Your Controversial Opinions on DT

[de_fromage]

He's at 16 now.

Legit.








Oh another controversial opinion:

I really enjoy New Millennium.

17 *cof *cof

I also enjoy New Muillenium

[hefdaddy42]

Enjoying New Millennium is not controversial.

[BlobVanDam]

Enjoying New Millennium is not controversial.

Isn't it? I don't hear a lot of discussion about it, but it usually appears to be negative to me. I love the song though, along with most of the album, so either way I'll back it up.

[Train of Naught]

Enjoying New Millennium is not controversial.

Isn't it? I don't hear a lot of discussion about it, but it usually appears to be negative to me. I love the song though, along with most of the album, so either way I'll back it up.

I don't think it is, for most people, it's up there right behind Tot PS and LitS.

[BlobVanDam]

Enjoying New Millennium is not controversial.

Isn't it? I don't hear a lot of discussion about it, but it usually appears to be negative to me. I love the song though, along with most of the album, so either way I'll back it up.

I don't think it is, for most people, it's up there right behind Tot PS and LitS.

Not most people on DTF! I want to know where all of these fans are dangit! They're my kind of people.

[Train of Naught]

Go look for my Train of Thought/Systematic Chaos people while you're at it.

[jakepriest]

Go look for my Train of Thought/Systematic Chaos people while you're at it.

 

[hefdaddy42]

A lot of people who dislike New Millennium REALLY dislike it, so they draw a lot of attention to themselves.

But I think a majority of people actually like the song.

[BlobVanDam]

A lot of people who dislike New Millennium REALLY dislike it, so they draw a lot of attention to themselves.

But I think a majority of people actually like the song.

That probably is the case. Someone also recently said they saw a lot of hate for Hell's Kitchen, which I think was also a case of the dislikers being a lot more vocal than the likers, because I've always gotten the impression that the majority of people like that too.
Some songs are in that middle spot where they don't get discussed often except for by the smaller number of people who feel really strongly enough about it to comment.

[TAC]

I'm indifferent to New Millenium. I teeter to not liking it I guess. Still remember the first listen I had. Thought it failed miserably in trying to be a new Metropolis. It's a song that tries too hard and doesn't really go anywhere.

[BlobVanDam]

I've never gotten the impression it was trying to be anything like Metropolis at all, so I don't get the comparison.

[TAC]

I don't know. Bloated piece with extended instrumental section. I've always made that association and it was my first impression.

[BlobVanDam]

As far as DT goes, that's an incredibly vague description. First time I've ever heard anyone mention them together.

[TAC]

 

[bl5150]

The first time I heard NM it was one of those WTF moments up there with HITNF for Queensryche or VH 3 for Van Halen.  I couldn't stand it back then and still can't.   The rest of the album has (mostly) grown on me but at the time it felt like much of what I liked about DT had gone missing.

[TAC]

but at the time it felt like much of what I liked about DT had gone missing.

It was clear from that first listen.

[Mosh]

New Millenium is awesome. Love the interaction between keyboards and guitar on that.

[wolfking]

It's certainly not their best song, but it's fine, I don't mind it.

[Dublagent66]

Enjoying New Millennium is not controversial.

Isn't it? I don't hear a lot of discussion about it, but it usually appears to be negative to me. I love the song though, along with most of the album, so either way I'll back it up.

I don't think it is, for most people, it's up there right behind Tot PS and LitS.

Not most people on DTF! I want to know where all of these fans are dangit! They're my kind of people.

I'm a fan of NM, but that doesn't make me your kind of person.   

[Dream Team]

but at the time it felt like much of what I liked about DT had gone missing.

It was clear from that first listen.

Yeah. It took until Track 7 to get something worthy of the previous 2 records.

[rumborak]

Yeah. It took until Track 7 to get something worthy of the previous 2 records.

Hell's Kitchen, Peruvian Skies and Hollow Years are excellent tunes. Just my 2 cents.

[JayOctavarium]

Watch the new album be a double album consisting of rerecordings of ACoS-FII (including songs left off original album. ..)

[rumborak]

Why would we ever want to see a rerecording of FII songs? The vocals would be worse and the production would be worse.

[hefdaddy42]

Why would we ever want to see a rerecording of FII songs? The vocals would be worse and the production would be worse.

This.

[JayOctavarium]

Twas a joke. Since the last couple posts have been and FII.

[Scorpion]

Yeah. It took until Track 7 to get something worthy of the previous 2 records.

Hell's Kitchen, Peruvian Skies and Hollow Years are excellent tunes. Just my 2 cents.

In fact, aside from You Not Me (which is not terrible, but not very good either), I would say the whole album is excellent. It took a long time to grow on me, but I now consider it one of my Top 3 DT albums, along with Six Degrees and Awake.

[TheCountOfNYC]

but at the time it felt like much of what I liked about DT had gone missing.

It was clear from that first listen.

Yeah. It took until Track 7 to get something worthy of the previous 2 records.

And it didn't happen again until track 11.

[Grizz]

I like the melodies in New Millenium, but I don't like the tone it takes on nor do I like that it's bloated beyond repair.

[LCArenas]

ITPOE Part 2>ITPOE Part 1

[zecawolf]

aside from anna lee and peruvian skies, FII is unlistenable.

[BlobVanDam]

Yeah. It took until Track 7 to get something worthy of the previous 2 records.

Hell's Kitchen, Peruvian Skies and Hollow Years are excellent tunes. Just my 2 cents.

In fact, aside from You Not Me (which is not terrible, but not very good either), I would say the whole album is excellent. It took a long time to grow on me, but I now consider it one of my Top 3 DT albums, along with Six Degrees and Awake.

Completely agree on the bolded part. I rank it a very close 4 just behind IaW, although recently I'd even consider it ranking it above that. Such a beautiful and underrated album, and there are many aspects which I don't believe DT ever topped it before or since.

[Cable]

FII was the album that got me into DT, and NM was a ENORMOUS part of that.

LITS and TOT are overrated songs.

[LCArenas]

Train of Thought is absolutely unlistenable for me unless I am in a certain specific mood. When I am it's a pretty solid album.

Vacant is my favorite song on the album, by the way.

[rumborak]

Yeah. It took until Track 7 to get something worthy of the previous 2 records.

Hell's Kitchen, Peruvian Skies and Hollow Years are excellent tunes. Just my 2 cents.

In fact, aside from You Not Me (which is not terrible, but not very good either), I would say the whole album is excellent. It took a long time to grow on me, but I now consider it one of my Top 3 DT albums, along with Six Degrees and Awake.

Completely agree on the bolded part. I rank it a very close 4 just behind IaW, although recently I'd even consider it ranking it above that. Such a beautiful and underrated album, and there are many aspects which I don't believe DT ever topped it before or since.

Yup, it is definitely in the top 5, and it has been rising steadily for me.

I think to me it's maybe that, because DT has been becoming more and more settled into their signature sound, FII stands out more and more as an album with "fresh wind". I also agree with whoever said that DT's ballads aren't what they used to be. Particularly Take Away My Pain is probably my favorite DT ballad, because it is beautifully understated and has a sweet melancholy to it they never recaptured after that.

[425]

Yeah. It took until Track 7 to get something worthy of the previous 2 records.

Hell's Kitchen, Peruvian Skies and Hollow Years are excellent tunes. Just my 2 cents.

In fact, aside from You Not Me (which is not terrible, but not very good either), I would say the whole album is excellent. It took a long time to grow on me, but I now consider it one of my Top 3 DT albums, along with Six Degrees and Awake.

I think the whole album is excellent as well. It's perhaps more different than anything but WDADU from the rest of the DT discography, but it really pulls off the sound it's going for most of the time.

And I like YNM.