The Mick and Segue Music Commentary Thread

[Segue Myles]

Yeah...they are a band with so much to dig into I still find them a challenge.

 

I'm not into them right now...but that's because Sonata Arctica happened haha and I really love them deeply.

 

But DT are going to be a mainstay. I do sometimes have torn feelings about them but when the mood strikes me...I find them enthralling! I felt like this for nearly a decade with Nightwish. I enjoy this. I got into Rush mega fast and my interest peaked I think very quickly.

 

Nightwish, Sonata Arctica and Springsteen are three bands that have taken ages to get under my skin and take over my life. DT are pretty much in that same category.

 

I've especially loved discovering songs like These Walls, Take Away My Pain and Build Me Up...I never expected to be so moved by these. Odd but the lyrics to each I connect with somehow.

[Segue Myles]

Also worth remembering that I have discovered SA and DT around the same time and have been trying to get into both since about 2006/07.

 

Odd how this past year it clicked!

 

Want to know what I think did it? King's X and Kansas. Somehow I found aspects of these bands in either one or both bands and those little familiar elements were my gateway!

 

I've even found some reviews online where SA fans link the sound of Kansas to them...I am certain this is why. And I hear a lot of KX influence in early DT like Images or FII.

[bluefox4000]

Also worth remembering that I have discovered SA and DT around the same time and have been trying to get into both since about 2006/07.

 

Odd how this past year it clicked!

 

Want to know what I think did it? King's X and Kansas. Somehow I found aspects of these bands in either one or both bands and those little familiar elements were my gateway!

 

I've even found some reviews online where SA fans link the sound of Kansas to them...I am certain this is why. And I hear a lot of KX influence in early DT like Images or FII.

 

Sonata Is a band i really need to give another shot.

 

given to time i could see me loving then.

 

I LOVED Unia

 

Mick

[Segue Myles]

Also worth remembering that I have discovered SA and DT around the same time and have been trying to get into both since about 2006/07.

 

Odd how this past year it clicked!

 

Want to know what I think did it? King's X and Kansas. Somehow I found aspects of these bands in either one or both bands and those little familiar elements were my gateway!

 

I've even found some reviews online where SA fans link the sound of Kansas to them...I am certain this is why. And I hear a lot of KX influence in early DT like Images or FII.

 

Sonata Is a band i really need to give another shot.

 

given to time i could see me loving then.

 

I LOVED Unia

 

Mick

 

Next album is Days Of Grays. My favourite.

 

The first three albums took me a while to warm too. I love them so much...I think it's interesting how your initial response matches mine ten years ago.

[Mr. Not]

Welcome back Mick.

 

Plenty about Unia to love, and it never gets old either, really.

[Mr. Not]

And I hear a lot of KX influence in early DT like Images or FII.

 

Oh yeah.

 

[Segue Myles]

Winterhearts Guild

Reckoning Night

Unia

Days of Grays

 

 

All 10/10

 

Phenomenonal run of albums...and Silence is growing more and more!

[Mr. Not]

This is the best 'unreleased' song I know of.

 

[bluefox4000]

Welcome back Mick.

 

Plenty about Unia to love, and it never gets old either, really.

 

Thanks Not!!!!

 

Yea i remember thinking the tones in the keyboards were very Rudess like.

 

great melodies too.

 

Mick

[Mr. Not]

Welcome back Mick.

 

Plenty about Unia to love, and it never gets old either, really.

 

Thanks Not!!!!

 

Yea i remember thinking the tones in the keyboards were very Rudess like.

 

great melodies too.

 

Mick

 

Yeah, and on the latest album they've introduced even more new keyboard sounds. Tony & Henkka work together to bring the keyboards into Sonata Arctica, but Henkka is the one who writes all the solos and of course plays all the keyboard parts live.

 

I think it's great when musicians utilize the keyboard correctly - exploring all sorts of sounds with it.

[Segue Myles]

Welcome back Mick.

 

Plenty about Unia to love, and it never gets old either, really.

 

Thanks Not!!!!

 

Yea i remember thinking the tones in the keyboards were very Rudess like.

 

great melodies too.

 

Mick

 

Yeah, and on the latest album they've introduced even more new keyboard sounds. Tony & Henkka work together to bring the keyboards into Sonata Arctica, but Henkka is the one who writes all the solos and of course plays all the keyboard parts live.

 

I think it's great when musicians utilize the keyboard correctly - exploring all sorts of sounds with it.

 

How are you now with the latest album? I think it's the least of all their releases with still so much to enjoy!

[Segue Myles]

I think Kings X and Sonata Arctic's are my two favourite bands I've started listening to on as a result of this forum (I remember trying SA again fter I saw someone post Reckoning Night...I thought "oh I remember that band"). Third would be Kansas.

 

Love this place because of these gems.

[Mr. Not]

Welcome back Mick.

 

Plenty about Unia to love, and it never gets old either, really.

 

Thanks Not!!!!

 

Yea i remember thinking the tones in the keyboards were very Rudess like.

 

great melodies too.

 

Mick

 

Yeah, and on the latest album they've introduced even more new keyboard sounds. Tony & Henkka work together to bring the keyboards into Sonata Arctica, but Henkka is the one who writes all the solos and of course plays all the keyboard parts live.

 

I think it's great when musicians utilize the keyboard correctly - exploring all sorts of sounds with it.

 

How are you now with the latest album? I think it's the least of all their releases with still so much to enjoy!

 

Still listening to my "EP" edit, and my favorite songs remain the two singles.

[Segue Myles]

Welcome back Mick.

 

Plenty about Unia to love, and it never gets old either, really.

 

Thanks Not!!!!

 

Yea i remember thinking the tones in the keyboards were very Rudess like.

 

great melodies too.

 

Mick

 

Yeah, and on the latest album they've introduced even more new keyboard sounds. Tony & Henkka work together to bring the keyboards into Sonata Arctica, but Henkka is the one who writes all the solos and of course plays all the keyboard parts live.

 

I think it's great when musicians utilize the keyboard correctly - exploring all sorts of sounds with it.

 

How are you now with the latest album? I think it's the least of all their releases with still so much to enjoy!

 

Still listening to my "EP" edit, and my favorite songs remain the two singles.

 

My favourite song is Life. I've had a mixed bag year with new releases. I'm not sure this would have stood out last year, a year I really loved.

 

But I am enjoying it!

Edited October 24, 2016 by Segue Myles

[bluefox4000]

i took a long break from music while i wasn't here. well long for me.....about 3 weeks.

 

like none playing. mom asked if i was ok, lol

 

but i love coming back. cause i am so wide eyed and re-newed. like a kid again.

 

Mick

[Segue Myles]

I'm glad!

 

I knew you were just having time out. I did just start getting worried and then you came back haha

[Mr. Not]

Welcome back Mick.

 

Plenty about Unia to love, and it never gets old either, really.

 

Thanks Not!!!!

 

Yea i remember thinking the tones in the keyboards were very Rudess like.

 

great melodies too.

 

Mick

 

Yeah, and on the latest album they've introduced even more new keyboard sounds. Tony & Henkka work together to bring the keyboards into Sonata Arctica, but Henkka is the one who writes all the solos and of course plays all the keyboard parts live.

 

I think it's great when musicians utilize the keyboard correctly - exploring all sorts of sounds with it.

 

How are you now with the latest album? I think it's the least of all their releases with still so much to enjoy!

 

Still listening to my "EP" edit, and my favorite songs remain the two singles.

 

My favourite song is Life. I've had a mixed bag year with new releases. I'm not sure this would have stood out last year, a year I really loved.

 

But I am enjoying it!

 

The second verse of that song is my favorite part of the entire album, it's beautiful. On the whole though, Closer To An Animal is still my favorite song from it.

[Mr. Not]

i took a long break from music while i wasn't here. well long for me.....about 3 weeks.

 

like none playing. mom asked if i was ok, lol

 

but i love coming back. cause i am so wide eyed and re-newed. like a kid again.

 

Mick

 

What did you do instead?

[bluefox4000]

i took a long break from music while i wasn't here. well long for me.....about 3 weeks.

 

like none playing. mom asked if i was ok, lol

 

but i love coming back. cause i am so wide eyed and re-newed. like a kid again.

 

Mick

 

What did you do instead?

 

movies. It's an art form i kinda don't follow as much as i used to. so i really gained a bigger appreciation for it.

 

Mick

[Mr. Not]

i took a long break from music while i wasn't here. well long for me.....about 3 weeks.

 

like none playing. mom asked if i was ok, lol

 

but i love coming back. cause i am so wide eyed and re-newed. like a kid again.

 

Mick

 

What did you do instead?

 

movies. It's an art form i kinda don't follow as much as i used to. so i really gained a bigger appreciation for it.

 

Mick

 

See anything exceptional? I took a 2 week break from TRF around the same time you took your 3 week. During it I stil listened to plenty of albums and tunes, but I found myself watching more movies with the extra free time.

[bluefox4000]

i took a long break from music while i wasn't here. well long for me.....about 3 weeks.

 

like none playing. mom asked if i was ok, lol

 

but i love coming back. cause i am so wide eyed and re-newed. like a kid again.

 

Mick

 

What did you do instead?

 

movies. It's an art form i kinda don't follow as much as i used to. so i really gained a bigger appreciation for it.

 

Mick

 

See anything exceptional? I took a 2 week break from TRF around the same time you took your 3 week. During it I stil listened to plenty of albums and tunes, but I found myself watching more movies with the extra free time.

 

i mostly watched comic book movies actually.

 

Deadpool was my fav......so wonderfully immature and fun.

 

Mick

[Mr. Not]

:bump:

 

It looks like Mick's been active lately, but not posting

 

Here, I'll try phoning him in:

 

After discovering Jari's remastering for The Ninth Hour project a couple weeks ago, I've been playing around with Radiohead's Kid A in audacity. It started with just How To Disappear Completely - I wanted the track to have a fuller more ambient sound and have it simulate the feeling of being cuddled by a huge blanket... But last week I decided I'd start remixing the entire album. It's a lot of fun, and I'm learning a lot along the way.

[Mr. Not]

Top 3 Sonata Songs Per Album

http://i.imgur.com/D7AQbYB.jpg *Reckoning Night line-up

 

Ecliptica

3. Replica

2. Mary-Lou

1. My Land

 

Silence

3. Weballergy

2. The End of This Chapter

1. San Sebastian

 

Winterheart's Guild

3. Victoria's Secret

2. Gravenimage

1. Broken

 

Reckoning Night

3. Wildfire

2. Misplaced

1. White Pearl, Black Oceans...

 

Unia

3. The Worlds Forgotten, The Words Forbidden

2. Paid In Full

1. They Follow

 

The Days of Grays

3. The Dead Skin

2. The Last Amazing Grays

1. Zeroes

 

Stones Grow Her Name

3. Only The Broken Hearts

2. One Two Free Fall

1. Wildfire Part II

 

Pariah's Child

3. No Pain

2. The Wolves Die Young

1. Blood

 

The Ninth Hour

3. Rise a Night

2. Life

1. Closer To An Animal

[bluefox4000]

i'm coming around to Coheed. I played the first 2 albums again yesterday. i know there's a long ass story that spans many albums but i really don't care about it, lol

 

Anyway. i'm connected more with their rich melodic Sense more then anything.

 

Claudio is slowly working his way into my Affections too.

 

out of the albums i've heard which is the 1st 4 plus the new one. i like In keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 the best.

 

followed ever so closely by Good Apollo i'm Burning Star IV, Vol 1.

 

whew......these titles though, lol

 

so.....progress mr Not!!!

 

Mick

[Segue Myles]

Top 3 Sonata Songs Per Album

http://i.imgur.com/D7AQbYB.jpg *Reckoning Night line-up

 

Ecliptica

3. Replica

2. Mary-Lou

1. My Land

 

Silence

3. Weballergy

2. The End of This Chapter

1. San Sebastian

 

Winterheart's Guild

3. Victoria's Secret

2. Gravenimage

1. Broken

 

Reckoning Night

3. Wildfire

2. Misplaced

1. White Pearl, Black Oceans...

 

Unia

3. The Worlds Forgotten, The Words Forbidden

2. Paid In Full

1. They Follow

 

The Days of Grays

3. The Dead Skin

2. The Last Amazing Grays

1. Zeroes

 

Stones Grow Her Name

3. Only The Broken Hearts

2. One Two Free Fall

1. Wildfire Part II

 

Pariah's Child

3. No Pain

2. The Wolves Die Young

1. Blood

 

The Ninth Hour

3. Rise a Night

2. Life

1. Closer To An Animal

 

Ooh let me try!

 

Ecliptica:

1. Replica

2. Destruction Preventer

3. Blank File

 

Silence:

1. The End Of This Chapter

2. Weballergy

3. The Power Of One

 

Winterhearts Guild:

1. Broken

2. Gravenimage

3. Abandoned...etc

 

Reckoning Night:

1. White Pearl, Black Oceans

2. My Selene

3. Don't Say A Word

 

Unia:

1. For The Sake Of Revenge

2. Under Your Tree

3. The World's Forgotten, The World's Forbidden

 

Days Of Grays:

1. No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart

2. Everything Fades To Gray (full version)

3. Zeroes

 

Stones Grow Her Name:

1. I Have A Right

2. The Day

3. Alone In Heaven

 

Pariah's Child:

1. Love

2. What Did You Do In The War, Dad?

3. Running Lights

 

The Ninth Hour:

1. Life

2. Among The Shooting Stars

3. We Are What We Are