i like every dream theater album

Hi,

I'm new at this Dream Theater thing but I love them. I downloaded As I Am and loved it. I decided to download a couple of more songs off of Train Of Thought and also loved them. Anyway today I was at the music store and on the 2/$15 rack they had Awake. They also had Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden so I got both. I love what I've heard off of it so far. What are some other ones besides the ones I listed.

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Images & Words

Most people will probably say Scenes From a Memory...

[QUOTE=Chu]Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Images & Words

Most people will probably say Scenes From a Memory...[/QUOTE]
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I'm not that big on SFAM

It seems you liked ToT, pick that up too then...

I should have no trouble getting CD's I live in a small popular town, it has 6 major music stores on one street and I can order anything pretty much.. Also I have 3 record style shops that have Vinyls/Singles/Bootleg CD's/ Also Original CD's for cheaper...
Of course if I still cannot get it I have the internet :thumb:

[QUOTE=Tails]I think I'm the only person on here who likes Falling Into Infinity. :-/

As for album suggestions, I suggest Awake. You may not like it at first, but once it clicks with you, you will love it.[/QUOTE]
I think Falling into Infinity is amazing. I think it's one of their best albums, very progressive and very majestic sounding in places. Most notably so, the end of Hell's Kitchen.

I've had a weird Dream Theater occurance, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on my dilemma. Here goes....

When an album comes out, most of the time I download a few songs and decide whether I like it or not. If I like what I hear, I'll go buy the album. So the day Octavarium came out, I downloaded all 8 songs from the album. I really liked it so just recently I went out and bought the album. Here's the dilemma.... The songs that I downloaded and the songs on the album are in no way the same. Completely different!

The songs that I downloaded are all labeled the same as the album tracks. I also know that these mystery songs that I downloaded are studio recorded and very recent. The songs are very heavy like Train of Thought, and La Brie's voice sounds very recent. I know they're new songs because I have all of DT's previous albums.

Can someone please tell me what I'm listening to!

Thanks.

[QUOTE=Tails]As for album suggestions, I suggest Awake. You may not like it at first, but once it clicks with you, you will love it.[/QUOTE]


That's exactly what happened to me. I was expecting SFAM type album but got this, love it though

[QUOTE=ter2333]I've had a weird Dream Theater occurance, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on my dilemma. Here goes....

When an album comes out, most of the time I download a few songs and decide whether I like it or not. If I like what I hear, I'll go buy the album. So the day Octavarium came out, I downloaded all 8 songs from the album. I really liked it so just recently I went out and bought the album. Here's the dilemma.... The songs that I downloaded and the songs on the album are in no way the same. Completely different!

The songs that I downloaded are all labeled the same as the album tracks. I also know that these mystery songs that I downloaded are studio recorded and very recent. The songs are very heavy like Train of Thought, and La Brie's voice sounds very recent. I know they're new songs because I have all of DT's previous albums.

Can someone please tell me what I'm listening to!

Thanks.[/QUOTE]



Jame's Labries solo album

[QUOTE=thunderzstruck]Jame's Labries solo album[/QUOTE]

Ahhh Thanks.

[QUOTE=IceBerg007]I should have no trouble getting CD's I live in a small popular town, it has 6 major music stores on one street and I can order anything pretty much.. Also I have 3 record style shops that have Vinyls/Singles/Bootleg CD's/ Also Original CD's for cheaper...
Of course if I still cannot get it I have the internet :thumb:[/QUOTE]

All Dream Theater kicks ***, so I would just pick up any album randomly.

A Change Of Seasons is amazing. Its an EP, check it out NOW!

Does anyone know how long a Gigantour show lasts?

probably all day, like noon to nine at night or something

It's about 7 hours if there's only one stage and they're going to have all the bands for both stages playing, so it'll probably go from 3PM till 10PM.

Do you think they would play til midnight? Mine starts at 5 PM.

Actually I might miss the crappier 2nd stage bands.

[QUOTE=ter2333]I've had a weird Dream Theater occurance, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on my dilemma. Here goes....

When an album comes out, most of the time I download a few songs and decide whether I like it or not. If I like what I hear, I'll go buy the album. So the day Octavarium came out, I downloaded all 8 songs from the album. I really liked it so just recently I went out and bought the album. Here's the dilemma.... The songs that I downloaded and the songs on the album are in no way the same. Completely different!

The songs that I downloaded are all labeled the same as the album tracks. I also know that these mystery songs that I downloaded are studio recorded and very recent. The songs are very heavy like Train of Thought, and La Brie's voice sounds very recent. I know they're new songs because I have all of DT's previous albums.

Can someone please tell me what I'm listening to!

Thanks.[/QUOTE]

Speaking of Octavarium, whats it like? Is it heavy like ToT or heavy but different like Awake or something completely different?

Hey, I got some money and am thinking of getting a Dream Theater DVD.. (Or do they only have one? :p)

And I'm wondering if say John Petrucci has an instructional guitar DVD? If so, is it worth it?

[quote]Hey, I got some money and am thinking of getting a Dream Theater DVD.. (Or do they only have one? )

And I'm wondering if say John Petrucci has an instructional guitar DVD? If so, is it worth it?[/quote]
They have a few DVDs. Live in Tokyo, Live Scenes from NY, Budokan... I've only seen Tokyo.

JP does have an instructional out called Rock Discipline. Many say its very good, I personally don't think its all that great. You can find it in 4 parts on Limewire if you don't want to blow the $50 on it, and its got a book form too.

[quote]Speaking of Octavarium, whats it like? Is it heavy like ToT or heavy but different like Awake or something completely different?[/quote]
Some songs are heavy like ToT, overall the feel is more like SFAM in terms of heaviness.

[QUOTE=MAthiAS]They have a few DVDs. Live in Tokyo, Live Scenes from NY, Budokan... I've only seen Tokyo.

JP does have an instructional out called Rock Discipline. Many say its very good, I personally don't think its all that great. You can find it in 4 parts on Limewire if you don't want to blow the $50 on it, and its got a book form too.[/QUOTE]
Sick thanks.
I'll look for the download tonight, but I wanna buy a Live DVD, so which one do you guys think is the best?

I prefer Awake and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, so if either of the DVDs are for those tours, or just include alot from those albums, cool :)

[QUOTE=Chu]Sick thanks.
I'll look for the download tonight, but I wanna buy a Live DVD, so which one do you guys think is the best?

I prefer Awake and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, so if either of the DVDs are for those tours, or just include alot from those albums, cool :)[/QUOTE]

Live at Budokan is by far the best DVD in terms of quality. The show is shot and edited excellently. The set contains a large amount from Train of Thought and 6DIOT (although little from Awake), but I would reccomend that as being the best.

Live Scenes From New York has some excellent material on it, and is still great, but is very poorly edited, with lots of silly camera effects and cut scenes relating to the SFAM story. Also the DVD doesn't contain the full set of their performance, I'd recommend getting the live CD of the concert before the DVD.

The double disc set is also good. The Tokyo concert from the I&W tour is great, just to see how the band have evolved, and very entertaining seeing how they used to look like an 80s hair metal band (plus you get to see John Myung running round the stage and headbanging!)
The second disc is a montage of footage from between Awake and Falling Into Infinity. Some of the footage is quite good, others aren't so great. I'm not a huge fan of this era of DT so I didn't enjoy it as much as the others, but is still worth getting eventually.

[QUOTE=Tails]I think I'm the only person on here who likes Falling Into Infinity. :-/

As for album suggestions, I suggest Awake. You may not like it at first, but once it clicks with you, you will love it.[/QUOTE]

Tails who is that babe in your avatar?? sorry im sure you've been asked alot.

oh yeh and i just budokan and it is stunning... top 5 dvds i own

[QUOTE=nowitzki]Live at Budokan is by far the best DVD in terms of quality. The show is shot and edited excellently. The set contains a large amount from Train of Thought and 6DIOT (although little from Awake), but I would reccomend that as being the best.

The double disc set is also good. The Tokyo concert from the I&W tour is great, just to see how the band have evolved, and very entertaining seeing how they used to look like an 80s hair metal band (plus you get to see John Myung running round the stage and headbanging!)
The second disc is a montage of footage from between Awake and Falling Into Infinity. Some of the footage is quite good, others aren't so great. I'm not a huge fan of this era of DT so I didn't enjoy it as much as the others, but is still worth getting eventually.[/QUOTE]
I have Live scenes Audio, but never realised they made a video of it (Makes sense though :p) I like the sound of Live at Buokan, but getting to see John Myung headbang is so tempting... :D

Edit: I'll look for them tomorrow, I'm pretty sure I can get Live at Budoken (From the talk about it here, it seems pretty common?)

[QUOTE=tehnick]Tails who is that babe in your avatar?? sorry im sure you've been asked alot.

oh yeh and i just budokan and it is stunning... top 5 dvds i own[/QUOTE]


next door nikki

What are these guys, Heavy Metal?

Was gonna buy a big 3 disc CD Today, but I Thought I'd consult here first before partin with ma cash.

Little bit of everything.
I think they're classes as progressive metal, but I think they do more progressive rock...
Awake, Train of Thought, A Change of Seasons, and maybe Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence are their heavier albums, in my opinion.
I might mention Images & Words here, I think it's pretty good. While definately not heavy, it has a metal-vibe I think.

Some people would say Scenes From a Memory though.. But meh, and Octavarium had/has potential, but in my mind something just doesn't click.

Not really sure about When Day and Dream Unite or Falling Into Infinity (Are they the names of the other albums? Or are there more?), meh, I listed only what I have heard and my opinion on them...

ok thanks man

For starters on Dream Theater, either get SDOIT or Train of Thought. They happen to be the most heavier songs that DT has wrote, but they're all good. The first DT album I purchased was Awake, which has it's great elements to it, without Rudess :)

Rudess is such a wanker.

[QUOTE=Jimmypageguitarhero]Was gonna buy a big 3 disc CD Today, but I Thought I'd consult here first before partin with ma cash.[/QUOTE]

If you are into their heavier side, get train of thought