Dream Theater - Learning To Live (live bucharest)

[@MrMrEFE]

Myung is like: "I don't always write songs... but when I do, it's the best song in the album"

[@paulpv7]

It was the case with Trial of Tears and Breaking All Illusions. And Fatal Tragedy & Learning to live are classics as well

[@caelmcleish1212]

Just not quite the case with Lifting Shadows Off a Dream. But then that album is too full of perfect songs

[@jaspergillgannon4991]

Debatably. Between this and Metropolis.

[@theeuropeanlegacy5075]

Fatal Tragedy wasn't the best in the album. It was home

[@guitarheaven1747]

@@caelmcleish1212Eh, honestly Lifting shadows of a dream might just be my favorite DT song of them all. Is the most technical or complex and difficult. Nope. Is it just freaking beautiful? Hell yeah, but in the end, it´s just an opinion

[@JonathanRodriguez96]

This is one of the best that Myung has wrote! Thumbs up for Myung!

[@KobZen]

he's a genius

[@DanielPerez-fg1hz]

It's The Greatest!

[@InRiquiem]

including Trail of Tears

[@FanaticDrummer]

One of DT's hardest and most underrated songs. So much prog it hurts! lol

[@Darthymerej]

Learning to live is basically the Soul of the Images and words album Waiting for sleep is like its intro and its well represented in the album cover art!

[@diegoarana5862]

It's prog, but not for the sake of wanking or showing off. It's prog in that it uses interesting time sigs, and an unusual song structure to tell a story. Also a lot of interesting instrumental techniques on this song, and a fusion of a lot of different styles. Still one of DT's best songs.

[@woodenhoe]

The drum pattern at some parts is so randomand weird it's hard to memorize

[@sumantabiswas5547]

most hardest song

[@Bingusman]

One of the most beautiful prog songs ever made, and it’s not only for the technical part, every time signature fits so perfect within the context of the song. Images and word is just full of masterpieces

[@WhiteDeath]

Best song ever composed, specially from 8:21 to end

[@shalevamir19]

8:21 sounds like something that can be put as background music for rolling credits

[@JohanEQUIXOR]

Yeah, this part is awesome !

[@GutoCardozo22]

That weird time when Jordan had hair, but Petrucci doesn't

[@lucashajje3919]

+Augusto Cardozo Weird time you should say now... they created 6 degrees of inner turbulence at the time and it is the best album ever created... some might say that Scenes from a memory is a masterpiece and the best, but 6doit is a gigantic album, look what they create nowadays and try to compare with 6doit, you just can't.

[@ankihansen2489]

+Lucas Hajje Images & Words is the best

[@KobZen]

I know, then Rudess went bald and Petrucci grew a massive beard... life is strange xD

[@regularjack2]

Looks like it might be a wig

[@avn6556]

Weird time signatures too tbh

[@MrMrEFE]

LaBrie has his moments... due to his injury, around the mid and late 90s some songs sound better (Metropolis 2 in New York is one of their best concerts, if not the best) and other worse than the studio versions, while at their beginning, he was simply perfect. Listen the Marquee live and it will fucking blow your mind. I think what makes LaBrie belong in DT is the fact that he always sings like it's the last show of his life.

[@GMatt193]

Hella good comment

[@kaladin783]

I just wish he was as good these days as he was then. I think he sabatoged himself by singing incredibly difficult melodies when he could in his youth, and now that he’s older he simply doesn’t have the physiology to keep up with the songs he recorded.

[@thecosmicpallbearer]

It always kinda sucks seeing people shit on the guy. He still gives it his all, even if he doesn't sound like he did.

[@Birdieguy]

Yeah, by this time he was already beginning to have trouble maintaining his parts live. And this was 2002. But he was giving 100% for sure.

[@cbf63]

Eh....he seems to yell as much as actually sing.... stop yelling at us James!!

[@mleite1]

the best dream theater moment, miss those years..

[@tylerbailey9329]

The one time in history where Jordan Rudess looks like Dave Grohl.

[@TheStoicPhiloshoper]

Naah he looks like Marco

[@nikolasthethief]

Still their greatest song to date.

[@mr3n10]

Back again... 7.5.2024

[@tastenspieler5078]

oh my god, compare this with Dream Theater 2022, oh my god. what a difference. i mean, this here is much much better, with much less technique, just playing music, nothing in the background, just playing live. I love it.

[@isma2024]

I like the "reggae" part at the end... these guys can play everything they want... AWESOME!

[@andrewman12]

Sundance 1992, Toronto 1993, Milwaukee 1993 rank as a few of the top best LaBrie performances, you can see some of them here on YT. James' best I've seen I was luckily at the show. October Austin TX 2012. He far surpassed my expectations that night like on the Score DVD.

[@tuniorr]

the ends harmonics on guitar are the best of end song and all cd :D

[@NickCADA]

Wish I could've seen Dream Theater around this era

[@trevon9802]

3:15 always right on time and is honestly my fav part of the song

[@Dreamsyn]

Indeed, I know all about his injury and listened to all their live concerts so I know what you mean. He's a great singer to me and I don't care what anyone else belives.

[@RepeatedFails]

hey thanks for the 22 seconds of John Myung

[@progeniesofthetoiletpaperh6433]

I listened to this for more than i can count. And Rudess solo is still a thing of beauty and calmness. Mfs really be writing magnificent songs.

[@Marifet124]

Rudess did not write that solo

[@pippo9830]

​@bullymaguire7191 the first solo is Rudess improvisation, only after that he plays the original KM solo

[@DreamTheater1605]

I was there! Greetings from Bucharest! :)

[@SanZan]

nice to see mates from my grandma's homeland

[@mr3n10]

I had to watch and comment again. This is a classic performance of this jam. There's a synergy here that is missed.

[@zzr2096]

なんと言う衝撃だ！ このバンドは奇跡だ！

[@mr3n10]

...this is the video you send to someone who has 1. Never heard of DT 2. Is a musician of any sorts 3. Says prog sucks 4. Wants to hear a bad ass song!!! My favorite DT song EVER!!!

[@merqury5]

The bassist of Queen mr. John Deacon also wrote some of the greatest songs in popular history, so let's not underestimate the quiet ones.

[@austinbramer558]

merqury5 ummm...queen is garbage

[@callumforsyth9186]

labrie actually hits the first 4/5 notes on the woah-ohoh part pretty well

[@Xarukas]

I think he was still recovering from his injury at the time, and unable to sing any higher without really straining his voice or cracking it... He eventually adapted to a new way of singing.

[@liontamer1826]

holy fuck labrie sucks ass on this track nowadays, the album version is one of the best songs ever written

[@PatoGarcia]

John Myung was displayed like 0.3 seconds

[@joeking9760]

And we know what Mike looks like from below.

[@TheMidgardViking]

8:24 sure reminds me of Charlie Brown every time I hear it.

[@matheuscezar5264]

DT playing reggae haha 9:17

[@JapasLord]

8:25 I love that keyboard!!! Very well placed IMO"

[@gigabroly]

@ArgenisDrums Look at the Scenes from a memory tour live of Learning to live, you'll see what is a good reggae part !

[@Hack3r91]

Labrie was in freaking horrendous shape...that damn dinner fucked his voice up for years. He kicks better vocals now.

[@D_sull93]

its a shame the band has gotten worse where labrie has gotten better

[@NS-mm6jq]

Listen him in live. Can not sing any more

[@florinpetrut1655]

VerdiKtagrad maybe song quality is "worse" but the band is in no way worse. Myung, Petrucci and Rudess can still play like they could in the early 2000s. As for Mangini, I don't really mind him and it's very subjective so I won't delve deeper​ into that.

[@Redefinedacoustic]

That's strange because this concert is one of my favourite live Labrie performances.

[@Dreamsyn]

some people think he's actually better live... I belive the live performance of "In the Name of God" at Budokan is better than the original song, for example.

[@kranix9166]

9:18-10:17, nice alternate version of this part of the song

[@Arte3752]

@Dieseldemen Actually, this video seems official... but I don't know if it has been officially released. You can find a live version (not this one actually), on cd "Live scenes from New York", also available on a dvd from the concert with the same name.

[@AishiteruKedo]

It's hard to recognize Petrucci.

[@talibe801]

top ten Progressive songs of all time.

[@federecata]

Lástima la voz de James, escuchar su voz en la versión del `93 en vivo y escuchar ésta, es como si hubieran cambiado de cantante. No se si habrá sufrido una ruptura de las cuerdas vocales o algo por el estilo, pero es frustrante escuchar como no puede llegar a las notas que hacia antes, y me imagino cómo se debe sentir él. A pesar de eso, es un tema impresionante tanto desde la letra (si no me equivoco compuesta por John Myung) y el excelentísimo nivel de música.

[@50STFPAUL]

De hecho, James sufrió una ruptura. Por ahí de 1995/96, no recuerdo muy bien, en un viaje a cuba se intoxicó con algún platillo que comió (Camarones si no me equivoco) y eso le rompió las cuerdas vocales, arruinando su voz. Aún así, siguió y hoy ha mejorado bastante la voz. Claro, no tendrá la misma que en la época del '93, pero entre 2004 y 2006 recuperó esa gloriosa voz.

[@jmlc777]

James looks definitely better in this shirt than in the Napalm Death t-shirt

[@simonaspagnolo2695]

Kevin...come back please 😢

[@josefvr3315]

When Jordan follow dream theater , now the rest of the band follow him

[@ayahkharissa8256]

Hanya Butuh 1 Lagu ini Untuk Selama Hidup saya #IMMORTALSONG

[@MrMrEFE]

Ah, you are right there. Yeah, I like Scenes better, but Score is superior in that ways

[@Vavecheese]

Back when Rudess had hair. NIIIICEEEEE

[@ilFockatoreDiMamma]

@Dieseldemen you just have to paste the url on youtube-mp3(dot)org, press "convertir" and "descargar" (download) it (the whole thing takes like one minute)

[@Dreamsyn]

and pretty long hair!

[@kelvinlkt]

@bjk1795 exactly what i'm thinking...i tend to skip the first song everytime i listen to this album and just keep playing surrounded and learning to live over and over again hahah

[@eltipodelosvideos]

Dave Grohl singer, guitarist, drummer and keyboardist. This guy don't have limits

[@kenjoaprideon]

Lol

[@Alejandro1313sixx]

wow james was really struggling at 3:20

[@davelospinoso9022]

James has been struggling for 22 years

[@Orphydian]

he has always semeed to have 50.. like in this concert many years ago

[@reducetheatoms]

My emotional ass is feeling emotional

[@kigawman]

The venue and Portnoy’s snare drum drives me nuts! The open concert field just f***ed up the sound and Sabian gave MP a crappy skin to play.

[@HOLLOWOXDT1]

it's Tama dude not Sabian , if there's some sound problem which i don't hear frankly , it's the Mix , no one to blame but the sound guy for those things

[@HarvestHollow]

@RaidonSama He even wrote this song!

[@tuniorr]

James where is your clean and most beautifull F#?

[@AndresSylvinho]

james was saying "we will back"...hope so...

[@MrMrEFE]

Score is awesome, but I like Scenes from New York better. It's just my opinion, of course. My problem with Score is that I feel they didn't do a very good selection of songs, I mean... Innocence faded? Spirits Carries on? Vacant?... seriously? Is that the best they could come up with? Scenes from new york has no weak point, it's epic to the end.

[@SandroScarano]

Maybe my favorite DT song, was Myung even there? Did he fight with the cameramen?

[@icmusica]

Dream theater LA LEY !!!!!!

[@Orphydian]

I cannot think of a progressive band vocalist that is struggle so much to sing. It doesnt need to be Russel Allen, Jorn Lande, Roy Khan etc. but DT really deserve more.

[@stianhelldiver3819]

The best live version of this song and also with Mangini on 2011🔥

[@AlfredoBoGu]

@Dieseldemen You can find the DVD on DT's bootleg site, ytsejamjamrecords(dot)com

[@mr3n10]

Sweettt!

[@FearTheBlades]

You can't really tell unless you hear an album where he wrote his own drum part. (Not ADTOE)

[@gaspode8]

Only the lyrics, the music was written by the whole band (except the singer).

[@riffoman100]

awesome... only 7500 views... wtf...

[@bluegender2005]

Oh God!! Jordan Rudess actually had hair?

[@BenMichalowicz]

well, spirit carries on definitely could have been replaced with something different as well. innocence faded definitely was chosen for the "condescending... NOT (F# on the not) intending to..." bit, to show the high note in this song, so I think. Yes, I agree with the response from MaintainTheFrogsBite on how the tone overall from Score was better, and James still didn't fully "recover" from his vocal injury in Scenes from New York. Every show in DT has its ups and downs Both had their moments

[@vagnervieira364]

Épico.

[@Jay1Joe]

The video producer is obviously no musician

[@Darthymerej]

They hired illegal Aliens from Timbukstan to video this! They are only used to filming Akbar music so there is that!

[@joaojr7918]

A high speed learning to live. Sorry James 😂

[@stianhelldiver3819]

Yeah they played it fast here, but the 2011 live version with MM is even faster if I remember correctly

[@MrMrEFE]

And Petrucci had skinny arms!

[@diogenesdias4307]

Genius :D

[@ProgresivePrototipe]

Well I do and saw DT live with Portnoy and Mangini, and certainly were great concerts, and very different, My opinion is that Mangini not working, do not take out this or accommodative issues in the Presence of Enemies, or the ministry of soul or octavarium, or in the name of god .........

[@Diegosaurio]

I wonder what picks is JP using here, definetly not Jazz III....

[@rizalkartowisastro5829]

Rudess is fast but no soul, but he's one of the most flexible keyboardist in the world

[@BeatlesFan738]

rizal kartos youtube-> Jordan Rudess - Notes on a Dream

[@florinpetrut1655]

Omar Beydoun well the parts on this song weren't written by Jordan, so I see why someone could say that he's got no soul, because I don't think you can put more soul into an already soulful performance. That said, I really enjoy Jordan's parts in the albums with him on keys

[@pinkprogressive9904]

Sotoy

[@AlfredoBoGu]

@AlfredoBoGu Minus one jam

[@Dreamsyn]

I wonder what kind of voice steroids he took for Score man... :( I want him to take it again!

[@dr.ectoff5825]

Editing and autotune

[@cadenzasi]

lyric by JOHN MYUNG, true story

[@SebDan14]

the first and the last mistake of john petrucci-- 7:37

[@davelospinoso9022]

It's obvious why Mike left DT... James is 23% the singer he started out to be.

[@SuperGorak]

are you a drummer by any chance?

[@nachomenares]

Francisco Javier Menares Melandri les sale la raja

[@franciscomenares516]

Excelente

[@dannycastillo_]

No F#? :c

[@xFeloxX]

07:08 Well, unfortunately years have to weight... check this one out mates :) watch?v=A5g8tzwi_Rk

so no F# for us in this one :(

[@BenMichalowicz]

he does it in 2003 tho or at least does it again during the train of thought tour

[@woodenhoe]

+Ben Michalowicz he did it twice, 1995 and in 1997

[@hallquiche]

LaBrie is better than this and the audio and video quality sucks. other than that an insanely good performance.

[@bigsnacks2350]

I think labrie is tone deaf

[@elBanananas]

this was the last song of a 3 hour show. would like to hear you hit all those notes perfectly.

[@Draztikus]

this was also when he was still recovering from his vocal chord injury

[@emperoring112]

Draztikus This was shortly after his second vocal injury actually so that would explain why he may be struggling here.

[@desrosimon]

Nah man, Score is their best.

[@zzr2096]

残念だが、ポートノイ様が抜けてしまった今は魅力が半減してしまった。また、戻って来て欲しい。あの笑顔が見たいものです。

[@ProgresivePrototipe]

PORTNOY THE 1 OF DREAM THEATER , DREAM THEATER IS DEATH WHIT MANGINI

[@Geratoth]

Keven's synth is nicer.

[@ojijiigbehin9677]

Nossa, mas eles erraram muitas vezes nessa música. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@MrAlexandreRocha]

+Leonardo Eufrasio Erraram onde? Vi o vídeo inteiro e os caras não erraram nada não.

[@999kafka]

@@MrAlexandreRocha 4:43

[@MrAlexandreRocha]

@@999kafka Não tem nada de errado naquela parte, a única diferença é que o Portnoy pra variar não tá tocando que nem no disco, mas não tem nada atravessado

[@999kafka]

​@@MrAlexandreRochaOuve a afinação do Labrie nessa parte.

[@MrAlexandreRocha]

@@999kafka Se você assistir qualquer vídeo ao vivo do DT, você vai ouvir o LaBrie desafinando um pouco, isso é normal e acontece com todos os vocalistas, agora o cara lá de cima falou "eles erraram bastante" sendo que em nenhum momento eles tocaram algo errado ou alguém se perdeu na música, isso que eu quis dizer lá em cima

[@MrDrmorbid]

God, every time I hear this song, I hate Jordan even more and more for turning Moore's beautiful, flowing keys into utter rubbish.

[@ProgresivePrototipe]

Yes, and agree that Mike Mangini is very good professional, but does not have the touch that he needs to Dream Theater.

[@saikataalbari]

Jordan Rudess just ruined the entire melody of the song adding some unnecessary notes in the keyboard solo. Kevin is best.

[@WolverineMuscle]

Bad sound

[@leeevan6908]

the vocalist failed this gig

[@juanbarito]

portnoy's cam view sucks!!!

[@Orphydian]

Damn, this band has deserved better singer.. tooo bad