Members hcprimerib Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 I have everything but Falling Into Infinity (awful!). There is something to like on every album. And when Portnoy chose to sing backups, there was also something to hate on the albums he did sing on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 First, nice parody thread! 8/10 Second, I think that Images and Words is a perfect album. Everything on it is great. Even LaBrie avoids his most common excesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 First, nice parody thread! 8/10 Second, I think that Images and Words is a perfect album. Everything on it is great. Even LaBrie avoids his most common excesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tech21man Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by beno Not really in much of a position to be recommending DT material now then, are we? You recomending SDOIT isn't really encouraging either. It is a {censored} album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tech21man Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by beno Not really in much of a position to be recommending DT material now then, are we? You recomending SDOIT isn't really encouraging either. It is a {censored} album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by tech21man You recomending SDOIT isn't really encouraging either. It is a {censored} album. By whose standard? Disc 2 is in the same vein as SFAM. This alone makes it a great effort, if not their last great release. Disc 1 isn't "{censored}" either. Anything on it still destroys FII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by tech21man You recomending SDOIT isn't really encouraging either. It is a {censored} album. By whose standard? Disc 2 is in the same vein as SFAM. This alone makes it a great effort, if not their last great release. Disc 1 isn't "{censored}" either. Anything on it still destroys FII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by Phrophus Brah, pv_impact and I have been boys for 10-15 years. We tend to know a lot about what types of music the other may like, so yeah, I am in a position to recommend an album to him. I don't know what the hell your beef is, either. I recommended an album to a friend of mine, and you got all pissy because it's not the album you'd recommend to him. Take a minute and catch your head, fella. Comin' in here with your dick swinging lookin' for a fight or some {censored} cuz I don't like the same albums you do. Gat damn, son. Pathetic. I got no beef. Had no way of knowing you guys were boys, fair enough.I'm not looking for a fight, it's just a weird album to recommend for DT considering most fans consider it their weakest release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by Phrophus Brah, pv_impact and I have been boys for 10-15 years. We tend to know a lot about what types of music the other may like, so yeah, I am in a position to recommend an album to him. I don't know what the hell your beef is, either. I recommended an album to a friend of mine, and you got all pissy because it's not the album you'd recommend to him. Take a minute and catch your head, fella. Comin' in here with your dick swinging lookin' for a fight or some {censored} cuz I don't like the same albums you do. Gat damn, son. Pathetic. I got no beef. Had no way of knowing you guys were boys, fair enough.I'm not looking for a fight, it's just a weird album to recommend for DT considering most fans consider it their weakest release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheKrabsman Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Dream Theater are a bunch of wankers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheKrabsman Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Dream Theater are a bunch of wankers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by TheKrabsman Dream Theater are a bunch of wankers. Must burn ya that they've made a successful career out of being wankers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by TheKrabsman Dream Theater are a bunch of wankers. Must burn ya that they've made a successful career out of being wankers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thy God Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 I don't have When Dream and Day Unite or Six Degrees (Or any of the live albums, aside from Budokan on DVD.) I love everything except Black Clouds and Systematic Chaos...and the latter probably only because I've had it for a short time and haven't given it a full, undivided listen. I'd rank Train of Thought a little (but not much) lower than the others that I "love"...any given day, any one of the others might be my "favorite". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thy God Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 I don't have When Dream and Day Unite or Six Degrees (Or any of the live albums, aside from Budokan on DVD.) I love everything except Black Clouds and Systematic Chaos...and the latter probably only because I've had it for a short time and haven't given it a full, undivided listen. I'd rank Train of Thought a little (but not much) lower than the others that I "love"...any given day, any one of the others might be my "favorite". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by leftyaxeman cant stand Rudess, I really liked Derek Sherinian & Kevin Moore tons better Me too. Sherinian is awesome! Rudess has some serious abilities, but his playing is just so...annoying. I don't know what it is exactly. Originally Posted by MadKeithV Strangely, for me it's actually the vapid lyrical content that eventually completely turned me off starting with Scenes from a Memory. You can thank Mike Portnoy for that too. He wrote the majority of the lyrics. Originally Posted by beno This is how you show you're not a true DT fan. FII is their worst (and least DT-sounding) album. It is the most disliked album generally I like FII quite a bit. I would call myself a "true" fan of theirs as well, despite the fact that I don't like most of their newer material. Tell me that Hell's Kitchen and Lines In The Sand aren't awesome. Trial of Tears is epic...especially the version on Once in a Live Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by leftyaxeman cant stand Rudess, I really liked Derek Sherinian & Kevin Moore tons better Me too. Sherinian is awesome! Rudess has some serious abilities, but his playing is just so...annoying. I don't know what it is exactly. Originally Posted by MadKeithV Strangely, for me it's actually the vapid lyrical content that eventually completely turned me off starting with Scenes from a Memory. You can thank Mike Portnoy for that too. He wrote the majority of the lyrics. Originally Posted by beno This is how you show you're not a true DT fan. FII is their worst (and least DT-sounding) album. It is the most disliked album generally I like FII quite a bit. I would call myself a "true" fan of theirs as well, despite the fact that I don't like most of their newer material. Tell me that Hell's Kitchen and Lines In The Sand aren't awesome. Trial of Tears is epic...especially the version on Once in a Live Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MacaroniSalad Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 I only have Awake. I only like When Dream and Day Unite WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MacaroniSalad Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 I only have Awake. I only like When Dream and Day Unite WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caulk Rocket Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by beno Funny, you seem like an even bigger asshole than any DT fan I've ever met. Then again, you have met ALL of them, so I supose you would know best Way to stereotype all DT fans #fail The only thing you wrote that has any semblance of truth is your criticism of LaBrie...which is still irrelevant b/c even with all that the guy has managed to find success. How do you define success? The last time Dream Theater had anything resembling a hit, Kris Kross topped the charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by Caulk Rocket How do you define success? The last time Dream Theater had anything resembling a hit, Kris Kross topped the charts. Umm, definitely not by whether you have a hit on the charts. By that definition the majority of incredibly talented bands out there wouldn't be successful.I define it by a career spanning almost 30 years in which million of albums have been sold.Heck, in reality any musician that is able to put food on the table and a roof over his/her head as a direct result of playing an instrument is successful in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by Caulk Rocket How do you define success? The last time Dream Theater had anything resembling a hit, Kris Kross topped the charts. Umm, definitely not by whether you have a hit on the charts. By that definition the majority of incredibly talented bands out there wouldn't be successful.I define it by a career spanning almost 30 years in which million of albums have been sold.Heck, in reality any musician that is able to put food on the table and a roof over his/her head as a direct result of playing an instrument is successful in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beno Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by guitargod0dmw I like FII quite a bit. I would call myself a "true" fan of theirs as well, despite the fact that I don't like most of their newer material. Tell me that Hell's Kitchen and Lines In The Sand aren't awesome. Trial of Tears is epic...especially the version on Once in a Live Time. Interesting. I certainly don't hate those tracks (there's isolated tracks on all albums that I dislike much more), but that whole album just lacks that certain over-the-top quality that to me makes DT, well...DT. There is a definite vibe and sound to that album like it was produced in a way that robbed them of creative input, and forced them to mould themselves to sound MUCH more commercial and radio friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted January 5, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 For your listening enjoyment -- Mike Portnoy sings "The Trooper" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tech21man Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Wow! Let's say I'll stick with Lemmy's version ha hahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JORZO6Nvbf4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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