Out of curiosity, how many of you guys have seen them live. I saw the Train of Thought Tour in Kansas City. The set list wasn't the greatest, but I like that album, so....

i saw them in Japan during their 6DOIT tour.

I have some tickerts for the show in the Netherlands =) I'm looking forward too it =)

[QUOTE=Demon_Hunter_II]I just got Live At Budokan, and in the break in Beyond This Life around 37 minutes where Jordan does that amazing keyboard thing then goes right back into the solo is completely orgasmic...[/QUOTE]
The Instrumeledy is my favorite on the DVD...I came in my pants so many times, its like seeing a really awesome magic show, you are like "whoa, how the **** do they do that?"

I know I'm a little late but I bought the new album (I know its like Octvarium, but I can't spell it yet, so sue me assholes ;) )

I wasn't that impressed, I had the impression that it was trying to be hard, but wasn't quite there...didn't have the oomph that ToT had.
I admit, I do love The Root of All Evil, These Walls and Panic Attack...I dont know, I might have to listen to it a lot more...been going back and forth between so many albums :)

[QUOTE=IvortheEngineDriver]The Instrumeledy is my favorite on the DVD...I came in my pants so many times, its like seeing a really awesome magic show, you are like "whoa, how the **** do they do that?"

I know I'm a little late but I bought the new album (I know its like Octvarium, but I can't spell it yet, so sue me assholes ;) )

I wasn't that impressed, I had the impression that it was trying to be hard, but wasn't quite there...didn't have the oomph that ToT had.
I admit, I do love The Root of All Evil, These Walls and Panic Attack...I dont know, I might have to listen to it a lot more...been going back and forth between so many albums :)[/QUOTE]

Word. Octavarium was pretty anticlimactic. Its an ok album, but it wasnt even near being worth all the build up that was behind it.

And yeah that instrumedley at Budokan PHKN PWNS. I have SFNY, 5YIAL, IAWLIT, and Budokan...and Budokan is probably the best dvd. Although SFNY is pretty friggin close.

[QUOTE=Med57]I'd actually go so far as to say that Myung is the best musician in the band. Portnoy is pretty overrated...he's a good drummer but nothing great, like a lot of people say he is. Petrucci's good as well (very good in fact), but showboats a bit too much...he doesn't focus on the music so much as himself at times, although he can play with a lot of feeling as well). Ruddess suffers from the same sort of thing as Petrucci in my opinion, albeit to a lesser extent. With Myung, he can keep up with Petrucci at times, but he also knows how to sit back and let the music happen, rather than try and force the issue too much. He might not be the most talented musician in the band, but I'd say he understands the music better.[/QUOTE]
I agree, I read a fan bio on Myung, and it said he's pretty quiet, which, if I ever made it big, would be me, so Myung is probably my favourite musician from a personality point of view.
Just sit back and enjoy the music, even if you are an amazing musician and could go around saying how **** good you are.

I would really like a Dream Theater album were they let Myung explore more, maybe he should join the bandwagon and go do a solo album :o

Does anyone have the full Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence?
like the whole 42 minutes of it?
Ive been looking for it forever!!!

It's split into like 8 songs, isn't it?

Uhh...the track Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is the second disc of the 6DOIT album split into tracks..only the band has the "one-42 minute song" version of it since Portnoy didn't want people to have to skip through say 20 mins of the 42 to get to a certain part

anybody ever haer the Working man tribute to rush where sebastian bach is singing jacobs ladder with portnoy? (petrucci and JL were on the album to, not sure if JP was on that song).that dude has some serious fuking pipes on him.

What they need to do imo is fire labrie, Rudess, get sebastian and Kevin moore back in there. and DT will be reborn.

[QUOTE=vashts80]Uhh...the track Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is the second disc of the 6DOIT album split into tracks..only the band has the "one-42 minute song" version of it since Portnoy didn't want people to have to skip through say 20 mins of the 42 to get to a certain part[/QUOTE]


Hahaha thanks!
Just learned something i did not know!

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what makes you guys like dream theatre

[quote]what makes you guys like dream theatre[/quote]
Awake :thumb:

[QUOTE=MAthiAS]Awake :thumb:[/QUOTE]
Really?
I can't seem to get into Awake as much as Six Degrees.. Or even Scenes..

[QUOTE=cigaro88]what makes you guys like dream theatre[/QUOTE]

They have good and bad. For the most part, the good heavily outweighed the bad. The last couple of records have not been so.

What makes me like them is when they do things right, its like nothing else in the world. A change of seasons is one of the most perfect songs I have ever heard. There is not a part I do not like the whole 23 minutes. I will always have respect for DT because of that song. :evil:

I do not know if this conversation has been posted yet, but what do you guys think of Octavarium? I thought was similar to "Falling Into Infinnity" only heavier. Overall it was pretty good.

3.5/5 (however, I have only listend to half of the title track, everyone says it is the best)

[QUOTE=cigaro88]
what makes you guys like dream theatre[/QUOTE]

Images and Words

I don't consider 6DoIT 1 song. I think it's a pretty cheap way to say "hey look we wrote a song that is 42 minutes long." But each of the songs is good in its own way. 6DoIT is a great album though, my favorite being Disc 1 though. Some motherf.ucker stole it off of me though, along with my CD player which it was in.

They should let Myung explore.

octavarium is pretty much 4 songs and a chorus slammed together in different time signatures and rhythms....dont get me wrong its good....but all theyve done is gone...written a few songs and sed...hey lets link them and make a really big song

[QUOTE=cigaro88]what makes you guys like dream theatre[/QUOTE]

Well, DT is quite unpredictable. They bring out an album and you don't know if its gonna bomb or be a success. But, over the eight albums they've done, they mainly released masterpieces, like Images and Words, Awake, SFAM, Train of Thought(Yeah, I actually like this one), and now, Octavarium. But that's not all that attracts me to DT. They have AMAZING, TALENTED members. Myung, The best(imo), Petrucci, the God of the guitar, Portnoy, Amazing drummer, Rudess, the best keyboardest.
Fianally LaBrie, who, well, you kinda have to get used to him, but when you are, you would most probably love it.

Dream Theater had its ups and downs, but overall, they remain a strong, solid prog-metal band.Classic. :thumb:

james is actually a very good singer, regardless of whether or not people like his voice, as a lot of professionals have said before. awake shows off just how good he is, on songs like lifting shadows off a dream or voices.
as for why i like them, i just like their style and music. i like the complexity and virtuosity of them aswell though of course, one other thing about that is that you can listen to the songs much more without ever getting bored. i was listening to the dance of eternity a few weeks ago and heard a keyboard part near the end that i'd never even heard before which just keeps you interested longer.

[QUOTE=cigaro88]what makes you guys like dream theatre[/QUOTE] Hmm, there are a few albums I like at this moment, which includes Octavarium and possibly 6DOIT. The second disc on 6DOIT is broken into 8 tracks, yes, and they are:

I. Overture
II. About To Crash
III. War Inside My Head
IV. The Test That Stumped Them All
V. Goodnight Kiss
VI. Solitary Shell
VII. About To Crash (Reprise)
VIII. Losing Time/Grand Finale


I think Goodnight Kiss is a great song. Has everyone checked out Portnoys radio files on his site?

[QUOTE=badtaste]Does anyone find it weird when a DT fan is also a fan of Metallica? It's like a paradox (sorta), an intelligent DT fan listening to Metallica...?[/QUOTE]

I know this was said 890734987 years ago, but I thought you might like to know I'm a Dream Theater fan who is also a fan of Metallica. Both great, but obviously DT are way better musicians. :thumb:

Ciao

[QUOTE=cigaro88]what makes you guys like dream theatre[/QUOTE]

:amaze: Nothing MAKES me like Dream Theater. I like Dream Theater because I think it is one of the few bands with technically talented musicians that still manage to churn out album after album of - let's face it - bloody amazin' music.

Oh and by the way, the name is spelled with the "r" after the "e". Keep that in mind :p

[QUOTE=thebigyin]I know this was said 890734987 years ago, but I thought you might like to know I'm a Dream Theater fan who is also a fan of Metallica. Both great, but obviously DT are way better musicians. :thumb:

Ciao[/QUOTE]
Meh, I love Metallica, Dream Theater and Megadeth pretty equally, I don't think I prefer one band over the other.

[QUOTE=Chu]Meh, I love Metallica, Dream Theater and Megadeth pretty equally, I don't think I prefer one band over the other.[/QUOTE]

Great! I'm not alone!

By the way, I don't prefer Dream Theater over Metallica. I just think DT have better technical ability.

Yes, I love Dream Theater's ability, but Metallica is also very talented considering that they are a thrash band. However, I like Metallica better, but I enjoy how all of Dream Theater's musicians are excellent players

[QUOTE=hallowed_ironmaiden]Yes, I love Dream Theater's ability, but Metallica is also very talented considering that they are a thrash band. However, I like Metallica better, but I enjoy how all of Dream Theater's musicians are excellent players[/QUOTE]

Yep, I agree with you: Metallica are very talented. I'd have to take the stance of Chu, though, and say I don't really like one more than the other.

Oh yeah, and by the way, is anybody else here going to see "A Night With Dream Theater" at the Hammersmith Apollo in London? :naughty:

I am, and I CANNY WAIT!!!! :D

anyone gona chekc out gigantour?
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[QUOTE=thebigyin]Oh yeah, and by the way, is anybody else here going to see "A Night With Dream Theater" at the Hammersmith Apollo in London? :naughty:

I am, and I CANNY WAIT!!!! :D[/QUOTE]

your a lucky man

[QUOTE=RideTheLighting]anyone gona chekc out gigantour?[/QUOTE]

Nope..........sadly, I live in Scotland. If only DT would tour closer to home.

Although, London ain't THAT much of a trip for such a great gig, eh? :)

[QUOTE=hallowed_ironmaiden]your a lucky man[/QUOTE]

.....and don't I know it lol :p

This has probably been done many times, but what songs would you want to see on a best of cd for DT?

[QUOTE=hallowed_ironmaiden]This has probably been done many times, but what songs would you want to see on a best of cd for DT?[/QUOTE]

I have all their CD's, so I could burn my own. But let's change that to DVD. In no specific order:

- Metropolis pt. 1
- Learning to Live
- Lines in the Sand
- Stream of Consciousness
- The Glass Prison
- The Root of All Evil
- Panic Attack
- Never Enough
- Sacrificed Sons
- Erotomania
- The Dance of Eternity
- Fatal Tragedy
- Misunderstood
- The Ytse Jam

Can't remember anymore. Later.

I would like to see more stuff from "Awake" and "Images.."

In my opinion every Dream Theater album is a "Best Of ..." at that point in their career. But some standouts on a Greatest Hits would have to be:

Metropolis Pt I
Erotomania
Lie
Take the Time
The Dance of Eternity
Home
Surrounded
The Glass Prison
Stream Of Conciousness


... thats about one CD worth of great music, wish I could throw Octavarium on there too but its just too long. Maybe a bonus disc of something hehehe.

Oh man a DT Greatest Hits DVD???

I dont think I would have time to sit through every one of their songs... :lol:

[QUOTE=hallowed_ironmaiden]This has probably been done many times, but what songs would you want to see on a best of cd for DT?[/QUOTE]

Oooooh Christ, where the hell do you start?!?!

Right......

The Ytse Jam
Take The Time
Metropolis Part 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper
A Mind Beside Itself Part 1: Erotomania
Hollow Years
Trial Of Tears
Overture 1928
Beyond This Life
The Dance Of Eternity
The Glass Prison
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence III: War Inside My Head
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence IV: The Test That Stumped Them All
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence VI: Solitary Shell
This Dying Soul
The Root Of All Evil
Panic Attack

....and that is REALLY cutting it down. As you can see, it would not be a simple one-disc matter. At least four would be necessary to do the band any justice :cool:

[QUOTE=The Moor]In my opinion every Dream Theater album is a "Best Of ..." at that point in their career. [/QUOTE]

Couldn't agree more. :thumb: