Dream Theater..Sugar Mice.

Dream Theater cover Marillions Sugar Mice.Recorded at Newcastle City Hall 9/6/07

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Music

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• Dream
• Theater
• Marillion

[xurumbel50]

marillion is a neoprog rock band... Sometimes it's ridicoulous that metal fans don't understand that their idols like other music beside metal, and they are really influenced by classic rock bands... Lack of music culture, always...

[serfox1]

Beause he's fucking awesome, that's why! Can you hit those notes? I guess you want a vocalist that sounds like he's dribbling, like slipknot or any of those other stupid death grungecore hard fuck rank shit bollocks steel grind pissbore metal bands have.

[vampiroangelico]

@vbdude006 Yes I know they do, but LaBrie a couple of years ago came up with a great solo album, which blows away anything DT did since and included "train of thought", which demonstrated he has more creative and interesting ideas than John "Dimebag" Petrucci & Mike "VinniePaul" Portnoy.

[vbdude006]

@vampiroangelico Yeah, the albums are more varied, but I don't think LaBrie had much of an effect on this, simply because JP and MP write the majority of the songs(lyric-wise)

[vampiroangelico]

@vbdude006 Have you ever considered the fact that they're better albums because they had much more variety, as far as music creativity, and because they actually allowed James Labrie (one of the most talented singers the world has ever seen) to have more influence during composition, back in their earlier period?

Just a thought....

[vbdude006]

@vampiroangelico

Hmm i agree to a certian extent, but only because I like every DT album haha but I guess its personal preference really. Although I do agree that their earlier albums like IAW and Awake where better than their newer ones

[vampiroangelico]

@vbdude006 I honestly think the problem, from "train of thought", was that Petrucci & Portnoy tried much too hard to sound like a more technical version of Pantera, and I didn't like that AT ALL. The reason why Images & Words was my favorite album is the incredible variety of stuff in it, and how creative it was, without being stuck in the metal genre just to please the headbanger fans, which dont understand real music anyway. I hope you're right about their future CDs.

[vbdude006]

@vampiroangelico Hahaha good to know :) I think DT is going to go back toits mellow-er roots, in the next album or two. There will of course be a couple of "harder" songs. I'm still waiting on the next Metropolis Pt 1, The Count of Tuscany came pretty close on the "epicness" scale haha I love the violin parts at the end

[vampiroangelico]

From a HUGE Marillion fan to all Dream Theater fans who like Marillion as well:

Does anyone know that Marillion just released an incredible DVD called "Out Of Season", and it has been called by many influencial music critics "The best live DVD ever released by a band"?

I am going to buy it, and I strongly suggest it to all of you as well.

Steve Hogarth is my favorite singer by far, and I cannot wait to see him in it!

[vampiroangelico]

@Ametrida I too agree on Petrucci's solos.

But, it didn't use to be that way. Images & Words was their best album by far, and back then, his solos had feeling, as opposed to just being mere displays of sheer speed.

Marillion is my favorite band by far, and I wouldn't ever compare Petrucci with Steve Rothery.

[vampiroangelico]

@riproar11 LOL I am sure he typed that without even knowing what the heck you're talking about. He wasn't eloquent; judging by his comment, his English was barely understandable.

He has a Portuguese name, and in Portuguese, the term music is referred to in a female form ("SHE"), just like it is in German, Italian, French and Spanish.

English, I believe, is the only western language where things (and animals sometimes) are referred to with "IT".

[vampiroangelico]

@vbdude006 LOL this is actually hilarious!

I bought the album as soon as it came out, and wouldn't you know, Wither and Count Of Tuscany ARE BY FAR my favorite songs in that album!

Your comment was spot on! You nailed it!