So, both this and Lines in the Sand are largely Derek Sherinian compositions (though DT added a lot to lines, including the lyrics), with some of the same material but taken in different directions. The guys were working on a lot of side-projects at the time and sometimes they bled together. Petrucci recorded a solo for the Trent Gardner album “Age of Impact”, right after he got out of FII sessions and where they started writing Metropolis 2 (with Derek, btw). 2 years later, same melody from his solo winds up being a major line in Scenes from a Memory. Funny how that works!
This friggin rips. So good!
So, both this and Lines in the Sand are largely Derek Sherinian compositions (though DT added a lot to lines, including the lyrics), with some of the same material but taken in different directions. The guys were working on a lot of side-projects at the time and sometimes they bled together. Petrucci recorded a solo for the Trent Gardner album “Age of Impact”, right after he got out of FII sessions and where they started writing Metropolis 2 (with Derek, btw). 2 years later, same melody from his solo winds up being a major line in Scenes from a Memory. Funny how that works!
Damn fine track right here .. Maybe Platypus' best. Ty!
The intro arpeggio is the same as Myung uses at a break in the middle of Lines in the Sand, or I'm a Wookiee's uncle
wow! nice catch!!! fuck yeah
Its like a cross between ELP and the first Steve Morse Band.
DT's soul..
With Dixie Dregs' and King's X's MOJO
Extraordinary composition !