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0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Take The Time
13:54 - Pull Me Under
26:30 - Blind Faith
43:20 - Dying Soul
1:01:03 - Outcry
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[@KeyOfGeebz]

Glad you're diggin the DT Slow Burn and THANK YOU ALL for the heads-up on the correction on keyboard players. AWWWRIGHT!!

[@Zitronenparty]

Opeth Slow Burn - when? :D

[@warbirdfotos]

@@Zitronenparty 🤘🤘

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

to answer your question, Pull Me Under does not go into another song, it just.. kinda ends.

[@aragnophy]

@@V.F.D.DaleSalvadorYeah, I always freak out what’s happened LOL, they could’ve fixed it, I don’t why they didn’t

[@rockonileva]

Now you need to listen to something with the other Keyboard player: Derek Sherinian I strongly reccoment Lines In The Sand - One of the best songs by the band IMO.

[@JakobStrand]

James LaBrie on Images and Words...a legendary voice.

[@u.v.s.5583]

The older he gets, the better he was, even though he was really great.

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

Awake my friend. He uses his fry I believe it's called on that album.

[@plap111]

Blind Faith is a dark horse for best DT song of all time. Solo section is absolutely unreal.

[@terriblecrayon]

I agree.

[@226butters226]

One of my favorites. Six Degrees is a masterpiece

[@alexk3352]

That piano break in the middle always gives me goosebumps.

[@slawaxas]

yeah, not really being into them anymore this is one of their most enjoyable and cohesive songs

[@captainmorgan1978]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH7Ko5KOf9WGrck YUP!

[@IveGotAMatch]

I’m also really happy Blind Faith made it through - very underrated track. The start of the guitar solo makes me smile every time 🥲

[@filipec.storck]

Blind Faith is a masterpiece 🔥🤘🏻

[@gregoryspunt6509]

Blind Faith is one of my all time favorite songs, so happy it made it in

[@brunomadail]

Also i love how blind faith progresses slowly and then slowly ends just like the great debate.

[@Aivri]

Awesome track. Though after all those years of listening to 6DoIT, feels kinda incomplete without listening to Misunderstood right after :)

[@SutMacG]

Absolutely amazing double album! Hard to believe it came out 20 years ago?! 👀

[@shawn9566]

Images and Words is a perfect album.

[@dodgrblu]

one of the all time classics

[@dodgrblu]

Kevin Moore is the Keyboardist on Images and Words and Awake, he comes up with some amazing stuff. Wait for Sleep being a keyboard driven ballad that's one of the most beautiful little songs ever made...and of course the unique gem that is Space Dye Vest

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

Space Dye Vest is a masterpiece! They never went anywhere near that place after his departure.

[@antisage]

Two AMAZING songs. Space Dye Vest probably in my top 3 all time favorites from DT..

[@vierdo]

Space dye west is top 3 DT songs ever made. That song was his departure and good bye to DT song.

[@kevinheckeler]

Everything on Awake is gold IMO, that album has held up really well all these years.

[@CodamATW]

For me Wait For Sleep and Learning to Live are one song

[@greg1576]

If you liked "This Dying Soul", that track is actually one track in a larger group of tracks known as the "Twelve Step Suite", named so because the lyrics detail Portnoy going through a bout of alcoholism and subsequent recovery during those years. All the songs have recurring riffs, themes, and compositions that I think you'd really love to dive into. The tracks (in order) are as follows: "The Mirror" (kind of a prelude or prologue to the suite) "The Glass Prison" "This Dying Soul" "The Root of All Evil" "Repentance" "The Shattered Fortress"

[@fartpunch3937]

I was really hoping he was covering the 12 step suite when I saw he was doing a deep dive. Really a hidden gem.

[@ronlussari]

The Outcry always gives me goosebumps

[@LordSpongy]

Yes! Easily in my top 10 favorite bands, and I've heard a lot of music in my life. Sometimes DT can get a little redundant, but only because they've been going for so long, making so many long songs exploring all manner of their craft. I'll never forget hearing Panic Attack for the first time. It was so heavy, so frantic, a headbanger that sent me into a world of spiraling sensation. My ears felt pure pleasure, but my heart felt every cord and lyric. I've had plenty of panic attacks in my life. I'd never felt so in tune with that sensation, yet in a safe place. Like a rollercoaster you know won't hurt you, but your body still reacts. Little did I know what was ahead of me. Octavarium blew me away. Nothing I'd heard (at the time) sounded like that song. It was operatic in scope and filled with musical creativity that caught up with me over many listens. And then.... there was Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence. There are no words I know to explain what it is like to be someone with mental health issues, to find an album that gives you flashbacks into your life again and again. Despite it's long winded opening (which does come around nicely at the end I'll admit), every song puts you in a place only some can understand fully. When I heard "The Test That Stumped Them All" I was suddenly back in the mental hospital, kept away in a drab room far from my family. More alone than I'd ever been taking so many pills it was sickening to the stomach. (Happy Ending, i recovered.) Solitary Shell.... I weep every time. I did not have the same experience as the boy in the song, but Autism is not the same in everyone. Despite a diffirent experience.... every beat told me the same story I had come to know all too well. Feeling withdrawn, held in, seperated and alone in your own time. You want to reach out but as time goes on you stop trying. If the lonliness and overwhelming seperation push you in enough, you become a black hole. Sometimes it turns to rage, you feel like a burden to those around you when you can't understand something, or have to be reminded of things everyone else seems to understand automaticly. I love this band so much. They probably changed my life. I cannot tell you the amount of times I have gone walking late at night looking up at the stars listening to The Count of Tuscany, or the entire A change of Seasons album. I cannot tell you the time I have wept to Goodnight Kiss or headbanged till I was sore to The Dark Eternal Night. Thank you so much, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, James Labrie, John Myung, Mike Mangini, Jordan Rudess! And thank you, you blessed Decomposer. I love your reactions. Edit: Also, I'm still here.

[@lparksession]

Thank you PATREON for picking Blind Faith, best unison run in DT history

[@mrporter2u]

As good as it is, I don’t think anything tops In the Name of God.

[@jeCktHeReal]

One can not forget that outrcy middle section... it was pretty much my introduction to this band as a teenage boy - blew my head off pretty much

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

I've been a huge DT fan for 30 + years and never get tired of listening to them. Best band live you'll ever experience. That snare drum in Blind Faith is sick.

[@jimmymckie2272]

I’ve been a fan for 5-6 years or so and I’m going to go see them for the first time in February I can’t wait

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

@@jimmymckie2272 You are going to be blown away. I'm excited for you. Rock on !

[@ConnorHammond]

Damn son. I wish I knew who these guys were, back then! I'd have been 1yo, but that's besides the point! haha

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

@@ConnorHammond I took my son to his first DT show when he was 10. He's 31 now and a drummer and his idol is Mike Portnoy, of course, lol.

[@dodgrblu]

Pull Me Under ends like that to reflect the sudden nature of death. and Take the Time is so fun and uplifting, I can't help but want to move and sing along.

[@Kumquat_Lord]

Take the time is by far one of the 'grooviest' songs they have

[@taluckderriam5929]

Now you gotta check out Metropolis part 2 scenes from a memory the whole concept album by Dream Theater. Masterpiece at its best.

[@leddygee1896]

What really blows my mind is HOW DO THEY REMEMBER IT ALL!! Good God... And I've been listening to them since their first album in 1989.

[@shri081]

Exactly….you just spoke my mind….an entire library of riffs from all their albums…and they are always seamless live….staggering…

[@Jester1411]

DTs album "awake" is often overlooked in my opinion and it contains some of the best DT tracks (personal opinion)

[@psychoelectric]

Awake and scenes are their 2 best. Images 3rd.

[@Mulukkis]

Oh yeah, 6:00 alone is a must listen.

[@jetklaatu9831]

Jordan Rudess was "let loose" on the "Six Degree of Inner Turbulence" album according to Mike Portnoy. They held him back on the previous album on purpose (for a good reason). Songs from the 6DoIT album like "Blind Faith" are still today just hard to beat in terms of musicianship! As good as Blind Faith is, "The Great Debate" is my personal fave when it comes to ranking the best guitar & key chops. As for "This Dying Soul" (your reaction to the outro was FUNNY as HELL! lmfao! I love it!) is a part of a greater whole suite of songs spanning multiple albums about addiction and the AA steps in short. Train of Thought to this day is still their heaviest album in my opinion and MY personal fave of theirs. I saw them in 2004 play the entire album start to finish in Manchester, UK and they've not done that since, it was an EXPERIENCE I'll never forget!

[@BloodMythos]

Can’t wait until you react to Octavarium, Black Clouds and Silver Linings, and more stuff off of Train of Thought. Can’t ever get enough of DT and their awesome work.

[@GaudyGabriev]

Damn what a selection. I saw Six Degrees in the thumbnail and thought "could it possibly be Blind Faith?". Easily one of their most underrated songs. It usually goes unmentioned, and yet it's one of their best pieces. PD: It'll get mention eleven hundred times, but the keyboardist on Images and Words was Kevin Moore. Jordan didn't join until the album Metropolis. PD2: For an amazing solo by John and one of their great songs: Lines in the Sand. Easily one of the best solos he's ever done, which is saying something.

[@dodgrblu]

yep it was suggested strongly on Patreon, but i think it was just too long, combined with Hell's Kitchen

[@resoundingsource6595]

Yeah I kinda wish lines in the sand hadn’t been suggested as a 2fer w/ Hell’s Kitchen because they are truly two separate songs, and I’d much rather see him do lines alone than not at all 😢😅😂

[@GaudyGabriev]

I do listen to them as a pair nearly every time I listen to Lines, but yeah, it's fine without the "intro" of Hell's Kitchen, and the solo alone is worth it (the rest of the song is a DT classic too as far as I'm concerned, but that solo... both the band with the atmosphere and Petrucci outdid themselves).

[@u.v.s.5583]

The other disc of 6 degrees is a pinnacle of music, it is much stronger than the title suite.

[@evankeen1245]

God, "This Dying Soul" is easily my favorite track by DT, happy to see you reacting to this one! That breakdown at 52:34 is INSANE! always gets me right in the balls!

[@Heatwave9000]

Its a bit cringe with the nu metal influence but still a fkn mental track. I like it

[@ManWithoutThePants]

@@Heatwave9000 They had their period when they had a bit nu metal influences, but not to a point where it usually bothered me. When I bought this album, I actually checked from the notebook that came with CD that is Mustaine actually visiting in the album :).

[@fatjonseatingadventures5429]

Train of thought is my favorite album, it’s a pure banger.

[@freedomNLG]

@@Heatwave9000 wouldn't call it cringe

[@kevinheckeler]

Train of Thought is a kick ass album.

[@diov7228]

Images & Words and Awake are two of my favourite DT albums, which happen to have Kevin Moore as the keyboardist in them. Moore also has two more bands which are quite rad: OSI (suggested songs: False Start, Radiologue, Free, Go...) and Chroma Key (suggested songs: On the Page, Undertow, Colorblind). You might like it :) glad as always to see content from you!

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

I'm with you.

[@Aivri]

Seconding this idea, and also adding to song list for OSI: wind won't howl, new mama, blood, when you're ready, bigger wave, once,.... Well just too many great songs.

[@colinburroughs9871]

Those first two OSI records are at least really good, then they did a third one that was so bad I forgot that it existed. And it's got Gavin Harrison on it and it's still dull as all get out.

[@chriszilar3657]

@@Aivri oh yes! Wind won’t howl is sheer perfection!!!!!!

[@Aivri]

@@chriszilar3657 I know, right? Short form masterclass in buildup and release of tension. That last chorus hits hard.

[@marcusimbesi1421]

You have to do octavarium. The epic of all epics

[@warbirdfotos]

Ya know Geebz, these slowburns are most excellent. In a world of 1 minute sound bytes, the 1hr+ videos have my attention all the way thru. Between you, Daily Doug, Rick Beato and The Charismatic Voice, my entertainment/educational needs are met. I wish Kevin Moore would have stayed with them, he was the perfect metal keyboardist! Thanks Geebz!

[@JacobNates]

Sometimes I forget just how much I absolutely adore this band

[@ShaneCarey]

30 years since the 1st OSI, it's fun to hear that Take The Time solo from Kevin Moore, but surreal to remember him as the young man that would actually want to play that way.

[@BlindSniperz]

OSI is still in my rotation and will never leave

[@MC_CM77]

20 years right? For a second I felt really old haha, the first album from OSI is from 2003. Or did you mean the first Chroma Key album? From 1998, 25 years ago?

[@RushAss]

The instrumental section of Blind Faith is one of the most batshit crazy things they have ever done.

[@chriszilar3657]

Six degrees is a Masterpiece!!! Probably my favorite and favorite tour…saw them live in Phoenix and followed them to Hollywood Greek Theater! Got to see Dug Pinnick sing Lines in the Sand,like he did on the studio version!! KingsX opened to my surprise!!!! Probably the greatest concert I ever experienced❤🤘

[@albinlundberg5583]

I will forever treasure the terms ”funk twerkin’us” and ”heady shiet” as a review for Dream Theater just absolutely brilliant!

[@rahbeat9785]

i highly suggest checking out their most underrated instrumental song ever called 'Stream of Consciousness'. it's a perfect balance between digestibility and craziness. you'll like it

[@dodgrblu]

there's something special about that song. and every time i listen it makes my mind wander around the middle, almost like a hypnosis, it's so weird I almost forget I'm listening to it, then at a usual time it brings my mind right back, and I'm left wondering, 'how does that keep happening'

[@tristan8823]

Whoever is handling your song suggestions deserves a prize. Blind Faith and Outcry are such hidden gems!

[@extaxt9847]

And pull me under was such an unheard diamond in the rough...

[@johnward5404]

Couldn’t disagree more… they are good songs but not among their greats. Put Lie and Sacrificed Sons in there.

[@dodgrblu]

@@johnward5404 yeah, I don't mind Blind Faith being done, but Outcry was a bit disappointing to see on the list.

[@spartansquid5931]

@@johnward5404 Uh huh, like those songs were anything special either

[@user-tr3st4ms9g]

​@@dodgrbluoh bs 🙄

[@Phoenix12157]

Outcry is INCREDIBLE. One of my favorites.

[@andreweconomos6081]

Geebz!!! As a fan of DT since high school, this was a fantastic video with excellent song choices. The album Metropolis Pt. 2 was my introduction to them and Mike Portnoy is one my major drum heroes, but more so it is regarded as one of the best concept albums since The Wall. If you have an hour of free time and are in the mood for more DT, check it out; you won’t be disappointed.

[@matthewdrews]

Man, I've watched a few reactions to Pull Me Under, but you're the only guy to notice that super complex solo in the verse. You owe it to society to decompose more of this band (also, thank you for the great analysis)!

[@alinvrencean3822]

Kevin Moore îs the keyboard player. Respect!

[@lparksession]

Geebz you had to hold your hat on for that Dying Soul breakdown lol

[@machnoman]

"This Dying Soul" is peak Portnoy. It is also song 2 (steps IV n V) of a larger composition, Twelve-Step Suite, which were all written by Portnoy, spanning 5 albums. They reflect his struggles with alcoholism and the 12-step process to overcome it. It's some of the most powerful material in all of DTs catalog

[@machnoman]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-step_Suite

[@xxraddrummerxx]

haha loved the metallica comment. maaaan, i would love to see you react to more of that snarky puppy concert "we like it here". also, maybe a day designated to showing us some of your favorite stuff. we like to find new music too ;)

[@jamesdfulhamfc]

I enjoyed every minute - thank you. So much goodness 😊

[@mikeguymon4147]

Spectacular! Great selection. They literally have the midas touch on anything they do. Thanks for sharing your appreciation for their diligent endeavors.

[@johnward5404]

Man the first time they broke it down and went “close your eyes, and feel the water rise around me” it completely blew me away… didn’t know I was ready to be washed away and it was NICE!

[@chasespell7293]

Thanks Geebz! DT is unrivaled!

[@rtrooperw8115]

Really love your insights and perspectives here. You appreciate true mastery!🤟🏻🙏🏻👍🏻

[@jamespatterson1847]

Geebz!!!!! This is just what I need!! Cant wait to get home from work tonight, find the headphones and enjoy every second of this. Aloha

[@kithkani]

As a composer/music teacher, it's fun watching your reaction to DT. I find my non-musician friends are much less appreciative of them, but insane when you understand the music theory behind it. Even more fun when they are one of your favorite bands. Great song selection, thanks for featuring these! :D

[@conservatron]

It may not be agreed with, but this was a great playlist to showcase what you mentioned. So many different facets are showcased. Still many more hidden in the rest of their repertoire though 😅

[@heistkev]

I'm still here. I love Dream Theater!! Saw them in Royal Oak, Michigan quite a few years back. The show was as epic as you would expect. The CG artwork and visuals that played on the screen behind them were designed and animated by the band. Such talent all around with these guys.

[@brunomadail]

Was expecting this definitely!!!! As a long dt fan yes please

[@PeytonDrums05]

Geebz dropping two slow burns back to back! Let's go!

[@adamhenton6221]

I'm so excited to listen to this whole thing but I have to go to work. I just started Pull me under". I'm going to listen to the rest of this on the way home later on this afternoon. You are so in for a wild ride. I'm so pumped.

[@pabloc1935]

I'm still here!!! Great reaction!! I cant't wait for more DT songs to come... Greetings from Spain!

[@jabgibson]

First of all thanks, I am so thrilled to have found this. I enjoy each of the DT keyboardist's but as you know now this is Kevin Moore, and DT and fans will forever be in debt to his contribution in the first two albums. Space-dye Vest from Awake and Wait for Sleep from IaW are some of my favorites.

[@dodgrblu]

can't wait to finish work!

[@vukjovanovicofficial]

Geebz my good Sir I'm loving this. I'm a huge DT fan and hearing your thoughts on these songs makes me really happy. Coffee ready, let's gooo! Love your work Sir! The solo section for Take the Time literally steals the air out of my lungs, that's how amazing it is!

[@AirwavesEnglish]

YES! You and me both!💯

[@HollowGolem]

24:40 Nope, that's by design. The song is inspired by the story of _Hamlet_ (in fact the lyric being chanted there is "oh that ths too too solid flesh should melt") and like the Prince's life, it gets cut short early.

[@AirwavesEnglish]

Haha Geebz, I was waiting for that sudden ending part at the end of the second song: Pull Me Under. Yes, the song actually ends like that because it's kinda linked to their one concept album for which they made a short "movie". In their one video the song ends abruptly to go with ther visual story in the video. Excellent video as usual, friend.😎

[@krasmazov009]

Bro what a choice. Glad you made the video

[@_Ellurion]

Train of Thought is their heaviest album, you got that right. It was also my first album and As I Am is my favorite song. I jumped on my seat when I saw the video thumbnail, you're listening to my favorite band! Laughed at the Metallica bass part haha

[@brunomadail]

what the hell are you doing here? xD ahahahah niceeee não sabia que seguias o key of geebz xd ahaha niceee.

[@Psyggie]

I have so many DT songs I'd love you to react to!! This was a pleasure to watch. Getting to see folks being introduced to who in my opinion is the best most dynamic and talented band in history is always a treat! Outcry is one of their most complicated technical arrangements, written about the Egyptian revolutionary War that was happening in real time. Glad you liked it!

[@bradycalvert6652]

I can’t watch this right now but I AM GOING TO ENJOY THIS LATER!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@ronlussari]

Thanks for this man. I would love a episode like that with Angra and Symphony X.

[@jomariani6771]

great choice of songs!

[@widi1624]

Take the time was the very first song that welcomed me to the mighty Dream Theater

[@JaySay]

Dang, man, and you're *starting* with _Take The Time!_ This is gonna be a great long form, Geebz!

[@acevalentine909]

I love your Active Listening face lol

[@kelsokingston]

“It’s of Dream Theater, as you can see; that’s why you clicked on the video” Correct, sir

[@carlosnascimento9269]

Like others have pointed out, Kevin Moore played the keys on I&W. Nice to see Blind Faith here, very underrated song. 6 degrees of inner turbulence is imo one of Mike Portnoy's best performances and Blind Faith is a great example of why.

[@docorrea]

When "Image and Words" came out, my first Dream Theater cd that I won from a friend, I had to listen at least 3 times so I started to like and love.

[@rahbeat9785]

Adam you legend

[@toxxedgaming3885]

53:45 the passage you're talking about has always reminded me of Metallica actually, Blackened specifically the "Callous frigid chill, nothing left to kill · Never seen before, breathing nevermore. Neverrrrrr" part

[@neox79]

Absolutely my favorite band of all time. I would love to see you react to Space Dye Vest. In my opinion, one of their more unique songs in their catalogue.

[@cliffpatterson7359]

I've been a DT fan since Image and Words and I love how you can never nail down what direction they are headed. If you played every album from "When Day and Dream Unite" to "A Dramatic Turn Of Events" without vocals I believe you'd be hard pressed to tell it was the same band.

[@burymeband5410]

I'd kill to see a Symphony X slow burn! You have reacted to mostly their heavier stuff thus far, so I'm sure you'd be pleasantly surprised by the variety in their discography as a whole!

[@sleepscience_]

A few interesting notes: - The keyboardist on the first two tracks is Kevin Moore, their original keyboardist who played on their first three albums. Derek Sherinian then played on one album before Jordan Rudess permanently took over. - Pull Me Under is a great track, though not one I think most fans would have ever considered to be one of their more notable ones if not for the fact that it was probably a lot of people’s introduction to the band, as it’s literally the only hit radio single they ever had in their nearly 40 year career. There actually was some pressure on the band at the time to play the industry game a bit and try to have at least one track break through, which it did, but eventually they got so disillusioned with the process that they swore off ever trying to do it again. And no, it doesn’t lead into another song, it just kinda ends abruptly like that, lol. Same with This Dying Soul. - Most people won’t notice or care since it’s not at all uncommon in music in general, but Images and Words (first two tracks) is the only album Mike Portnoy used triggered drums on at the insistence of their producer at the time. Mike is on record as hating the sound of his drums on that album now for that reason, and while I still think it’s one of their best records and love his playing on it, as a drummer myself I tend to agree. The snare sound especially lacks dynamic variety throughout so many of the tracks on it and it’s especially noticeable to me on rolls and fills where you get that excessive machine gun sound, which has absolutely nothing to do with his playing and everything to do with the fact that it’s triggered.

[@ManiacTobi]

Yeah, the triggered drums really sound awful.

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

Images and words sounds more dated than Awake, for sure.

[@sleepscience_]

I really wish Mike could have gotten the chance to rerecord the drum parts for the album at some point, I would have loved to hear that remix.

[@RazLightbringer]

Blind Faith 🙌🏼 one of the most underrated, unique and awesome DT song

[@johnhaworth2589]

Still here. Loved hearing your reactions. Train of Thought was the album that introduced me to Dream Theater, a great example of hard rock and progressive metal but within the footprint the band is known for. They use fingerprints all the time, most notable on the octivarium album.

[@KapteeniKlamydia]

I'm dying over here! ;)

[@rahbeat9785]

This Dying Soul ?! what a lovely surprise. underrated song

[@HenritheHorse]

YES!

[@chrisandrita2004]

In 1992 my good friend told me about Dream Theater and I went and bought the album and fell in love with DT. Every single album they just make me love them more and more. The latest album they recorded it in there own studio. It’s one of my favorites!!! Whenever you do another Dream Theater reaction do just one song but one song that’s more than 20+. The latest album as one song that’s 20:28 (A View From The Top Of The World). Songs DT has are A Change Of Seasons, Illumination Theory, In The Presence Of Enemies: The Heretic And The Dark Master. Several to choose from my friend. Magnificent job breaking down each part in each song. 😊😊😊

[@nikospantelis6492]

I wish i had seen them back then in early 90's with prime LaBrie and his H-I-G-H notes. That must have been a blast for those attending their lives with the band and its youthful enthusiasm and thirst to conquer the world (which they did eventually)

[@jeffd824]

"it's heady shit" hammer meets nail head. love ya man!

[@carlosnascimento9269]

Awesome, let's do this!

[@Mulukkis]

Take the Time is one of my all time favorites. The entire IaW album is the biggest reason I really started to take music more "seriously" and listening to new stuff. Edit. Oh, one important thing, this album had their original keyboard player Kevin Moore!

[@joannytracoulat1139]

Just best band ever. Ciao

[@Virtuoso80]

Great to see this Geebz, thanks. Interesting thing about "Outcry" is that that whole album it came off of echos the album Images and Words in arrangement. Like if I were to write out a description of the song "Lost Not Forgotten" in sections, it could also describe "Under a Glass Moon" From Images and Words. "Outcry", similarly, is basically the same template as "Metropolis Part 1". I would be blown away if you or someone else did a video on the connections sometime.

[@Prognosis__]

Hey mate...been awhile, I have been very busy but DT got my attention

[@u.v.s.5583]

Thank you for the experience, Sir. This is a playlist I would never have experienced in this form without You. Dream Theater is pretty cool, isn't it?

[@iliayasny]

Great selection of songs. I've been a DT fan since 1996, although moved more to the Tool side since Portnoy left the band. I hope you'll do Change of Seasons one day, it's the first I've heard from DT and it has an imprinting effect on me

[@tobyappel8966]

Woo morning reaction!

[@Tmpp88]

Someone might have pointed it out already but Pull Me Under was the closest Dream Theater ever had to a "radio hit", their best of collection is even called "Greatest Hit", in singular 😂 (..."and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs") Their vocalist James Labrie had an accident in 1995 after the recording of the Awake album that required vocal chord surgery, apparently the doctors didn't give him much of a chance to keep singing professionally but he was back in full force by the following year! He never was able to hit notes quite as high after that but he still retains that same amazing softness and clarity to his voice up till today, even though his performance on the latest DT album was almost like an afterthought... LaBrie's newest solo album Beautiful Shade of Grey is a banger though, mostly just regular old country-ish rock instead of the prog metal his solo project has been in the past, but still very good!

[@mvunit3]

So as you are seeing Geebz in the comments . . . *Kevin Moore* was the original Keyboardist, for their 1st "3" albums, their debut not many people mention because James LaBrie was not the original vocalist (that would be "Charlie Dominici", who was more of a _Steve Perry_ like vocalist) on "When Dream and Day Unite" (1989), which is still my 3rd favorite album from DT. And then their 2nd album "Images and Words", and "Awake", where Kevin left DT before the tour. As a friend said, he preferred Kevin because his Keyboards sounded like _Keyboards_ (patches) instead of trying to emulate a guitar. I don't mind Derek Sherinian (2nd keyboardist) or Jordan Rudess sounding like guitars at times - much like Jan Hammer before them, but Kevin was a totally different keyboardist, and could also contribute lyrics. He has TOTALLY gone into another direction, which is more alternative, piano driven, and sampling with a unique take on Progressive Rock (& Metal) with his own projects under his name, and *Chroma Key.* Including his other band *OSI,* with co-founder/Guitarist of (the 2nd Fathers of Prog Metal, next to Queensrÿche) *Fates Warning,* who are still creating albums, Bassist the late Sean Malone (Death, Cynic, Gordian Knot), Mike Portnoy on Drums (later replaced by Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree) and Moore on Keyboards, sampling and vocals (a very monotone voice, almost Steven Wilson-like, but more dry). Portnoy once described them as; "If Dream Theater met Radiohead". . . . . You may have to look into Moore's solo albums and OSI (heck, one of these days Fates Warning, and their sister band *Arch/Matheos* with _their_ original vocalist John Arch - as "Ray Alder" has been FW's current vocalist since 1988). If you are ever curious about Fates Warning and their history: kzbin.info/aero/PL2DU3TBNutEdLLxfBF-5k3GgR0HKe6jmG - Awesome Reaction to one of my favorite Prog Metal bands.

[@Djcimofficial]

Train of Thought to this day is still my favorite DT album.

[@gregoryspunt6509]

I'm still here!

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

Hope to see you do Octavarium by Dream Theater at some point. one of their best tracks, period.

[@Robfnord]

Ah great, I've been binging on Devin Townsend and Anthrax a lot recently, but i had a bizarre urge to listen to black clouds and silver linings for some reason, totally forgot about that album for a long time, very much enjoyed it, literally just finished and i had a look on here and saw this, so that's my next hour sorted :D Cheers hope you all have a great christmas

[@Hilariumosis]

About 53:20 min in that vocal cadance and end rhymes where he says: "Come to me my friend. I'll help this torture end. Let your ego go. You can't go through this alone. You'll find your peace of mind. You can no longer hide. Let humility. And become what you can be." Reminded me a lot of "Blackened" by Metallica. Replace the words with any of these: "Blackened is the end. Winter it will send. Throwing all you see. Into obscurity. Death of Mother Earth. Never a rebirth. Evolution's End. Never will it mend." Or... "Blistering of Earth. Terminate its worth. Deadly nicotine. Kills what might have been. Callous frigid chill. Nothing left to kill. Never seen before. Breathing nevermore." Or... "Smoldering decay. Take your breath away. Millions of our years. In minutes disappears. Darkening in vain. Decadence remains. All is said and done. Never is the sun."

[@Spitx]

Ok, we can close this week. This is a dissection for the weekend and I'm ready to start it today 😁 if I had no responsibilities and a ton of work to do 😅

[@rtrooperw8115]

LaBrie one of the greatest vocalists EVER!

[@indigoiozzi]

Im still here!

[@Gebruiker0964]

Maybe I missed it, but nobody suggested Ayreon to explore? As a composer you should. Especially if you like Dream Theater. A good begin would be The day the world breaks down

[@jrgdrumsandwatches]

Mike Portnoy is the original drummer, all songs in your list are played by him except the last one. He was more than the drummer from Dream Theater. Also he produced most of their albums with John Petrucci and wrote a lot of the bands lyrics. He unfortunately left the band after 25 years in 2010. Since then Mike Mangini has taken the drum seat. Personally Mike Portnoy was a huge influence for me as a drummer. He always plays in a musical, song oriented way and brings in a lot of influences. One of the greats in my opinion.