Dream theater - Images and Words: Live in Tokyo 1993 [DVD]

[@gestermayerprojetos7614]

Miss Kevin Moore

[@juanmanuel2659]

I came to hear the old Labrie... stayed for Kevin Moore.

[@nickelir]

old Labrie = young Labrie LOL

[@Sixstringman]

Voice of a golden god Labrie.

[@rickanduiza186]

@@zakariahlafreniere1332 You know, I thought that was a different keyboardist

[@IanReimann]

Came for Petrucci stayed for... Petrucci.

[@ikarusxv]

Kevin was always the man

[@ghostfish2399]

Labrie will forever have my respect. He has been through the ringer of vocal issues. Imagine being able to sing like this and lose that ability because of SHELLFISH. you would atleast fall into deep depression if not quit singing entirely. Instead of quitting, he has persevered and been the front man of this band, bringing us amazing performances to this day. the frustration of not sounding the way you used to, and distain from fans who want him booted and cant appreciate what he is for the band would defeat most people. My favorite vocalist of all time and my role model.

[@dinospumoni5611]

Couldn’t agree more. That must be a hellish thing to cope with and he’s done it inspiringly.

[@drductape]

@@dinospumoni5611 Didn't know Dino was a DT fan. I guess you learn something new every day.

[@salvatoremarchese5459]

What happened to james?

[@drductape]

@@salvatoremarchese5459 He was vacationing in Cuba with his wife in 1994 and he ate some bad shellfish which made him vomit so violently that he ruptured his vocal cords. His voice was seriously screwed up after that. Doctors told him to take a year long break, but he ignored them, because the "Waking up the World" tour was in 7 days.

[@salvatoremarchese5459]

@@drductape i didn't know About that, It's so sad.. Thank you for the answer

[@evertongregorio3839]

Set List: 1:22 Under a Glass Portnoy 8:29 Wait for Portnoy 11:16 Portnoyded 17:19 The Yon Trop(21:27 - 26:11 GOD solo) 28:40 To Portnoy Forever 33:11 Semi-GOD SOLO 40:38 A Fortune in Portnoy 45:45 The Portnoy(Portnoy on Acid) 47:33 Take the Portnoy 58:10 Pull me Portnoy

[@zero28ism]

Thanx man :)

[@alissonoliveira9494]

Everton Gregorio YTSE JAM HAHAHAJAJAJA

[@dafthutso]

Dude, 33:11 is also a GOD solo. The best JP solo, hands down no objections.

[@wrestleaf2006]

Epic

[@friidryce1150]

Young Portnoy looks just like his son!

[@gmingus6515]

1:23 Under A Glass Moon 8:31 Wait For Sleep 11:17 Surrounded 17:19 Ytse Jam (w drum solo) 28:39 To Live Forever (w guitar solo) 40:36 A Fortune In Lies 45:45 Puppies On Acid (The Mirror) 47:34 Take The Time 58:03 Pull Me Under

[@farrex0]

I knew the description had the order wrong. When they played A fortune in lies, I was like, "wait did they play Take the Time and The mirror already? I can't recall it" And started heavily doubting my memory and reality. But then I saw your comment I realized I wasn't going crazy, lmao.

[@novalpadang8693]

Thanks

[@freitassdiego]

Thank you

[@metropolis9323]

yoo nice profile picture

[@gmingus6515]

@@metropolis9323 Best JP moments...

[@dennleavy4407]

I love this era of DT. JP with that Ibanez, Kevin Moore, Mike Portnoy still in the band, Labrie's voice is still kicking, JM and JP moving about the stage and headbanging. The music was technical but still raw enough to be emotive and powerful. The new DT is great and all, but this is so much to live up too haha!

[@fireinthepentagram]

Best era!

[@marcoercolani2028]

Agree, kevin moore gave a melancholic feeling to their music that went lost when he left. Kevin was an act of class, from head to toe. Now they are great but the best ideas are gon with kevin. Afrer him they recycled their music, with class, but still is recycling.

[@dennleavy4407]

@@marcoercolani2028 Could not agree more!

[@joelalexander4513]

@@marcoercolani2028 Hear, hear.

[@EnDependance123]

100 percent. In 1993 my first taste of Dream rested in my cassette player in my truck for a year. So when the next two albums came out it WAS alot to live up too. And then Scenes From a Memory came out and I was rejuvinated. Saw them in SF in 2004

[@haloford]

Back when john myung was a GIF, now he's a JPG.

[@richarddortch1319]

Wut

[@yeremiayanuardi9111]

bisa aja lu wkwk

[@haloford]

heheheheheheu

[@richarddortch1319]

I dont get it

[@yeremiayanuardi9111]

Richard Dortch back then, john myung was still moving around the stage while performing... it represents "gif" as moving images... but now he's like frozen on the stage and doesn't move whatsoever... and it represents "jpg" images

[@dolcevita9531]

Petrucci + Ibanez + Kevin Moore was the real deal to me

[@markfernandes11]

Its just such a magical combination, Kevin was the powerhouse back then, no doubt

[@CiccioTanica]

No needs to do superduppa scales for Kevin. Ambient, atmosphere and musicality it's something that you don't find in every song now with Rudess

[@aksonplusexplorer]

​@@CiccioTanicabut in some songs, the presence of Rudess make much more difference :D

[@luqmanr]

images and words is still one of my favorite album ever

[@rikyvird]

luqmanr true brother

[@ismacito]

In my opinion, my personal favorite of the 90's decade...

[@lastfewtokes]

isma jorge Did you forget about Dirt?

[@Umuliuz]

I hold "Live at the Marquee" high per the inclusion of "Another hand..".

[@neilvetter662]

Operation:mindcrime

[@allanlimaverde6201]

This is probably the best recorded performance. Doesn't get better than this.

[@dimitrisavic4702]

I wish we had a video of live at the marquee so bad

[@MarufSajjad]

I heard the vocals of the Marquee were overdubbed.

[@donclarence3644]

yeah they are overdubbed because James had a cold that night. Not that he didn't sing as good any of the other shows in 92/93

[@buddyrevell9394]

Real set list: 1:22 Under a Glass Moon 8:29 Wait for Sleep 11:16 Surrounded 17:19 The Ytse Jam (21:27 - 26:11 Mike Portnoy drum solo) 28:40 To Live Forever 33:11 John Petrucci solo 40:38 A Fortune in Lies 45:45 The Mirror (Portnoy on Acid) 47:33 Take the Time 58:10 Pull Me Under

[@motavisconti9772]

@@lildeniel5196 dema po

[@willbergomes3746]

Thanks man !

[@МарипаГлориоса]

I came for another day

[@jayhay8]

I wish Dream theater did more songs like Wait for sleep and Surrounded, they have a real ethereal dynamic quality and LaBrie’s voice sounds a lot less whiny in his mid range.

[@kaumatuaeli]

Kevin Moore wrote Wait for Sleep. One of my favorites. Love Jordan, but he doesn’t compose like Kevin.

[@Kwinquark1]

U r not wrong, Josh - I saw these fellahs over here in the UK just after they released 'Live at the Marquee' (and they finally had 'Images and Words' available, imported from Europe) and our James was superb; Woughton Campus, if I recall it correctly.

[@drumminman77]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ani8d6d3qtN7idU

[@iamacharliest]

There's a few on A dramatic turn of events I think that I enojoy also with James in that mid range. Like Far from heaven and Beneath the surface

[@sleven8013]

This concert make me teary-eyed. Not only is the concert beautiful, but I miss LaBrie's voice and I feel so bad for him. Sure the belting is madly impressive, but when he sings Wait for Sleep I fall in love with him. Heavenly voice.

[@33FlamingTaco]

Helps that he was also surprisingly attractive at this age too. Guy aged real badly

[@sleven8013]

@@33FlamingTaco haha yeah it's so true, I keep saying this as well. Guy was a real stud but deteriorated due to those weight-gain years. JP borderline did the reverse.

[@marinhrabric6162]

Wait For Sleep is underrated and fucking beautiful

[@Pej88]

Vos sabes que Labrie es muy bueno en la participación de Ayreon, porque no se exige tanto, en Dream Theater cantando así cualquiera se queda mudo. En Argentina Adrian Barilari de Rata Blanca tuvo el mismo problema que Labrie. Se exigieron mas de lo humanamente posible.

[@FernandaSeilhe]

LaBrie's voice is AMAZING, I still cant believe what he has done at 4:52 OH MY FUCKIN GOD!

[@qcdoomqc]

Fernanda Seilhe probably the most insane note of all time lol

[@RobertoSilva-vy5le]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaXSiGyKhZynfrc No More

[@LeftHandShred2]

My favourite DVD commentary. "John Myung obviously the one of us who has changed the most..."

[@chenzeng5718]

They are the luckiest persons in the world, because they found each other and founded this legendary band.

[@biboyumandar1538]

Probably the best of all the best of all DT live concerts.

[@Krovogor]

полностью согласен. культ!

[@manifestgtr]

Good god, Labrie was just incredible in these days. That high end, Freddie Mercuryesque sheen in his upper range is the thing that just never returned after his voice blew out the next year. He's improved greatly from where he was in the mid 90s but man, you forget what an absolute monster he was. Even so, he's got one of the more difficult jobs on the touring circuit. These guys have played marathon shows on an almost nightly basis on tour for the last 20+ years and play everything in the original key. When you consider that, the guy is STILL an absolute monster.

[@dinospumoni5611]

If you think he’s good here (which he is) try to find some performances 1992 or earlier, like the Deer Park ones. Angelic.

[@carl13220]

Your Freddie Mercury comparison is exactly what i thought when i first heard James.

[@EGance]

@@dinospumoni5611 My favorite is Live at the Marquee, Labrie just nails it during Metropolis, even better than the original!

[@ImMobile2014]

It's 90% because most people have no idea what happened and just think he started sucking or always sucked if they never heard him when he was good. They should have made an album titled "Shellfish" and have him sing really low or something to get the message out. lol

[@JuanPabloContrerasC]

Freddie Mercuryesque? ROFL not even close mate, not even close.

[@afriysteria17]

15:38 i keep repeating this part multiple times just to make sure it is real. God, LaBrie was so badass singing live.

[@rudydoyle]

Yeah, cause he cant sing for shit anymore

[@RicardoGarcia-qv2nv]

@@rudydoyle Because a throat isn't a guitar, you genius snowflake.

[@looter9488]

Glad to know I’m not the only one who keeps replaying it

[@SkyandDreams]

@@RicardoGarcia-qv2nv I'm absolutely in love with all of your replies that I'm seeing 😂❤️❤️

[@harvester_of_sorrow96]

He seems so happy back then there too

[@tns4421]

Do not forget that Kevin Moore was the wizard who made the old albums have musical atmosphere and mystical lyricism....not only metal moments....just remember space dye vest....so unique...They never came back from that.

[@Woblesavvy]

Thanasis Simotas He’s an amazing lyricist and know prog fans don’t agree but I like Moors vocals over LaBrie.

[@ajluvzlondon4214]

agree 100%

[@razcl1494]

Thumbs up for skinny petrucci

[@ryanwall6149]

Tbh I think broad Petrucci completes the dt look

[@not_lavaaa129]

Sorry but thicc petrucci is where it's at

[@diegomorales8616]

More importantly, back when the mix wasn't 90% guitar!

[@singledream23]

Now he look like undertaker

[@bjhbk28]

and beardless

[@batsoto]

John Myung.. Still the best hair in metal history...

[@arborinfelix]

Nope, it is Lexxi Foxx ;)

[@Martinjazz16799119]

It’s a shame that you ignore that Myung was and still is a big component of the material that was written by this era and also the one at this very moment. You gotta open those ears of yours no everything is guitar and drums, exists something called Harmony and a particular sound that they wanted to achieve and bass player are big part on this.

[@Martinjazz16799119]

It’s a shame that you ignore that Myung was and still is a big component of the material that was written by this era and also the one at this very moment. You gotta open those ears of yours no everything is guitar and drums, exists something called Harmony and a particular sound that they wanted to achieve and bass player are big part on this.

[@robertjahau2116]

What about Marco Hietala

[@illlanoize23]

What about Wayne static

[@EdoSynysterfan]

This live is a piece of history, Dream Theater at its finest. Thanks.

[@drumminman77]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ani8d6d3qtN7idU

[@InginKurus]

Wait for Sleep medley to Surrounded is the best performance DT ever. So magical. Kevin Moore is the true wizard 🥹🔥🔥

[@anightmare2remember]

1:23 Under a Glass Moon 8:30 Wait for Sleep 11:17 Surrounded 17:19 The Ytse Jam (with drum solo) 28:38 To Live Forever 45:40 The Mirror (Puppies on Acid) 47:34 Take the Time 58:03 Pull Me Under

[@salvatorenastasi6475]

I will never stop to be totally clueless about how can people not to like Dream Theater. Never. These are fucking geniuses, monsters. I LOVE THEM. THANKS FOREVER GUYS.

[@sarcasmoassholio4208]

when this came out it was nirvana and the grunge genre dominating the airwaves. hair metal had died out and there was just nothing out there. Then there was Dream Theater and holy shit it changed the whole scope of technical prowess blew away everything out there. Fates Warning always was great but just missed the mark. This band changed the way I listened to music forever. I got to hang with them alot back in the day in jersey and despite their genius they were just down to earth musicians no ego. I will always be a fan no matter how labrie sounds. times change you grow older and your voice changes so what. They toured like this non stop for years and are still touring.

[@bmark7951]

Christian Burden ru kidding me these guys blow just a bunch of scale running on the guitar and some shit vocals

[@CrisKRA]

@@bmark7951 how ignorant are you?

[@drductape]

@Wednesday Animals as leaders is awesome! Where'd you get that idea?

[@stringsattached67]

@@bmark7951 Nirvana? I agree they sucked

[@stringsattached67]

@@drductape 😂

[@TonysMusic1974]

THIS was DT! I consider my self lucky to have seen them with Kevin Moore - I think only once - maybe twice.

[@ogarga666]

This here changed my life.

[@PurpleHazeNr10]

Wow. How beautiful does "Wait For Sleep" and "Surrounded" here! DT had much more soul in those days. And they looked better! :D

[@3bertface01]

Surrounded by far is my favourite DT song, especially the performance in this concert.

[@LeoOnealProductions]

You're right my friend... Masterpiece

[@GooseGumlizzard]

surrounded is the best

[@fuckcraigsgloves8656]

Honor thy father for me

[@marinhrabric6162]

Another Day is my favorite. Surrounded is close

[@nigelnunes]

On of the greatest bands of all time in their prime, hungry as hell and literally taking no prisoners. This is perfection.

[@jaymacdonnell4730]

Nice sound quality. I can actually hear Kevin Moore's strings and synth through the mix. And these were the days when John Myung still played high up the neck. So its good to hear that as well.

[@fv1005]

Jay MacDonnell he plays lower now?

[@mattbyrd2735]

John Petrucci's solo this night was one of the most beautiful examples of guitar mastery I've ever seen. Gives me goosebumps. All these guys are incredible.

[@akkapongsungkajuntra7828]

Finally, it's uploaded by someone... Many thanks!

[@davidchisesi]

The greatest progmetal band ever. Stunning.

[@abednegoadinugroho5082]

they are all genius

[@jameslorman4715]

Fates Warning holds the title in my mind.

[@bateriaeletronica]

James is with a perfect voice!

[@michaelwade9455]

Their best era in my very humble opinion. What they have accomplished in the last nearly 30 years is incredible but for me, When Dream and Day Unite through Awake were their best years.

[@ThePedromeneg]

This version of Wait for Sleep stayed out of my sight for years for a good reason. good timing.

[@ScarsUnseen24]

I love the Pantera nod at 23:53

[@metalhead9709]

Its KOЯN ))

[@ChickenatorJr]

I swear I heard a taste of the Tornado of Souls solo during Take the Time at some point....

[@BenjaminRichardCraig]

It's really a remarkable indicator of how pantera exploded onto the scene. CFH was only released a couple of years before this performance

[@Edgar193]

OPEN THE CALL OPEN THE CALL

[@hanithehimbo3382]

@@BenjaminRichardCraig that was off of VDOP bro, only a year after

[@ad78]

Images and Words and Beyond this year. Happy 25th Anniv I&A!

[@sigvedalsegg]

Was a decent concert in Oslo

[@The_Archvile]

Was an awesome concert in Denver, Colorado

[@colossalsquib4450]

didnt get to fucking see it

[@HansfordCrouse]

John Myung is easily the best under rated bass player of all time. he's up there with, and in my opinion often surpasing the likes of stu ham and billy sheehan. John is a monster!

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

Not sheehan level, but a very good bass player for sure.

[@Johnnyfrestlye25]

Tracklist 0:00 note 0:11 Metropolis pt 1: "The Miracle and the Sleeper" 1:25 Under a Glass Moon 8:30 Wait for sleep 11:18 Surrunded 17:20 Ytse Jam + Drum Solo 26:35 Improsive 28:23 James' La Brie speech 28:45 to live forever 40:37 A Fortune in Lies 46:13 The Mirror (Puppies on Acid) 47:35 Take the Time 58:05 Pull Me Under

[@paulocr710]

Thanks You bro

[@treebrother]

Aaaahhh! Back when they were still starving artists solely sustaining themselves on a steady diet of passion, creativity, discipline and a dream of becoming progressive rock gods.. The nostalgia is intoxicating!!

[@mr.timebombman2230]

John used to give guitar lessons here on Long Island back in the day. Used to get hour lessons once a week for about 6 months or so. Pretty sure it was around the time right after they became DT.

[@גיאדניאל-ב4צ]

What did you learn from him? And how was he back when they were majesty?

[@alessandrochiarello1199]

Dream theater in their best days, LaBrie sang very well and Kevin Moore gave his special touch.

[@soliloquyofficial]

Sure kevin gave a special touch but musically wise 2000s dream theater is untouchable. Like the guitar solo in in the presence of enemies part 1 for example.

[@cristianpavez6832]

Best DT line up ever!

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

Elegance. Class. Virtuosity and POWER! DT at their absolute PEAK!

[@BrunoPereira-cb9gg]

I miss the DT from these days....there were much more music and emotion than technique... I reaaly miss THIS band...

[@SharlsRS]

I Agree... Im not a big fan of their work after Falling Into Infinity. This concert has a strange magic that I cannot explain. Petrucci's tone, cleanliness and soul here is superb. He nowadays seems to be like other person. Hes still incredible but not the same.

[@juanmanuel2659]

Yeah. Afterwards they focus to much on technique. Not bad, but no the same emotions.

[@howtheydothings]

On Images and Words, Kevin Moore penned "Pull Me Under", "Surrounded", "Wait for Sleep", and parts of "Metropolis-Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper'

[@soytuso]

For me, these are the best years of the DT, no doubt.

[@rudydoyle]

Yeah, They need to hang it up. The last 3 albums suck

[@amrakarmaMisophoniac]

Ever have an album take you back to a place in time? This is the biggest one for me. The family cabin as a kid in Idaho. I can't hear Images & Words without being transported right there. Such a visual album. \m/

[@jesh12d3]

34:43 was that JP with a snippet of The Beatles' Within You Without You? awesome!

31:23 The reason why LaBrie gets off the stage when there's an instrumental part.

[@codydrummer]

but hes busting a move

[@jimmunster57]

makeagif.com/i/555R_7 Brie-nado then

[@zacharykim295]

SPIN OUT!!

[@vfpfootball]

Mauricio José Osuna Exactly just happen too be Watching that part when I saw your comment. Can't get this quality today sound wise. Which sucks cause the talent is even better.

[@chadcharleston7290]

LMFAO. The commentary on the DVD during this part is fucking GOLD as well. Absolutely hysterical.

[@michelarnet8535]

I've seen this line-up live in a local town in Switzerland, and three things I remember very vividly: James LaBrie's voice was audible directly in the front rows, such power he had, the calmness of Kevin Moore doing his solos/parts, and Petrucci's slower guitar parts like only he is capable to execute.

[@silvana2186]

I'm jealous 😭

[@SQUIRTGANG]

Excellent video quality for 1993

[@Dimotion1]

I think ( In my own humble opinion always! ) Rudess was a bless and a curse at the same time for DT. After him the technical level of the band skyrocketed but in the same time.. all the albums with him started to sound (slowly) the same and colorless ( maybe even soulless).. I think the heart of DT left when Kevin Moore stepped away..

[@aqui-nohay-nadie5690]

I agree. Kevin Moore was the soul of DT, Portnoy its heart...

[@maeguk1]

in the commentary John P says to the long ending note at 8:10 "nice F sharp there James" to which he replies "thank god I don't do these nowadays" the commentary is from 2010 or so but tells something

[@tjhooker824]

Yeah when Black Clouds and silver linings came out I was like "wow this is getting bland as hell"

[@regularjack2]

they still made their best album with Rudess

[@coda5934]

I think a lot was lost when the seven string nightmare began. Maybe it didn’t happen in awake because they were experimenting with that heavier sounds for the first time. In their first albums bass, guitar and keyboards served the song on a perfect harmony. None stood out above the other, kevin moore kept it simple (but beautiful) with his choir sounds (wich, i think really helped to honor the name of the band. I think the “dream theater” name lost sense over time), john myung had a LOT of melodic lines, take learning to live as an example. Nowdays he is just relegated to a rhytmic function, playing the same riffs that petrucci plays on his 7 string but lower, wich makes no sense. By last, at that time john petrucci didn’t throw crazy speedy solos on every song. He had equal presence on that holy trinity of harmony. When rudess came in they started slowly to drown john myung between the keyboard and guitar. They lost that simple, but beautiful and effective keyboard sounds. They kept it on metropolis pt 2, but since six degrees rudess started to play TOO MUCH leads. If we add to that the fact that john petrucci started to add a second guitar in the songs with the purpose of not losing the rhytm guitar when he was playing leads, they totally killed john myung. I mean, it is like dream theater have two guitarrist in the studio, they destroyed that perfect harmony trinity. Lets take a random old song as an example: a change of seasons, particularly the part of the final guitar solo before sherinian keyboard solo. So, you have a sober petrucci solo clean of ego, a moore synth sound supporting with a much more emotional vibe and a myung beautiful bass line that you can actually HEAR, filling a lot of space between moore and petrucci. If they would have writen that some years after, petrucci would add a second guitar supporting him behind his solo, the keyboard would grow a big ego and will not want to play just a chord with a synth effect. That would be unacceptable. By last and the most sad thing: the beautiful bass line that you can actually hear and that can breath between the harmony would be totally killed and myung would be relegated to be drowning behind a second guitar that just exist on the studio. playing the same riff that a overgained 7 string guitar so you can barely hear him, i dont know, maybe because they hate him. The old perfect harmony killed. Thats how a band transforms on a bad joke of themselves.

[@giacomomartinelli5185]

James back then had for me the most beautiful voice in the whole world...... damn 1994 Cuba trip......

[@embrown23]

I can't believe how good this fucking show is. These guys are unreal.

[@billzakill1257]

I wish I was able to see dream theater like this. Everyone was so young with long hair and full of energy. John and john looked like they had so much fun and were running like animals. James sounded amazing and had great stage presentation, Mike and 4:21 4:22 was still in the band and Honestly when Kevin and Mike left o feel like the soul of the band kinda left. They are still amazing but when I saw them, they felt so static sadly but it was great to see them still and will every chance I can

[@nickuts1588]

We have 2019 and I still watch this live as the first time when I bought the video cassette back in 1995...My great and lovely Dream Theater....

[@almamagana2678]

The best Dream Theater line up

[@favalosleon]

This is the best dream theater. Ever.

[@guidoadamo9203]

I discovered DT in 1994 with this live. After few seconds of "Under a glass moon" I was totally bewitched. When the drums entered I could not believe to my ears and the solo of Petrucci is an anthology of guitar playing. I had never heard music like that. Since that moment, DT became my favourite band.

[@serroche]

No Learning To Live no party

[@jonathanlafey4988]

Yeah the best song by D.T

[@themarioshow177]

They should've replaced one of the WDADU songs with Learning to Live

[@illlanoize23]

thtree no metropolis we riot

[@sabrina0290]

My fave too, John Myung write it.

[@MrBamcito]

@@jonathanlafey4988 A Change of Seasons laughs

[@patrykcwiertnia7768]

Ibanez days :(

[@alejandrogrisales7151]

Felicidades a los ingenieros de sonido mucha calidad de audio para ser de esa epoca....la mejor banda deo mundo y bien amplificada es cosas de otro planeta

[@misoginainternalizadaopres7131]

You don't have an idea on how this made me feel. This is much better than the studio version TAKE THE TIME WAS MY FAVOURITE OMYGOD THIS GOD

[@TMoody]

You can tell that a lot of planning and an lot of practice went into making the images and words record. It wasn't like hey boys lets go into the studio and hit the record button and see what happens. It's a record that changed the landscape and an absolute masterpiece from start to finish.

[@よーよーすけ]

このビデオ何百回と観てた中高生でした。 あのビデオどこにやったのだろう… DTは渋公も行ったし、27年前トロント留学時代もライブとHMVのインストアライブ行った時の写真まだ持ってる❤

[@임승철-x6j]

그래서 넌 지금 무슨일을 하고있냐?

[@davobard]

Mike Portnoy’s drum kit and sound during this era of the band is by far my favorite. So much feel in his playing.

[@chrispydrummer]

goddamn how great is To Live forever...man. This is the band that pushed me musically and made me discover a whole new world of technicality and songwriting. Amazing.

[@김재영-k7w]

This live performance was played a month before I was born, and realizing that they were my age of today just makes me watch in awe all the more (and also kinda funny when I imagine how they would have been thinking & feeling back then at this age). Some songs in this live are my favourite version ("Take The Time" being the most), I love them even much more than studio recordings. Their songs and live performances are still brilliant today, but everything in this live is just plainly genius. Definitely one of their best lives. Thanks for filling my life with great music, my favourite band of all times! Lots of love from Korea.

[@lunasea8908]

you should also listen to galneryus live

[@andrewhess2415]

What a gifted band all the way around. Incredible

[@albitcapinigro1107]

Mike rocking the old Imperialstars, sound great. MP is one of the greatest rock drummers to ever live.

[@thisiknowwithjohnfield5067]

I remember them back at their start. Orbit Room. Grand Rapids Michigan. 3 times they played the same set here. They we like nothing ever heard back then. Heck, even the strobe lights are the same. Thanks for sharing.

[@Intect2013]

to live forever -> best version ever

[@abrahampacana9083]

Yeah! Super true!

[@majesty8404]

I'm sitting on my bed doing my homework as I'm watching this. And I got to the to live forever guitar solo. And I'm just sitting there thinking " this is the greatest band ever formed"

[@blakkno666]

Saw em in a tiny club in Bristol UK that year... Awesome

[@geekydiplomat]

Love the snare's tone

[@seodonman]

Yeah, I hear it all the times, that LaBrie dont fit, cant sing and all of the mud, but... consider that guy is a monster singer if you listen to his solo albums as well, and the range of his voice is unbelievable together with keepin up with those beasts, in my opinion cant imagine better singer to fit in the range and versatility they play, to anyone who is musically educated is so clear that this cant be done better...

[@Khazandar]

LaBrie can sing, absolutely. But his power and range was completely shot after his throat issues in the 90's.

[@docmartin9489]

Labrie could sing. I don't know wtf you call what he does now.

[@vince8081]

Russell Allen

[@Lauren-se5bu]

Bizarre to think how long ago this was. I wasn't even born yet (24 now) but to me this is more than a lifetime ago. They've been doing this for such a long time. Wish I got to see them in their prime but I'm still grateful I got to see them last month.

[@hugodellarciprete9413]

When Petrucci and Portnoy still didn’t know about hamburgers

[@singledream23]

Well Myung body still skinny till now

[@SuperSparrow45]

Pretty sure they knew about hamburgers back then. Metabolisms are a bitch.

[@Nickolaars]

I think it's more being under 30 years old.

[@ANDROGINO25]

Better: when they still don't know about rehab...

[@roland-d5050]

danilo modiE he has never opened his mouth so hard to get fat

[@spreemetal]

I saw them on this tour in Berlin. Incredible! Nearly 100 % musicians in the crowd- mouth open. Thanks for sharing!

[@omairsh8]

Wait for Sleep is just stunning. Never get tired of it

[@EnDependance123]

Under a Glass Moon has been one of my fav all times for 25 years

[@paulgilbert3139]

This is the true dream theater, with Mike Portnoy still a member of DT, you can feel the energy and big chemistry from all of them.

[@yadi3118]

I still remember the early 90's when thrash metal and shredder trends started to fade, my friends turned to bands from Seattle when the grunge epidemic broke out but I chose a different path. Dream Theater, Watchtower, Pain of Salvation, Psychotic Waltz, Ivory Tower and other early progressive metal bands as my ninja way.

[@serroche]

48:25 that bass... what a pleasure

[@shawnaebbeson7882]

I have been a fan of these guys since the Mid-90's when I first heard their Images and Words CD. I think that I got the Cd back when you could order 10 CDs for a few bucks from Columbia House or something. I LOVED what I heard. As a keyboardist, I am blown away by the sound textures, especially considering the small setup that appears on stage for Kevin Moore. From what I see, he is using a Korg DW-8000, Roland JD-800, and possibly a Korg DSS1 (maybe, it is hard to see that side keyboard). There was so much energy during this show. They are one of my favorite bands, and Images and Words is my favorite album from them...

[@billbrown7730]

I've always really loved the keyboard part that starts around 41:47 An iconic intro before the vocals, I have to say that Kevin has inspired me to start learning keyboard.

[@GilCloud]

I have it on VHS, but I have no way to play it. An old metal guy thanks you.

[@axlrosea675]

oh god, labrie's voice! how good it was!!!

[@aqui-nohay-nadie5690]

Yeah... *was* :(

[@codydrummer]

back before he blew out his vocal chords.

[@rpascon]

he's 55 as of 2018. there's no way a human being can keep on singing for 3 decades like he did on this gig

[@BrandonGebbia]

Yes....The episode of the poisoned food was terrible. 😢 The best voice at that era.

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

@@rpascon His troubles began after the next album, if I'm not mistaken. Live in Japan from the Awake tour is not that great.

[@davidincolorado4684]

Got me through a stint with the Marines in Somalia. Saw them in Dallas when I got back. AWESOME!

[@JuanPabloContrerasC]

Petrucci guitar tone is PERFECT! Portnoy snare sound is fucking PERFECT! miss those great days, the ibanez days...

[@とかげ-b2v]

I remember THIS show: back then there are NO internet ticket buying you need to preorder via phone but tend to sold out very soon, so I went to Aoyama Ticket Center some June Sunday morning, taking the first train 5am, lined up in front of the TC well before the direct preorder start time 10am... Good old memory

[@juliethasagun1634]

That was the Dream Theater I loved.

[@severin9527]

those were the times: a tight band,performing at an astonishing sophisticated level,and with a singer,that was equal as the four other players...!!

[@moreblack]

I remember having this on VHS back in the day

[@fignootin]

what a time to be alive man

[@jensschettler1732]

Me too. Took it to the youth club try to impress the the guys there cause of petrucci

[@lfh1973]

I still have the vhs and I remember getting dudes that I worked with who were in their 50s at the time into them. They’re now in their 70s and huge DT fans lol

[@Bristecom]

@@fignootin Sometimes I think maybe it's just nostalgia but whenever I go back to stuff from the 90's, I'm always blown away again. No era was perfect of course but I really do think the 90's was likely the most impressive time in all of history. So much innovation, beauty, and excitement without technology taking over our lives. Sure, technology always improves in ways but the utilization of that technology does not always result in an improvement, if you know what I mean.

[@ChrisTompkins-Music-And-Gear]

I saw DT in 93, at the Hampton beach casino. I was 18. They blew my mind! "The Galactic Cowboys" opened the show I was at. They were fantastic too!! This VHS tape never left my player. I played it every day for so long it's kinda ridiculous! "To Live Forever" was a song that wasn't released till many years later. This version always will be my favorite. Love that this is on-line now! I will watch this many times now!! Thanks for posting!