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Stratofanius wrote:

IceBreaker wrote:Also in my opinion Twilight Time is very good, I think it´s better than Dreamspace, because there are no weird songs.

Right. I think too that Twilight Time is better than Dreamspace. Weird and horrible songs like Full Moon, Thin Ice and Atlantis are songs that I just can't listen...

Full Moon and Thin Ice, OK (even though I like the latter) but Atlantis ?? This one is not "weird" at all :/

MaFiaBoY wrote:Full Moon and Thin Ice, OK (even though I like the latter) but Atlantis ?? This one is not "weird" at all :/

Maybe it is not weird but it's so boring and stupid instrumental, and the melody? Simply and again BORING !

Stratofanius wrote:

MaFiaBoY wrote:Full Moon and Thin Ice, OK (even though I like the latter) but Atlantis ?? This one is not "weird" at all :/

Maybe it is not weird but it's so boring and stupid instrumental, and the melody? Simply and again BORING !

No more boring than Father Time....

MaFiaBoY wrote:

Stratofanius wrote:

MaFiaBoY wrote:Full Moon and Thin Ice, OK (even though I like the latter) but Atlantis ?? This one is not "weird" at all :/

Maybe it is not weird but it's so boring and stupid instrumental, and the melody? Simply and again BORING !

No more boring than Father Time....

Can a minishort instrumental be boring? For me it sounds then very strange. :crazy1: A boring song is usually too long and slow or too fast or solos are long and progressive.

+ Forever Free... *uhh*

IceBreaker wrote:A boring song is usually too long and slow

Agreed here. To put it short: Soul of a Vagadond.
Vocals higher than the highest are also boring as hell! Like Find Your Own Voice, almost ridiculous, IMO!

StratoHeart wrote:

IceBreaker wrote:A boring song is usually too long and slow

Agreed here. To put it short: Soul of a Vagadond.
Vocals higher than the highest are also boring as hell! Like Find Your Own Voice, almost ridiculous, IMO!

Soul of a Vagabond is awesome! Ok, Elements pt.1 is not very good album (the worst or 2nd worst album of Strato) but SOAV is very very good!

And back to Atlantis - i don't want to translate this for english, but btw this is my opinion of this song: Atlantis on naurettava täytekappale, jonka tekemiseen ei selvästikään ole tuhlattu aikaa minuuttia kauempaa.

If i don't count Full Moon, Thin Ice and Atlantis, Dreamspace is good album, but in my opinion Twilight Time is much better. There are songs like The Hands of Time, Madness Strikes at Midnight, Twilight Time and Out of the Shadows. Only song that I don't like in Twilight Time is Metal Frenzy...

^ WTF? SOAV is boring? How come you can't appreciate good progressive music? That is one of the most original and innovative Strato. songs I've ever heard. Someone said they don't like Find Your Own Voice because of the high singing. Well, if you'd learn how to listen to music you'd hear how all of the instruments including Kotipelto's voice all coincide together, then maybe you could get past the high singing and appreciate things like the shredding guitar riffs and awesome drums/drum fills in that song. Someone said they don't like Forever Free because it has a long solo? You obviously like Stratovarius for other reasons than the instuments. And @ MafiaBoy: Will you please just shut the fuck up about not liking Father Time? I've got the fucking point that you don't like Father Time in about every fucking thread you've posted in.

Burning Reflection wrote:And @ MafiaBoy: Will you please just shut the fuck up about not liking Father Time? I've got the fucking point that you don't like Father Time in about every fucking thread you've posted in.

Can you stop saying "fucking"?

woah relax man, im sure there are songs that you do not like that other people love, dont take it personal

@Burning Reflection - Your name is good example of your character

1. Tears of Ice, Infinity, Destiny, Visions
2.Thin Ice, Fantasia, Full Moon
3. Visions
4.On Visions and Destiny
5. Episode and Requiem
6. Tears of Ice
7. Visions
8. ALL Collectively!
9. Yes
10. No, I like it!


What about our Fav Strato T-Shirt?
I'd say Infinity

CottonCandy wrote:What about our Fav Strato T-Shirt?
I'd say Infinity

I haven't buy any, but I have seen them. I don't know how Infinity looks like, but I think that Phoenix is very good (if it isn't same as that Infinity ).
Also strato-elks are funny

That Shirt with the Elk throwing up is cute and funny! The Phoenix Flame is beautiful.
That "We eat Metal and Shit Chains" T-Shirt sold out. Shame, because I was going to buy it because THAT message is really cool!

Offtopic again:
Stratoshop should update their page. And add some new stuff! Of course new album is coming so I hope that soon there are single and after that album...
Fantasia was very good idea but it haven't work LOOOONG time...

Stratofanius wrote: So here are some questions together...

1. Strato's best songs top3
2. Strato'S worst songs top3
3. Strato's favourite albums
4. Koti's best singing in stratoalbums
5. Best instrumental(s)
6. Best ballad(s)
7. Best album cover
8. Strato's best member
9. Do you wait new album VERY much?
10. Is this topic boring?

1. Coming Home, Paradise, When the Night Meets the Day
2. Glory of the World, Eagleheart, Anthem of the World
3. Visions
4. Infinite
5. Holy Light
6. Coming Home!
7. Destiny
8. Kotipelto
9. Quite much
10. No

1. Visions, Out of the Shadows, Madness Strikes At Midnight
2. This is hard one, I can't decide...
3. Twilight Time
4. Infinite
5. Holy Light
6. Lead Us Into the Light
7. Infinite
8. Jens
9. Yes!
10. Because I'm free man, this isn't!

So here are some questions together...

1. Strato's best songs top3
2. Strato'S worst songs top3
3. Strato's favourite albums
4. Koti's best singing in stratoalbums
5. Best instrumental(s)
6. Best ballad(s)
7. Best album cover
8. Strato's best member
9. Do you wait new album VERY much?
10. Is this topic boring?

So here are some answers together...

1. Eternity, Abyss, Hands of Time, Infinity, Wings of Tomorrow
2. Witch-Hunt, Full Moon, Know the Difference
3. Episode, Dreamspace, Infinite
4. Episode-Visions-Destiny
5. Holy Light, Stratofortress
6. 4000 Rainy Nights, Coming Home, Forever, Tears of Ice
7. Infinite
8. They are all great!
9. Yes
10. Not at all

1. Visions (shoutern cross), Destiny, Lead Us Into the Light
2. Shattered, Reign of Terror, Metal Frenzy
3. Visions, Destiny, Elements pt. II
4. Destiny
5. Goodbye
6. Lead Us Into The Light
7. Infinite
8. JohanssonTolkkiPorraMichaelKotipelto
9. YES
10. no

So here are some questions together...

1. Strato's best songs top3
2. Strato'S worst songs top3
3. Strato's favourite albums
4. Koti's best singing in stratoalbums
5. Best instrumental(s)
6. Best ballad(s)
7. Best album cover
8. Strato's best member
9. Do you wait new album VERY much?
10. Is this topic boring?

Well well well... Incomiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!!!!
1 Hunting High & Low // Find your own voice // Black Diamond.
2 030366 // Papillon // Thin ice.
3 Visions --- of course!
4 Find your own voice.
5 Stratofortress
6 Hold on to your dream
7 Infinity
8 Jens
9 Not much... cuz is in my pc.. but I will buy it anyway.
10 was a good topic not boring!

Its all folks!

OFFTOPIC
I like FreeMan's style! Morgan Freeman was great as President in Deep Impact! Great acting there!
Maybe someday USA will be progressive enough to have a Black(or Woman)President!


*Sorry for the OT comment

CottonCandy wrote:OFFTOPIC
I like FreeMan's style! Morgan Freeman was great as President in Deep Impact! Great acting there!
Maybe someday USA will be progressive enough to have a Black(or Woman)President!


*Sorry for the OT comment

Morgan Freeman sure is great actor! One of the bests ever!

-Best songs top-3-
1. We Hold The Key
2. Break The Ice
3. Hold On To Your Dream

-Worst songs top-3-
1. Papillon
2. Luminous
3. Full Moon

-Albums top-5-
1. Dreamspace
2. Fourth Dimension
3. Episode
4. Twilight Time
5. Visions

-TK's best singing-
This is a difficult one... Now I think it's Uncertainty

-Instrumentals top-5-
1. Stratosphere
2. Stratovarius
3. Episode
4. Call Of The Wilderness
5. Stratofortress

-Ballads top-3-
1. 4000 Rainy Nights
2. Forever
3. Coming Home

-Best album cover-
Fright Night, no doubts

-Best member-
Timo Tolkki!!!

-Do I wait the new album?!?!-
Hell yeah!:D

-About this topic-
Errrr let me think... No.

TOP-3 best songs:
#1 Season of Change (especially liveversion in the Visions of Europe)
#2 Destiny
#3 Black Diamond
(this is always a hard question, favourite always changes)

TOP-3 worst songs:
#1 Metal Frenzy
#2 Full Moon
#3 Thin Ice

TOP-5 albums:
#1 Visions
#2 Episode
#3 Stratovarius
#4 Dreamspace
#5 Destiny

Koti's best singing:
That's hard... maybe in the new song "The Land of Ice and Snow", it's so sensitive.

TOP-3 instrumentals:
#1 Stratosphere
#2 Holy Light
#3 Episode

TOP-3 ballads:
#1 The Land of Ice and Snow
#2 Forever
#3 Coming Home

TOP-3 album covers:
#1 Destiny
#2 Fright Night
#3 Visions

Best member:
The brains = Tolkki

Do I wait new album VERY much?
Yes, but I've listened to it already, I'll buy it immediately when it comes.

Is this topic boring?
Well, no...

A little question: Who is this Johnson in the album Episode? I have been wondering this for sooooo long.

Pikkusielu wrote:A little question: Who is this Johnson in the album Episode? I have been wondering this for sooooo long.

He is credited as "Lyrics and vocals consultant" on Episode and Visions. He also does some backing vocals.

Pikkusielu wrote:A little question: Who is this Johnson in the album Episode? I have been wondering this for sooooo long.

Sorry this is in finnish but:

IceBreaker wrote:Episodellahan oli mm. Leningrad Cowboysista myöhemmin tunnetun Richard "Tipe" Johnsonin tekstejä kahdessa kappaleessa ja pakko myöntää, että ainakin Tomorrowin teksti oli eri tyyppinen. Mutta antaako TT tähän enää mahdollisuutta?

1. -Find your own voice
-Greensleeves
-Black Diamond

2. Way too hard question....
-Fullmoon
-03066 Or whatever it was called

3. -Visions
-Episode
-Destiny
-Elements pt.1 (great, except Koti sounds weird)
-Visions of Europe
-Fourth Dimension
-Intermission
-Dreamspace
-Elements pt.2
Still missing Infinite, Twilight time, Fright Night and The Chosen Ones so its hard to judge yet

4. -Visions

5. - Stratofortess, Stratosphere and Holy light

6. -4000 Rainy Nights
-Coming Home
-Forever
-Drop In The Ocean
7. The new album cover definitely

8: Timo Tolkki becouse of the music and Jens for all the fun.

9. Going to pre-order it immedietaly when its available in stratoshop

10. Kinda

imo :

1. 1) Find Your Own Voice
2) Destiny
3) Just Carry On

2. 1) Full Moon
2) Luminous
3) Will the Sun Rise (don't know why, but I really don't like this song)

3. 1) Visions
2) Elements Part 1
3) Destiny
4) Infinite
5) Episode
6) Fourth Dimension
7) Dreamspace
Elements Part 2
9) Intermission
10) Twilight Time
11) Fright Night

4. Find Your Own Voice for the technique (especially live), Will My Soul Ever Rest In Peace for the emotion

5. Stratofortress (so fast, so good )

6. Will My Soul Ever Rest In Peace (one of the most emotionnally moving songs ever for me)

7. Infinite

8. Jens !

9. Do you wait new album VERY much?

10. No, it can be interesting to see what other fans think of the music.