YTSEJAM Digest 1164 Today's Topics: 1) Re: JM's bass??? by Damon M. Fibraio 2) Re: Damn right I would! by Damon M. Fibraio 3) Time till July by email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) 4) Things of interest to you all by Michael Bahr 5) LaBrie and lame insults by email_address_removed 6) Re: should they keep James? by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 7) Re: What DT doesn't need (was: What DT don't have...) by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 8) Re: SDV Samples by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 9) James's voice / Psychic Ytsejam Network by Baron Sengir 10) Re: something funny by "Greg \"Big Brother\" Lee" 11) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1161 by borlangw 12) by email_address_removed 13) christmas thing.. by Carmen J Pezzone 14) A Change of Seasons by email_address_removed (Heath) 15) DT covered by... by nga@software-ag.de (Neil Gallop) 16) not again!!! by email_address_removed (Paul T. Fini) 17) Not Again!!! by email_address_removed (Paul T. Fini) 18) Re: O Holy Night.... by "Daniel James Temmesfeld" 19) King's X/TV/ACOS/Ryche by email_address_removed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 95 1:29:17 EST From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: JM's bass??? Message-ID: I am not arguing with the AWAKE bass sound, but I am just wondering what happened on WDADu to produce that bass sound. It sounds really unique. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 95 1:51:32 EST From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Damn right I would! Message-ID: It sounds like howa. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 00:25:57 PST From: email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) To: email_address_removed Subject: Time till July Message-ID: Well, so it seems we'll have to wait till July for the new Dream Theater... the time is ticking... May till the new Fates Warning... time is ticking... Time ticks... ticks... ticks... Hey, anyone know if the Metal Massacre 12 video has any Fates Warning stuff on it? -The Doc -- #$%*#$*@ REAL: email_address_removed + VIRTUAL: email_address_removed *@#$*@#$ *$%&%#$* The Dream Theater Archives: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/dr/drkhoe/dt &*@#$*@$ **%^$#$% WWW: "ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/dr/drkhoe/www/dthome.html" #$**@#*$ *$*$*$*# Reality Enhancement Software - Engineering Reality *$&#*#@$ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 02:32:54 -0700 (MST) From: Michael Bahr To: email_address_removed Subject: Things of interest to you all Message-ID: OK, a few more things have come up. A new WDATU update will be along shortly. I am made to understand by the printers that the CDs are being assembled at this time, and should be on time for delivery. There's a web page out there somewhere that claims to be mine: it's NOT. I don't even have web access. I'm sort of confused as to why it even exists. Furthermore, it's from somewhere in Pennsylvania or Michigan or somesuch thing when you all know durn well I live in sunny Arizona. (and get 100% of my internet access locally.) I don't have a page because I cannot even construct one on this server (yet) so I can only say that anything you see on a web page claiming to be mine will either be true or false, depending completely on blind chance. Some people asked why Hairball was in the AD liner notes, and he replied that he figured it was a joke.. well, yes and no. I hate to disappoint you Hair dude, but the Hairball in AD was a different person... our singer for our band here in Chandler. His nickname changed to Herman Munster (which you wouldn't have seen until AQ, but since I have the laser printer now, the AQ cover will say "Dream Theater") I realized only AFTER Acoustic Dreams was finished that everyone on the Jam would think I meant _that_ Hairball and not another. Ah well. :) I gave Scott Cook the best copy I could make of the Japan Pay-per-view video from 1/24/95 with the TV interviews before and after: he's asking $7 domestically or $10 internationally for copies. This is a fair price (I know from experience, remember the Rush Video Montage?) and it's an offer you should think about if you don't have a copy of the PPV video, as it's an incredible high-quality tape. Please don't come to me for copies as I'm busy making CDs (working on the master for Antiquities as we speak, finishing the mailings of AD and Cygnus also). Those of you who were doing cover and liner art for Antiquities, please e-mail me right away, we need to finish that up so I can begin pre-production on it. Thanks much. Do I have anyone lined up for art for Rush "Legends", DT "Scenes From a Memory", or Public Affection "Death of a Dictionary" yet? If you're interested, e-mail me at email_address_removed. Also, if you did art for me in the past, please drop me a bit of mail, I need to let you know about additional compensation for the art. Yes, those of you who do artwork for me get paid a commission on it, though that usually takes the form of free Cd(s). Capitalism works, eh? :) speaking of which, Rush "Legends" is going to be the first ever Prism Records CO-production, as it is a joint effort between me and the master of audio Scott Hansen. We're trying to make it work as a 2-CD set with the entire show, but we don't know if it will happen that way or not. If it has to be a single disc, you can bet we'll pick out the "rare" songs from the sets and include _those_ in favor over "common" ones. Finally, someone asked what the song "Past" on Subconscious was. It was a song called "Don't Look Past Me", a DT original with lyrics written by John Petrucci. That recording was from would-be vocalist Jonathan Hendricks' audition for DT back in 1990. I have versions of DLPM sang by him, Steve Stone, Chris Cintron, Chris Collins, Charlie Dominici, and James LaBrie (wow) and the Hendricks one had superior sound quality (by far) though I liked LaBrie's style on it the best. Opps, I take it back, Charlie dosen't do that song. And in case you missed it... POLL: THE BEST OF THE LONGEST -=[ RESULTS ]=- All write-in entries were scored normally. I did not cast a vote: I also disqualified everyone I know who I hang out with on a regular basis. The intent was to form an opinion based ONLY on what the Ytsejammers think. I'll post the "greatest songs ever" of my own group of people here, which includes long and short, sometime later. I've marked the results off into "tiers" which represent groupings of the same range of votes... there were definite "clumpings" and not a bell or geometric curve in the votes. Song Performer Album Points ============================================================================ Tier 1: The Songs Of Eternity. (hey cool, I tied in both Rush and DT with that one!) 2112 Rush 2112 98 A Change of Seasons Dream Theater A Change of Seasons 94 Learning to Live Dream Theater Images And Words 91 Metropolis part I Dream Theater Images And Words 87 Tier 2: Mandatory Listening for All Jammers. (consistent following, wide vote spread) Hemispheres Rush Hemispheres 52 Scarred Dream Theater Awake 50 Xanadu Rush A Farewell to Kings 41 Yes Anastasia Tori Amos Under The Pink 35 Rime of the Ancient Mariner Iron Maiden Powerslave 37 Fountain of Lamneth, The Rush Caress of Steel 32 Tier 3: Damn good music. Worth trying out. (either accumulated a lot of low votes, or supported by a few diehards who put it at #1) Close to the Edge Yes Close to the Edge 23 Speak To Me Galactic Cowboys (same) 20 Ivory Gate of Dreams Fates Warning No Exit 19 Suite Sister Mary Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime 19 Camera Eye, The Rush Moving Pictures 16 Natural Science Rush Permanent Waves 16 Letters Echolyn As The World 16 Cygnus X-1 Rush A Farewell to Kings 15 Passion Play, A Jethro Tull A Passion Play 15 Karn Evil 9 ELP Brain Salad Surgery 14 Tier 4: I guess you gotta be a fan of the band already. (not consistent enough voting data to draw conclusions) Heart of the Sunrise Yes Fragile 13 Someone Else? Full Band Version Queensryche I Am I single 13 Battle of Epping Forest, The Genesis Selling England/Pound 11 Supper's Ready Genesis Foxtrot 11 Grendel Marillion B'sides Themselves 10 Black No.1 Type O Negative Bloody Kisses 10 Achilles Last Stand Led Zeppelin Presence 09 Faith Hope Love King's X Faith Hope Love 09 Song For America Kansas Song For America 09 Thick As a Brick Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick 09 Necromancer, The Rush Caress of Steel 08 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 08 Child In Time Deep Purple In Rock 07 Endless Dream Yes Talk 07 Apercu/Death of Mother Nature Kansas Leftoverture 06 Achilles: Agony and Ecstasy Manowar The Triumph of Steel 05 And You And I Yes Close to the Edge 05 Echoes Pink Floyd Meddle 05 Mountain Cry Blues Traveler Travelers & Thieves 05 Roads To Madness Queensryche The Warning 05 Dogs Pink Floyd Animals 04 Nantucket Sleighride Mountain ? 04 Prophet's Song Queen A Night At The Opera 04 Sky Babies Wildhearts Fishing For Luckies 04 And Justice For All Metallica And Justice For All 03 Carouselambra Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door 03 Coma Guns 'n Roses Use Your Illusion I 03 Lizard, The King Crimson 3 of a Perfect Pair 03 Scheherazade Renaissance Scheherazade 03 Sign of the Cross Iron Maiden the new one 03 Somewhere in Time/Believe Savatage Streets: A Rock Opera 03 The Torture Never Stops Frank Zappa The Torture Never... 03 Yours is No Disgrace Yes The Yes Album 03 Bloody Kisses Type O Negative Bloody Kisses 02 Dry County Bon Jovi Keep The Faith 02 Halloween Helloween Keeper, part 1 02 Once Around The World It Bites ? 02 Bat Out Of Hell Meatloaf take a wild guess 01 Gates of Delirium Yes Relayer 01 In My Time of Dying Led Zeppelin Presence 01 Machine Messiah Yes Drama 01 New Dreams Atomic Opera ? 01 November Rain (argh) Guns n' Roses Use Your Illusion 1 01 Sorcerer's Pledge Candlemass Nightfall 01 Suite For Everyman, A Echolyn Suffocating The Bloom 01 Vanilla Queen Mountain Golden Earring 01 ...and for albums. No need for tiers here... the votes were evenly spread, once you get past the anomaly data of #1. Album Performer Points ============================================================================ Operation Mindcrime Queensryche 205 2112 Rush 76 Little Earthquakes Tori Amos 70 Awake Dream Theater 64 Hemispheres Rush 61 Wall, The Pink Floyd 53 Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 45 Dead Winter Dead Savatage 37 Streets: A Rock Opera Savatage 25 3 Sides To Every Story Extreme 22 Promised Land Queensryche 21 Quadrophenia The Who 19 Brave Marillion 17 Faith Hope Love King's X 15 Pornograffiti Extreme 15 Misplaced Childhood Marillion 14 And Justice For All Metallica 12 Tommy The Who 10 Passion Play, A Jethro Tull 09 Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull 08 Aqualung Jethro Tull 07 Generation 13 Saga 07 Animals Pink Floyd 06 Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, The Genesis 06 Awaken The Guardian Fates Warning 05 Eye, The King Diamond 05 Abigail King Diamond 04 Bloody Kisses Type O Negative 04 Final Cut, The Pink Floyd 04 Last Temptation, The Alice Cooper 04 Epilog Anglagard 03 Tales From Topographic Oceans Yes 03 Warchild Jethro Tull 03 Conspiracy King Diamond 02 Keeper of the Seven Keys Helloween 02 Nude Camel 02 Afraid of Sunlight Marillion 01 Angel and the Dark River, The My Dying Bride 01 Grand Illusion, The Styx 01 Gretchen Goes to Nebraska King's X 01 Keeper of the Seven Keys part II Helloween 01 Land of the Free Gamma Ray 01 Parallels Fates Warning 01 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Iron Maiden 01 Spectre Within, The Fates Warning 01 -=[ ERRATA AND MISCELLANY ]=- * All votes and voting records were deleted as soon as I'd recorded them, so don't worry, if you voted for a weird song and it got crushed, nobody will ever know. :) * As you saw, Operation Mindcrime was the OVERWHELMING concept album winner here. It makes me wonder why Queensryche's recent tour was such a financial bust. The performance was pretty incredible as well. Bands with albums that have THIS kind of total core following usually have consistent, unwavering success, a la Van Halen. I guess that's what QR gets for making Promised Land (another good showing in this poll) so progressive. I'm glad they did, though... it's a very deep, mature album. * In other news, the epic songs vote was a lot closer, as was evident above. At any given day during the poll, the top four songs would be in a different order than the day before. That marks these four as consistent favourites, and if I had cut the poll shorter by a day or extended it by a day, the results could well have been different. Consider them "mutual winners", based on the close numbers. All four of those were the vote leader at least once during the polling. This qualifies them as a category within themselves, hence the tier system. * The #1-#2 concept album combination that came up the most was Operation Mindcrime-Little Earthquakes, which occurred 14 times! It was like deja vu all over again when I'd read those votes. * The next most frequent #1-#2 were Mindcrime and either 2112 or Awake. Both combinations occurred ten times. * Only 5 votes for Learning To Live did NOT place it in the #1 spot if they voted for it at all. Learning To Live was the overwhelming leader for concept songs in the number of #1 votes tallied, but if it wasn't a favourite, it usually wasn't even mentioned. Love it or hate it, I guess. * Songs that gained their (surprisingly high) totals based entirely on #2-5 votes (no #1 votes registered): Speak To Me, Suite Sister Mary, The Camera Eye. Albums that did the same: 3 Sides, Brave, Pornograffiti. * Epic songs #1-10 were created entirely by four bands. Eight of the ten were by Rush or Dream Theater. * Someone with a good eye for statistics wanna break this down a bit more? I'd like to see points by band, differentials between those stats and the actual rankings, and so on. I didn't keep any extra info like what male vs. female Jammers voted for (didn't think to do it until that other guy posted his poll results, by then it was too late) but there's plenty that can be broken down from these results right here. * I received votes from all the regulars (just about) and a whole slew of people who I've never seen or heard from before. Post, you Silent Men! (and Women!) The Jam is so much better off when there's something cool to talk about. Really!! In fact, I sort of encourage the inevitable verbal fencing that will follow this poll based on its results. Take care everyone! Hope you had fun. Mike Bahr, email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 01:56:52 C From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: LaBrie and lame insults Message-ID: Jeez, here we go again, insulting one of the most talented vocalists around. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say he's _the_ most talented vocalist in rock right now (before people freak and say Tate, _listen_ to Promised land with headphone, then listen to Awake). If people are turned off by LaBrie because he sounds too 80's, then I guess they'd prefer some lame-ass grudge "singer" who has little/no talent. And I'm sure you can find lots of people who could match LaBrie's singing... not. I hate when people complain about stupid things. Let's complain that the Johns are too talented now. They sound awful 80's too, ya know... :-p Chrisf ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 20:49:06 PST From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: should they keep James? Message-ID: > > ... I've always been a big James fan, but the combination of > > his attitude and his not-so-great live performance > > reputation are making me get sick of him. ... Ok, no flames > > about the James thing. I think he's a really good singer, > > but I agree with the guy who sai he turns a LOT of people > > off of DT. Recently, I've found this to be true. Heh, If that were the case, Rush should've canned Neil a loooong time ago. > It really seems like you're saying that DT should get rid of James because > he's not accessable enough to a lot of people. I can't go along with that. > If the other band members like James as a person and a singer then they > should keep him. Sure the singer is a front man all that and he's really > important but DT can't just change singers until they find the guy who's > most accessible. > > --Marc R Has anyone considered the fact that James is the way he is _because_ he's the front-man for the band? His persona is part of the role. Mike is the perfect foil to James, though I don't think James seems to be a jerk in person. Who brought this up anyway? Who would dare state, nay, *think* such a thing? I think they should get rid of Derek. Keyboards are unecessary for DT (heck, for any rock band), anyway. Anyone who's heard _Awake_ can attest to that. Zach ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 20:41:24 PST From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: What DT doesn't need (was: What DT don't have...) Message-ID: What DT "don't" have? Alright, who wrote that??? Try "doesn't." > > Can anybody imagine DT as a 6-piece with a rhythm > > guitarist? I found the idea > > quite interesting. > > ICK!! ICK ICK ICK. EWWWWWWWWWWW. Please let's not talk about that. I hate > rhythm guitar. Jeez. ~~~~ Oooo, careful there, we don't want to start that discussion again !>/> > Why don't you take a lead? Can you solo? Do you know the blues scale or > just power chords? > > Sorry to go off, but as a bassist, two guitar bands are just no fun. You > get even less attention and no interaction. > > --Marc R This makes me think of the Scorps'. It seems that Mathias and Rudolf often trade the lead even though M. is considered the "lead guitarist." Now here's a band that I think really defines what a standard 5-piece rock band is or should be. [Even Klaus takes up the rythm guitar to do "Coast to Coast" live (an awesome instrumental, btw)]. Too bad they've become irrelevant since _Crazy World_ [personally, I think since _Savage Amusement_ --- an album that doesn't have a throwaway song on it, probably their best ever (including the pre-Lovedrive stuff)]. Zach ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 20:30:04 PST From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: SDV Samples Message-ID: I know I'm probably wrong, but I'm going to say it again since no one has sided with me yet. I think the sample is from the movie _Biloxi Blues_. > > (Space-Dye Vest, 3:47) > > Andy: "In HOUSTON they say that?" *Definitely* not Andy. His voice is much deeper, and he has kind of a "vocal deadpan" delivery, not to mention, he speaks mostly in monotone. > > Conan: "Oh maybe not, I'm all mixed up." I agree that this does sound a little like Conan. > > Andy/Guest: "Dry until I had the swimming pool." > > I can't tell if the last line is Andy or not. > > I've always thought the one voice sounded like actor James Woods... Here are the actors speaking: (Space-Dye Vest, 3:47) voice1: "In HOUSTON they say that?"- the tall private who liked to eat everything. voice2: "Oh maybe not, I'm all mixed up." - Private Epstein, Jewish, NY accent (nasally). This line and the one before are spoken too quickly to be Conan. voice3: "Dry until I had the swimming pool." No. How about (which makes sense from a comic viewpoint): voice3: "It's dry feeling at the swimming pool."- Mathew Broderick (again, that sort of nasally aspect to the voice (only deeper). I'm probably dead wrong, but it's definitely not Conan O'Brien. Over a year and no one has yet agreed with me. Maybye with all the new members on the list, someone will come to my rescue. Zach (maybye I'll finally rent the stupid movie and settle it) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 06:28:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Baron Sengir To: email_address_removed Subject: James's voice / Psychic Ytsejam Network Message-ID: First, I want to respond to the thread about James' voice. I think it's excellent. James' voice is certainly a factor in how much I like the band and DT is probably my favorite band right now (knocking Rush and Queensryche from the top!). All I can say is his voice is one thing that turned me ON to the band. I can't see how it can turn people away. > From: roland.theysohn@protel.de (Roland Theysohn) > Subject: The Link > > Baron Sengir wrotes: > > > >My psychic link to the jam has once again reared its head. Someone > >mentioned the Caught in a Web bootleg and I was reading that message at > >the SAME TIME that I was listening to Caught in a Web! (The song on > >Awake, not the bootleg) > > > I think that was me.BTW its a great Boot i think. > Your psychic link is very long,it goes all the Way to Germany,and think of > the Time Zones,you are the greatest.Master..let me be your Medium ;-) Ha ha ha! Yes! I am the master! I am I! I am BARON SENGIR, lord of Ulgrotha's vampires. The Homelands will be mine! Ha ha ha ha! Um...yeah. I've been playing too much Magic. Anyway, that reminds of that old joke: Escaped Midget Psychic - Small Medium at Large Like I said, old, but I cracked up the first time I heard it. > DONT MISTAKE LACK OF TALENT FOR GENIUS I've been meaning to respond to this. Heh, Type O Negative is pretty cool. Paul Baron "Dionne Warwick, eat your heart out and drink your blood" Sengir ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:52:44 -0500 (EST) From: "Greg \"Big Brother\" Lee" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: something funny Message-ID: On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Marc Respass wrote: > > "Jesus saves....Gretzky scores on the rebound!!" > That is hilarious!!! Yeah that is FUNNY...now where is that red-neck Charlie D. fan who will now name American players who can kick Gretzky's ass... Greg. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 14:40:25 GMT From: borlangw To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1161 Message-ID: Jezza wrote: > I wish.. I really wish. I think it's rather unlikely, though :<< Still, > Satch and Stu Hamm together will still make a bloody good night. If > you're going to the London show I'll see you there; however given that > you live in Glasgow you might not, I guess. Nope, I probably definitely won't be there! Unless you're offering to buy me a plane ticket :-) Graham B. ______________________________ ______________________________________ |o o| |o o| | Graham Borland |:: | email_address_removed.ac.uk |:: | Dept. of Computing Science |:: | http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~borlangw |:: | Glasgow University |:: | +44 (0)141 357 4033 |:: |______________________________|:: |______________________________________|:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 07:35:16 EST From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Message-ID: --- Saapunut 03.MAPE 90-4694432 29-11-95 14.33 -> IBMMAIL.INTERNET IBM IMX Hello fellow 'jammers! I've lately developed this interest in rock covers of classical compositions...I thought you fellows (and the unknown amount of ytsegirls) could help me. Here's the deal: If you know some rock/metal cover version of some classical composition that isn't mentioned in the list below, let me know who played which opus. I'd like you to mail me personally, but if you think the other jammers need to know this, post it on the 'jam. It's NDTC though. Edvard Grieg: Hall of The Mountain King is performed at least by the following: Savatage, Whistle (Rap version) and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Savatages version was "Prelude to madness" Beethoven:Fur Elise has been covered as a guitar solo of Accept's Metal heart. Albinoni's Adagio has been performed by Yngwie Malmsteen on Trial by fire-Live in Leningrad". Sibelius' Finlandia has been partly played by Stone and Leningrad Cowboys. A band called "Exception" has covered LOADS of classical tunes. Tcshaikowsky's "1912" has been banged away by Cozy Powell. Beethovens "Ode for the joy" has been covered as Rainbow's "Difficult to cure". ...these are the ones I know about. More? Mape ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:47:13 -0500 (EST) From: Carmen J Pezzone To: email_address_removed Subject: christmas thing.. Message-ID: Sorry about reporting that 'Twas the Night before Christmas' thing. A friend wanted it and I hit the worng key to send it to him and it went to the list instead. Just more wasted bandwidth... Carmen -- "And staring into ageless eyes that shared secrets too dark for light... we're searching for old bonds in places that lie forever out of sight" Carmen J. Pezzone Jr. (email_address_removed) (email_address_removed) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:08:38 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Heath) To: email_address_removed Subject: A Change of Seasons Message-ID: Damn! I woke up at 6:00 this morning and couldn't believe what I saw. It actually snowed here in NY! It only November 29th. I guess it's an early Change of Seasons this year. I just felt like telling every that. Heath Augustover ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 95 15:47:07 +0100 From: nga@software-ag.de (Neil Gallop) To: email_address_removed Cc: donews!nga Subject: DT covered by... Message-ID: Hello fellow Jammers and Jammerettes (politically correct??) well, I seem to have stirred up a real wasps' nest with my question about DT and a rhythm guitarist. Some of the private e-mails I received were very positive, while others suggested I was committing blasphemy. Keep the ideas coming though. As some of you may remember, a few weeks ago, I asked what songs you would like to hear DT cover, and the results were interesting to say the least: I think they could get a couple of CDs out of that lot. So now this thread is dying down a bit, let me turn the question round, as it were, and ask you this: - which band would you like to hear cover which DT song? For example, I could imagine Type-O-Negative doing 'The Mirror' quite well, or even Pantera doing 'The Silent Man' (listen to what Pantera did with Sabbath's 'Planet Caravan' before you shoot me down in flames). Don't limit yourselves to just one song or band - let your imaginations work. We could come up with a very interesting DT tribute album. Please note that my understanding of a cover is *NOT* an exact copy of the original, but rather a new version that is inspired by the original while retaining the basic characteristics of the band doing the cover. In my eyes (ears?), a good cover pays tribute to the band being covered. OK, Jammers, fingers on the keyboards and let me/us have your ideas. Note for Ben: nice try, that post with the name Marty Jameson (Jam 1163), but the fact that the message ID contained the string 'laussade' was just a bit of a giveaway. Besides which, *I* happen to like Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. OK, more from me sometime. stay safe and happy listening Neil Gallop (nga@software-ag.de) Currently playing: Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (Using My Third Arm kicks ass so much, I doubt if there are enough butts in the world to be properly kicked!) P.S. A few weeks ago, somebody asked about Jammers with DT tattoos. Well, I don't have one from DT, but I do have a really neat killer whale and an octopus. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:25:33 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Paul T. Fini) To: email_address_removed Subject: not again!!! Message-ID: >Hi, > I'm new to the list, but I have an idea for a new topic string: > List your Top five favorite bands, besides Dream Theater. >Here's mine: > >1.Nine Inch Nails >2.Pearl Jam >3.Blind Melon >4.Soundgarden >5.Hole > > Well, bye. > >Marty NNNNNOOOOOO!!!! not again! obsviously you're new to the 'jam, so you missed an event which almost plunged the 'jam into utter chaos - top 5's! stop the insanity! my suggestion to all new 'jammers is to sit back and get a feel for the content of this digest _before_ posting... it'll save you some embarassment and us some time. p. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:25:30 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Paul T. Fini) To: email_address_removed Subject: Not Again!!! Message-ID: > >Hi, > I'm new to the list, but I have an idea for a new topic string: > List your Top five favorite bands, besides Dream Theater. >Here's mine: > >1.Nine Inch Nails >2.Pearl Jam >3.Blind Melon >4.Soundgarden >5.Hole > > Well, bye. > >Marty NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!! not again! as you've mentioned, you're obviously new to the 'jam, so you didn't witness one of things that almost plunged this digest into meaningless muck - top 5's! to all new 'jammers - _wait a little while before doing your 1st post_: it will save you a bit of embarassment and the other readers a bit of time. p. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. Paul T. Fini U.C. Santa Barbara Materials Dept. email_address_removed Electronic Materials voice: (805) 893-8869 fax: (805) 893-8486 -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. -.-- -.-- --.. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 11:27:00 -500 (EST) From: "Daniel James Temmesfeld" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: O Holy Night.... Message-ID: Someone asked about rockin' Christmas songs, or something to that affect... Here's some that I know of: Deliverance "Silent Night" <-someone else here likes Jimmy & Co. Extreme "Christmas Time Again" (on STW single) Savatage "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" Dream Theater "O Holy Night" (SUB/AD) White Heart "Little Drummer Boy" Steve Taylor "Winter Wonderland" (hilarious) Stryper "Winter Wonderland" Stryper "Reason For The Season" plus, I'm sure there's some that I'm forgetting... Dan Temmesfeld email_address_removed (wow, that's 7 posts in 2 days...a new high) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 13:51:48 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: King's X/TV/ACOS/Ryche Message-ID: >The only time I ever saw a really good band that wasn't well >known on a late night show was when Dennis Miller had King's X. >Anyone ever see that? No, but, I did catch King's X on Jon Stewart's show (R.I.P.). I must say, IMO, that Letterman's really got a lot of balls sometimes with the bands he books - Megadeth, Extreme, and evenPhish! =) Quoting someone else... >whoever quoted "so darn cute, a big head with >one eye/girls can't keep their hands off of him and neither can i", >that would be Scatterbrain, _Mr. Johnson and The Juice Crew_. An all-time classic. "Here is a tribute to my best friend, hung with me since the beginning & he'll be there 'till the end." =) Still, "Tastes Like Chicken" is better. =) The original title was supposed to be "The darker side of the Pepsi Generation," but... >i originally had some misgivings about David Prater producing >ACOS, mainly because of how much better the drums sounded >on _Awake_ Well, I did too. And, the only thing that really bugs me about ACOS is the way that the acoustic guitars sometimes sound choked to death by the compression. >"Silent Lucidity" (overplayed to death, but great for Queensryche's > career) When I saw Ryche on the Building Empires tour (when they did O:M in its entirety), I was lucky enough to get floor seats. During O:M, I was pumped! I was singing, air drumming, and just loving every second of it! I look around me, and there's like, 200 people, just standing or sitting there, looking absolutely clueless...until SL at the end - Tate was apparently sick, and his voice had given out. Philly - a town where people know what they want, and they want what they know. Incidentally, I CAN'T place that "keep it the hell away from me" quote...and I'd like to know what it's from! I can't remember where it's from, and it would work perfectly with some of the production work I do. Email me, and let me know? -Hairball ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 1164 **************************