When I first got I&W I didn't like Pull Me Under at all for some reason.:confused:

the first time i heard dream theaterr was when i bought "scenes from a memory" i listened to it, and heard "close you eyes and as i count to 10 you will go to a more relaxed state of mind" i thought "what the hell is this?!?!?!?" and thought it was gonna suck ***. but then i listened to strange deja vu and <3'd them instantly.

Oww I found the official thread :D

I Was woundering if anyone could suggest the next DT album I get, I've only been listening to them recently. (I'm a drummer and someone told me about Mike Portnoy and sent me As I Am so I therefore brought the whole of Train of Thought.) I also got Images and Words after hearing Take the Time.

So can anyone suggest the next one I should get?

[QUOTE=Locke]Oww I found the official thread :D

I Was woundering if anyone could suggest the next DT album I get, I've only been listening to them recently. (I'm a drummer and someone told me about Mike Portnoy and sent me As I Am so I therefore brought the whole of Train of Thought.) I also got Images and Words after hearing Take the Time.

So can anyone suggest the next one I should get?[/QUOTE]

scenes from a memory is the best cd ever made

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]8vm is NOT their last CD. portnoy officially stated they're up for more albums.

would be sad if they closed their career with a mediocre-ish album like 8vm.[/QUOTE]

has anyone else ever listened to the commentary on 5YIALT? portnoy says during the unplugged section that he was going to just quit the band once that tour was over, but then they brought jordan into the band and kept on going. i'd never even heard of this before, but it does mean that DT could have ended with FII as their last album.

[QUOTE=Triangle]Pull Me Under was the song that got me into DT. That chorus and riffage is very hard to resist. :p[/QUOTE]



Ya the first DT song i heard was pull me under on the radio. Then i bought images and words and its awsome. Then i heard trian of thought on the gigantour website. that song is awsome. They need to put the music back on their they ad some really good songs.



Arg, i just downloaded trian of though off a mailing list and now i need to gewt software to listen to it.:mad:

[QUOTE=custom>standard]
Arg, i just downloaded trian of though off a mailing list and now i need to gewt software to listen to it.:mad:[/QUOTE]

^ winRAR eh?
not sure how to work it yet :] spock's beard's "octane" is just taunting me.

if JR was the reason DT kept going after FII...then he's my new favorite member.:smash:

watching myung makes me sick. i've just been watching the metropolis bass solo over and over again.

Yeh Woo Dream Theater, fav song in the name of god.

[QUOTE=Lord of Sword]has anyone else ever listened to the commentary on 5YIALT? portnoy says during the unplugged section that he was going to just quit the band once that tour was over, but then they brought jordan into the band and kept on going. i'd never even heard of this before, but it does mean that DT could have ended with FII as their last album.[/QUOTE]
Weird. I'm glad they kept going.
You think if Portnoy quit DT he would've carried on with LTE?

the first song i heard of dream theater was "pull me under" and i swear to god by the end of that song i looked at my brother and said "dream theater are one of the best bands i have ever heard". that tag still stays with them for me i love everything about them. the way john petrucci cracks out his metal influenced riffs and mike portney smacking those drums.......oh **** get me a towel:p i love dream theater

[QUOTE=Aaron_Of_Oz]the first song i heard of dream theater was "pull me under" and i swear to god by the end of that song i looked at my brother and said "dream theater are one of the best bands i have ever heard". that tag still stays with them for me i love everything about them. the way john petrucci cracks out his metal influenced riffs and mike portney smacking those drums.......oh **** get me a towel:p i love dream theater[/QUOTE]

Heh, I know what you mean. My old guitar teacher showed me that song and I was just amazed, then he copied I&W for me. They were the first progressive band that I really listened to.

[QUOTE=Happy]Weird. I'm glad they kept going.
You think if Portnoy quit DT he would've carried on with LTE?[/QUOTE]

Portnoy drums on so many albums I'm sure he would have found things to keep him busy (LTE, Transatlantic, OSI etc).
It wouldn't have surprised me if the band had finished if they didn't get JR to replace Sherinian, the band were seriously heading downhill.

I find that odd with Portnoy.
I mean, since he's really the leader, spokesperson and main conceptualist for the band, it would be difficult to see DT without him.

I don't think they would have continued. He's said somewhere where basically the band almost broke up after FII due to all the bull**** the record company made them go through during that period.

meh, whatever reason they had, its good that they continued.

it allowed them to record SDOIT :cool:

The first song I heard by DT was Pull Me Under, followed by Lie and Under a Glassmoon. I instantley got hooked.

[QUOTE=red barchetta]meh, whatever reason they had, its good that they continued.

it allowed them to record SDOIT :cool:[/QUOTE]
Which is one of my fav albums by them. I <3 the 2nd disk too much.

[QUOTE=bwnstl]I don't think they would have continued. He's said somewhere where basically the band almost broke up after FII due to all the bull**** the record company made them go through during that period.[/QUOTE]

it wasn't just the record company sh[size=2]i[/size]t, he said that dream theater was becoming somewhat of a joke band at that point. all the nightmare cinema and nicky lemons and the migraines stuff.

First song I heard was One Last Time, then Overture 1928.
But yeah, I hope they will do 10 more albums before they retire, look at Rolling Stones.

[QUOTE=Lord of Sword]has anyone else ever listened to the commentary on 5YIALT? portnoy says during the unplugged section that he was going to just quit the band once that tour was over, but then they brought jordan into the band and kept on going. i'd never even heard of this before, but it does mean that DT could have ended with FII as their last album.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I watched it with commentary about a week ago. He blames everything basically on the record label. Most of the album was cut down because of the producer cause there label didn't let them produce it themselves. Also, all the songs written on FII by Portnoy are about the record label, E.g You Not Me, New Millenium, Burning My Soul, Take Away My Pain.

[QUOTE=scenesfromatheater]Yeah I watched it with commentary about a week ago. He blames everything basically on the record label. Most of the album was cut down because of the producer cause there label didn't let them produce it themselves. Also, all the songs written on FII by Portnoy are about the record label, E.g You Not Me, New Millenium, Burning My Soul, Take Away My Pain.[/QUOTE]
You Not Me and Take Away My Pain are written by Petrucci though.

[QUOTE=IbanezSamurai]First song I heard was One Last Time, then Overture 1928.
But yeah, I hope they will do 10 more albums before they retire, look at Rolling Stones.[/QUOTE]
Their tours had better have better sets than the 8V tour, they played most of the album and probably the worst two songs off the best two albums (Under a Glass Moon and Caught in a Web)

[QUOTE=scenesfromatheater]Their tours had better have better sets than the 8V tour, they played most of the album and probably the worst two songs off the best two albums (Under a Glass Moon and Caught in a Web)[/QUOTE]

What, Under A Glass Moon is awesome!

[QUOTE=Obi One Kenodi]What, Under A Glass Moon is awesome![/QUOTE]

Its one of my favorite songs.



NP: DT - Voices

Damn, I haven't listened to DT in soooo long...

I guess I've been to pre occupied with less wanky bands.

/runs

:lol: Seriously though, I need to throw Awake in sometime today...

My card got rejected by Amazon, because the money I put in my bank account before New year hasn't gone in yet...
So no LSFNY CD for me for a few days. :(

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]My card got rejected by Amazon, because the money I put in my bank account before New year hasn't gone in yet...
So no LSFNY CD for me for a few days. :([/QUOTE]



That stinks. At least its only a few extra days.

What's on the LSFNY CD, the whole concert?

[QUOTE=Happy]What's on the LSFNY CD, the whole concert?[/QUOTE]


Not sure. I have never heard it, but I have hear its good.


NP: DT - Space Dye Vest

wow, The Answer Lies Within is probably the best track in Octavarium. Either that or Octavarium. but The Answer Lies Within is greaaaaaaaaaat. =)