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What's your favorite?

Only a matter of time  (2:30)
3 (4.7%)
Metropolis pt. 1 (6:39)
1 (1.6%)
Learning to Live (8:11)
16 (25%)
Home (11:44)
0 (0%)
The dance of eternity (1:17/1:28)
6 (9.4%)
Blind faith (6:12)
25 (39.1%)
Endless Sacrifice (6:27)
0 (0%)
The root of all evil (5:18)
1 (1.6%)
Never enough (3:29)
0 (0%)
The dark eternal night (4:30)
4 (6.3%)
Breaking all illusions (5:18/5:27)
1 (1.6%)
Illumination theory (12:20)
3 (4.7%)
On the back of angels (5:52)
4 (6.3%)

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Offline Raise the Drum

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DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« on: January 23, 2014, 09:06:29 AM »
Hi,
Although i'm a drummer, i'm a big fan of those "keyboard breaks" in DT's songs. By "keyboard breaks" i  mean those parts in a song when all the band goes off and only the keyboard keep playing some amazing riff and then the band gets back in.
I made a little investigation and went through all DT's discography looking for them and i found these 12.

Personally i love both TDEN and Blind Faith keyboard breaks.
So i decided to put all the ones i found so you guys can, as DT's fans, tell me which one is your favorite. :biggrin:
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Offline mikeyd23

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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2014, 09:20:02 AM »
Blind Faith, I love that piano break.
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2014, 09:23:46 AM »
Quote from: mikeyd23 on January 23, 2014, 09:20:02 AM
Blind Faith, I love that piano break.

TDOE comes also very close.
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2014, 09:24:38 AM »
LTL, because Wait for Sleep :heart

The one in Blind Faith is amazing as well.
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Offline Sycsa

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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2014, 09:31:18 AM »
Great thread, thanks for picking them all out! :tup I gave them a quick listen and most of them are so amazing, I'd be hard-pressed to narrow it down to just one. The favorites:

Metropolis pt 1. - Simple, yet with so much character, it was my text ringtone for years. 
LTL - Love it, along with the bass break, this is the best ending to a DT song and album.
TDOE - What a moment! Since the auditions I always see/hear Mangini counting it out (3...4...5...aaaarrrggghh!) when I listen to it.
Blind Faith - One of the most beautiful DT moments.
ES - I was blown away the first time I heard it, I remember thinking "these guys can do anything". The fast patch changes are fun as hell.
TDEN - It's a huge contrast to the rest of the instrumental section, gives it an eerie mode.
BAI - Another huge favorite, has a very strong classic prog vibe with great piano/organ tone.
IT - One of the early hooks of DT12, I still remember how fascinated I was with this when I first heard it (Mangini is great as well, so technically not a solo break). Reminds me a lot of classic prog once again, more specifically, Keith Emerson, my second biggest childhood hero.

Yeah, sorry, but I'm not gonna vote. :)
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2014, 09:41:10 AM »
I was going to vote Blind Faith, but then I remember Learning to Live's break rules them all.
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Offline krands85

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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2014, 09:41:32 AM »
LTL or ES I think. All very cool moments though. What about OtBoA ~5.52? I've always loved that too  :coolio
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2014, 09:43:43 AM »
I don't like LtL break, so Blind Faith was an easy vote.
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2014, 10:14:47 AM »
Learning to Live, baby!  So good!
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2014, 03:35:45 PM »
I'm the boat who just can't/wont vote. The ones in Blind Faith, Learning to Live, and Breaking All Illusions are always duking it out in my mind.
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2014, 03:53:13 PM »
The Outro piano section on The Root Of All Evil. So good.
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2014, 04:02:07 PM »
What about Solitary Shell??? That would be a personal favourite!
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2014, 08:09:11 PM »
Learning To Live, its not even a contest.
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2014, 06:36:27 PM »
I went for Blind Faith but that was actually because of the organ solo after the piano break, which is amazing. However, I absolutely love the organ bits in Breaking all Illusions so seeing it unappreciated here makes me wanna change my vote :D
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2014, 06:41:20 PM »
DT's piano breaks give me just so much joy  :D

I'm going with the little ragtime break in The Dance of Eternity, because I smile every time, and it was one of the first bits of a DT song that I fell in love with.
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Re: DT's keyboard/piano breaks
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2014, 10:16:33 PM »
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Learning To Live, its not even a contest.
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