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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: CharlesPL on July 12, 2016, 07:50:59 AM
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https://teamrock.com/trivia/2016-07-12/the-dream-theater-quiz
Your final score is 9 / 9 oh really ? :lol :biggrin: :tup
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9/9!!
Had no clue on the TTT Samples question, but one kind of stood out as that answer.
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9/9!!
Had no clue on the TTT Samples question, but one kind of stood out as that answer.
This.
Didn't know number one but the rest is easy.
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8/9. I didn't know the one regarding the Take the time samples.
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All shit easy questions except the TTT one. I wasn't aware of the Christmas Rappin one, because I believe DT took the sample from Beastie Boys - Hold it Now, Hit it, which apparently sampled it from Christmas Rappin, which I did not know about. I knew Dancin' Fool and Power to the People were sampled.
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8/9. I didn't know the one regarding the Take the time samples.
Same.
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I also missed the last question.
I still don't get why Octavarium isn't considered a concept album. Maybe it doesn't tell a story, but there are recurring musical elements between songs, the end mirrors the start, the ascending keys in the songs, the many references to 5 and 8, etc.
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8/9. I didn't know the one regarding the Take the time samples.
Same.
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9/9
I also missed the last question.
I still don't get why Octavarium isn't considered a concept album. Maybe it doesn't tell a story, but there are recurring musical elements between songs, the end mirrors the start, the ascending keys in the songs, the many references to 5 and 8, etc.
The bolded part answers your question. The term "concept album" does not simply mean an album with a concept. It means there is generally a story with characters that plays out over the course of the album. Octavarium, and perhaps Six Degrees, are more "theme albums." Does it make a whole lot of difference? Not really. But again, to answer your question, the term "concept album" generally has a specific meaning, which is what the question was getting at.
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8/9. I didn't know the one regarding the Take the time samples.
Same.
Yup, this one. I picked Christmas Rappin' and tough luck.
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9/9
I also missed the last question.
I still don't get why Octavarium isn't considered a concept album. Maybe it doesn't tell a story, but there are recurring musical elements between songs, the end mirrors the start, the ascending keys in the songs, the many references to 5 and 8, etc.
The bolded part answers your question. The term "concept album" does not simply mean an album with a concept. It means there is generally a story with characters that plays out over the course of the album. Octavarium, and perhaps Six Degrees, are more "theme albums." Does it make a whole lot of difference? Not really. But again, to answer your question, the term "concept album" generally has a specific meaning, which is what the question was getting at.
OK. It's just, I always thought "concept album" was a broader spectrum. When I was a teen and started reading magazines/books/webs about prog and other rock sub-genres, Dark Side Of The Moon or Tales From Topographic Oceans used to come up as examples of concept albums, and neither has a plot/characters. So, I considered that, if an album features recurring musical elements or the lyrics/music focuses on a subject (and both examples do both things), then it can be considered conceptual.
But, I get your point. To me both terms mean basically the same thing, though, since I mostly pay attention to the music.
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8/9. I didn't know the one regarding the Take the time samples.
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Such a strange balance of questions. From something somewhat obscure with the Take the Time samples to the fill in the blank with Images and Words. :lol Oops, I just gave away the answer.
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9/9
I also missed the last question.
I still don't get why Octavarium isn't considered a concept album. Maybe it doesn't tell a story, but there are recurring musical elements between songs, the end mirrors the start, the ascending keys in the songs, the many references to 5 and 8, etc.
The bolded part answers your question. The term "concept album" does not simply mean an album with a concept. It means there is generally a story with characters that plays out over the course of the album. Octavarium, and perhaps Six Degrees, are more "theme albums." Does it make a whole lot of difference? Not really. But again, to answer your question, the term "concept album" generally has a specific meaning, which is what the question was getting at.
OK. It's just, I always thought "concept album" was a broader spectrum. When I was a teen and started reading magazines/books/webs about prog and other rock sub-genres, Dark Side Of The Moon or Tales From Topographic Oceans used to come up as examples of concept albums, and neither has a plot/characters. So, I considered that, if an album features recurring musical elements or the lyrics/music focuses on a subject (and both examples do both things), then it can be considered conceptual.
But, I get your point. To me both terms mean basically the same thing, though, since I mostly pay attention to the music.
Those are thematic albums, not concept albums, but nowadays a lot of people like to lump them together.
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Those are thematic albums, not concept albums, but nowadays a lot of people like to lump them together.
Yeah, I suppose. Sorry to derail the thread.
OK, moving on.
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"DT's best-selling album is known as..."?
"Is known as"?!! Last time I checked I&W is actually CALLED Images and Words. It's not like "Images and Words" is a nickname.
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Or maybe the actual title is I&W and Images And Words was just a facade all along! :justjen:
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5/9 :rollin
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9/9
I also missed the last question.
I still don't get why Octavarium isn't considered a concept album. Maybe it doesn't tell a story, but there are recurring musical elements between songs, the end mirrors the start, the ascending keys in the songs, the many references to 5 and 8, etc.
The bolded part answers your question. The term "concept album" does not simply mean an album with a concept. It means there is generally a story with characters that plays out over the course of the album. Octavarium, and perhaps Six Degrees, are more "theme albums." Does it make a whole lot of difference? Not really. But again, to answer your question, the term "concept album" generally has a specific meaning, which is what the question was getting at.
OK. It's just, I always thought "concept album" was a broader spectrum. When I was a teen and started reading magazines/books/webs about prog and other rock sub-genres, Dark Side Of The Moon or Tales From Topographic Oceans used to come up as examples of concept albums, and neither has a plot/characters. So, I considered that, if an album features recurring musical elements or the lyrics/music focuses on a subject (and both examples do both things), then it can be considered conceptual.
But, I get your point. To me both terms mean basically the same thing, though, since I mostly pay attention to the music.
See, I agree with you. I missed Thai question, too, because I consider Octavarium a concept album. I think there is a distinction between "concept album" and "rock opera." I think rock operas are a subset of concept album so DT technically would have three concept albums in my book.
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Too many pop up adds. I got frustrated and closed the page.
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Too many pop up adds. I got frustrated and closed the page.
Don't you have a pop-up blocker installed?
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No I don't. Can I get one on my android phone?
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9/9 for me. It's funny how the difficulty jumps from "extremely easy" (Images & ....) to "pretty hardcore" (the TTT samples) :D
Also, the concept album question is pretty... debatable at best, especially since I don't really agree with the storyline/thematic albums dichotomy ("concept" does not mean "story") that's been proposed here. Considering even the mighty wiki says the following: "A concept album loosely describes a studio album unified by a larger purpose or meaning to the album collectively than to its songs individually. This may be achieved through a single central narrative or theme, or through a sense of artistic cohesiveness. There is no clear definition."
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8/9. I didn't know the one regarding the Take the time samples.
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Why is the first question so difficult but the rest so easy? lol
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8/9. I didn't know the one regarding the Take the time samples.
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I know it's ben discussed ad nauseam - but Octavarium could be a concept album.