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[@lumpypackage]

Very unique in their discography and while 99.99% of DT fans would absolutely disagree, this is one of my favorite songs in their catalog. It was the perfect swan song for Kevin Moore..

[@TheAsphyx666]

Nothing against Jordan Rudess, but I've always preferred DT with Kevin.

[@colinburroughs9871]

people constantly cite this as a fav- it's also not very DT-esq and kind of canned emotion, but people think it's tops

[@DiegoDeschain]

@@colinburroughs9871 yeah, was about to say that, I've seen countless DT fans say that they love this song.

[@jonetoshka8652]

I assume that you’re joking about this song not being a favorite song in the DT discography. It’s so good, and you know it!

[@psychoelectric]

​@@TheAsphyx666 Jordan too corny.

[@gowanis]

Kevin Moore is a supreme talent. I recommend checking out his solo project Chroma Key and his work with Jim Matheos in OSI.

[@twocatsyelling723]

Chroma Key is so good. 'Dead Air For Radios' remains my favorite, though I like the others as well.

[@dodgrblu]

Classic Dream Theater needs more attention. Take the Time, Wait for Sleep, Learning to Live, Lie, Scarred, 6:00, Hells Kitchen+Lines in The Sand, A Change of Seasons. And James was a beast of a vocalist before his vocal injury after this album. He may be an acquired taste for some, but he brings so much to the songs and often gets overlooked.

[@texan_2ocho965]

“Change Of Seasons” review will probably need an hour and a half.

[@DiegoDeschain]

@@texan_2ocho965 I'm here for that.

[@andylewin3029]

This is an incredible song. A rare track from Dream Theater and closes out their (in my opinion) best album. Kevin Moore has a real talent for lyrics and arranging songs. Because of this song every time I listen to Awake and it ends with this I have to just put the album on again and listen. "There's no one to take my blame If they wanted to There's nothing to keep me sane And it's all the same to you There's nowhere to set my aim So I'm everywhere Never come near me again Do you really think I need you I'll never be open again, I could never be open again.

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

Kevin Moore brought such a unique element to DT. He's less virtuosic than Jordan Rudess, but he had a way with atmosphere and mood that was too often lacking after he left. He really helped add a right-brained touch to DT's often very left-brained music. This has always been one of my favorite DT tracks just purely because of how it makes me feel.

[@jonstrine3144]

Atmosphere is the word I always think of with Kevin Moore. Jordan's amazing, no doubt, but there's something about Kevin's work that just moves me.

[@DeagleLas]

One of my favourite songs of the album, written by Kevin Moore, keybordist who quit the band too early. Awwright!

[@Forks22]

I have often wondered how the bands evolution would've went if he didn't leave, though OSI was cool too. Images and Words and Awake are definitely my fav dt records, and I think Moore's touch is a huge part of that.

[@sirdo946]

@@Forks22Yeah Rudess has the skill and is very flashy but in terms of writing i don't particularly enjoy his tbh

[@matthewdrews]

Little background into the track: Kevin Moore was at a low point in his life in a few different aspects and came across a catalog of a model wearing what was called a space dye vest, and he instantly fell in love with this model (knowing nothing about her). He started pulling himself out of his rut and immediately wrote this song.

[@TrumpImmortal]

I am so stoked to see this. This song is beautiful. (Actually closes out the album.) "Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding a pool in the shape of a heart."

[@user-yo9td7sx8m]

Hands down, my favorite song on Awake. Kevin Moore was the soul of DT.

[@revylokesh1783]

I loooooove that song and it's about time a reactor picked it up.

[@dodgrblu]

Thanks Geebz! this song really hits me emotionally, the feel it radiates is something else, and so hauntingly beautiful and unqiue, and the way it builds with the other instruments coming in is brilliant. Not something you'll always be in the mood for, but when you are it's amazing. I love the guitar part that plays the melody with slides...I think there's a video of them recording it where they had to keep spraying the fret board so that he didn't hurt his finger haha. The demo of the song was completely written by Kevin Moore. It's about him becoming obsessed with a girl on the page of a magazine wearing a space-dye vest after he had just gone through a break-up. And some lyrics really hit me hard like "There's nowhere to set my aim, So I'm everywhere" "And I'll smile and I'll learn to pretend, And I'll never be open again". The movie/tv clips are actually also separated by static from changing channels, delivering it in a way to show that he is watching tv flipping through channels, something that took me a long time to notice.

[@petrilampela]

Space Dye Vest and Lines in the Sand are my all-time favorite Dream Theater songs even if Images & Words is the number one album.

[@ibd1977]

Fun fact, Kevin sings underneath James but James and the band didn't know after the song was completed.

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

How would they not know that considering it was Portnoy and Petrucci putting the album together?

[@sebulban]

Kevin Moore wrote this as a farewell song. It’s superb

[@Verzemnyn]

Probaly the most emotional song DT has ever written

[@gilhuberman261]

You're spot on about why this feels like it would fit perfectly in the middle of a story. But it's the album closer! Amazing. This song dismembers me every time I listen to it. It takes all my body parts and rockets them across the milky way to every star system to create new life that will thrive in 5 billion years

[@Marc_Henkel]

This is my favourite song of my, by far, favourite DT album.

[@Meowmeow0506]

I discovered Kevin Moore's Dead Air for Radios before I listened to dream theater. This song is TOTALLY of the same vein. Geebz if you like this sound then listen to the Chroma Key album Dead Air for Radios

[@AnthonyStudio]

DAFR rules. I remember saving allowance money, buying it at the record shop, and being totally blown away.

[@franckrodi5716]

Beautiful music from Dream Theater Space-Dye Vest ! It's well forged metal 🙂 I saw Dream Theater in Paris in 2000, The Spirit Carries On tour. The greatest of progressive rock. Images and Words (1992) and Awake (1994) are the two best progressive metal albums of all time.

[@AnthonyStudio]

Space Dye Vest always hits me right in the feels. More specifically, Kevin Moore rules. The whole album they razzle dazzle you with technique and then end it with SDV. Amazing. Didn't realize how important Kevin was for my adoration of DT until he left. Derek and Jordan are great don't get me wrong, but Kevin will forever just be *it* for me when it comes to DT. On another level. Sound/Patch selection in addition to technical proficiency is just such an amazing combination. Check out Chroma Key - On the Page. Anyways, this has turned into a Kevin Moore fanboy post but feel pretty strongly about him and his contributions to DT/Fates Warning/etc.

[@beapbass]

This song, along with several others, will always remind me of a quite dark time in my life, which (fittingly) contained the breakup of my first long-term relationship, and several other things in my life that didn't turn out at all as planned (at that time). Listening to it will always remind me of that time, but that won't stop me from doing it, since it's just such a fantastic piece of music. And even if it puts me in a sort of melancholy mood, it then is a good reminder that in the end, I turned out to be OK. It's not that everything is fine, and there have been scars left, but this path has led me to where I am now. Man, that sounds cheesy...

[@stevenewcomer8837]

The best Dream Theater album by far is Images And Words. “Metropolis Pt. 1”, “Pull Me Under”, “Surrounded”, are some of my favorite songs. They also played Pink Floyd’s album Dark Side Of The Moon live from start to finish that is amazing. The guys are ALL some of the best musicians on the planet.

[@RandyOLeary]

Kevin Moore's Swan Song. Last song on the album. Truly gifted and still missed.

[@buggz8889]

This was one of my favorite songs when I was in the last years of high school. They were a band I didn't know about untill I changed schools and got into a proper music program. The meloncholy feel just went with my mental state at the time and so the song retains a special place in my heart even if I don't listen to dt much these days

[@laurabuer4714]

I think this was Moore's farewell to the band, and to the woman he was writing/singing about. Well, LaBrie as the vocalist. After she left, he was looking at a magazine delivered to their house/apartment. It was a Spiegel's catalog, and there was an item called Space-Dye Vest. How something so mundane can fling a person back into those moments is heartbreaking.

[@johnanderson290]

Wow, Geebz! Thanks so much for this! I hadn’t listened to this song since my early twenties.. I’ll be 50 this year! Take care and aloha 🎵

[@carlosnascimento9269]

I saw the very first time this song was performed live. Awesome tune.

[@Aquila81]

IMO, their most underrated song ever!! Thanks for reacting to this one 🤟🏻👏🏻

[@Goldie1977]

Arguably my fave song of theirs. It’s a fantastic album.

[@NotRKelly.]

Thank you Geebz

[@Bellathor]

Dream Theater with Kevin Moore was fantastic. Awake is probably my favorite album of theirs. Someone mentioned "Change of Seasons" which would be a fantastic listen. Long ass song but a fantastic one with some really personal lyrics by Portnoy.

[@mrmoonbike]

One of the songs that made me stop and take a deeper look at DT many years ago. Always love hearing it while driving … good for a “space out” vibe

[@foxbat1766]

'Scarred' is THE BOMB on this album, but this song is right up there, so different and yet so DT.

[@jeffreymeyer4848]

This was at the end of the album, actually, like a dark denouement. This is my favorite album of theirs--very different and very dark.

[@albalkiewicz4616]

I remember getting Awake knowing that Kevin was leaving and hearing this the first time, after listening all the way through, knowing he wrote it….i took it as his swan song and goodbye, which as a 13-yr old, somehow gut-punched me…..crazy how music can do that….

[@paulniemiec3165]

Kevin Moore is a huge talent. I love this song and his later OSI output 🔥 Mike Portnoy later said they’d never have included Space Dye Vest if they knew he was leaving.

[@Dane3p]

Need to do a full album review of their images and words album. Their best imo

[@beatlebum7057]

I love Jordan Rudess, but Kevin Moore was so freaking good!

[@adamhenton6221]

Sup sup aloha Geebz🤘 lookin good.

[@BOOMBiggityBam]

This is easily one of my top 5 DT favorites. My only complaint is that it should be twice as long!

[@bobbarker3306]

If you like DT in this mode, try out Disappear from 6 degrees. Bring tissue.

[@andrewbrorherton6898]

It's a shame there isn't more reactions to this epic song.

[@evansmith9514]

Wow wasn't expecting this track

[@gothaf]

Here is a brief analysis: There is 'Space-Dye Vest,' and then there is all other human-made music!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

And you can also listen to the original demo (here on YT) where Kevin moore actualiy sings on the track. Labrie is obviously a better singer IMO, but it was fun to hear Kevins pure demo, amazung. This is The most moody of songs. The sample within sits perfect. Kevin must be a really moody guy. Love the song!

[@revylokesh1783]

"Awake" is my favourite DT album (it was also my first) precisely because it is spacey, it breathes! Kevin Moore was all about texture, about soundscapes. Him and Petrucci complemented each other. Petrucci and Rudess just compete with each other and it gets tiresome quickly.

[@Skraap32]

You should react to the mirror on this album. One of my favorite metal songs ever!

[@maxmaidment96]

I think this was actually a Kevin Moore written track. Whereas most of the writing was done by John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy. It can be very interesting to seek out the tracks written by John Myung too, very different feel.

[@davidviteris]

Back when DT still had a soul 🔥

[@memicusdankis4212]

Please please please check out a band called The Mayan Factor out of Baltimore! Their music is haunting and unforgettable

[@cjeffcoatjr]

I love this band, they're so underrated in the scene. Exquisite taste my friend 👌

[@texan_2ocho965]

Man. I haven’t actually listened to this song in years.

[@jonetoshka8652]

I’d recommend taking an hour to listen to the album. I don’t think you’ll regret it.

[@Kaos1989]

Actually this is the album closer.

[@spsp6345]

You need to listen to LUCID PLANET II from start to finish, I promise it will hook you

[@dodgrblu]

Oh and actually the song is the last one on the album and isn't part of any concept.

[@EixtremeDrummer]

That song seemed to me like a Pink Floyd one, despite I love the entire album.

[@Garbrel80]

Excellent breakdown of a song from one of DT's best albums. A foreshadowing of where Kevin Moore would go with his project Chroma Key, all of which is high quality ambient, synth-driven pop/rock. Have you investigated the Spastic Ink, Watchtower and the music of Ron Jarzombek on this channel? I'd be very interested in your breakdown of a track like "The Mad Data Race" from the first Spastic Ink album _Ink Complete_ ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH6rimeqgZlmf7M

[@RandyLott]

James LaBrie's real name is actually Kevin LaBrie, but it was decided that he would take up a different name. Seems like John Myung/Petrucci wasn't a problem 😂

[@allenjudepaiva]

Not really a different name. His name is Kevin James Labrie, and they decided to use his middle name.

[@RandyLott]

@@allenjudepaiva that's true. I should have explained that.