For the non-fans of ACOS - do you have a distaste for longer piece/epics? I know some fans of metal might not be fans of prog, and therefore are not likely to engage in the band's longer pieces.
If not, then what is it about ACOS that sets it apart from DT's other longer songs? And which of their epics DO you like?
-Marc.
Can't it just be a matter of personal opinion? Some songs just don't grab some people like others do, even when there's a common majority opinion on the song. There doesn't need to be some reason to explain it away.
I'm not saying it couldn't be, nor did I mean to imply as such, so I apologize if I did, but I was just wondering if there was any correlation at all. Then again, I'm one of those easy-to-please fans, who will likely enjoy anything a favorite artists puts out, at least, given with time. I'll be honest, i didn't like half of
Awake or
Falling Into Infinity when I got around to listening to them my first few times, but loved
Images And Words and
Scenes From A Memory, but I guess it just goes to show how one band can create music so varied that it can touch many different kinds of fans in different ways, and not all just be one kind of music to please one kind of fan.
In fact, I might be scared if they created a song, one day, that EVERY Dream Theater fan would like, regardless of prior tastes and opinions. They could unite the world with such a song...unfortunately, Bill & Ted have already/will eventually create said song.
-Marc.