YTSEJAM Digest 5556 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Derek! by email_address_removed 2) RE: SFaM live show MP3 address by email_address_removed 3) tickets by "~^*nicole*^~" 4) Re: Yes Concert by "Rob Pociluk" 5) Re: eh... by email_address_removed 6) JL a Dork? (new jam food) by "Tim Detman" 7) interesting news tid bit by Scott Hansen 8) leatherbound Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Scott Hansen 9) Prog origins and the mac debate by Chris Elder 10) zappa by email_address_removed 11) MUWHAHAHAHA by Kurt M Hampton 12) Dream Theater and Bon Jovi by "Ricardo Testa" 13) "No, you're wrong." by Dave Peterson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 22 Jul 2000 06:58:09 -0700 From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Derek! Message-ID: On Fri, 21 July 2000, email_address_removed wrote: > James LaBrie is an asshole; a jerknuts. Aside personality, he fits in. Too bad. This may be true. But the other 4 guys like him and he sings good (in the studio, at least), so there's no room to discuss. > OPINION, mind you. I believe that Derek sounded a considerable amount better than Jordan. I think all 3 keyboardists were good, and all 3 fit on their respective albums. Kevin was probably the best songwriter and added a lot of theatrical-style emotion to the songs (Voices, Space-Dye Vest, Wait for Sleep), Derek was the most laid-back, giving them more of a relaxed & experimental vibe on FII and the live stuff, and Jordan is, hands-down, the most technically proficient, and in that respect the best soloist as well, which I believe is what DT is focusing on these days. Right now he best fits the direction they're headed in. Maybe next year it will be someone else. > Given, Jordan is dripping with talent, and skill. Sure, he's impressive, but he's old. God knows that's the most important aspect of a band...age differences. This is probably why DT isn't "making it" in commercial sales - obviously these guys don't know about the age rule, otherwise they never would've messed up by working with Tony Levin, either. > Fifteen years older than the rest of the band? If that's a question, the answer is NO. Jordan - '56 - James - '63, everyone else - '67. 11 years at the most. Again, WHO CARES? >Derek has so much more soul and spirit in his playing. I think he brought the band a little bit more 'life'. ::clutching "ACoS" to his chest >tightly:: Twenty three minutes. Wasn't he pretty much a stand-in for Kevin at that point? How much of that was his own contribution? Anyway, none of it matters. Jordan has the job right now, and he's holding down the fort just fine. In fact, in my opinion, he stole the show at the SFAM show I saw in D.C. -El Mariachi "I'm the filthy one on burbon street you walk on by." ______________________________________________________________________ Check out Metallica's Official Web Site at http://www.metallica.com For 200+ channel 24/7 commercial free music visit http://radio.www.com ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jul 2000 06:59:35 -0700 From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: RE: SFaM live show MP3 address Message-ID: Didn't work...any other suggestions? On Thu, 20 July 2000, "Souter, Jan-Michael" wrote: > www.dreamtheater.mit.edu > > try that one > > A while back, someone posted a URL where they'd made available a bootleg > > of the entire SFaM show. Could you re-post that URL, please? I want to get > > the lot onto my hard disk! > > http://www.buffymail.com ______________________________________________________________________ Check out Metallica's Official Web Site at http://www.metallica.com For 200+ channel 24/7 commercial free music visit http://radio.www.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 10:7:20 -0400 From: "~^*nicole*^~" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: tickets Message-ID: hey there just curious where DT tickets are going to be sold...i've looked around a bit and so far i cant seem to find them. i'm looking for tickets for the NY, CT, and MA shows...anyone care to help?! peace thanks Nicole ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 11:03:57 -0700 From: "Rob Pociluk" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Yes Concert Message-ID: I was fortunate enough to see the Yes/Kansas show at SPAC and it was amazing. Both bands were great! Kansas did only two songs off of "Somewhere to Elsewhere" (which I hope everyone has purchased!). Yes did the show I wanted. 8 songs in 2 hours! "Gates Of Delirium" was the highlight and they started with "Close To The Edge". I could have lived without hearing "All Good People" for the millionth time but that's no biggie. I got my personalized Yes-Masterworks CD from Imix.com yesterday. Very cool! Rob "...so I've got that going for me...which is nice."---Carl the assistant greenskeeper Dream Theater newsletter - http://www.dreamtheater.net/uacmmail/ ____________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-Based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 14:11:49 EDT From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: eh... Message-ID: In a message dated 7/22/00 9:48:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ytsejam@torchsong.com writes: << James LaBrie is an asshole; a jerknuts. Aside personality, he fits in. Too bad. ok...i COMPLETELY respect your opinion and am not questioning it, but just out of curiosity, why is he an asshole? i dont know if you meant in the music sense, meaning he is a bad musician, or in the sense that he is an asshole as a person...but either way, id have to disagree. when i met james, he was literally one of the nicest people id ever talked to (granted i only talked to him for a minute or two). he seemed to have no ego about himself and talked directly to me, not AT me. <> so what if he's old? hes awesome! ;o) i agree with you that songs like ACoS were soaked with emotion by derik, but jordan also seems to pour out much of his soul into much of his playing. personally, i love jordans stuff. besides- ACoS was not the FIRST album done with derik, like SFaM is by jordan... if u werent happy with this album, give the poor man a chance! :o) again- im not criticizing the person that wrote this, im just expressing my opinion. :o) rose email_address_removed "A wrong note played timidly is a mistake. A wrong note played with authority is an interpretation." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 14:25:23 -0400 From: "Tim Detman" To: Subject: JL a Dork? (new jam food) Message-ID: After listening to many DT boots and going to 2 concerts, I have noticed that James Labrie kind of sounds like a dork. Anybody else notice this? Like he'll say something and his tounge will get tied and it'll just sound dumb. Like some of the stuff he says, he kind of sounds like my dad when he attempts to be "hip" or "cool." I'm not trying to knock him for it. I think its funny "come on orlando, shake your fuckin' bootie!" -haha btw, buy a PC, mac's suck (how boring was that topic) -tim ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:40:30 -0700 From: Scott Hansen To: Subject: interesting news tid bit Message-ID: News tid bit I found on www.melodicrock.com that I though everyone might find interesting (and that DT could use should they run into label problems down the road): MARILLION ATTEMPT ANOTHER NET FIRST: Some of you may recall Marillion's call to US fans via the Internet to help raise funds to bring the band tot he US for some live dates. That call worked exceptionally well and now they are taking up a new cause. Marillion is asking their fans to pay for their next album over six months in advance. Why? So they can free themselves of their record company and make the music they want to make, paid for by the loyalty and money of the fans whom the record is intended. Anyone who orders the CD by the end of this month gets a limited 2 CD release with their name in the credits. Read all about it at their homepage: www.marillion.com Scott ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:50:16 -0700 From: Scott Hansen To: Subject: leatherbound Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Message-ID: Marko, in talking about the HHGttG trilogy wrote: > Yeah the fifth one is great too, just as the previous 4 were, and still are. I > have an abridged part of the fourth book that > was not in the print. Are you interested? If so I can send it to you or > someone else. Contact me privately. Hey guys, something interesting I just picked up within the last month is a leatherbound version, containing all 5 parts of the trilogy - unabridged! Plus it has this little thing before mostly Harmless called "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe." Dunno what it is (haven't read it yet), or if that's what Marko is referring to, but it's a pretty nice copy to have. I picked it up at Waldenbooks for roughly $17. I swear this thing looks like a Bible, complete with bookmark ribbon except that the paper it's printed on isn't as nice. Still worth getting, IMO. Scott ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 16:52:32 -0600 From: Chris Elder To: Subject: Prog origins and the mac debate Message-ID: on 7/22/00 7:50 AM, ytsejam@torchsong.com at ytsejam@torchsong.com wrote: >> Emerging from lurk mode once again to weigh in on this topic, which is always >> fun because it's always so hotly contested. Now, as much as I love Dream >> Theater - they ARE my favorite band, without question - there's absolutely no >> way anyone with a knowledge of rock history could possibly say they >> "invented" the prog-metal genre. To me, the roots of prog-metal go way back >> to the early and mid-1970s, Am I the only one following this? What everyone is trying to say but missing it is that prog-ROCK has been around since the 70's. Enter Rush, King Crimson et. all. prog-METAL was born in the 80's, Queensryche and Dream Theater. I'm no expert on the subject, I am just trying to clarify the arguments. Does this sound about right? --- and the MAC topic. No one can change a PC users mind about a Mac, you have to experience it for yourself. I detested Macs(because I was unfamiliar with them) up until 3 months ago when I got a job that involved using one for 40 hours a week.(I am a graphic designer) I just purchased my first one for home this week. I will never go back to that Bill Gates infested system they call the PC. MACs are at least 1-2 years ahead of the PC in the performance area. And for compatibility, MACs can do everything(and more) a PC can but not vice versa. We can even run WindBLOWS 2000 if we choose. Can a PC run any MAC programs? I think not, that would put a dent in Bill Gates monopoly of the market. In the PC users mind they are better. My thoughts: They aren't better, they have just dominated the market for so long that everyone is comfortable. And the last thing, MAC users slide in under the radar on the whole Napster issue, the MAC equivalent (Macster) has yet to be mentioned. Take that Lar$. Which brings me to my last point. In this whole PC/Mac debate, why is this even a topic...I thought PROG fans were open-minded? enough of that. chris ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:26:32 EDT From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: zappa Message-ID: In a message dated 7/22/00 8:48:10 AM Central Daylight Time, ytsejam@torchsong.com writes: << Hey guys,i believe some of you had suggested Joe's Garage as a starting point for someone who hasn't heard Zappa yet.I found a double cd entitled "Joe's garage part 1,2 &3" but it costs as much as 3 sfams (new use for the dt masterpiece) would do.It's kind of expensive >> Go for 'Cheap Thrills' or 'Son of Cheep Thrills' They're both only 1 cd, and pretty cheap ( no pun intended ) Only 7 or 8 bucks. Even less than 1 SFaM. 'Sheik Yerbouti' is also a great album, but i'd save that one for if you ever get into the guy. Its musically great, but very weird, and the lyrics are can be very offensive if your not a zappa fan. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 23:29:15 -0500 From: Kurt M Hampton To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: MUWHAHAHAHA Message-ID: Ok i put up a web addy for trading, Im gonna put that in the new updated signature until then, Ill see yall later. Kurt "Hey I got a new Signature now" me after reading ytsejam 5555 ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 06:22:22 CEST From: "Ricardo Testa" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Dream Theater and Bon Jovi Message-ID: I am currently listening to "Scenes From A Memory". "Through Her Eyes" to be exact and I took a notice that the song sounds a lot like Bon Jovi's "Never Say Goodbye". Has anyone else notice this or agree with this? I just had to point this out. By the way, one word on last week's Roma show: WOW! Ciao, Ricardo Testa ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 00:10:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Peterson To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: "No, you're wrong." Message-ID: There are few things that piss me off more than "musical know-it-alls". For example, this ass-munch... Check out how he begins his message: >From: "email_address_removed.au" >To: ytsejam@torchsong.com >Subject: musical classifications > >No, you're wrong. Prog-metal was a label invented by music shops and... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jesus Christ, Mike - the topic is "Musical classifications"!!! There is no "right or wrong" when it comes to this stuff. Feel free to serve us with your opinion, but don't go spouting off about what EXACTLY entails a genre. There is as much grey area in musical genres as there is grey stuff on your tongue. Also, you didn't mention who you're referring to, so in effect, you've just called the entire mailing list "wrong". To many people, when you start a message out with "No, you're wrong" often they won't bother to even read the rest of it because a person with enough gall to say such a thing (when talking about music genres) also usually doesn't have a clue as to what he's saying. Dude, all I'm saying is throw in a "The way I see it..." or a simple "IMHO". Oh wait - lemme guess - you don't know what that means. It means "In My Humble Opinion". I have to remember that there are some people out there who are incapable of distinguishing their mere opinion from an absolute fact. Don't get me wrong - there are certainly "rights and wrongs" in this world and an e-mail starting out with the words "No, you're wrong" would be certainly appropriate in many arenas. Music classification is NOT one of them. Get off my planet, Mike. - Dr. Teeth P.S. Consider my buttons "pushed". __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5556 **************************