Firth of Fifth Frustration

dtguitarfan wrote: I find it funny to come and read through this thread.  Because...now you know what it feels like to be a Dream Theater fan, where not even the Proggies will leave you alone!  Maybe those of you who have been aggravated by people who can't appreciate Firth of Fifth (which IS a great song, by the way) can learn to leave alone the people who say that things you don't appreciate are masterpieces.

I like Firth tons and I will always love Hackett's solo to death but I honestly cannot see where people are coming from when they say it is the best prog song ever and such.  It has very little tension and is ok, sonically speaking, not particularly spectacular.  It wasn't until Genesis were Enossified on the subsequent album that the very sounds they used communicated effectively.  Oh, by the way, I do know exactly where such people are coming from.  Their opinion, as I am from mine.  Which is why I don't understand why does it matter at all if something is the best or not in music.  Is your personal listening experience important or its validation thereof by others whose opinion you probably attach a lot of weight to, irrespective of whether or not you choose to deny it.  I also don't understand some of the overly generalized comments on the tastes of 'haters' on this thread.  It is absolutely ok not to like Firth because there really are not many pieces of music, if any at all, that everybody likes.


Edited by rogerthat - July 01 2012 at 04:20

Dayvenkirq wrote: rogerthat wrote: I don't understand why does it matter at all if something is the best or not in music.  Is your personal listening experience important or its validation thereof by others whose opinion you probably attach a lot of weight to, irrespective of whether or not you choose to deny it. Why would any one of us follow the others blindly and say "Firth of Fifth" is one of the best things there ever was? I think the gentlemen were very sincere about it. As for the rest of what you said, I strongly agree with you.

That was written in response to dtguitarfan and the agony he puts himself through because some people don't like "the best band in the world". 

dtguitarfan wrote: I don't think the original poster would have any problem with someone saying "Firth of Fifth is great, but not the greatest."  What bothers him is that people are trashing it.  Same here with DT.  People LOVE to get on here and trash every great band.  Have a little respect is all I'm saying.  It's like every band that was ever successful is a target around here.

Its a great track, how odd it is they all hated it.

rogerthat wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: I don't think the original poster would have any problem with someone saying "Firth of Fifth is great, but not the greatest."  What bothers him is that people are trashing it.  Same here with DT.  People LOVE to get on here and trash every great band.  Have a little respect is all I'm saying.  It's like every band that was ever successful is a target around here. So?  Do you not trash bubblegum pop just because, from your prism, it is terrible music?  Do you ever pause to think that your poison might be somebody else's meat?  It's simple, if I am made to listen to something I don't like, I may not have something nice to say about it.  Would you ever return to a restaurant or say it's a good place to eat if your first experience there was disastrous? You'd probably be afraid to recommend it lest your friends curse you for making a poor suggestion.  It's only in the arts that this one sided political correctness business is observed wherein "my favourite piece of music shalt never be dissed, but I shalt diss what I think is crap".

Oh my, all those poor people who are FORCED to listen to Dream Theater...wait, that's no one.  Pop on the other hand - you can't escape it.  It's in the grocery stores, the gyms, the restaurants - the only way to avoid it would be to not leave your house.

dtguitarfan wrote:   Oh my, all those poor people who are FORCED to listen to Dream Theater...wait, that's no one.  Pop on the other hand - you can't escape it.  It's in the grocery stores, the gyms, the restaurants - the only way to avoid it would be to not leave your house.

Sorry, but I still don't see how that ties up with nursing indignation that people don't rate a band as highly as you, as in a figurative you, do.  Here's the OP again:

Edited by rogerthat - July 02 2012 at 10:26

Is this about Genesis?