1. Do you know any women who like Dream Theater?
I've seen this wild specimen* before in live shows and local forums. I think I happened to meet a few metalhead girls who liked some of their more metal stuff, but it was always, like, just ToT and Pull Me Under. Like any (male or female) strangers I meet who know a DT song or two. Also, my girlfriend.
*I kid, of course. DT fans are pretty rare to find, male or female, but statistically I'd say there are plenty of women who like the band and there's no real difference in favorite songs between the genders; each person is his own unique world.
2. Did you yourself introduce them to Dream Theater?
The last one on the list, yes. At this point she's only heard DT12, ADTOE, and maybe some Images and Words songs? She's mostly into, like, blues rock and things like that, and she doesn't have too much patience, so I can't introduce her yet to either the heavier stuff or the more epic stuff (SFAM, other epics). But she did absolutely love like 90% of what I let her listen to (I cherrypick the songs/albums each time
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3. Have you ever failed to get a lady to share in your love with Dream Theater?
Well, I let my sister hear bits and pieces but she finds it corny/annoying etc (she's more into pop culture stuff, not saying it's bad, we just have very different tastes on many subjects). My cousin is a bit more of a hard rock/metal gal and I sometimes get her to like one song, but she has this stereotype in her head that ALL of their songs are "long, complicated and boring" even though I let her listen to about 15 songs+ that are either ballads or super short and groovy over the years. There was also this girl I knew who was super into Muse so I tried to let her listen to Never Enough but she just thought of it as a lesser version of Stockholm Syndrome-like songs (I don't blame her). My girlfriend sometimes dislikes a song here and there.
4. Why didn't she like them?
Explained above.
5. Have you ever "gotten freaky" to DT, if so what song?
...Maybe it played in the background by accident at some point? Or we used it as background noise lol. I'd love to actually use it to "get in the mood" at some point, though. I'd make a playlist of their ballads or something
6. What, in your opinion, is the best Dream Theater song for introducing a women to the world of DT?
First, again, I'd like to say that if this thread tries to convey that girls have a separate, universal taste or something like that. If I wanted to be romantic and use DT songs for that, I'd probably try Speak to Me/I Walk Beside You/Through her Eyes some other (power) ballad. If you asked me what to play for the average Joe/Joette when you introduce them to DT, and I knew
absolutely nothing about that person, I'd say taking 2-3 random stanzas of SDOIT (the song) is a pretty good sample. Otherwise, something off of DT12 or ADTOE, it's based on the same style that brought DT to fame in the 90s, but without that weird cloud of 80s hair metal sound in it (like I&W).
For fun time, again, either a power ballad or something rhythmic. Honestly their songs are not great for that and it's mostly about getting your geeky turn on of doing that thing you like to do while listening to the band you like, which I hope your partner wouldn't mind to do regardless of whether it actually fits the mood. I'd figure The Astonishing would have some, with the whole opera setup.
Wow, that came out long. Sorry.
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