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We had written a 20-something minute version of the inevitable sequel to the "Images And Words" track back in 1996, but it was tossed aside by all of the other material we ended up writing for "Falling Into Infinity."When the time came to start a new CD in 1999, we knew we had to revive and finally include Metropolis Pt. 2 this time around...Once we determined it was time to finally tackle a concept album, the 2 ideas on the table became 1 and we decided to expand Metropolis Pt. 2 into a full length album!
Zook is right.
Awake is almost perfect. It just has a slight case of SpaceDyeVestitis that it needs to be cured of.
Hef is right on all things. Except for when I disagree with him. In which case he's probably still right.
I have no idea what some of you are talking about regarding the keys on this album.
Don't try to BS her about Kevin Moore facts, she will obscure quote you in the face.
I don't know what that snipped link was, but I found out about it in the Liner Notes on "Making Of SFAM" bootleg.Quote from: Mike PortnoyWe had written a 20-something minute version of the inevitable sequel to the "Images And Words" track back in 1996, but it was tossed aside by all of the other material we ended up writing for "Falling Into Infinity."When the time came to start a new CD in 1999, we knew we had to revive and finally include Metropolis Pt. 2 this time around...Once we determined it was time to finally tackle a concept album, the 2 ideas on the table became 1 and we decided to expand Metropolis Pt. 2 into a full length album!
It was "tossed aside" in the sense that several songs ended up being cut, but MP has said that, if it had been up to him FII would have been a double album of all of the songs written for the album, including M2.
Quote from: ZirconBlue on July 16, 2012, 09:13:55 AMIt was "tossed aside" in the sense that several songs ended up being cut, but MP has said that, if it had been up to him FII would have been a double album of all of the songs written for the album, including M2.He said that he wanted M2 on FII?It really doesn't make sense to me that they 'completed' the demos, wrote and recorded the vocals and everything, but the only thing of M2 at that existed at that time was a live rehearsal demo. I really don't think they intended on including it on the album. That's why it's labeled as a bonus track on the FII Demos.
They did intend to include it on FII but abandoned the idea halfway through the album's writing sessions. I remember reading about it on an interview JP gave to a guitar magazine sometime back in 1997. I think it was featured on the November 1997 issue of "Guitar World" (but don't quote me on that).
Quote from: wolfandwolfandwolf on July 11, 2012, 12:52:38 PMNah. There's nothing wrong with it.This. Awake is Dream Theater's best sounding album as a whole.
Nah. There's nothing wrong with it.
They didn't write and record them all at once. They kept writing and demo'ing songs over a long period of time waiting for the label to finally let them go into the studio to record an album. If the label had continued to drag their feet a little longer, M2 would have been completed.
Quote from: ZirconBlue on July 18, 2012, 09:36:48 AMThey didn't write and record them all at once. They kept writing and demo'ing songs over a long period of time waiting for the label to finally let them go into the studio to record an album. If the label had continued to drag their feet a little longer, M2 would have been completed.I don't know. All signs still point to the fact that by the time they finished all the demos, they had no intention of putting M2 on the actual album. I mean, I could be wrong, but I haven't seen any evidence to suggest otherwise.I mean, what you're telling me, did they actually SAY that in an interview? Or are you speculating?
It's from a post MP made on his forum. Unfortunately, his site is blocked by my work so I can't look it up right now. I'll try to dig it up later, although the forum search at mp.com sucks.