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What is your favorite track 4 of the Rudess era?

Through My Words
2 (1.7%)
The Great Debate
47 (39.5%)
Honor Thy Father
11 (9.2%)
I Walk Beside You
3 (2.5%)
The Dark Eternal Night
22 (18.5%)
The Shattered Fortress
11 (9.2%)
The Is the Life
18 (15.1%)
Enigma Machine
5 (4.2%)

Total Members Voted: 115

Voting closed: June 08, 2014, 11:40:24 AM

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Offline TheGreatPretender

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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #35 on: April 12, 2014, 01:58:51 AM »
Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 12, 2014, 01:53:50 AM
I don't find TGD at all fun to listen to. The song is devoid of fun, or character, or energy.
I will not only steal your adjectives, I will fix your statements.  :yarr

The only thing OTBOA is devoid of is interesting vocal melodies. That's the only thing that brings it down for me.
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #36 on: April 12, 2014, 02:27:12 AM »
Quote from: TheGreatPretender on April 12, 2014, 01:36:45 AM
Quote from: Invisible on April 12, 2014, 01:17:31 AM
How can a song with TWO choruses lack on that department? :mehlin

Simple! It's like when you have a glass of beer... Then you pour half of it into another glass and fill them both up with water. You end up with two full glasses of watered down beer.

So there it is. The Great Debate is like watered down beer.
Funny, 'cause watered down is exactly the definition I'd give to OTBOA, but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this great debate.
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #37 on: April 12, 2014, 04:13:28 AM »
Quote from: Invisible on April 12, 2014, 01:17:31 AM
Quote from: KevShmev on April 11, 2014, 10:41:09 PM
Quote from: TheGreatPretender on April 11, 2014, 06:56:04 PM
Man, I will never understand the love for TGD. Even if the drumming is good, a song requires a hell of a lot more than just good drumming to be top pick, and TGD is a grind to listen to all the way through. In my humble opinion of course.

I mostly agree.  It's a good song, and the drumming is off the charts great, but the song just never really comes together.  In a way, On the Backs of Angels is like a modern day Great Debate, albeit shorter, in that both have all of the key elements that should make up a great DT song, but neither manages to be so.  Good songs, but neither are great.  I think the lack of truly memorable choruses hurts both.
How can a song with TWO choruses lack on that department? :mehlin Well, opinions... Are you justified?!?!? :P
Three!

ARE YOU JUSTIFIED
ARE YOU JUSTIFIED
ARE YOU JUSTIFIED
JUSTIFIED IN TAKING LIFE TO SAVE LIFE
LIFE TO SAVE LIFE
LIFE TO SAVE LIFE
LIFE TO SAVE LIFE
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Human kind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero, ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guides
Or to white coat heroes, searching for a cure
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Turn to the light
Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would be a terrible mistake

I suppose the second one always precedes the latter, so you could consider it a pre-chorus. I do quite like the way TGD is structured - all these different ideas jostling and tumbling over one another. Despite ranking it last out of the current list, I'm starting to think I might like it a little more than average.
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #38 on: April 12, 2014, 04:49:47 AM »
I went for The Shattered Fortress. It was a tough call between that and The Great Debate. That's strange considering SDOIT is among my favourite albums whereas BCSL is among my least favourite. TGD is probably my least favourite SDOIT song though.
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #39 on: April 12, 2014, 05:49:22 AM »
I agree wholeheartedly with the blandtacular description of TGD.  Easily the least of the songs on 6DOIT.

I voted for TDEN.  For all the crap I give SC, this song absolutely rocks my face and is 10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag.
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #40 on: April 12, 2014, 06:39:50 AM »
Rob, I always considered "Human kind..." part as a bridge or pre-chorus, but I see your point, still I think it's a unifying prechorus to the two  sides of the debate. Tomato, tomato.
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #41 on: April 12, 2014, 07:09:31 AM »
The Great Debate. It's the only one out of that list that I truly enjoy
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #42 on: April 12, 2014, 07:12:03 AM »
Dude I was using Blandtacular years ago.

But you voted right, so I'll let it slide.
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #43 on: April 12, 2014, 11:38:08 AM »
Who voted for Through My Words?  :lol
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #44 on: April 12, 2014, 11:39:19 AM »
The Great Debate by 600 million miles
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #45 on: April 12, 2014, 11:41:38 AM »
What's everyone's favourite Track 10 of the Rudess Era ?





Mine is One Last Time :neverusethis:
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #46 on: April 12, 2014, 12:02:42 PM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on April 12, 2014, 11:41:38 AM
What's everyone's favourite Track 10 of the Rudess Era ?





Mine is One Last Time :neverusethis:
I was going to say Easter Egg, but you said track so I'm gonna go with Goodnight Kiss :neverusethis: :neverusethis:
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #47 on: April 12, 2014, 12:04:52 PM »
Considering it's the 5th track on CD2 of Six Degrees - i'd say opinion invalid


Even if you listen to it twice :neverusethis:

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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #48 on: April 12, 2014, 12:09:27 PM »
:jamaritard:

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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #49 on: April 12, 2014, 12:26:29 PM »
One Last Time :neverusethis:
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #50 on: April 12, 2014, 02:31:49 PM »
Quote from: Invisible on April 12, 2014, 01:17:31 AM
Quote from: KevShmev on April 11, 2014, 10:41:09 PM
Quote from: TheGreatPretender on April 11, 2014, 06:56:04 PM
Man, I will never understand the love for TGD. Even if the drumming is good, a song requires a hell of a lot more than just good drumming to be top pick, and TGD is a grind to listen to all the way through. In my humble opinion of course.

I mostly agree.  It's a good song, and the drumming is off the charts great, but the song just never really comes together.  In a way, On the Backs of Angels is like a modern day Great Debate, albeit shorter, in that both have all of the key elements that should make up a great DT song, but neither manages to be so.  Good songs, but neither are great.  I think the lack of truly memorable choruses hurts both.
How can a song with TWO choruses lack on that department? :mehlin   

Because I said they lacked memorable choruses, not actual choruses. :rollin :biggrin:
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #51 on: April 12, 2014, 02:38:25 PM »
The Dark Eternal Night
This is the Life
The Great Debate

Very easy to rank, actually.
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #52 on: April 12, 2014, 04:59:40 PM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on April 12, 2014, 12:04:52 PM
Considering it's the 5th track on CD2 of Six Degrees - i'd say opinion invalid


Even if you listen to it twice :neverusethis:
:lol I knew this was coming, I was just trolling thinking as a whole album, but if I listen to the CD2 twice then it's About To Crash :biggrin: (8+2)

It would've been funny if you made a thread and a poll with only One Last Time as eight options. :lol
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #53 on: April 12, 2014, 05:01:09 PM »
I'll reserve that thread for VLASTO DAY....



..which is TODAY !!!  :police: :police: :police:
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #54 on: April 16, 2014, 02:27:30 PM »
Honor Thy Father
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Re: Favorite Track 4 of the Rudess era
« Reply #55 on: April 17, 2014, 10:56:53 PM »
The Great Debate is the best them.
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