The Count Of Tuscany

What the hell are you talking about? The Count of Tuscany is AWESOME!!

You people have to explain things more. I'm not going to read "It's awesome olololololol" and automatically think it's awesome.

King By-Tor wrote: You people have to explain things more. I'm not going to read "It's awesome olololololol" and automatically think it's awesome.

Alright then. It is awesome BECAUSE it has a variety of sounds from Dream Theater including influences from Rush, Pink Floyd, and some metal sections as well. It flows very nicely and and has a great opening instrumental section.

Happy now??

It's Dream Theater on the whole toned down a bit, with none of those four minute noodly guitar solos. It flows and segues like a twenty minute song should. Musically, it's some of their most creative output for a long time. The lyrics might bother you, but only if you're an old grump. It's just a nice long song. Not their greatest, but above average. Slightly behind The Best of Times as the peak of the whole album, at least in my opinion. It's not AWESOME, but hey, it's a pretty good one! And it's an epic-length track that doesn't obsess itself over the idea of sounding really EPIC like Supper's Ready or some Spock's Beard suite. Aside from how long it is, I find it a very unassuming, very underdemanding Dream Theater song, something they could use more of.

That any better? We can't make you like it, but perhaps you can come to respect it.

Good thread so far. I just procured the album yesterday and only heard "A Nightmare" a couple of times on Morow before that. So I heard The Count of Tuscany three times so far and to be honest I think it's a very good epic, even for DT standard. But then I don't include the lyrical aspect. I hardly dig in lyrics I have to admit. But I know what you mean Mike. Although mr Progfreak did put it into an interesting perspective, didn't he ?

Not to stab a knife in your back Mike but have you seen this ?

Edited by progrules - July 13 2009 at 13:21

progrules wrote: Not to stab a knife in your back Mike but have you seen this ?   http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59387   Probably more people who don't mind lyrics ?   I thought about it some more today and I have to conclude you're right in the end. I mean especially on this album (but also in the past) DT seems to write lyrics for 12 year old kids or something. I don't think I'm too happy that you opened my eyes with this. I always thought DT was (near) perfect but the lyrics are indeed a big minus.

Well on The Count I agree that the lyrics are a big minus, but on Scenes From A Memory the lyrics are an even bigger plus

progrules wrote: Not to stab a knife in your back Mike but have you seen this ?   http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59387   Probably more people who don't mind lyrics ?   I thought about it some more today and I have to conclude you're right in the end. I mean especially on this album (but also in the past) DT seems to write lyrics for 12 year old kids or something. I don't think I'm too happy that you opened my eyes with this. I always thought DT was (near) perfect but the lyrics are indeed a big minus.

that was the point! I don't get why so many people like it!

I really enjoyed this song including the passage when they slow down the tempo in a quiet and emotional way that reminded me of the beginning of Octavarium song.

King By-Tor wrote: progrules wrote: Not to stab a knife in your back Mike but have you seen this ?   http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59387   Probably more people who don't mind lyrics ?   I thought about it some more today and I have to conclude you're right in the end. I mean especially on this album (but also in the past) DT seems to write lyrics for 12 year old kids or something. I don't think I'm too happy that you opened my eyes with this. I always thought DT was (near) perfect but the lyrics are indeed a big minus. that was the point! I don't get why so many people like it!