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Offline Tomislav95

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The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« on: April 21, 2011, 12:45:43 PM »
Systematic chaos which isn't DT's best album but those songs are great. So, what are you think, which is better? I personally prefer TMoLS.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 12:57:05 PM »
ITPOE I > TMOLS > ITPOE II

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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 01:04:01 PM »
ITPOE
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2011, 01:08:07 PM »
TMOLS easily.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 01:13:21 PM »
Can't stand TMOLS.  This is an easy choice.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2011, 01:14:44 PM »
Quote from: bösk1 on April 21, 2011, 01:13:21 PM
Can't stand TMOLS.  This is an easy choice.

Exactly.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 01:40:59 PM »
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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2011, 01:42:52 PM »
The ministry of lost souls is good, but not as good as the ITPOE saga :D
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2011, 01:44:39 PM »
I absolutely love TMOLS
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2011, 02:04:09 PM »
Quote from: Zydar on April 21, 2011, 01:14:44 PM
Quote from: bösk1 on April 21, 2011, 01:13:21 PM
Can't stand TMOLS.  This is an easy choice.

Exactly.

That makes 3 of us.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2011, 02:12:17 PM »
ITPOE. TMOLS is my least favorite DT song.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2011, 02:13:24 PM »
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2011, 02:17:34 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on April 21, 2011, 12:57:05 PM
ITPOE I > TMOLS > ITPOE II

That is all.

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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2011, 07:21:56 PM »
Two of my favourite DT songs. Going with ItPoE though.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2011, 08:38:13 PM »
Quote from: j on April 21, 2011, 02:17:34 PM
Quote from: KevShmev on April 21, 2011, 12:57:05 PM
ITPOE I > TMOLS > ITPOE II

That is all.

-J

Yeah, Kev nailed it.

Personally, I don't understand how anyone can dislike Ministry of Lost Souls...it may drag a bit, but the solo at the end is mint.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2011, 08:40:55 PM »
ItPoE pt. 2 > ItPoE pt. 1 > TMoLS
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2011, 08:49:57 PM »
Voted TMOLS, but:

Quote from: KevShmev on April 21, 2011, 12:57:05 PM
ITPOE I > TMOLS > ITPOE II

Basically, to show my opinions numerically:

ITPOE Pt. 1: 4.5
ITPOE Pt. 2: 3.5
ITPOE: 3.5 (Yeah, I really hate The Reckoning)
TMOLS: 4.0
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2011, 09:47:14 PM »
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2011, 11:12:27 PM »
Quote from: bösk1 on April 21, 2011, 01:13:21 PM
Can't stand TMOLS.  This is an easy choice.
Same here. ITPOE would be very far from the top of my top DT songs list, but I still don't mind most of it. TMOLS on the other hand puts me to sleep whenever I try to listen to it. ITPOE.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2011, 11:44:58 PM »
In the Presence of Enemies.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #21 on: April 22, 2011, 02:43:49 AM »
Quote from: KevShmev on April 21, 2011, 12:57:05 PM
ITPOE I > TMOLS > ITPOE II



Exactly this.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2011, 03:56:02 AM »
TMOLS is my 2nd favorite Dream Theater song.

ITPOE is awesome as well, though.  :metal
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2011, 05:20:10 AM »
Both songs are great, ItPoE is probably a top 10 DT song to me though.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2011, 07:40:16 AM »
Quote from: LieLowTheWantedMan on April 21, 2011, 07:21:56 PM
Two of my favourite DT songs. Going with ItPoE though.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2011, 08:07:21 AM »
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2011, 08:11:23 AM »
can't decide.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2011, 08:15:58 AM »
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2011, 08:18:42 AM »
Arrrgggghhhh, forgot add "can't decide" option
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #29 on: April 22, 2011, 08:21:31 AM »
Quote from: Tomislav95 on April 22, 2011, 08:18:42 AM
Arrrgggghhhh, forgot add "can't decide" option

Good, cop out answer.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #30 on: April 22, 2011, 08:30:59 AM »
Quote from: KevShmev on April 21, 2011, 12:57:05 PM
ITPOE I > TMOLS > ITPOE II

Yep, ITPOE sandwich.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #31 on: April 22, 2011, 03:09:48 PM »
I was doing my song rankings a while back for every DT song and ITPOE pt.1 was up at number 10. Then I remembered to rank it as a whole song. It now sits at like 60 something. I like bits of pt 2 (parts of part 2?) but not enough to bring the whole thing up.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #32 on: April 22, 2011, 03:33:42 PM »
It was a close one for me, though. I could have gone either way.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #33 on: April 22, 2011, 04:01:55 PM »
Love them both. TMOLS just takes it for that solo and the general vibe, and because JP didn't plagiarise the lyrics...
that we know of...
I enjoy alot of SC, just not TDEN, CM and Repentance.
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Re: The Ministry of Lost Souls vs. In The Presence of Enemies
« Reply #34 on: April 22, 2011, 04:38:08 PM »
Quote from: LieLowTheWantedMan on April 21, 2011, 07:21:56 PM
Two of my favourite DT songs. Going with ItPoE though.
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