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Quote from: Mebert78 on December 07, 2009, 01:56:25 PMThe Glass Prison is 4th?The Count of Tuscany is 5th?I know everyone has their own taste, but to me those songs are not representative of DT at their best. Both songs are far from masterpieces, in my opinion. The top-10 songs should be masterpiece after masterpiece. TCoT is great musically, but the lyrics are a cheese-fest IMO and that seriously damages its greatness. Lyrics are an important element of a song's greatness. Meanwhile, TGP is the most meandering, tedious song in the DT catalog and it breaks no new ground musically in my opinion. To me, it's just 14 minues of noise. It doesn't mix in a quiet moment or slow things down briefly like most well-rounded epics. It's just loud. I'll never understand the love it gets. I can understand your opinion on TCOT (although musically it is so high up that it makes up for the lyrics for the most part), but TGP is a perfect representation of DT's music. It is the perfect blend of heaviness, technicality, and most importantly melody and songwriting without being overshadowed by those other elements.
The Glass Prison is 4th?The Count of Tuscany is 5th?I know everyone has their own taste, but to me those songs are not representative of DT at their best. Both songs are far from masterpieces, in my opinion. The top-10 songs should be masterpiece after masterpiece. TCoT is great musically, but the lyrics are a cheese-fest IMO and that seriously damages its greatness. Lyrics are an important element of a song's greatness. Meanwhile, TGP is the most meandering, tedious song in the DT catalog and it breaks no new ground musically in my opinion. To me, it's just 14 minues of noise. It doesn't mix in a quiet moment or slow things down briefly like most well-rounded epics. It's just loud. I'll never understand the love it gets.
Hef is right on all things. Except for when I disagree with him. In which case he's probably still right.
AND...it kicks ass.
Quote from: hefdaddy42 on December 07, 2009, 05:37:55 PMAND...it kicks ass. It is amazing. REALLY wish it had more live circulation.
The two songs I would move the furthest would be ITNOG from 8 to the lower 30's (never got why this song is so universally loved--I like it, just don't love it) and Hollow Years would move up to the upper 30's (song means a lot to me personally).