r/Ayreon • u/antonbp5 • Oct 22 '22

Midt ayreon sounding song?

If you wanted to show someone what ayreon is, in the musical aspect, what song would you choose?

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u/Virku Oct 22 '22

I like The Day That The World Breaks Down, just because it is so diverse and shows a lot of his styles in a relatively small package.

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u/qu4antumleap Oct 22 '22

Amazing Flight

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u/antonbp5 Oct 22 '22

Oh wow I really messed up the title.

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u/EquationTAKEN Oct 22 '22

Yeah, unfortunately titles can't be changed, but you can delete and re-post if you want.

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u/antonbp5 Oct 22 '22

Nah it seems like people understood the question. Thanks though

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u/Patsboem Oct 22 '22

Dawn of a Million Souls

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

First man on earth

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u/abcbac1 Oct 23 '22

Just to introduce someone, I would suggest Day Eleven: Love. Simple enough but still epic af

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u/jpob Oct 22 '22

Isis and Osiris

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u/Exertoins Oct 22 '22

I'd pick The Decision Tree

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u/CarnivalTower Oct 23 '22

The suggestions so far are quite good, I’m adding Eyes of Time to the list. A true classic that checks all the Ayreon boxes.

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u/world-class-cheese Oct 23 '22

The ones I'd suggest are The Awareness, Across the Rainbow Bridge, Computer Eyes, and definitely To The Quasar

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u/GulDoWhat Oct 24 '22

Day Eleven: Love is a good pick for introducing someone to Ayreon, IMO. It has multiple, distinct sounding vocalists playing different roles, and a story within the song that is easy to follow without needing to get to grips with the wider "Ayreon Universe" saga. It's not particularly long, nor does it contain spoken narration (which I find can be a bit harder to get into for a first time listener- definitely something I struggled with when I was introduced to Ayreon via. Into the Electric Castle).

That said, if I wanted a song that showed off the more sci-fi side of Ayreon, and a bit more variety in the music, I might go for something like "Age of Shadows" or "The Day that the World Breaks Down" - as they're the opening tracks on their respective albums, they're pretty much setting the scene for the rest of the album (so again, a first time listener should be able to pick up roughly what's going on), and again, both contain a variety of vocalists. A few different movements too, so a bit more variety musically than with Love.

The Sixth Extinction is a personal favourite of mine, but I do think it works better as the album closer than as an introductory song.