Understanding Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

[@LieLikesMusic]

What rock band or artist should i talk about next?

[@ghoulheadx]

Converge

[@bananacrabman6646]

Please do a video on the Melvins

[@zachloveless1827]

Chevelle plz

I'd love to enjoy a video from you understanding GHOST

[@danielneires]

Varg Vikernes

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

Peak Dream Theater imo. I'll always love Train Of Thought because it was the album that got me into them, but Metropolis Pt. 2 is a once in a career masterpiece.

[@LieLikesMusic]

I still need to check out some of their other albums to compare this to. This was the first and one of the only albums i've listened to by them so far.

[@jb-rm2ds]

They'll top it for the final record. It's pretty much unheard of for a band to end the career on the best record they've ever done but with the most recent one I think they're deadly serious about it

[@jimsanderson4180]

I’ve always felt that Train of Thought was their best album. I think if I listened to lyrics I might feel differently.

[@jb-rm2ds]

@@jimsanderson4180 I'm sorry. I know music is subjective but there's no way in hell ToT matches this in anyway.

[@fatredditmod]

I am sorry, Images and Words is miles ahead of every other album that they put out. Awake is the closest to it.

[@Ejosii]

And as you can imagine as the skies have grown darker here over Washington, the mood has grown darker as well.

[@progfox]

@storeeteller1 first of all, wooosh, second of all, you're an idiot

[@daytonsMusicRoom]

That's from this album!

[@TheDarkEternalKnight07]

I got it!

[@dissonantharmonic]

And people here are beginning to resign themselves to the possibility that they are witnessing yet another tragedy, in a long string of misfortune. Reactions from everywhere, from Washington, and certainly from around the world as

[@DammitBobby]

There needs to be more dream theater essays on KZbin. They have so much deep music

[@LieLikesMusic]

For sure. I'm still very new to the band. So it's gonna take quite some time until i make another video about Dream Theater.

[@MerkRampage]

@@LieLikesMusic How about a video on the Octavarium album and it's layers? or even A Change of Seasons?

[@tromboneman4517]

Lie Likes Music, next one you should do is Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.

[@daytonsMusicRoom]

I Love This Album!

[@RegularCody]

*Open your eyes, Nicholas*

[@LieLikesMusic]

Wuaah!

[@Vitão_do_Japão]

The ending makes me so sad :( Nicholas should have lived

[@doomusrlc]

Whenever I listen to the album now, I always stop listening before that point. It always creeped me out how it cuts so quick to the record needle scratch and static. Lol

[@AnnWahlquist]

he can't, he's surrounded by a brilliant bright light ...😁

[@enman009]

As someone who grew up listening to Dark Side of the Moon and St. Peppers, Metropolis pt. 2 spoke to me on so many levels. Just the layers harmonies and chord progressions makes this album a masterpiece. Thank you for this excellent video, I hope you enjoy the rest of their discography

[@crispypretzelchickenfries]

omg im so happy this video exists. i just listened to metropolis pt 2 for the first time and that ending left me so confused, but this cleared everything up!

[@LieLikesMusic]

Yeah it was like that for me as well the first time. I'm glad this video made things easier to understand :) Thanks for watching

[@CCC-vd6bm]

Polyphonic Middle 8 AND NOW Lie likes music in the same day!?

[@LieLikesMusic]

Too much of the good stuff xD

[@RegularCody]

*we on prog videos now lads*

[@LieLikesMusic]

I love prog, but i'm into all kinds of rock genres tbh.

[@patrickrandall5043]

Helll yeah brother

[@ilovecody7514]

Yessssssss, not a fan of their newer stuff but I love Metropolis.

[@LieLikesMusic]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@sabitaaichbhowmickk8973]

Understanding Primus !

[@petercaissie4071]

That would be an awesome video

[@jacksonkauflin8024]

I was reading along with the Genius annotations and the lyrics while listening to the album and it was an awesome experience. That final "Open your eyes, Nicholas" hits like a TRUCK when you realize it's the parallel to Edward killing Victoria. Gigantic twist in the literal last 30 seconds of the album

[@insertname8889]

Between the buried and me - Coma Ecliptic

[@LieLikesMusic]

@@andre99249 Why should i do those ones instead?

[@insertname8889]

@@andre99249 I see why you'd recommend those two records, they're my two favorite BTBAM records, but Coma Ecliptic has peaked at the 12th spot into the billboard top 100, and having a more digestible sound, more people'd be more compelled to listen to them while Colors'd be a total fuckstorm for a non metal listener

[@breeeesh]

@@insertname8889 I have personal experience in showing colors to non-metal listeners. Fuckstorm is the perfect word!

[@enman009]

@@insertname8889 even for metal listeners like myself, Colors, as amazing as it is, can drag in a couple of songs (like in Foam (B) and Prequel to the sequel). That being said, it's a really good album. An analysis of Colors, Parallax 2 (my favorite) or Coma Ecliptic, would be more than welcome.

[@lukewilson7769]

@@LieLikesMusic I love Coma and it's definitely a bit easier to digest, but Parallax 2 is where they just finally cemented 'their' thing that's been happening since Colors. It's such a tight album, and I remember seeing it performed in it's entirety live and just thinking gawddamn that is just... complete.

[@danielchen9770]

I've listened to this album no less than 100 times.

[@ryantimmins5567]

Been waiting for a dream theater video for a while

[@LieLikesMusic]

Hope it was worth the wait ;)

[@ryantimmins5567]

Lie Likes Music yes it definitely was. I’m also going to a dream theater concert in April and I’m beyond excited

[@TheSateef]

awesome, i must have listened to this album a thousand times over the last 20 years and never understood the story until now

[@maglynn13198]

I saw them live for the first time on Friday night. I absolutely loved hearing this album in it's totality live.

[@urmomsaivilo4783]

Who else wants a movie about Scenes From A Memory??

[@ProfessionalNwah]

Either a musical or movie would be insane

[@backyardscience4919]

Understanding Pet Sounds/ Brian Wilson!

[@LieLikesMusic]

Ouh i would love to do one on that topic!

[@viraldallas9986]

Backyard Science yeeesss please

[@l30S3UX]

3:05 videologs were not popular, but VHS recording was massive... even me as a kid had my camera on. Also remember all bands had vhs "homevideos" on rental stores, most of it lost in history

[@jimbones5621]

I remember watching that Bear Tracks video when i was a kid, brings back memories. I never thought about how he was vlogging years before it became popular.

[@Drewb18c1]

This was the first album I heard by them and is one of a handful of albums where I can clearly remember that exact moment and the immediate feelings of "holy shit, this is something special". It's a truly flawless album in my book and one of the all-time greats.

[@jacepawlak]

Thank you for mentioning Dead Again! For 20 years I have been waiting for someone to acknowledge that parallel!

[@allicafilms2467]

Absolutely love this album. From Finally Free static noise to the next album Six degrees of inner turbulence first track The Glass Prison where the static noise continues. DT are just amazing 🤘

[@madeleinemorgado9154]

I love this album so much, it brings me tons of good memories from my adolescence !!!

[@firmabugiii]

I'm so happy I'll get to see them live in Romania this summer! DT rocks!

[@hanzo2238]

I love this album, specially the Song Home, its the climax on these album

[@carsonw5653]

Understanding Auquarius or Visions by Haken would be cool

[@anthonycortez9191]

aquarius would be ssiicckk

[@gaiusgrdn]

I dunno how I missed this. You think the algorithm would know I’d like a video by one of my favorite youtubers about my favorite album ever.

[@empirestatelvr3694]

Understanding Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

[@D00MLOORD]

I actually thought that the end static was linking this to SDOIT(Similar static in the intro of The Glass Prison), and suggesting that Nocholas was somehow hallucinating, leading on to the theme of SDOIT(mental illness).

[@fainzeo]

Mindblowing. It's possible. Nicholas' past life was related with alcohol problems. The Glass Prison continuation isn't casual.

[@justindurand9110]

I'll be there with my dad next month to see this live! Can't wait!

[@RandyLott]

Scenes from a Memory ends in the same way as Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence starts. Any idea why? The Glass Prison starts with static as well, although it sounds a bit different on my files. Probably due to ripping differences?

[@angelsemidei6151]

That is actually intentional. Six Degrees ends the same as As I Am begins and In The Name of God ends the same as The Root of All Evil begins. They connected all the albums from Scenes until Octavarium as a nice little nugget for fans to check out.

[@jackkelly6251]

Favourite album of all time tied with Lateralus by Tool. Great video! :)

[@qwertyuiop-bh7fk]

ok i am OVERJOYED to find a fellow Tool fan. and yeah you're absolutely correct Metropolis 2 and Lateralus are right up there on my top albums list 💖✨😊

[@jackkelly6251]

@@qwertyuiop-bh7fk Had the privilege of seeing both live, Tool at Download fest and DT in the Netherlands where they played Metropolis Pt 2 from start to finish, it was amazing! Flying out to see Opeth in the Netherlands too in a few months :)

[@Projjal_Gupta]

You should talk about six degree of inner turbulence album by DT. It also follow a story and is a continuation of Metropolis pt2. Also there is a link in between songs from other albums to this.

[@thescatteredsun]

It's another informational video. Learned a ton about a band a barely looked deep into but now I might have to check it out. Great job as usual. Can't wait for a possible Animal Collective video. Check them deep in their discography if you haven't already. Great stuff

[@DELHERBEDISAR]

Hey, No way, this video is so weird. Let me explain you Guys: Victoria is the 1.- the literary fiction and the same time 2.- the deconstruction of the ancestral feeling that the citizen man have in the city of the miracle[(first album, Image and Words, track-5)]. And in the second album that feeling of the "smile of dawn"[(the month of the may dawn of celtics traditions, flowers in the every villager's door deposited by young women)] is the "Nicolas regression" turning in therapy aesthetic, philosophically. At this point Victoria becomes a physical human experience implicates from the therapy. But originally is that ancestral feeling. Love, fatalism of existence[(death the second dance)] and watching the clocks in the city and smile are the verses that drawing the fatal tragedy's song explained. "Victoria has gone forever", because in this part of the album the materialism perspective of the existence becomes naturalized, paradoxically[(like in the second movement of metropolis part 1, but with the existentialist deconstruction[without love/without truth,etcetc] not the classical mythological ethos that first album have)]. Finally the bogus part is: the smile of dawn(mythological metaphor) becomes philosophically the modern aesthetic of that existentialist philosophy in the final part of the song from "/before the leaves have falling/(the non sense of existence or the naturalization of thanatos in pshycoanalytics terms) to the verse"she's taken you to your home", ie, the phenomenological description of the postmodernism pleroma(a religious-idea), the hope of trascending the materialism of the city by the mythological "smile of dawn" that the verse "metropolis watches and thoughtfully smile"(narcisistic ethos of postmodernism) verses draw, can't allowing that mythological and originally meaning[(in posmodernism terms, the pleroma idea becomes philosophically in an femenine aesthetics like in the Exodus part of song "Another Hand the Killing Hand")]. cheers.

[@renapeppers20]

Understanding Battles. Specifically their album "Gloss Drop".

[@steadyrhythms9571]

OH FRICK DID NOT EVER SEE THIS COMING. heck yes, DT is one of my favorites.

[@BLACKDOGJOKER]

It's just a pity that they'll perform the album live without Portnoy.

[@LieLikesMusic]

Hmm. So a lot of fans regard Portnoy as the better drummer i guess? Or is it just the esthetic of having him as a part of the original line-up that makes you say that?

[@m.guedes]

@@LieLikesMusic I would say both. Mangini is a good drummer, but he has too big shoes to fit, specially performing this masterpiece. "The Dance of Eternity" for instance, is infamous for being extremely difficult to perform. There are a video entitled "The Odd Time Signatures of 'The Dance Of Eternity'" where Portnoy himself call it a nightmare. Moreover, would be great to have the original line-up.

[@ShrubPlays]

Honestly, Mangini is the better drummer. He'll do fine performing the whole album. Even The Dance of Eternity. The only issue may be remembering the whole thing for him. But playing the parts themselves would be a breeze. He's just insane.

[@powergrudge4505]

They played it live with him, Scenes From New York anyone?

[@faloyawebmaster8503]

You realized that Porntoy LEFT, right? It's not the band's decision. It's HIS. And everyone started to blame everything to the band when they're already moving on with someone else

[@AnnWahlquist]

this album is a masterpiece.... its phenomenal....

[@zeppelin_4743]

Metropolis part.2 is by far one of my favorite concept albums along with Magica, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son rounding, and Operation: Mindcrime

[@LucasPERBET]

Hey there, just to say, as a fan of MP2, please PLEASE listen to "BE" by Pain of Salvation, get yourself 1hour of time dedicated to listening to this masterpiece of a concept album. For the record, Daniel Gildenlöw (the mastermind behind BE) is a good friend of Dream Theater, and he played many parts with Transatlantic (the "superband" with Portnoy, Neal Morse and Co). I really think you'll love it :)

[@ToadKnight64]

YES! Thank you!

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

great pick!

[@LieLikesMusic]

I know! lol

[@Rowjimmyguitar]

Im 15 and im seeing dream theater for my first concert april 9th im excited af

[@smilejenkins]

I dont know what it is but I really like the "new" aesthetic of your videos. Knew about dream theater already but definetely gonna check out metropolis pt 2. Im buying mars volta records now too! And working on a Dillinger Escape Plan collection. Looking forward for whats next!

[@Matt-zu2lu]

When I listen to this album it reminded me a lot of Pink Floyd the wall and I’m not just talking about the fact that there both concept albums. Some of the songs on the album have very similar sounds to the ones from the wall, pacifically the slower songs such as mother and vera

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Top 10 albums of all time for me :)

[@ashutoshgoit9540]

Finally! Lie Likes does my Favourite band!

[@danielneires]

Understanding Varg Vikernes

[@LieLikesMusic]

@@tomn8932 He's somewhat of an online cult-leader i guess

[@dirtpile]

got my tix already ... can't wait!

[@nuothe11th]

Very good summary. A couple teensy things you missed - Edward is the Miracle and Julian is the Sleeper (This of course is confusing because usually you associate hypnotism with sleeping). I also think Edward is also a hypnotist (hence the reincarnation) and he seduces Victoria through hypnotism ("I'll MAKE her my wife.") Eventually after some sexytime, Julian learns of it. He comes back into town for her, armed with a gun (the switchblade was Edward's, he had no reason to be armed with a gun, Julian did) and ready to encounter Edward, and helps convince her that she needs to "Break Free" of the Miracle (escape his hypnotic spell). Edward, not expecting Julian to just SHOW UP, FREAKS OUT and, perhaps using some hypnotism in the encounter, wrestles the gun from Julian and kills them both in anger, THEN writes the note to throw everyone off.

[@clearty8449]

Probably my favorite album of all time.

[@palemoonlight96]

Please do understanding videos for foxygen or white denim, love your work

[@McKristoffer]

Understanding Sisters of Mercy/Andrew Eldritch!

[@DafniKem]

Yes yes yes🖤

[@pdzombie1906]

I had actually seen the band live, but had no idea about this great concept album... Why Hollywood hasn't bothered to make the movie, it's beyond my guess. Thanx, great video!!! Please do Psalm 69 by Ministry next!!!

[@luisdanielanton82]

Dayum! After almost 2 decades of having listened for the 1st time is when I fucking come to understand it... lol

[@MasterSka8erBoi]

Awesome video! Don't know if you've ever heard of the Neal Morse Band, but they just released a killer concept album called "The Great Adventure". Amazing album, would love to see you do a video on it!

[@f4lc0n15]

Understanding Still Life by Opeth!!!!

[@souvvvlaki]

This was the only album iv'e listened to, and it was incredible. I think I should check out some other.

[@swoodnoodles2983]

Since we're on the topic of prog bands, understanding Haken would be rad!

[@gerben880]

cool stuff, didn't expect Dream Theater on here

[@olavjorvik94]

This has been my fav album for about 5 years now. But only recently found out that Edward actually killed Julian, not the other way around. Makes me feel sad for Julian. He struggled with addiction, his brother should have helped him. Like Victoria did. Instead, he killed him... I really thought the album was quite straight forward with Julian killing Ed, but it was the other way...😮😵

[@dekyed]

This is fantastic! I get it now!

[@LieLikesMusic]

I'm glad you liked it :)

[@BLACKDOGJOKER]

Wonder where I could find and listen to the demo mentioned.

[@bigwoop8151]

KZbin

[@rcnrca]

Haken - Visions album. Very interesting story that makes me contemplate life. Either that or the Aquarious album by them. That's an interesting story too, but Visions is more cryptic.

[@dylandeshayes2403]

One of the best metal album ever

[@rafaelrodriguez3270]

The band knew Jordan before LTE. He even consider join the band for the Awake Tour and played a couple of shows. But declined and then Dereck joined.

[@guskogs]

My only question is who is the old man that Nicholas make contact with? Does he see him in reality or in his state of hypnosis? Thank you.

[@Hectrucci2]

thanks a lot for this video!!

[@JulianaRumple]

thank you for this video. ♡

[@LieLikesMusic]

Juliana Rumple No probs. I'm glad you dig it.

[@opbsx]

Understanding Khruangbin next, please!

[@matiasgonzalez5053]

New Polyphonic video and Lie Likes Music in the same day

[@LieLikesMusic]

Hell yeah!

[@madfinnishgamer38]

BeerTrack Studios.

[@stinkfist6422]

I jusss wanted to know where does "the dance of eternity" fits in the concept...

[@ChrystianDanucalov]

Nice video! Thanks!

[@giornogiovanna839]

Thank you so much

[@egorm8952]

Thanks so much!

[@lopolik]

huh, I never knew this, I Always found the line in Home weird ''He's my brother, but I love her.'' it makes no sense, but with the story behind it I guess.

[@Dieterbe]

So who is the miracle and the sleeper ?

[@morayonkeys]

Next week: Understanding The Astonishing

[@morayonkeys]

(making fun of The Astonishing is still funny, right guys?)

[@happiedasie878]

@@morayonkeys yes, still funny.

[@dinospd]

I've listened to this album a thousand times, but I never realized the plot twist at the end where Edward is in fact a killer... I mean... What's the headline from the newspaper?

[@istiaqhossain3340]

waited years for this video......

[@m.guedes]

It was truly a masterpiece and the album that converted me to a zealous DT fan back in the days. Too bad their recent projects are not even close to the quality of Metropolis Pt. 2.

[@viktorbalko213]

Didn't know James Hetfield was also in this story 5:58

[@jimbo4931]

Epic

[@JamesRussoMillas]

Pleaseee do Visions by Haken. That's like the SFAM of the 2010s!

[@jordanmcclelland5587]

Oh frick you did it.

[@CthuluSleeping]

Understanding King krule!

[@projectgodeater]

just add Metropolis pt1 song between Home and Dance of Eternity, it give u a connection in it.

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

I usually enjoy your "Understanding" series of videos, but I found this one extremely disappointing. As a HUGE Dream Theater fan that is fairly ignorant about music theory, I was hoping to gain some more insight on the musicality and composition, instead you regurgitated the plot. While I think there's merit in having a video like this to straightforwardly explain the contents of the story, I was sincerely hoping for more analysis like what you usually provide.

[@princedescartesjodeciriaco313]

If you want to know about understanding music theory with Dream Theater's compositions, try searching 'Decoding Metropolis Pt. I' by Signals Music Studio. Hope this helps. :)

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

@@princedescartesjodeciriaco313 I will check it out!

[@MrLeCent]

you should do: understanding death grips

[@Anarchy_Astonishing]

i think the best concept album is The Astonishing

[@MM-uw5tt]

I did a redesign of that album for my diploma. Woo.

[@diegoriveramusic]

great video

[@barbiezinha5633]

nobody call me dumb but i didn't read this title all the way through so i thought i was about to see a video essay on THE FILM metropolis i felt like i was having stroke when he mentioned the rock band 💀

[@get_emld]

Metropolis Part 3 when???

[@seanslawson98]

Now break down the Astonishing, long album but a great story

[@dougmcauliffe2253]

Good video, just one error unrelated to story, you said “he put on a vinyl” vinyl isn’t singular so you would want to say “he put on a record”

[@breeeesh]

rooDESS or ROOdess?

[@someperson9052]

ROOdess i think

[@c.j.macleod9855]

Can you do understanding korn or slipknot?