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Lost in the New Real (Music)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Note: This page is under heavy construction.Lost in the New Real is a Concept Album released in 2012 by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. It is a departure from his Ayreon project, which spans several albums and features dozens of guest musicians, as all main vocals are performed by Arjen himself. The story may have some loose connection to the overarching plot of Ayreon, in any case (see tropes below).Lost in the New Real concerns a 21st century man known as Mr. L, who is awoken from cryogenic sleep several hundred years in The Future. He is welcomed by Voight Kampff, the "hard-headed shrink" who has been assigned to help Mr. L adjust to the strange world he now belongs to. Technology has progressed to a point where what is real and what is virtual reality is nearly or completely indistinguishable from one another. The album concerns itself primarily with themes and motifs running throughout the Ayreon albums: alienation, dream sequences, technology versus nature, etc. Probably an example of Romanticism Versus Enlightenment.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })TracklistSide One "The New Real" (6:24) "Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin" (3:36) "Parental Procreation Permit" (5:03) "When I'm A Hundred Sixty-Four" (2:30) "E-police" (4:07) "Don't Switch Me Off" (4:06) "Dr. Slumber's Eternity Home" (3:51) "Yellowstone Memorial Day" (3:31) "Where Pigs Fly" (3:47) "Lost In The New Real" (10:19) "Behind The New Real" (13:45)Side Two "Our Imperfect Race" (6:27) "Welcome To The Machine" (4:45) "So Is There No God?" (4:41) "Veteran Of The Psychic Wars" (4:34) "The Social Recluse" (3:55) "Battle Of Evermore" (5:28) "The Space Hotel" (3:49) "Some Other Time" (4:06) "You Have Entered The Reality Zone" (3:24) "I'm The Slime" (2:53) "Behind the Artwork" (13:55) | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: A Downplayed Trope in the case of this album, steering a little away from the bleak outlook of the Ayreon albums. It certainly isn't cheery, given the Downer Ending and Crapsack World. However, "Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin" is a psychedelic, reminiscent mash-up of Mr. L's favorite music. And despite the cataclysm, it would appear humanity has survived and flourished regardless. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: Overpopulation, a cataclysm brought on by a massive eruption of the Yellowstone super-volcano, and society appears to have wedded Orwell and Huxley's visions into one. | |
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Title Track | |
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Title Track: "Lost In The New Real". | |
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Special Guest | |
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Special Guest: Rutger Hauer provides narration as Voight Kampff. Gjalt, Arjen's brother, steps up to the loudspeaker for "I'm the Slime". | |
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Mother Nature, Father Science | |
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Mother Nature, Father Science: "Let me tell you about mama...our only Mama... Mama Nature." Voight Kampff and Mr. L, the two faces of science, are both male. | |
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Worldbuilding | |
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Worldbuilding: Pretty much the point of disc 2 on the album. | |
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Population Control | |
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Population Control: In the future, parents will have to apply for a permit in order to procreate. And We Will Have Euthanasia in the Future. | |
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Alternate Continuity | |
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Alternate Continuity: It appears the album takes place in the future society frequently alluded to in Ayreon. The protagonist seems to be the same MR. L from 01011001, and the future does show signs of impending collapse. However, it's ambiguous enough that it could go either way and seems to leave it up to the listener to decide. Lampshaded when Mr. L and his Shrink discuss the possibility of alternate universes. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: Sadly, Mr. L doesn't think he could find a place in this new real. | |
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Dream Land | |
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Dream Land: The entire setting of the story may be this. Or maybe not. | |
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Step Up to the Microphone | |
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Gjalt, Arjen's brother, steps up to the loudspeaker for "I'm the Slime". | |
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Big Brother Is Watching | |
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Big Brother Is Watching: The E-Police. | |
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Author Avatar | |
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Author Avatar: According to Word Of God, Mr. L is a stand-in representative of Arjen himself. | |
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Epic Rocking | |
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Epic Rocking: It should go without saying. | |
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Man in the Machine | |
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Man in the Machine: Or is man the machine? | |
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Gainax Ending | |
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Gainax Ending: | |
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Zero-G Spot | |
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Zero-G Spot: "The Space Hotel" mentions making love in zero G. | |
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Questioning Title? | |
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Questioning Title?: "So Is There No God?" | |
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Continuity Nod | |
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Continuity Nod: As mentioned above, the album has many nods to the plot of Ayreon, including the character Mr. L himself. It can't be a direct continuation of the story, since Mr. L wouldn't have ever woken from his cryogenic sleep—in 01011001, the world ends in 2085. But since this album is part of The Multiverse, it can simply be a universe where humanity averted destroying themselves. There's no direct mention of what year it is set during the album so it could be part of the Ayreon-verse. The subject matter certainly fits a descent towards 2084. | |
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Digital Piracy Is Evil | |
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Digital Piracy Is Evil: Played with. In the present day, piracy is described in an unmistakably negative tone. However, the strictly-controlled policing of the internet by the E-Police if anything is seen as even worse. Ultimately, the message seems to be that file sharing and hacking are unavoidable and that both extremes are equally detrimental. | |
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Sexbot | |
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Sexbot: "Don't Switch Me Off" - it's not clear whether the woman is a physical bot, or a virtual simulation. In any case, she can be turned on. | |
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Added Alliterative Appeal | |
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Added Alliterative Appeal: "Parental Procreation Permit." | |
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The Multiverse | |
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The Multiverse: "Where Pigs Fly." It would seem that we live in a multiverse after all. | |
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Mind Screw | |
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Mind Screw: Like Ayreon before it, Arjen continues the proud tradition of screwing with our heads. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: Voight Kampff is presumably a reference to either Blade Runner and its own source Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, both of which have an empathy test used to detect replicants by the same name. The fact that actor Rutger Hauer speaks the part is an extra hint, as he played a part in Blade Runner. | |
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Lighter and Softer | |
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Lighter and Softer | |
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Cerebus Syndrome | |
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Cerebus Syndrome: Although the album starts off with catchy light-hearted music, with songs like "Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin", it quickly becomes apparent that the future isn't a happy one. Still, the songs remain cheery enough until the halfway mark when the music gets foreboding and introspective. This culminates in Lost in the New Real where the song is dark, cynical, and ultimately about Mr. L resigning himself to dying again. | |
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Cover Version | |
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Cover Version: "Welcome To The Machine" is a cover of Pink Floyd's album Wish You Were Here (1975), "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is a Blue Öyster Cult adaptation, "The Battle Of Evermore" is a cover from Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin, "Some Other Time" is covered from I, Robot by The Alan Parsons Project and "I'm The Slime" a cover from Frank Zappa's Over-Nite Sensation. | |
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Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman | |
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Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: The Multiverse has spawned an infinite number of possible universes. Darwin defended creation. Einstein traveled in time. Columbus discovered India. Shakespeare couldn't rhyme. | |
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Lyrical Dissonance | |
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Lyrical Dissonance: "Dr. Slumber's Eternity Home". You'd be forgiven for jamming to an upbeat rock song about getting euthanized. | |
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Design Student's Orgasm | |
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Design Student's Orgasm: The cover is designed by Claudio Bergamin. | |
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Who Wants to Live Forever? | |
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Who Wants to Live Forever?: "When I'm a Hundred Sixty-Four" has a tinge of this. | |
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We Will Have Euthanasia in the Future | |
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We Will Have Euthanasia in the Future: "Dr. Slumber's Eternity Home" is essentially one big, happy advertisement for such a center. | |
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Dark Reprise | |
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Dark Reprise: "Lost in the New Real" takes Mr. L through a pretty wild range of emotions, but has a reprise of "Don't Switch Me Off," which is a pretty melancholy song as it is. | |
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Cyberpunk | |
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Cyberpunk: The society as a whole has this feeling to it. | |
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