What passages from any Strato song do you find the most sad?
I think it's not easy to really find these, since it's not just like "Oh, Forver" or... "The Land of ice and Snow", since I don't mean only songs, but parts from songs that are not totally sad, but that have certain passages that make you feel the sadness in the music.
Some examples, and what I've found would be:
Chasing Shadows - 3:10 to 3:37
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I don't know what was TT going through when he wrote this, but what I know is that such simple notes made in me a great impression... I find that part of the solo really so deep and with a sense of sadness that I find hard to describe. You might disagree with me in this one, but to me is really a very interesting little deep moment in the song. I hope that Return to Dreamspace... if it ever happens, has more like these passages.
Back to Madness - 2:31 to 3:30
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I think we all know REALLY well what was going on back then, but I think TT's sad feelings are expressed better than ever in that very specific part of the song. Whenever I feel deepresed or anything, I truly feel that part of the song really as a hammer. The load of sadness I find is really big and very strong. Truly defines the meaning of what song's tittle. It's just amazing to me.
Winter Skies - 2:48 to 4:00
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Unlike "Back to Madness", the type of sadness I feel here is not like a mad sadness, but more like a melancolic sadness. I guess Jens got inspired by winter, snow, and finnish sky itself (correct me if I'm wrong Jens o.O) But I find this (to me) to be the most emotional piano passage in a Stratovarius song. So simple, yet so deep... How can something like that happen? Only through music I think.
Well, those are just a few.
Has anybody found more from other songs I'm missing?
I'd also love to know how did it felt to play those songs (To Jens), ignoring Chasing Shadows because that was a different band, but I'd like to know If I got the right feeling for each song...
Oh, and as a bonus (has really nothing to do with the topic but...) check "Against the Wind" chorus and then listen to "Goodbye"'s minute 0:22 to 0:45 and you will find something interesting
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Had you ever noticed that?
Thoughts?
maybe some times... 
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