In the words of the Grateful Dead, "what a long, strange trip it’s been..." In the words of the Beatles, it’s surely been a "long and winding road..." In the words of Metallica, "fuck it all and fuckin’ no regrets..." (OK...maybe I should’ve stopped at The Beatles!)
Reading this book has been an incredible trip down memory lane for me and quite an emotional experience - seeing my professional life flash before my eyes...the good, the bad and the ugly, indeed!
Rich Wilson has truly captured the ups and downs that has made Dream Theater’s journey thus far a very interesting story. No, it’s not a typical biography filled with sex, drugs and Rock and Roll road stories, but when you read through the story of our career, it really is a great tale of the fight for musical integrity, strong professional perseverance and living out a deep-rooted belief in oneself.
Rich has done a remarkable job tracking down almost every single person that has been a part of Dream Theater’s first twenty years...from the obvious players such as eight out of the nine "official" members from throughout the band’s history (one glaringly obvious missing member still sadly refusing to contribute and acknowledge his past) all the way through managers, record company personnel, producers, friends, fellow musicians and even some incredibly obscure people from our past whom I haven’t seen or spoken to in well over fifteen years...(Stephen Michael Stone?? Wow!!)
When I put together the 1 hour documentary for Dream Theater’s "Score" DVD, I did my best to tell the story of the band’s first twenty years in sixty minutes, and while I am indeed very proud of that piece, I must say watching that is like "VH1’s Behind The Music" when you compare it to Rich Wilson’s "Beatles Anthology" that you are now holding in your hands!
THIS book is indeed the "whole story"...
It is truly amazing that Dream Theater has achieved all we have in our first two decades – against all odds, trends and fashionable musical styles – and yet we’re still growing and climbing higher and higher each album and tour!
As amazing as this story is thus far, I am sure we still have MANY, MANY more exciting chapters to still write ahead of us....
Enjoy the ride!
(writing from a tour bus in Berkeley, CA - Saturday March 17th 2007)
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А скачать вариант эту книгу?
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QUOTE(Sandman @ Jul 25 2007, 17:35)
Не думаю что она существует в электронном варианте, с ней ещё диск какой-то идёт в сете. [right][snapback]35730[/snapback][/right]
Понятно. Где ж тогда раздобыть-то её вариант?
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QUOTE(Sandman @ Jul 25 2007, 22:13)
Когда найдётся супер-фанат, который наберётся сил отсканировать всю книгу, тогда она и появится [right][snapback]35749[/snapback][/right]
Было бы неплохо. И выложить её ещё потом так чтоб все скачали.
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Ну это кому что.
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QUOTE(Весна @ Jul 26 2007, 23:01)
Браво! [right][snapback]35885[/snapback][/right]
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QUOTE(Sandman @ Jul 25 2007, 17:35)
Не думаю что она существует в электронном варианте, с ней ещё диск какой-то идёт в сете. [right][snapback]35730[/snapback][/right]
На диске вроде неизданные до этого записи некоторых песен с концертов и т.п. А книга в двух частях: первая книга "Images"(фото), а вторая "Words"(собственно биография). На диске следующий треклист:
1. ANOTHER WON (1985) (Original Instrumental Berklee Demo) Taken from the Ytsejam Records CD "The Majesty Demos 1985-1986"
2. TWO FAR (1986) (1986 Majesty Demo) Taken from the Ytsejam Records CD "The Majesty Demos 1985-1986"
3. STATUS SEEKER (1988) (Radio Remix) Previously only available as a Mechanic Records Radio Promo CD Remixed by Terry Brown
4. DON'T LOOK PAST ME (1990) (Vocalist Audition Demo) Taken from the 1999 Dream Theater Fan Club CD "Cleaning Out The Closet"
Music originally recorded in Feb 1990 James LaBrie vocal tracks added in Oct 1999 Mixed by Doug Oberkircher
5. UNDER A GLASS MOON (1993) (Live At The Marquee Outtake) Previously Unreleased Recorded at the Marquee - London, England - April 23rd 1993
Mixed by Doug Oberkircher
6. CAUGHT IN A WEB (1995) (Live on BBC Radio One) Previously Unreleased Recorded Live on Bruce Dickinson's BBC Radio One Show - January 30th 1995
7. YOU OR ME (1996) (1996 Demo) Taken from the Ytsejam Records CD "Falling Into Infinity Demos 1996-1997"
8. BURNING MY SOUL (1998) (Once In A LIVEtime Outtake) Previously only available on the "Five Years In A LIVEtime DVD"
Recorded at Le Bataclan - Paris, France - June 25th 1998 Live Mix by Kevin Shirley
9. THROUGH HER EYES (1999) (Original "Long Titanic" Arrangement) Previously only available on the end credits of "Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York"
10. YOUR MAJESTY (2002) (Live in Paris) Previously Unreleased Recorded at Mutualite - Paris, France - October 23rd 2002
11. METROPOLIS (2004) (Live in Los Angeles) Special Guests: Charlie Dominici and Derek Sherinian Taken from the Ytsejam Records CD "When Dream And Day Reunite" Recorded at The Pantages Theater - Los Angeles, CA - March 6th 2004
Прошло некоторое время.... Может сейчас уже кто-нибудь знает, где можно раздобыть эту книженцию? Пусть даже не переведенную, не проблема. [right][snapback]43289[/snapback][/right]