example - If you already have 2 Petrucci songs in mind, you are also allowed to use Caught in a Web if you wish, since it's written by Petrucci AND LaBrie. For simplicity, all Myung songs will be counted as his alone (including Breaking All Illusions). You can include 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence as one multi-lyricist song, or choose individual songs from it for a particular lyricist.

Congratulations, you have made it through the instructions/rules for the most complicated ranking thread ever assembled. 

Here are mine:
1. Metropolis Pt.1 - Petrucci
2. Learning to Live - Myung
3. Octavarium - Multi
4. In the Name of God - Petrucci
5. Breaking All Illusions - Myung
6. Take the Time - Multi
7. A Change of Seasons - Portnoy
8. The Glass Prison - Portnoy
9. Sacrificed Sons - LaBrie
10. Pull Me Under - Moore
(2x Petrucci, 2x Myung, 2xMulti-lyricists, 2x Portnoy, 1 LaBrie, 1 Moore)

[Pols Voice]

1. Metropolis Part I Petrucci
2. Scarred Petrucci
3. A Change of Seasons Portnoy
4. Take the Time Multi
5. Pull Me Under Moore
6. Trial of Tears Myung
7. Stream of Consciousness
8. Blind Faith LaBrie
9. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream Myung
10. Lie Moore

[fibreoptix]

Good thread, I'll take part tomorrow.

Just flagging this now so it'll be easier to find.

[reza_122]

1. This Dying Soul Portnoy
2. Constant Motion Portnoy
3. Outcry Petrucci
4. Breaking All Illusions Multi
5. In The Presence of Enemies Petrucci
6. Fatal Tragedy Myung
7. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Multi
8. One Last Time LaBrie
9. Afterlife Dominici
10. Only A Matter of Time Moore

[Metrovarium]

This list isn't in order of quality.

1.) Octavarium - Multi
2.) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Multi
3.) Metropolis - Petrucci
4.) Scarred - Petrucci
5.) Only A Matter Of Time - Moore
6.) Surrounded - Moore
7.) The Root of All Evil - Portnoy
8.) Erotomania - Instrumental
9.) Learning to Live - Myung
10.) Vacant - LaBrie

[Syzzle]

1.Octavarium Multi
2. A Change Of Seasons Portnoy
3.Metropolis Pt 1 Petrucci
4.Voices Petrucci
5.Trial of Tears Myung
6.Learning to Live Myung
7.Raise The Knife Portnoy
8.Space Dye Vest Moore
9.Disappear LaBrie
10. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence Multi

[?]

Probably something like this:

A Change of Seasons - Portnoy
Learning to Live - Myung
Scarred - Petrucci
Metropolis - Petrucci
Blind Faith - LaBrie
Breaking All Illusions - Myung
Space-Dye Vest - Moore
The Mirror - Portnoy
Take the Time - multi
6:00 - Moore

[fibreoptix]

Wow, this was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Now, not that I feel I need to justify some of my more controversial choices, but it's important to note (and I'm sure a lot of you would agree) that about 80% of these choices would probably revolve and change every few months or so.

With that in mind, here are my choices, alphabetically in order of lyricist

Octavarium Multi
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Multi
Speak to Me James LaBrie
Vacant James LaBrie
Space Dye-Vest Kevin Moore
Breaking All Illusions John Myung
Trial of Tears John Myung
Misunderstood John Petrucci
The Killing Hand John Petrucci
Repentance Mike Portnoy

[obscure]

The Root of All Evil - Portnoy
The Mirror - Portnoy
Blind Faith - LaBrie
Caught in a Web - LaBrie (with Petrucci) 
Misunderstood Petrucci
In The Presence of Enemies Petrucci
Trial of Tears Myung
Learning to Live Myung
Afterlife Dominici
Octavarium Multi
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Multi

[Tomislav95]

A Change of Seasons - Mike Portnoy
Metropolis pt.1 - John Petrucci
Learning to Live - John Myung
Octavarium - Multi
Voices - John Petrucci
The Glass Prison - Mike Portnoy
Trial of Tears - John Myung
Space-Dye Vest - Kevin Moore
Disappear -  James Labrie
Surrounded - Kevin Moore

[Ruba]

1. A Change of Seasons Portnoy
2. Lines in the Sand Petrucci
3. Pull Me Under Moore
4. Endless Sacrifice Petrucci
5. The Glass Prison Portnoy
6. Only a Matter of Time Moore
7. Blind Faith LaBrie
8. Stream of Conciousness instrumental
9. Learning to Live Myung
10. Ytse Jam instrumental

[iamtheeviltwin]

I'll play along this one was interesting:

• The Spirit Carries On                           Petrucci
• The Root of All Evil                               Portnoy
• Bridges in the Sky                               Petrucci
• Pull Me Under                                      Moore
• Lie                                                       Moore
• Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence         Multi
• Sacrificed Sons                                    LaBrie
• Octavarium                                          Multi
• Lifting Shadows Off a Dream               Myung
• Raise the Knife                                    Portnoy

I left off Instrumentals (which would have pushed the last two off the list) since this was about sorting by lyricist.

[MK_Ultra]

1. Metropolis Part 1 - Petrucci
2. Octavarium - Multi
3. The Count Of Tuscany - Petrucci
4. Trial Of Tears - Myung
5. Take The Time - Multi
6. Fatal Tragedy - Myung
7. The Glass Prison - Portnoy
8. Pull Me Under - Moore
9. Overture 1928 - Instrumental
10. The Dance Of Eternity - Instrumental

If Instrumentals aren't allowed:
9. Space-Dye Vest - Moore
10. The Root Of All Evil - Portnoy

[The Letter M]

In no particular order...(other than chronologically released/written)

Wait For Sleep - Moore
Learning To Live - Myung
A Change Of Seasons - Portnoy
Raise The Knife - Portnoy
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence - Multiple
Octavarium - Multiple
In The Presence Of Enemies - Petrucci
The Count Of Tuscany - Petrucci
Far From Heaven - LaBrie
Breaking All Illusions - Myung

A bit harder than I thought! I tried to limit myself to 1 song per album, just to get a better range of their songs on this list, rather than be too heavy on one end of the spectrum or the other.

-Marc.

[Frost134]

1. In the Presence of Enemies - Petrucci
2. Learning to Live - Myung
3. The Glass Prison - Portnoy
4. Under a Glass Moon - Petrucci
5. Breaking All Illusions - Myung
6. A Change of Seasons - Portnoy
7. Far From Heaven - LaBrie
8. Take The Time - Multi
9.Wait For Sleep - Moore
10. Blind Faith LaBrie

[jsem]

1. Learning to Live (1) - Myung
2. Trial of Tears (2) - Myung
3. A Change of Seasons (3) - Portnoy
4. Octavarium (4) - Multiple
5. 1928 Overture/Strange Dejavu (5) - Portnoy
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (6) - Multiple
7. The Spirit Carries On (7) - Petrucci
8. Metropolis (8) - Petrucci
9. Eve (14) - Instrumental
10. Space-Dye Vest (16) - Moore

[RuRoRul]

1. In The Name Of God - Petrucci
2. A Change Of Seasons - Portnoy
3. Octavarium - Petrucci / Portnoy
4. The Count Of Tuscany - Petrucci
5. This Dying Soul - Portnoy
6. Take The Time - Multiple
7. Breaking All Illusions - Myung
8. Learning To Live - Myung
9. Blind Faith - James Labrie
- Huge Gap
10. Stream Of Consciousness / Sacrificed Sons - Instrumental / Labrie

[The King in Crimson]

1. Voices - Petrucci
2. Take The Time - Multi
3. Octavarium - Multi
4. Space Dye Vest - Moore
5. The Great Debate - Petrucci
6. The Root of all Evil - Portnoy
7. Pull Me Under - Moore
8. Breaking All Illusions - Myung
9. Learning to Live - Myung
10. Sacrificed Sons - LaBrie

[Fran521]

1. Metropolis - Petrucci
2. Learning To Live - Myung
3. Octavarium - Multi
4. Lines In The Sand - Petrucci
5. A Change of Seasons - Portnoy
6. Trial of Tears - Myung
7. Blind Faith - LaBrie
8. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence - Multi
9. Sacrificed Sons - Labrie
10. The Glass Prison - Portnoy

[Gysten]

1. A Change of Seasons - Portnoy
2. Learning To Live - Myung
3. Metropolis - Petrucci
4. Stream of Consciousness - Instrumental
5. Space Dye Vest - Moore
6. Dissapear - LaBrie
7. Strange Deja Vu - Portnoy
8. Breaking All Illusions - Myung
9. Bridges In The Sky - Petrucci
10. Far From Heaven - LaBrie