[QUOTE=YouGottaBeCrazy]They're so rediculously cheesy. They look like they were written by an 2nd grader. It's like a sorry excuse for something poetic.[/QUOTE]
They're not that bad.

Plus they're by LaBrie, he doesn't really write much in DT and basically he's required to write at least 1 song for each album.

[QUOTE=eug008]Some of the tracks from Derek Sherinians new CD are posted on his website

[url]http://www.dereksherinian.com/home.html[/url]

Quite cool stuff actually[/QUOTE]

Yeah, he's got quite the guest list.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]They're not that bad.

Plus they're by LaBrie, he doesn't really write much in DT and basically he's required to write at least 1 song for each album.[/QUOTE]
like wut are some songs written by him?

He only writes lyrics.

Wait For Sleep
Anna Lee
One Last Time (I think)
Vacant
Sacrificed Sons
Medicate in Octavarium.

yea one last time is written by him. im pretty sure.... :\

his lyrics aren't always ace, but that's ok :]
he's really a much better vocalist than many people give him credit for. people confuse their dislike with his lack of talent/skill whatever a vocalist needs.

His vocal melody in One Last Time's chorus is creamworthy.

yea. i love the ending of it...it's so triumphant.
does the piano outro to that song remind anyone of harry potter? haha

NP: solitary shell

Not really but that little bit they reused in Octavarium gets me everytime.
I'm like "wtf where have I heard that before?" every single time.

lol same here cept i finally figured it out

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]He only writes lyrics.

Wait For Sleep
Anna Lee
One Last Time (I think)
Vacant
Sacrificed Sons
Medicate in Octavarium.[/QUOTE]
That's some of the band's best songs right there...Anna Lee especially.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]They're not that bad.

Plus they're by LaBrie, he doesn't really write much in DT and basically he's required to write at least 1 song for each album.[/QUOTE]

They're pretty bad.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]He only writes lyrics.

Wait For Sleep
Anna Lee
One Last Time (I think)
Vacant
Sacrificed Sons
Medicate in Octavarium.[/QUOTE]


Don't forget Disappear, one of the best songs off of the last three albums.

[QUOTE=bwnstl]Don't forget Disappear, one of the best songs off of the last three albums.[/QUOTE]

True, and he co-wrote Caught in a Web with JP.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]Not really but that little bit they reused in Octavarium gets me everytime.
I'm like "wtf where have I heard that before?" every single time.[/QUOTE]

What parts of the song is that?

yea im wondering that too.

i've almost got the whole of octavarium memorized and down...minus that stupid shredding part which really doens't need to be there. but that's ok :]

NP: the spirit carries on as i am brought to tears by it...

You mean at 16.47

Jeeze that would take ages

memorizing it?

it's actually a prety easy song to play. there are times when he just plays the same power chord in diff. patterns over and over again. i've got apretty good finger-memory so it helps too w/ solos

Yeh memorizing it, how long it take ya?

a week or so.
like i said, it's pretty easy.

and it helps to play along w/ the song...speeds the memory process up.
im trying to memorize losing time/grand finale now...then ill have 4 part of 6DOIT udner my belt :]

Whoa my memory is so ****, it'd probably take me a month to memerize Octavarium

Nah, after a while, the more you memorize, the easier it is to memorize other music...

word word.
been memorzing classical pieces since 4
>< looks like it was good for SOMETHING.

Is James Labrie German or of German heritage?

[QUOTE=ever eeking always rupert]Is James Labrie German or of German heritage?[/QUOTE]
Nah he's canadian.

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]yea. i love the ending of it...it's so triumphant.
does the piano outro to that song remind anyone of harry potter? haha

NP: solitary shell[/QUOTE]
hmmm not really, but does that random keyboard fill/break thing in the middle of 'Under a glass moon' remind anyone of final fantasy?

It reminds me of a Nintendo game actually, but I can't place it.

It does remind me a lot of FF actually.

Octavarium copies teddy bear's picnic.

I really love the use of enjambment in part III of octavarium, it makes it sound so much more interesting and makes the references to other bands and stuff harder to spot. Its a really nice change of lyrical structure.

[QUOTE=Firecracker]Octavarium copies teddy bear's picnic.[/QUOTE]
Isn't there Jingle Bells in Sacrificed Sons too?