Stream of Consciousness Appreciation Thread

[rumborak]

The drummer of my band haaaated it because it had so many 4/4 measures in it.

[sueño]

Couldn't he play simple 4/4 ??        











what are they teaching drummers these days....   


j/k 

[Cable]

The song works very well as an actual song to me, and it's structured as a song with lyrics almost to me. And I will take it over Erotomania any day; to me, that is boring and more repetitive.

First full DT song I learned on bass as well.

[sueño]

Listened to it twice on the way home...LOVE!   

I always appreciate good 4\4 beats.  Gives you great spots to settle into a 'groove', snap yo' fingahs...     I'm coming from a more R&B background, though.   

[Orbert]

*note to self:  play this during the commute home...

I did the same thing.  It was good.

[Sketchy]

This instrumental always gets a minor volume boost when it comes on. It's too damn good, and probably one of my favourite instrumentals (not DT instrumentals only, all instrumentals), and definitely my favourite DT one.

[Another_Won]

This is one of my favorite DT songs.  If I actually sat down and did a top 50 it might not rank that high because the other songs are that much better.  I enjoy it every time I listen to it.  A few years back I used to watch the Budokan version over and over and it never got old.  Just a great song

[tuto]

Definitely my favorite DT instrumental. To see this one live would be a dream come true

[Tis BOOLsheet]

The drumming is outstanding.  In parts of SOC the guitar riffs are more simplistic giving the drums room to shine.  I miss MP (MP the drummer, not MP the personality!).

I want to hear MM play SOC..perhaps this upcoming tour (as being discussed in the new album thread). I have a feeling he'd blow us all away.

Honestly, MM could play any prior DT song including SOC blindfolded, drunk, high, and half asleep with astounding and absolute precision, accuracy and musicianship.

[eviljust]

Honestly, MM could play any prior DT song including SOC blindfolded, drunk, high, and half asleep with astounding and absolute precision, accuracy and musicianship.

LOL that is fun and absolutely true. Can't wait to see him again behind the kit 

[wolven74]

So, I just posted this in the Enemy Inside thread... when I finished typing and posting, I saw this thread, so I'll copy it here.

SoC ranks near the bottom of my list of favorite DT instrumentals. When I first heard it there didn't seem to be any changes in it. The theme just kept repeating itself. Upon further spins I realized that there were changes in the song, but the theme still seemed a little too bland for me.

On the other hand, Erotomania and TDoE have come to define Progressive Instrumental Masterpiece in my musical dictionary.

Falling somewhere in the middle are Overture 1928 and Hell's Kitchen.

EDIT: To be clear, I dig the tune, but it's not in my top 3.

[JayOctavarium]

The drumming is outstanding.  In parts of SOC the guitar riffs are more simplistic giving the drums room to shine.  I miss MP (MP the drummer, not MP the personality!).

I want to hear MM play SOC..perhaps this upcoming tour (as being discussed in the new album thread). I have a feeling he'd blow us all away.

Honestly, MM could play any prior DT song including SOC blindfolded, drunk, high, and half asleep with astounding and absolute precision, accuracy and musicianship.

And while eating a pepper and sucking on a pipe cigar

[jonnybaxy]

I don't think you'll hear this well as my voice will be muffled because my head is so far up this songs anus.

[Jaffa]

I don't think you'll hear this well as my voice will be muffled because my head is so far up this songs anus.

 

[The Boomr]

I go back and forth between SOC and TDOE as my favorite DT instrumental. I love them both for completely different reasons. TDOE is balls-out ridiculous and insane the whole way through, and after years I still don't have all the time changes down by memory. I love that. SOC is extremely cerebral, for me, as someone else put it, and the joy of that song is more about tracking the story it tells. People are right, it absolutely showcases more melodic songwriting abilities, and the guitar lines feel like a vocal melody in themselves. I'm going to refrain from typing out my big cerebral/theoretical analysis of this song and how it speaks to me, FOR NOW, cause I'm at work and it would take forever It will come, though, for I love this song!!

[puppyonacid]

I think SOC is great. The Spanishy bull fighter vibe!

I think it's probably about 2 minutes too long though.

[Kotowboy]

The section that goes from 3:04 - 3:35 is my favourite moment on Train of Thought.

Apart from a very noticeable edit at exactly 3:35 ( or is it just me? )

[BlobVanDam]

The section that goes from 3:04 - 3:35 is my favourite moment on Train of Thought.

Apart from a very noticeable edit at exactly 3:35 ( or is it just me? )

Just checked, and I hear it too. I can't quite pinpoint, but I think it's on every instrument, so maybe they trimmed the whole section down?

[Kotowboy]

It sticks out like a sore thumb to me - but then I have been working in Logic for 9 days so maybe i'm tuned in to hearing edits

I'm surprised they didn't hear it - a tiny crossfade would have smoothed that over.


+ Or maybe even pasted in a big cymbal crash and kick drum - amazing how much dodgy editing you can disguise like that...

[lyfeternl]

The drumming is outstanding.  In parts of SOC the guitar riffs are more simplistic giving the drums room to shine.  I miss MP (MP the drummer, not MP the personality!).

I want to hear MM play SOC..perhaps this upcoming tour (as being discussed in the new album thread). I have a feeling he'd blow us all away.

Honestly, MM could play any prior DT song including SOC blindfolded, drunk, high, and half asleep with astounding and absolute precision, accuracy and musicianship.

I concur 

[Kotowboy]

Without hearing the song before.

[JayOctavarium]

While wearing women's underwear

[Kotowboy]

As Usual.... 

[JayOctavarium]

Oh Myyyyyyyy