DREAM THEATER's Cover Of QUEEN Medley Now Available Via iTunes
May 26, 2009DREAM THEATER's version of a medley of three songs from the legendary QUEEN — "Tenement Funster", "Flick Of The Wrist" and "Lily Of The Valley" — is one of six cover songs that are included on the special-edition version of DREAM THEATER's new album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings".
The DREAM THEATER cover of the QUEEN medley is now available at iTunes.
Video footage of DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy talking about the band's decision to cover the QUEEN medley can be viewed below.
The six cover songs that are included on the special-edition version of "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" are as follows:
01. Stargazer - RAINBOW
02. Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley - QUEEN
03. Odyssey - DIXIE DREGS
04. Take Your Fingers From My Hair - ZEBRA
05. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part II) - KING CRIMSON
06. To Tame A Land - IRON MAIDEN
"Black Clouds & Silver Linings" is scheduled for release on June 23 via Roadrunner Records.
DREAM THEATER commenced work on "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" — the band's second for Roadrunner, following up 2007's "Systematic Chaos" — in October of last year.
Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci are once again at the helm as producers, while Paul Northfield mixed the record.
"Black Clouds & Silver Linings" track listing:
01. A Nightmare to Remember
02. A Rite of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
05. The Best of Times
06. The Count of Tuscany
Portnoy previously stated about the upcoming CD, "Imagine a DREAM THEATER album with 'A Change Of Seasons', 'Octavarium', 'Learning To Live', 'Pull Me Under' and 'The Glass Prison'... all on one album... COULD YOU HANDLE IT?? Excited? I sure am!!!!"
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