Portnoy's take on the new Neal Morse Band concept album

[Yodelgoat]

There is no information on the NM band coming to Dallas on the concert halls website It only goes to Mid Decemnber...- I cant buy tickets yet. Now watch they'll go on sale in a month and I will have forgotten all about this...

[SRS]

There is no information on the NM band coming to Dallas on the concert halls website It only goes to Mid Decemnber...- I cant buy tickets yet. Now watch they'll go on sale in a month and I will have forgotten all about this...

They go on sale this Friday - General tickets go on sale on Fri. Sep 9, 2016 10:00 AM CDT.
https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1306357/

I found that link from Neal's site here -http://www.nealmorseband.com/live.asp

Wednesday Jan 25, 2017
Doors: 7:00 PM
Show: 8:00 PM
All Ages
$35 - $55

Not sure what the price difference gets you - does this place even have seating? Either way I'll be checking it out - can't believe he is making a Dallas stop!

[infandous]

Well, what do you expect from Portnoy?? I'll get the album for sure, but will be expecting a typical Neal Morse album.....which has yet to result in disappointment for me ;-)

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[nycsteve]

But what would jesus do? Putting his balls on a table , probably not on his list.

[Plasmatopia]

Well, what do you expect from Portnoy?? I'll get the album for sure, but will be expecting a typical Neal Morse album.....which has yet to result in disappointment for me ;-)

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So much faith for a realist.

[infandous]

So much faith for a realist.

Nothing to do with faith. Neal's been making essentially the same album since 1995, and I just happen to like his patented prog formula, so I always know what I'll be getting

[Plasmatopia]

Nothing to do with faith. Neal's been making essentially the same album since 1995, and I just happen to like his patented prog formula, so I always know what I'll be getting

So you have faith that you won't be at all surprised by the result. I'm not saying your faith is unfounded.

[malterb]

In see they play Tel Aviv next April, wonder if Roger Waters called Morse yet to tell them not to play there, HEY, I started this thread so I get to be a smart ass.

Saw NMB in Chicago last tour, loved it, will definitely go again.

[moecurlythanu]

^ Are you kidding? Neal's gonna sell a Holy Land Tour VIP package and bring a couple busloads with him.

[Dan Roth]

[infandous]

Apparently, it's based on A Pilgrim's Progress. The first 80 or so pages of that tome, anyway, with Morse suggesting they maybe should have done a 5 CD box to cover the whole book and implying they may do a "part 2" in the future. Sounds like typical Neal

[eporter66]

That clip rocks, some great playing and melodies.

[Plasmatopia]

That clip rocks, some great playing and melodies.

Yeah, definitely sounds great.

[SRS]

That clip rocks, some great playing and melodies.

yeah - sounds fantastic - pre-orders start today right? Sounds like it was going to flow directly into another song so tracks are probably all linked, more of ? album sound to it than his recent work - probably my favorite of his solo albums so this bodes very well.

[Yodelgoat]

I am glad that Neil releases new music. Most artists wont.

[chalkpie]

Real Horse.

[Yodelgoat]

Just listened to the Song... Didn't Mike Portnoy recently quit a band that sounds a LOT like this? I guess he got over his weariness with the style.

[JKL2000]

Real Horse.

Meal Norse:

[Sean]

Just listened to the Song... Didn't Mike Portnoy recently quit a band that sounds a LOT like this? I guess he got over his weariness with the style.

I doubt he was ever weary of the style. Just the schedule.

[infandous]

Okay, I don't like to listen to stuff ahead of album releases (prefer to take it all in at once as an album), but I did listen out of curiosity. And.........it sounds like a Neal Morse patented prog formula album. Which is good, and I like it. Awesome playing, good music. No surprises whatsoever for me, however. Of course, that's just the overture, so we'll see, but I fully expect more of the same from these guys and this didn't disappoint. I'm not sure how this is better than his other albums just based on this.

Again though, it sounds great and I will get the album for sure and can already tell I will like it a lot.

[wilcox660]

Disc 1:

1. Long Day

2. Overture

3. The Dream

4. City Of Destruction

5. We Have Got To Go

6. Makes No Sense

7. Draw The Line

8. The Slough

9. Back To The City

10. The Ways Of A Fool

11. So Far Gone

12. Breath Of Angels



Disc 2:

1. Slave To Your Mind

2. Shortcut to Salvation

3. The Man in The Iron Cage

4. The Road Called Home

5. Sloth

6. Freedom Song

7. I'm Running

8. The Mask

9. Confrontation

10. The Battle

11. Broken Sky / Long Day (Reprise)

[chalkpie]

Meal Norse:

Haha!

[progfan915]

Meal Norse:

[Fracktured]

My prediction: it will sound like a Neal Morse album.

Everything I bought by him sounded like it was rolled off the same printing press. So if all his stuff sounds the same which I would guess it does then I'm sure you are right.


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[miamiscot]

I have everything Neal's ever done and his stuff DOES NOT all sound the same.
That would be AC/DC. Or Ramones.
(Okay, maybe a little bit. But I like it.)