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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: KevShmev on April 11, 2014, 10:50:51 PM
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I fear that Fatal Tragedy will run away with this.
Personally, I like all of these songs a lot, but my favorites of the bunch are Fatal Tragedy, Bridges in the Sky and The Bigger Picture. I'll probably go with Fatal Tragedy, but I might go with Bridges in the Sky. Maybe I'll sleep on it...;) :lol
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The Bigger Picture. Almost a perfect song.
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My first thought upon seeing the thread title was "Bridges in the Sky" and that's what I voted for.
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Pretty close between FT, BITS and TBP. Voted for BITS.
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Fatal Tragedy easily, the last section is so badass (which is a great compliment considering how much cheesy DT can be).
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Fatal Tragedy, easily.
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Now this is a tough poll! But unlike the other posters here, I'm torn between Vacant and Dissapear for nš1. Tough, tough :mehlin
As for overall ranking, it probably goes like this:
3. Repentance
4. Bridges / The Bigger Picture
6. Fatal Tragedy
7. Panic Attack
8. The Best of Times
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I never liked BITS, so my vote goes to Panic Attack (but TBP is very close)
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Tough call between The Best of Times and Fatal Tragedy for me, went with Fatal Tragedy, there's just something magical about that track.
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Tough call between Vacant, Disappear, Panic Attack and BITS, went with the last one. All these songs are so different.
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Oh, god, they're all excellent! I hate that I can only vote for one. Christ, five's a lucky number.
1. The Bigger Picture
2. Fatal Tragedy
3. Bridges in the Sky
4. Panic Attack
5. Disappear
6. Repentance
7. The Best of Times
8. Vacant
Vacant is gorgeous, and is way more standalone than Through My Words was, but it still loses points for not having Stream of Consciousness on its tail. I see them as part of the same whole, and Stream of Consciousness is my favourite bit. The Best of Times is wonderful, but I don't know if it's twelve minutes of wonderful, whereas Repentance definitely is eleven minutes of haunting. Disappear and Panic Attack were a toss-up - Disappear is unique, there's nothing else quite like it in Dream Theater's repertoire, but Panic Attack is a crushing good song that I enjoy more often, so PA gets the nod today. BitS, FT and TBP are all incredible, but I think TBP is one of the very best songs they've ever written, in a way the other two just slightly aren't. Moving and perfectly formed. Fatal Tragedy is perfectly formed, too, it's a concise technical thriller, so it gets second place, but it doesn't move me in the same way as The Bigger Picture.
It feels so cut-throat placing them against each other, though. I don't like The Bigger Picture at the cost of The Best of Times, it doesn't dilute my appreciation for the others. Doing these lists kind of put into focus exactly how much I really do love all their music, and how much I hate putting any of it dead last. There's bits I'm not hot on, but it's usually less than one song per album. Even BCSL - which I think is the sound of a creative well running slightly dry just in time for the band's rejuvenation - there's songs I'd change, but none I'd lose. I think Systematic Chaos loses momentum as it continues, but I genuinely enjoy lots of things about every single song. I'm not listening to it and thinking, "Oh, well this is losing a lot of momentum in the context of the other seven tracks," that's who I become on a message board when I put it under a microscope - I'm thinking, "Repentance! Brilliant!"
What I'm really saying, is this thread has put into context that my posts on here are a portrait that's a lot more negative than I actually am. I'll rank the songs and pick out the reasons I can't place them higher, I'll rank the albums and brush over BCSL because it's not as good as Dream Theater, Images and Words or Systematic Chaos, but that's nothing like the experience of actually listening to it. Which probably seems obvious, spelled out, but it took eight utterly fantastic songs competing for my vote to click that thought into place. I don't know if I want this to be my electronic footprint.
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I went for Disappear. It is a truly lifting song and one of my absolute favourites. I also have the same opinion of The Bigger Picture, but Disappear won by just a smidge.
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I went for Disappear. It is a truly lifting song and one of my absolute favourites.
This exactly.
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BITS easily. This selection also contains 2 of my least favourite DT tracks.
1. Bridges in the Sky
2. Fatal Tragedy
3. Panic Attack
4. The Bigger Picture
5. Disappear
6. Vacant
7. The Best of Times
8. Repentance
Positions 4-6 are interchangeable really.
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This one was more complicated. I went with Fatal Tragedy but BITS was a very close second.
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Wow really tough one. BitS, tBP, and PA are my favorites from their respective albums. But, I had to go with Fatal Tragedy which is near the top of my 10 favorites.
-Tof
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Easily,Fatal
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This one was pretty tough, but I went with Disappear. Ranking would probably look like this:
Great:
Disappear
The Bigger Picture
Bridges in the Sky
Pretty Good:
The Best of Times
Repentance
Vacant
:tdwn :
Panic Attack
Fatal Tragedy
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Disappear. I don't really get the fawning over Fatal Tragedy.
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Fatal Tragedy, Bridges is not far behind
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The Bigger Picture. Almost a perfect song.
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Wow tough choices
I went with Fatal Tragedy, with Disappear and The Best Of Times right on its heels.
I also love both Panic Attack and The Bigger Picture, but what are you gonna do?
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Panic Attack
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Fatal Tragedy, closely followed by TBP.
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:tdwn :
Panic Attack
Fatal Tragedy
:o :'(
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Fatal Tragedy, closely followed by TBP.
Not a huge fan of SFAM relatively speaking but Fatal Tragedy is a winner.
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I have to go with Fatal Tragedy, but Bridges and TBP are close behind.
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The Bigger Picture. Almost a perfect song.
Agreed, I really really like TBP.
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Btw, this would make a magnificent single-disc compilation album!
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Disappear, no questions asked.
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Fatal Tragedy of course.
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1. Bridges in the Sky
2. Fatal Tragedy
3. Panic Attack
4. Disappear
5. The Best of Times
6. The Bigger Picture
7. Repentance
8. Vacant
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I have to go with Fatal Tragedy, but Bridges and TBP are close behind.
This exactly.
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I voted "Disappear" because of the effect it had on me at first listen. Fatal Tragedy is a close second for its awesomeness.
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Some GREAT songs on that list, but I voted for Disappear.
Deep shit, bro.
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1. Bridges- Amazing, powerful, HEAVY groovin song. Love it to pieces. Best on ADToE
2. Vacant- Beautifully haunting emotional song that doesn't get enough praise. It's a gorgeous song and would be #1 if BitS wasn't even more amazing.
3. The Bigger Picture
4. Disappear
5. Panic Attack
6. Fatal Tragedy (Given too much praise, but still awesome
7. The Mehst of Times (BEAUTIFUL theme, intro and guitar solo, but the rest is forgettable and too long. It's what MP wrote for his father and he loves it, so nothing against this song. Just not fully to my liking.)
8. Repentance (Most of the song is forgettable. Especially all the extras repenting and the deep voice speech.)
If we included the other track 5's pre-Rudess:
1. BitS
2. Vacant
3. Metropolis
4. TBP
5. Disappear
6. Panic Attack
7. Voices
8. Fatal Tragedy
9. TBoT
10. BMS
11. LFAGA
12. Repentance
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If we included the other track 5's pre-Rudess:
My ranking:
12.BMS
11.Vacant
10.Repentance
9.BITS
8.TBOT
7.Disappear
6.Panic Attack
5.TBP
4.Voices
3.LFAGA
2.Fatal Tragedy
1.Metropolis
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Disappear. No brainer for me.