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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: GPedrosa on April 30, 2014, 11:23:46 PM
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I saw some people talking about tears in the topic about Illumination Theory strings session, so I decided do make this one. The DT song that almost makes me cry is The Best of Times ("almost", 'cause I aways have to hold back in front of people). That's because I never lived together with my father and the last time I've seen him was 9 years ago. This song makes me think of the moments I never had.
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Beneath the Surface (both the studio and LALP versions) has made me cry a couple of times, because the week ADTOE came out was an emotionally rough time for me and the song reminds me of those days.
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Space-Dye Vest is very special to me too.
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Another crybaby for Beneath the Surface. It was in my early sobriety when the album came out, and to say I was raw emotionally would be a grave understatement. When it got to the last chorus, I lost it, big time, in a coffee shop. Never been there again. :lol
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Another crybaby for Beneath the Surface. It was in my early sobriety when the album came out, and to say I was raw emotionally would be a grave understatement. When it got to the last chorus, I lost it, big time, in a coffee shop. Never been there again. :lol
I'd never get out of my house again. :laugh:
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Space-Dye Vest is very special to me too.
Funnily enough, that's my favorite DT song and one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, but it has never actually made me cry. Seeing it live was a really emotional experience, though.
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BTS might have just about brought a tear to my eye during Live at Luna Park :'(, and the ending of a Metropolis performance, it was when I hadn't heard the song much then and it was some obscure bootleg version and it was the first time I understood the lyrics or something and it was an epic performance where JLB just aced the ending. :D
Illumination theory can get me during The Embracing Circle and also Surrender, Trust & Passion sections.
Honourable mentions to nearly turning me into a pansy could be Beautiful Agony section of ANTR, Acoustic section of TCOT and Parts of TBOT. And probably somewhere in Surrounded once. LITS guitar solo? Yeah it's that good. There might have been others but I forget.. :lol
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Space-Dye Vest is very special to me too.
Funnily enough, that's my favorite DT song and one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, but it has never actually made me cry. Seeing it live was a really emotional experience, though.
If I ever won the lottery, I'd give Kevin 1 million dollars as a "thank you" for Space-Dye Vest. Its my favorite song too. Maybe my favorite song ever.
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Oh, I've cried to many songs! Actually, that is only true if shedding a few tears from the right eye without changing the facial expression counts as crying.
It happened with TSCO, the last verse of the live SDV (the power), LTL, probably BTS and again the last verse of Finally Free as performed in Boston 2014.
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Space-Dye Vest is very special to me too.
Funnily enough, that's my favorite DT song and one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, but it has never actually made me cry. Seeing it live was a really emotional experience, though.
This, except it's "only" #5 for me.
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I don't think I've ever cried to any song, ever.
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Yes. TBOT and Disappear have made me do that before. Never SDV or BTS, but I get feeling they will eventually.
Why? Because of all the raw emotion in the lyrics of TBOT, and because Disappear is just a beautiful song. I don't like the idea that soon I may relate personally with Disappear.
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I was on a 12 hour train ride, going back home after a long time away. The weather was moody and I was all alone with the notebook on my lap. I popped in the Live Scenes DVD and the equation of the atmosphere, my state of mind, the video footage and -most of all- the music made me just lose it and flat-out start crying at the "One last time" section of Finally Free. A few days after that, I found a pic on Meme Theater, which went like this: "Admit it, proggers, the "One last time" section of Finally Free made you cry." It felt really good that apparently it's a widespread phenomenon. :)
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I don't think I've ever cried to any song, ever.
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When I had to put my 14 year old dog Drake to sleep last summer, as we sat under a tall Oak tree gazing out at a really pretty field......the breeze was blowing just right.....his head was laying in my lap and I was just petting him gently..........we were sharing our last moments together before the vet arrived to 'help' him on his way.......and while I looked at him, through my tear soaked eyes out of nowhere I began to "sing" the lines
"All your eyes have ever seen, all you've ever heard
Is etched upon my memory, is spoken through my words
All that I take with me is all you've left behind
We're sharing one eternity, living in two minds
Linked by an endless thread impossible to break"
From Through my Words. It was spontaneous....I didn't plan to do so and don't even know why I did. I get teary eyed anytime I hear that portion of the song because of what it means to me now.
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I was going to respond with no... but now that I read Gary's post I'm a little weepy because of a DT song.
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I was going to respond with no... but now that I read Gary's post I'm a little weepy because of a DT song.
Sorry about that Gregg.....I know you're a dog lover, kind of thought that might 'get' to a couple of you guys out there. It was a neat moment because of it being spontaneous. I didn't realize how it'd affect me until I hear that song after that had happened.
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Hey, no worries. We all lived it a little with you and it's probably good for me to 'squirt some' once in awhile. :)
Drake is missed more than you know!
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Despite being emotionally riveted by many songs, DT songs included, I'm very stingy with my tears. Very few songs have actually made me cry, and among DT's work, those would have to be Metropolis Pt. 1 and The Count of Tuscany.
I couldn't explain to you why it happened with the first. The end of the instrumental section and the segue back into the last couple of verses always gets me since it's probably among the most beautiful of moments in music history ever composed.
The same applies to TCOT where the ending was so grand and emotionally tugging at me. I also remember going through some trying times right around when I first started listening to it, so that entire last couple of minutes was just the icing on the tear-jerking cake.
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I have cried with The Best of times, I know many people dislike the lyrics, but I can only listen to the song every now and then because it always makes me cry. It make me think of the moment when I will lose my father and it's really sad. Very powerful lyrics for me.
Another one is dissapear and finally free (the part that goes "... we'll meet again my friend, sometime soon.").
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finally free (the part that goes "... we'll meet again my friend, sometime soon.").
Ohhh that one. Almost gets me most of the time.
And since I forgot to mention it and since I don't think anybody has mentioned it yet, an honorable mention goes to that part in About to Crash (Reprise), from about 2:23 to 3:00. I don't think I've cried to it, but was always pretty close to it.
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When listening to the Worcester bootleg (yes I'm talking about this again) I got a little teary during Petrucci's extended solo in The Count of Tuscany, which was melodically beautiful, nostalgic, and made me sad to realize how pathetic my memory is.
When I first heard The Embracing Circle I was a bit tired/stressed and was a bit watery as well.
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Beneath the Surface. Literally every damn time I listen to it.
I can't particularly explain why. Something about the lyrics just strike me as being intensely raw and emotional.
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Raw Dog made me cry.
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The Best of Times made me shed a tear when I first listened to it too, the second "verse/chorus" part of the song mostly. Those damn lyrics man. I don't care what people say, I thought they were really good at illustrating the point the song makes. Depressing yet hopeful.
The only other song I can think of that ever made me cry was The Raven That Refused To Sing + the music video.
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SS
LFAGA
TOWHTSTS (Intro)
IAW
6:00
Ero
Voices
Lie
LSOAD
SDV
PS
HK
LITS
TAMP
TOT
THE
TSCO
FF
Misunderstood
ATC
GK
SS
LT/GF
ITNOG-Outro
TW
SS
8V
Repentance-Solo(sometimes)
ANTR-Slow part
W
TBOT-Outro solo
TCOT
LNF
TITL
BAI
BTS-Sometimes
TLG
TBP-Outro parts,sometimes
BTV-Solo
STR
IT
Others:
ACOS
Eve
DLPM
STM-Sometimes
TLF-Sometimes
Many live versions,lika HY or AH/KH,etc.
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I rarely cry due to music alone, but yes, like I mentioned in the thread OP mentioned, seeing DT do "Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy" last tour, and "Strange Deja-Vu" this tour, I couldn't help but shed tears. It was just too overwhelming, since SFAM was my first DT album, and it's the one that made me fall in love with their music. And then I remember seeing LSFNY for the first time, and how much more powerful the whole musical journey felt. And being able to witness parts of it in person was just overwhelming.
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Raw Dog made me cry.
:lol
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Pussies.
But really DT's music isn't something that would make me cry. Other styles of music do when it reminds me of something personal.
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The only other song I can think of that ever made me cry was The Raven That Refused To Sing + the music video.
That video is so emotionally powerful - damn you, Steven Wilson!
On topic, the last section on Illumination Theory (Surrender, Trust & Passion) is the nearest thing in DT's music that wants to make me cry. Not only because of the lyrics but James' singing is amazing, he was really inspired when they recorded that part.
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The Dark Eternal Night is so painful to listen to that it makes me tear up. :P
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When I had to put my 14 year old dog Drake to sleep last summer, as we sat under a tall Oak tree gazing out at a really pretty field......the breeze was blowing just right.....his head was laying in my lap and I was just petting him gently..........we were sharing our last moments together before the vet arrived to 'help' him on his way.......and while I looked at him, through my tear soaked eyes out of nowhere I began to "sing" the lines
"All your eyes have ever seen, all you've ever heard
Is etched upon my memory, is spoken through my words
All that I take with me is all you've left behind
We're sharing one eternity, living in two minds
Linked by an endless thread impossible to break"
From Through my Words. It was spontaneous....I didn't plan to do so and don't even know why I did. I get teary eyed anytime I hear that portion of the song because of what it means to me now.
This man just made me have to hold my tears now.
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The only other song I can think of that ever made me cry was The Raven That Refused To Sing + the music video.
That song/video is so moving. Steven Wilson has so much great material.
"No One There" by Sentenced plus the video has also made me cry once or twice...
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Um... DUH... ;) :biggrin:
Here's my "gotcha!" list:
The Spirit Carries On (MUCH more so live sometimes)
Losing Time (this was more the first time I heard it, though)
The Answer Lies Within
Sacrificed Sons (It's hard for me to listen to this one, especially on 9/11 - I'm getting the feels just thinking about it.)
Octavarium (specifically Razor's Edge)
Repentance (rare, though - and it's during the long outro)
The Ministry of Lost Souls (the middle section kills the grandiose emotions though - IMO)
The Best of Times (My grandfather had passed away in September of 2008, and hearing the violin intro got me. I'm glad that I was able to thank MP for that song and tell him the story of how I connected the song to my Granddad.)
Far From Heaven
Breaking All Illusions (especially live - I'm a BIG ball of feels during the whole song)
Beneath the Surface
Illumination Theory ("To really feel the joy in life... " Man, I'm getting misty... :'( )
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I'm pretty sure the first time I listened to Octavarium all the way through (which was my first DT song) brought tears to my face.
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No, and I don't think I'd ever do it because of a song.
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The Spirit Carries On and oddly, Metropolis and Octavarium from Score
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Never has a song made me do that, but seeing them live in California a few weeks ago nearly brought me to tears, as it was my first DT show and certain parts of BAI, SDV, IT, 1928 and FF nearly got me there, just because they're so amazing live and emotional, plus I was just so damn happy to be witnessing such phenomenal music live I couldn't help but be awe stricken. It was such a beautiful experience, and the "One Last Time" reprise in FF after 3 hours of DT was just a perfect way to send off the show. It was glorious.
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Raw Dog made me cry.
I might cry if I was forced to listen to that song again :lol
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"No One There" by Sentenced plus the video has also made me cry once or twice...
Yes yes yes yes yes! I have never cried to music, but I came closest with Sentenced's "Her Last Five Minutes" and "No One There", two emotionally charged masterpieces.
Come to think of, the only thing that I can think of where I cried in a positive way (i.e. not because I fucking cut my hand or something, but because it was so moving) was the ending of The Doctor's Wife.
Oh well. Maybe I'm just weird that way.
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The Spirit Carries On
Misunderstood
The Ministry Of Lost Souls
Illumination Theory ("To really feel the joy in life... ")
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Disappear, of course. Especially the last vocal section. JLB touches the soul.
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I've cried to The Embracing Circle, I think that to one of the ballads off ADTOE and The Spirit Carries On, perhaps to Lifting Shadows off a Dream, Another Day, The Best of Times when my grandad passed away and the one I've cried to the most: Trial of Tears. Specifically the beginning of The Wasteland.
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Not seeing many mentions for Hollow Years or Take Away My Pain, what gives!?
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I cried after listening to TSCO months ago, while i got the news that my dorm mate's dad passed away.
I cried after listening to Repentance last year, after i visited my Grandma's cemetery.
I cried after listening TBP last month, i don't know, my life was in a roller-coaster mode at that time and the lyrics of that song was accurately resembling what did i wanted.
damn i'm a crybaby :facepalm:
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I haven't cried from a DT song, but I've come pretty close and had tears well up with TCOT, IT, SDV, OLT, TBP, and others. I'm sure it's happened more than once, but the only time I can remember actually crying from a song is Imagine by John Lennon when I was a teenager and I was really emotionally charged for some reason.
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I cried while listening to TAMP shortly after my Dad died. I mean, I would have cried with or without the song, but the song helped me. It captured the experience and feeling of the loss much better for me personally than, say, TBOT, and was very cathartic.
Same with The Crimson Sunset. Always enjoyed it, but much more significant for me now.
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Once I found out what that part of ACOS was about: "Preparing for her flight, I held with all my might..."It made me cry slightly. Also, for the longest time Disappear used to bring a tear to my eye.
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Haven't cried to a DT song, but I've gotten teary eyed. The end of Learning to Live (this one the most), Crimson Sunset, the end of TCOT, Space-Dye Vest and Disappear come to mind.
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hello EMOs' :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Despite being emotionally riveted by many songs, DT songs included, I'm very stingy with my tears. Very few songs have actually made me cry, and among DT's work, those would have to be Metropolis Pt. 1 and The Count of Tuscany.
I couldn't explain to you why it happened with the first. The end of the instrumental section and the segue back into the last couple of verses always gets me since it's probably among the most beautiful of moments in music history ever composed.
The same applies to TCOT where the ending was so grand and emotionally tugging at me. I also remember going through some trying times right around when I first started listening to it, so that entire last couple of minutes was just the icing on the tear-jerking cake.
Wanted to type a whole text at first, but to quote this suffices.
It's more like watery eyes for me, and certainly not every time - depends on my mood. Most of the time (their) music fills me with some kind of epic glory ^^
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No. Other songs have, but none of DT's.
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Seriously?.. No one has mentioned VACANT yet?.. Not even those who have list a lot of songs?.. Now I wanna cry because of that.. :-[
This song always make me feel as never other does it: in a such dark and anguish way.. It just transmits to me so much.. That JLB's voice is perfect with the whole song style.. I also may have a little tears with Disappear, Losing Time and TSCO.. Well.. the end of TCOT, ST&P, TALW.. but I'd say more than "tears" are actually chills, and, at most, those make me want to cry, but it never really happens..
With Vacant.. In the proper place and conditions (mostly being those my bedroom, with the lights off and alone if possible), yeah, that little song make me shed actual tears.. I'd say, anyway, that would be probably only since I know the story behind it..
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"Space-Dye Vest" has brought me the closest.
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One time I listened to a demo of The Spirit Carries On. JP was doing the vocals. I cried because I was laughing so hard.
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Most recently, Breaking All Illusions live. It was so powerful, especially the ending.
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The Shattered Fortress upon initial listening. I was so emotional how great of a medley it was and how perfectly they blended all four songs together.
Disappear. Why, tell me the reasons why... sigh.
The Best of Times' guitar solo tears me apart.
Vacant. am I losing you?
Far From Heaven. I couldn't believe how it described a period of my life so accurate.
Trial of Tears Live at Budokan, keyboard solo (just incredible) + exactly the moment The Wasteland starts and continues. Pure magic.
Also... both the first time I heard IT's strings section come alive in the studio with the orchestra, and the first time I've heard the final version. I was incredibly emotional and still gets me every time.
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The Shattered Fortress upon initial listening. I was so emotional how great of a medley it was and how perfectly they blended all four songs together.
That song always gives me chills when it transitions from the spoken breakdown section to Keep all of me, The desires that once burned me deep inside
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All the songs of BC&SL.
And trust me, these are NOT tears of joy. :lol :loser: :facepalm:
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I was just getting into DT when I started dating my last gf, I remember vividly listening to Through Her Eyes after the first couple of times we met and associating it so well with the giddy butterflies feeling when you meet someone for the first time. Back then I'd discovered the song on Grooveshark, and so didn't know the context of the song in SFAM, so I thought it was a love ballad of sorts (the lyrics could be interpreted as simply losing a loved one).
However we broke up a year and a half later and now whenever I play it I can't help but be brought back to those early memories of the relationship, which in heinsight were very good times. So if I'm in that kinda deep thinking mood, I tend to break down a little when I listen to it.
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I was just getting into DT when I started dating my last gf, I remember vividly listening to Through Her Eyes after the first couple of times we met and associating it so well with the giddy butterflies feeling when you meet someone for the first time. Back then I'd discovered the song on Grooveshark, and so didn't know the context of the song in SFAM, so I thought it was a love ballad of sorts (the lyrics could be interpreted as simply losing a loved one).
However we broke up a year and a half later and now whenever I play it I can't help but be brought back to those early memories of the relationship, which in heinsight were very good times. So if I'm in that kinda deep thinking mood, I tend to break down a little when I listen to it.
I can definitely relate. It's especially bad when you end up associating a song to a girlfriend or boyfriend and listen to it shortly after a break up. This was partly why TCOT was so emotional to me after my break up with my last girlfriend. Coupled with how beautiful and sad the last few minutes are, that shit just kills you.
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Wait for Sleep. A beautiful performance crossed with heartwrenching lyrics about the nature of death and you've got a fine recipe for waterworks.
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Never really cried, but "Disappear" move me every time I listen to it.
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I think I had a tear in my eye sometimes while listening to Through Her Eyes (the ending aaa-aa-aaa-aaa) and during the final solo in The Ministry Of Lost Souls.
So far only Steven Wilson's The Raven That Refused To Sing (which was mentioned here already) actually made me cry and that was even before I saw the video. Also, I couldn't help myself from crying at the end of Nightwish's The Crow, the Owl and the Dove fan competition video winner.
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pretty much a lot of the ballads,
Beneath the Surface
The Answer Lies Within
Anna Lee
Take away my Pain
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hello EMOs' :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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I guess my reply was fine :facepalm:
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Or maybe people just ignored it?
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Yes but you didn't :biggrin:
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Space-Dye Vest (cried a river when they played it in Moscow)
Take Away My Pain
TSCO/Finally Free (especially live)
Disappear
Vacant
The Best of Times
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Yes but you didn't :biggrin:
Cool
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Yes but you didn't :biggrin:
::)
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Disappear.
I felt pretty much as hopeless as the lyrics in the song at that time.
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Psh, cry? Who would cry?
Disappear
The Spirit Carries On
Goodnight Kiss
Beneath the Surface
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Oh yeah, I've cried listening to a bunch of songs. it's usually when I have painful life experiences that connect to the lyrics. The tears can come much easier if I am singing along (and thus "voicing" those feelings) rather than just listening. I don't think I've ever gotten emotional through instrumentals.
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Many, many times. I had never cried while listening to a metal band until DT
SDoIT every. single. time. (especially Solitary Shell)
TBP I will put this on repeat for hours
TAMP particularly the demo version at the end
TCoT JP's instrumental/solo part just takes me to another place
IT (during the middle part)
...more then I can count or would like to admit :'(
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TSCO (live Score)
Disappear
Vacant
TBoT (the solo is just so powerful)
Oddly enough I cried during Repentance, the solo followed with the confessions, the 'ahhhhhhhhhhh's made me tear up.
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Illumination Theory makes me cry due to total, complete and absolute disappointment. I'd rather be laying face down in a ditch out in the middle of nowhere listening to a better song. So yeah...
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Never cried to DT song. That isn't to say I have never been moved by one, but not to the point of tears.
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Almost during the climax of TBP and the last section of IT. Also out of happiness when they opened with Bridges during the ADToE tour.
Also upon hearing SC in its entirety, for totally different reasons, of course.
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Almost during the climax of TBP and the last section of IT. Also out of happiness when they opened with Bridges during the ADToE tour.
Also upon hearing SC in its entirety, for totally different reasons, of course.
So original.. Complaining about SC.. I still can't believed people who likes DT and don't like sC.. You're missing sooo much by doing that.. I mean, most of the SC's haters have just listen it "in its entirety" (precisely) only a couple of times.. I know neither it's original to say that it's an underrated album, but I'd just advise to give it another chance.. You CANNOT dislike ItPoE both tracks, Forsaken, TDEN, TMoLS, (only to mentioned a few) and like DT at the same time.. If so, you're being contradictory..
(I'm talking in general, nothing personal.. And, yeah, maybe being a little 'bombastic' or even aggressive, but... I've try to say these very things in so many other ways that I just had to refresh myself a bit..)
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Not really Tot-147. I'm a huge DT guy. Seen every tour but one. I don't gravitate toward that album for some reason. I still play it once in a while but it stll lacks something for me at lest.
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Almost during the climax of TBP and the last section of IT. Also out of happiness when they opened with Bridges during the ADToE tour.
Also upon hearing SC in its entirety, for totally different reasons, of course.
So original.. Complaining about SC.. I still can't believed people who likes DT and don't like sC.. You're missing sooo much by doing that.. I mean, most of the SC's haters have just listen it "in its entirety" (precisely) only a couple of times.. I know neither it's original to say that it's an underrated album, but I'd just advise to give it another chance.. You CANNOT dislike ItPoE both tracks, Forsaken, TDEN, TMoLS, (only to mentioned a few) and like DT at the same time.. If so, you're being contradictory..
(I'm talking in general, nothing personal.. And, yeah, maybe being a little 'bombastic' or even aggressive, but... I've try to say these very things in so many other ways that I just had to refresh myself a bit..)
I'll just pop in and mention that, although it's not 'as good' as Images, Awake, Scenes and Six. Systematic is one of my favorite albums in their catalog, particularly ITPOE 1 / 2 and TDEN.
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Almost during the climax of TBP and the last section of IT. Also out of happiness when they opened with Bridges during the ADToE tour.
Also upon hearing SC in its entirety, for totally different reasons, of course.
So original.. Complaining about SC.. I still can't believed people who likes DT and don't like sC.. You're missing sooo much by doing that.. I mean, most of the SC's haters have just listen it "in its entirety" (precisely) only a couple of times.. I know neither it's original to say that it's an underrated album, but I'd just advise to give it another chance.. You CANNOT dislike ItPoE both tracks, Forsaken, TDEN, TMoLS, (only to mentioned a few) and like DT at the same time.. If so, you're being contradictory..
(I'm talking in general, nothing personal.. And, yeah, maybe being a little 'bombastic' or even aggressive, but... I've try to say these very things in so many other ways that I just had to refresh myself a bit..)
Lol
I am not "complaining" about SC. And I formed that opinion without any regard whatsoever to how many other people did or did not share it.
I have listened to SC numerous times. I bought it as soon as it came out and continue to listen to these songs as they appear in their live shows and DVDs. I don't hate every song on it-- I enjoy one of them-- but when I first experienced the album it was a terribly disappointing experience. Relative to their best work it is an album of an inferior order both musically and lyrically.
Your assertion that one cannot simultaneously dislike Forsaken and still like DT is bizarre...to say the least. It is one of their more stripped down radio-friendly metal songs. I really have to wonder about the credibility of someone who believes this description so captures the essence of the band that for a DT fan to dislike it is contradictory.
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I don't think it's necessarily fair to say it's contradictory to not like parts of SC if you like DT, but despite this, I still won't understand it.
Describe Forsaken how you will, but I say they've been doing songs like Forsaken as early as Surrounded. Admittedly perhaps some people view them very differently but I think there's more similarities than some would allow themselves to believe. Same with Ministry of Lost Souls. JPs tried that ominous (stairway, hotel) 12 string sound before on Octavarium, I'm trying to consider another example from earlier because I'm sure there's something else other than Floyd covers which has some 12 string. :P
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If laughing so hard I cried at the "don't cross the crooked step" part of Honor Thy Father counts, then yes, I have. :lol
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If laughing so hard I cried at the "don't cross the crooked step" part of Honor Thy Father counts, then yes, I have. :lol
The riff right after doe. You can't deny that shit rules.
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Through Her Eyes and Disappear. Especially Disappear.
"A day like today
My whole world has been changed
Nothing you say
Will help ease my pain"
I lost it at that part.
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I always have tears in my eyes listening to great music bec. It's so rare. I've cried so many times hearing DT but I always cry hearing Pavarotti a now listening to Haken make me cry again. music is very emotional for me a it's a gift listening to great bands like DT,Haken.
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Disappear- many times before and since my earthly father was called Home.
TAMP- because I identify with it on a deep personal level
TBOT- the song that I listened to driving home alone the night before my father came home from the hospital. He had just been diagnosed... it's different knowing what someone you love is going to die from as opposed to when that loved one is going to die. Maybe not so much the lyrics of the song (some of them yes) but JP's opening acoustic solo (with the back drop of the Grandfather clock) along with his ride-out uplifting solo. I haven't listened to it since.
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I have to say that I've never cried very much while listening to a song. But these ones happened:
-I couldn't comprehend how beautiful Octavarium was, so a few tears ran down my eyes when the Razor's Edge solo was near to an end. And each time I listen it, I get shivers and my eyes get wet.
-Disappear gets me very close but not enough to make me actually cry.
-TMOLS' last "Goodbye / It's almost over now" part with the loud keyboards always make me feel how touchy the song is.
-I literally felt heartbroken when listening to Goodnight Kiss and About to Crash (Reprise). Kinda lost that feel to it now though.
-IT made a similar reaction to 8VM when I first heard it, at the string section. Doesn't touch that deep now though.
-Surrender to Reason's ending also created a similar feeling.
-The Best of Times' solo, not many words needed eh?
But at the last Sunday, I had one of the most important exams in my life in taking a step to university. Maybe I exaggerated it far too much but I really hate Maths. And the feeling that I got rid of it was very... relaxing. On the way back home, I listened to The Answer Lies Within and it made me cry inside. I guess that was the only time I got really close to crying out loud during a song.
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Most recently, Breaking All Illusions live. It was so powerful, especially the ending.
A million times this. Those massive last three chords shaking the room just got me because it was overwhelming :lol
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I did tear up a little bit due to 2 different songs, it was the first few times I've heard each of them though.
When ADToE came out I was at the peak of my teenage years, going all hormonal and having this overly dramatic on/off relationship with some girl. So other than being a beautiful song and a stunning performance of my MVP from DT (James), Beneath the Surface kinda touched upon a personal issue back then after we had a huge fight and basically lost touch and never talked since, simply because as the song says, "it's never really the right time" and none of us took on the effort.
When DT12 came out, I flew to Italy a day later with my family. Coming from Israel, there's always this feeling of having to "fight" for your legitimacy, fighting for your life essentially, everyone around me went to the army and I was about to as well, and I was a little overwhelmed by Illumination Theory as I took it to that direction and interpreted it that way. The breakdown in the middle of the song followed by one of the most intense moments in DT's history (IMO, especially with that dropping sound), and then the extremely touching epilogue of the song just got me thinking about our status as a country etc. So I found myself listening to the brand new epic song from DT for the first time, in some hotel in a different country, when we visited a Jewish memorial museum earlier that day. So the whole experience took me by surprise.
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The Spirit Carries On made me cry the first time I think, same with Through Her Eyes. The Best of Times used to make me cry a lot in the first half, but the second half is such let down for me that the song as a whole doesn't make me emotional anymore.
There are some that still get me, but I won't mention them here so as not to spoil my Top 50 list.
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Three songs:
Surrounded (a lot of surrounding circumstances contributed to this one).
Far From Heaven
Best of Times
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Vacant - "Am I Loosing You"
Disappear - "So I'm Moving On...."
TBOT - Intro
TCoT made me tear up because it was just that good in the acoustic ending.... No joke.
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Disappear.
Broken heart issues.
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SS
LFAGA
TOWHTSTS (Intro)
IAW
6:00
Ero
Voices
Lie
LSOAD
SDV
PS
HK
LITS
TAMP
TOT
THE
TSCO
FF
Misunderstood
ATC
GK
SS
LT/GF
ITNOG-Outro
TW
SS
8V
Repentance-Solo(sometimes)
ANTR-Slow part
W
TBOT-Outro solo
TCOT
LNF
TITL
BAI
BTS-Sometimes
TLG
TBP-Outro parts,sometimes
BTV-Solo
STR
IT
Others:
ACOS
Eve
DLPM
STM-Sometimes
TLF-Sometimes
Many live versions,lika HY or AH/KH,etc.
If you're crying this much over this many songs and versions of songs, you're going to end up becoming awfully dehydrated!
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the bigger picture is an honorable mention
i took a good listen at the bridge, and that part almost got me to tears
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If you're crying this much over this many songs and versions of songs, you're going to end up becoming awfully dehydrated!
I drink a lot of water :D
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The Spirit Carries On
Illumination Theory
Breaking All Illusions
Finally Free (From Breaking The Fourth Wall)
Metropolis, Pt. 1
Learning To Live
Scarred
Hollowed Years
The Grand Finale
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Disappear just seems to make me emotional. I don't know particularly why apart from some great JLB lyrics with innovative and unique music to fit. I have no personal connection to it at all but...
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Whenever I first picked up playing the guitar, the very first song I learned to play was Metropolis Pt. 1. When I first listened to the song, it moved me quite a bit, but it didn't bring me to tears... However, after some months of practicing and finally getting all the parts down on guitar, I remember the very first time I played the song all the way through from beginning to end brought me to tears. Right after the big crescendo, switching from distortion to clean, I lost it in a bit of joyous tears. It was fantastic.
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I cried during the chorus of Forsaken the first time
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I have never actually cried due to a Dream Theater songs, but there are a few songs that have gotten me close a few times and always move me emotionally.
The Spirit Carries On is the big one here. I get chills every time I listen to it and from the solo to the end almost always chokes me up.
Vacant is the first song from Train of Thought to click for me because it's lyrics really hit me hard. It is my favorite song from that album for the lyrics alone.
Octavarium and more specifically Razor's Edge is just an overwhelmingly emotional experience. The last four horn notes get me every time.
Forsaken's chorus used to move me a lot, but not so much anymore.
A Nightmare to Remember (obviously I'm talking about the Beautiful Agony section) is amazing. Those three part harmonies are to die for.
The Best of Times has what is in my opinion John Petrucci's finest and most emotional solo. Every time I hear it I'm fighting back tears.
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I've never fully cried cried to any song ever. I have though watered my eyes but not cried, felt emotional and raised goosebumps, that happens from time to time.
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About To Crash did it for me.
It's the desperation illustrated in this part:
He helplessly stands by
It's meaningless to try
As he rubs his red-rimmed eyes
He says I've never seen her get this bad
and then:
All she wants to do is cry
No one ever knew she was so sad.
The beautiful guitar riff right after only makes it worse.
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"Disappear" has gotten me close. Actually, it was funny because I was reading a thread about sad DT songs a while back and people were only rating "Disappear" a 7/10 on the sadness scale. I thought, "What would a 10/10 be then?" :lol
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Solitary Shell always got me. It reminded me of me a bit. On the school bus the other morning, I had an emotional experience of sorts towards the end of SFAM. At One Last Time, I started getting nostalgic and thought about my friends and life in general. Really, it just became a manifestation of everything Dream Theater meant to me.
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I rarely cry in general, but the songs that have almost caused me to do it are:
Illumination Theory (last movement...lyrics and the way James sings them are incredible together)
Beneath the Surface
State of Grace (from LTE Live in LA 2008)
The Spirit Carries On
Eve
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I don't think I've cried during a DT song, but the ones that got me really close are:
SDV (only the BTFW version)
TBOT acoustic intro and the outro
This is the Life
The Count of Tuscany acoustic section
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Nope.
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Metropolis. "Loooooove is the dance...of eternity" gets me every time.
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I've gotten teary during Disappear a couple times. That last verse is just so emotional and if that song comes on during a time where I recently lost someone it definitely tugs at the heart strings a bit.
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I almost cried when the music store wouldn't accept my return of SC and BCSL. It was a difficult time I don't want to talk about it anymore...
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Almost everytime I listen to Goodnight Kiss and The Spirit Carries On I'll cry. Dissappear makes me weep WITHOUT FAIL.
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I almost cried when the music store wouldn't accept my return of SC and BCSL. It was a difficult time I don't want to talk about it anymore...
I cry every time I read rehashed unfunny jokes like this. ;)
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I almost cried when the music store wouldn't accept my return of SC and BCSL. It was a difficult time I don't want to talk about it anymore...
I cry every time I read rehashed unfunny jokes like this. ;)
His lifespan on the DTF's isn't long enough for it to be repetitive, everyone's gotta have that first time!
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I almost cried when the music store wouldn't accept my return of SC and BCSL. It was a difficult time I don't want to talk about it anymore...
I cry every time I read rehashed unfunny jokes like this. ;)
My apologies, serious internet guy ;)
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the only two I can think of are
Dissapear and
acoustic section of The Count Of Tuscany that brings tears almost every time
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About To Crash did it for me.
It's the desperation illustrated in this part:
He helplessly stands by
It's meaningless to try
As he rubs his red-rimmed eyes
He says I've never seen her get this bad
and then:
All she wants to do is cry
No one ever knew she was so sad.
The beautiful guitar riff right after only makes it worse.
I have suffered depression and yes About to crash and the reprise really gets me.
Specially this part.
Even though I get so high
I know that I can't fly
And when I fall out of the sky
Who'll be standing by
Will you be standing by
It just describes depression really well I can get by and fight the illness but I know I won't be fully cured hence "I will never fly". Actually just typing this makes me teary eyed.
And off course Illumination theory the orchestra interlude and the finale! Its more of tears of Joy for me.
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Ending of Illumination Theory and The Count of Tuscany.
Plus, Losing Faythe:
"I would trade my life
Just for one last moment
Use your gift, I beg
May life begin again
May life begin again."
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Dammit, now I need to listen to Astonishing again :D
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I wish I would pay more attention to the lyrics. I'm french canadian and I concentrate more on the music and the main words like the chorus line. After a while, if I really like a song, I will be curious of knowing what the song is about.
About DT's songs, it never happened that one of them made me cry. About to crash has always been one of my favorite because the music and harmonies are fantastic. But once I paid attention to the lyrics, they really moved me a lot.
Once, at a concert where they opened for Iron Maiden, they were simply brilliant and as they were leaving the stage, I blew them a kiss. Something I have never done in any of the so many concerts I have attended.
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Once, at a concert where they opened for Iron Maiden, they were simply brilliant and as they were leaving the stage, I blew them
Even though she seems so high
He knows that she can't fly
She also likes to eat pie
Her favourite guitarist is Steve Vai
And when she falls out of the sky
...He'll be standing by
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Once, at a concert where they opened for Iron Maiden, they were simply brilliant and as they were leaving the stage, I blew them
Even though she seems so high
He knows that she can't fly
She also likes to eat pie
Her favourite guitarist is Steve Vai
And when she falls out of the sky
...He'll be standing by
Omg I chuckled you win the internet!
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I don't play Vacant, The Best of Times, or Beneath the Surface much anymore because they consistently make me misty eyed or even cry a little in the wrong mood. I love those songs to death and they're some of the most beautiful songs in DT's catalogue, but they're hard for me to hear since I heard all of them at pretty painful times in my life.
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As much as I love music, nothing has brought me to tears but there are three moments in two DT songs that evoke very strong feelings within Herrick's heart. The first is The Razor's Edge section of Octavarium. The lyrics and the weird...juxtaposition of the sad-sounding music with Petrucici's solo. The solo starts out kind of in a solemn mood but ends up triumphant at the end. The story ends where it begins. The circular theme makes me feel hopeless. I'm sure that wasn't their intention but that's how I feel about it.
The other ones are the Carpe Diem & Crimson Sunrise sections of A Change of Seasons which is my favorite song. Lyrically I find those sections to be very sad. "...But those days are goooooone!" "We can hope for the future but there may not be one". "Even though I'll be gone,
I will live on, live on". Living on through one's kids is an idea that never appealed to me. I don't have kids nor do I believe in an afterlife so that's a very sad part of the song topped off with that great outro which is also the intro to the song.
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I got this off a prog meme page on FB a few years ago, so I guess it's a thing. It happened to me too btw, when I watched Live Scenes in its entirety, and the whole story clicked with me for the first time. Also, I sh(r)ed a tear this year as well when I saw JP perform the Breaking All Illusions solo.
TSCO brings a lot of people to tears, watch the LALP and especially the Live Wacken version or it.
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I got this off a prog meme page on FB a few years ago, so I guess it's a thing. It happened to me too btw, when I watched Live Scenes in its entirety, and the whole story clicked with me for the first time. Also, I sh(r)ed a tear this year as well when I saw JP perform the Breaking All Illusions solo.
TSCO brings a lot of people to tears, watch the LALP and especially the Live Waken version or it.
The Solo section in Finaly free made teary eyed that is right after the one last time chorus, Its actually the main theme of Scenes from a Memory I think.
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As a mom, with 2 teens, one just starting college the other a jr, its Goodnight Kiss and also Solitary shell. It's not the same story as GK, but my heart aches with the thought of my children being gone in any fashion. Motherhood is my favorite thing on earth. Then both my kids struggle with mental illness and it's especially hard right now...I doubt if I could listen to SS today.
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Maybe when on ecstasy.
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It was during when I was relistening to The Astonishing on New Year's Eve (since I decided to use that day to relisten to my top five favorite albums of 2016). I was listening to Hymn of a Thousand Voices and I was reading the lyrics in context of the story and hearing about how the townspeople coming together, gathering around, making music, in Gabriel's time of need to bring Faythe back to life.
I had a tear in my eye on that one and think to myself, "Music is a beautiful thing and sometimes, if it can so powerful that it can bring people back on their feet and it can." It was a beautiful and touching song and the follow-up was the much more needed upbeat song, Our New World. Two of my favorites from The Astonishing.
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I was about to cry when they played ACOS live in this tour. I wasn't expecting that song at the end of the concert, so it was a beautiful surprise...
This song is so important to me. It has a deep meaning. In fact I tattooed "Seize the day" on my right arm, to remember it every day of my life. Thank you Mike!!!
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I was about to cry when they played ACOS live in this tour. I wasn't expecting that song at the end of the concert, so it was a beautiful surprise...
This song is so important to me. It has a deep meaning. In fact I tattooed "Seize the day" on my right arm, to remember it every day of my life. Thank you Mike!!!
I love ACOS of too, and I will see them perform in Manila this month I wish I had not done some research about their set list I want surprises!
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I was about to cry when they played ACOS live in this tour. I wasn't expecting that song at the end of the concert, so it was a beautiful surprise...
This song is so important to me. It has a deep meaning. In fact I tattooed "Seize the day" on my right arm, to remember it every day of my life. Thank you Mike!!!
I love ACOS of too, and I will see them perform in Manila this month I wish I had not done some research about their set list I want surprises!
It was in Rome, the first show of this tour, so it was completely unexpected!!! :o
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Nope.
Actually, I have to change this; I have come very close with "This Is The Life". It really reminds me of my daughter, and her life and how I hope she chooses to live it... it's a powerful song (though I deeply suspect it has a very different meaning to the writer).
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I was about to cry when they played ACOS live in this tour. I wasn't expecting that song at the end of the concert, so it was a beautiful surprise...
This song is so important to me. It has a deep meaning. In fact I tattooed "Seize the day" on my right arm, to remember it every day of my life. Thank you Mike!!!
I love ACOS of too, and I will see them perform in Manila this month I wish I had not done some research about their set list I want surprises!
It was in Rome, the first show of this tour, so it was completely unexpected!!! :o
Ah I see you lucky, well I could have stop my self from googling the set list but damn once I purchased the ticket I can't help my self to check what else they will play I know they play the whole IaW album since its a tribute to that but I already have a good guess that they will do the ACoS again since ACoS should have been part of the IaW album.
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certain parts of 6DOIT off of Score moistens the ol eyeballs. So does ACOS - The Crimson Sunset
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I must say I never realized how many of DT songs mention dying or living forever, even re listening to Images and Words for the Australian tour next week, there is a lot.
Why this is especially sad for me at the moment is my Mother passed very suddenly the night after I purchased DT tickets for Sydney, so it is a sad time all around, and also
late last month was 25 years since my Dad passed (also suddenly when I was sixteen) but I am reminded more as I listen to some tracks, at the end of the day, we all put our
own interpretation of each song, and ordinarily the lyrics wouldn't faze me that way but I do find I am skipping Pull me Under, and I know that will be played at each concert...
shesh I am having a cry now typing this. In time it will be okay, just right now, maybe I wish more of their lyrics were Sunshine and Roses.... Parents passing is never easy for anyone.
Saying that for the most part I&W is great, I have a new appreciation for Kevin Moore and JP as always outstanding...
The concerts in Melbourne and Sydney have given me something to focus on and take my mind off it. :smiley:
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Even in Petrucci's solo in TBOT
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The Best of Times the first time I heard it after my mother died. The theme of the song and JP's solo brought me to tears.
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I must say I never realized how many of DT songs mention dying or living forever, even re listening to Images and Words for the Australian tour next week, there is a lot.
Why this is especially sad for me at the moment is my Mother passed very suddenly the night after I purchased DT tickets for Sydney, so it is a sad time all around, and also
late last month was 25 years since my Dad passed (also suddenly when I was sixteen) but I am reminded more as I listen to some tracks, at the end of the day, we all put our
own interpretation of each song, and ordinarily the lyrics wouldn't faze me that way but I do find I am skipping Pull me Under, and I know that will be played at each concert...
shesh I am having a cry now typing this. In time it will be okay, just right now, maybe I wish more of their lyrics were Sunshine and Roses.... Parents passing is never easy for anyone.
Saying that for the most part I&W is great, I have a new appreciation for Kevin Moore and JP as always outstanding...
The concerts in Melbourne and Sydney have given me something to focus on and take my mind off it. :smiley:
I am really sorry for your loss man. I don't know how I will deal with that. So you purchased both concerts Melbourne and Sydney?
And about the songs DT will perform I am not sure if you already know the set list I don't want to spoil it. I would just say there are really some touchy songs there.
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My grandfather was EVERYTHING to me, he took care of me since I was a 2 years old kid. I love him with the deepest love one can have for another human being, whenhe died back in 2006 I was deeply devastated as I watched him died in his room at the hospital coincidentally I was listening to The Spirit Carries On on my iPod, everu single time I listen to that song I cried remembering my grandpa. I love you old man.
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Almost with Shattered Fortress tour "The Glass Prison" .
It was the strangest thing,
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Dream Theater -- Disappear. The last lyrics ("I gave you my hand, I said its ok letting go time to leave here ... Let him come and take you home.") are almost word-for-word the last thing I said to my dad before he passed away.
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In high school, my girlfriend was late and I thought I was going to be a dad.
I remember sitting on the school bus, sort of gently sobbing, and listening to Six Degrees. I really thought my life was over.
There's a sample in Goodnight Kiss of a baby crying somewhere. Pretty sure that's what triggered me. :lol
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The part that made me the most emotional was the last minute of "Illumination theory"
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I try to avoid Disappear like the plague. That song hits way too close to home. I'd probably flood the room with tears. :lol
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I used to feel emotional about Ministry Of Lost Souls, but nowadays I don't feel anything for it :/ Might have had something to do with hearing Petrucci say it's just a story he made up about someone drowning.
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I must say I never realized how many of DT songs mention dying or living forever, even re listening to Images and Words for the Australian tour next week, there is a lot.
Why this is especially sad for me at the moment is my Mother passed very suddenly the night after I purchased DT tickets for Sydney, so it is a sad time all around, and also
late last month was 25 years since my Dad passed (also suddenly when I was sixteen) but I am reminded more as I listen to some tracks, at the end of the day, we all put our
own interpretation of each song, and ordinarily the lyrics wouldn't faze me that way but I do find I am skipping Pull me Under, and I know that will be played at each concert...
shesh I am having a cry now typing this. In time it will be okay, just right now, maybe I wish more of their lyrics were Sunshine and Roses.... Parents passing is never easy for anyone.
Saying that for the most part I&W is great, I have a new appreciation for Kevin Moore and JP as always outstanding...
The concerts in Melbourne and Sydney have given me something to focus on and take my mind off it. :smiley:
I am really sorry for your loss man. I don't know how I will deal with that. So you purchased both concerts Melbourne and Sydney?
And about the songs DT will perform I am not sure if you already know the set list I don't want to spoil it. I would just say there are really some touchy songs there.
I was okay, there was a couple of points of songs with James singing that I was close, but all round it was a happy occasion. Great to take my mind off the last couple of months.
I was just wanting this year to be over, but DT did bring me back to happiness as well.
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I must say I never realized how many of DT songs mention dying or living forever, even re listening to Images and Words for the Australian tour next week, there is a lot.
Why this is especially sad for me at the moment is my Mother passed very suddenly the night after I purchased DT tickets for Sydney, so it is a sad time all around, and also
late last month was 25 years since my Dad passed (also suddenly when I was sixteen) but I am reminded more as I listen to some tracks, at the end of the day, we all put our
own interpretation of each song, and ordinarily the lyrics wouldn't faze me that way but I do find I am skipping Pull me Under, and I know that will be played at each concert...
shesh I am having a cry now typing this. In time it will be okay, just right now, maybe I wish more of their lyrics were Sunshine and Roses.... Parents passing is never easy for anyone.
Saying that for the most part I&W is great, I have a new appreciation for Kevin Moore and JP as always outstanding...
The concerts in Melbourne and Sydney have given me something to focus on and take my mind off it. :smiley:
I am really sorry for your loss man. I don't know how I will deal with that. So you purchased both concerts Melbourne and Sydney?
And about the songs DT will perform I am not sure if you already know the set list I don't want to spoil it. I would just say there are really some touchy songs there.
I was okay, there was a couple of points of songs with James singing that I was close, but all round it was a happy occasion. Great to take my mind off the last couple of months.
I was just wanting this year to be over, but DT did bring me back to happiness as well.
I am glad you have recovered and enjoyed the show.
Hey I just have a question somewhat OT, its about the Meet and greet have you purchased the VIP Platinum upgrade or the VIP with Meet and greet what time do they usually start this.
I am asking because I have purchased for the Manila concert on the 25th but Songkick says they still dont have the schedule.
I know it is mostly likely a pre show M&G I just want to have an idea how early I should be at the venue.
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I remember seeing The Astonishing live after a 4 year hiatus from listening to any DT music. When I bought my tickets for the show, I decided not to listen to the album or any other DT song prior to the show. I wanted to feel what I felt when I first listened to DT. During the show for some weird reason I just started crying. I've never cried at a concert before but the music just moved me in ways that I did not think was possible.
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I have no particular song but during a concert it could be an part of an solo Petrucci is playing and i have to bite my tongue not bursting into tears.I think it's mainly because i realize they've been there for me for over 20years.Can't help it :'(
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I must say I never realized how many of DT songs mention dying or living forever, even re listening to Images and Words for the Australian tour next week, there is a lot.
Why this is especially sad for me at the moment is my Mother passed very suddenly the night after I purchased DT tickets for Sydney, so it is a sad time all around, and also
late last month was 25 years since my Dad passed (also suddenly when I was sixteen) but I am reminded more as I listen to some tracks, at the end of the day, we all put our
own interpretation of each song, and ordinarily the lyrics wouldn't faze me that way but I do find I am skipping Pull me Under, and I know that will be played at each concert...
shesh I am having a cry now typing this. In time it will be okay, just right now, maybe I wish more of their lyrics were Sunshine and Roses.... Parents passing is never easy for anyone.
Saying that for the most part I&W is great, I have a new appreciation for Kevin Moore and JP as always outstanding...
The concerts in Melbourne and Sydney have given me something to focus on and take my mind off it. :smiley:
I am really sorry for your loss man. I don't know how I will deal with that. So you purchased both concerts Melbourne and Sydney?
And about the songs DT will perform I am not sure if you already know the set list I don't want to spoil it. I would just say there are really some touchy songs there.
I was okay, there was a couple of points of songs with James singing that I was close, but all round it was a happy occasion. Great to take my mind off the last couple of months.
I was just wanting this year to be over, but DT did bring me back to happiness as well.
I am glad you have recovered and enjoyed the show.
Hey I just have a question somewhat OT, its about the Meet and greet have you purchased the VIP Platinum upgrade or the VIP with Meet and greet what time do they usually start this.
I am asking because I have purchased for the Manila concert on the 25th but Songkick says they still dont have the schedule.
I know it is mostly likely a pre show M&G I just want to have an idea how early I should be at the venue.
I purchased the Platinum and our concert was starting at 7.30pm and the meet and greet was at 5pm.
You may have an email now, they should send them out a week before to allow for travelling fans, but usually just 2 days before.
Enjoy the Meet and Greet!
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I try to avoid Disappear like the plague. That song hits way too close to home. I'd probably flood the room with tears. :lol
Hits really close to home for me too. I listened to it for the first time in a long time a few months ago, about a year after my GF died. Yeah, I cried my fuckin' eyes out. After that, I haven't listened to it since.
Dream Theater -- Disappear. The last lyrics ("I gave you my hand, I said its ok letting go time to leave here ... Let him come and take you home.") are almost word-for-word the last thing I said to my dad before he passed away.
I never said those words, but I was holding my GF's hand as she passed.
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Take Away My Pain.
I know what the song is actually about, but for me it's about dealing with mind numbing chronic pain (migraines) that I have suffered with for 20 years and counting. I could write a small book (and almost did) about everything I went thru, but kind of like the man in the song I've kind of reached a point in my life where I don't even try to fight it anymore and whatever happens will happen. The music just gets to me, and I find it theraputic.
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Take Away My Pain.
I know what the song is actually about, but for me it's about dealing with mind numbing chronic pain (migraines) that I have suffered with for 20 years and counting. I could write a small book (and almost did) about everything I went thru, but kind of like the man in the song I've kind of reached a point in my life where I don't even try to fight it anymore and whatever happens will happen. The music just gets to me, and I find it theraputic.
I kinda relate as I have chornic depression but man I feel for you chronic Migraines? I think I would rather have more depression than migraines.
Migraines are literally painful! If I have that I would really cry
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Take Away My Pain.
I know what the song is actually about, but for me it's about dealing with mind numbing chronic pain (migraines) that I have suffered with for 20 years and counting. I could write a small book (and almost did) about everything I went thru, but kind of like the man in the song I've kind of reached a point in my life where I don't even try to fight it anymore and whatever happens will happen. The music just gets to me, and I find it theraputic.
I kinda relate as I have chornic depression but man I feel for you chronic Migraines? I think I would rather have more depression than migraines.
Migraines are literally painful! If I have that I would really cry
Thanks...Yeah they suck, trust me. Totally interfere with my life. But I don't wish depression on anyone either. One of my friends has been hospitalized for it. I've had minor bouts with it as well (due to dealing with migraines and otherwise) and it's not fun. I also have severe anxiety, which is a trip all by itself!
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Take Away My Pain.
I know what the song is actually about, but for me it's about dealing with mind numbing chronic pain (migraines) that I have suffered with for 20 years and counting. I could write a small book (and almost did) about everything I went thru, but kind of like the man in the song I've kind of reached a point in my life where I don't even try to fight it anymore and whatever happens will happen. The music just gets to me, and I find it theraputic.
I kinda relate as I have chornic depression but man I feel for you chronic Migraines? I think I would rather have more depression than migraines.
Migraines are literally painful! If I have that I would really cry
Thanks...Yeah they suck, trust me. Totally interfere with my life. But I don't wish depression on anyone either. One of my friends has been hospitalized for it. I've had minor bouts with it as well (due to dealing with migraines and otherwise) and it's not fun. I also have severe anxiety, which is a trip all by itself!
Yep had anxiety too doctor told me its a spectrum anyone who has clinical depression will have anxiety to some degree and vice versa good thing I don't have severe migraines but there are days I have a mild lingering head ache the doctor told its part of my illness as the chemical imbalance in the brain triggers it.
Oh well having said that and having to deal with all that mess is why I really reacted emotionally to the song Illumination theory specially the last movement "Surrender,Trust and Passion"
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The second chorus of Bridges in The Sky, Beneath The Surface and that Illumination Theory part that people keep getting tattoos of.
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Yep, seeing illumination Theory live did it for me. Beneath The Surface gets me every time as that was my wife's favorite DT song, she passed away 2 and a half years ago. Her name was Victoria, so it's nearly impossible for me to listen to TSCO, or even the rest of the Scenes album.
The song Chosen gets me choked up because I know for sure she would have loved it!
There are other DT songs that give me goosebumps, such as Octavarium "The Razors Edge" segment, and the Grand Finale/Reprise of Six Degrees.
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Notwithstanding the admonishment in the song not to cry, I have been known to get a bit choked up at the end of ACOS ("I sat down with my son...I've lived my life, but now must move on....").
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But seriously, I cried when JLB sang the chorus right after Portnoy's rap.
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Prophets of war is a really good song. But I dunno if it'd make me cry (the pain in my left ear from that guitar squeal, before the last chorus isn't quite that bad)
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Prophets of war is a really good song. But I dunno if it'd make me cry (the pain in my left ear from that guitar squeal, before the last chorus isn't quite that bad)
Maybe that also counts to my cry. :lol
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The ending lyrics to Wait For Sleep are some of my favorite lyrics of all time, and for some reason they often get me right in the feels. KevMo really wrote the most poetic DT lyrics.
In with the ashes
And up with the smoke from the fire
Like wings up in heaven
Or here, lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
Now and forever curled
In my heart, and the heart of the world
Also, just the way James sings that last line is so moving and emotional, especially live, ESPECIALLY on this last tour (I&W25). Moments like that make me wonder how anyone can dislike him, or refer to DT as soulless.
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I still get teary with Illumination theory!! I don't know if I will get use to it. Space Dye Vest gets me too
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I haven't full-on cried during a DT song yet (and I don't think I've actually cried to a piece of music that wasn't classical), but Far From Heaven, Disappear, and Misunderstood all get me emotional. Misunderstood at least has that noise freak-out section at the end for a bit of emotional release. I don't really listen to those three songs on their own unless I'm in a crummy mood, usually just if I'm listening to ADToE or SDoIT all the way through.
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Yes, for me it's The Spirit Carries on. My Grandma died of lung cancer at age 71 just 2 days before Christmas last year. She was the epitome of what people should strive to be. She was as close to perfect as they get. My cousin is a guitarist and I'm a drummer (we're her only two grandsons) and we buried her with his guitar pick in her hands and one of my drumsticks by her side. I wrote out the lyrics to The Spirit Carries On (and re-wrote the Victoria's real section) and tied them around my drumstick, so every time I listen to it I can't help but cry.
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“The best of times” and “Through her eyes” almost made me cry a little. The Best of Times because my grand father passed away around the same time the song came out and I got emotional listening to it. Through her eyes is nothing special about it. Just the beautiful melody when he sings “as her image wonders through my head...” that part always gets to me.