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Snow Dog 
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 Topic: Portnoy's Alcoholism Song Cycle
Posted: July 13 2009 at 08:12 |
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Oh no...another DT poll...sorry.
Edited by Snow Dog - August 22 2010 at 20:17
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Yorkie X
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 08:15 |
NO no no its fine Dream Theater polls are fun 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 08:17 |
I'm listening to the whole thing now. Each part becomes my new favourite. 
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 08:49 |
DT polls are a waste of time, except for fan boys. 
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CPicard
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 09:19 |
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Another DT topic.
Yeah.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 09:24 |
 CPicard wrote:
Another DT topic.
Yeah.
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My only one.....promise! 
Which way did you vote? 
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 09:28 |
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The Glass Prison gets my vote. The songs get less good as the suite goes on for me. However, I do think the first two are great songs, the third a very good one, and the fourth is a pretty good one. I don't like The Shattered Fortress.
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 09:59 |
Portnoy's ego is now self-indulgent. Next phase, his self-indulgence will be self-indulgent. And where will it go from there? Can the narcissism become so extreme? He will make Ziltoid look humble. Buhahahahaha!!!!
Webster has an update to one of its words:
vainglory 1. excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity. 2. empty pomp or show. 3. see Mike Portnoy. |
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The Truth
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 10:22 |
I'm not even a very big fan of Dream Theater (and how many DT polls have we had in the past month?  ) but I gotta say Root of All Evil.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 10:56 |
The Glass Prison and The Root of all Evil are great songs. Can't stand the rest.
Hard choice between the two but I'll go Glass Prison.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Pekka
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 14:45 |
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This Dying Soul is my favourite despite the overlong shredding session towards the end. It introduces many great riffs and melodies.
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 16:05 |
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In between TGP, TDS, and TSF. TGP used to be my favorite DT song, but I'll give a vote to Fortress. TGP has enough votes as it is.
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The T
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 18:32 |
The Root of all Evil, by 76719 miles, followed by The Shattered Fortress and This dying Soul...
repentance is incredibly boring and glass prison incredibly horrible... can't believe it's winning.
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topofsm
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 19:02 |
Grr, all of them are great. The only one I like slightly less is Repentance.
Bah, I'll go for Shattered Fortress. Has the best of all of them.
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Turion
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 19:32 |
The Glass Prison is the only good song in that list, but it's a very good one at least!
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J-Man
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 19:36 |
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How the hell is the Glass Prison winning?!?!?!?
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J-Man
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 19:38 |
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I feel like changing this topic a little so I'm going to list them from favorite to least favorite.
1. The Shattered Fortress
2. The Root of all Evil
3. Repentance
4. The Glass Prison
5. This Dying Soul
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Flucktrot
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 20:42 |
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Wow, no love for repentance...not so anymore!
I LOVE that song--one time where DT really set up some atmospherics and build into something powerful.
Ironically, that's the only one I really like of the series...maybe that's more a function of my DT preferences :)
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Thank you, God of Rock, for this chance to kick ass
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J-Man
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 20:51 |
Flucktrot wrote:
Wow, no love for repentance...not so anymore!
I LOVE that song--one time where DT really set up some atmospherics and build into something powerful.
Ironically, that's the only one I really like of the series...maybe that's more a function of my DT preferences :)
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I agree with you. Repentance is one of the better songs in the AA Suite. There's a small gap between the best three songs IMO (The Shattered Fortress, Root of All Evil, Repentance) but then there is a HUGE gap between the remaining two. I love Repentance. An excellent, highly underrated song.
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The T
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 21:43 |
progrocker2244 wrote:
How the hell is the Glass Prison winning?!?!?!? |
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