NED: I bet Gabriel is blond and has a sweet surfer tan. NED: This keyboard part is a little Genesis-ish. Like those acoustic songs on Sheer Heart Attack. MORGAN: This is like super early Freddie Mercury. He continues playing at the emperor's request, nearly bringing them all to tears."ĬIARA: Did he just sing, "I will treat them all to sonic ecstasy"? "A Savior in the Square"/"When Your Time Has Come ": "In the Ravenskill town square, Gabriel is performing for the people when the royal family shows up. NED: I predict that Gabriel and Lord Nafaryus are not going to see eye to eye. The scope is just insane and we're only on track six. Also, the first two Queen records.ĪRIS: I feel like if they distilled this down a bit it wouldn't be as ridiculous. You can tell Lord Nafaryus is evil because his song has lots of sweet evil guitar runs. NED: This is totally the Pontius Pilate song from Jesus Christ Superstar. He and his family travel to Ravenskill to see him for themselves." " Lord Nafaryus" : "Nafaryus hears a rumor about Gabriel being the savior of the people. The empire is ruled by Emperor Nafaryus, Empress Arabelle, Crown Prince Daryus, and Princess Faythe."ĬIARA: Does NOMAC mean they are pro-Windows? The only resemblance to entertainment that exists is the electronic noise of the Noise Machines (NOMACs). "Descent of the NOMACs"/"Dystopian Overture" : "In 2285, the northeastern region of the United States has turned into a dystopia ruled by the oppressive Great Northern Empire of the Americas. (Plot synopses are excerpted from the album's hilariously thorough Wikipedia page.) It is, indeed, astonishing.įour Mercury music writers of varied musical backgrounds and tastes convened to listen to all 130 minutes of The Astonishing together they have provided us with the running commentary excerpted below, to run alongside Dream Theater's own preposterous libretto. Pilfering unabashedly from works like Rush's 2112, Kevin Bacon's Footloose, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, God's the Bible, and Disney movies of recent vintage, it's basically one long power ballad stitched together by some blippy-bloop science-fiction noises, quadruple kick drums, and sterile musicianship. The Astonishing is a two-hour-and-10-minute concept album (or rock opera, or whatever the fuck) that tells the story of a dystopian future-and redemption through the power of music. ON TUESDAY, MAY 10, Long Island, New York's most ridiculous progressive metal band, Dream Theater, brings its latest work to Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
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