YTSEJAM Digest 5780 Today's Topics: 1) Interesting RIAA article by Robb Muise 2) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5777 by Kurt M Hampton 3) Re: 1st CD.... by Kurt M Hampton 4) my first cd by Joshua Rasiel 5) Re: my first cd by Chris Oates 6) Re: my first cd by Rick Audet 7) RE: YTSEJAM digest 5777 by Alex Ramos 8) 1st cd by Jared Emery 9) Re: 1st cd by Coldie 10) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5779 by Debbie Yorty 11) Re: DT's best lyrics by email_address_removed 12) Re: Your 1st CD by email_address_removed 13) Children of the B/o/d/o/m/ Sun by "Paul W. Cashman" 14) All Your Base --=Spoiler=-- by "Adam N. Yarter" 15) All Your Base correcto by "Adam N. Yarter" 16) Re: 1st cd by "Michele Moran" 17) My First... by email_address_removed 18) Re: 1st cd by =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mauricio_Mart=EDnez?= 19) Re: 1st cd by "michele moran" 20) Re: Interesting RIAA article by "Paul Tadday" 21) Re: 1st cd by "Dan McCormack" 22) Recent Cd by "Paul Tadday" 23) Re: 1st cd by "michele moran" 24) Re: my first cd by Robb Muise 25) 1st CD thang by "Dark Majesty" 26) RE: mellow??? by "Souter, Jan-Michael" 27) Re: My First... by Eric George ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:25:18 -0500 From: Robb Muise To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Interesting RIAA article Message-ID: The RIAA's figures were released last week, but the BBC story was delayed until Monday, when the story would get the most exposure. Here's the top three paragraphs from that story: CD sales plummeted last year in the U.S. and record industry officials say the figures prove that Napster, the Internet music-sharing service, has harmed their business. Sales of music compact discs fell by 39% last year according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "Napster hurt record sales," said RIAA president Hilary Rosen. This article reads like it might have been ghost-written by someone from the record industry. It isn't until paragraph ten that journalistic integrity kicks in enough for the Beeb to quietly mention what they're actually talking about: Some experts say [sic] the drop of CD singles as being part of an industry-wide slump, due to economic factors and a weak year musically. (Emphasis mine.) That's right, CD singles. Unit sales for the singles were down 39%, revenue down 36% (they raised prices, of course). And CD singles account for how much of the RIAA's profits? Not quite one percent. Yes, that's right: they lost 36% of 1% of their profits. And the news media is reporting it as a 39% loss. The facts are that their "CD sales" are up this year, even over last year's stunning performance. The RIAA increased the average price of a full-length CD from $13.65 to $14.02, and still managed to sell 3,600,000 more of them. Total profit increase on this, the core of their business, was 3.1%, or just shy of an extra $400,000,000. But full-length CDs only account for 92% of the RIAA's revenue. They did have weak performance in the other 8%. CD singles, as already noted, dropped revenue by 36%. But the real casualty percentage-wise was cassingles, which lost over 90% of its revenue from last year. Gee, why could that be? Maybe because nobody wants them? In fact, the RIAA's only real money-losing format of any significance was cassettes, which, along with music videos, were the only format actually cut in price. Cassette revenue dropped $436 million. Wait a minute, what am I saying? "Money-losing"? They aren't losing money on cassettes -- they're just not raking it in this year as fast as last year. And gee, why might that be? Again, because nobody wants them? And it's not like the RIAA is struggling to get by on slim profits. The big picture is that, in the last nine years, they have tripled their annual income. But they are desperate to spin this as a loss. The actual fact is that their total revenue is down 1.8% from 1999. Last year, they made $14,584,500,000. This year, they made $14,323,000,000. But how could they blame Napster if they told the truth? What would they say? "Napster is killing us! Our income is down almost two whole percent! We are only pulling in $14,323,000,000 this year!" That probably wouldn't fly. Especially because in the three categories which Napster has precisely zero effect on -- cassettes, vinyl, and music videos -- their combined year-to-year loss was $579.5 million. That's right. In the digital formats which Napster can trade, they are making more money: $318,500,000 more revenue. In the analog and video formats where Napster is irrelevant, they are making less money: $579,500,000 less revenue. That's the real story here. But don't trust the press to report this one fairly. Don't trust the RIAA's press release. Go read the RIAA's numbers yourself. (Hell, don't even trust those numbers -- they don't add up. I was silly enough to type them into a spreadsheet, and someone over there has some problems doing simple arithmetic. I'd like to see an explanation for why the revenue totals for 1992, 1995, and 1998 are off by tens of millions of dollars.) The RIAA is desperately trying to spin this so that they won't look like greedy bastards for turning down Napster's offer of a billion dollars. If they just took that generous offer, then -- in a year that the BBC suggests might be an "industry-wide slump, due to economic factors and a weak year musically," and in a year for which Bertlesmann admits "we didn't put that much good stuff out" -- their revenue would be up $739,000,000 over last year. And up $1,600,000,000 from 1998. But that isn't enough for them. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:53:39 -0600 From: Kurt M Hampton To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5777 Message-ID: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! Thta was the funniest thing Ive sene in a long time..... Kurt Kurts Trade Page: www.geocities.com/kurt_labrie/Startpage.html Ytsekurt on AOL IM "Cmon Orlando Shake you f*ckin booty" James Labrie 3/3/00 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:21:57 -0600 From: Kurt M Hampton To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: 1st CD.... Message-ID: Umm, When I got my player in 1994 (hell i was 14) Skid Row "skid row" was given to me by a friend who didn't want it anymore, and I got Tesla "Mechanical resonance" and Whitesnake's Greastest hits with the Player. 3 years later I rediscovered Dream Theater (after seeing Lie and PMU on MTV 1992, 1994 and thinking "Cool band. chick bass player") Kurtx3 thought Myung was a woman. Kurts Trade Page: www.geocities.com/kurt_labrie/Startpage.html Ytsekurt on AOL IM "Cmon Orlando Shake you f*ckin booty" James Labrie 3/3/00 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 04:45:21 -0500 From: Joshua Rasiel To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: my first cd Message-ID: see now, this is fun! ok, i listened to tapes until 1995, when I bought my first CD player, which was a sony. I had a summer job at sony and I got it at their Secret Employee-Only Store hidden in the depths of New Jersey. But, I got my first CD two whole years earlier. Actually I got two at once: Tubular Bells II and Bjork's Debut. So figure that out. Anyway, I got a few more here and there and by the time I got the player I had a shoebox full. I would take them down the hall to my friend's dorm room and listen to them there. Of coure, once I got the player I started getting the CD's in earnest, and it was around then that I got every DT CD I could find. I don't know how many I have now, because it's too disorganized to count. Not that many, probably less than 200. josh ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:05:59 -0800 From: Chris Oates To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: my first cd Message-ID: First CD (bought before first player) Van Halen -- OU812 Got first player at Xmas 88 along with 2nd 3rd & 4th CDs, Van Halen - I, Van Halen - Diver Down and Van Halen - Women and Children First. I kinda liked Van Halen and so did my dad, though he only liked the Roth stuff. ~Chris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:46:27 -0500 (EST) From: Rick Audet To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: my first cd Message-ID: No one cares and I don't know why I'm bothering to post this. First CD purchased Summer 1989: Rush "Fly By Night" First CD player purchased shortly thereafter. -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:54:41 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Ramos To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: RE: YTSEJAM digest 5777 Message-ID: Whoever manages this list...could you please send this now to email_address_removed, and remove email_address_removed from the list? Thnaks in advance, Alex Ramos http://members.fortunecity.com/fretburn1 (personal homepage) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 15:37:27 -0700 From: Jared Emery To: Jared Emery Subject: 1st cd Message-ID: Oh my god- My first CD was " The Bullet Boys", and my 1st tape was "The Jets" ( = remember the all-black R&b group from mid-eighties?)....i'm so embarrassed. I = also used to own a '78 caddilac Seville, with an 8 track player...i had the = doobies, and silver bullet band, and all the goodies!...ROTFL!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:43:14 -0500 From: Coldie To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: 1st cd Message-ID: THE JETS!??? I've got a crush on you..... ;) Coldie...who remembers who The Jets were Jared Emery wrote: > > Oh my god- My first CD was " The Bullet Boys", and my 1st tape was "The Jets" ( = > remember the all-black R&b group from mid-eighties?)....i'm so embarrassed. I = > also used to own a '78 caddilac Seville, with an 8 track player...i had the = > doobies, and silver bullet band, and all the goodies!...ROTFL!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 01 18:55:22 -0500 From: Debbie Yorty To: Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5779 Message-ID: How in the world do you unsubscribe to this list??? Thanks. Deb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:16:52 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: DT's best lyrics Message-ID: In a message dated 02/26/2001 5:06:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, ytsejam@torchsong.com writes: << Hey people! I was listening to Only a Matter of Time the other day, and was paying extra special attention to the lyrics of that song, and have come to the conclusion that that song's lyrics are my favorite for any DT song, and maybe for any song I've ever heard. I don't pay that much attention to lyrics most of the time, but Kevin Moore just outdid himself when he wrote that song. The images he portrays are so incredible, and the way he does it in that song is just masterful. Also, that song is so positive and uplifting that anybody can be cheered up by it. Actually, that song should be everybody's anthem, especially for musicians. You have to try to fulfill your dreams, don't give up the fight. What a great message. Alexis >> Alexis, I agree with you 100%. I've thought for years that the lyrics to OAMOT were some of the best I'd ever heard. Definitely my fave of any DT song. Amazing imagery. I think my favorite and most thought-provoking couple of lines in any DT song is the following: "I understand mine's a risky plan, and your system can't miss, but is security after all a cause or symptom of happiness?" Genius. :-) Laterz... Matt T. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:20:21 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Your 1st CD Message-ID: The first ever album I ever bought with my own money was "Back In Black" on vinyl back in the day. But my first ever CD was "Ride The Lightning", which I received as a gift along with my first CD player from my ex-girlfriend. Too bad she turned out to be such a psycho... she used to give great gifts. ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:17:33 -0500 From: "Paul W. Cashman" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Children of the B/o/d/o/m/ Sun Message-ID: > Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:28:45 -0500 > From: "Jason L. Gelnett" > To: ytsejam@torchsong.com > Subject: Your 1st CD > Message-ID: > > Now that we are talking about stories, what was the FIRST CD that you > purchased? The soundtrack to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. I still have it. At the time, there were only about 50 CDs on the market from ANY genre, and I had a wait a month before something else appeared that I felt like buying....so for quite a while I had a RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK soundtrack player, period. :) I honestly don't know what happened to that Multitech-brand CD player (actually made by Yamaha). I don't remember it failing. > Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:40:50 -0500 > From: Coldie > To: ytsejam@torchsong.com > Subject: Re: Your 1st CD > Message-ID: > > Billy Thorpe's Children of the Sun Revisted. We bought the CD...then a > week later we bought a CD player. Don't have that CD player anymore, > but I still have that CD :) "Children of the Sun" was my favorite song for a looong time. It's still well up there in my all-time list and gives me the shivers in a kewl, spacey way. It was part of this planetarium music/laser show here and the combination was like unto a religious experience; I can remember almost every second of that show and it's been almost twenty years. It was also my introduction to Pink Floyd and Rush. :) -- +--- Paul W. Cashman, email_address_removed ICQ 4151223 ----+ | Website: http://people.atl.mediaone.net/pellaz/ | | or www.paulcashman.com :) | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:16:11 -0800 From: "Adam N. Yarter" To: Subject: All Your Base --=Spoiler=-- Message-ID: <000601c0a063$423d6460$f17079a5@adamyart> hehe, what it is is.. Marvel Super Heroes; an old game has recently been emulated via an emulator called Final Burn. The Poor Translation in the opening sequence of teh game is as follows: "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" and well.. a lot of internet jokers took hold. =) http://www.retrogames.com/022001.html Tale a look. =) Kindest Regards, Adam ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:22:53 -0800 From: "Adam N. Yarter" To: Subject: All Your Base correcto Message-ID: <000401c0a064$31c8f080$f17079a5@adamyart> I'm sorry. It's called "Zero Wing" for the Sega Genesis... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:19:31 -0500 From: "Michele Moran" To: Subject: Re: 1st cd Message-ID: <003401c0a074$7faa6da0$message_id_removed> my first CD was far worse than The Jets... I'm so ashamed to admit this, but my very first CD was _Step by Step_ by New Kids On The Block... michele -- hanging her head in shame ----- Original Message ----- ]From: Coldie To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 6:55 PM Subject: Re: 1st cd THE JETS!??? I've got a crush on you..... ;) Coldie...who remembers who The Jets were Jared Emery wrote: > > Oh my god- My first CD was " The Bullet Boys", and my 1st tape was "The Jets" ( = > remember the all-black R&b group from mid-eighties?)....i'm so embarrassed. I = > also used to own a '78 caddilac Seville, with an 8 track player...i had the = > doobies, and silver bullet band, and all the goodies!...ROTFL!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:16:20 -0500 (EST) From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: My First... Message-ID: Hey Jammers, My First CD was Pearl Jam "Vitalogy" Yeah I'm usually behind the technological curve. But I remember my first record when I was a kid was "God of Thunder" The first purchase I made with my own money. Then I saved my allowance and bought the album Destroyer and a couple of posters. Do you remember the first time hearing Dream Theater ? I caught one of the 3 or so times Mtv played PMU and went to the record store the next day and made the counter dude play the cd over the store's music system. At least 3 other people bought the cd while I was there. Oh well. Good Fortune. Billy. np Stratovarius "Winter" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:57:31 -0600 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mauricio_Mart=EDnez?= To: Subject: Re: 1st cd Message-ID: <000b01c0a079$cb65b060$message_id_removed.mx> hahahaha!!! at least you are a girl (aren't you?). the very first thing i bought was a Wilson Phillips cassette single. i still have it! i liked that "hold on" song, and i have never listened to the radio, so i decided to buy it when i happened to see it. dont shoot me! i was like 10 years old without music guidance! There now! i have confessed my deepest music sin! forgive meeee Loooooord!!!! ----- Original Message ----- ]From: "Michele Moran" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:29 PM Subject: Re: 1st cd > > my first CD was far worse than The Jets... > > I'm so ashamed to admit this, but my very first CD was _Step by Step_ by New > Kids On The Block... > > michele -- hanging her head in shame > ----- Original Message ----- > ]From: Coldie > To: Multiple recipients of list > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 6:55 PM > Subject: Re: 1st cd > > > > THE JETS!??? I've got a crush on you..... ;) > > > Coldie...who remembers who The Jets were > > Jared Emery wrote: > > > > Oh my god- My first CD was " The Bullet Boys", and my 1st tape was "The > Jets" ( = > > remember the all-black R&b group from mid-eighties?)....i'm so > embarrassed. I = > > also used to own a '78 caddilac Seville, with an 8 track player...i had > the = > > doobies, and silver bullet band, and all the goodies!...ROTFL!! > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:21:00 -0500 From: "michele moran" To: Subject: Re: 1st cd Message-ID: <008201c0a07d$13adfe60$message_id_removed> yes. i'm a girl. ... and i still own the NKOTB CD, as well.. (i just ke= ep digging myself deeper and deeper, don't i?) BUT I don't listen to it anymore. Really. Honest! *grin* What's the most recent CD(s) that everyone's purchased? (Perhaps I can s= ort of redeem myself with the answer to this question..) Mine was _A Trick = of the Tail_ by Genesis (which I'm currently listening to). -- michele (who also owns the Wilson Phillips album.. but on casette, not CD.. heh.) ----- Original Message ----- ]From: Mauricio Mart=EDnez To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:11 AM Subject: Re: 1st cd hahahaha!!! at least you are a girl (aren't you?). the very first thing i bought was a Wilson Phillips cassette single. i st= ill have it! i liked that "hold on" song, and i have never listened to the radio, so i decided to buy it when i happened to see it. dont shoot me! i was like 10 years old without music guidance! There now! i have confessed my deepest music sin! forgive meeee Loooooord!!!! ----- Original Message ----- ]From: "Michele Moran" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:29 PM Subject: Re: 1st cd > > my first CD was far worse than The Jets... > > I'm so ashamed to admit this, but my very first CD was _Step by Step_ b= y New > Kids On The Block... > > michele -- hanging her head in shame > ----- Original Message ----- > ]From: Coldie > To: Multiple recipients of list > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 6:55 PM > Subject: Re: 1st cd > > > > THE JETS!??? I've got a crush on you..... ;) > > > Coldie...who remembers who The Jets were > > Jared Emery wrote: > > > > Oh my god- My first CD was " The Bullet Boys", and my 1st tape was "T= he > Jets" ( =3D > > remember the all-black R&b group from mid-eighties?)....i'm so > embarrassed. I =3D > > also used to own a '78 caddilac Seville, with an 8 track player...i h= ad > the =3D > > doobies, and silver bullet band, and all the goodies!...ROTFL!! > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:19:05 +1100 From: "Paul Tadday" To: Subject: Re: Interesting RIAA article Message-ID: <001701c0a07c$d2e0a360$a48436cb@PaulTadday> Great post Robb. Very interesting stuff. I guess both sides of the debate are spinning their own form of propaganda but this takes the cake so far!! I'd love to say what the artists combines income of cd/cassette/vinyl/video sales would be in comparison. The record companies remind me of the greed ridden banks. The rich get richer, the poor get the picture! --Paul. ----- Original Message ----- ]From: Robb Muise Subject: Interesting RIAA article > The RIAA's figures were released last week, but the BBC story was delayed > until Monday, when the story would get the most exposure. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:44:32 -0500 From: "Dan McCormack" To: Subject: Re: 1st cd Message-ID: <021501c0a080$5c062ae0$message_id_removed> > yes. i'm a girl. ... and i still own the NKOTB CD, as well.. (i just ke= > ep > digging myself deeper and deeper, don't i?) hey NKOTB were awesome back in the day :) and i'm a guy :) i still have step by step and hangin tough. and yes, i listen to them occasionally, but mostly for "memories'" sake :) only about 2 years ago did i realize that "step by step" was a song about convincing a girl to have sex with you. ("step 1, we can have lots of fun; step 2, there's so much we can do; step 3, it's just you and me; step 4, i can give you more; step 5, don't you know that the time has arrived, huh!" :) those poor impressionable teens. what am i saying, if i didnt figure it out i damn well hope they didnt or that doesnt speak too highly of MY intellect :) moo. *** END OF TRANSMISSION *** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:52:51 +1100 From: "Paul Tadday" To: Subject: Recent Cd Message-ID: <009d01c0a081$8e40a340$a48436cb@PaulTadday> The most revcent cd purchase for me was Salival by Tool. Can't wait for the new cd in April!!! ;) --Paul. ----- Original Message ----- ]From: michele moran > What's the most recent CD(s) that everyone's purchased? (Perhaps I can s= > ort > of redeem myself with the answer to this question..) Mine was _A Trick = > of > the Tail_ by Genesis (which I'm currently listening to). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 01:34:27 -0500 From: "michele moran" To: Subject: Re: 1st cd Message-ID: <001701c0a087$59d479a0$message_id_removed> ]From: Dan McCormack [snip] >only about 2 years ago did i realize that "step by step" was a song about >convincing a girl to have sex with you. ("step 1, we can have lots of fun; >step 2, there's so much we can do; step 3, it's just you and me; step 4, i >can give you more; step 5, don't you know that the time has arrived, >huh!" :) hmmm.. so that's what the songs about! ;-) I never really listened or thought about the lyrics back in my tween years (isn't that an awful word: tween?) -- nkotb was all about "Joey Joe" for me. me-OW. -- michele ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:41:45 -0500 From: Robb Muise To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: my first cd Message-ID: This is embarrassing but oh well.. My first cd player was bought in 88 or 89 .... It was a portable, very big and clunky... My first cd was bought 3 months before that. I got 3 of them. MC Hammer, Tone Loc, and U2.. Thankfully I got into rock and prog less than a year later. LOL At 12:54 PM 2/26/2001 -0800, you wrote: >see now, this is fun! > >ok, i listened to tapes until 1995, when I bought my first CD player, >which was a sony. I had a summer job at sony and I got it at their >Secret Employee-Only Store hidden in the depths of New Jersey. > >But, I got my first CD two whole years earlier. Actually I got two at >once: Tubular Bells II and Bjork's Debut. So figure that out. Anyway, I >got a few more here and there and by the time I got the player I had a >shoebox full. I would take them down the hall to my friend's dorm room >and listen to them there. Of coure, once I got the player I started >getting the CD's in earnest, and it was around then that I got every DT >CD I could find. I don't know how many I have now, because it's too >disorganized to count. Not that many, probably less than 200. > >josh --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robb Muise What do we want? "Brains!" Escalations Manager When do we want them? "Brains!" PRIMUS Managed Hosting Solutions Email:email_address_removed Phone:781-586-6181 Cell Phone: 978-884-6423 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:41:06 -0600 From: "Dark Majesty" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: 1st CD thang Message-ID: The first CD I bought was 'Nine Lives' by Aerosmith, which I listened to on my dad's CD player for about a year before I got my own. The last CD I bought was 'Fugazi' by Marillion, which I haven't got a chance to listen to yet. 'Scenes From A Memory' is still probably the best album I have received (got it for Christmas 1999). Speaking of DT for a moment, anyone know where I can get my hands on the singles for "Lie" or "Hollow Years," or any others either (except "The Silent Man," I have that one)? I can't find them anywhere... Later, --96 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 10:14:23 -0600 From: "Souter, Jan-Michael" To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: RE: mellow??? Message-ID: <74ACE5A6CB89D3119E6F00609720274A037D1A4C@ISDCRE00> To me, it seemed like the first half of Younique was great. Hard rockin' songs. Then on the 2nd half of the CD started to go into slower, experimental songs. As a whole, the CD is great - believe me... it's just something I noticed about the 2nd half. No biggie > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Rasiel [SMTP:email_address_removed > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 9:17 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: mellow??? > > > >The mellow/experimental stuff on > >Younique really scared me. > > That was mellow? There were a few ballad-type things but even those I > wouln't call mellow, hence I wouldn't say it was a mellow album. Like > i've done before, I put it in the same area as Awake. but that's just > me, i like to champion Younique. I guess i'm younique myself. > > josh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:18:21 -0500 (EST) From: Eric George To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: My First... Message-ID: On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 email_address_removed wrote: > Do you remember the first time hearing Dream Theater ? yeah, i do as a matter of fact. i had no friggin' idea who they were either. it was back when awake was just getting ready to be released, and they were on headbanger's ball on MTV. i miss that show......... anyhow, it was really late at night (early morning probably), and they were interviewing the band about the new album. they also played a few of their videos, but the only one that i can remember with clarity was "Lie". i remember falling in & out of sleep thinking, "wow, these guys are really good..........". that same year (this was back when pittsburgh had good hard rock stations) i heard PMU played constantly on the air. i went to the local NRM, found out who it was, then had someone buy it for me for christmas! i listened to it non-stop for the next several months, then promptly went to the store to see what else they had out. i scooped up awake, only to find that, low & behold, i had just heard these guys not so long ago one sleepy night on headbanger's ball. the rest from there is history. there is my story of discovering dream theater. and i'm spent.......... -ryften ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5780 **************************