Mike Portnoy - The Great Debate

[@RadityoArdiH]

His drum cover is the best so far...! He must be a great fan of Dream Theater...

[@RomanCaries]

Nice joke, bud))))))))

[@jokooutsuki7821]

Ini portnoy ex drumer dream teater

[@zizzitamer2302]

best cover so far

[@joaomatheus6222]

Radityo Ardi lol

[@mradzinski]

Mangini would be proud of this dude, whoever he is xD (**sarcasm detector explodes**)

[@JamesRussoMillas]

I always thought this song showcased some of MP's BEST drumming.

[@tromboneman4517]

James Russo, this and Glass Prison are some of his best drum lines. Actually, many of his songs are just beastly. It’s hard to choose.

[@JK-g62]

James...i couldnt agree more....this is my fave DT song!!!

[@Shredxcam22]

Scarred or A change of seasons

[@JK-g62]

@@Shredxcam22 change of seasons

[@scottmurdock01z]

What about "glass prison"?

[@Selkirk69]

the fact that he remembers every one of the 18,000 hits in this song is incredible now multiply that by the 140 songs he plays

[@Gorgeous_Genesis]

Just Epic! Inhuman form.

[@julioluiz]

He's extraordinary.

[@nim831]

I think it is much easier to remember drum parts that you have created. He probably also had it down to muscle memory from playing/practicing the song often. (Still very impressive nonetheless, I mean come, on it is 13 minute epic).

[@BruceWayne-zj1kw]

He wrote it. So.

[@chaoslord904]

You can say that about Mangini.

[@NEntv58]

how much fun would it be to play at this level.

[@Danny-bx7nz]

NEntv58 If you play drums, keep playing and don't listen to your brain when you're doubting yourself. Sometimes your worst enemy is you! Keep practicing and practicing try something new, play stuff that makes you feel uncomfortable and don't stop playing it until you feel something is getting better, wether it be your technique or speed or whatever you're trying to work on. Believe in yourself my friend and have a nice day

[@reelaw3155]

Wonderfull words of advice buddy! As a drummer myself I really can say that you are your own worst enemy!

[@Danny-bx7nz]

Ossi oh yeah man, I think everyone is there worst enemy whether it's music, art, writing or anything artistic, or anyone who chases their dreams.

[@Michael_Michaels]

Pretty boring, actually. So boring that he felt the need to play some parts differently.

[@아홉시똥덩이떼몇달간]

NEntv58 would be a nice beg in Instagram

[@kitchnrecordz1400]

Oh man, still one of the best drumming performances ever.

[@autofocus4556]

When the drums in your songs are so interesting they become drum instruction videos.

[@KyleBigler]

Total masterpiece. MP's musical creativity is off the charts.

[@donaty27]

Mike Is so clean, he makes drumming look so easy!

[@safeguardinvestigationsand1108]

He has always been my greatest inspiration behind the drums.

[@82mangini]

His technical dynamics is Very poor

[@abbylabby0429]

I must ask you now that Mangini is gone, how do you feel 82mangini?@@82mangini

[@ironeddie3911]

I’ve seen a lot of drummers 🥁 and Mike Portnoy has the best licks! 🥁 the way he plays- his style is my favorite kind of playing!🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁- U THE MAN mIKE!

[@ironmaidenfan420]

IRON EDDIE damn right! Up the irons

[@Live4Ibanez]

This guy should have tried out for the dream theater drummer audition, he nailed this song!

[@windsofplague0526]

Mike Portnoy: The king of off beat splash stacker hits. 🤘

[@johnstitt2615]

Mangini can’t help but be calculating and schooled in his drum playing. Mike Portnoy can’t help but be emotional and have heart when he plays. It shows. This is Dream Theatre. Carry on Wayward Son...MP.

[@jonnykk1]

Such a cliched and trite criticism to say Mangini doesn’t have emotion or heart when he plays

[@aurvay]

@@jonnykk1…and accurate.

[@mcxwell87]

Still the best drummer in the world!

[@indigoclean]

the lick at 7:41 takes tke cake every day of the week man!. Just genious offbeat!

[@carlosnascimento9269]

Legendary album with what might be Mike's best performance. His drumming elevates the songs to another level. A mix of skill and creativity that is unmatched.

[@euledj79]

OMFG😳😲😲 How could you write such a creative, tastefull and technically difficult drum-track??? The great debate is definetely one of my favourite DT-songs and watching Portnoy playing it with such a verve is an event!

[@adam872]

One of my favourite DT songs, this one. It's also one of the best MP drum parts IMHO. The way it interlocks with the guitar parts and the vocal is masterful.

[@stevenaleman7454]

I like how he learned the drum charts while on lunch break and then played the song note for note in front of the camera crew! He's got mad skills!! LOL ...seriously, nothing more natural than Mike Portnoy playing the drums...like Michael Jordan playing basketball...they're in a league of their own and masters of their domain!

[@ou8428]

I used to watch this video all the time a few years ago. Just got finished watching Mike learn Tool's Pneuma on Vimeo. I know people really love Dance of Eternity as one of the most challenging FINAL BOSS level of songs for basically all the instruments there, but this one has always hit me in a different way emotionally. Just a badass performance. Never got to see him in live setting but I'm sure those were some badass concerts. Peart, Carey, and Portnoy are my 3 fav drummers. The LeBron James, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird of drummers IMO

[@timmutina1619]

This level cannot be taught.. You either have it or you don't.. Amazing natural talent!!!!! WOW.

[@MrTheRich13]

Oh Mike , I can watch you play an entire day without stopping! I know this because yesterday I did !

[@tossaire]

I split my work screen with Mike every day...

[@roba1899]

Jesus, the depth of the toms are so much richer than the album's .. I'm 51 and only know the album. This level of musicianship is stunning.

[@roba1899]

I just have to add this .. this song is 13.5 minutes and full of changes and complexity. I figured I'd off-handedly watch this video and see that Mike would not be able to play at the level that's on the album or that the magic would be lost. Portnoy increased the magic. He is powerful. And now I'm gonna go sit in the corner with the funny hat ..

[@ciesinsk]

Awesome song, awesome drummer. I LOVE watching him play.

[@tylerbailey9329]

SDOIT Best DT album. Period.

[@notsure3804]

What about sfam? 6doit Is my #2

[@benguitardrums9569]

Not Sure same

[@olitomar]

I agree.

[@olitomar]

Funny how it came after DTs best album up to that date!

[@scenesfromamemory118]

So elegant say that, but no, it is not the best 😜

[@andreasignori9428]

Son passati tanti anni..troppi..rimane una performance unica da brividi..grazie Mike

[@guillermoramirez2971]

This is probably one of the best drum composition of mike and dream T

[@timperley69]

His fills are just too damn solid and precise.

[@victorviola]

I have heard this same song more than thousand times over the years and I still can't predict a lot of hits in the drum. How does this beast memorize how to play this in perfection?

[@82mangini]

Sad portnoy can not play with dynamics!! He is poor in some technical aspects

[@FanaticDrummer]

The real sound of DT. I mean listen to his kits. Such tone!

[@graffwit]

Probably only MP from DT was able to create something so perfect in its complexity. Every note is in place with mathematical precision, and at the same time the drums simply sing. I've been listening to this song since it was released in 2002 and I never skip a song, I always listen to the last note.

[@williamrussell873]

Still my favourite DT track ever and I just love Portnoy. He's unique. We were so lucky to have him in DT as everything he's touched since has been incredible.

[@USMCSDI]

I could watch him drum this song EVERYDAY and it would *NEVER* get old!

[@duaneharris8417]

I have had this song and Misunderstood on repeat through many important and trying times in my life!!!! The magic is back!!!!!!!

[@USMCSDI]

@@duaneharris8417 amen brother. I stopped listening to DT when they parted ways with MP

[@duaneharris8417]

@@USMCSDI same… I still haven’t made it through The Astonishing!!! Horrible album with HORRIBLE lyrics!Falling into Infinity, which for a long time I viewed as their worse album is a far superior album to much we have received the past 10 years.

[@adrianolima3965]

I know it's a MP rocking video...but dude, that guitar solo....

[@wiggy009]

Adriano lima so sick right

[@Temporal72]

Haha dude, on that album, the guitar solo on The Glass Prison and this one are fuckin mind blowing, also in Goodnight Kiss, Petrucci does a really soulful one

[@luismunoz4184]

@@Temporal72 goodnight kiss has the best guitar solo ever. I love it

[@rudianger123]

He is on such another level its mind-boggling. And its not just his skill, but also masterful way he comes up with fills and other intricate nuances.

[@82mangini]

Technically Portnoy is Far from The best drummers

[@youssefammar2615]

​​@@82manginiso is Neil peart if you look at it from this angle

[@82mangini]

​@@youssefammar2615nope. It's Virgil Donati, Thomas Lang marco Minneman Dave Weckl Vinnie Colaiuta Dennis Chambers, Jason Rullo etc Peart is Far from The most technical drummers too

[@agudehurl]

05:25 I know he does that very often but... it's so fucking perfect

[@julioluiz]

Yes, he does perfect things very often.

[@myturbulance]

@@julioluiz he's signature. super cool every time

[@LeftHandShred2]

I just caught that he flipped the snares off for that intro, and then turned them back on mid-performance. Impressive.

[@xenosmoke8915]

I usually listen to DT albums in their entirety but when I’m in a ‘pick and choose’ kinda mood this is one of the Six Degrees songs I pick 👍

[@raphaelleiteiro]

Joy and in the same time sadness!

[@AweeRB26]

Great!Amazing..love his style! Greetings from KK Sabah🇲🇾🤘🏼🇲🇾👊🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@ayieunboxing9438]

ada orang malaysia lah....hi malaysia

[@AweeRB26]

@@ayieunboxing9438 🙋🏻‍♂️👍🏼👍🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@z.letrich2694]

mike, you was born for drums art and influence by your playing.... through your life....

[@chitonavarro7317]

Sooo good

[@thomas-lx5xj]

We are privilegert to have drummers like this. So we can learn and get inspired.

[@ralexlu]

His talent makes me tear up

[@scottywatson3315]

I absolutely love this song and love Mike Portnoy. He is one of the best drummers in the world I hope to meet him someday!!!

[@thebarefootdrummer6375]

Amazing performance love the energy all the off time stuff that he plays so effortlessly will always shock me no matter how good it jumps like get this guy always makes me want to keep playing

[@jeha1852]

Mike Portnoy and Marco Minnemann are the best drummer in the universe

[@Dinostriadrums]

Me encanta Portnoy, pero Minnemann está a otro nivel que muchos.

[@wiggy009]

Vic Santiago portnoys style appeals to me more, but Marco is one of my favs

[@westisinmyblood1240]

@V. S. Werejester MP is better in all around drumming

[@NoCreativo-vq6dd]

@@Dinostriadrums mike está a otro nivel en términos de composición. Técnicamente minnemann es mucho más, estudio más sobre su instrumento. Pero Portnoy es a mi juicio más ingenioso al componer y más musical

[@prog1962]

Still miss this amazing drummer in this amazing band

[@MarkLumsley]

I just love watching Portnoy play - I cannot keep still!

[@scottlowden9200]

He's just so mezmorizing to watch, he makes it look so easy. MP is truly amazing! One of my all-time favorites!

[@DDickinson458]

It's like watching Rembrandt paint a picture or Michaelangelo sculpt David or paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or Grinling Gibbons carve one of his woodcarving masterpieces. Just beautiful to see somebody perform their craft at such a high level.

[@peterbluewin2460]

You have to imagine the song without Mike's play. Really main stream. I find with Mike's power the song has the kick and the outstanding character.

[@rubiapt]

I play drums, and I play and listen various drummers, but for me, this is best drum song, or composition ever made.

[@Meekimotosyoutubechannel]

Say what you will about Portnoy. He's the heart of Dream Theater.. always will be. Maybe some day he will make a return if they forgive him...which they might because Portnoy invented all these drum diddies for dream theater from scratch with his style... Mangini is doing a great job tho but Mangini will always play like Mangini and Portnoy will always play like Portnoy.. Mangini will never emulate him completely. There is no bad blood between the two drummers.. It just is what it is.

[@felix4645]

Rob Meek The thing is, DT were not looking for another Portnoy, they were looking for a replacement who could meet the same standards, not be the same person. Mangini definitely met his standards technically and musically. But is different in many ways, which what makes him good and an excellent choice for DT. In My opinion: Portnoy is one of my favourite drummers, and A Nightmare to Remember remains one of my favourite songs to drum too. Mangini is just something else, The Enemy Inside is a drumming masterpiece and is my favourite DT song to date.

[@Brett_Senzer]

Rob Meek I love them both They are completely different drummers Both I enjoy for different reasons

[@SoulScavenger]

There’s s nothing to forgive him about leaving the band, he did what he felt was the right thing to do and that’s ok. I have more respect for him now and I sure would not want him to return nor that’s what’s going to happen. One thing is for sure, old dream theater was is and will always be one of my all time favorite bands and may I dare say one of the best bands of all times.

[@olitomar]

Irreplaceable this guy is

[@RyanxDunn]

Portnoy is my greatest influence and his parts are technical, but groovy enough for someone who'd been playing Chilli peppers and foo fighters their whole life to get into and overtime figure out how to play dream theater... He's got a good balance of technicality and groove. John Frusciante just came back to RHCP which was deemed something that wouldn't happen, so who knows.

[@peterbluewin2460]

Brilliant! The abolsute top level of drumming.

[@iloveNgany]

Those drums sound delicious. I should know, because I own the same! Starclassic maple toms are a work of art when tuned up right.

[@dougrobinson4763]

Im amazed at his hand and feet movements and all the intricate fills and patterns. Hes like an advanced chess player with the memory of all the various moves. Hes also so ambidextrous, his hands are working on separate rhythmsand movements..

[@davidfarmer8317]

Love the lyrics, tempo changes, how fucking tight these guys are! Each and every one of these guys are virtuoso's in their own right!!!

[@82mangini]

Technically portnoy hás a poor drumming

[@carlosnascimento9269]

This song is just fucking insanity. So much creativity, he just comes up with the most perfect parts.

[@KentR1M]

8:35 - 8:45 damn!!!! The change of pace is just insane

[@clementinoneto8283]

The amazing Portnoy. I never boring in watching this video

[@christopherhansonp7262]

Wtf is with the commercials in the middle of the song you tube sucks

[@Jorduan100]

Masterful. I could watch these all day.

[@andreasignori9428]

Tutta la raffinatezza potenza e sensibilità di mike concentrata in un pezzo unico! Lo adoro

[@marcosrenan93]

Such a unique drum feel this song has. Portnoy rules in this one

[@Dakhaos-ou812]

It is like the recipe for brisket Mangini is the great chef in the very exclusive restaurant , perfectly balanced. Portnoy is grandma's brisket, at the kitchen table with family, served with a smile. Enjoy the meal friends.

[@charlesandhisworld]

what

[@duaneharris8417]

Boy I loved this comment 😂🎉

[@AngryNorris]

When this video started, I thought an ad was playing somewhere on my computer

[@erasmorljr]

Best drum sound EVER!

[@julioluiz]

Bicho, eu não consigo me acostumar como é perfeito o timbre do kit dele..

[@jameritch6516]

Totally rad portnoy as usual. AMAZING drum work.

[@billpeart]

Love the mix on the toms.

[@thebandgaruda]

2:29 La brie s voice sounds like The Incredibles

[@paulie0706]

Loved this era of his drum sound.

[@poplach]

One of the greatest drummers of all time!

[@clebernogueira3589]

Esse cara é foda....slc..uns dos melhores sons do DT.

[@madbuds]

FINALLY! This is the best video from him! Thanks for upolading

[@jmvm31]

Amazing to watch, a pain to play.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

It's Never a Debate !! Lol Mike will Always be the Best in so many ways ! : D

[@chegevara8896]

Absolute ideal drum sound

[@markokampfelt3298]

Absolutly fantastic drumming!!!!!!!

[@82mangini]

Sad portnoy can not play dynamics. His drumming is repetitivo and boring

[@bukeksiansu2112]

Finally this guy joined..

[@Ayieplaysdrum660]

damn!! the snare sound 🤤🤤

[@COWASOGGY]

It's never ending. The stick twirls, the sweat bands, the chimes..the deep roto toms, the jersey that has your own last name on it..oh almost forgot the mirror

[@Gorgeous_Genesis]

What a masterpiece! This song has a lot of meaning in the way we live in society these days it just not natural anymore.

[@gian9967]

Great musical writer. I love you.

[@christianaquino8677]

I Will like saw Mr. Mangini plays a Performance like this 🤘🤘

[@AmazingCovers376]

The beginning of this song seems like a kind of ritual from the Mike Portnoy tribe haha!, it's an amazing song :D

[@countrysamurai]

He is and always will be... Just Fucking Incredible!

[@rickysevens]

I wish this version of the song was released for sale on Google music

[@brandontadday6288]

Forcing me to watch an ad in the middle of a face-melting Petrucci solo should be punishable by death

[@robertolopiccolo5575]

Now I say something very bad , but deeply unmistakable so you can only admit it: do you see what Mangini always does while he’s playing drums with DT? He’s always counting , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5......... Do you know what Portnoy always does while he’s playing drums with or without DT ? He’s always singing the whole songs . It means that one has only numbers in his head and the other has music and lyrics in his head. This is a huge and important difference in terms of inspiration ,musicality, composition and versatility or in other words to be a legend.

[@ronlips6452]

Great observation u couldn't be more right!

[@ryanandtricia]

Just so awesome in so many ways.

[@tharrock337]

Give it up for the St. Anger Snare in the beginning

[@dracdrum]

So many cuts, this was Portnoy pushing himself in the studio... Amazing song!

[@CorysDieCastDen]

His drums sound so good

[@alexgonzalezjr6823]

Those transitions are tight! Amazing job!

[@VerdeDrums]

Here for my daily watch.

[@muratkence]

the best mp drumming performance.

[@RicardoFiorani]

0:02 Me: *buys double drum pedal to play metal* Portnoy: I guess I'll use double double hi-hat in this song

[@Chrime71]

The best drum intro of any progressive song .. Mike misses DT every day ...

[@Willamys]

The Best Drummer!

[@82mangini]

No, he is not

[@iHoady]

Feel so sorry for his drum Tech having to put that kit together, mic it up, tune it and take it back down every day on tour hahaha

[@JK-g62]

Thats why he gets paid the big bucks