tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041822094954053871.post6288863173208051849..comments2013-04-17T05:59:33.375-07:00Comments on Tonal Memories: A Dramatic Turn of Events by Dream TheaterTonal Memorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274660917600496052noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041822094954053871.post-80860873450905647592011-09-23T21:18:13.573-07:002011-09-23T21:18:13.573-07:00I really like 3 tracks from Octavarium. These Wall...I really like 3 tracks from Octavarium. These Walls, Panic Attack and Octavarium. There are bright spots on SC but much of it is the same.Tonal Memorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274660917600496052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041822094954053871.post-63260493862049350082011-09-23T16:42:46.355-07:002011-09-23T16:42:46.355-07:00The way you feel about Systematic Chaos is how I f...The way you feel about <i>Systematic Chaos</i> is how I felt about <i>Octavarium</i>. I still really love the title track but much of the rest of the album fell kind of flat with me. I much preferred <i>Systematic Chaos</i>.Perplexiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041822094954053871.post-32900549264091059352011-09-22T18:14:04.856-07:002011-09-22T18:14:04.856-07:00Perplexio, I heard a lot of the clips from the web...Perplexio, I heard a lot of the clips from the web before the cd came out but they did not do the album justice. I think it is a breath of fresh air now the Petrucci and Rudess are doing all the writing. <br /><br />It is funny how cd sometimes grab you only to leave your rotation in the future. Then others just didn't hit the way you thought they might. Systematic Chaos is like that. I looked forward to it coming out but it has become of the DT cd's I listen to the least.<br /><br />You mention not listening to stuff because of where your are. I am like that with bands like Led Zeppelin. I was such a Zep freak for so long that as I got older I found myself listening to it less and less. In the past year or so that has begun to change a bit. I have opened myself back up to some of the classic rock I got so sick of. Oddly enough, much of that has to do with my family and I singing karaoke at home to those classics. What comes around... comes around again I guess...<br /><br />Thanks for the comment and make some time for the DT album. I think it is really good.Tonal Memorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274660917600496052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041822094954053871.post-55836965340319061462011-09-21T15:11:10.280-07:002011-09-21T15:11:10.280-07:00I've got the album but have only listened to i...I've got the album but have only listened to it once so far. Not because I don't like it (I do) and not because it didn't grab me (it did!) but because like in general and work in particular is insanely busy right now. I don't like to review an album until I've had a chance to really digest it. There have been some albums I've loved early on but they "burnt out" quickly for me and others I didn't necessarily care for originally but later really grew on me and became favorite albums of mine. Heck there are others that I still appreciate the musicianship and the talent that went into it but I just don't listen to any more because I'm no longer at a place in my life where the music speaks to me like it did on first listen. Some bands are clingers and others fade away. With only one listen under my belt on this one I can't really say which way it will go.Perplexiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.com