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Dream Theater self titled album discussion - [SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION ONLY]

Started by bosk1, July 08, 2013, 12:08:34 PM

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Joshin U

Quote from: Red_Queen on July 22, 2013, 12:43:48 PM
UHMM they released cover and tracklist + epizode 2 ( sing something???!  :biggrin: ) and now?.. Now is dead silence? What a hell?   

Something big is coming !!! :metal

Yes, something big is coming. An album  :lol

It's only been "dead silence" for less than a week.

Perpetual Change


lyfeternl

Quote from: TAC on July 22, 2013, 11:09:16 AM
Quote from: Podaar on July 22, 2013, 10:05:51 AM
Quote from: BlobVanDam on July 22, 2013, 09:56:21 AM
I really don't know why that section is so controversial. It's just another cool little DT instrumental section. I don't why it's enough to make people feel that strongly. Each to their own, of course!

:iagree: Moments like the tickle section (and it's ilk) are one of the major reasons I listen to Dream Theater at all. If I didn't like things like that, I'd listen to other bands.
Exactly!

I have to agree and say the "tickle" section within LNF is pretty much awesome. Seeing them play it live during the US tour for ADTOE...? Mind. Blown.

CodyWanKenobi

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Red_Queen

Quote from: Joshin U on July 22, 2013, 12:54:29 PM
Quote from: Red_Queen on July 22, 2013, 12:43:48 PM
UHMM they released cover and tracklist + epizode 2 ( sing something???!  :biggrin: ) and now?.. Now is dead silence? What a hell?   

Something big is coming !!! :metal

Yes, something big is coming. An album  :lol

It's only been "dead silence" for less than a week.

Album not yet.. I hope for single !

rush-signals


King Postwhore

"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'." - Bon Newhart.

rumborak


Lucien


snapple

Hoping they release a single before they hit the summer tour circuit.

BlackInk

Lost Not Forgotten - My least favorite part of Lost Not Forgotten is most of the lyrics.

Newbs - I just turned 2 here on DTF, I'm still just a baby, but like to think that I've been here "a while" now.

New DT album - I had a dream I heard one of the songs, it was the most perfect sounding guitar I have ever heard.

rumborak

Quote from: snapple on July 22, 2013, 02:33:58 PM
Hoping they release a single before they hit the summer tour circuit.

You'd think so. The opportunity to see new material live, even if it's just one new song, should increase the draw.

chrisbDTM

these threads kinda suck between details and reveals. but i cant stop checking just in case

-6 year n00b

Setlist Scotty

Quote from: rumborak on July 22, 2013, 02:37:50 PM
Quote from: snapple on July 22, 2013, 02:33:58 PM
Hoping they release a single before they hit the summer tour circuit.

You'd think so. The opportunity to see new material live, even if it's just one new song, should increase the draw.
Did I miss something? I thought it's been established they're not going out on tour until 2014, and by then the album will have been out for some time. No need to release a single just so they can perform it live as they've done on previous cycles.
Quote from: BlobVanDam on November 13, 2015, 07:37:14 PMAs a basic rule, if you hate it, you must solely blame Portnoy. If it's good, then you must downplay MP's contribution to the band as not being important anyway, or claim he's just lying. It's the DTF way.
Quote from: TAC on July 10, 2024, 08:26:41 AMPOW is awesome! :P

rumborak

I was talking about DT touring in my head. Sorry, should have been more specific. I hope they release a single before they start touring in my mind again.

If only JM stopped blabbering during songs on those tours.

hefdaddy42

Quote from: BlobVanDam on December 11, 2014, 08:19:46 PMHef is right on all things. Except for when I disagree with him. In which case he's probably still right.

JayOctavarium

Quote from: rumborak on July 22, 2013, 02:47:17 PM
I was talking about DT touring in my head. Sorry, should have been more specific. I hope they release a single before they start touring in my mind again.

If only JM stopped blabbering during songs on those tours.


I WANT IN YOUR HEAD

King Postwhore

Quote from: JayOctavarium on July 22, 2013, 02:51:35 PM
Quote from: rumborak on July 22, 2013, 02:47:17 PM
I was talking about DT touring in my head. Sorry, should have been more specific. I hope they release a single before they start touring in my mind again.

If only JM stopped blabbering during songs on those tours.


I WANT  YOUR HEAD


Jay!  Send a private message.  Geez.
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'." - Bon Newhart.

JayOctavarium

Quote from: kingshmegland on July 22, 2013, 02:52:50 PM
Quote from: JayOctavarium on July 22, 2013, 02:51:35 PM
Quote from: rumborak on July 22, 2013, 02:47:17 PM
I was talking about DT touring in my head. Sorry, should have been more specific. I hope they release a single before they start touring in my mind again.

If only JM stopped blabbering during songs on those tours.



I WANT  YOUR HEAD


Jay!  Send a private message.  Geez.


dparrott


Super Dude

Quote from: Red_Queen on July 22, 2013, 12:43:48 PM
UHMM they released cover and tracklist + epizode 2 ( sing something???!  :biggrin: ) and now?.. Now is dead silence? What a hell?   

Something big is coming !!! :metal

Yeah the hell!!
:superdude:

matte.braso

currently in progarchives.com DT12 has been ranked #1 in terms of average user ratings (I wonder who has already listened to it :huh:)


Lucien



Lucidity

Quote from: matte.braso on July 22, 2013, 03:13:11 PM
currently in progarchives.com DT12 has been ranked #1 in terms of average user ratings (I wonder who has already listened to it :huh:)



Can anyone rate it? How can we be sure the ratings are actually from people who have heard the album?

theseoafs

Jesus Christ, DTF:

1)  "Prog" is nothing other than "progressive" without the last couple syllables.  There's no reason to get upset when people say DT is a progressive band, because they are a progressive band.  That's the name of the genre.  Whether you think DT has pushed the boundaries of music is another matter.  This conversation makes about as much sense as it would to talk about whether Zep was technically a "rock" band since the band members are carbon-based life forms rather than rocks.

2)  No, DT are not jazz musicians.  Go listen to some Weather Report and check back in if you think SFAM has jazz sections.

3)  The tickle section kicks ass.

Okay, I think I'm up to speed.  How about that new Dream Theater album?

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chrisbDTM

the tickle section rules. and its short. really a petty complaint in the end if you don't like it

rush-signals

Quote from: BlackInk on July 22, 2013, 02:37:20 PM
Lost Not Forgotten - My least favorite part of Lost Not Forgotten is most of the lyrics.

What? One song I love the theme and lyrics!

robwebster

Quote from: theseoafs on July 22, 2013, 03:34:20 PM
Jesus Christ, DTF:

1)  "Prog" is nothing other than "progressive" without the last couple syllables.  There's no reason to get upset when people say DT is a progressive band, because they are a progressive band.  That's the name of the genre.  Whether you think DT has pushed the boundaries of music is another matter.  This conversation makes about as much sense as it would to talk about whether Zep was technically a "rock" band since the band members are carbon-based life forms rather than rocks.
Well! Not especially. It's a bit more like debating whether Zep were necessarily rock and roll cos the name of the genre "hard rock" derives from rock and roll. It's about semantics-then and semantics-now, and in this case, it's about the mutation of what was an adjective in the seventies into what's become a noun - and the curious position we're left in where the noun hasn't necessarily rendered the adjective redundant, it's just pushed its meaning (rather than its definition) a few metres to the left.

But frankly, having forged a new subgenre almost single-handedly, it's hard not to grant DT both variants of the phrase "progressive rock." That's... not a boast many bands get to make, and sticking to a signature style twenty-five years on doesn't diminish the fact that they were the ones that defined a minor subculture.

matte.braso

Quote from: Lucidity on July 22, 2013, 03:33:50 PM

Can anyone rate it? How can we be sure the ratings are actually from people who have heard the album?

we don't, but the site is quite serious about the prog topic, I don't think it's a joke, but it might be...

Pepe108

Here in Spain, there is a famous musical journalist called "Tío Emilio" who likes to discuss music with fans in a forum, and he just received... Well...:


TheVoxyn

Quote from: Joshin U on July 22, 2013, 08:18:46 AM

Radiohead...?


RADIOHEAD?


RADIOHEAD??!!

Is Radiohead even kind of considered progressive around here?
>2013
>Having such a bad opinion

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