Dream Theater - Pull Me Under (Live at Download Festival 2019)

[@Alexroberts666]

I've seen DT play live three times - this was the first time I actually heard them playing this song - it felt like Radiohead playing creep

[@Blaze_Drumz]

QUANTUM POWER

[@natesk81519]

Just saw them tonight and I'm in disbelief that pmu was not play

[@campbells0ups]

they brought it back to original key live? way to go LaBrie for getting the vocal range back

[@toddstaires4488]

I agree. His vocal chords were ruptured due to food poisoning sometime after the "Awake" album & it affected him for a long time.

[@CRYPTOHELL]

Thanks 2020, James gotta rest this whole year.

[@HalenShredder]

I had an itch to hear this song again, and I randomly saw this video and my first thought was "oh boy, from 2019? I'm nervous." Then I heard it being played in the original key, and then I thought "I don't know if that relaxes me or makes me more nervous." Then I see James look like he's swatting a fly or something, alright, sure. Little more nervous now. Then he kills it nearly the whole way through.

[@RyanxDunn]

I know, it was pretty insane to see him sing it this well in the original key. Probably the best vocal performance of this song I've heard from him in a long time

[@emperoring112]

James is kicking some major ass here!

[@Dinozzo1995]

are we watching the same video?

[@diegomorales8616]

@@Dinozzo1995 It's all relative.

[@R3LIABLE]

@@Dinozzo1995 Relative to 93? It's not great. Relative to 5 or 10 years ago? It's a major improvement. Guy has gotten so much shit for his vocals, but a vocal chord rupture (food poisoning incident in 94) is no joke and hard to come back from. Especially when you have the kind of range James had. He's made so much improvement, and I'm personally hoping with the year off due to covid, he will be back sounding great.

[@LudwigJager7]

@@R3LIABLE he needs to heal his voice again but he keeps singing, the guy is a monster

[@josevicentealdeguer5413]

1:01 WTF James 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@joao1328]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@percyrobles8897]

7:12 for a moment i heard 90's James Labrie😮😮

[@woodenhoe]

4:27

[@carsonbaker3735]

James kicked so much ass on this tour

[@chaoticembrace6984]

Jp .....the best metal guitarist alive today!!!!!.....

[@atharvagokhale6738]

The best prog metal yes. He was in the #1 spot in guitar world magazine last year

[@ELECTRICEYEMEDIA]

I saw DT on Images and Words, Awake and Falling Into Infinity tours. I caught 2 shows on the Images and Words tour. Fucking incredible!

[@Victor-pv5sc]

You gotta give it to him... Labrie used to sing fucking amazingly in the early 90's, but since the food poisoning, his voice went to shit, but now you can clearly hear a lot of recovery, I'd say time, practice and dedication

[@sahirkhan2835]

The food poisoning thing is obviously bullshit. If you just hear him perform Pull Me Under over the years, you’ll notice how his voice gradually gets worse and worse. And this is AFTER his ‘food poisoning’ incident. It isn’t some freak accident. Consistent bad technique killed his voice

[@odysseaslag8567]

@@sahirkhan2835 are you out of your mind?He literally ruptured his vocal cords and you are telling THe FOoD pOIsonING iS BuLlShiT? Open your ears and see bootlegs of the band from 1994.Then compare it with 1995:)

[@sahirkhan2835]

@@odysseaslag8567 I did that, it’s an obvious lie. Watch some of the many compilations of his singing year on year. He was getting worse and worse BEFORE the ‘food poisoning’ incident. His technique is awful, his diction is sloppy, he’s a persistent strainer. That’s what killed his voice. Even if we ignore that, you’re claiming that a food poisoning incident irreparably ruptured his vocal cords? Ok so then his voice should fall off a cliff in 1995, right? Except it doesn’t at all. He may have felt the strain on his voice but he was able to hit the same notes and in quite a similar style to 1994. His voice is doing the same things and he is singing the same way. It was him ignoring the advice of a doctor and going on a tour that really did it. Years of bad technique is going to kill your voice. On top of that, you claim you got vocal damage? And you’re going to sing badly on top of that? You are fucked. LaBrie then says his voice had fully returned by 2003. But if you go watch his performances in 2003, they are no different to any of his performances, pre or post ‘food poisoning’ incident. You seem to not understand how the voice works so here’s some knowledge (that you can go and verify if you want to). Some vocal damage (like polyps and modules) is not fixable. If you get that far, it means game over eg. Robert Plant. Even then, it’s not too late to learn good technique and make the most of your new range. In fact, a singer definitely should because it is healthier and just sounds better. But the damage has still made a mark and your voice will never be the same. EVERYTHING ELSE is recoverable through vocal therapy, training, and rest. If you can hit the same notes (which LaBrie still can) then you can learn to hit them in a healthy way. But LaBrie never did. He never rested his voice when he said he needed to, and he never ever trained to be a better singer. It’s not surprising that he’s never been any good. He has probably lost notes and caused vocal damage NOW. But in 1995? No. He still clearly had a lot to work with and to work on. But he didn’t. You can hear all of this in his voice. It doesn’t change, it’s always been pretty sloppy, from 1991 to now. It’s very easy to blame a food poisoning incident but it’s really shifting the blame from LaBrie’s poor management of his voice.

[@odysseaslag8567]

@@sahirkhan2835 Its a combination of bad technique and poisoning..You dont have to be an expert to understand that.Yes indeed He had bad technique but his accident was the icing in the cake.So I am NOT telling it was ONLY the accident the thing that destroyed his voice.But you cant call the whole thing bullshit.He literally started the tour immidiately after the food poisoning with ruptured vocal chords.I guess you agree with what i wrote.

[@sahirkhan2835]

@@odysseaslag8567 Anyone who claims the food poisoning thing ruined his voice is wrong, simple as that. Accidents happen all the time but they are rarely so bad that they can’t be recovered. No one else uses it as an excuse. Robert Plant was sick and then walked for hours in the rain and then did a gig in Sheffield in 1972. His voice was destroyed forever after that. Do you hear Robert Plant going around saying ‘the British weather killed my voice’ ?? He killed his own voice by being reckless than not doing anything to repair it. Bad health and bad technique killed LaBrie’s voice. Accidents happen. You fail if you just let them and whine. Even if he absolutely had to do a tour after the food poisoning incident, he could have rested his voice and gotten singing lessons to improve after. He didn’t. It’s that simple.

[@NotiFawkes]

Love that verse guitar progression! Sounds nice here.

[@ArkhaTOE]

3:20 JP : Myung, look at me, kampret JM : ....... 3:23 JP : Myung kampret beud dah JM : ...... 3:26 JP : Well, I'm going JM : (look to JP) ....... Silent Man

[@sensitivity7207]

xdddd

[@KristianJoyZX_V-T-D.]

Wkwkwk... 🤣

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

Hey...Mike Mangini. NASA called, they said your cymbals are too high up. They are interfering with low altitude test flights and aliens trying to land at Area 51

[@odysseaslag8567]

wow.i mean labrie is amazing here!! I didnt expect that!And i mean amazing if you compare it with the previous years not 1992-3 etc

[@sensitivity7207]

He sang pretty well here

[@thesmileofdawn]

2:59 MAINAN TO IT ALL!

[@O-cDxA]

That artwork on the backdrop !!👍👍👍

[@herdiawanwahyusaputra7900]

The stage is very minimalist...

[@Ebiru2387]

It's just a large stage, so a lot of their gear is not cramping them into a small section. It does look a little weird, i will admit.

[@FinnGamble]

It's a festival gig, and it doesn't look that they are headlining. I think non-headliners usually only get a short time slot for setup before showtime, so there'd be no time for anything big.

[@BIGHEARTM1967]

Anyone bashing Mangini at least he’s on stage hows your drumming career???

[@lifeasrog]

Mangini is the perfect replacement to Portnoy

[@fgr6723]

The best banda !

[@Squarehammer1]

Yes!!!!

[@reactions4u438]

0:44 manginis presence of mind is ridiculous. Has to fix something, but continues to play this fill flawlessly with one hand 😂

[@ironnads7975]

Not a full, and he was just fixing his hat.

[@Ebiru2387]

Something like that is cake for an experienced drummer. Heck, there have been times i have an itch i just cannot ignore, so i just scratch it at a time where my one hand can play for both.

[@FinnGamble]

He does that sort of thing all the time. I think it's part of his routine.

[@TheDarkEternalKnight07]

LaBrie was actually not that bad here. Not the LaBrie that we all fell in love with, but it's what we have it, let's enjoy it!

[@fgr6723]

This drum is fu... crazy!

[@reactions4u438]

I'm nervous to hear the high pitch section, will labrie murder it 😅

[@Berserker26]

He did

[@jaspergillgannon4991]

@@Berserker26 Sounded fine actually

[@taironduenki]

James deu conta até Tá ficando velho kkkk vamos ver até onde ele aguenta essas alturas todas.

[@LudwigJager7]

Ta ficando veio o bichinho e n consegue cantar as notas mais altas q acho q 90% das musicas da banda tem, mas ele teve um incidente com as cordas vocais dele em 1994 acho numa viagem deles e ele n cuidou da voz dele, por isso q elas sao meio fudidas agora, mas tem um live deles q é o Score q o bixo tava no apice, a voz dele tava impecável

[@francescobaratti8065]

Musicisti di grandissima capacitá ma di dubbio tatto ed intelligenza. Se fossero veramente musicisti di grande intelligenza avrebbero abbassato questa canzone di due toni per permettere a LaBrie di cantarla in modo agevole, invece... Questo é il risultato di tanta tecnica e allo stesso di tanto cattivo gusto e anche una buona dose di masochismo.

[@wawanandrelizer6767]

Feel like a real concert

[@ogast86]

we had full on camera crew during this set, where is the footage?

[@patton303]

Every time I see a live clip from 2019, I think about how nobody has the slightest fucking idea about what’s coming.

[@TheDarkEternalKnight07]

Covid? Or James' voice?

[@luiscabanaspy]

2:47 ¡Estos arpegios me vuelan la cabeza! 🤯

[@RmsPaintStudio]

If someone can xplain to me where the heck are Petruccis amps? Under, a side stage, at a room, where?

[@Hokeydokey29]

Jordan Rudess has 11 fingers

[@syh0401]

On each hand? Haha :-)

[@JD-hq1kn]

On each fingers...

[@DavulKursu]

some parts, mike looks like a boy who wants a word from the teacher and raises his hand :D ( 5:11 teacher teacher pleaseeee please pleasee me me meeee pleaseee mee )

[@jovanyzapata4602]

4:32 - 4:42 "The whole world is spinning in sodomy" 😱 What the heck man? This band is dirty! 😂

[@noahlozano5775]

Is this ironic?

[@TheDarkEternalKnight07]

@@noahlozano5775 of course it is lol

[@armageddonibliz4807]

Their set list is very conscious of james vocal health........ Unlike on that Astonishing tour where james is clearly exhausted

[@bakalaudia5620]

Yeah but they still keep playing in the original key :')

[@antoninosabetta]

@@bakalaudia5620 not sure why, really

[@antoninosabetta]

If they were they would lower the key by a couple of tones

[@nickfowkes5719]

Can't believe I missed this to watch Smashing Pumpkins😭

[@bikesnbeerz]

You know you killed 100 puppies doing that.

[@donazazeel]

@@bikesnbeerz poor puppies 😭

[@kakashihatake6176]

Dont like billy corgan current voice,but im sure his voice is probably in a better situation than james

[@TheDarkEternalKnight07]

@@bikesnbeerz Puppies on Acid? Sorry, I had to say it lol

[@DVTOM]

It sounds like James yells now. I wonder what the break from Covid will do to his voice. Maybe the break will have allowed him to fix his voice.

[@Mag_Nus32]

Is this the last time they performed this? As I Am seemed to become the encore after this. Fair enough on James

[@linuxuser2142]

They performed pull me under again during Download Festival 2022

[@a79kornklown2000]

Why does Portnoy have the cymbals so high up ?

[@Beefnhammer]

That isn't Portnoy 🤣

[@ironnads7975]

I love Dream Theater, but there is a lot of "Just for Men" being used on stage 🤣

[@grooveduke]

Hanging those cymbals that high is pure nonsense and will cause injuries in time

[@reactions4u438]

Mangini said it was interfering with the drums themselves in terms of sound. He also said the cymbals are closer to his body. He said overtimes it builds his strength.

[@carsonbaker3735]

trust me he thought it through before putting them up there. It wont hurt him

[@PitfallHarry72]

No lip syncing here, obviously. LOL.

[@hluahmar]

👍

[@veracious8250]

This drummer just don’t cut it

[@joaobatistarosa8059]

Batera missed, 7:40, Back Mike Portnoy lol,

[@NoName-ql1wk]

He is one of the worst singers of all time.

[@felipenascimento9486]

A voz do labrie estraga tudo

[@lorenzocivardi88]

TERRIBILI ----- i Dream Theater sono finiti -----

[@francescobaratti8065]

LaBrie non ce la fa più

[@riccardobelliggiano6577]

Senza labrie sarebbero mooolto meglio.... Dovrebbero trovare un cantante che lo sostituisca...

[@xcape7937]

riccardo belliggiano farebbero prima a chiudere bottega a sto punto. Le persone ancora oggi non digeriscono mangini, figurati come reagirebbero ad un altro cantante

[@antoninosabetta]

@@riccardobelliggiano6577 bastano un paio di toni

[@albertoacuna3015]

Mangini sounds terrible 🤮