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Rise", "Straight Groove x2", etc. They wondered what would happen if someone were given just these descriptions and had to come up with what they believed the finished song would sound like, so they issued a challenge to Dream
Theater fans through their websites and message boards to do just that.
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and other details for each section of the song. The entries would be judged on songwriting excellence and closeness to the real "Stream of
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posted photographs of the above-mentioned arrangement charts for "SOC" (the full title was not revealed to contestants, and may have been known only as "Suck Our Cocks"), as well as
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