Tha diafwnhsw omws se dyo shmeia. Oi akroates twn Dream Theater, mia megalh merida telos pantwn apo aytous, den exei provlhma na akousei kainourgia pragmata, malista to perimenei apo mia tetoia mpanta. Den katalavainw poia einai ta gnwsta motiva sta opoia anaferesai. To synarpastiko stous Theater einai akrivws h elleipsh aytwn twn motivwn.
To FII exei ena Lines in the Sand, ena Trail of Tears kai ena New Millenium. Apo ekei kai pera, ante kapoia shmeia (gia mena panta) kai ayta. Den anaferomai kan sto eleeino You Not Me, to opoio htan ena tragiko lathos, o Desmond Child den exei thesh stous Dream Theater. O diskos epasxe, eniwsa oti akouw ena entelws aniso kai mperdemeno album.
Oso gia ton Rudess kai to Scenes, ekei einai h deyterh diafwnia mou, oxi gia ton disko (ayta ta eipa prin) alla gia to didymo Portnoy-Petrucci. Prin htan Portnoy-Petrucci-Moore kai ekei einai h megalh diafora. To Scenes einai Portnoy-Petrucci me enan keybordista me trela solo, oxi enan keybordista syntheth kai sigoura oxi ton keybordista pou spernei sta LTE...
Gia na to pw alliws, den mporw na fantastw ena jamming session gia to Scenes pou symmetexoun oi treis tous otan akouw ton disko, akouw mia syneidhth prospatheia na eimaste heavy kai na exoume "Theaterika" stoixeia opws ayta exoun apotypwthei sth syneidhsh tou kosmou meta apo ta tria klassika album... O Rudess diakrinetai mono se kapoies fraseis sta solo tou, kata ta alla nomizw oti den tha yphrxe shmantikh diafora stis syntheseis kai to yfos an o keybordistas htan o Macalpine 'h o Johansson...
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