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« Reply #3710 on: February 14, 2014, 06:50:15 PM »
The quality of the arrangements in Symphonic Theater of Dreams is better than the orchestral section of Illumination Theory.  By a lot.  They should have used Mierzejewski on the album.

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Re: Your Controversial Opinions on DT
« Reply #3711 on: February 14, 2014, 07:39:05 PM »
Take The Time has probably the worst keyboard solos on any DT song... god bless AROP compared to the solo sound KM uses.
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« Reply #3712 on: February 15, 2014, 06:34:41 AM »
Take The Time has probably the worst keyboard solos on any DT song... god bless AROP compared to the solo sound KM uses.
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« Reply #3713 on: February 15, 2014, 06:59:26 AM »
TLG is the second best song on DT12 and EM is much better than most give it credit for.
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« Reply #3714 on: February 15, 2014, 07:36:38 AM »
EM is much better than most give it credit for.

Yep, it's not quite on the same level as Overture 1928, TDOE and SOC, but still a great and extremely fun song :metal

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« Reply #3715 on: February 15, 2014, 07:46:19 AM »
EM is much better than most give it credit for.

Yep, it's not quite on the same level as Overture 1928, TDOE and SOC, but still a great and extremely fun song :metal

You nailed it, it is an extremely FUN song. 
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« Reply #3716 on: February 15, 2014, 08:06:57 AM »
SO. FUN. LIVE.
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« Reply #3717 on: February 15, 2014, 10:32:37 AM »
You nailed it, it is an extremely FUN song.
Because... There's something wrong with that?

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« Reply #3718 on: February 15, 2014, 10:35:22 AM »
You nailed it, it is an extremely FUN song.
Because... There's something wrong with that?

Not at all.  I like the fact that it rocks and just feels like a fun song.  Good to drive to.
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« Reply #3719 on: February 15, 2014, 10:54:05 AM »
All right. Because I have heard statements in the past like, "Systematic Chaos is a lot of fun, but there's not a lot of depth to it, so I don't like it."  ::)
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« Reply #3720 on: February 15, 2014, 10:59:35 AM »
All right. Because I have heard statements in the past like, "Systematic Chaos is a lot of fun, but there's not a lot of depth to it, so I don't like it."  ::)

Funny you should mention SC.  I put it on while working out last night and forgot how much really good music there is on SC.  I would go as far as to say at this point, it is underrated by most DT fans.
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« Reply #3721 on: February 15, 2014, 11:00:38 AM »
SC is totally underrated.
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« Reply #3722 on: February 15, 2014, 11:06:34 AM »
it is underrated by most DT fans.

Absolutely.  :tup
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« Reply #3723 on: February 15, 2014, 11:29:14 AM »
SC is totally underrated.

100%. General forum opinion will sometimes make me think twice about it, but when I come back to listen to it, I think "Nah, this is pretty good".

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« Reply #3724 on: February 15, 2014, 11:29:47 AM »
I enjoy SC more than I&W.  :corn

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« Reply #3725 on: February 15, 2014, 11:30:57 AM »
SC is totally underrated.

100%. General forum opinion will sometimes make me think twice about it, but when I come back to listen to it, I think "Nah, this is pretty good".
Good man, don't let general forum opinion influence your own opinion.

I enjoy SC more than I&W.  :corn

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« Reply #3726 on: February 15, 2014, 11:43:10 AM »
The forum has actually made me appreciate SC more than I used to. It's still my least favorite DT album but I used to dislike it a lot more.

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« Reply #3727 on: February 15, 2014, 11:44:28 AM »
The forum has actually made me appreciate SC more than I used to. It's still my least favorite DT album but I used to dislike it a lot more.

I can't imagine how. Most people here make it a point to crap on SC.
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« Reply #3728 on: February 15, 2014, 12:01:43 PM »
SC is actually in top-half DT albums for me.
This first band is Soen very cool swingy jazz fusion kinda stuff.

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« Reply #3729 on: February 15, 2014, 12:05:49 PM »
Wouldn't it be so delightful if this forum ended up being filled with SC supporters? I'd be very happy about that!
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« Reply #3730 on: February 15, 2014, 12:30:09 PM »
Whilst SC is in my bottom 3 albums, it's there because the other 9 I just prefer to it. It's a good album nonetheless.
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« Reply #3731 on: February 15, 2014, 04:18:18 PM »
Both New Millennium and Under a Glass Moon have great melodies, but are so boring.
Another World's original lyrics are, at least in part, more emotionally powerful.
Kevin Moore needs to get laid or something. His lyrics, while poetic, make me want to kill myself. It's like hanging around Marvin the Paranoid Android all the time.
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« Reply #3732 on: February 15, 2014, 04:38:58 PM »

Another World's original lyrics are, at least in part, more emotionally powerful.

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« Reply #3733 on: February 15, 2014, 04:40:03 PM »
I presume he means Another Day. ... I think.
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« Reply #3734 on: February 15, 2014, 04:45:36 PM »
Kevin Moore needs to get laid or something. His lyrics, while poetic, make me want to kill myself. It's like hanging around Marvin the Paranoid Android all the time.
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I like SC a lot, I prefer other albums, but it has the uniqueness of being heavy while remaining very dynamic and not sludgy and somehow tiring like Train of Thought, which I also like but it feels sometimes too... dense to put it in a way. In that aspect Systematic Chaos is something I prefer when going for a heavy album. My only complaint is splitting ITPOE, as I like it more together. I chance the tracks to start off with either Forsaken or Constant Motion, and have all ITPOE at the end, makes for a much more enjoyable listen. I don't understand the hate for it anyway.

Oh, and by Another World I'm think he means the A Change of Seasons section, not Another Day. I don't agree BTW.

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« Reply #3735 on: February 15, 2014, 05:05:32 PM »
Whilst SC is in my bottom 3 albums, it's there because the other 9 I just prefer to it. It's a good album nonetheless.

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It, along with BC&SL (as they are often grouped together), are great albums on their own, but I just prefer some of their other albums to them.
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« Reply #3736 on: February 15, 2014, 08:35:40 PM »
Oh, and by Another World I'm think he means the A Change of Seasons section, not Another Day.
Yeah this. I think that Another World '89 has a totally different theme to it from the lyrics that I can make out
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« Reply #3737 on: February 15, 2014, 09:24:53 PM »
I enjoy SC more than I&W.  :corn

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« Reply #3738 on: February 15, 2014, 09:28:35 PM »
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« Reply #3739 on: February 15, 2014, 09:45:18 PM »
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« Reply #3740 on: February 15, 2014, 09:54:44 PM »
Your eyes are only misleading you.
i don't even like dt but i had keyboard and an ipad so what the fuck
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« Reply #3741 on: February 15, 2014, 10:15:53 PM »
SC is totally underrated.

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I rate it closer to the bottom of their discography just because they have a lot of amazing albums I love more, but SC deserves more cred than it gets.
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« Reply #3742 on: February 15, 2014, 10:42:22 PM »
SC is one of the best albums in music history.

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« Reply #3744 on: February 15, 2014, 11:11:24 PM »
Let's calm down now!
i don't even like dt but i had keyboard and an ipad so what the fuck
Jordan is actually DT's tax advisor. He just happens to do their taxes on stage, that's why he has that iPad there.