Marc, that all sound perfectly logical. And, again, based on what info we have, I think those are pretty sound conclusions to draw. Again, however, I hate to go down that road, because we have such a limited picture to go off of. For all we know, if the band were to read that post, they might genuinely laugh at it and say, "No, that's not even remotely close. I guess the way the facts came out, it may have inadvertently painted a picture that could lead someone to believe that. But that's actually a really misleading picture that isn't accurate at all." We just don't know.
Very good point, and yeah, no one outside of the band (and maybe those close to them) knows exactly what went on during and after those sessions, especially since the album took almost a year to complete, so a lot went on that the less-than-an-hour documentary didn't even cover. I haven't watched Neal's Inner Circle Making Of TBOL yet (because the Radiant site is a POS and downloading/unzipping the file for it doesn't want to work for me), so I'm not sure how much further Neal delves into the creation of his version, but even then, I doubt he'll ever divulge everything that went on in his mind about the creation of TAU, especially if it meant revealing he may have felt under-represented on Forevermore.
What it boils down to is that Neal and Roine are very much used to getting their way in their respective band, and Transatlantic, while striving to be truly collaborative, has always had a slightly more Morse-ian feel to it, even if other members sang or wrote parts throughout each album. Even if he didn't write it, just having Neal sing over another's music even gives the sense that it was written by Neal. I think he has definitely lightened up a bit on wanting to have his voice heard in Flying Colors and the Neal Morse Band over the last 7 years or so, and maybe he felt like he could still get more of his ideas in with Transatlantic, and because that didn't happen as much during the TAU sessions, he thought doing a different mix of the album could be his way to have his voice heard? Again, I think if Pete didn't rattle around the idea of making the album shorter, perhaps Neal would not have gone back to that idea months after the initial sessions and tried to make his own 60 minute edit... not that we should blame Pete for that, but it's a possibility that I've thought about. I don't think all four members have ever been on the same page about anything *initially*, but after some discussion, I think they all come to agreements about things in a civil manner. I mean, obviously the band is still together, and of course Roine is going to hype up Forevermore more because he spearheaded it, so maybe we're just reading into things a bit too much?
Maybe once the band is done, someone can write a book about Transatlantic, and they can finally reveal all of the dirty little secrets they each have had throughout the years! A sort of tell-all book about the history of Transatlantic!
-Marc.
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