Dream Theater - Pull Me Under | First REACTION!

[@DrewFortune97]

Back to DT people, check out the playlist in the description if you’re new to the channel - you’ll find all my previous Dream Theater reactions!🙌🏻 #RoadTo100K💯

[@amanddaselva]

Awesome vid! Hope you dig more into Deftones ;) 'digital bath', 'my own summer', 'rx queen' by them, I recommend!

[@sarcasmoassholio2801]

Just saw your reaction to Change of Seasons. The DVD Metropolis pt2 has a live performance of that is fuckin awsome. They throw some Simpson's theme song in it and some other great shit. Also in the COS album they have some great covers of Pink floyd, zeppelin, and deep purple. Check it out

[@do8671]

Yeah man I have just realised that you have done some in the pass, btw you do a great job man, keep up entertain!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@terrymargheim9985]

They dedicated their Train of thought album to Metallica's Master of Puppets. Yes, they are fans of, including Rush.

[@mattcrow3026]

@@terrymargheim9985 train of thought is an absolutely stellar album, my favorite if DTs. Every track is so good.

[@matthewriddle4098]

The track ends abruptly to represent the uncertainty of life. You never know when your time is up.

[@ScottGreenMusic]

100k has to be Scenes From A Memory straight through. DO IT

[@Tim_593]

YES

[@JungleScene]

I would really enjoy this. although it would be difficult to figure out what format to do. this album needs to be listened through without breaks since the songs generally blend into eachother. it would be weird to do a separate video for each track. perhaps doing videos with 2 or 3 tracks each? one thing is for sure, you cant break the album up only listening to a bit every day, the impact would be lost. it would be list watching one scene from a movie every day.

[@Xsteelx94]

Vouch. No stopping, all songs, one listen

[@JungleScene]

@@Xsteelx94 yea this is the way to listen to the album for sure. but most reaction channels dont like to post hour+ videos, especially if its uncommon for the channel. the algorithm typically punishes videos that break the channels typical format.

[@MrHunterbuchanan]

But you've gotta do Metropolis Part I first! Metropolis is probably Dream Theater's most well-loved concert song. It's a freaking difficult song to play, but the members have (mostly) been playing it so often for almost 30 years that they can play it like the back of their hand, it's honestly impressive. And it leads into Scenes From a Memory!

[@tomandrehansen8827]

The abrupt ending is something the beatles did on one of their songs, thats why dream theater did it

[@amydpnw]

Images and Words was their first commercially successful release so they were a bit beholden to the record company. Keep going through the full album. You will like a lot.

[@JungleScene]

I think some of the songs from the middle of the album might be too laid back for him. He should just jump straight to Learning to Live. Waiting for Sleep is one of my faves but Drew might literally fall asleep.

[@headbangmmania5555]

The whole album is dope

[@FoolForRespect]

Dream Theater - In the presence of the Enemies pt.1 and pt.2

[@aaronolivas4958]

Yes please this.

[@countotuscany7061]

Fuck yeah

[@nightwolf9645]

Play them back to back as one song..

[@amydpnw]

My first Dream Theater song!! YES!!

[@IveGotAMatch]

Haken, Haken, Haken! Seriously, I would love to see your reaction to a Haken track - 1985, Atlas Stone, Falling Back to Earth, The Architect, Cockroach King, Invasion, Visions (title track) - there are so many good ones to start with!

[@drewdavidson6976]

This 100%, Haken is gunna be the new go to band I can feel it!

[@fiiuslair]

Yes! Also Messiah Complex and prosthetic :D

[@calderlund2924]

He would love Haken. I’m digging their new album.

[@Mazrim_Taim]

He's not ready for Visions yet 😁 gotta do a few other Haken choons first.. Gotta build up to that shit.

[@jaapverouden]

Veil!

[@somniumrabidum]

Good call on the heavy riff having a Metallica vibe, definitely. My first Dream Theater song, Pull Me Under still makes my rotation all these years later!

[@willhpc4-life249]

Portnoy was/is a beast on drums..no disrespect to Mangini who has done an awesome job filling that void..

[@frlong1]

This is literally their only hit song song .. first song off the first album with their current singer James Labrie .. I’ve been a fan since this came out in 1992. I’d recommend you stay on this one before moving on to other discs .. Take The Time, Metropolis Part 1, Under a Glass Moon and Learning to Live are all recommended .. thanks for another great DT review .. the lead guitarist lists Rush, Metallica, Iron Maiden and the Dixie Dregs, to name a few, as some of his influences so you will hear elements of them in their music. That is the way the song ends.

[@cliffpatterson7359]

DT has many different influences. They've done covers of Kansas, Zebra, Journey, Elton John, etc. They've even covered entire albums- Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden), Master of Puppets Metallica), Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd), and Made in Japan(Deep purple)

[@Jason17300]

Every metal band is inspired by Metallica, whether they know it or not. But yes, Dream Theater are big fans. They actually covered the whole Master of Puppets album at a live show.

[@kylereece1979]

Absolutely. DTs Master of Puppets tribute is an awesome testament to the span of Metallicas influence across the hard rock/metal front. Id like to see Drew react to some of Metallica's s&m 2 album. In particular, a Metallica song he perhaps is already familiar with and discuss the epic new makeover the song now has from the orchestrated additions.

[@amcuhrd]

disagree, a whole lot. Just because they use the same notes, doesnt mean they are inspired by metallica (although DT is, because portnoy for some reason is a fan of the drummer whos really not a drummer ulrich)

[@atteofkempele]

Where owls know my name

[@KevinLuWX]

I've listened to every song on every dream theater albums multiple times. Here are my Top 5 you should react to: 1. Finally Free (from scenes of memory) 2. Best of Times 3. Illumination Theory 4. Count of Tuscany 5. The Great Debate.

[@cameronhensley8354]

Im so glad you are continuing them. Dream Theater has so much more to offer than what you've experienced.

[@tweevers2]

This is the song ,their biggest hit.This was the song/video on MTV and on the radio in the early 90's and how most us way way back longtime DT fans discovered them.I remember watching the MTV video for this song early morning before going to school around 1993-94

[@TheSolbiatii]

Dude, you should take a look at Tesseract. There's plenty of good songs in this same style. "Beneath my Skin" + "Smile"; "Orbital" + "Juno"; "Phoenix", "Seven Names"

[@sludgeon]

He gonna love TesseracT, he doesn't even know yet. I'd go for Smile or King

[@ZediBaptista]

So much yes to this. Tesseract is life changing

[@inailu2247]

Love Tesseract! Hexes, Nocturne or Of Matter, please pic a live session!

[@CO6883-o3c]

Hexes!

[@paravarium]

< I tesseract. I've just been suggesting caligula's horse for months though hehe

[@J-Allen19]

John Petrucci (DT guitarist) literally released his solo CD a few days ago, and it's a masterpiece from front to back. You have to react to OddFather!

[@thedonDunpeal]

My 1st time hearing pull me under was playing it during the credits on Guitar Hero world tour

[@BobMcMac]

Same here!

[@ZediBaptista]

You need to do Nightmare to Remember from them. It's got all the elements you need

[@leddygee1896]

Their very first album is titled "When Dream and Day Unite" from 1989... Ytse Jam is a great instrumental from that album.

[@clayperkins]

This era of Dream Theater is more connected to "A Change Of Seasons" than most of the band's work you've reacted to. Actually, they'd originally intended for a slightly different version of that song to be included on this album.

[@AsASymbol]

Just found your channel, man, and I'm so excited for you to find these songs I grew up rocking out to. Kudos, love the Dream Theater and Opeth vids.

[@garchompy_1561]

one of my favourite instrumentals form them is "stream of conscienceness", with another being "dance of eternity" since you said its the instrumentals that really do it for you

[@shapeshifter7676]

It's totally fine to be reminded of other bands, every band is inspired by someone.

[@Rattlehead69]

Yes! Petrucci mentioned Metallica many times as his inspiration for his guitar tone and riffs as well.

[@alexiazamfir3962]

I cant believe you done this song..thank you vvvvvvery much!

[@mejef9295]

Man you need to react to Dream Theater - S2N

[@J-Allen19]

Agreed. S2N is brutal. The instrumental version (which I prefer) is straight up LTE.

[@Nialligimino]

@@J-Allen19 that bass line on a Chapman Stick... Hmm...

[@Fil_Ivanov]

The Count of Tuscany🍷

[@scottjohnson7803]

Power Trip - Divine Apprehension Power Trip - Hornet’s Nest Power Trip - Crucifixation

[@NotFromSt8Farm]

RIP RILEY!!!🤘🤘

[@ilyakern5877]

YOOO, sick reaction bro! I can ASSURE you that you would like HAKEN, Cockroach King in particular is a really good start since it gives you a very thourough feel of their many different styles :)

[@drewdavidson6976]

Classic!! Haken - The Architect. You won't regret it!

[@aj_macready]

The abrupt ending to the song is the last episode of The Sopranos before the last ep of The Sopranos. Also that song ending as it does confuses people more now than it did back when it was just cassettes and CDs because we *knew* it ended; now you have multiple people saying "is that it? did the song end early? the video only had part of the song" and whatnot. Which is sort of hilarious to me, as someone who owned a copy of this in 92 and has been a DT fan ever since (their latest album is fucking stellar as well)

[@vascopereira9978]

I think you would love Bad Asteroid by The Aristocrats, a reaction would be great, thank you for the amazing videos!

[@mejef9295]

Have you ever thought of doing a full album reaction? I think it would be great, love your reactions man!

[@lukash3284]

Didnt he made one for a dream theatre and gojira already? Im pretty sure he did from mars to sirius

[@MaxLeGrand33]

Next you need to do METROPOLIS, PART I. Also, you wanna be healthy at 40? Stop drinking that crap.

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

DT is my religion, you are awesome bro, I love your sincerity, you should have The Smiths as a reaction, a band that is so unique that you forget all the other bands...Morrissey is such a frontman.

[@MystHard]

This song is the one that got me into DT about 15 years ago...

[@McShortFuse]

The guys in Dream Theater were fans of Metallica growing up, so your observation about the similarities between guitar riffs are on point. Also worth mentioning, the earliest material you've reacted to prior to this was A Change of Seasons, written at the same time as this song. Speaking of Spotify, Dream Theater has every song or album there.

[@mos8541]

One of the greatest drummers of all time

[@rockerfella8122]

Such a game changer for the times IMO. Loved this

[@CO6883-o3c]

I know it's inevitably going to be buried, but there is definitely more Porcupine Tree/Wilson that's reaction-worthy. The Start of Something Beautiful, The Blind House, Way Out of Here by Porcupine. Index, No Twilight Within the Courts of the Sun, Home Invasion/Regret #9 by Wilson. Pain by Blackfield. 😁

[@markrichardson8378]

I will recommend checking out voices from dream theaters 94 album awake,the guitar solo is a stunner.

[@scottjohnson7803]

Amon Amarth - War of the Gods Amon Amarth - Free Will Sacrifice Amon Amarth - Valhall Awaits Me

[@Kipex]

Yes they often talk about being big fans of bands like Rush, Yes, Metallica and Iron Maiden. John Petrucci has also commented on basing some of his heavy sounds on the classic Metallica guitar sound. No doubt some of those things are even more prevalent during the early years of DT. That said, while I can see where you're coming from, those types of rhythmic single note patterns (especially open string) have been one of the biggest staples of metal music since the early 80s and it's just so embedded in the sound of the genre that I struggle to really relate it to any singular band anymore, even if Metallica were one of the biggest originators of it. These days it's usually more about what else you're going to do on top of that pattern to make it memorable.

[@LegendaryGoetz]

I’m not into this band much. But I think you’d really enjoy Prosthetic by Haken. Perhaps a few listens from The Pineapple Thief. They’re in that prog field of music

[@matttyree1002]

They did intend for this song to be more accessible, this was the single for this album and got a decent amount of radio play. So yer right, they held back a bit on this, but it makes for a good introduction track for the band

[@erikmontelius6546]

Hi! I'm personally a big fan of DT. Just love it when great musicians make complex music that actually is very listenable, you know... when it still souds like a song and a great composition. Being Swedish myself, I'd like to recommend you reacting to a Swedish band of comparable musical proficiency to DT. They sound completely different though, playing fusiony, jazzy, progressive pop songs. You should begin by reacting to their first cover-songs like Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", Brittney Spears' "Circus", Justin Bieber's "Baby" or Alphaville's "Forever Young". The name of the band is Dirty Loops. Pick your favourite and enjoy! All the best! PS. React, and you have a subscriber! 😎

[@johnpennacchia279]

Drew, sir this was their first radio hit. I & W is a great album.listen to the whole album.just remember it was their sophomore album.

[@ethanowens4818]

If you're looking for more songs off of their original album I would heavily recommend Take The Time, Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper, and Learning to Live. The instrumental sections in all three are phenomenal and Metropolis Pt. 1 is the prequel to their album Metropolis Pt, 2: Scenes From a Memory, which is one of my personal favorites.

[@do8671]

If they could remake this exact album but with the sound of Train of Thought album I think it would be one of my favorite album

[@J-Allen19]

I often hoped they would do a series of split screen 'in studio' covers of their old songs with their modern recording setup. BTBAM does this often and it's great.

[@do8671]

@@J-Allen19 fucking right! Would be awesome!

[@fellonblackdays9]

Check out "Dream the Dead" by Caligula's Horse. Definite Dream Theater influence.

[@Kelly.sapphire]

Love Caligulas Horse! Definitely need to keep supporting Prog.

[@barkingmadman1169]

Great reaction as always! Yes, it has some elements in common with Metallica and other bands of that era.

[@Metalton95]

9:55 eeey, nice of you to show the EXACT example of what you're thinking about!

[@analoguesoul]

Do teh whole Images And Words album. It's a masterpiece. You could also react to "Metropolis Pt. 1: The miracle and the sleeper" or "Learning to live". Cheers. 🤘🏽

[@amanddaselva]

Yes! This song is one of the most popular, but it's a 'must hear' for sure! Iconic AF Edit 1- that mango juice monster is wonderful!!! :D

[@drummerseb]

This is the track that was the single And got a lot of attention on the band. It is more commercial so to speak. But keep at it with this album you have more complex or epic songs to check out.

[@HeyitsMalk]

Love your content bro, you should totally listen to either King Crimson or Periphery.

[@PETSOKOFTIS]

Here's an unbiased fact Dream Theater is the best band to date

[@Shacon24]

Hardest, but coolest song I have ever learned on guitar!

[@rodarkness6189]

NEXT Haken, 1985, The Architect, Visions, or whatever! Good reaction, this song is awesome, but they really behold the crazyness just to like to the comercial peaople.

[@orphydianmusic9529]

Check out the mindblpwing collab of the two old buddies John P etrucci and Mike Portnoy in the New track from Peteucci solo album : Temple of Circadia

[@osirisgolad]

Give Lines in the Sand a listen. It is a bit longer again, but not the 15+ minutes kind of long. It has a unique sound among DT songs and is often overlooked because many people apparently don't like that album(Falling Into Infinity). It's my favourite song by them and it'll show you yet another sound from them, so perhaps it might be refreshing to you.

[@mgdrum_27]

You should really check out more DT. But also, check out Tallah. This is the newly formed band with Mike Portnoy's son on drums, Max Portnoy. They are heavy, and they are good!!

[@difi4888]

Mango Monster 👌🏻👌🏻

[@who-n7e]

I wonder which tracks you didn't manage to find on Spotify by them, as far as I know they have everything on there! They have some unreleased songs that were cut from albums, they exist only as live versions, which are also on Spotify. Anyway, you're right about it being a more basic or held back song, this is probably their biggest commercial song so they kept it kinda safe I guess. You should try some stuff from the Awake album, it's still early DT, but that album is so good. Heavy riffs (first time Petrucci used a 7 string guitar on their songs), really good melodic parts and James LaBrie, the singer, kills it completely.

[@thecosmicyak1370]

Drew listen to Symphony X

[@Bryan-T]

Well, at least you picked the full song and not the cut video like everyone else picks. I see people say to listen to Scenes from a Memory straight through. It's good no doubt but I'd go with their 42 minute epic, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.

[@CTC1965]

There's a parody version of this song called 'Pull My Finger'. Just passing that bit of info to you.

[@jaredmulconry]

Good to see you're vibing with alt and prog metal. Might you consider a return to Devin Townsend? He released a new album in 2019 that I'm not sure if you've yet heard. It's called Empath. It's the right kind of vibes for how life is right now.

[@johno378]

Other songs from DT I suggest to react to are Lost not Forgotten, Blind Faith and On The Backs Of Angels

[@bush5862]

You have to do Haken - The Messiah Complex 👌🏻👌🏻

[@noisypinkbubble875]

You should react to any of these: - "Mono No Aware" by The Odious - "Stranger Things" by Periphery - "Philistine Philosophies" by SikTH

[@PaintappleDE]

I've heard there is a Video called ''Mike Mangini drum solo (Dream Theater live@luna park)'' online, that want's to be reacted to, enjoy. :D

[@juancastaneda9525]

It's on spotify 🤘😎🤘

[@stonerjoe21]

A Nightmare to Remember!!!!!! DT

[@craziiboyyeefoeva5573]

Dream theater took alot of inspiration from many bands from the past, other prog bands and hard rock, and Metallica too

[@brudcampos]

One thing certain about Dream Theater tracks: They get better and better with time after listening multiple times. Trust me...

[@ChimericWings]

Home - Dream Theater 🙏

[@orphydianmusic9529]

Pls continue on with Petrucci recent solo album. Temple of Circadia track and the entire is indeed what instrumental world needed. This track reminds me of the awesome chemistry of Petrucci and the ex DT drummer Mike Portnoy and seems like this had to be featured in the Systemathic chaos album., the one with the perfect mic between drumming and guitar.

[@riddhimanmedhi99]

You’re definitely right. Metallica is massive influence for them by their own admission. This was their first song and first prog metal album essentially, where they mixed prog rock soundscapes and time signatures with Metallica style metal riffing.

[@thecheif00]

The Best of Times

[@Jayt97666]

Sat here watching this drinking a Mango Loco! 😏

[@sllk4104]

Breaking all illusions next :D

[@mr_enigma]

For a more catchy chorus (and another great song) you could try Take The Time, from the same album.

[@Skaarn_]

John Petrucci has mentioned many times in different interviews/videos how Metallica inspires him when he writes chuggy riffs. So you're pretty spot on.

[@kylereece1979]

Cèn scéal,a Drew? Glad you went with this one- for most, tis their biggest known song. It was released in the midst of the Grunge era, Metallica Black album dominance, but found an audience that grew over the years. There's an Absolute Metallica influence here. Totally. Metallica's 80s output defo shaped all metal bands since then, regardless of the genre- be it Prog Metal, Nu Metal or whatever. Metallica's "s&m 2" is just out. Full on concert with the San Francisco Orchestra. Its in celebration of the 20th annivesary of their original gig with the orchestra from '99. And, its fecking incredible. Essential listening- defo gotta react to something from that,mate!

[@ThrashFantasy]

Totallu need to do metropolis pt1

[@vascopereira9978]

Damn it, second!

[@DrewFortune97]

lol, next time😼

[@markototev]

Dream Theater - The Mirror + Lie.

[@otacon04psn]

Classic

[@josepedromesquita1604]

I was able to find every DT album on Spotify

[@gravityticker4668]

Dude it would be so cool if you listened to Metropolis Pt.1 and then in your 100k sub video you react to the entire Metropolis Pt. 2 Album (Because it is a concept album)

[@PETSOKOFTIS]

Temple of Circadia by John Petrucci You should listen to this masterpiece

[@Thystonius]

The Dali Thundering Concept Kamelot Silent Planet Orbit Culture Ark Beyond Twilight Cypecore Tallah

[@terrymargheim9985]

The one that propelled...

[@danielsilvaespinoza1324]

My fucking dream is that you will ever react to Dream Theater's Instrumedley

[@pter·o·dac·tyl]

Highly recommend these Dream Theater live vids from 2014: a long one "Illumination Theory", almost 20 min kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIipd5ypi51sl5o and a 12 min one "Breaking All Illusions" kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH-8f4Gpe7x6r5o. Also The Shattered Fortress from this concert is insane (and my preferred version even tho its without Portnoy) kzbin.info/www/bejne/amjcd6Robb6Wgc0 if you want to check it out since you've already heard the studio version

[@jaspergillgannon4991]

You HAVE to do To Hell and Back by Symphony X! An absolute masterpiece in my book