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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: EstyMaJ on February 09, 2010, 10:35:53 AM
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Every time I Listen to these covers I like em more and more . most of all they did such a great job on the Odyssey what a great job on the violin part too !!!
Love the vocals on everything on all the other songs
Anyone else even like these covers?
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The covers are awsome. Most of them are better than AROP and Wither IMO.
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I'm glad this topic came up. With BC&SL becoming somewhat stale as of late, these covers have really hit the spot. I don't mean that as a dig at the album because it's definitely up there with the best them.
I just really like the vibe of them. They left a lot of room for exploration, experimentation, and jamming. Always a fun listen. :metal
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The Queen Medley is by far my favourite cover DT has ever done. Possibly one of my favourite songs performed by DT as well.
It's flawless.
Stargazer and Take Your Fingers From My Hair are great as well. Both wonderfully covered songs.
Though I'm not a huge fan of the two instrumental tracks (Odyssey and Lark Tongues). They aren't bad, but have much less of that DT feel to them, if you ask me. I kind of felt they were going more for a reproduction of the originals. They aren't bad, but nothing special if you ask me.
Also the To Tame a Land cover is pretty alright.
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The Queen songs are great. The instrumentals are fantastic. Everything else is OK.
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I think I like the covers more than the actual album.
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Queen the Zerba covers are the highlight to me. The Queen songs gave me great joy in annoying my cousin who swears that he'll never listen to cover albums and hates when bands resort to that. So to my surprise that his favorite band of all time Queen was covered and it was an album cut to top it off (He loves album cuts just like an old fogey should! :)), it threw him into a frenzy and gave me pleasure in ribbing him for months. BTW, he loved it.
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The Queen Medley is by far my favourite cover DT has ever done. Possibly one of my favourite songs performed by DT as well.
It's flawless.
Stargazer and Take Your Fingers From My Hair are great as well. Both wonderfully covered songs.
Though I'm not a huge fan of the two instrumental tracks (Odyssey and Lark Tongues). They aren't bad, but have much less of that DT feel to them, if you ask me. I kind of felt they were going more for a reproduction of the originals. They aren't bad, but nothing special if you ask me.
Also the To Tame a Land cover is pretty alright.
you, you saved me so much typing :-*
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The Queen medley is frigging unbelievable. The whole cover disk is just a bonus for the album. The fact that they did it for fun and for the fans is awesome. Sure someone may not like all the songs, but DT sure didn't have to do any of them!
I find the cover disk is like a party in my mouth...and everyone's invited.
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It's awesome. The Queen Medley is sublime, along with Larks' Tongues in Aspic.
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They grow on you, that's for sure.
The vocals on the Queen song kick pure ass (Hey Money, Money!)
And that slide at the beginning of Stargazer makes me shiver.
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The cover album is fantastic. The Queen Medley and Stargazer are the highlights for me, with TYFFMH close behind. The covers are good too. I like the To Tame A Land cover, but had already heard it from when they provided it for that Iron Maiden tribute.
Also, it's cool to know that Brian May apparently loved the Queen medley cover.
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The Queen cover and the Rainbow cover are both fantastic, I don't care much for the rest though, since I just don't like the songs. Not much DT can do about that though.
JLB does an amazing job on the Queen vocals, especially on the last soft section. The vibrato is dead on.
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I love Stargazer (Labrie - :hefdaddy ), Larks tongues and To tame a land. The other three are fine as well.
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Yeah the Queen medley is my favourite. Mike's vocal arrangement and performance on that one is spot on, and JLB is on fire on that track and on Stargazer.
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I think I like the covers more than the actual album.
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Yeah the Queen medley is my favourite. Mike's vocal arrangement and performance on that one is spot on, and JLB is on fire on that track and on Stargazer.
Yup.
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I'm ready for part 2
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Would it be too much to ask LaBrie to do his "Dio" voice more often?
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Good stuff. As I said in the other thread, DT should write more of their stuff in the rock/hard rock vein.
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All the covers are amazing.
Fun fact, the covers have more dynamic range than the album for some reason, which makes them more fun to blast really loud.
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All the covers are amazing.
Fun fact, the covers have more dynamic range than the album for some reason, which makes them more fun to blast really loud.
Thats for sure , I always notice that since when i listen to BCSL i have the cover songs set to play right after and i notice that it sounds so much better , thanks for mentioning that i thought it was just me
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It's great but the long straightened hair doesn't do anything for him. Especially since he is tanked.
I like the Petrucci look in CiM tbh.
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It's great but the long straightened hair doesn't do anything for him. Especially since he is tanked.
I like the Petrucci look in CiM tbh.
lol
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It's great but the long straightened hair doesn't do anything for him. Especially since he is tanked.
I like the Petrucci look in CiM tbh.
You talking about the Zebra cover?
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DT covering Queen is always a recipe for greatness.
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This thread has made me noticed I haven't played the bonus disc since the day I bought the album. :facepalm:
Queuing as I type.
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I guess I'm the one that has to say it - The beginning of Odyssey is just pure awesome. Not that the rest of the covers aren't also, but the first 3 minutes of Odyssey are great and a half.
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I guess I'm the one that has to say it - The beginning of Odyssey is just pure awesome. Not that the rest of the covers aren't also, but the first 3 minutes of Odyssey are great and a half.
In fact, the whole thing is great.
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Portnoy's backing vocals steal the show in the Queen medley.
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Portnoy's backing vocals steal the show in the Queen medley.
This. Mike Portnoy impersonation of Roger Taylor is awesome. Kudos to him!
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I haven't listen the first version of To Tame a Land since it was released on the Maiden Heaven Tribute, so I maybe wrong. However, did anybody notice that they removed some of the vocal effects from JLB voice on the BC&SL version. It at least sounded much better when I first listened to the BC&SL version.
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hahaha the Queen cover is awesome! Love the guitar work, and the amazing vocals, obviously ::)
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I love the covers album. MP has shown a real good knack of picking songs to "Dream Theaterize". That said, I really don't understand Lark Toungues. It really doesn't do anything. My guess is that King Crimson has a lot more to offer.
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I love the covers album. MP has shown a real good knack of picking songs to "Dream Theaterize". That said, I really don't understand Lark Toungues. It really doesn't do anything. My guess is that King Crimson has a lot more to offer.
To be fair, I always thought the KC original had something... more... that the DT cover doesn't offer. But I can't really place my finger on it.
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I love the covers album. MP has shown a real good knack of picking songs to "Dream Theaterize". That said, I really don't understand Lark Toungues. It really doesn't do anything. My guess is that King Crimson has a lot more to offer.
To be fair, I always thought the KC original had something... more... that the DT cover doesn't offer. But I can't really place my finger on it.
Nah..the original doesn't have much either.
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I haven't listen the first version of To Tame a Land since it was released on the Maiden Heaven Tribute, so I maybe wrong. However, did anybody notice that they removed some of the vocal effects from JLB voice on the BC&SL version. It at least sounded much better when I first listened to the BC&SL version.
It would sound even better if they hadn't tuned it down. Don't tell me James can't pull that song off in the studio.
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I wish they had rerecorded James' vocals on TTAL during the BC&SL sessions. After the awesomeness that precedes it, the recording of his voice just doesn't stand up.