Making Classic DREAM THEATER Songs More Normal (Everything In 4/4)

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[@henriquemontalvao8492]

Imagine being so prog you go back to 4/4

[@kenanatkinson7335]

Couldn't be me 🤷‍♂️

[@Rasnafa]

full circle

[@henriquemontalvao8492]

@@Rasnafa yes

[@tahirmukic5460]

That's called syncopation. Go listen to Black Dog or Stairway to Heaven or something else like that.

[@wintermootmusic]

That's what Meshuggah's Demiurge sounds like to me. An album full of rhythmically complex riffs and then you just get hit with something so normal it actually sounds more brutal

[@Blackberry7620]

Because of being used to hearing what they should sound like, these sound MORE prog than the originals to me.

[@daphenomenalz4100]

Lol same

[@daphenomenalz4100]

I listen to dream theater everyday, and my brother only listens to DT, he can't bear other bands😂

[@reptilesandfishing5540]

Yep

[@EricXuph]

same lol

[@DavaHerian]

Oh shit, you're right maaan

[@yigiteldek]

Dream Cinema

[@leonid7785]

Bruh moment oyle bir andir ki

[@sertugtepe2136]

HDHDHAJBXHEBSUWNZJBE

[@tomaszhadun]

Hahahahahahah :D

[@sampadroyy]

More like Nightmare Cinema

[@yigiteldek]

@@sampadroyy I was actually gonna write that, but it would be weird. Like theater and cinema have similar meaning while dream and nightmare are opposites. Also it wasn't a nightmare tho, I liked this version.

[@ApothecaryTerry]

0:29... Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take Petrucci will be watching you

[@KHOMOTO]

Every sweep you play….

[@piacere_lore]

1:29 so that's what anxiety sounds like

[@EnergeticSpark63]

hey

[@DavidNwokoye]

Kid: "Mom can we buy the Master of Puppets CD" Mom: "No we have Master of Puppets at home" MoP at home: 2:04

[@yesman8564]

god damn david you beat me

[@Schmebulock14]

So u have a better version mop at home

[@elmerm6876]

Oh my god I’ve only seen the change of seasons riff... already... what have you done to that beautiful riff?

[@arthurpires6178]

Look how he massacred my boy

[@HowToGuitarMusic]

Hearing these songs makes them feel proggier than the originals lol

[@blakfloyd]

Yeah, I had severe trouble keeping on the beat.

[@viniciusleaoa]

Today we've learned that it's impossible to de-prog DT

[@MICHAEL20937]

So 'Metropolis pt. 1' in 4/4 is basically 'Every Breath You Take' 😳

[@Simoran]

I'm surprised Breaking All Illusions doesn't actually sound that bad.

[@lukeabrahamsen-collins808]

I kinda wish it was in 4/4 to begin with

[@pedrosilvaproductions]

@@BradleyHallGuitar bloody ages For normal people: 3 years For bradley: 35 seconds

[@LocrianDorian]

@@BradleyHallGuitar Hence why it's still unnailed :^)

[@GeorgeTheGreekFan]

most actually don't sound too bad in 4/4, I would argue a few sound even better (for example the systematic chaos ones)

[@LocrianDorian]

Congratulations dude, somehow you made these songs sound even more weird in 4/4 than they are in 25/32.

[@ProgTheater]

In the presence of enemies is the best acdc track i ever heard!

[@auraofazure]

Metal songs in prog time signatures: CD skipping Dream Theater songs in 4/4: also CD skipping

[@bigwilly1850]

John Petrucci just felt a great disturbance in the universe

[@WBCHelpSaint]

He was lucky it wasnt John Myung at the door since we all know he is an assassin

[@ijustchangedmyname]

@@WBCHelpSaint JM apparently had to be physically restrained on stage once in their really early years when Chris Collins made a racist joke about JM's Korean background.

[@bvq330]

@@ijustchangedmyname Really? Also you mean JP at the start?

[@ijustchangedmyname]

@@bvq330 Maybe? Probably. The comment is 3 years old.

[@bvq330]

@@ijustchangedmyname Yeah, I know. Probably shouldn't have bothered

[@tarkus1056]

This feels so wrong. Like, morally and ethically wrong.

[@quadfin5155]

What is ethically wrong can be morally right.

[@artemesaulkov2010]

Nice name

[@chadthegiga6235]

@@artemesaulkov2010 Big daddy Tark

[@Passarium-1195]

Actually bro

[@alex_albyne]

YESSSS THE COUNT OF TUSCANY, is one of my favourites alongside Octavarium, Metropolis (1 and 2) and Under a Glass Moon

[@maximummatt73]

Tuscany was in 6/8 on the low

[@colejohnson66]

@@maximummatt73 a mixture of 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 for most of it

[@taunokekkonen5733]

Actually knowing how Change of Seasons goes, this version is even more confusing than the original.

[@machnoman]

If Metallica tried to cover DT songs..

[@spoxx1802]

James, Rob, and Kirk can do odd time signatures fine. Lars on the other hand...

[@benparsons4979]

@@spoxx1802 lmao Lars hate this is so funny and original cus Lars doesn't understand time signatures rofl lmao

[@triad5766]

@@spoxx1802 - Lars played blackened just fine in the 80s and it’s full of 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 13/4, and 5/8 changing constantly. Of course they played this all by feel, but it’s absurd to say he can’t play odd times.

[@jsviktor5]

lack of wah wah

[@xdman20005]

@@benparsons4979 He is big dumb and has bad drom skilL! me go utube and tell me frends i dont fan Lars Ulrik!!

[@kinglouw]

It's crazy how weird all these sounds while they are now in a more 'normal' meter!

[@kjl3080]

The accents are in odd places, that’s why

[@raimukoyoasu6636]

Me : Mom can I have DT at home Mom : We already have DT at home DT at home :

[@D-Man_Jam]

_"Prog doesn't have to be an odd time signature to be Prog"_ -Beethoven (probably)

[@eduardodonascimentojunior8247]

OMG I thought somebody was knocking at my door, I had to take my earbuds off to make sure.

[@tukeewc1880]

I love it! That is to say, I hate all these riffs in 4/4 and it really makes me appreciate just how amazing DT at using complex rhythms to bring out the melodies in their best form. Great video!!

[@yesman8564]

is it weird a change of seasons sounds even less normal on 4/4?

[@pavelesaulopeztriminio7537]

I feel the same!!

[@bombiegaming]

Ngl I died a little inside watching this video, especially Metropolis Pt. I "Look how they massacred my boy"

[@mgrocki]

daaamnn... 0:15 that TONE though!!! pure filth & grime!

[@t3hgir]

Now Meshuggah but no syncopation (impossible?)

[@BigJohnDeere100]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣..."who could that be at my door....OHHHMYGOODDD!!!" Subbed man!! awesome

[@br1nk_0f_illusi0n5]

I think I have to practice more- 👀🎸🤘🏻 These sounded rly cool 😎

[@izdethdethizthebassist]

2:14 dream theater meets iron maiden.

[@alex_albyne]

I've been waiting this for a long time, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@alex_albyne]

And I say this as I listen to DT

[@Daniel_R.B]

1:13 DT is the only band that at 4/4 sounds like a bloody odd time signature

[@KimiiiRaikkonen]

nothing makes me more happy than 2:34-2:38

[@acgm046]

When you turn around in Doom 2 and a monster spawns right in your face 3:24

[@matiosmi137]

Since I pretty much know DT discography by heart at this point, this sounds more prog than the original. Except Metropolis Pt.1. This shit always tripped me up and here I'm like "finally, THIS is what it should have sounded like in the first place".

[@forrestperkins6237]

Jesus christ the knocking I thought was really my room

[@giampaoloferranti2925]

The funny thing is that what is already good is good also in 4/4 (or in 12/8 like Count of Tuscany), what instead is not cool isn’t good neither in 4/4 :-)

[@aimeeaztec4601]

How the hell u remember all these twiddley notes is beyond me! U are soooooooo talented and most amusing too!

[@sweetypuss]

i haven't actually listened to much dream theater so these just sound like normal riffs/licks to me

[@mydogismyprofilepic]

Never been a big fan of dream theater but I know John is a guitar god..

[@mirkecWii]

What aspect do you not like of theirs?

[@mydogismyprofilepic]

@@mirkecWii not a big fan of the vocals and the super long songs. But they are all great musicians

[@mirkecWii]

@@mydogismyprofilepic yeah I can see why some people dont like Labrie, but in my opinion he really shines on earlier studio albums... His vicals live are another story...

[@eternalbliss3487]

The metropolis part 1 section in 4/4 is actually more beautiful and doesn't sound "too speedy"

[@glaucoomago3813]

It sound amazing, feels like you're putting more odd signatures in their odd signatures and it turns back into 4/4 😂😂😂

[@msnrc]

Do you think you are good? Now try "Another Day" in 4/4

[@colejohnson66]

BuT It’S AlReAdY 4/4

[@woodenhoe]

Try Regression

[@clairwilliams5982]

Dream Theater are my fav prog band. You got it down really good.

[@FrankieAmadeian.]

Oh, that poor Charvel in the back, watching Bradley get all handsy with his Ibanez.

[@dooflugnut1894]

I've been listening to dream theater since I was four and this is hurts me in a way I didn't know I could be hurt. Must say tho ya did an excellent job on this

[@muhammadravi5230]

When the normal one sounds more normal than with the normal time signature

[@kyawkokothant22]

The ending cracks me up. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@zonic26]

Erotomania stood out the most seeing how the 4/4 gets rid of the breaks in between the riffs

[@Passarium-1195]

Dance of eternity in 4/4 is just violation

[@Heheha329]

In the presence of enemies in 4/4 hurts my soul

[@090nj2]

*WE 👏🏿 NEED 👏🏿MORE👏🏿VIDEOS👏🏿LIKE👏🏿THESE👏🏿*

[@magnusmarkling]

This is hillarious!! Well done!!

[@Bryan-T]

This is trippy.

[@danielflorezfranco2928]

2:34 my favorite part! especially for the face xD

[@ArnoVlmt]

Petrucci is god but with a bigger beard and muscles. Period.

[@Smilenol]

Frank Zappa used to say that 4/4 is the hardest to write in because its more of a blank page rythmically speaking......something like that

[@DarleneCobb-dd8nu]

Ministry of Lost souls and disappear, It would be interesting ones. Being done more normal.

[@Nohugsforyou1]

This was downright excruciating to watch and listen to... Like nails on a chalkboard for someone familiar with the originals. You did a great job but it’s so unsettling. I almost can’t finish watching it. Ow. Oh God it’s just WRONG. Bravo. Well done.

[@berkaygulunay7347]

I lost myself in Count of Tuscany

[@user-en5mn8bw6q]

I thought that somebody knocking on my door at the end

[@Bub123]

i dont understand the rythm anymore now

[@jerryvanlalhriatpuiachhang569]

All those hours of creative song writing, then Bradley comes along

[@Bryan-T]

HAHAHAH. That ending.

[@alexdevisscher6784]

I don't actually know the originals, but the 4/4 versions all felt a little contrived, as if they had notes missing. Now I really want to hear the originals.

[@LayTheeDown]

Yes this is it. This right here. It's IT. IMPROVEMENT

[@kayberg5417]

That Dance of Eternity though........

[@solomonoh7769]

3:24 "You've committed crimes against Prog-rim and her people. What says you in defense?"

[@gandalf8216]

"Odd"/unusual time signatures doesn't automatically mean greater difficulty to play, because sometimes such a time signature just makes sense.

[@jonnyb2020]

Adding a totally new meaning to “constant motion” 😂😂

[@nic3612]

It hurts so bad

[@metallurgico]

T shirt is outstanding

[@epiklightz4773]

Smooth Criminal

[@6sentient]

after years of (re)listening to originals,this sound so confusing...which means you did an amazing job

[@kaoko111]

Somehow, this seems harder than the actual songs.

[@turtiain]

As I don’t know any Dream Theater songs, I was like ”uhhh... I don’t get it”

[@marius9372]

Images & words is a great starting point. Scenes from a Memory as well, maybe it's a bit harder to get into because of its length and strong concept

[@smithers38]

Yeah, just start with Images & Words. Soon enough you'll see yourself that no matter which of their songs you click next, there's a 90% chance it's just another masterpiece. Suddenly you've fallen in love. So just stay candid when going through some best of playlist or something.

[@clairwilliams5982]

Plenty to listen to then. Start with Images and Words and then get them all in chronological order. It all tells the story of an incredible band. The early years with Kevin on keys are superb as the bass is more audible giving a better listening experience. Imho.

[@turtiain]

I have tried to listen to Dream Theater, but I just can’t t.... I just can’t... Too progressive to me, maybe I am too stupid to understand their brilliance which to me sounds like musical masturbation.

[@astickman7054]

@@turtiain try their softer somgs like The Spirit Carries On, Another Day, Space Dye Vest, and Through Her Eyes

[@tylerwarren8139]

That looked like it took a lot of concentration. Bravo!

[@oloirosomfg5993]

This sounds even harder than the original xD

[@tontonblower4755]

I felt that jumpscare

[@jobeddpagan940]

the end xD LOL

[@ConstantineM]

I like intro riff of Breaking All Illusions in 4/4 much better

[@Enoskjp]

Petrucci at the door: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING ?

[@TheCkhutton12]

When did Bradley get ink on the hand? Your committed now!

[@RickReasonnz]

What... What have you DONE? You monster!

[@michaelberresford4291]

On a real note I think Petrucci would love this.

[@nadavlevin6839]

The look in the start of Dance Of Eternity killed me

[@MadGladiator-_]

He created prog, by removing the prog

[@liambenn1214]

This feels more groggy than the songs normally, especially metropolis pt1

[@Temporal72]

Dude haha I can't with constant motion like that

[@shredkettle]

And yet somehow its still crazy proggy :o

[@lonredstar6904]

Erotomania and itpoe are absolutely cursed jesus

[@andririki1298]

Original time signature:John pettruci 4/4 time: John Pettrumi

[@martinkrajc472]

your t-shirt describes them :D

[@Mojosucks]

basically me trying to play DT by reading tabs

[@SlyHikari03]

Fever Dream Theater

[@brunomartinssantos4947]

Metropolis and erotomania in 4/4 made me feel more uneasy than the first time I heard the original songs. Congratulations, this is painful as fuck

[@AyazHuseynov]

2:35 😂

[@urossvilar5571]

Making prog sounds like technical groovy thrash metal

[@osiris-guitar]

In the presence of enemies sounds like irish folk music :-D

[@izdethdethizthebassist]

and iron maiden...