your thoughts on the introducing instrumental section to octavarium

[The Letter M]

I have to listen to the intro. It makes the song complete. But if you really want the full experience then start with Scenes From A Memory, go right into Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence, followed by Train Of Thought, and ending with Octavarium...and then listen to "The Root Of All Evil" to get the full circle experience

Fixed!

-Marc.

[nightmare_cinema]

I like it, probably one of the better parts of the song, which is wayyyy down the list of DT songs I love. I think it's okay. But that's all. And I've never understood the hysterical love for it...

[darkshade]

I have to listen to the intro. It makes the song complete. But if you really want the full experience then start with Scenes From A Memory, go right into Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence, followed by Train Of Thought, and ending with Octavarium...and then listen to "The Root Of All Evil" to get the full circle experience

Fixed!

-Marc.

niice!  it's very true, too

[hefdaddy42]

why do you guys skip over PARTS of one track? 

Because they don't like it.

how can you honestly say you're a prog rock/metal fan, but say that you skip over large portions of a bands epic? 

What does the one have to do with the other?

Why should anyone listen to music they don't like?

[darkshade]

why do you guys skip over PARTS of one track? 

Because they don't like it.

then why do they listen to the song?

how can you honestly say you're a prog rock/metal fan, but say that you skip over large portions of a bands epic? 

What does the one have to do with the other?

Why should anyone listen to music they don't like?

if you were to skip to the part when the whole band enters (the main meolody of 8OV) the power of it is kind of lost, without the building atmospheric intro. It's like skipping the atmospheric part of TCOT and going right to the acoustic section. Why?

[Marvellous G]

why do you guys skip over PARTS of one track? 

Because they don't like it.

how can you honestly say you're a prog rock/metal fan, but say that you skip over large portions of a bands epic? 

What does the one have to do with the other?

Why should anyone listen to music they don't like?

I can see both sides of the argument here, and with the intro to Octavarium I can see why some would do this (even though I personally wouldn't). But you could strawman this argument to say that it's fine for people to skip Intervals, which is still just a section of the song, and they wouldn't have any less enjoyment from the song, which personally I think cannot be true, even if they hate Intervals I genuinely think it's needed to enjoy 8VM fully. But then I suppose this is all completely subjective, so that argument is kind of moot.

[Plasmastrike]

why do you guys skip over PARTS of one track? 

how can you honestly say you're a prog rock/metal fan, but say that you skip over large portions of a bands epic? 

How can they say they're fans? Because they enjoy parts of the music. Pretty simple.

*coming from someone who adores the 8V intro*

[hefdaddy42]

why do you guys skip over PARTS of one track? 

Because they don't like it.

then why do they listen to the song?

how can you honestly say you're a prog rock/metal fan, but say that you skip over large portions of a bands epic? 

What does the one have to do with the other?

Why should anyone listen to music they don't like?

if you were to skip to the part when the whole band enters (the main meolody of 8OV) the power of it is kind of lost, without the building atmospheric intro. It's like skipping the atmospheric part of TCOT and going right to the acoustic section. Why?

Why not?  The "power" of it is already lost if they don't like it.  So again, why should anyone listen to music they don't like?

And more importantly, why did you bold that entire post?

[King Postwhore]

There should be a vote for, "I Freakin love it"!

[ariich]

And more importantly, why did you bold that entire post?

All important posts should be in bold font.

[Gorille85]

And more importantly, why did you bold that entire post?

All important posts should be in bold font.

[skydivingninja]

I skip to the next song after the "peaceful sedation" section in "A Nightmare to Remember," therefore I can't call myself a fan of metal or prog music, I'm unseasoned, and I support terrorism.

[pogoowner]

I'm not in love with it, but it's a solid intro, and I don't skip it. The version on Score is just too much sometimes, though.

[Rina]

I skip to the next song after the "peaceful sedation" section in "A Nightmare to Remember," therefore I can't call myself a fan of metal or prog music, I'm unseasoned, and I support terrorism.

There, now you're seasoned like the rest of us.  

Anyway, I actually like that part. I admit with most songs I'll skip around to the part I like, but with this one I've always enjoyed listening from the beginning to the end. It's not that I love it or anything. It's just kind've hard to enjoy it when I don't hear the whole song.  

[darkshade]

haha first off i put the font in bold so you could tell i was responding to one of the posted questions 


anyway, im not trying to start arguments, i guess you do what you want with your music. i just dont like when people skip over parts of songs (my friends do it all the time, and they listen to a lot of hip hop (which i enjoy, to an extent) and theyll skip the first 15 seconds of a song so they can get right to the beat, but the buildup to the beat is what makes me bop my head when the beat eventually comes in

idk, just a little pet peeve i have

[darkshade]

I skip to the next song after the "peaceful sedation" section in "A Nightmare to Remember," therefore I can't call myself a fan of metal or prog music, I'm unseasoned, and I support terrorism.

There, now you're seasoned like the rest of us.  

Anyway, I actually like that part. I admit with most songs I'll skip around to the part I like, but with this one I've always enjoyed listening from the beginning to the end. It's not that I love it or anything. It's just kind've hard to enjoy it when I don't hear the whole song.  

what about pepprika? 

[Rina]

I skip to the next song after the "peaceful sedation" section in "A Nightmare to Remember," therefore I can't call myself a fan of metal or prog music, I'm unseasoned, and I support terrorism.

There, now you're seasoned like the rest of us.  

Anyway, I actually like that part. I admit with most songs I'll skip around to the part I like, but with this one I've always enjoyed listening from the beginning to the end. It's not that I love it or anything. It's just kind've hard to enjoy it when I don't hear the whole song.  

what about pepprika? 

Better? 

[wolfking]

The intro is essential to the song.

[Seventh Son]

The intro sets up the tension for medicate perfectly, so its absolutely necessary to listen to it imo

[darkshade]

I skip to the next song after the "peaceful sedation" section in "A Nightmare to Remember," therefore I can't call myself a fan of metal or prog music, I'm unseasoned, and I support terrorism.

There, now you're seasoned like the rest of us.  

Anyway, I actually like that part. I admit with most songs I'll skip around to the part I like, but with this one I've always enjoyed listening from the beginning to the end. It's not that I love it or anything. It's just kind've hard to enjoy it when I don't hear the whole song.  

what about pepprika? 

Better? 

yes very much