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Post by doc_holliday » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:37 am

I told some dude that I liked Stratovarius. He told me to try some Dream Theater. What songs do you guys suggest me?

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Re: dream theater

Post by NeonVomit » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:00 am

Uh oh.

I suggest you listen to a few songs from each album. Start with 'A Fortune In Lies' from When Dream And Day Unite album.

I'll leave the rest up to the other Dream Theater geeks on this forum.
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Re: dream theater

Post by Paola » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:35 am

I like Dream Theater but in the moment I'm trying don't think about the band because I couldn't go to the concert in my country :x
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Re: dream theater

Post by doc_holliday » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:36 am

hmmm I didn't like A fortune in lies

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Re: dream theater

Post by NeonVomit » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:59 am

doc_holliday wrote:hmmm I didn't like A fortune in lies
Okay try 'Pull Me Under' from their next album Images and Words.
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Re: dream theater

Post by NeonVomit » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:02 am

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... sciousness

Also, this live clip should convince you of Dream Theater's awsomeness...
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Re: dream theater

Post by Equinox » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:15 am

You just have to listen to Train Of Thought. That album is off the hook.
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Re: dream theater

Post by Equinox » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:44 am

Equinox wrote:You just have to listen to Train Of Thought. That album is off the hook.
Or watch that video. The one posted by NeonVomit. If that doesn't work, chop ur head off.
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Re: dream theater

Post by nepi » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:05 am

My beginning was Metropolis Part2: Scenes from a Memory. And I can promise, when you heard this album, you won't give away it! But beware: I only listen it when I have 80minutes for it because it's like ONE story...!

Or taste Images and Words!
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Re: dream theater

Post by Leo » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:16 am

Octavarium and Images and Words are the albums that I like most...
But if you like ballads you shoud try somethings for Scenes from a Memory, bescause that's a very good album too. :wink:

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Re: dream theater

Post by htcdude » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:44 am

I suggest you don't listen to them at all....
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Re: dream theater

Post by HvyMtlClickWitch » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:54 pm

Yeah, I recommend Train Of Thought. It's more metal and less wankery.

By the way, I'm not by any means a DT nerd, so feel free to completely disregard my opinion..

And for the record, I'm not really clear on how someone comes up with "Hey, you like Stratovarius?! Try Dream Theater!".
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Re: dream theater

Post by NeonVomit » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:22 pm

HvyMtlClickWitch wrote:Yeah, I recommend Train Of Thought. It's more metal and less wankery.

By the way, I'm not by any means a DT nerd, so feel free to completely disregard my opinion..

And for the record, I'm not really clear on how someone comes up with "Hey, you like Stratovarius?! Try Dream Theater!".
The two bands have some common elements (very high levels of skill on all instruments, complex songwriting) so it's easy to see how one person can appreciate both.
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Post by HvyMtlClickWitch » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:55 pm

NeonVomit wrote:The two bands have some common elements (very high levels of skill on all instruments, complex songwriting) so it's easy to see how one person can appreciate both.
Aaaaand here's my 'I'm-now-just-being-a-pain-in-your-ass' moment for the day:

"Hey, you like Stratovarius and Dream Theater?! Try Benny Goodman!"

This will truly separate the men from the dorks. ;)
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Re: dream theater

Post by Stratofanius » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:26 pm

htcdude wrote:I suggest you don't listen to them at all....
I agree.

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Re: dream theater

Post by NeonVomit » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:02 pm

Stratofanius wrote:
htcdude wrote:I suggest you don't listen to them at all....
I agree.
And what's wrong with Dream Theater? Why not listen to them?
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Re: dream theater

Post by eternity_strato » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:21 pm

Try to listen, without any other thing to do, and if possible desconnect phones and stuff like that, the OCTAVARIUM album. It's simply Magic.

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Re: dream theater

Post by NeonVomit » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:54 pm

eternity_strato wrote:Try to listen, without any other thing to do, and if possible desconnect phones and stuff like that, the OCTAVARIUM album. It's simply Magic.
I really wasn't impressed by Octavarium. Train of Thought and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance were much better in my opinion.
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Re: dream theater

Post by Lugarid » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:58 pm

Stratofanius wrote:
htcdude wrote:I suggest you don't listen to them at all....
I agree.
I`ll vote for that! Get Liquid Tension Experiment, mostly same band, no commerce.

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Post by MetalAngel » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:49 pm

doc_holliday wrote:I told some dude that I liked Stratovarius. He told me to try some Dream Theater. What songs do you guys suggest me?
I can give you an advice about a DT album : "Image And Words". The best DT album, according to me. "Pull Me Under" and "Metropolis" are great songs.
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Re: dream theater

Post by nepi » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:01 am

MetalAngel wrote:
doc_holliday wrote:I told some dude that I liked Stratovarius. He told me to try some Dream Theater. What songs do you guys suggest me?
I can give you an advice about a DT album : "Image And Words". The best DT album, according to me. "Pull Me Under" and "Metropolis" are great songs.
Well these songs are really good, I can't say something negative about it. But on the Metropolis 2, a 86minutes story with highs and lows, with passages of pain and love, of trouble and peace, of a relaxing beginning and a very surprising end!!!! It's like a movie - ENJOY! -

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Train of Thoughts also is one of the best of DT. It's a wonderful piece!
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Re: dream theater

Post by stratoplayer » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:50 am

Well, my 3 favorite DT albums are Octavarium, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Images and Words, those 3 are just genious


but beware, i found DT to be harder to listen than strato becuase they are more complex and vary a lot, even the same song but their songs have mostly grown up on me, very few were instant classics (Though Metropolis pt 1, The Glass Prison, About to Crash, Space Dye Vest and Stream of Conciousness deserve honorary mention for kicking ass from the first time I listened to them)
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Post by HvyMtlClickWitch » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:20 am

Lugarid wrote:I`ll vote for that! Get Liquid Tension Experiment, mostly same band, no commerce.
Quote of the year!! :headbang:
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Re: dream theater

Post by htcdude » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:42 am

NeonVomit wrote:
Stratofanius wrote:
htcdude wrote:I suggest you don't listen to them at all....
I agree.
And what's wrong with Dream Theater? Why not listen to them?
They're the most boring band on the planet...sure enough they're talented, great musicians, but for me, their music just bores me.
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Re: dream theater

Post by stratoplayer » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:48 am

htcdude wrote:
NeonVomit wrote:
Stratofanius wrote:
htcdude wrote:I suggest you don't listen to them at all....
I agree.
And what's wrong with Dream Theater? Why not listen to them?
They're the most boring band on the planet...sure enough they're talented, great musicians, but for me, their music just bores me.
As opposed to Dragonforce and HammerFall? :wink:
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Re: dream theater

Post by htcdude » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:50 am

Exactly...i'm glading you're thinking along the same lines as me :D
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Post by Maniac » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:16 am

Isn't there anybody to suggest the masterpiece called ΑWAKE?
Great songs like Space dye vest, The Mirror-Lie, The Silent Man 6:00..

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Post by Stratolily » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:47 am

Neonvomit wrote:
Okay try 'Pull Me Under' from their next album Images and Words.
Pull Me Under was the first Dream Theater song I heard and I was like :shock:
nepi wrote:My beginning was Metropolis Part2: Scenes from a Memory. And I can promise, when you heard this album, you won't give away it! But beware: I only listen it when I have 80minutes for it because it's like ONE story...!
I think Scenes From A Memory is the easier Dream Theater album to listen to. With it you will turn crazy about them. :D Then you can continue listening to the rest of their discography. :wink:

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Re: dream theater

Post by Equinox » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:49 am

htcdude wrote:
NeonVomit wrote:
Stratofanius wrote:
htcdude wrote:I suggest you don't listen to them at all....
I agree.
And what's wrong with Dream Theater? Why not listen to them?
They're the most boring band on the planet...sure enough they're talented, great musicians, but for me, their music just bores me.
I can't believe u call them boring. And u like DrangoForce. I listened to that song of DragonForce, one of the new ones, (Fire and flames?) and I felt like I was listening to a song in Valley of the Damned. The same shit, the same shit, all over again. And u say DT is boring? Dude.
I mean...dude... :roll:
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Re: dream theater

Post by Elazul » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:34 pm

wOOt DT is IMO one of the best Bands in the whole fucking world.
This high technical pretentious songs with great intelligent lyrics just kick my ass.
The old albums and the newer albums as well.
By the way do they have the best drummer and one of the three greatest guitarists in the world in their band.
Yeah DT is the ultimate mixture of Metal and Progressive Rock.
Ok you can have your own opinion about these guys,
but calling their music "boring" is maybe the consequence of a prematured comprehension for such exacting and versatile music.

Nevertheless are "Images And Word" and "Awake" the best ProgMetal Albums ever.

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