Another day, another section of the list, and another butt load of incomprehensible ramblings.
25: Metropolis - Part I - "The Miracle And The Sleeper"
Fuck making these coherent any more, you can all just be treated to my… Train of Thought. I acknowledge that the latter half of my list is going to be incredibly hard to justify so I don’t think I can even attempt it. I’m not very persuasive after all.
JINGLE BELLS JINGLE BELLS JINGLE ALL THE WAAAAY! I like this song. It’s a definite must listen to when you’re introducing someone to Dream Theater. I do kind of wish I listened to this before Scenes From a Memory, I’d appreciate the little lyrical throw backs a lot more. It really displays all that is prog about Dream Theater, time signatures all over the place, motherfucking jingle bells, pretty sure I caught a bongo drum in there as well…Or that may be me just proving my sheer lack of knowledge when it comes to all things musical
I love the vibe around this song as well, it knows perfectly well what it’s doing, it knows that it wants to tell you a story and…
There it is, Scene From a Memory…Is it bad that I listen out for every single word associated with the songs in that album? And transition! I just like this song. I have no idea what to write about now. I do like the guitar on this bit…OOOOH and it’s building up now, I’m singing along to the guitar right now, and guess what, you guys can’t even hear me, sucks to be you, right? And here comes that beast of a rhythm, BAM guitars.
I must look like such a retard right now. I’m just going to let it go on with the rest of this great instrumental section in peace.
LIES. It’s building up again, getting you ready and that creepy keyboard bit…Carry on song.
Ok, Ok I’ve stopped spazzing out now. Here we go, building into that softer section, those gorgeous, soaring vocals, and returning to that overriding riff of the song, I wish James would try to hit these notes again bless him…And what an ending. How amazing would that be to close a concert on?
Long Story short: I can only imagine my reaction to this song if I ever got high.
24: The Spirit Carries On
I love the vulnerability in James’ voice in the opening. The keys aren’t overly complex, I think if I practiced solidly for a week I might be able to play it. Tiny hint of a guitar in there. It’s just such a peaceful, atmospheric song. I’m just going to chill for a minute, go on a spiritual journey…I guess that’s the whole point of the song though.
AND WE HAVE ORGAN
AND WE HAVE POWERFUL VOCALS.
Right, going back to chilling, I’m hearing a chorus though. This song proves why I’d love to learn guitar, it isn’t as off putting as some of the other solos, it sounds…I don’t know, achievable.
AND HERE WE GO, CALL BACK TO REGRESSION. Here we go guys…SAFE IN THE LIGHT THAT SURROUNDS ME, FREE OF THE FEAR AND THE PAIN
And here is the black gospel singer I was expecting in On The Backs of Angels, glad you could join us sweetheart, you have a great voice on you. This song proves that Dream Theater shouldn’t be afraid to get in backing vocalists, it really adds something new to the song that you can’t get in samples or choral effects. This woman is the highlight of the song for me, her voice is just…Sublime.
23: Learning To Live
I have a feeling that I’m not going to get absolutely slaughtered for placing this song here. Thank fuck for that. Now I could give you a running commentary of the song. I could describe how I love the musicianship and all that jazz and I agree, another amazing piece of work from Dream Theater, it’s everything I love about them. But that’s the same as a lot of my top 50, so what puts this song above the other 27 songs mentioned so far in the list? Is it the lyrics, is it the singing.
Come on you guys, you can guess my answer already, I’m sure you can.
That. Fucking. F#
That is all. Return to your duties
22: Breaking All Illusions
Another one from the new album, and you’ll be glad to know that it’s a return to the running commentaries and lack of real reasoning for its placement on my list. So, intro, it’s fresh, it resembles- and already it’s foreshadowing a really beautiful moment in this album. You know how much I like foreshadowing don’t you? Well, you didn’t considering that this is the first time I’ve mentioned it.
When everything gets a bit softer, you can really hear the throwback to Images and Words, but it’s more like a tribute, it brings something new to the table. The effects on James’ voice are really well chosen and…well, I love samples. Even if they are mixed too low for me to hear what they’re saying over my constant stream of typing.
And here we go, into the strength of the song, the pre- chorus. The musicianship is sublime, certainly one of the better song they’ve brought out since Systematic Chaos. I mean, that’s hardly saying something when you bring Dark Eternal Night and Raw Dog into the equation but this song has everything. Myung really has a way with lyrics, he should be allowed to write more often. You know the chorus? Ever since the snippet for this song came out I’ve had it as my ringtone and FUCKING FOLK. FUCK YES.
Oh, it’s gone now. And we’re in a 70s club for a second…Like Take the Time, this song is all over the place…In fact, it’s even more all over the place than Take the Time was and I can’t complain about that. I’d be a complete idiot to do so, I love being all over the place (as if you can’t tell by my style of spontaneous writing, I sometimes can’t finish off one point)
Oh and this is nice, the soft beat in the background feels like a call back to Hollow Years, nice to see a bit of recognition of the more hated sections of their catalogue. This is so peaceful, incredibly relaxing, but it builds you up…Although this may be me speaking with hindsight because I know how the song goes. I’m glad that the drums are originally mixed a little too low because it really lets the atmosphere come into fruition. And it’s heavy again. And this write up is getting really long. And I should stop. But fuck me I’m going to continue because this is fucking amazing!
I can’t remember my first reaction to this song, considering its placement on the album I can surmise that I was at least tipsy at this point. And hear comes this tiny section, so tiny that it makes me just a little uneasy.
Back into the main rhythm, we’re getting back to the main body of the song and if you’re listening to Breaking All Illusions right now you’re probably wondering how the fuck I am typing with thi-
SEARCHING OUT, REACHING IN!
Sorry, I just had to get that out. Here comes the beautiful ending, it’s just wonderful, I love the change. I love the whole fucking song.
Haunting keys, intense, well timed drums. Fucking gorgeous.
I really need to expand my vocabulary, I’m too lazy to count how many times I’ve said fucking.
Oh and water. I like water.
21: Anna Lee
Screw you all I like Falling into Infinity. I also like sad songs, and this song is very sad. Being a girl any song that mentions children automatically tugs at my heartstrings. Because, you know, I’m planning on having kids one day. People say this album is radio friendly, now, I can’t remember the year that this was released but I can’t imagine this song being that radio friendly at all. Its just a nice song.
Actually, listening to that guitar…Yeah, it is kind of radio friendly for the 90s. I guess you could call it radio friendly in length I suppose, it isn’t that long. And I suppose there isn’t much for me to talk about either when I’m talking about how radio friendly a song is whilst it’s playing.
Oh oh oh that voice! He’s hitting the notes again. Right, that’s why I like this song so much, from vulnerable and helpless to strong and powerful. He’s a strong beautiful bl- He’s just got a good voice on him. Yep, definitely struggling to find other things to talk about, why do I rate this song so highly again?
I guess I listen to it a lot when I’m going to sleep, it’s one of the few DT songs on my sleep play list…It’s a conspiracy! It’s subliminal messaging working its way into my ears whilst I sleep and making me rate it so high!
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