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el böthy 
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 Topic: SG "First Light" vs DT "A Change of Seasons"
Posted: February 22 2007 at 22:19 |
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"You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: February 22 2007 at 09:15 |
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ACOS received 86% of the votes ... that doesn't mean that it's much, much better than First Light. It just means that 86& of all voters think that it's the better epic - we don't know "how much" better.
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Masque
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Posted: February 22 2007 at 08:53 |
Hate to sound like bad sport but I`m not entirely pleased with the way this poll has turned out , not so much the result of the poll ... that's fine .. just the way we conduct our points of views they are always so black and white and focus on whats wrong hardly ever what is right , are all us Prog fans so pompous ? I hope not 
Edited by Masque - February 22 2007 at 09:10
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theBox
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 16:51 |
yes but didn't I say that ACOS was MARGINALLY BETTER, thus implying
that I prefer it over FL??? I even voted for it. So i can't see how my
post was illogical. Anyway...enough with this... 
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The T
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 14:44 |
 MikeEnRegalia wrote:
In a poll like this posts like "both suck" are a bit off topic, that's all. You're free to post your opinion, but then please return the favor and accept if some other users post something like "your post sucks".
 Sorry, this was even more off-topic!
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if the poll is "what do you think of X and Y?", then the answer "X and Y suck" is valid.
If the poll is "X vs Y", "X and Y suck" it's not part of any possible logical answer.
And every post but mine absolutely sucks... 
Edited by The T - February 21 2007 at 14:45
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Yito
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 11:10 |
A Change Of Seasons
A Change Of Seasons
A Change Of Seasons
A Change Of Seasons
A Change Of Seasons
A Change Of Seasons
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Psalm 96
1 Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 10:38 |
In a poll like this posts like "both suck" are a bit off topic, that's all. You're free to post your opinion, but then please return the favor and accept if some other users post something like "your post sucks". Sorry, this was even more off-topic!
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theBox
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 09:32 |
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Jared
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 09:17 |
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gotta go with ACOS on that one, although I LOVE SG...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Masque
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 09:09 |
theBox wrote:
Well, they both suck but at least ACOS is marginaly better, (it not being a GIANT ballad and all...)
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life changing post ! gonna print that out and frame it
Edited by Masque - February 21 2007 at 09:12
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sleeper
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 09:08 |
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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theBox
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 07:11 |
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Well, they both suck but at least ACOS is marginaly better, (it not being a GIANT ballad and all...)
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 04:54 |
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I like First Light a lot, and the long period of silence doesn't annoy me too much ... it's the parts before/after the silence which are a little bit bland and unnecessarily drawn out too long. ACOS has a clear structure and concept from beginning to end, which makes it a much better epic.
But first 18 minutes of First Light are very, very good!
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 04:32 |
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I love "First Light" but, as previously mentioned, any long periods of silence are unbelievably annoying. Why anyone would think a listener could find it anything but irksome is a constant mystery to me.
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MadcapLaughs84
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 01:36 |
I haven't heard FL but ACOS is my favorite ever
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Masque
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Posted: February 21 2007 at 01:03 |
I made a best of Shadow Gallery CD using audacity , I cut out the end bit on First Light at about the 22 min mark ... When I listened to it back I came to realise what a gem of a prog metal song it is , so much so I consider it an even finer piece than "A change of seasons" For me First Light is of a higher consciousness than A change of seasons, it gave me some serious food for thought lyrically on a universal level (listen to its lyrics) , but that's just my opinion . So I put it to a poll .... knowing SG were gonna get creamed ... I advise listen to first light again .. in the dark ... alone ... no interruptions, if you don`t musically transcend from it you are not listening to it properly or your tastes are vastly different to mine which is weird since I love "A Change of seasons" as well 
Edited by Masque - February 21 2007 at 01:31
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Posted: February 20 2007 at 23:52 |
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Masque
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Posted: February 20 2007 at 23:16 |
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jonathan_0311
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Posted: February 20 2007 at 23:14 |
A Change Of Seasons but I like both.
I don't really understand why people get so upset about the silence in First Light. Although, technically its not silence, its people talking followed by knocking and doorbells and then a mediocre neo classical piece.
I admit I don't care for this part but I usually just end the album there or fast forward to the classical peice at the end, its not a big deal.
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el böthy
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Posted: February 20 2007 at 22:45 |
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SG "First Light" vs DT "A Change of Seasons"
... in my review of LEGACY I make my point clear, this song doesn't hold a candle to ACOS.... It's repetitive, with no structure, and it just makes me angry to read in the back of the cd case "32 minutes"... then you put the cd and at around minute 20something it ends, and starts again like 7 minutes later... atrocious way of boring a listener of an otherwise great album (in this case, the epic song ruins the album instead of saving it)...
