[QUOTE=nowitzki]It was even better live, on the big screen they had pictures to fit the lyrics.[/QUOTE]
Haha. The "sailing on the seven seas..." bit it showed Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese album cover...classic.

oohhh i have a bit of the WDADU reunite DVD clip of them playing metropolis...
sry it's youtube for those w/ slow connections.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbPbFSpntjs&search=dream%20theater[/url]

here's afterlife:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_BvyQ8bUoo&search=dream%20theater[/url]

and i think this one is the one that was chosen by MP as the winner of the video contest?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYPiKxlCjmE&search=dream%20theater[/url]

my favorite part of 8vm title track is razor's edge. when the orchestra comes in, the whole crowd sings along :]

Wow, nice videos.

Man, Octavarium would be amazing live.

James just doesn't sound right on Afterlife. :-/ Is it just me that thinks this?

Take away my pain=one of the most underrated DT songs.

[I]"Look at poor Gene Kelly,
Guess he won't be singing in the rain
You can take away my heroes
Can you take away my pain?"[/I]

How come DT wont be playing in South East US?

[quote=ghettoeddo]oohhh i have a bit of the WDADU reunite DVD clip of them playing metropolis...
sry it's youtube for those w/ slow connections.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbPbFSpntjs&search=dream%20theater[/url]

here's afterlife:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_BvyQ8bUoo&search=dream%20theater[/url]

and i think this one is the one that was chosen by MP as the winner of the video contest?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYPiKxlCjmE&search=dream%20theater[/url]

my favorite part of 8vm title track is razor's edge. when the orchestra comes in, the whole crowd sings along :][/quote]


im laughing at Charlie, but he sings those songs a hell of a lot better than labrie.

wow derek's better than i thought.

i think it's cool how he plays with the keyboards angled.
and i really think JR needs to lose that...moogy, guitar-simulator tone he uses on ToT and his budokan solo...it's absolutely horrible.

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]wow derek's better than i thought.

i think it's cool how he plays with the keyboards angled.
and i really think JR needs to lose that...moogy, guitar-simulator tone he uses on ToT and his budokan solo...it's absolutely horrible.[/QUOTE]

Derek is a great keyboardist, you guys should check out some of his solo stuff, or his Planet X work. Fantastic writing.

I agree about JR's tone. He needs to lose that wah pedal-wannabe guitar tone.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Take away my pain=one of the most underrated DT songs.

[I]"Look at poor Gene Kelly,
Guess he won't be singing in the rain
You can take away my heroes
Can you take away my pain?"[/I][/QUOTE]

Agreed. And it's off the most underrated album too.

[QUOTE=Rounder]im laughing at Charlie, but he sings those songs a hell of a lot better than labrie.[/QUOTE]
Are you serious? I'll agree he does a decent job to say hes not been singing in 15 years, but LaBrie destroys him. Charlie's voice just doesn't suit DT at all.

[QUOTE=ATC]Agreed. And it's off the most underrated album too.[/QUOTE]
Also Agreed...FII rises in my estimation every time I listen to it.

[quote=nowitzki]Are you serious? I'll agree he does a decent job to say hes not been singing in 15 years, but LaBrie destroys him. Charlie's voice just doesn't suit DT at all.[/quote]


I agree that charlie aint that great, but the only thing Labrie destroys is the song. His vibrato is so wide it goes out of tune. Reminds me of those old ladys you'd sit next to in church as a kid. When he has to go high he starts sounding like a castrated elmer fudd replacing his r's with w's. He's so loud in the mix he overpowers everything. They need to fire Labrie and put Sebastian Bach in there. Ever hear the Jacob's Ladder from the Rush tribute Working Man cd? He could totally do prog metal.

[quote=Lord Abortion]Also Agreed...FII rises in my estimation every time I listen to it.[/quote]

Although still not my favorite album, I do miss the proggy side of DT.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Also Agreed...FII rises in my estimation every time I listen to it.[/QUOTE]
Same here. It has some great songs on it that go ignored.

[QUOTE=Rounder]I agree that charlie aint that great, but the only thing Labrie destroys is the song. His vibrato is so wide it goes out of tune. Reminds me of those old ladys you'd sit next to in church as a kid. When he has to go high he starts sounding like a castrated elmer fudd replacing his r's with w's. He's so loud in the mix he overpowers everything. They need to fire Labrie and put Sebastian Bach in there. Ever hear the Jacob's Ladder from the Rush tribute Working Man cd? He could totally do prog metal.[/QUOTE]
A lot of people knock Labries voice, but I think its awesome. It can sometimes be a little shakey, but on the whole I think his voice is great live. I don't see how anyone can honestly say they would prefer DT to have kept Dominici.

I think LaBrie doesn't suit WDADU stuff but he doesn't destroy the songs. And I love it when he sings high, it's just awesome, I wish I could do that.

And Dominici really let himself go...

I do think if Labrie had been in the band during the writing of WDADU it would have been a much better album. The way in which Dominici sings some of the songs I don't really like at all. For example Only A Matter Of Time, I think its one of the best songs on the album, but I don't like the way the vocals are sung during the verses, the lines contain too many words and are sung too high.

[QUOTE=Rounder]His vibrato is so wide it goes out of tune. Reminds me of those old ladys you'd sit next to in church as a kid.[/QUOTE]

It wasn't his vibrato going out of tune that got me so much as when he tried for some of the high notes but couldn't quite make it so he just ended up terribly flat. "As a child, I [I]thought[/I] I could live..." No James, you can't hit that note anymore.

Sometimes he can. I just think it's very difficult for him now.

[QUOTE=eighty d]It wasn't his vibrato going out of tune that got me so much as when he tried for some of the high notes but couldn't quite make it so he just ended up terribly flat. "As a child, I [I]thought[/I] I could live..." No James, you can't hit that note anymore.[/QUOTE]
On the 8VM tour he's been phenomenal, he even hits the high F# in Learning To Live.

When was WDADRU recorded?

[quote=nowitzki]A lot of people knock Labries voice, but I think its awesome. It can sometimes be a little shakey, but on the whole I think his voice is great live. I don't see how anyone can honestly say they would prefer DT to have kept Dominici.[/quote]

don't get me wrong, I'm glad they got rid of him too, But I still think DT would be a lot better with a different singer.

Who could replace LaBrie though.

Hetfield? :lol:

[quote=Happy]Who could replace LaBrie though.

Hetfield? :lol:[/quote]

no way...kelly clarkson all the way.

That could be interesting...

[QUOTE=Happy]When was WDADRU recorded?[/QUOTE]

It was on the ToT tour, so early 2004 is likely.

YtseJam says it was recorded March 6, 2004.

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]oohhh i have a bit of the WDADU reunite DVD clip of them playing metropolis...
sry it's youtube for those w/ slow connections.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbPbFSpntjs&search=dream%20theater[/url][/QUOTE]

I thought the jam in that was great, except Rudess' crappy poor man's guitar sounding solos. I was really impressed by Sherianian, though, even if the vocals were a bit shoddy.

[QUOTE=nowitzki]On the 8VM tour he's been phenomenal, he even hits the high F# in Learning To Live.[/QUOTE]
He remains my favourite member of DT and my second favourite vocalist, behind Bruce Dickinson.