Anybody hear of a band called Vanden Plas?

They have a lot of DT style elements in their music, and they are awesome, too.:thumb:

I'm glad you guys changed the thread name. :lol:

dudes!!dream theatre is ****ing dick head!!! they are all talented individually. for me, octarvarium album will never be boring to listen. i think the keyboard guys is also very talented. his sampling are ****ing cool!!!he can even be a very outstanding dj.

Yup.

I like the old title back.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]Yup.

I like the old title back.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, same here.
Mxtropolis was so much cooler.

[QUOTE=inassociationwithdeanlearner]Yeah, same here.
Mxtropolis was so much cooler.[/QUOTE]
i agree, it was very creative

[QUOTE=Element of LED 435]i agree, it was very creative[/QUOTE]
Much like the music of the legends in discussion.
Hence why its a better name.

So why was the old title changed?

[QUOTE=pye phyo ko]dudes!!dream theatre is ****ing dick head!!! they are all talented individually. for me, octarvarium album will never be boring to listen. i think the keyboard guys is also very talented. his sampling are ****ing cool!!!he can even be a very outstanding dj.[/QUOTE]

What the hell did you just say? I hope English is like your fourth language.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]Yup.

I like the old title back.[/QUOTE]

Me too, the old title was cool

Hmm.. its simple, yet effective. Who's idea was it to change it?

Alright, for anyone just getting into Dream Theater, what would be the one album to go check out and get aquainted with the band with? I've mostly heard the album Octavarium talked about by my friends, but I just wanna know before I buy anything.

[QUOTE=NymphetamineX]Alright, for anyone just getting into Dream Theater, what would be the one album to go check out and get aquainted with the band with? I've mostly heard the album Octavarium talked about by my friends, but I just wanna know before I buy anything.[/QUOTE]

For the classic Dream Theater: Images and Words
For the Best Dream Theater: Metropolis pt II: Scenes from a Memory
For the Heavy Dream Theater: Train of Thought

I think those three sum all the DT style.

nymph! i highly recommand buying octarvarium. it's really worth your money!!

[QUOTE=NymphetamineX]Alright, for anyone just getting into Dream Theater, what would be the one album to go check out and get aquainted with the band with? I've mostly heard the album Octavarium talked about by my friends, but I just wanna know before I buy anything.[/QUOTE]

Most people tend to like Scenes From A Memory the most. I personally love Train Of Thought though...

nymph...buy everything. i kid you not.
each one sounds completely different from the rest. completely.

i want the old ittle back...i kept looking for MXTROPLIS for like...6 pges and i was freaking out...

Does anyone know when the anniversary DVD/CD is coming out?

[QUOTE=NymphetamineX]Alright, for anyone just getting into Dream Theater, what would be the one album to go check out and get aquainted with the band with? I've mostly heard the album Octavarium talked about by my friends, but I just wanna know before I buy anything.[/QUOTE]

I'd say either

1.Images and Words
2.Scenes from a memory
3.Awake

[QUOTE=HNLzero]Does anyone know when the anniversary DVD/CD is coming out?[/QUOTE]

August 29

I like having the title as just Dream Theater.

Yep yep. Everything else is too commercial and lacks soul.

Actually Scenes is very commercial but it's still excellent.

every DT album has soul :angry:
/fanboyism

no but you can find soul in any piece of music i believe.

Maybe I could see where you're coming from for ToT but the rest really do have soul.

in the name of god? oh wow. vacant for sure. soulsoulsoul.
i was listening to disappear in the car today after my internship...and it bruoght me to tears adn i couldn't see where i was driving and i uh...
hit the median :\

:upset:

:lol:

Maybe you should stop playing sad DT songs whilst you drive.
Well, I see what you mean and I guess you're right. Vacant and In The Name of God definitely do have soul.

i still need to pick up the LSFNY CD set.

i cant stop it. it's like a drug...i just love that feeling of just driving along w/ beautiful melodies resonating from my car. egad.

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]in the name of god? oh wow. vacant for sure. soulsoulsoul.
i was listening to disappear in the car today after my internship...and it bruoght me to tears adn i couldn't see where i was driving and i uh...
hit the median :\

:upset:[/QUOTE]
Dissapear is so goddamned beautiful, does anyone else reckon that it is slightly reminiscant of 'hurt' by NIN?

[QUOTE=inassociationwithdeanlearner]Dissapear is so goddamned beautiful, does anyone else reckon that it is slightly reminiscant of 'hurt' by NIN?[/QUOTE]
Hmm, I never really thought about that before, but I can see where you're coming from. I guess it does.

[QUOTE=Triangle]Hmm, I never really thought about that before, but I can see where you're coming from. I guess it does.[/QUOTE]
The opening of it just seems similar, i think its something to do with the effect. and then torwards the middle when the clean kind of acousticy sound comes in...its also quite like the chorus of hurt.
The similarity is less so on the Budokan dvd though, as petrucci plays the opening as opposed to rudess which doesn't really sound as good.

[QUOTE=Triangle]Hmm, I never really thought about that before, but I can see where you're coming from. I guess it does.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, same here.

I think it's more sad (sadder?) than hurt though.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]Yeah, same here.

I think it's more sad (sadder?) than hurt though.[/QUOTE]
Sadder was right.

Yeah i think you're right about that, the vocal melodies in it are just brilliant e.g the line 'so i'm moving on.....'

Although i dont think its really fair to compare reznor and labrie :lol:

Disappear is just amazing.. the first 4 minutes are almost 'dull', but when you get the climax you realise how important that progressive build up was... The absolute peak at 4:52 is like.. an orgasm? :D
Nah, but seriously though, the first time I heard this song I thought 'wow', that was beautiful.

[QUOTE=Mr_Bounce]Disappear is just amazing.. the first 4 minutes are almost 'dull', but when you get the climax you realise how important that progressive build up was... The absolute peak at 4:52 is like.. an orgasm? :D
Nah, but seriously though, the first time I heard this song I thought 'wow', that was beautiful.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, i reckon that the first disk of SDOIT gets kind of overlooked too often.
I know i often tend to overlook it and move onto the second, but recently i've been overplaying the second so i went back to the first and it just reminded me of how goddamn amazing it is. All of the tracks on their are just completely ace , My favourite has to be blind faith.

I also like the way that the last third of 'misunderstood' sounds almost like 'under the milky way tonight' with that weird pizzicato style bit on the keyboard.

[QUOTE=Mr_Bounce]Disappear is just amazing.. the first 4 minutes are almost 'dull', but when you get the climax you realise how important that progressive build up was... The absolute peak at 4:52 is like.. an orgasm? :D
Nah, but seriously though, the first time I heard this song I thought 'wow', that was beautiful.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, same here. I was completely wowed by it and listened to it about 5 more times.

Listening through headphones = :eek: /cream

Through my sennheisers, it's like a wall of ambience then it explodes around your head :D

I have two massive pairs, some phillips ones i robbed on my last day of school and some huge sony ones that my mums ex lent me then never asked for them back...Dream Theater sound awesome on both.

The drumming on 'lines in the sand' sounds so beautiful through my phillips ones

Cool, another Dream Theater fan on MX from Canberra :thumb:

[QUOTE=Triangle]Yeah, same here. I was completely wowed by it and listened to it about 5 more times.

Listening through headphones = :eek: /cream[/QUOTE]
Headphones are good. You hear things you normally miss.

Plus it's all I can use since my speakers aren't wired up.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]Headphones are good. You hear things you normally miss.

Plus it's all I can use since my speakers aren't wired up.[/QUOTE]
If your speakers arent wired up, where do you plug the headphones in? Back of your computer?

[QUOTE=inassociationwithdeanlearner]The opening of it just seems similar, i think its something to do with the effect. and then torwards the middle when the clean kind of acousticy sound comes in...its also quite like the chorus of hurt.
The similarity is less so on the Budokan dvd though, as petrucci plays the opening as opposed to rudess which doesn't really sound as good.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, this is a very good effect. The Birdsong at the start is wonderful.

This dying soul has soul indeed, and not just in the title.