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Rune2000 
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Posted: February 03 2016 at 15:02 |
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I just realized that most of my favorite DT compositions are between 11-15 minutes long. The shorter tracks lack the magic that this band can achieve in a longer track time while longer tracks (15+ minutes) usually tend to contain too much filler. That's just my opinion and it would be interesting to see what you guys think!
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Posted: February 03 2016 at 15:08 |
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I'll be snarky and say 0 minutes. :p
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Posted: February 03 2016 at 22:28 |
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Not sure... as long as it needs to be, I guess. From 6 minutes and over. Though I guess most of my favourite ones would be among 10 and 15 minutes too... but that's mostly because they don't have as many 15 min + epic songs... and that's just right, how many such long songs can a band make before becoming tedious? However, my favourite DT song is one of this epics, Octavarium, and I do like most of their 15 min + epics (if not all of them, I would have to check).
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Posted: February 03 2016 at 22:53 |
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My two favourite DT songs are Octavarium and Six Degrees so 30+
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Posted: February 04 2016 at 01:07 |
 Man With Hat wrote:
I'll be snarky and say 0 minutes. :p |
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Posted: February 04 2016 at 02:00 |
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Song length is irrelevant; short or long, as long as I enjoy it, it's great.
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Junges
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Posted: February 05 2016 at 00:32 |
Cristi wrote:
Song length is irrelevant; short or long, as long as I enjoy it, it's great.
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This.
It doesn't matter if it is Wait For Sleep or A Change Of Seasons. :)
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Posted: February 05 2016 at 10:51 |
Man With Hat wrote:
I'll be snarky and say 0 minutes. :p |
^this.....
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Posted: February 05 2016 at 19:12 |
dr wu23 wrote:
Man With Hat wrote:
I'll be snarky and say 0 minutes. :p |
^this.....
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Either that, or 30 minutes long...with the volume off. So you can read or watch TV without annoyance.
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Dellinger
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Posted: February 05 2016 at 22:15 |
Junges wrote:
Cristi wrote:
Song length is irrelevant; short or long, as long as I enjoy it, it's great.
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This.
It doesn't matter if it is Wait For Sleep or A Change Of Seasons. :) |
I do love "Wait for Sleep", but I do wish it were longer and developed more (though we have a bit more of it on "Learning to Live"). A Change of Seasons definitley doesn't leave me feeling like I need more of it. If anything, perhaps it's got just a little bit excess of instrumental show-off. However, something like Octavarium has absolutley no moment I would depart with.
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Posted: February 05 2016 at 22:24 |
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Going with 6-10 minutes. It's no coincidence that I&W and Awake are my favourite albums of theirs. Beyond that length, they get progressively unwieldy for my tastes.
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Rune2000
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Posted: February 07 2016 at 17:16 |
Junges wrote:
Cristi wrote:
Song length is irrelevant; short or long, as long as I enjoy it, it's great.
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This.
It doesn't matter if it is Wait For Sleep or A Change Of Seasons. :) |
I agree with you two on the idea that song length isn't the most important issue when it comes to music. I'm just exploring an idea that I recently realized for myself (=most of my favorite DT tracks are between 10-15 minutes) and thus is interested in whether anyone else has a similar preference.
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Rune2000
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Posted: February 07 2016 at 17:19 |
Thank you everyone who particupated in the poll. Even if the results could be considered very statistically biased, I still think that it managed to support the notion that songs between 6-15 minutes are preferred among DT fans. 
Edited by Rune2000 - February 14 2016 at 15:56
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