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DJT's 10 favorite songs (yes, OtR content)


My list:

1. Kevin Moore "Space-Dye Vest" found on Dream
  Theater's _Awake_ album and Kevin Moore's
  _Music Meant To Be Heard_ demos.  The most
  emotionally-charged and lushly-solitary
  music.  My favorite song of all-time.

2. Extreme "Everything Under the Sun" found on
  Extreme's _III Sides to Every Story_.  A 23-
  minute epic which follows a King Solomon
  take on life.  Quite ecclesiastical, and superb
  arrangements and backing vocals my Nuno
  Bettencourt.

3. Over the Rhine "If I'm Drowning" found on
  Over the Rhine's _Till We Have Faces_.  Their
  essential song, IMO.  Part of what got me hooked.

and the rest not in order, and bound to fluxuate.

D. Chroma Key "On the Page" found on Chroma Key's
  _Dead Air For Radios_ album.  A modern rock and
  progressive masterpiece, without being wanky.
  Emotional, yet surreal, filled with samples and
  superb drums by Mark Zonder and key/vocals by
  Kevin Moore.  Outside of "Space-Dye Vest," some
  of Kevin Moore's best songwriting.

E. Caedmon's Call "Not Enough" found on Caedmon's
  Call's _My Calm//Your Storm_ and their eponymous
  Warner Alliance debut.  Shows the depravity of
  man, the seeking yet failing of Icarus, and a
  great tag-team vocal approach.

F. Dream Theater "Metropolis Part 1: The Mircale
  and the Sleeper" found on Dream Theater's _Images
  and Words_ album.  An epic from start to finish.
  Chills run down my spine if I hear the moody guitar
  and cymbal intro out in public.  Truly an amazing
  work.

G. Steve Taylor "Since I Gave Up Hope I Feel A Lot
  Better" found on Steve Taylor's _I Predict 1990_
  album.  The title says it all, as Steve weaves a
  genious satrical masterpiece.

H. Tool "Reflection" found on Tool's _Lateralus_
  album.  This band defines an extreme amount of
  beauty in the dark moody metal passages of all of
  their music.  There are many more songs like this
  in their catalogue.

I. Radiohead "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" found on
  Radiohead's _The Bends_ album.  One of my favorite
  band's best ending to an album.  This song is
  truly rich and beautiful in arrangement.

J. Faith No More "Epic" found on Faith No More's
  _The Real Thing_ album.  Not my favorite FNM song
  even, I don't think, but definitely a classic.
  Rap-metal from a non-rap-metal band before rap-
  metal was even a genre.  But that's not even why
  it's such a great song.  It just *is*.  It's a
  song that doesn't really mean anything to me
  lyrically, but it means a lot historically.  It's
  a song that I associate with part of my teenage
  years, but that I still love and dig today.  It's
  a song that got me into a great band and spin-off
  bands...

honorable: something King's X for sure, Galactic
  Cowboys' "Still Life of Peace," Ashley Peacock's
  "The First Day," Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, and
  many more that have written some superb songs that
  are beauty dancing around my ears.

Dan


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