HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. WHAT NOOBS!!!!! Probably the funniest thing I think everrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Holy ****! Where do I begin?

I'll do it in order. I just hope that they're not all just joking.

"Right off the bat, the author is wrong. Those drum bars at the beginning of 6:00 are NOT in an "odd time signature." They're 4/4 with syncopation. Obviously, this author doesn't know what he's talking about."

ROFL times a million. Listen to the hi-hat noob! Hahaha, if you think that's 4/4 I don't think you should be allowed to live for much longer. Listen really carefully, and I know it obviously goes into 4/4 a bit after, but come back to me when you figure out exactly what he plays he, if you give up I'll tell you.

"This guy is an idiot that part is played on keys!!"

Okay fine, **** I got ONE thing wrong out of like a billion things, but it ****ing sounds a **** load like a guitar, I bet if you asked a random person, they'd say it was a guitar too. But okay I admit I was wrong, I ain't perfect, but this certainly doesn't make me an idiot or lose credibility obviously. You should get banned for that, because I got banned for something a lot minor.

"I particularly like the 3/8, 3/8, 2/8 time signature changes bit...ummm its called 4/4 with some accents lol"

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!! And besides I said a 3/8,2/8,2/8 FEEL! So that doesn't mean that that's exactly how they wrote it, but it's a decent interpretation. Listen to it you ****ing noob.

Okay here comes my favourite and most rofl part ever!!!

"OK so i have the complete scores book for Voices. And there is no 3/8,3/8,2/8. SO this guy was jsut retarded."

HAHAHA ROFL *** LOL NOOB ROFL. I was talking about THE SILENT MAN, THE ****ING CHORUS NOOB!! And you need a book to tell you what the time signatures are, and yet I'm the retard! ROFL

"umm, no, those would be POWER chords"

ROFL again!! So is there a rule that power chords can't be eerie?!! ROFL

"well, yeah, i guess petrucci sounds pretty good there, but i dont hear any other strings "

You can't even hear the strings! LOL! Biggest noob I think ever.

"no, the bass and guitar are playing the same thing and its NOT an arpeggio "

The ROFL's keep coming!! Look up what an arpeggio is, noob!! It's called an arepggio in unison! LMAO

"well, what WOULD a bridge find interesting?"

OH NOOOOO, YOU FOUND ONE ****ING TYPO IN LIKE 10000000000 CHARACTERS! ROFL

"no, that would be minor"

ROFL. No it's in major before it goes into minor. You don't know which part I'm referring to or maybe you're just an utter fool. rofl.

Actually this is my favourite ever part!!!:

"no, that would be a half step"

He said this after I said "a semi tone." ROFLOLMAO!@#!#!@#!@ He doesn't even know that a half step IS a ****ing semi tone (in the standard diatonic scale, of course)! ROFL NOOB!

"oh yes, now i see it; with distorted guitars"

HAHA I can't take much more of this!! I'm referring to the VERY(!!!!) Beginning. The first half a second. ****ING NOOOOOOOOOB! Bet you didn't even pick up on it, even after I explained it! rofl

"stop with the inaccurate arpeggio fixation!"

Stop with the not knowing the definition of arpeggios!!! Or maybe you don't know which part I'm referring to. That's even worse! ROFL

"man, if thats mediocre, i would hate to see poor"

I said mediocre at best. Or can't you read stuff inside parentheses?

"note how i tended to stick to objective things"

ROFL!! You gotta be ****ting us here. Half the **** you said was subjective...And the other half was wrong!! ROFL

"HE CHANGED THE VERB TENSE [...] but it did nothing to bolster his credibility or win new supporters to your doomed cause.

This is just plain hilarious but I'm certain it's a joke. But anyway, I didn't change the tense at all except when I finished the review and started making personal first person comments. And then he changed tense in the exact same sentence!! Joke, but if not, biggest noob so far. ROFL

"since when was the superfast erotomania solo 'easy' to play?!"

I didn't say THE ENTIRE album is easy to play, noob to the max. I praised the proficieny of that part, try learning to read maybe?

"Okay, I just had to read his Voices review. Man that was stupid, silly little complaints and he doesn't even know the song well enough to know that it's not about Schizophrenia."

OUCH, how embarrassing!! One of your favourite songs and you don't even know what it's about! Or maybe you just don't know what the definition of schizophrenia is. rofl. And why did you capitalise that, noob?

"when his review has such abysmal errors"

Wow, I didn't realise that opinions could be errors. I read one of your laughable reviews at metal-arcives.com and I found some funny things that I would call abysmal errors:

“stripped of it's silly...”

its*

“and it's trademark ...”

its*


There were more but can't be bothered finding them. And these aren't your common typos, because he makes the same mistake over and over, it looks like he just has a poor grasp of basic grammar.

“I love this song [“The Silent Man”] for it's simplicity, just James and John on the guitar without any accompaniment (there may be a hint of keys towards the end to give that escalating sensation).”

Uh no, Portnoy makes his appearance in the first chorus and Moore makes his on the second verse.

There were more horrible mistakes but I don't need to embarrass the poor boy any further though.


That's about it. Such morons at the DT forums.

Hey Judas, make another post and tell them I replied to their noob comments, cheers mate.

I enjoy what was it, the first 30 seconds of music to that song and then the rest was a waste of 8 minutes.

"Pull Me Under" pwns severely. Probably in top 20 DT songs for me.

Yeah I admit I actually liked the intro to that song but the rest isn't very good, to me.

Yeah the intro is ****ing pwnage to the max. But its partner in crime "Take the Time" has one of the greatest intros ever. You heard it?

...No. I don't enjoy Dream Theater because of LaBrie and a couple other things. It's as simple as that. You front Judas Priest, Motorhead, ACDC, Porcupine Tree or anyone with LaBrie and I'd loathe that bands sound. It's not for me.

I wasn't asking whether you enjoy them or not. I just brought up "Take the Time" because if you like the intro to "Pull Me Under," I think you'd probably enjoy it too.

Nope I haven't heard it

Yeah I know, you already said that.

"But for me, intricate solos and layering are vital in adding heart to the music, and Awake failed here."

and earlier in the review:

"Gradually adding layers is a somewhat over-used musical technique and has thus lost its affect on the general listener."

wtf?

Don,

Why such a brief review?...Lazy?

There's a massive difference between adding layers and gradually adding layers. What I meant there was they added in the main instruments one at a time. By layering I mean things like strings and an orchestra or whatever.

Extremely lazy. I'm the biggest procrastinator I think ever.

But on a serious note, you're susposed to be a critic right?

Arent there limitations to how long reviews should be?... I mean Jesus Christ, thats the longest review i have ever seen in my entire life, it would take a very powerful attention span to actualy read the whole thing.

In short, im too lazy to read it, but you obviously put a good deal of effort into it, so i'll say you did a good job.

It wasn't a professional review. My real ones are completely different in structure and are only very short and basically just gives the general listener and idea if he or she would like it, etc. I only made that one huge because I had a score to settle with Awake fan boys. To be honest the real reason I haven't shown you my real reviews is because I don't like giving out my name on the net. But thanks for the half-compliment.

I'm just going to say you made quite a fool of yourself in the eyes of the Dream Theater.net forums. :P And as soon as I make 15 posts, I'm going to post a link to it.

I especially enjoyed appollyon's post on the second page. Read it. :)

^ Are you a member of the DT forums?

Don is never going to review the Television song.

Well, yeah, someone on the DT forums posted the link to this review, and, well, let's just say we went to town with this one. :P

And to Don: yes, there is a difference between gradually adding and adding. However, you can only do it one of two ways: many at once, or one or two at a time. Also, I can tell you love I&W very much from what I read of the review. What do you think Pull Me Under does in the opening? It gradually adds layers. As does Under a Glass Moon. You're a very picky listener, you know that?

^ I know.
It was me who posted the link. Don asked me to.

Tallon you can still post the link just take the www off.

lol well whatd'ya know, Judas Priest.

dreamtheater.net/bb/showthread.php?t=101320

I already replied to that morons response on page five of this thread. Man that was funny stuff.

Yep I know. Well done on picking up on that. lol

ROFLOLO@#L$@#@#$#@

Can I be your best friend? You're like the funniest guy I reckon ever! But if you're not joking, please check out page five of this thread lol times infinity.

Simply put you are a n00b.

We know he is...

I just read all the posts in the DT forums and I've come to the conclusion that most DT fans are total losers. Just about every second post called me an idiot or a moron ...why the hell? It's mostly because I don't share the same opinion as them. Such low life forms. And they kept saying how much of a moron I was just because I think Innocence Faded is the best track off Awake. I put a good four hours at least into that review and listed so many things that the general listener probably missed and I didn't say things like "oh that track is boring so I hate it!" No, I gave constructive criticism on each track and gave a detailed view on why or liked or hated a particular track. What the **** is wrong with DT fans??? This one experience has actually made me hate DT somewhat now, which seems a bit stupid maybe but I just can't stand **** like this. No wonder Portnoy wrote "Never Enough." I'm aware that there are people like this everywhere in the stupid world of today but the DT forum is definitely the number one den of culprits from what I've ever seen, and I've had to answer **** loads upon **** loads of angry emails and letters regarding my opinions but none even come close to the ignorance and immaturity that is DT fans.

Jesus wept.

Do you have any balls whatsoever ? First you hide behind a 'scholarly journal' the minute you get flamed and now your bitching about a bunch of people flaming you who don`t even use this forum. :rolleyes:

If they`re such idiots tell them there , you think any of us give a sh*t about your battles on another forum?

I never hid behind anything though, maybe I should have like gave everyone 20 links then.

And I dont tell them there because I was banned because of unknown reasons. So I'm not going back.

Why do you need links for?

So you found a few places on the internet who agree with your opinion , big deal.Anyone can do that.

How about dropping the condesending 'i`m going to teach everybody' mentality and learn a bit of humility by saying right or wrong these are my opinions and i`m sticking to them ?

I apparently needed links because initially every second post kept saying "back up what you're saying!!"

"by saying right or wrong these are my opinions and i`m sticking to them ?"

rofl, and you say I'm the one with no balls. You just don't get it; there is no opinion with fact, so I decided to, as you put it "teach everybody." It wasn't serious obviously, I just wanted to have some fun. Sue me mum.

Don't let this put you off DT, and there are loads of cool DT fans....like me!:p:
Your entitled to your own opinion, and I'm sure the majority of fans would accept that.
Btw, what exactly is the song "Never Enough" about?

You're like the only cool DT fan I've ever met.

"Never Enough" is basically about MP being extremely annoyed with some fans wanting everything from him and the band. Have you checked out the lyrics?:

"Cut myself open wide
Reach inside
Help yourself
To all I have to give
And then you help yourself again
And then complain that
You didn't like the way
I put the knife in wrong
You didn't like the way
My blood spilled on your brand new floor

What would you say
If I walked away
Would you appreciate
But then it'd be too late
Because I can only take so much of your ungrateful ways
Everything is never enough

Sacrifice my life
Neglect my kids and wife
All for you to be happy
All those sleepless nights
And countless fights to give you more
And then you say how dare that
I didn't write you back
I must be too good for you
I only care about myself"

Yeah, I suppose Portnoy must feel pretty pressured.

Your a cool DT fan too and there are 4 DT fans I know where I live who are really nice.

Saying Voices is in 3/8 and 2/8 isn't an opinion, and it isn't even true. It's in 4/4 with accents, as was 6:00.

And you complain about layering, but really you can only layer things two ways: everyone comes in at once, or one or two people at a time. Those are the only ways; "gradually adding layers is a somewhat over-used musical technique and has thus lost its affect on the general listener;" that is one of the only two choices, so of course it's done often! Can you think of a way for everyone to be playing and they didn't come in one of those two ways?

Gradual layering, which is what I've been quoted for, is your typical cliché layering where one instrument plays solo for four bars, then it's accompanied by another for four bars, and so on. Other layering is where more and more instruments (e.g orchestral) are adding to the harmony and whatnot at specific places and intervals throughout the track. Just listen to Angra or something, my uneducated lad.

Regarding Voices, skip to the 46th second and count that for me. You'll find it's in 4/8 then 5/8, or 9/8 if you like. In the DT forums, someone mixed up my "Voices" review with "The Silent Man" review.

And 6:00 is in 4/4 mostly yes, but it changes at the 30th second by going into 3/4 then goes back into 4/4 later.

3/4 and 4/4 are the most commonly used time signeratures ever. It's not strange at all. And that "Caught In a Web" part wasn't in "4/4 then a measure or 2/4." It's in (guess what?) 3/4 (or 6/8).

When did I say it was strange? And okay count it ("Caught in a Web)" like you want, that's the way I count that part.

But saying "a measure of 4/4 then a measure of 2/4" is stupid. 3/4 is a commonly used time signerature.

And I checked that part of Voices, and guess what, TWO ENTIRE MEASURES OF 9/4. XD Damn that's annoying.

Well, if you've ever written a composition before, you wouldn't think it was stupid; 2/4 amidst a 4/4 song is actually the most common change for me when I'm writing.
I count intro of "Caught in a Web" as 4/4 then 2/4 because I like my snares on the typical third beat. So if you count your beats twice as quick, you'll see that it's fits better than 3/4 because with 3/4 the snare is on each two which is a bit weird (or each three if you double the time).
And that part in Voices is in 9/8, not 9/4 (and there's a lot more than two measure of it), otherwise it would sure be a strange rhythm before it :P