YTSEJAM Digest 801 Today's Topics: 1) Re: falsetto by William Wright 2) King Crimson's THRAK by William Wright 3) Re: J R Dio by "Mark A. Parker" 4) The Mirror by email_address_removed 5) CD'S ARE SHIPPING MAJ DEMOS/INS 87 by TIM LODGE -SGA/MACLAB POLITICAL SCIENCE '95 6) Dream Theater & Machiavelli by Steve Borzilleri 7) Awake Running Themes... by Steve Borzilleri 8) WDAJU / ACOS by Steve Borzilleri 9) An Interesting Proposal by David Sloan 10) Re: Light Fuse and Get Away. by Jim Beavens 11) Awake Connections... by Steve Borzilleri 12) PAY-PER-VIEW by nguyen john t 13) DT FAQ now in HTML. by email_address_removed (Michael Jones) 14) Re: ACOS LYRICS NOW!!!!!!!! by Michael Bahr 15) Pull Me Under by =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQmc2PyEhMm1HNxsoQg==?= 16) Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 by email_address_removed (Marc Respass) 17) Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 by email_address_removed (Marc Respass) 18) Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 by email_address_removed (Marc Respass) 19) Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 by email_address_removed (Marc Respass) 20) Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 by email_address_removed (Marc Respass) 21) .....(drool).....huh huh..... by Alex Lifeson 22) Re: YTSEJAM digest 799 by Hairball ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 17:39:16 -0500 (CDT) From: William Wright To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: falsetto Message-ID: > of those lines. Now, Winter on the other hand; I'd have to hear it to believe > that any man could sing that _without_ using falsetto. Actually I find Winter easier to sing than some of LeBries lines. And if there IS a distinction between your head voice and falsetto, well I guess I can do with with my head voice because I think I understand what falsetto is and I don't think I sing in it. (but without hearing it in context I can't really say.) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 17:45:19 -0500 (CDT) From: William Wright To: email_address_removed Subject: King Crimson's THRAK Message-ID: I just bought THRAK by King Crimson, their newest album. After listening to every song upto THRAK I must say this is the heaviest album I have bought since Awake. THIS CD, ON A FIRST LISTEN, RULES. EVERYONE who likes DT will like this album. Haunting is the only word for it. the Crimson King is back! [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] Six o'clock the siren kicks him from a dream... Welcome back my [] [] friends to the show that never ends... Cat's foot, iron claw... And [] [] the light dies down on Broadway... Carry on my wayward son... I get [] [] up, I get down... And here I stand at the crossroads edge... Brother [] [] can you spare another war, another wasteland, and another lost [] [] generation... And your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick [] [] as a brick.. -- William Wright email_address_removed [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 18:14:54 -0500 From: "Mark A. Parker" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: J R Dio Message-ID: >Well, I can't speak for you , but Dio sure as hell isn't a wanker! Not >only can the guy sing, he consistantly comes up with great imagery and >great themes in his lyrics. Can I get a big 'whoa Dio' from all the Dio >fans out there? :) He;s not high on my list of favorites, but I prefer him to Ozzie. Sacrilidge, yes I know... Dom'ny ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 19:20:44 -0400 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: The Mirror Message-ID: Okay my interp for Mirror follows but first: I didn't receive Ytsejam digest #777 or #778. Does anyone know why? And more importantly, does anyone know how I can get these? If my Erotomania question was answered, I would really like to know the answer! I still haven't figured it out. I posted my interp of AMBI before I read the DT FAQ. If any of you haven't read this yet, DO! It tells you the meanings of half of all the DT songs out there. Good stuff. Since the FAQ didn't say anything about the meaning of The Mirror, I'll post what I think the meaning is. Okay here goes: The Mirror Well, this one might seem pretty obvious to some people, but I didn't figure out the meaning until about a month ago, after I really studied the lyrics. The song is basically about someone who has been hurting and lying to himself and has put a "shell" around his true identity/personality. The song is thematically connected to Lie in that manner. In the beginning of the song, he is talking to the attributes of Temptation and Self Control- {Why won't you leave me alone} {Don't turn your back on me now} These opening lines tell us this person is mentally unstable, i.e. he lacks self control. He goes on to talk about how his "evil" personality lies and has kept his "good" personality hidden. {Hypocrite- How could you be so cruel and expect my faith in return? Resistance- It's not as hard as it seems when you close the door} He's spent all his life trusting this "evil" personality and regrets what he has become. Then the "chorus": {Why did you lie and pretend? This has to come to an end, I'll never trust you again, Its time you made your amends, Look in the Mirror my friend} This is him talking to his "evil" personality, telling it to get away from him and to stop lying to him. {Racing the clock to please everyone, All but the one who matters the most} He is referring to himself when he says "the one who matters the most. Then the viewpoint switches to the view of his "evil" personality {How in the hell could you possibly forgive me? After all the hell I put you through} And finally the second "chorus" in the viewpoint of the "evil personality" {Why'd I betray my friend? Lying until the end, Living life so pretend, It's time to make my amends, I'll never hurt you again} Finally, the "evil" personality is overcome, or so it seems. It could be lying... At first I thought he was referring to someone else when he says {I'll never hurt you again}, etc. etc, but when you look at the title, it all makes sense.. A few post ago I said the following: > Many DT songs might have been written only to sound >lyrically beautiful and not have a deeper meaning, but anyway.. This was said pre-DT FAQ and at that time, I doubted if some of the songs had a deeper meaning. But upon reading the FAQ, many of the songs that I had doubted before became clear. Now I see that each song has a story behind it, and some are even "spell-binding novels"!!! Previously I thought DT the best solely because of their music, but now, I realize that DT, both lyrically and musically are indeed(IMHO) one of the greatest bands in the history of music. George (email_address_removed) Oh yeah, how many songs are represented on the Awake cover? I see The Mirror, 6:00, Caught In A Web, and The Silent Man?(maybe?). Any thing I might have missed? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 21:48:46 -0400 (EDT) From: TIM LODGE -SGA/MACLAB POLITICAL SCIENCE '95 To: email_address_removed Subject: CD'S ARE SHIPPING MAJ DEMOS/INS 87 Message-ID: For all of you who pre-ordered the Majesty Demo 1986 and the 1987 Instru-MENTAL recordings CD's, they are in, and will ship on Monday of next week. So that means for US customers, you'll have them by mid-week, and foreign customers within 7-10 days!!! I still have a number of cd's left, so if anyone is interested, email me for more information. The CD's are the 2 I mentioned above plus the Mike Portnoy RISING POWER CD. Thanks, any questions, email! Thanks! Tim L. email_address_removed ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 17:55:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Borzilleri To: Dream Thespians Subject: Dream Theater & Machiavelli Message-ID: "Take The Time" by Dream Theater "Unbroken spirit, obscured and disquiet, Finds clearness this trial demands. And at the end of this day, sighs an anxious relief, For the fortune lies still in his hands. If there's a pensive fear, a wasted year, A man must learn to cope. If his obsession's real, suppression that he feels Must turn to hope." "Mandragola" by Niccolo Machiavelli (Act 1, Scene 1) "There's never anything so desperate that there isn't some way of being able to hope for it, and though it might be weak and in vain, the longing and desire that a man has of carrying the thing through make it seem not so." Bafu Vai ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 18:02:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Borzilleri To: Dream Thespians Subject: Awake Running Themes... Message-ID: Alright, after all the questions flying around the list, this evening I am going to sit down with "Awake" and attempt to list all the musical sharings and connections between the songs... Wish me luck... Bafu Vai ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 19:31:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Borzilleri To: Dream Thespians Subject: WDAJU / ACOS Message-ID: Mike Bahr: Let me try to understand this project. At first I thought, "Okay, this wizard is going to synthesize James' voice over Charlie's on WDADU, and re-vamp all the instruments by acquiring the original tracks and re-equalizing them, etc..." But then I thought, "Wait, maybe he means a compilation of the best live performances of the songs from WDADU with James' singing them..." Is this a somewhat closer guess? A Change Of Season lyrics: I just happened to have these nearby as I read the plea in the last Ytsejam. These appeared in Ytsejam #236, and were posted by Matthew T. Pulver: I've...more time for...virgin lies (eyes?) watch the crimson sunrise imagine what in my mind luck is filled with the wonder I've felt the warm wind blow I must explore the boundaries the...are capped with...winter snow then I searched the message (for me?) now I thirst so...hold (cold?) now I sell us... never hold... But these days are gone now seems like the leaves on a tree gone away forever lived to my cold grave the snow has fallen and I know where I stayed the world of my childhood memories live long in the sand... That's up to 3:15 of the song, and is all that Matthew posted. If I have time after the posting of the "Awake" musical connections, I'll take a stab at deciphering the lyrics to ACOS myself... Again, wish me luck!! Bafu Vai ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 21:42:14 -0500 (CDT) From: David Sloan To: email_address_removed Subject: An Interesting Proposal Message-ID: Ok, I have a question to start a little thread here possibly. I'm in a creative mood... Scenario: An extraterrestrial lands on Earth and comes to your door. After getting past the "slight" initial shock, he/she/it looks at you and utters these words: "I have come 93 million light years to Earth, for I have heard across the galaxy about the greatness of an Earthling band named Dream Theater. I want to take back this "Dream Theater" music to my planet and share it with my world. However, my data storage format only allows me to take back 30 seconds of music on my ship...45 seconds maximum. You must give me the 30-45 seconds that defines Dream Theater, so that I may enlightened my people and convince them of DT's greatness." So....obviously this is a nearly impossible task, for we all know of 3-4.5 hours of DT greatness, let alone 30 seconds. So what'll it be, guys and gals? Your friend at the door is waiting.... Give him THE 40 second clip to define DT. I'll propose the 1st answer: 12:20 - 13:00 (time as on DoE boot) A Change of Seasons (the instrumental time between James' singing) Give it a listen and see if you agree. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 20:18:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Beavens To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Light Fuse and Get Away. Message-ID: Somebody asked, and I gotta count my vote...Light Fuse and Get Away is my favorite track off of WDADU (well, ecxept maybe for Ytsejam, but that goes without saying). Don't know why...I just like it, dammit. 8^) Jim Jim Beavens |"Early to rise and early to bed, Oregon State University | makes a man wise but socially dead." Electrical & Computer Engineering | email_address_removed | -- Animaniacs ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 21:09:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Borzilleri To: Dream Thespians Subject: Awake Connections... Message-ID: Here we go... Firstly, these songs have no other songs intertwined within them: 6:00 Caught In A Web Innocence Faded Voices The Silent Man Lifting Shadows Off A Dream Space-Dye Vest Secondly, these songs have parts of other songs in them: Erotomania (really? no way!) The Mirror Lie Scarred Thirdly, the connections: Erotomania: The opening riff seems to be the "Erotomania" riff, and as far as I can tell is not taken from any other song. At 1:14, they begin a progression that would fit perfectly behind the lyrics from "Voices" - "Like a scream but sort of silent..." At 3:05 they begin the progression from "The Silent Man" chorus - "When there is reason..." This continues on until 3:43, where they begin the chords from the guitar-break in "The Silent Man," the part just before the acoustic solo. Then at 4:04, the progression from "Caught In A Web," from the chorus - "Caught in a weeeeeeb..." The next few notes, however, do not match up with "removed from the world" but rather "spinning the lies..." After that they trail off into a variation of the CIAW chord progression (chorus). Then there are two really cool classical parts that somehow remind me of something from Awake, but I can't place them... Anyway, at 5:30, the guitar starts chugging, and in the background you can hear the keyboard playing the main "Erotomania" riff. The Mirror: At 1:57 the main part from "Space-Dye Vest" is played behind power chords. ("Falling through pages...) Then they do variations of this for a while. This is repeated at 4:31. At 5:15, the line is played again, but slower and more like the original "Space-Dye Vest" progression. At 2:59, the part that begins with "It's time for me to deal..." is immediately repeated at a faster tempo at 3:21. Then it is repeated again, though much slower, at 5:46. Lie: At 5:14, the progression from 2:59 of "The Mirror" is played yet again behind Petrucci's leads. Scarred: Yes, at 5:30, Petrucci plays something very close to the old "Wheel Of Fortune" theme. Other than that, I couldn't find anything from the other songs on the album. As I thought when I first read the FAQ, the claim that "Erotomania" is comprised completely of other songs is false. The claim that "Erotomania" is made up of songs from the first side of the cassette - "6:00," "Caught In A Web," "Voices," and "The Silent Man," is also false. I couldn't find anything in it from 6:00, which really revolves around the opening bassline Myung throws in right after "6:00 on a Christmas morning..." That riff is nowhere to be found in Erotomania. The other three, however, (CIAW, Voices, Silent) are there. "The Mirror" and "Lie" share a riff, and the "Space-Dye Vest" chords show up here and there on the album, but other than that I didn't find much else. Has anyone else noticed any other shared lines that I might have missed? Bafu Vai ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 00:44:49 -0500 (CDT) From: nguyen john t To: email_address_removed Subject: PAY-PER-VIEW Message-ID: Greeting to all fellow jammers, This is my first REAL post (the first few were actually from a good friend of mine in Delaware who asked me to forward his posting because the JAM would not take his mail due to the fact that his email adress includes the word ytsejam...how's that for a run-on sentence!) Anyway, I like to say hi to him...HI ANDY, I LOVE YA MAN! Anyway, this is in response to Gene who asked about the pay-per-view show. I actually got my copy today and watched it twice in a row, back to back, because it fuckin rocks! if you like a copy, Gene, email Allan at: email_address_removed Now for a review of that video. I love it!! The quality is excellent because its a pro-shot, very similar to the concert footage from Live In Tokyo. Watch it on a hi-fi VCR and (if possible) a THX home-theater system becasue the sound is also bitchin! Myung's bass has never sounded so good (Myung actually drowns out the keyboard at one point!). Performance of the band was killer, with two minor exceptions: 1) Mike has a little trouble with the fast double-bass licks at the beginning of 6:00 (its when the voice is saying "six o'clock on a Christmas morning". But who can blame him, its a pretty fast lick! 2) Poor James, on the last few songs, he has a little trouble singing the higher stuff. He didn't suck by any means, because he still sang very well (especially considering the demanding vocals on EVERY one of their songs!) Its like he sang his heart out half-way thru the gig, but still finished the show on his feet! EVerything else was a complete delight to watch! They sang Happy Birthday to John Myung and gave him a cake on stage (aw...shucks!) They also had a moment of silence right before "The Slient Man" to honor those that had died in the Japan earthquake. Anything else, well right before they went on, the video showed an interview of the band (sans Derek Shredian...sp?). The band looked bored as the interviewer rambled on in Japanese for about 5 minutes. And one last thing...Petrucci shaved his goatie. Damn, he looked cool with it! Anway, sorry about the length of this posting. Here's the setlist: 1) Pull Me Under 2) 6:00 3) Take The Time (mini-jam at the end of that one) 4) Caught in a Web (w/ drum solo) 5) Lifting Shadows off a dream (guitar and keyboard solos follow) 6) The Mirror 7) Lie 8) Another Day 9) ALL of A Mind Beside Itself (Erotmania rulz!) 10) Metropolis (encore) Thank you Allan for the tape. For those who are getting it...enjoy! SURROUNDED by alternative shit, yet unSCARRED by it all! John Nguyen ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 05:45:44 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed (Michael Jones) To: email_address_removed Subject: DT FAQ now in HTML. Message-ID: For those that care :), I put now have the DT Frequently Asked Questions up in HTML format on my web site (When Dream And Web Unite - located at http://nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu/~mgjones/music/dt/dt.html) It was created with Netscape extensions, so using Netscape v1.1b3 or later is highly recommended for best viewing results. _________________________________________________ _ __ __ __ Michael G. Jones, email_address_removed | / \/ _)/_ \/ _) Systems Analysis, Miami University of Ohio | / - \(_ / - )(_ | (_) (_)_)/|__/\__) "There is a purpose to time, ya know... | Internet Mailing List It keeps everything from happening at once." | Finger Me for More Info ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 04:31:49 -0700 (MST) From: Michael Bahr To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: ACOS LYRICS NOW!!!!!!!! Message-ID: > to anything else besides the SUB CD. Man, I'm glad I finished my design > project before I got it!! In the past week I've listened to ACOS about > 45 times (and at 19:11 a listen, I haven't been doing much else). I'm sure happy people are liking it! That's GOTTA be a good sign! :) > One question, what in the FUCK is going on in the Wanted song. > And who is singing, and who are the "chipmunks"? It sounds like one of > them had to be Portney!! CAn you tell us about it? That's Kevin Moore's roomate, Rich Kern, the same as who helped out on the Moore demos. I thought it was Portnoy as well at first... > I saw one other guy ask about When Dream and James Unite. I know > that that's probably the furthest thing from your mind, but do you think > that you'll get to it by the end of this year? Not to rush you or > anything like that!!! I plan on doing that this fall, September or October. The summer release will be Rush. I think I will still only do it through the Jam though. You guys deserve nothing less, you're the best! I could not have made Subconscious work without your patience and participation.p Mike Bahr, email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 22:32:00 +0900 From: =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQmc2PyEhMm1HNxsoQg==?= To: email_address_removed Subject: Pull Me Under Message-ID: FROM: QZE13533@niftyserve.or.jp Does anyone know what James sings at the very end of P.M.U.? I can't hear at all. It sounds me spell or something like that. Masa. (QZE13533@niftyserve.or.jp) /E ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:56:44 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Marc Respass) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 Message-ID: Boo-ba Fett wrote: > SO basically, my quesion is this, What do you like in covers? [meaning >song covers :)] Do you like the more straight-ahead tribute like covers, >or more daring stuff? On the subject of covers, has anyone heard Soundgarden's cover of some Beatles song (maybe it was a Lennon tune). Sorry I can't remember the name of the song, I heard it on the radio one time. Anyway, it was fucking out there! Cornell sings the melody just right but the band plays something completely different with NO chord progression like the original has. It pretty weird! You sorta hear the progression in the vocal melody but the band keeps playing this weirdo one chord thing. Anyway, it was cool and definitely risky :). If anyone knows what I'm talking about, let me know. Marc Respass email_address_removed http://www.iii.net/users/mer.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:56:49 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Marc Respass) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 Message-ID: >> I thought the book "Anthem" was the inspiration for the SONG "Anthem". >> Maybe I'm wrong. . . I'm still a rookie with Ms. Rand's books >> (Fountainhead, Atlas, Anthem, We the Living). She's definitely a highly >> intelligent writer/thinker nonetheless. I guess that's it. Thanks. > >I'm not familiar with the song Anthem, but the book is similar to the >2112 story. In ANTHEM, the character discovered his long lost >singularity, and in 2112 he discovers a guitar. Both stories tell of the >leaders' control of the collective. Somewhere on 2112, Neil credits Ayn Rand's Anthem as inspiration for the song 2112. The song Anthem is on Fly By Night (two before 2112 and the 2nd Rush album. Also the first Neil played on) and doesn't have any sort of philosophical meaning I don't believe (at least not in any Randian sense unless you count the line "Now I know they've always told you selfishness was wrong/Yet it was for me not you I came to write this song" :). Also (someone correct me if I'm wrong) I'm pretty sure I remember reading that Neil wrote 2112 then realized the similarity to Rand's book _after_ he had written it so he felt he should give credit to her as inspiration. Marc Respass email_address_removed http://www.iii.net/users/mer.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:56:54 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Marc Respass) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 Message-ID: DAVE \"The New #2\" PETERSON wrote: >I've been doing some more thinking again on some WDADU stuff... > >Specifically, it's about "The Killing Hand" and "The Ones Who Help To Set The >Sun". Contrary to a thread that's going around now, "TOWHTSTS", IMO it's the >weakest track on the album. I've got two main gripes about it. > >First, in Dominici's performance on TKH, he sings the words, "What I have >lear-rrrrned" Now, I'm no vocalist, but from what I've overheard in my life, >isn't it somewhat common knowledge to NOT sing out the "rrrrrrr" sound. [snip] > To see what >I mean, listen to 7:04 of The Killing Hand. It's just not strong enough, >Chuck... (The falsetto shortly after doesn't do anything for me either...) Oh give me a break! He holds that "learned" note for just a few beats. Plus, he's not going for a long extended high, he's coming down and there seems to be a bit of a retard there. He's definitely doing it on purpose and I think to good effect because earlier in the tune he holds the vowel. As for the falsetto, your opinion. IMO, the falsetto is another nice effect because it gives an airy quality as he fades out. >Next, I've got a gripe against the guitar and keys on TOWHTSTS. During the >actual singing of the words, "The... Ones who help to set the sun" (at 5:26 on >the track and more thereafter...) I can see DT trying to accomplish a >nice, full >chord progression. Now again, I'm not into tremendous accuracy in my >statements here, but it seems that it's just Charlie who's doing this >progression. Kev. and Petrucci just sit there and do some kind of weak >background stuff. IMO, Charlie just isn't convincing in it. I think it would >help if maybe Kev and Petrucci would help him along with it and provide >something a little more substantial behind Chuck, causing the audience to >think, "Wow! Cool chord progression" rather than "What the hell was Chucky D. >thinking when he sang THAT?" Dave, I listened to TOWHTSTS and paid special attention to 5:26. I don't have any idea what you're saying. I'm not noticing any real obvious chord progression and Dominici just sings a d minor scale. I don't think the accompaniment is weak and I'm not wondering what "Chucky D." is doing. It sounds like you just don't like Dominici. That's cool and that could influence why you don't like those tunes. Hey, I got that album right when it came out and I still don't have I&W (but I love Awake and have LaTM). More on the subject of WDADU. Is there anyway to get a transcription of the YtseJam (the tune)? Did someone say that DT reads this list? John, I'd love to have that bass part! Not only am I too lazy to transcribe it myself, it's hard to hear the bass in the mix. When I saw the transcription for Lie and Erotomania, I realized I'd missed a lot of things. Marc Respass email_address_removed http://www.iii.net/users/mer.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:57:01 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Marc Respass) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 Message-ID: >Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 13:12:28 -0400 (EDT) >From: zebrowski steven >To: email_address_removed >Subject: Attn: Marc Respass! >Message-ID: > steven, >WOAH! WOAH! Slow down! I was only kidding about that Petrucci symphony >thing, I'm sorry! I think I said, "...it would be cool if there was a DT >symphony, like Petrucci Sym. #1 in Gm Op. 5..." ^^ OH MAN!! Here's what you said: "I would really love to hear them do a piece w/ a true classical structure. Like: "Petrucci's Symphony No. 1 in F#m Op. 5" That would be most impressive." See how I misinterpreted it? > Sorry to get your hope up like that! >I didn't mean to get your hopes up, there. But, if JP is watching, maybe >he'll see your hopeful query as a cry for help and oblige us. :) Well WATCH IT BUDDY! :). I was ready to run to the record store. It's quite a task to write a symphony. I don't know if Petrucci ever studied that sort of thing but he probably doesn't have the time to write it anyway. Marc Respass email_address_removed http://www.iii.net/users/mer.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:57:05 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Marc Respass) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 800 Message-ID: > One more thing. I'm so glad that somebody else likes Light FUse >and Get Away! It got flamed on the Dream Theater Survey and I was >wondering if anyone else out there liked it. I have to agree with the >guy who said that LFAGA and TOWHTSTS are the best songs on WDADU. Killer >intros on both!! > > Take it easy kids!! > > I only have 13 more days before I'm forced to join the other AOL'ers! > Greg Bunker What Dream Theater Survey? Anyway, glad to back you. As I've said before, I've had WDADU since it came out and I listened to it a _lot_ when I got it. I still think it's great and they should rerelease it on CD (before my tape wears out). As for AOL, don't feel bad. I have an AOL account I just get this letter at my 'net account (better mailer). AOLers takes a lot of shit on the 'net and I have to keep defending AOL. Marc Respass email_address_removed http://www.iii.net/users/mer.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:54:18 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Lifeson To: email_address_removed Subject: .....(drool).....huh huh..... Message-ID: That's about all I can say right now. SUBCONSCIOUS is cool. I think I can die now. WHO THE HELL IS THAT SINGING IN WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE! I heard that it was Kev's roommate, is that who;s doing that helium-type voice. Cool. ACOS is now mine. I rejoice h-whole-heartedly. Very happy with the sound quality. To Live Forever is ........ahhhhhhhhhh..........GREAT. The session jam rules. Hehe. Even if it makes no sense. TEARS!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Oh, by the way, I had an idea for a tape I'm making for someone. It will start with the SUBC version of EVE, and will end with the Studio b/w Silent Man single. With other stuff in between, but that doesn't matter. TO MICHAEL BAHR I am going to be off of thie damn email thing for the summer, is there ANY way I would still get the RUSH/CYGNUS thing? I WANT IT. AHHHHHHHHH. I think you know what I mean. Bubye 'this song SUCKS' - strange voice in WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Just another dreamer, with a plastic guitar..." - Rush, refering to me This is my mail.sig file. I hope you like it. YAY. Rush rules. As does Genesis. Dream Theater ain't so bad, neither. "If you goal is to win, and you don't, you lose; If your goal is to do your best, and you do, you win" - some 'important' guy "If your goal is to win, and you don't, you lose; If your goal is to conquer the world, and you do, you win" - Me "A new Rush album is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get..." - Me (boy, I am a thoughtful Philosopher) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 13:13:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Hairball To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 799 Message-ID: > From: Shawna Lea of the Many Nicknames > Subject: Ronnie James Dio > > Ronnie James Dio is one of the best __METAL__ singers out there. He is not > a wanker (not that I would know a wanker if I saw a wanker). He has sung > for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Black Sabbath (He is great on > _Dehumanizer_), as well in the band of the same name, Dio. > ------------------------------ And, don't forget his guest appearance on Kerry Livgren's solo album...Hmmm...what was that called? damn... "EVIL WOMAN...LOOK OUT!!" You *MUST* see Henry Rollins talking about RJD. It's hilarious. > guitar is making is sloppy. The best way I can describe it is if you were > to mic a pot of spagetti while you were stering it. ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ I personally read every post posted to YJ. =) (and proof-read, occasionally) > we've already convinced several people to go out and buy _Images & Words_, > I even got a request for Kev's demos from one of them. Only one person > said it didn't do anything for him. ONE PERSON out of... five? aren't many people on that board these days> I've converted a number of > offline friends, too... what better cause in life could one find? I did the same, actually. Of course, I had a college radio show, but, that's besides the point. =) I think my last count of people I got to buy I&W was around 25. I bought about 6 copies myself, as gifts (b-day/xmas). One of them went to this guy's fiancee whom I met at a work party. She was talking about what a big Yes fan she was, and also liked early Genesis. So, after realizing she wasn't going to go out & buy them on her own, I got her the I&W tape and AWAKE CD for x-mas. My friend yelled at me - "Man, why'd you buy that for her! I can't stand progressive rock!" > "One step closer to the setting sun your skin's on fire again One step > closer to the promised land your mind's a liar again > SAIGON KICK > Jaime the Dragon Wow! Someone besides me owns "WATER!" I LOVE that album! Too bad they broke up. :( > Jonathan J.S. Tischio, Cook College Program Development Staff wrote: > When you mentioned the Beatles influence on Saigon Kick, one song came > to mind "My Life". WHile the choruses are very full, the verses almost > have a tinny quality. KInda kewl. Oh, yeah, of course. I think I mentioned that...? If not . I think I pointed out "When You Were Mine/Reprise" because that album really was practically all Jason B.'s doing... =) > (especially Mike, the "party animal": Jagermeister every night...). YES! YES! I LOVE JAGERMEISTER! =) Sorry, had to be said. =) ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 801 *************************