Author Topic: I've decided not to listen to the single (Read 12200 times)

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **on:** July 27, 2013, 11:32:23 AM »

I've decided not to listen to the single, or any snippets or anything. I think it'll be pretty cool going into the album without having heard anything.

So, anyone else going to try this? I can't promise that I'll have the requisite willpower, but I'm giving it a shot.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:38:32 AM »

You will fail

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:39:35 AM »

Your faith in me is invigorating.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:39:44 AM »

We Will ALL.....

Fail.

Virtualman64 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:39:58 AM »

I can't help it,I'll probably preview everything I can get my hands on!lol!

krands85 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:43:56 AM »

I'll listen to the single - I listened to OtBoA dozens of times before ADToE came out and I didn't get bored of it, or feel the need to skip it or anything. It's still my 3rd favourite track from the album. Plus, the new single won't be out as long as OtBoA was before the album's release.

I'm going to try and avoid any snippets if there are any though.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:44:42 AM »

Quote from: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on July 27, 2013, 11:39:35 AM

Your faith in me is invigorating.

I will hunt you down and force you to listen to it.

It's like rape...

but with your ears

and Dream Theater.

I am going to rape your ears with Dream Theater

darkshade · « **Reply #7 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:44:48 AM »

I'm going to try and do what the OP is doing. It'd be the first time I go into a new DT album since Octavarium where I didn't hear anything before first hearing the album.

RoeDent · « **Reply #8 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:45:14 AM »

Good job this isn't mandatory. I get really excited when any DT news comes out.

theseoafs · « **Reply #9 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:46:26 AM »

Listening to singles has worked fine for me so far. I enjoyed OTBOA when I heard all of ADTOE for the first time and I still think it's one of the strongest tracks on the album.

darkshade · « **Reply #10 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:47:47 AM »

This will be easier if a single isn't released.

Zydar · « **Reply #11 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:48:22 AM »

I will listen to any singles/snippets/snapples that they will release and I won't have any problems with it spoiling anything at all.

wasteland · « **Reply #12 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:52:32 AM »

I will listen to the single at the point of understanding it completely. Then I'll likely stop listening to it until the release, which will hopefully prevent the sad OTBOA Burnout Syndrome.

On the other hand I most likely won't listen to music samples because I suspect none will be released.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #13 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:53:53 AM »

Quote from: wasteland on July 27, 2013, 11:52:32 AM

I will listen to the single at the point of understanding it completely. Then I'll likely stop listening to it until the release, which will hopefully prevent the sad OTBOA Burnout Syndrome.

On the other hand I most likely won't listen to music samples because I suspect none will be released.

Basically this.

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 27, 2013, 12:11:37 PM »

I'll one up you. I'm not going to listen to any of the album until they begin there North American tour and I can hear them live

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #15 on:** July 27, 2013, 12:14:02 PM »

Quote from: senecadawg2 on July 27, 2013, 12:11:37 PM

I'll one up you. I'm not going to listen to any of the album until they begin there North American tour and I can hear them live

Woah...

woah...

just... woah

Mladen · « **Reply #16 on:** July 27, 2013, 12:28:28 PM »

I won't be able to resist the single, but we'll see about the snippets and stuff...

Kotowboy · « **Reply #17 on:** July 27, 2013, 12:32:15 PM »

Up Until Systematic Chaos I went into every album without hearing anything off it first.

I became a fan in 2007

Xanadu · « **Reply #18 on:** July 27, 2013, 12:51:46 PM »

Whenever there is a new cd, a concert, a movie im looking forward to etc. i always say to myself "i wont listen to/watch/read anything about this before its presented to me in its entirety".
Well.. I ALWAYS end up reading every review, listen to every little snippet, plow through setlists, watch trailers and so forth.. So this time im saying: I´ll listen to everything i can, and i´ll take in as much information as possible before the release of this album - because i will do exactly that anyway!

TheGreatPretender · « **Reply #19 on:** July 27, 2013, 01:11:28 PM »

Aww damn... And here I thought the single was out already. I decided not to listen to the single either, until the single comes out.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #20 on:** July 27, 2013, 01:12:17 PM »

Quote from: TheGreatPretender on July 27, 2013, 01:11:28 PM

I decided not to listen to the single either, until the single comes out.

Pretty much this.

SuperTaco · « **Reply #21 on:** July 27, 2013, 01:23:06 PM »

I am going to do what I can to hold out on the single as long as possible. If I do cave in, I'm going to keep the listens to a minimum, so as to maintain as much full album impact as possible.

Honestly, I listened to OTBOA waaaay too much before ADTOE came out. I'm not going to make that mistake again.

? · « **Reply #22 on:** July 27, 2013, 01:56:17 PM »

I'll listen to the single and possible samples/snippets only once. I didn't get burned out on OTBOA, but I just want the album to sound as fresh as possible when I listen to it for the first time.

Lucien · « **Reply #23 on:** July 27, 2013, 01:59:51 PM »

I'll listen to the single, and listen to the snippets for Behind the Veil and Illumination Theory. Nothing else.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 27, 2013, 02:03:30 PM »

That's oddly specific. I can respect that.

Marion Crane · « **Reply #25 on:** July 27, 2013, 02:05:53 PM »

I still haven't listened to ADTOE at all. I'm waiting for Luna Park

Lucien · « **Reply #26 on:** July 27, 2013, 02:08:52 PM »

edit: very irrelevant

I have my reasons.

darkshade · « **Reply #27 on:** July 27, 2013, 02:23:18 PM »

Quote from: Marion Crane on July 27, 2013, 02:05:53 PM

I still haven't listened to ADTOE at all. I'm waiting for Luna Park

I still haven't listened to BC&SL. I'm waiting for a live album for that one.

atmyne · « **Reply #28 on:** July 27, 2013, 02:40:13 PM »

i'm in! although I probably won't last until the release of the album. I'm really interested to see how peoples opinion of the single change from release time up until the release of the album. I'm sure they will be overwhelmingly positive at first, but I want to see how people feel once they have really digested the track. over the course of at least a couple of weeks.

Tom Bombadil · « **Reply #29 on:** July 27, 2013, 03:03:17 PM »

I'm gonna try my best to not listen to any singles or snippets. Wanna make my first listen as great as it can be.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #30 on:** July 27, 2013, 03:43:30 PM »

I still haven't listened to Dream Theater.. .

I'm still waiting for [insert something funny here].

No giggling at the back.

SuperTaco · « **Reply #31 on:** July 27, 2013, 04:03:21 PM »

I still haven't listened to FII.

I'm still waiting for the motivation.

If there are snippets of each song, I'm avoiding them at all costs. Listening to samples would water down the experience of hearing the full album for the first time.

Sycsa · « **Reply #32 on:** July 27, 2013, 04:08:06 PM »

Releasing snippets seems kinda awkward to say the least, I hope they avoid it this time. Can't wait for the single though.

aprilethereal · « **Reply #33 on:** July 27, 2013, 04:29:56 PM »

Quote from: Zydar on July 27, 2013, 11:48:22 AM

I will listen to any singles/snippets/snapples that they will release and I won't have any problems with it spoiling anything at all.

This. I have always managed to listen to singles and snippets only a few times before the album comes out.

425 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 27, 2013, 06:51:42 PM »

I actually haven't decided whether I'll be listening to the single or not. I think mostly likely, I'll listen to it once or maybe twice. I know people are responding to declarations of this variety with "you won't have the willpower," but I actually think I will. I fully fell in love with Dream Theater in December, and I spread out buying the albums over the last 8 or so months. In fact, I only just got When Dream and Day Unite and Falling Into Infinity and have yet to listen to either (I'll probably do one tonight and one tomorrow). I don't want to ruin the impact of the album by being very used to one song in advance; however, I had heard OTBOA once, several months before getting ADTOE and it didn't really ruin it for me. I think if I listen to the single once, I will be able to balance satisfying my curiosity and not ruining the album in advance.

As for snippets, I will avoid those like the plague. I don't want to be going through the album for the first time identifying all the parts of the song I had heard before.

I will read people's comments on the single and the snippets (if those come), because I've done the same for the other albums before I got them and there were no negative impacts, but I won't be listening to any snippets and will keep my listens of the single to 1 or 2.

News: Track-by-track video for Untethered Angel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Co1_h0GtAw

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