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Posted: July 18 2016 at 11:40 |
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Signify easily, one of my favorite PT albums.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: July 17 2016 at 14:24 |
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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Cristi
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Posted: July 17 2016 at 13:48 |
part 5, no? 
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Posted: July 17 2016 at 10:16 |
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hiss.....
I'll take hole in the head for 1000 Alex
Signify...
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: July 17 2016 at 09:58 |
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Nice thread. Great stories, John and Michael. I agree wholeheartedly, Michael, with your assessment of the place Signify should hold in the history of progressive rock music. A seminal, breakthrough, "re-awakening" album for the new era of prog.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: July 16 2016 at 14:31 |
 Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
Mellotron Storm wrote:
My oldest daughter loves the album cover to Signify. |
Great to hear, John (and happy birthday for the other day too!), a perfect opportunity to dig out a story I might have mentioned once before years back on the Archives!
I was kind of seeing a girl many years ago (it never really came together though), and in the early days, she came over to visit and I was wearing my Signify t-shirt, and she asked about the group, I gave her a quick description, and she said `So they use pornography to sell their music?' which I was completely dumb-founded. I always found the cover had a gothic quality, but nothing more.
Other than making a severe reach and suggesting that the girl tied up on the cover is somehow VAGUELY related to bondage (which I honestly don't see even the tiniest trace off in the image), I seriously don't know how she even came to that conclusion. I explained the `concept' of the album and what a majority of the pieces were about, but it always came back to `They shouldn't have to resort of such an offensive image on their cover'....
Probably good that never went anywhere!  |
An interesting story and thanks for the b-day wishes. I'll have to ask my daughter why she likes it so much and what she thinks it represents. It is a strange cover I always thought, quite gothic as you say along with the other pictures. It must "signify" something right? I have the bonus disc called Insignificance(demos).
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: July 16 2016 at 14:24 |
Atavachron wrote:
I saw previews for Batman vs Superman 4, it looks awful.
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Very similar to these polls, a bust.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 19:32 |
Mellotron Storm wrote:
My oldest daughter loves the album cover to Signify. |
Great to hear, John (and happy birthday for the other day too!), a perfect opportunity to dig out a story I might have mentioned once before years back on the Archives! I was kind of seeing a girl many years ago (it never really came together though), and in the early days, she came over to visit and I was wearing my Signify t-shirt, and she asked about the group, I gave her a quick description, and she said `So they use pornography to sell their music?' which I was completely dumb-founded. I always found the cover had a gothic quality, but nothing more. Other than making a severe reach and suggesting that the girl tied up on the cover is somehow VAGUELY related to bondage (which I honestly don't see even the tiniest trace off in the image), I seriously don't know how she even came to that conclusion. I explained the `concept' of the album and what a majority of the pieces were about, but it always came back to `They shouldn't have to resort of such an offensive image on their cover'.... Probably good that never went anywhere!
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 19:20 |
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I saw previews for Batman vs Superman 4, it looks awful.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 18:36 |
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I think I'll do two more polls then call it, I'm just curious to see PT's song period against two of DT's more highly rated albums.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 18:33 |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
`Signify' a million billion times over!
In many ways one of the absolute finest modern prog albums that covers everthing from electronic, ambient, psychedelic, gothic, prog and metal (well, more hard rock probably!), with beautiful thoughtful lyrics from Wilson, making it a high point in the PT discography. It displays a subtlelty, variety and richness completely absent from the other album listed here!
`Falling into Infinity' is simply a decent accessible prog-metal/crossover prog hybrid, and I don't care enough about Dream Theater to rate it so poorly compared to their other albums. For many years, this was the only DT album I had, and it was perfectly OK for what it was, tracks like `Peruvian Skies' were terrific...but damn there's also some excurciating moments of slop - `Anna Lee' anyone?! |
Great post Michael! I love early PT with that strong psychedelic flavour. Waiting is so freaking good,but also Every Home Is Wired and Dark Matter. I like the Stars Die compilation as well that features the early period, a must-have in my opinion. My oldest daughter loves the album cover to Signify.
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 18:17 |
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Signify by miles
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 10:13 |
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Signify by a mile.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 09:52 |
Signify's good, but overrated. FII has some great songs ("Lines in the Sand"), but also WTF moments like "Burning My Soul." I'd have to revisit Signify before voting. Hey...50/50 can always become 51/49.
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 09:42 |
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Signify for me as well.
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 09:03 |
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Signify easily
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 08:54 |
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Signify for sure.
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 06:12 |
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`Signify' a million billion times over!
In many ways one of the absolute finest modern prog albums that covers everthing from electronic, ambient, psychedelic, gothic, prog and metal (well, more hard rock probably!), with beautiful thoughtful lyrics from Wilson, making it a high point in the PT discography. It displays a subtlelty, variety and richness completely absent from the other album listed here!
`Falling into Infinity' is simply a decent accessible prog-metal/crossover prog hybrid, and I don't care enough about Dream Theater to rate it so poorly compared to their other albums. For many years, this was the only DT album I had, and it was perfectly OK for what it was, tracks like `Peruvian Skies' were terrific...but damn there's also some excurciating moments of slop - `Anna Lee' anyone?!
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 05:30 |
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Easily Signify for me as well. That's probably my least favourite Dream Theater album although the samples of the latest one The Astonishing could make it the worst one but there's no way I'm buying it just to review it.
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Cristi
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Posted: July 15 2016 at 01:16 |
Signify But I do like Falling into Infinity 
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