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What are your favorites of these songs?

I Walk Beside You
20 (2.8%)
The Looking Glass
46 (6.3%)
As I Am
50 (6.9%)
Beneath the Surface
45 (6.2%)
Chosen
24 (3.3%)
Forsaken
22 (3%)
Enigma Machine
12 (1.7%)
This Is the Life
29 (4%)
New Millennium
32 (4.4%)
The Gift of Music
32 (4.4%)
The Best of Times
35 (4.8%)
Raise the Knife
42 (5.8%)
This Dying Soul
37 (5.1%)
On the Backs of Angels
45 (6.2%)
Anna Lee
16 (2.2%)
Along for The Ride
15 (2.1%)
Dystopian Overture
22 (3%)
Wither
26 (3.6%)
Never Enough
17 (2.3%)
Build Me Up, Break Me Down
11 (1.5%)
Hollow Years
37 (5.1%)
The Enemy Inside
28 (3.9%)
Constant Motion
22 (3%)
A Better Life
20 (2.8%)
Honor Thy Father
42 (5.8%)

Total Members Voted: 112

Voting closed: March 09, 2024, 06:56:14 PM

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Offline KevShmev

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Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« on: May 28, 2018, 07:56:14 PM »
The second of a handful of polls I will do like this about Dream Theater songs (no duplicates by other users, please). :)

You can vote for up to 7.

I went with:

Chosen
Hollow Years
A Better Life
The Looking Glass
Raise the Knife
Dystopian Overture
This Is the Life

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2018, 08:03:04 PM »
The Best Of Times
Raise The Knife
This Dying Soul
This Is The Life
Forsaken
The Gift Of Music
Hollow Years (Budokan Version)
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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TAC got a higher score than me in the electronic round? Honestly, can I just drop out now? :lol

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2018, 09:28:35 PM »
Not a lot of songs high up on my DT list here. Beneath the Surface is in my Top 10. Not sure if anything else is in my Top 25.

From this list:
Beneath the Surface
On the Backs of Angels
Hollow Years
Build Me Up, Break Me Down
Forsaken
As I Am

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2018, 05:19:55 AM »
Weaker selection of songs than the first list. The first 6 were simple picks, then there were a few contenders for the last spot. I went for:

On the Backs of Angels
The Gift of Music
The Enemy Inside
This Dying Soul
Constant Motion
As I Am
Forsaken

This is the Life and Beneath the Surface just missing out. I also would have put Hollow Years in there if it was just based on the Budokan version.
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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2018, 05:24:59 AM »
I Walk Beside You
As I Am
Enigma Machine
New Millennium
Anna Lee
Hollow Years
The Enemy Inside
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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2018, 05:29:00 AM »
As I Am
Beneath the Surface
The Gift of Music
The Best of Times
This Dying Soul
On the Backs of Angels
Hollow Years

Happy to see Beneath the Surface getting the love it deserves! Such a well composed lovely song  :)

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2018, 07:12:46 AM »
The Looking Glass
As I Am
Chosen
This Is the Life
The Gift of Music
This Dying Soul
On the Backs of Angels

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2018, 07:42:08 AM »
I Walk Beside You
The Looking Glass
Beneath the Surface
The Best of Times
On the Backs of Angels
Build Me Up, Break me Down
Hollow Years
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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2018, 07:47:03 AM »
Beneath the Surface (the winner so far - great choice, folks)
The Gift of Music
The Best of Times
Raise the Knife
This Dying Soul
On the Backs of Angels
Dystopian Overture

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2018, 10:49:20 AM »
This was fairly easy to pick just seven:

The Looking Glass
As I Am
OtBoA
Anna Lee
Along for the Ride
Wither
Constant Motion
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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2018, 12:10:30 PM »
On the Backs of Angels
Dystopian Overture
The Gift of Music
New Millennium
Hollow Years
This Dying Soul
A Better Life

Runner-ups: All of them. The only two songs I'm not a fan of here are Honor Thy Father, Forsaken, and The Looking Glass, and even those are alright.

These polls really remind me of just how much I like Dream Theater's like...entire discography.

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2018, 02:25:10 PM »
Once again, not an easy choice, but I chose:
Raise the Knife
Never Enough
Honor Thy Father
Enigma Machine
This Dying Soul
Dystopian Overture
Forsaken
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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2018, 07:30:34 PM »
Not a lot of songs high up on my DT list here. 

That was the point of this particular poll, to have mostly songs that you rarely see listed among their favorites.  The good songs that aren't favorites of the collective fan base deserve some love as well.  :hat

These polls really remind me of just how much I like Dream Theater's like...entire discography.

Same here.  Sure, there are a few albums that, to me, are the definitely the weakest of the bunch, but there is still a lot to like on those albums.

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2018, 07:31:27 PM »
Not too difficult. Couldn't even pick more than 5.

I Walk Beside You (this barely made it)
Beneath the Surface
Raise the Knife (only obvious choice)
Anna Lee
Wither

I could live without the others.
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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2018, 07:04:46 AM »
The Looking Glass
The Gift of Music
The Best of Times
Raise the Knife
Along for The Ride
Wither
Honor Thy Father

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2018, 08:01:39 AM »
As I Am, The Gift of Music, The Best of Times, This Dying Soul, On the Backs of Angels, The Enemy Inside, Honor Thy Father

Love these songs... but my favorites from the first list are among my all time favorite DT songs.

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2018, 09:32:45 AM »
millennium
Raise the KNife
Enemy Inside
Honor thy Father
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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2018, 01:57:01 PM »
Hollow Years
As I Am
I Walk Beside You
Wither (for the mashups alone :lol)
On the Backs of Angels
Beneath the Surface
The Looking Glass

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2018, 02:18:07 PM »
I Walk Beside You
The Looking Glass
As I Am
On the Backs of Angels
Wither
Never Enough
Honor Thy Father

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2018, 03:31:23 PM »
I Walk Beside You
Beneath the Surface
Chosen
Forsaken
Wither
Hollow Years
A Better Life

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2018, 06:07:08 PM »
Beneath The Surface
As I Am
The Best of Times (for the solo alone)
This Dying Soul
On The Backs of Angels

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2018, 09:20:43 AM »
Forsaken
The Looking Glass
Raise the Knife
Never Enough
The Enemy Inside
Honor Thy Father
New Millenium

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #22 on: June 07, 2018, 06:48:04 PM »
As I Am
Forsaken
Raise The Knife
Wither
Hollow Years
Constant Motion
Honor Thy Father

A lot of weak songs here

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #23 on: July 20, 2018, 12:55:05 PM »
The Looking Glass
As I Am
Forsaken
The Best of Times
On the Backs of Angels
Hollow Years
Constant Motion

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Re: Your favorites of these Dream Theater songs - Part 2
« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2018, 04:44:00 AM »
The Best of Times
Dystopian Overture
This Is the Life
Beneath the Surface
Enigma Machine
Hollow Years
Anna Lee