|
Rollersnake posted:I'm also of the opinion that (Peter Gabriel excepted) a self-titled album as anything other than your debut is a bad sign. If it's a genuine rebirth/return to form, the music should speak for itself and not require such a presumptuous title. What, even The Beatles? Granted, it's been given the nickname "The White Album," but obviously they didn't have that in mind when they released it.
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 19:51
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 9, 2024 07:48 |
|
|
BigFactory posted:Enemy Within's a really good song. With Portnoy no longer in the band, probably not.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 20:31
|
|
|
BigFactory posted:EDIT: I'm guessing The Enemy Inside is alcoholism, am I close? Portnoy isn't in the band anymore. He took his alcohol guilt somewhere else.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 21:14
|
|
|
nihil morari posted:Portnoy isn't in the band anymore. He took his alcohol guilt somewhere else. To The Winery Dogs. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 21:17
|
|
|
nihil morari posted:Portnoy isn't in the band anymore. He took his alcohol guilt somewhere else. I just watched the lyric video on mute, and I don't know what the music sounds like, but based on lyrics alone I think it's making a strong push for official E/N theme song.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 21:27
|
|
|
david puddy posted:So this is a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I38N8XHJg8U I will get everything Rudess is a part of. Sounds very similar to some of his solo album stuff.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 22:30
|
|
|
DukAmok posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I38N8XHJg8U Not being in to DT, have I missed amazing balls-out keys like this? If so, point me in the right direction (songs/albums, etc).
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 22:45
|
|
|
FalseParadigm posted:He has some amazing jazz chops. Feeding the Wheel is one of my favorite albums, with Revolving Door being a great track off that. The ending is just incredible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EREuKBi26yg The Rudess/Morgenstein Project has some cool stuff off it too, Crossing Over might be my favorite track of his, the ending is definitely my favorite keyboard solo of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et0libjrX94
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 22:59
|
|
|
FalseParadigm posted:He has some amazing jazz chops. Disclaimer, I'm really not a DT fan, but I think he sucks up otherwise decent songs almost as much as LaBrie's horrible voice. They combine to make the band really suck.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 23:46
|
|
|
DukAmok posted:Feeding the Wheel is one of my favorite albums, with Revolving Door being a great track off that. The ending is just incredible: This is an amazing track overall, but being a brass player, synth horns are a tough for me to bear sometimes. My dream is to cover all my favorite songs that have synth horns in them, replacing them with a real brass section. That said, I pretended they weren't there and rather enjoyed the track (loved the woodwind/percussion/piano breakdown). The ending makes up for it. DukAmok posted:Crossing Over might be my favorite track of his, the ending is definitely my favorite keyboard solo of all time: I just realized the Dixie Dregs connection (I thought the drummer's name sounded familiar). Sweet.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 23:48
|
|
|
Synth horns and strings kinda display a general sense of poor taste IMO. Like brendt mydland from the dead was probably a pretty good piano player but I don't even care because he had such awful judgement in the bad Midi sounds he chose. I'm glad he od'd.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 23:52
|
|
|
BigFactory posted:Disclaimer, I'm really not a DT fan, but I think he sucks up otherwise decent songs almost as much as LaBrie's horrible voice. They combine to make the band really suck. That said, jazz-fusion sort of stuff is totally made for that sort of thing and I think he's a great player. BigFactory posted:Synth horns and strings kinda display a general sense of poor taste IMO. Like brendt mydland from the dead was probably a pretty good piano player but I don't even care because he had such awful judgement in the bad Midi sounds he chose. I'm glad he od'd. EDIT... I just re-read your reply and totally missed the last bit. My take on synth horns is that only the square wave horn synth (a la early Van Halen) is acceptable. And only by early Van Halen so that point is moot. It's not cool when people od. 
FalseParadigm fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Aug 7, 2013 |
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2013 23:57
|
|
|
FalseParadigm posted:That is one of the reasons I don't like DT. They are a band made up of AMAZING virtuoso musicians that can't seem to figure out how to write an enjoyable song (at least to me). Go back and listen to some late 80s dead shows. You'll agree with me after about 2 songs. Maybe it was all the heroin that was making him fat finger the loving worst sounds on his Roland. Yuck.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2013 00:45
|
|
|
Seventh Arrow posted:What, even The Beatles? Granted, it's been given the nickname "The White Album," but obviously they didn't have that in mind when they released it. I can't think of an earlier instance of a late self-titled album as artistic statement, and, y'know, it's a really good album. So, yeah, the Beatles definitely get a pass. (Solo McCartney does not.) I just imagine that most people who've done this since were hoping it'd be their White Album. Anyway, I like Jordan Rudess best when he sounds near-indistinguishable from a lead guitarist—from what I've heard, that's the most distinctive thing he does. I enjoy his work more often than not, but yeah, he suffers from the same disease Rick Wakeman does. LaBrie's always been the weak link in Dream Theater, I think, but he's really not that bad. He's just unfortunately an adequate musician among virtuosos and doesn't seem to have his own voice. More often than not he sounds like a stand-in for James Hetfield or Bruce Dickinson. Rollersnake fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Aug 7, 2013 |
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2013 01:29
|
|
|
I agree about LaBrie, but the dude's been with them for over 20 years and I think it's kind of cool that they stick together like that. It basically wouldn't be DT without that nasally voice. Can't say the same for Portnoy, obviously!
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2013 03:42
|
|
|
I think LaBrie totally destroys quieter stuff (in a good way). Like on Wait for Sleep, the end of The Count of Tuscany, Regression, etc. But when he goes for the high notes it just sounds like he's yelling. I dunno if I'm keen for the new album or not, that single was kinda not my thing.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2013 04:03
|
|
|
Rollersnake posted:I can't think of an earlier instance of a late self-titled album as artistic statement, and, y'know, it's a really good album. Deftones and Killing Joke just off the top of my head. Killing Joke's was even their second self titled, and it was great.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2013 11:46
|
|
|
Bob's a human fly. Buzz buzz buzz
|
|
#
?
Aug 13, 2013 21:21
|
|
|
I'm completely obsessed with Wolf People lately. I got both of their albums pretty much imediately after hearing them. Here's one from the first album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbiMWEV7QM And the second: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Kxuuuftd4
|
|
#
?
Aug 22, 2013 13:14
|
|
|
A friend [pictured middle] is at a Music Master's camp this week hosted by the musician on the left: The musician on the right lives a half hour away and showed up.
|
|
#
?
Aug 22, 2013 17:01
|
|
|
Anyone else going to ProgDay next weekend? Looks like a pretty solid lineup. I've been going every year since 2002, haven't had a bad experience yet.
|
|
#
?
Aug 22, 2013 17:25
|
|
|
So apparently this is a real thing: Prog Rock Boat Cruises I would be tempted.
|
|
#
?
Aug 23, 2013 02:18
|
|
|
I'd rather go on this one. That is one hell of a lineup.
|
|
#
?
Aug 23, 2013 02:41
|
|
|
Rust Martialis posted:So apparently this is a real thing: Prog Rock Boat Cruises
|
|
#
?
Aug 23, 2013 02:41
|
|
|
So Lucassen's going for it with promoting the new Ayreon album The Theory of Everything, the usual guess the musician/vocalist deal on youtube. The real interesting stuff so far is the guest keyboard players - it seems he's got Emerson, Wakeman and Rudess all contributing solos on this one. Those are some big names, it'll be interesting to see what singers he's gotten together for the album to stand up to that kind of profile. I was already pretty hyped for this album, and now between the over-the-top title, return to the retired Ayreon brand, and what looks like a "gently caress it, let's go for the big names" attitude, I'm really starting to get into an Ayreon kind of mood. Prog Rock Opera is something that requires completely balls-deep commitment without taking itself too seriously, and Ayreon has always struck that balance for me. Anything else in the same vein that will help satisfy that urge while I wait for the new album?
|
|
#
?
Aug 23, 2013 18:40
|
|
|
Misogynist posted:From the billing I'm assuming this is the lovely Geoff Tate Queensryche and not the Todd La Torre Queensryche that people actually pay money to see? It's the actual Queensryche with Todd La Torre, not GT's cover band.
|
|
#
?
Aug 23, 2013 19:06
|
|
|
The only cruise where nobody gets laid.
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2013 00:48
|
|
|
Progressive Nation At Sea sounds so goddamn cool. No way I could afford it, but I would love to go.
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2013 01:50
|
|
|
Man, the ending of Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Part I is one of the most musically eerie things ever created.
|
|
#
?
Sep 3, 2013 06:47
|
|
|
JebanyPedal posted:Man, the ending of Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Part I is one of the most musically eerie things ever created. Agree, it's terrifying and beautiful simultaneously, a difficult thing to manage musically.
|
|
#
?
Sep 3, 2013 07:28
|
|
|
It's maybe the most perfect moment in all of King Crimson's music. More than anything else, the ending to LTiA Part 1 is the reason I feel like there hasn't been a truly great live version. None of the ones I've heard have given me chills the way the studio version does.
|
|
#
?
Sep 3, 2013 15:51
|
|
|
Rollersnake posted:It's maybe the most perfect moment in all of King Crimson's music. More than anything else, the ending to LTiA Part 1 is the reason I feel like there hasn't been a truly great live version. None of the ones I've heard have given me chills the way the studio version does. Have you checked out "The Great Deceiver" boxset? There's a great moment where their set is almost entirely improvised pieces, and then they literally drop in to LTIA: Pt I and you don't even notice it until that choppy rhythm build-up starts. That boxset is scarily good.
|
|
#
?
Sep 3, 2013 16:05
|
|
|
Noise Machine posted:Have you checked out "The Great Deceiver" boxset? There's a great moment where their set is almost entirely improvised pieces, and then they literally drop in to LTIA: Pt I and you don't even notice it until that choppy rhythm build-up starts. That boxset is scarily good. The one that transitions from "Sharks' Lungs in Lemsip"? It's very good but still doesn't hold a candle to the studio version, I think.
|
|
#
?
Sep 4, 2013 09:08
|
|
|
Haken's new album The Mountain is incredible. I've been a big fan of these guys since Aquarius and this is easily their best work. This song has stood out more to me than anything else this year so far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUz2xt-4FCA
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2013 20:45
|
|
|
Trees and Squids posted:Haken's new album The Mountain is incredible. I've been a big fan of these guys since Aquarius and this is easily their best work.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2013 21:30
|
|
|
Trees and Squids posted:Haken's new album The Mountain is incredible. I've been a big fan of these guys since Aquarius and this is easily their best work. I'm convinced that Haken is an insidious conspiracy to make prog metal fans to shift to prog rock and ultimately pop. They're really, really good at mixing them all, but this time they're leaning much further from the metal that was strong in the first two albums, and it seems that the songs are simpler in structure now. It's definitely a strong album, but I'm not really happy about the change. Also does anyone know what's going on with Pain of Salvation? Have they said anything about a new album? ANIME AKBAR fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Sep 8, 2013 |
|
#
?
Sep 8, 2013 13:49
|
|
|
ANIME AKBAR posted:Also does anyone know what's going on with Pain of Salvation? Have they said anything about a new album? They're doing an acoustic studio album combined with DVD release soon.
|
|
#
?
Sep 8, 2013 15:28
|
|
God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
|
Did anyone make is to Progpower USA this year?
|
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2013 05:49
|
|
|
New Dream Theater track, "Along For The Ride" http://www.bravewords.com/news/2101...ng+For+The+Ride Yawn. The other song was a lot better. Still looking forward to the album, though. nihil morari fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Sep 9, 2013 |
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2013 23:22
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 9, 2024 07:48 |
|
|
RDreamer posted:They're doing an acoustic studio album combined with DVD release soon. Eh, I was hoping they'd return to doing more heavily produced material by now. But I guess it sort of makes sense after what happened to their lineup.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2013 04:26
|
|