ORIGINAL: Cammyron
ORIGINAL: ganpondorodf
ORIGINAL: Smirnoff
Well, I am not holding my breath for anything cohesive songwriting-wise given the last several albums and what I feel is a downward slope for the band's creativity. However, I am certainly looking forward to checking out the record and I am hopeful that it's an improvement over the last few! You never know, I have seen bands do the seemingly impossible, such as the amazing turnaround that Machinehead showed following their all-time low with Supercharger.
It's a good thing in a way for the band to be so widely criticized for their latest album, because perhaps it would motivate the guys to think "Hey now! We actually DO have something to prove this time around!"
This. SFaM was (imo) far and away their best album and they really, desperately, needed to prove something then; to the label, to the fans, and ultimately to themselves.
I think you need to get over the fact that mike's hair is going grey. Give the dude a break, i mean after all, he's in his 40s and with stresses of juggling his job and his family. if you watch the chaos in progress DVD he's grey there aswell. That explains why he wears a cap so frequently. But honestly he is human believe it or not, despite his musicianship
I think what Cammyron was trying to say is that MP has earned the right to make the music he wants with the status he has because of how long it took mto get the band where it is.
It took MP a LONG time to make the band as famous as it is.
As for the "I feel is a downward slope for the band's creativity.", atleast you make it clear it is just your oppinion.
As for me, I don't love Dream Theater and all of their work because it's Dream Theater. I Love it becuase I feel they are still making incredible and inspiring music which always pushes the boundaries, all while the band is still able to kick back, have fun , and enjoy what they do.
Just the other day, I was listening to "Octavarium" all the way through while at work, and I started thinking back on quite a few people saying that DT doesn't make great songs anymore with catchy hooks, music that is as memorable as some of their classics from way back in the day, and it makes me wonder how people canpt hear all the catchy hooks and melodies they put in to their music while still having somthing for everyone to bite in to.
It doesn't matter if you are a music obsessive person, or one of the average listeners, or a musician looking for music to inspire you to work harder at your own music, or someone who enjoys strange yet unique music...............DT has it all.
Funny thing, when I was thinking of all this, the song :"Never Enough" came on and I really listened to every word that was sung, and it hit me so hard thinking:"What if we didn't have DT?"
And that's what pisses me off about people sometimes: they can easily criticize someones work and pass it off as "Crap" without really listening to what the song is offering. People are always so obsessed just to see the things they want to see, and hear the things they want to hear. Well, they don't know they are limiting their life so much from so much that the world could offer and ultimately, they live miserable lives because everything is:"Not what I thought it would be."
Well, almost everything will never be the way you thought it would be, but does that make it bad?
I am thankful we have a band as interesting and diverse as DT, and the more I think of it, the fact that people debate over DT's music so much, even if it's negative oppinions, should be somthing that s seen positive because it lets people debate over DT's choice of ideas, structures, songwriting, and playing.
Even if you don't like the ideas, atleast be thankful it's a band that has somthing that lets you talk about it and that in itself is a positive thing.
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