History Music / MetropolisPt2ScenesFromAMemory

%%* NotChristianRock: "The Spirit Carries On".

%%* RecordNeedleScratch: At the end of "Finally Free".

* AlbumIntroTrack: "Regression"

* TheAlcoholic: Julian.
** TheGamblingAddict

* ConceptAlbum

* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler: Edward.]]

** "Through Her Eyes" can be seen as a {{downplayed}} version of this to "Through My Words". The piano part in the verses and chorus of the former make up the entirety of the latter. Lyrically, the former is much more of a TearJerker than the latter.

* GospelRevivalNumber: "The Spirit Carries On" has shades of this.
* GrandFinale: "Finally Free".

* IronicEcho:
--> [[spoiler: "Open your eyes, Nicholas." *yelp* *static*]]
* IronicNickname: [[spoiler:All the characters. "Metropolis" is Nicholas', as is Victoria's (who also has "Love"); Julian is "The Sleeper"; "The Miracle" is for Edward Baynes, and his reincarnation, the Hypnotherapist.]]

* LastNoteNightmare: See IronicEcho above
** "One Last Time" subverts this. The piano part at the end sounds creepy in a way, but the last chord is a happy sounding chord that sets up the next song, "The Spirit Carries On"
* LonelyPianoPiece: "Through My Words"
* MindScrew: It's the easiest way to describe the album.

* MurderBallad: "Fatal Tragedy," "Beyond This Life," and "Finally Free."

* NotChristianRock: "The Spirit Carries On".

* OneWordTitle: "Home".

* ProgressiveMetal
* ProgressiveRock

* RecordNeedleScratch: At the end of "Finally Free".

* RockOpera

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Victoria ends up breaking up with her boyfriend Julian over his addictions, ends up with his brother Edward, ''and then'' begins to see Julian again in secret when she finds that relationship with Edward was shallow.]]
** [[spoiler: Although in "Scene Nine: Finally Free", the line "I'll break free from the Miracle (Edward), it's time for him to go!", it implies that she was ''already'' going to break up with Edward after seeing her relationship with him was shallow. It does also imply she was ''already'' seeing him in "Scene Six: Home"]].

If at any point you want to read a serious, in-depth plot summary of the album, it is available at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_Pt._2:_Scenes_from_a_Memory at the Other Wiki]].

* DarkReprise: "Through Her Eyes" can be seen as a {{downplayed}} version of this to "Through My Words". The piano part in the verses and chorus of the former make up the entirety of the latter. Lyrically, the former is much more of a TearJerker than the latter.

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Imagine you are reading a webpage about ''Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory'', a 1999 [[RockOpera rock opera]]/[[ConceptAlbum concept album]] by the progressive metal band [[Music/DreamTheater Dream Theater]]. It follows the story of a man named Nicholas and his hypnosis-induced exploration of a past life involving love and murder as a young woman named Victoria Page.

The album is a sequel to ''Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper'', a song from the band's 1992 album ''Images and Words''. ''Scenes from a Memory'' greatly expands on the story and thematic concept originally presented in the song using narrative lyrics from the points of view of multiple characters interspersed with technically and rhythmically detailed music and instrumentals.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Edward murders Julian and Victoria, successfully framing Julian for it.]]

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]

* [[spoiler: CorruptPolitician: Edward uses his clout as a Senator to sway the newspapers into framing Julian and Victoria's deaths as a murder-suicide instead of a murder.]]

* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]
* [[spoiler: IfICantHaveYou: Edward ends up murdering Victoria for cheating on him with her ex-boyfriend Julian.]]

* [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence Interplay of Sex and Gambling]]: In the middle of "Home".

* [[spoiler: ViciousCycle: The Miracle kills Metropolis yet again.]]

* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Victoria ends up breaking up with her boyfriend Julian over his addictions, ends up with his brother Edward, ''and then'' begins to see Julian again in secret when she finds that relationship with Edward was shallow.]]

* [[spoiler: MurderTheHypotenuse: Edward ends up killing his brother Julian and Victoria for their affair.]]

* DownerEnding: It's heavily implied that, at the end of "Finally Free", [[spoiler:Nicholas is killed by the hypnotherapist, who is a reincarnation of Edward, the man who killed Victoria.]] Confirmed on the live DVD by the band.

Now as I count back from ten to one, you will feel more peaceful and calm. Ten. (click) Nine. [-(click) Eight. (click) Seven.-]

You will enter a safe place, where nothing can harm you. [--(click) Six. (click) Five. (click) Four. (click)--]

Ten. (click) Nine. (click) Eight. (click) Seven.

You are reading a webpage about ''Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory'', a 1999 [[RockOpera rock opera]]/[[ConceptAlbum concept album]] by the progressive metal band [[Music/DreamTheater Dream Theater]]. It follows the story of a man named Nicholas and his hypnosis-induced exploration of a past life involving love and murder as a young woman named Victoria Page.

[-(click) Six. (click) Five.-]

The album is a sequel to ''Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper'', a song from the band's 1992 album ''Images and Words''. ''Scenes from a Memory'' greatly expands on the story and thematic concept originally presented in the song using narrative lyrics from the points of view of multiple characters interspersed with technically and rhythmically detailed music and instrumentals.

[--(click) Four. (click)--]

[---(click) Three. (click) Two.---]

(click) One.

You are reading a webpage about '''Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory''', a 1999 [[RockOpera rock opera]]/[[ConceptAlbum concept album]] by the progressive metal band [[Music/DreamTheater Dream Theater]]. It follows the story of a man named Nicholas and his hypnosis-induced exploration of a past life involving love and murder as a young woman named Victoria Page.

* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Victoria ends up breaking up with her boyfriend Julian over his addictions, ends up with his brother Edward, ''and then'' begins to see Julian again in secret when she finds that relationship with Julian was shallow.]]

(click) Six. (click) Five.

(click) Four. (click)

(click) Three. (click) Two.

-->''*VRRRRRP*''--'''KSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHT''' ''(Cue "The Glass Prison".)

* click* *click* *click* *click*

Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven.

* click* Six. *click* Five.

* click* Four. *click*

* click* Three. *click* Two.

* click* One.

-->''"OPEN YOUR EYES, NICHOLAS"''

'''Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory''' is a 1999 [[RockOpera rock opera]]/[[ConceptAlbum concept album]] by the progressive metal band [[Music/DreamTheater Dream Theater]]. It follows the story of a man named Nicholas and his hypnosis-induced exploration of a past life involving love and murder as a young woman named Victoria Page.

An in-depth plot summary is available [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_Pt._2:_Scenes_from_a_Memory at the Other Wiki]].

* MurderBallad: "Fatal Tragedy," "Beyond This Life," and "Finally Free."

* TheReveal: "Finally Free". Unbeknownst to Nicholas, [[spoiler: Edward kills his brother Julian while Julian and Victoria re-kindle their relationship (supposedly) in secret; Edward then tells Victoria to "open [her] eyes" before killing her. He plants a suicide note on Julian and then assumes his role as the witness, reported earlier in the album (in "Beyond This Life") as a newspaper column.]] The reason Nicholas is unaware of this is because [[spoiler: his hypnotherapist ended the session abruptly, right when Nicholas has made peace with being a re-incarnated Victoria, so that Nicholas could not become aware of this revelation, or the fact that his hypnotherapist was a re-incartion of Edward and was preparing to kill him (again) -- something Victoria was trying to warn him about.]]

* VillainSong: Any part sung in Edward's point of view. Examples include the second verse and second chorus of "Home" and the first verse of "Finally Free".

''Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory'' is a 1999 [[RockOpera rock opera]]/[[ConceptAlbum concept album]] by the progressive metal band [[Music/DreamTheater Dream Theater]]. It follows the story of a man named Nicholas and his hypnosis-induced exploration of a past life involving love and murder as a young woman named Victoria Page.

!!! Tracklist (each track is called a "Scene"):
# "Regression"
# "Overture 1928/Strange Déjà Vu"
# "Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy"
# "Beyond This Life"
# "Through Her Eyes"
# "Home"
# "The Dance of Eternity/One Last Time"
# "The Spirit Carries On"
# "Finally Free"

* TheReveal: "Finally Free". Unbeknownst to Nicholas, [[spoiler: Edward kills his brother Julian while Julian and Victoria re-kindle their relationship (supposedly) in secret; Edward then tells Victoria to "open [her] eyes" before killing her. He plants a suicide note on Julian and then assumes his role as the witness, reported earlier in the album (in "Beyond This Life") as a newspaper column.]] The reason Nicholas is unaware of this is because [[spoiler: his hypnotherapist ended the session abruptly before this point, so Nicholas would not become aware that his hypnotherapist was a reincartion of Edward and was preparing to kill him.]]

* UncommonTime: It shows up here and there. "The Dance of Eternity" is one of the most well known examples of this trope with over a hundred time signature changes in under seven minutes.