My DVD came today :D

It comes up as black and white on my PS2, so I'll have to watch it downstairs later.

We could go way way into all the intricacies of 8vm, the song and the album. But as far as Score goes, wow! Phenomenal show. I think the setlist is definitly a better representation of Dream Theater over all as opposed to Live at Budokan. Budokan was a shredfest. This is a prog-fest. I know almost everyone was dissappointed (as was I) when the ToT song for the show was "Vacant" but it was done to best match the orchestra to DT's sound. Honestly, do you think a 35+ piece orchestra could have worked on "This Dying Soul"? All the players perfrom amazingly. LaBrie definitly stands out for the night, his vocals were nothing short of stellar the entire show. Portnoy (probably with the curfew in mind) rushed A LOT, many parts of Six Degres, Sacrificed Sons, 8vm and even Metropolis lost their groove. You can see Petrucci turning around and giving Mike a look like "come on man, chill!" but oh well. They all did amazing and we're lucky to have such a great dvd on our hands. To those who were there, I envy you! how will/can they top it?

Anyone seen this video?
[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9uxxHiOLU[/url]

It's a really impressive cover of This Dying Soul. The musicians also make some pretty funny expressions from time to time as well. Certainly something worth watching.

[QUOTE=6-String_Slinger]how will/can they top it?[/QUOTE]
By shaving john's beard off and doing it again.

...and on another note, Overture 1928 is amazing. I've finally gotten into Scenes From A Memory and I just can't get enough of that track.

ah Score's out!?

/downloads

[QUOTE=Thor]...and on another note, Overture 1928 is amazing. I've finally gotten into Scenes From A Memory and I just can't get enough of that track.[/QUOTE]

The DVD Live Scenes From New York is fantastic. I never bought the album just downloaded a few tracks, so now whenever I think of the album or a song off the album I think of the live version, I like it that way though cause its a great performance.

[QUOTE=Triangle]ah Score's out!?

/downloads[/QUOTE]
You should buy it :angry:

Sacrifised Sons was my favorite part of the dvd. Seriously, that ending with orchestra! It couldn't have been any better! Funny thing is that I always skipped that track when listening to Octavarium but now it's one of my favorite songs.

[QUOTE=Thor]Anyone seen this video?
[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9uxxHiOLU[/url]

It's a really impressive cover of This Dying Soul. The musicians also make some pretty funny expressions from time to time as well. Certainly something worth watching.[/QUOTE]
That was pretty ace, check out his cover of YTSE jam, they pretty much nailed it.

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=G2HBLTd-SC4[/url]

Thanks Thor, just made me realise, I in fact have been listening to the wrong 'This Dying Soul' for pretty much the past year. Thanks dude :angry:

This is why you shouldn't download music, I also know I have the wrong As I Am, I wonder what else from ToT I have that's mislabeled...

Edit: I ****en love This Dying Soul. :o

[QUOTE=Thor]Anyone seen this video?
[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9uxxHiOLU[/url]

It's a really impressive cover of This Dying Soul. The musicians also make some pretty funny expressions from time to time as well. Certainly something worth watching.[/QUOTE]

HAH! When the guitarist goes to get feedback at the start he looks like he's chucking a piss. :P

K, well I didn't really like Images and Words, do you guys have a reccomendation for a different album that I might like?

Depends on what you like...

I think Awake is a pretty solid album, from all fronts..

[QUOTE=Chu]Thanks Thor, just made me realise, I in fact have been listening to the wrong 'This Dying Soul' for pretty much the past year. Thanks dude :angry:

This is why you shouldn't download music, I also know I have the wrong As I Am, I wonder what else from ToT I have that's mislabeled...

Edit: I ****en love This Dying Soul. :o[/QUOTE]
Dude please upload that "fake" track cause I thought the fake As I Am was a pretty ace song and I'm guessing it's by the same band? Anyone know what band it is? And yeh go with Awake, it's got a more "darker" feel to it.

I downloaded a few mislabled DT tracks off of ToT too I think, but now I have it, it's my favourite album by them. I haven't actually listened to every song but the one's I have are amazing.

Nothing beats Images and Words.

'Nuff said really :D

Although Train of Thought is good for the heavy stuff, I'm firm on 'In the Name of God' being one of their best songs (if you can call it that). Still.....doesn't match up to Metropolis IMO

/hasn't got Score yet
/hides

in my defence i just ordered a ToT shirt a few days ago so i dont have much money

I still haven't got it yet, either.
I&W is still my favourite album:)

I&W is my favorite also. I just bought SCORE and its awesome, although i fell asleep during Sacrificed Sons, but Metropolis makes up for it.

I fell asleep during LATB once, but I hadn't slept in nearly three days by that point, so it was excusable.

I was just comming from running on the beach, and I took a bath, and I just kinda faded away. Then I woke up on the begining of Octavarium with JR and a wierd sound so I muted the tv and sleeped some more:p

His intro to Octavarium really does go on too long.

I was at wal-mart last night picking up some snacks in preparation to watch a movie, and I decided to make a pit-stop in the electronics section to see if they had Score. I didn't expect them to at all, but to my complete surprise, they did! This, of course, meant that I HAD to get it, so now all my money is gone. :(

Score is awesome but the packaging was disappointing. I know you can't judge a book by it's cover but it is their 20th anniversary dvd. I was hoping for atleast a cool indepth Dream Theater booklet or something.

[QUOTE=Happy]His intro to Octavarium really does go on too long.[/QUOTE]
123, I usualy skip it on the CD and now he extends it for twice as long...

i kinda like the intro...makes the song as a whole much better.

the glass prison was playing at the guitar center near my college :]
i am officially 18 in 5 hours WUTEWUTE!!!

they also played liquid tension songs during my orientation...it was freaking amazing to hear LTE rip through the courtyard of my school.

his intro solo was probably what ended up costing them $30,000 in curfew fees.


i also thought sacrificed sons wasn't the best song to play live, probably the only downside to the gig i went to (besides the lack of air conditioning), but maybe they thought it was even more appropriate to play since they were in NY.

Yeah, I love Sacrificed sons...I guess it would be pretty emotional to play in NY though.

[QUOTE=eug008]Dude please upload that "fake" track cause I thought the fake As I Am was a pretty ace song and I'm guessing it's by the same band? Anyone know what band it is? And yeh go with Awake, it's got a more "darker" feel to it.[/QUOTE]
My mislabled 'This Dying Soul' is called God's Funeral, by Superior. Dunno what my mislabled As I Am is (It has similar lyrics to DT's, so tracking it down is ****ing hard...).
Even though they are mislabled, they're pretty cool songs, they all have a taste of progressive metal, I can easily see why I got them mixed up with Dream Theater songs :p

I just heard the real This Dying Soul yesterday, and I must say, I want Train of Thought :)