100. X Aspect (#82)
99. Never Enough (#8)
98. Savior In The Square (#94)
97. Our New World (#47)
'X Aspect'....I start it at 1:24, love the bagpipes, and I use it to end Disc 1 of my edited 2 disc version of TA.
'Never Enough' wouldn't be in my Top Ten if allowed to break down Six Degrees.
First, to 425, we're all in 'discussion mode', so here goes: I first saw the band in 2003, and still hadn't heard FII, ACOS, SFAM or ToT when I purchased this in the summer of '05. Not familiar with Muse, so that wasn't a factor. The lyrics...could have applied to my old man, former friends and acquaintances, and certainly various ex employers, coworkers, and bosses (being held over 2-8 hours, or not being able to do three things at once, or in the last ten minutes, or doing exactly what I was told to do, and doing it correctly, but what they meant was... etc etc etc.). Or one could run the fastest 100 yard dash, but there's that person who would complain that I started with my left foot instead of my right.
Hell, it still fits for my current volunteer organizations at times
and I'll crank it up to blow off steam and do a
to get it out of my system. (then it's 'Here Comes The Sun' to mellow out.) The music fits the angst, and I adore the percussion play during the instrumental middle. The subtle things Portnoy did at times that stood out without 'standing out'. Hard for me to drive because I want to play air drums and hit that occasion little cymbal
'Savior in the Square' the intro would be in my Top 50, because with 'Our New World', ends up like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agXk_VyRtZM I use this for my 'best ofs' and TA 2 disc. The combo fits really well.
I'll shorten my replies from here on in. Oh, and thanks Kev for taking the time on this
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