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@POLO REACTS... Each musician in Dream Theater was listed (with the exception of James LaBrie) as being in the “Top 10 of All Time” for their prospective instruments...!!!
As a bass player, I had to knock Geddy Lee (RUSH) back to the #2 slot after listening to John Myung...!!!
I keep re watching this reaction because the live Solo is so amazing and your reaction to it is just perfect, more DREAM THEATER
All the members of Dream Theater are considered virtuosos. The guitarist (John Petrucci) and bassist (John Myung) were students at Berklee School of Music. The drummer (Mike Mangini) was a professor at Berkllee. He was also a one-time Guinness Book of World Records "World's Fastest Drummer". The keyboardist is a certified genius and was a child prodigy that was accepted into Juilliard School of Music at age 9. The vocalist (James LaBrie) had a 5 Octave singing range, but now that he's almost 60, it's more of a 4, but still awesome. Enjoy the Dream Theater rabbit hole!
Saved me from typing it! You could also mention the previous drummer and founding member was voted #1 like 10 years in a row....
@@ThomasTallant Portnoy is no joke, he will always be my favorite drummer, but Mangini is growing on me immensely.
Wow! Impressive!!!
I believe that Mangini holds the record of the world's fastest 1-handed drum roll? If not, I'm sure someone will set me straight. :)
The Berklee school of music is in Boston.
Keyboardist Jordan Rudess went to The Juilliard School of music at the age of 9.
On another level. All of these guys are.
If you dig this then you’ll enjoy its “unofficial predecessor” by these guys called “Under a Glass Moon”.
Just as good as this band is Dirty Loops, it's s whole another genre. I saw them both live, Turbo or follow the light is a good start.
Loved your reaction on this👌👍💪
Been a drummer and percussionist for almost 50 years (scary!!) A good drummer can put everyone in the pocket with a 3-piece kit (kick, snare, hat), and a good percussionist could do the same with a one-handed drum (like a Kanjira). But more drums add options. For live performances, large kits help create an impressive stage presence and give the drummer a wider palette of sounds & performance options. This particular drummer trends toward large kits; he's pretty well-known as a drum & music teacher who uses an unusual arrangement technique best suited for expansive setups. But put him on a tiny kit and he will still make it do things that regular drummers would swear are impossible.
Prog metal and classical do have a surprising amount in common. If Mozart was alive today, he might play for a prog metal band.
Metal is just down tuned classical 😎
@@Lurch685I like that concept. 👍
Dream Theater is on a whole other level. Trial of Tears, or Learning to Live are a must.
Two of my favorites for sure ✊
Falling into infinity is definitely an underrated album
@@Nimrods7 I remember when it came out and so many fans were shitting on it, calling it a "sell out" (typical lazy 90s conversation piece), and I was sitting there like "you're all out of your minds!". Took a couple of decades, but the majority of them came around to see the light. ;)
Learning to live is my fave. Would love to see a reaction to A Change of Seasons from the Scenes From NY performance
I LOVE DREAM THEATER
They on tour with animals as leaders and Devin
@@sunchimoonchiI’ll be seeing them in sugarland TX in a month. 🍻
Me too
Dream Theater is one of my favorite bands and was my introduction to Progressive metal. They are amazingly talented. My favorite by them is Metropolis Part 1. I highly recommend it.
4:53 "I'm convinced all these guys are AI alright?"
5:12 "I am not immortal, I am just a man"
You have shown a bit of a lean towards prog with your love of Tool, but Dream Theater is a somewhat different type of progressive music, much more in the metal/jazz fusion vein, with off the charts instrumentalists. Not to say they can't write a hit song with a catchy melody, they absolutely can and have, but this is just a good example of the rather large umbrella that covers everything prog...
Dream Theater has a lot of relisten value. I will listen to the bass one time, drums the next. Every member is amazing and they write good songs. One of the hardest things to do when each member has so much talent to display.
I'm not the biggest fan of react content in general, but getting to share in the first experience of my favorite band is always something special.
Such a fun band to watch...every member a virtuosic master of their instrument. I think Change of Seasons is still my favorite piece by them...more of an experience than a song
Dream Theater are the kings of prog metal. They have such a massive body of music going back to 1989, and the musicianship is just top notch... each member of Dream Theater is just a master of his instrument. This video is the current band live in Argentina in 2012.
Jordan Rudess (keyboards) is a graduate of Julliard School, a classically trained pianist and a fan of Deep Purple as well as Beethoven. He joined Dream Theater in 1999 and has become a key composer in the band... John Petrucci (guitar) is also a lyricist of the band and a stellar composer... he and John Myung (bass) formed Dream Theater in 1985 w/ their original drummer Mike Portnoy in college... James LaBrie (vocals) is from Canada and operatically-trained... He was recruited by Dream Theater in 1992 for their 2nd album 'Images and words'... which became their biggest-selling record... Mike Mangini (drums) was teaching drumming at Berkeley College of Music when he auditioned and joined Dream Theater in 2011 when original drummer Mike Portnoy quit the band... Mike Mangini has a long history of playing in rock + metal bands, including Extreme, Annihilator, etc. and is considered one of the world's best drummers.
John Petrucci and John Myung had played in local bands as kids in the East Coast, and both enrolled in Berkely College of Music in the mid-80's... there, they met Mike Portnoy (drums) and bonded over their love of metal music like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, prog rock like Rush, Genesis, Frank Zappa and Yes... They formed the band Majesty in 1985 w/ Kevin Moore (keyboards) and Chris Collins (vocals) and recorded a demo of original music... They were signed to an indie label Mechanic in 1988 and recorded an album that was both complex and heavy w/ Charlie Dominici (vocals) joining... but the name Majesty was taken, so Portnoy's father suggested Dream Theater (after a California movie house) and released their debut album 'When dream and day unite' in 1989... but the band did not get any promotion or tours for it.
Writing a second album by 1991, Dream Theater was in limbo without a singer... but they kept creating new music and soon found James LaBrie (vocals) to complete their line-up... A new label Atco released their 2nd album 'Images and words' in 1992 and put the band on tour... the single 'Pull me under' became a hit, and the album sold gold in the US (half million copies) and built a following in Asia, Europe and S. America as well...
In 1994, just as the 3rd album 'Awake' was completed, Kevin Moore (keyboards) quit the band... the album was not as successful, but Dream Theater went on tour w/ Derek Sherinian (keyboards) joining and releasing the epic track 'A change of seasons' in 1995, as Dream Theater's songs became longer, more technical and demanding... A delay resulted in a new album 'Falling into infinity' being released in 1997... Mike Portnoy was upset w/ their label's dictating the band's musical direction; he demanded in 1999 that the band would be creatively independent, or he would quit... Jordan Rudess (keyboards) accepted an offer to join Dream Theater and the band released the concept album 'Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory'... followed by the double CD 'Six degrees of inner turbulence' in 2002 and 'Train of thought' in 2003 w/ Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci assuming the role of producers. Their 2005 album 'Octavarium' ended their record contract and ushered a new era for the band.
Dream Theater pushed a metal sound on the 2007 album 'Systematic chaos' and the 2009 album 'Black clouds & silver linings'... But by 2010, Mike Portnoy was becoming disillusioned creatively and left the band to pursue a string of diverse musical projects.
Auditioning for a new drummer, Dream Theater picked Mike Mangini (drums) and their audition process was filmed and released online... the new album 'A dramatic turn of events' in 2011 was a success, followed by a self-titled 'Dream Theater' album in 2013... and then another 2 CD concept album 'The Astonishing' (2016).
Their last 2 albums were 'Distance over time' (2018) and 'A view from the top of the world' (2021) and the band is touring actively and preparing a new album.
I grew up playing classical music on piano & oboe. When I first discovered prog rock I was in love! The parallels between classical and metal are so similar in ways. The styles just work together✌&❤2u
See!! I knew in my gut I picked the right person for this song. Something told me you had not yet been exposed to this style of Progressive's Metal. You went way beyond an awesome reaction. 10/10. I'd love to send you more. just let me know. Will space it out a little. Let's see how many likes and views you get. Thank you Polo, for your honesty. My gut never lies to me. And it's gotten me all the way to my 70th birthday, this Friday. Thanks for a great birthday gift.
I think he wants a drum solo. Give this man a drum solo from Mangini!
@@MetalMann-de3xi Portnoy!!!
Happy birthsday! Thanks for this request, one of my favorite band.
Happy Birthday. Great suggestion.
@@wichitadisciple9874 Portnoy didn't do solos. Mangini is a solo machine. Did you hear the band Portnoy has joined????
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Not Dream Theater
Aaahhhhh. Dream Theater. Welcome to the accelerated crash course in all things prog!
I've loved this band for over thirty years. And whoever picked this song actually did so with a very deft hand and a great ear. I would have picked something else - but this was PERFECT.
As a bass player, I can tell you I'm very pro-drummer regardless of the set-up, but for these bands (like both Dream Theater and Tool, as well as Rush and a few others you're now hearing), the drum setups are both very unique and specific to what those bands and their drummers do.
In Mike Mangini's case, he (like Danny of Tool) tunes his drums, but actually has a variety of tuned drums arranged in specific areas of his kit depending on certain keys and modes the band is playing in, and constructs his playing with that in mind as a result (I'm sure you noticed that his arms JUST DON'T WORK LIKE ANY OTHER DRUMMER'S).
It simply gives him more tonal options and more colour, and more exotic ways to maintain or stretch out grooves. That's why Mike, along with Danny and Neil of Rush, also use electronics in their kit - specific sounds, timbres, sequences, and samples they use can become part of those grooves, too.
This band is one of those few groups of musicians' musicians who actually have different levels of insanity as to how impossible their playing is. They write great songs with unique concepts, and then apply a huge amount of creativity to the results. Sometimes, it's a very simple, beautiful thing, like "Wait For Sleep." Other times, it's frighteningly insane AND fun to hear and see, like "In The Name of God."
Yeah, they record like this, too - BUT ALWAYS MAKE A POINT OF PLAYING IT LIVE. Just so you know they really are as badass as you think they are.
Enjoy!
As a drummer I can say Im very pro-bass! 🙂
Loved your comment, bro
Petrucci is my favorite Guitarist. Awesome band!
Need to check out the Neil Morse band they have the same drummer Mike Portnoy just another incredible band similar to this one except their Christian based
His drum setup is sick. This is what makes the band. Love em.
Agree 😳👍. I thought 🤔 that Lars from Metallica and John Dolmayan from System of a Down had a bad ass drum layout
This particular drum set is a mirror image from left to right so he can play a song with either hand. Crazy creative!!
Dream Theater has been my lifelong favorite band since i was 7 years old. My whole music career has revolved around their music. I'm even covered in DT tattoos. Glad you can appreciate them. I was literally in tears seeing your reaction. Everytime ive seen them live I cry because they're just so incredible.
Yes, I am with you on this.. I have loved them since 1993. I am a drummer, so I've got to LOVE my favorite band with 2 of the better drummers
I cry too. I absolutely love this band. I've been a fan since the beginning. Nice to see another DT lover.
Hope u see them on the tour.
I'm so grateful that I get to see them 3 times on the upcoming tour. Can't wait to hear the new album !!! Cheers
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band that was formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts. The band is composed of members John Petrucci (guitar), John Myung (bass), Jordan Rudess (keyboards), Mike Mangini (drums), and James LaBrie (vocals).
The band was originally formed by Petrucci, Myung, and former member Mike Portnoy (drums) while they were attending the Berklee College of Music. They released their debut album "When Dream and Day Unite" in 1989 and have since released 15 more studio albums, including "Images and Words," "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory," and "Octavarium."
Dream Theater is known for their technical proficiency and complex song structures, as well as their use of unconventional time signatures and extensive instrumental sections. They have been a significant influence on the progressive metal genre and have won numerous awards for their music, including several Grammy nominations, and one Grammy for The Alien.
Throughout their career, Dream Theater has undergone a few lineup changes, with Mangini joining the band in 2010 after Portnoy's departure. Despite these changes, the band has continued to release critically acclaimed albums and perform sold-out tours around the world.
In summary, Dream Theater is a highly influential progressive metal band that was formed in 1985 by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy. The current lineup consists of Petrucci, Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Mangini, and James LaBrie, and the band has released 16 studio albums over their career. They are known for their technical proficiency and complex song structures, and have won numerous awards for their music.
Thanks chat gpt
I’ve been a Dream Theater fan since Falling into Infinity (1997). Metropolis pt2: Scenes from a Memory was the greatest album I had ever heard when it came out. My friends and I dissected every singe track, knew all the words, went to every show on that tour that passed through AZ at the time, went to the drum clinics at Guitar Center with Mike Portnoy. We literally immersed ourselves in DT.
Dream theater is similar to Tool in that it's a rabbit hole you can't get out of. You could spend months on this band and it wouldn't be enough
Try thirty years. 😂
@@SwedeSpeeder exactly 😂
Right band, Wrong track. "Dance of Instrumentals" live@Budokan. IMHO the best live performance on RUclips, and ever.
Keyboardist is classically trained and considered one of the best in the world. The Wizard!
Not all the bands have the potential to deliver their studio songs live with high quality and with this technicality. I'm very glad you chose a live version. Whole another level of experience.
Enjoyed your honest reaction
I recommend doing Dream Theater - In The Name of God live from budokan
Strange song to start with. Hope you like it. :)
No hate for Dream Theater here, but i always thought of them as just a showcase for incredible musicianship. Like every song is full of technical runs of music of ALL the instruments, and voice, but of all the songs of theirs ive heard, only a few connected with me on an emotional, or story telling level. i'm just not in love with their songwriting style nor the lyrics or singer. But i would not fault anyone who loves this band, its just ultimately not for me.
As they've gone along their music has gotten more technical as they have improved as players. It does get a bit crazy at times I agree lol. But if you go way back to their first decade of music, it's not quite as chaotic sounding as the newer stuff can seem sometimes. Falling into Infinity was my first DT album I got into and it's honestly still my favorite. Technical but not over the top, powerful and beautiful.
I recommend Dream theater sacrifice sons ( live score ) your opinion is very important
I really enjoyed your reaction on your opinion about music in general🎉
Music is a language. The only way to understand a language is to be exposed to it. The more you are exposed to it, the more you understand it, and the more you understand it, the more you will like it because it is no longer an incomprehensible cacophony. You are simply becoming music literate. You will also notice that the more music you are exposed to, quite often songs you thought were great in the past when you were less music literate become mediocre or even sub-par. You will also notice that some songs you liked in the past become even more enjoyable as you discover a nuance and subtlety you were unable to pick up on previously.
I love DT because their music is so beautiful. Please try The count of Tuscany, it is amazing. Of course I love TOOL also, style is different but both of them are the best.
By the way many metal people love AURORA, a Norwegian pop singer but she is a genius, please try something from her live performance, always live is better than studio recording album for her case.
DT is like baroque, and Tool Gothic, love them both tho
Hey Polo. I've been telling you about Dream Theater for months. I sent you a donation request to react to Metropolis part 1 off the Images and Words album, but you never did it. Anyway, I'm glad you discovered them. I was in a band with Mike Manginni's (the drummer) best friend and roommate (Dana) who also played drums almost as good as Mike. I've played with Mike a few times as well about 15 years ago. I play guitar. These guys are some of the best musicians in the world!
Wow! Didn't expect a reaction to one of my favorite bands and especially not to this song. I'd usually suggest a song easier for first timers to listen to but this song is still not as insane as they get. Try out "As I Am" shit, since you did this song, try out "Glass Prison"
Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid Rain live. Just a straight up jam.
Same guitarist and keyboardist plus the original drummer. Then throw in Tony Levin on bass ( Chapman stick).
If I had a recommendation, you should get into some Spock's Beard. 'The Great Nothing" is a song that will take you out into the Universe and back. Neal Morse is a genius! The old drummer (Portnoy) from this band plays with him now. Classic long form prog.
I'm DT fan since their inceptio with When Dream And Day Unite, i've seen them many times, and I own almost everything they published (official).
This said, I've come to a point of being quite fed up with their repeating scales at hyperspeed, coupling guitar and keyboard. They started this heavily with Train Of Thought, although some hints were already there in Scenes From A Memory, and it was supercool, but they've been abusing it over and over.
I wish they could do something different.
Please.
Anything from the images and words album.
Pull me under
Learning to live
Waiting for sleep
Omg life changing
Drums? The bigger the set usually means the drummers more Progressive. Not a basic 4/4 time signature. Mike Mangini has been in many popular bands, and was actually teaching a class a Berkley School of Music when he auditioned for Dream Theater. Big Sets? Big Drummer. Mike uses all of these but has since toned down quite a bit from this set-up, Cheers! The Alien, which is there Grammy winner, has a killer drum track on top of the song being bad ass.
The size and elaboration of a drum kit is directly proportionate to how many drum techs and roadies you are willing to employ, lol. My first gig as a teen in a garage band: 10pc double kick kit with a dozen freshly polished cymbals, cowbell tree, and a 3pc rototom set barely within reach. By gig 5: Single kick double pedal 4pc, half dozen cymbals covered in fingerprints, 1 cowbell. Today at age 55: Standard 5 pc double pedal, 10 dusty cymbals on a basic rack, not moving ANYWHERE, as I struggle to make it through an Invincible by Tool drum cover without falling over on my drum throne, The irony....
These guys are light years beyond us mere mortals! The "tip of the spear" musicians.
If you're digging prog, try Animals as Leaders "Cafo."
I really enjoy your reactions! Would love to see you react to Opeth - Harlequin forest
More DT please! My favorite band still since 92
Also check out the guitar player's solo albums. John Petrucci
Also he did a project called Liquid Tension Experiment along with Jordan Rudess and Mike Portnoy, the OG drummer
for DT
I dont know if you take comments suggestions but the best dream theater song imo is The best of times, you-d love the guitar solo, perfect combination of skill and feel.
Dream Theater has quite a diverse catalog of music to check out... Here are some suggestions:
Typical Dream Theater tracks - 'Pull me under'... 'Caught in a web'... 'You not me'... 'Constant motion'... 'These walls'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘
Ballads - 'Another day'... 'Disappear'... 'Wither'... 'Along for the ride'... 'The spirit carries on'
Long, epic tracks - 'The glass prison'... 'Octavarium'... 'Trial of Tears'... 'In the name of God'... "At wit's end" 🤘🤘🔥🔥
Polo, you are the only music reaction channel I watch on a regular base for one simple reason, you are willing to watch something different. So many reaction channels go for ''the most known'' songs, just to try to get views. But you, you actually take suggestions and go for bands who aren't too mainstream.
I really appreciate that!🤘
this guy is ambidextrous. can use both hands playing either part of one part. he can go from left to right or right to left. he can do a drum fill with each hand going in the opposite direction in sync with each other.. He can play a double stroke roll normally done with two hands, but just one handed.
Dream theater blows me away every time I hear them I had to stop listening to them when I played guitar they make music seem like an impossible task😢
Check out metropolis live at the marquee
Sounds like a headache half the time
I’m interested in your opinions, but I’m here to see you discover music that I’ve loved for a long time. It’s great to see your reactions to them.
I met James LaBrie because I went to high school with his son and the whole time I knew his son I didn’t know James LaBrie was famous or that Dream Theater was more than a small town band lmao 😂 After they won a Grammy recently it came up on my Facebook feed and I was like wait a minute…
He does seem like a very down to earth nice guy when doing interviews, so it's not surprizing. And to his son, his dad was just his dad...
Lol
Let me say some truths here, cause nobody else did. Yes they are an amazing prog metal band, buuuuuuut, everything they did after the album Octavarium is close to shit, save a few songs. This song in the reaction video is a very good example, I can´t even hear the whole thing because it´s so boring, no feeling, just a very complex song nor worth my time.
My advice is, listen to everything they did up to Ocatavarium, and if you do, you will understand what i´m saying, how something amazing and unique turned to shit. Every album up to that point is mostly filled with gold.
By the way, they know they changed at that point and have pubicly responded to critics, basicly they are just doing whatever they feel like now and this is what they want to play, nothing we can do.
When Portnoy left I knew the band was officialy dead.
True, only I'd draw the line a bit earlier, probably at Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence or Scenes From a Memory.
Many regard Falling Into Infinity as a bad album, but contrary to their later outputs it has actually quite original songs on it, with true feeling, some good lyrics and a good sound.
If I really feel like super technical and virtuoso, yet interesting music, I listen to Thank You Scientist - they're mind-blowing (e.g. Stranger Heads Prevail).
If I feel like complex technical yet melodious music, I listen to Big Big Train (e.g. The Uderfall Yard), or of course their prototype Genesis (e.g. Selling England by the Pound).
@@dodecamethylcyclohexasilane Most people say that, I kinda agree, but I like octavarium
Whoever told you to watch this band is not a friend.
Line in the Sand by them is 🔥
Bro, I tell you, Death Fleash and the power it holds, you'll definitely love that song, they are somewhat similar to Theaters but slightly different vibe of solo intensity
Dream Theater is not for everyone. Honestly, they are an acquired taste because their music isn’t radio-friendly. Two things you’ll rarely find from Dream Theater are straight ahead rockers and 3-4 minute songs. Their music is dizzyingly complex and that’s why I love them. 🤘
I'm a drummer and I play on LARGE kits (18 drums, 23 cymbals). To me, playing large kits is simply a matter of having more pitch selections to create with -- like having a full spectrum of colors to paint with!!
Polo: "I'm convinced they're artificial intelligence"
Dream Theater: "I am just a man!"
Me: They doth protest too much...
For a 1st listen, I hope you were suitably impressed...!!! Spoiler Alert : Almost everything Dream Theater plays is equally, if not superior, on a technical level...!!!
Welcome to the Dream Theater rabbit hole, Polo!!! :) I'm excited for you! Loved watching this reaction.
Alot of metal guitarists have classical music backgrounds, I'm a metal head and just love classical music. It's faster to play than metal but more beautiful
Musicians are great, but not my style. Singing style completely sucks. Never got into Iron Maiden. Jack Black is funny though.
Since we're going down this road. How about Dream Theater's cousin in prog metal, Symphony X? React to The Walls of Bablyon. Please.
Drummer here - I saw Dream Theater on this tour (8th row), and was I was mesmerized by the drummer. I spent nearly the entire show watching him. I counted 47 surfaces. By comparison, I have a pretty respectable rig and set up which takes up a bulk of my garage; and yet I only have 13 surfaces and that's honestly pretty much more than I need or usually ever use. He used them all!
The standard that was popularized by The Beatles (which I'm pretty sure is the same as that you're talking about for Black Sabbath), a bass drum, snare drum, high-hat (14 or 13"), a small Tom and a big tom (usually 10" and 14"). Along with accents, a crash cymbal (usually 16" or 18" inch), and a ride cymbal (usually 20 or 21"). That's your basic set-up. You can play most rock music with this set up - a truly skilled drummer can make ALOT of various sounds with each of those surfaces (especially the high-hat) - and add em together and you have a wide range of percussion options.
This guy with his 47 surfaces - its more about having minor perfections in their technical music. For instance - he likely has even sized toms going from center to right - (10, 12, 14, and a 16 floor tom), and then odd numbers from center to left (11, 13, 15, 17), and same with cymbal (16, 18,. 20 on one side and 17, 19 on the other).
Now MOST people won't notice the difference of striking a 16" Tom vs a 17" tom when played individually - BUT if you're scaling you can notice a slightly different pitch if played one to the other. A 1" size difference is just a smaller pitch shift than jumping your usual 2" used in most rock music. And in prog-rock like this - and other technical music, and that of superbly orchestrated like a symphony orchestra - simple slight size differences can make a big difference in the final production. Depending on the song and the key it's written, it may be that he plays only the odd toms in that song, and another song written with a different key is in the even numbers - still shifting 2" progressions regardless.
Now, it's also possible he has the same set up of toms going center to left as he does from center to right. The advantage to this - he wouldn't have to reach too far for his next strikes if he's already using an option on that side he facing (less crossover/reaching). Now that's just as impressive because one would not only need to have limb-independence (each of the four limbs doing their own thing in their own pattern), but would have to be ambidextrous - meaning just as talented playing a right-handed drummer set up as a left-hander drum set up.
Regardless - it's a lot more training to perfect that number of surfaces with your muscle memory of where to go with your next progression.
Less surfaces just mean less diversity in sounds - but Bill Ward of Sabbath can strike with various levels of force to get different sounds out of the instruments as he does in those legendary fills in War Pigs.
At one point Dream Theater was copying Rush, King Crimson, Yes, and the like. Now everyone is copying them.
It's not that I care that much about your opinion. I just enjoy seeing you discover music that I've loved for a long time. You're chill, open-minded, likable, and seem quite thoughtful. Keep being yourself, keep exploring awesome music, and you'll keep another viewer.
I don't get it - why not have him listen to an actual good DT track??
Well, at least I know again why I stopped listening to DT having experienced their downfall Scenes From a Memory > Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence > Train of Thought > Octavarium.
Mike Portnoy, former drummer and founding member of the band, quit before this album came out (A Dramatic Turn of Events). Hard core fans (like myself) came into a massive discussion about Mike Mangini (current drummer) being the right fit for Dream Theater or not.. Portnoy is an incredible drummer and used to have these kind of massive kits on stage, so basically, the XXXXL-massive drum kit you see in this vid, is just to demonstrate/showcase Mangini's potential and capabilities with the band. Now days, Mangini plays with a more simple kit, and plays twice as much. (you can see him in "MikeMangini The Alien Tour Prep" video here in youtube).
Oh Dream Theater is the best live. I’ve seen a bunch of bands and technically they’re the best in my opinion. They all went to college at Berklee in Net York city. Every note is perfectly written. A Nightmare to Remember, In the Name of God, The Mirror, A View From the Top of the World. These are few more you would like.
The band originates from long island new york.. I've probably seen them at least six times coming from there myself.. As a group and separately ..they are some of the best musicians on the planet. As far as your drum question. Like others have said mike mangini, Is ranked one of the fastest drummers..🥁 Which i'm guessing makes it easier to get around a kit that big🤔 That being said, drum kit size to me ..doesn't make you the best drummer. And best is a subjective argument. John Bonham of Led Zeppelin had a very small kit,and is revered as one of the best. By my taste, it's more about Finesse and whether you're music makes sense.🤔🤷♂️ Don't hate me newer dreams theater fans.. But Mike Portnoy, the band's original drummer made more sense to me. His subtle nuances Complimented his bandmates extraordinary playing🤗🎶🎙🎸🎹🥁🎶
These lyrics are about the Immortals, the 10,000 strong armored guard of the Achaemenid Empire of Ancient Iran. Depicted (rather unfairly at times, given it's from a Greek perspective) as the "final bosses" serving Xerxes at the end of 300, the source material of which from Greek historian Herodotus gave them their name and description. The Achaemenids, while villains in that story, feature as a largely positive force in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, where their founder Cyrus is the first figure given the title "Messiah" even though he himself was not Jewish because he returned the Jewish people to their homeland after the Babylonian exile and permitted the building of the Second Temple. The Book of Esther also depicts Esther as swaying a later emperor (possibly the very same one who was villain in 300) to save her people from a genocide and punish those who were plotting for such an outcome. The Achaemenids were eventually conquered, after decades of infighting between members of the royal family, by Alexander the Great.
Re: Drums (If I understand your question)
The genre, style, experience level & preference dictate the setup of the drums.
If Danny Carey didn't incorporate a lot of toms in Tool songs, he'd probably have a much different set & may not have created his own Mandalas.
Neil Peart could've played a small set & rocked, but I imagine he'd be bored. So he surrounded himself with percussion & challenged himself. And since Rush consisted of only 3 people, it certainly helped fill out the sound of the band.
Basically, if a drummer only does a few fills per song & mostly keeps rhythm while guitars shine, there's no real need for 15 toms, etc.
you were asking about drummers and the different setups. As a drummer before switching to keys (I do still play), the difference is "color". Just like keyboards and the different "colors" you get from the different filters or waveforms, or with guitar effects and pickup setups, the different drums and cymbals offer more/different colors available. The smaller setups will really show off a drummers command of rudiments. Not really different with the larger setups, just on a grander scale. When you have guitarists/keys players running multi-octave arpeggios, having more drums gives you an extended range to go with the rest of the arrangement. Just my thoughts, anyway.....
Welcome to another rabbit hole Polo, these guys are my favorite. Check out Liquid Tension Experiment same band basically without the singer. Or check out any of their solo stuff. They all are virtuoso’s
You also need to listen to Symphony X. They are another progressive metal band that will blow your mind!
A killer drummer could kill it on anything. Big or small.
Some drummers will have huge kits for show. But there are players like Mike Mangini (DT), Neil Pearl or Danny Carey who actually utilize all of their kit.
Since you are hitting all around the Progressive Rock genre I recommend Genesis “The Musical Box”.
Drummers may correct me if I’m wrong, but to me this drum setup is primarily about posing. There‘s no reason to have the cymbals 1m above your head. On the contrary, it probably even makes it much more difficult to hit anything but the edges. The same goes for the distribution of the toms to the left and right, it‘s just to look cool when spreading your arms further apart when playing.
Not saying that he‘s not a good drummer, but that‘s a little too much, in my opinion.
After Rush. Tool and Dream theater are like 2 and 3. These guys are so good. So many epic albums . Train of thought. Metropolis pt 2. Well basically every song on every album is great. They are legend like Floyd zeppelin yes
Polo, did you know Luna Park is a stadium in downtown Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina? We are CRAZY for metal music down there. You should visit some time. Let me know.
I know Dream Theater is incredibly talented, but they don't resonate with me. Impressive but not for moi. A related band is Marillion, who is also extremely talented, by not my bag (Kaliegh and Lavender are good tracks).
As far as the drum setup goes, all those drums and cymbals are notes, accents and effects. I’ve been a drummer for 35 years and have 3 different drum kits. One gists one, one medium and a little “baby” jazz kit. When people ask me why I have such large kit I ask why a guitarist has 6 strings, 24 frets and effects pedals. Why a keyboardist has 88 keys and pedals maybe effects. They are colors for the song, same as the notes for the song.👍
That humble opening comment got me to subscribe immediately. Do a reaction to Bridges In The Sky by Dream Theater when you can, I'd love to see what you think of it. Live at Luna Park with lyrics if possible.
Great song and Band. One of my favorite songs acutally.
Other great Dream Theater songs: The count of Tuscany, Octavarium, Change of Seasons, Breaking All Illusions, Lines In The Sand ... could go on xD
If you want to see Mike Mangini do an insane drum solo from back in the day before he joined Dream Theater, search for “Mike Mangini solo” or Mike Mangini one handed drum roll”. You’ll find one that’s about 17 years old (Mangini has short hair); watch and enjoy.
Damn....DT as well. This my favorite band. They have a great catalog of " Deep Songs ". that you mentioned you enjoy. This version of the band, and the earlier version are both really good.
man i would've loved to team up this group with a female opera singer to do the singing and to replace the keyboard(just the instrument) with a classical Cembalo. especially during the "duett" part(i know there's also the drummer but to me he only emphasises the guitar there) of Keyboard and Guitar @10:00mins, the Cembalo that picks the strings instead of hitting them would've given this performance an even more grandiose and "experimental" tone imho. This is the kinda Jazz i can get behind :)
Please listen to Dream Theatre's the Count of Tuscany, Metropolis Pt2 full album, Octvarium full album but also the last song on the album called Octavarium, there are many others like Dance of eterniti
Yes! Great content!! And that's not even my favorite song of Dream Theater. I've been listening to Eddie Trunk for many years, so I've listened to a lot of Dream Theater. LoL!
While I find your critiques to be thoughtful and open minded, I don't watch for that really. I watch them to relive my experiences through you. Like when I would share my new albums with my friends and witness their reactions. To watch them all revisited by younger generations just reinforces how great the music was.
True metal head my whole 52yrs. I respect Dream theater. Never got into them. Sound like a mix between rush, megadeth and queensryche. Much respect, but give me a distorted raw power chord thats slightly out if tune
Ye this drummer is good, but compared to the real drummer (Mike Portnoy) he can't even hold a candle. Sadly half of the band is gone now when the Commander is gone.
funny how much this sounds like Gojira to me, key difference being volume/noise and the extraposition of the drummer.
Music has a flow and when you stop to much, You kill flow. Kill the Flow, Kill the music... Do Better.
Cool song and reaction. Great video and I totally get the Jack Black reference. LMAO. Thanks man and cant wait for the next one. Take care.
This song is a "copy" of Under a Glass Moon. The structure is the same. They did this intentionally. Check it out!!