Man, I just love James voice so much on Awake. It saddens me to know that this was probably his peak, and even though Scenes From a Memory is my favorite DT album, Awake is, for me, their strongest and the one I find myself going back to over and over.
"I want to talk about lifelong mistakes And you can tell your stepfather I said so" This part plus John's guitar solo takes care of my middle-class mental health regularly
I wonder how "happy" the drivers were when stuck in the traffic jam because of the blocked tunnel they were supposed to get into while Dream Theater was filming the video...
Tim Sandiford put this on in the car on the way to work back in the day (the day was a long time ago).!!!!!!!!!!!!!! still fucking good all these years later :D
Portnoy is a phenomenal drummer. I remember when I first heard his drumming with DT in 1998 on MTV watching their music video for “LIE” and at the time thinking just how beautiful his kit sounded.
3:19 - omfg...traffic blocked...some sort of serious stuff must have happened right away...accident? gas leak? Oh no...just a prog metal band filming their music video...good!
Came to make a comment about that too. There no special effects there. Just a band blocking one of Manhattan's tunnels for a video. I wonder how difficult it was to negotiate that.
I'm glad I heard that again. That was awsome. Big fan at 60. Makes me wanna do stuff my kids wouldn't do . ..hold it now, wait a minute. Just let me catch my breath.
Six Degrees disk one is my favorite dream theater moment, but they have gems through the entire discog, Nightmare to Remember is unbelievably good despite being much later.
I bought my Ibanez Universe UV7BK because of this video, which I saw when I was a boy. The image of that black/green guitar impressed me a lot. And that's an awesome guitar, indeed. I love it.
"Lie" Daybreak at the bottom of lake it's a hundred degrees I can't breathe And I won't get out 'til I figure it out Though I'm weak like I can't believe So you tell me 'trust me' l can trust you Just let me show you But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt 'cause I don't know if I know you Doing fine but don't waste my time Tell me what it is you want to say You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry I've been out in the rain all day So you tell me 'trust me' I can trust you as far as I can throw you And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt 'cause I don't know if I know you Don't tell me you wanted me Don't tell me you thought of me I won't, I swear I won't (Did) I'll try, I swear I'll try (Lie) Mother Mary quite contrary Kiss the boys and make them wary Things are getting just a little bit scary It's a wonder I can still breathe Never been much of a doubting Thomas but nothing breaks like a broken promise You tell me 'bout your two more coming but once is just enough for me I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed She comes in apparently to fill the void All dogs need a leash and at least I'll forget it And she would never hurt me though she's never said it But I'm not gonna ask her today I don't wanna scare her away Your town, I'm all alone and I just can't stare at the phone I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes and you can tell your stepfather I said so
Happy "420" 55th birthday Michael Stephen Portnoy 04/20/67. His dad was a radio DJ and that gave him access to huge amounts of LP's. He developed a preference for Rush, Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Iron Maiden, and the Beatles. Self taught on drums. Son Max plays drums too.
Probably recorded in the time between when kevin left and derek joined. Not as weird as seeing james murphy playing alex skolnicks solo in a testament video for an album he wasnt even on tho lol that was awkward
@@bigbabatunde1218 Wait, so you've never heard their second follow up album to this? Scenes from a memory? Because neither of these albums really compare.
@@feralkitty9378 Fell out of the loop with DT after Awake. Is that album you're referring to the concept album about a guy and a ghost and had Metropolis Pt2 when Metropolis Pt1 wasn't really about anything so just felt as if it was tacked on for the sake of attempting to ride on the fumes of the leftover legacy of Images and Words?
@@bigbabatunde1218 …the story isnt the only thing that counts? Maybe you should listen and come back to me, they completely leveled up their music with jordan rudess.
@@feralkitty9378 Concept albums about unsolved murders and ghost guides aren't my cup of tea. If DT really did up their game with that album then they presumably couldn't keep it up as their other albums since don't seem to get many people gushing about them and everything I have heard from them since seems to be a bit bland. Images and Words still sounds as brilliant though as it did when released.
I think this will always be my favourite DT video. For '94 i think it holds up really well! Weirdly, for me it feels less dated than some of there much later videos like Constant Motion for example
I remember this video from Headbangers ball. Great song and album. Video hits hard for me seeing the World Trade Center in the background from in the opening seconds.
30 years next year - time flies! Calling at Michelle each day to see if it has arrived (this is an old- school record shop in the centre of Hamburg STILL GOING). The songs are still great, and the production is so incredibly crisp. And the quota of cheesy songs is MUCH lower than on later albums - I'm thinking of "Anna Lee", and similar - masterpieces.
Daybreak At the bottom of lake It's a hundred degrees a I can't breath And I won't get out 'til I figure it out Thought I'm weak like I can't believe So you tell me "trust me" I can trust you Just let me show you But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt Cause I don't know if I know you Doing fine, but don't waste me time Tell me what it is you want to say You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry I've been out in the rain all day So you tell me "trust you" I can trust you As far as I can throw you And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt 'cause I don't know if I know you Don't tell me you wanted me Don't tell me you thought of me I won't, I swear I won't (did) I'll try, I swear I'll try (lie) Mother Mary quite contrary Kiss the boys and make them wary Things are getting just a little bit scary It's a wonder I can still breath Never been much of a doubting thomas But nothing breaks like a broken promise You tell me 'bout your two more coming But once is just enough for me Don't tell me you wanted me Don't tell me you thought of me I won't, I swear I won't (did) I'll try, I swear I'll try (lie) I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed She comes in apparently to fill the void All dogs need a leash and At least I'll forget it And she would never hurt me though she's never said it But I'm not gonna ask her today I don't want to scare her away Oh, Your, town, I'm all alone And I, just can't, stare at the phone I want to talk about lifelong mistakes And you can tell your stepfather I said so Don't tell me you wanted me Don't tell me you thought of me I won't, I swear I won't (did) I'll try, I swear I'll try (lie)
Because of that counter rhythm drum bridge followed by that inspired guitar solo this song preceded by the song mirror are a combo to respect and behold, definitely deliciously heavy 😊 laBrie Crisp cutting voice is the icing on the cake.
The first song I’ve ever heard with a 7 string guitar when this first came out, I knew from there that nope no 7 string guitars for me, I like this song though!!! I mean really, why do you need more than 6?! Love that solo to though!!
Ill never understand music labels... i probably heard dt in the 90s and didnt really notice. I was looking for proggy technical music. Here we had one, and their way of promoting them was to take out all the long technical parts making them seem like just another band. Thank god my bro hooked me up with full albums and whoa! There it is! They tell you "we want you to fit in but stand apart from the rest" and literally chopped out what wouldve set them apart on the radio and mtv lol i wouldve been a fan earlier if they just let them do what they do and didnt chop things down
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First DT song I heard and life was never the same again.
abhinav singh mine was Pull me under 😂😂
Same here, my first DT song and it introduced me to a whole new world. Blows my mind right now.
I remember thinking the solo was sped up. I had never heard such a fast player haha. Petrucci forever in my heart.
Mine was Take the time
Images and words and Awake are the best Dream Theater's cds to the date
Dead on there....these two were my hayday at least lol
granted
With how many people would disagree with you, I'd suggest you don't state that as a fact.
Yea along with Metropolis Pt2
Agreed. Kevin Moore is an important part of the equation for me.
Man, I just love James voice so much on Awake. It saddens me to know that this was probably his peak, and even though Scenes From a Memory is my favorite DT album, Awake is, for me, their strongest and the one I find myself going back to over and over.
I listen to this album at least once a year the last 20yrs. Before that it was all the time😂. Best DT album for me. JL's best performance.
After listening all albums there is no doubt James vocal was the best in Awake... amazing.
100% agree
After this album he had the food poisoning that broke his voice forever.
1994 - the last great year for metal on the radio in NY. Dream Theater, Type O Negative, Pantera, White Zombie, Megadeth, Metallica. Good times.
Aaannnd 94 symphony x were founded
Tool
You got that right!
What was metallica doing in 94 💀
What about later Nu Metal explosion?
Legend has it... The cameraman is still running
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Proggy comment!
İs not it :)
😁
James sounds like a BEAST
My boss lovved music in 99 hated james. Guess who loves him most now?
This is the type of DT we need them to create again
and in 2020 he still looks like in his 20's
@@vrabierobert5031 who?
@Chase Walsh fire at Rudess, then!
@@SkyandDreamsJohn Myung likely.
I feel like James is right in his element here
Yup. This is the James that got me loving DT in the first place
Still glorious now !
Best vocals he's done
Wearing a Celtic Frost shirt! Anybody noticed?
@@thecentralscrutinizer2627 probably borrowed it from a friend, I just can't see LaBrie listening to that style
BADASS SONG!!!! That is one of the best La Bries performances
@The Cat is... 1995, Awake is their most darkest album. James sounds better singing dark lyric than happy tunes
Ests.muy.buena.cancion.very.nice.song
"I want to talk about lifelong mistakes
And you can tell your stepfather I said so"
This part plus John's guitar solo takes care of my middle-class mental health regularly
It's the bridge of the song, and they're in a tunnel...let that sink in.
😲 #MINDBLOWN! 😀
I wonder how "happy" the drivers were when stuck in the traffic jam because of the blocked tunnel they were supposed to get into while Dream Theater was filming the video...
@Fred Tedason He could be right. It IS New York after all......
Well-played
This is the real Dream Theater - Rock, heavy, progressive.
But this feels kinda straight forward and not sooooo proggy/stitched together.
Tim Sandiford put this on in the car on the way to work back in the day (the day was a long time ago).!!!!!!!!!!!!!! still fucking good all these years later :D
Portnoy is a phenomenal drummer. I remember when I first heard his drumming with DT in 1998 on MTV watching their music video for “LIE” and at the time thinking just how beautiful his kit sounded.
2024 and this is still THE hardest album in music history for me
Thank you Dream Theater for over 40 years of pure, magical music!
3:19 - omfg...traffic blocked...some sort of serious stuff must have happened right away...accident? gas leak? Oh no...just a prog metal band filming their music video...good!
Came to make a comment about that too. There no special effects there. Just a band blocking one of Manhattan's tunnels for a video. I wonder how difficult it was to negotiate that.
I'm glad I heard that again. That was awsome. Big fan at 60. Makes me wanna do stuff my kids wouldn't do . ..hold it now, wait a minute. Just let me catch my breath.
I dont have kids but if i did i would be a good dad. Sure you are if u r here
John Ross nice little homage to “Take The Time” at the end. 🤘
@@laz4erin 🤘
This is GREAT. Had no idea there was a video for this Dream Theater gem. James hits this one out of the park.
Or, in his case, out of the rink... 🤣
Dream Theater's 90s music videos were deliciously cheesy, I love it!
Images and Words and Awake get the most play out of my DT collection.
Six Degrees disk one is my favorite dream theater moment, but they have gems through the entire discog, Nightmare to Remember is unbelievably good despite being much later.
I bought my Ibanez Universe UV7BK because of this video, which I saw when I was a boy. The image of that black/green guitar impressed me a lot. And that's an awesome guitar, indeed. I love it.
Cool man. I've *wanted* a UV7BK since then!
"Lie"
Daybreak
at the bottom of lake
it's a hundred degrees I can't breathe
And I won't get out
'til I figure it out
Though I'm weak like I can't believe
So you tell me 'trust me' l can trust you
Just let me show you
But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you
Doing fine but don't waste my time
Tell me what it is you want to say
You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
I've been out in the rain all day
So you tell me 'trust me' I can trust you
as far as I can throw you
And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you
Don't tell me you wanted me
Don't tell me you thought of me
I won't, I swear I won't
(Did)
I'll try, I swear I'll try
(Lie)
Mother Mary quite contrary
Kiss the boys and make them wary
Things are getting just a little bit scary
It's a wonder I can still breathe
Never been much of a doubting Thomas
but nothing breaks like a broken promise
You tell me 'bout your two more coming
but once is just enough for me
I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
She comes in apparently to fill the void
All dogs need a leash and
at least I'll forget it
And she would never hurt me though
she's never said it
But I'm not gonna ask her today
I don't wanna scare her away
Your town, I'm all alone
and I just can't stare at the phone
I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes
and you can tell your stepfather I said so
Saudades dessa época,quando eu era um jovem sujo e cabeludo que ficava o dia inteiro na frente da MTV vendo e ouvindo essas obras primas!
4:03 that bend melts me.
The best band of the universe and around... "AWAKE", total masterpiece, for eternity!!!!
After 25 years ....still KICK ASS
Happy "420" 55th birthday Michael Stephen Portnoy 04/20/67. His dad was a radio DJ and that gave him access to huge amounts of LP's. He developed a preference for Rush, Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Iron Maiden, and the Beatles. Self taught on drums. Son Max plays drums too.
I love how the keyboardist is just omitted from the video and all shots of the band!
Probably recorded in the time between when kevin left and derek joined. Not as weird as seeing james murphy playing alex skolnicks solo in a testament video for an album he wasnt even on tho lol that was awkward
They can never top this album. No one can 😭😭😭 The best 🏆
So you've never heard the previous Images and Words album then? This was from the poor follow up album.
@@bigbabatunde1218 Wait, so you've never heard their second follow up album to this? Scenes from a memory? Because neither of these albums really compare.
@@feralkitty9378 Fell out of the loop with DT after Awake.
Is that album you're referring to the concept album about a guy and a ghost and had Metropolis Pt2 when Metropolis Pt1 wasn't really about anything so just felt as if it was tacked on for the sake of attempting to ride on the fumes of the leftover legacy of Images and Words?
@@bigbabatunde1218 …the story isnt the only thing that counts? Maybe you should listen and come back to me, they completely leveled up their music with jordan rudess.
@@feralkitty9378 Concept albums about unsolved murders and ghost guides aren't my cup of tea. If DT really did up their game with that album then they presumably couldn't keep it up as their other albums since don't seem to get many people gushing about them and everything I have heard from them since seems to be a bit bland.
Images and Words still sounds as brilliant though as it did when released.
I came for the thumbnail. Love 6 string basses 🔥💪
JM’s Tung bass was so good imo
The best song lyrically and musically ever!!!
True musicians
After being DT fan more than a decade still can't pick between Images and words or Awake to be my no 1 DT's album
Just count them as one since they both have kevin moore.
Nothing will ever top how good this band was back in this era
James vocals on this album are amazing
This was his prime.
I think this will always be my favourite DT video. For '94 i think it holds up really well! Weirdly, for me it feels less dated than some of there much later videos like Constant Motion for example
being shot on film and actually having creative but simple visual direction goes a long way.
Never heard such voice of labbry in any other album of DT. This voice is my favourite and I love this album most.
i hate it when they cut the song short for a music video
This is actually the radio edit
How am I 38 and just now finding this band. What rock have i been under?
Right??
I don't know what is the crazier part of this song, how good it is, or the complexity of this clip, because wow.
This song is still so epic
Listening to this album and "a view from top of the world" for the first time, now that Mangini was fired.
Really cool song.
Mike is back! The true DT... Finally
Perfect, old times dream theater
I remember this video from Headbangers ball. Great song and album. Video hits hard for me seeing the World Trade Center in the background from in the opening seconds.
my favourite solo in all of dream theater, mostly the drums!
One of their best songs.
Love this song my favorite
My favorite Dream Theater song
30 years next year - time flies! Calling at Michelle each day to see if it has arrived (this is an old- school record shop in the centre of Hamburg STILL GOING). The songs are still great, and the production is so incredibly crisp. And the quota of cheesy songs is MUCH lower than on later albums - I'm thinking of "Anna Lee", and similar - masterpieces.
Good eye dude! I was thinking about the entire space between the frets being green, like Kenny and Peter do from Type O Negative!
When this came out in '94, anyone who got to know them from Images and Words, was left buffled!
LaBrie's voice reminds me a bit of Layne Staley during a few points in this track.
What an amazing band. LaBrie is amazing!!!!
Incredible performance by all.
My fav album will always be AWAKE!!!
Daybreak
At the bottom of lake
It's a hundred degrees a I can't breath
And I won't get out
'til I figure it out
Thought I'm weak like I can't believe
So you tell me "trust me" I can trust you
Just let me show you
But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
Cause I don't know if I know you
Doing fine, but don't waste me time
Tell me what it is you want to say
You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
I've been out in the rain all day
So you tell me "trust you" I can trust you
As far as I can throw you
And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you
Don't tell me you wanted me
Don't tell me you thought of me
I won't, I swear I won't
(did)
I'll try, I swear I'll try
(lie)
Mother Mary quite contrary
Kiss the boys and make them wary
Things are getting just a little bit scary
It's a wonder I can still breath
Never been much of a doubting thomas
But nothing breaks like a broken promise
You tell me 'bout your two more coming
But once is just enough for me
Don't tell me you wanted me
Don't tell me you thought of me
I won't, I swear I won't
(did)
I'll try, I swear I'll try
(lie)
I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
She comes in apparently to fill the void
All dogs need a leash and
At least I'll forget it
And she would never hurt me though she's never said it
But I'm not gonna ask her today
I don't want to scare her away
Oh, Your, town, I'm all alone
And I, just can't, stare at the phone
I want to talk about lifelong mistakes
And you can tell your stepfather I said so
Don't tell me you wanted me
Don't tell me you thought of me
I won't, I swear I won't
(did)
I'll try, I swear I'll try
(lie)
Because of that counter rhythm drum bridge followed by that inspired guitar solo this song preceded by the song mirror are a combo to respect and behold, definitely deliciously heavy 😊 laBrie Crisp cutting voice is the icing on the cake.
Underrated song, it's actually amazing
Brilliant ! Evert time repeat track )
Holy crap I forgot about this video! What a blast! KEVIN!!!!!
What a musical roller coaster ride
This song is from the Album Awake which was realesed in 1994. Jordan's first album with Dream Theater was Scenes from a Memory realesed in 1999.
If this were the very first thing I ever saw of Dream Theater, I would assume that the Bassist is a cute girl.
Beside that Myung hair looks dope.
pure art
Bien ctm
@bradleyrock4602
Wtf? Hasn't anyone ever seen an old Universe? It has green fret markers, a green logo, green pickups, green knobs and switches.
I have the same guitar ...
Bruh, JM so young dawg. God damn!
I just love how this feels!
2019! amo esta canción!
Yess!!! Welcome back MP!!! 🤘🏼😃🤘🏼
How is it that these guys aren't one of the biggest bands in the world?
The french couldnt pronounce their name correctly
I love that the people of New York City agreed to leave so this masterpiece could be filmed. Result = better than Thriller
probably the second song i heard from dream and i was hooked
"And I, just can't, stare at the phone" 30 years later ppl do it 90 per cent of the time
Each of them kicks ass, and they know how rock video should smell. This is super cool, period.
I love this band!
0:50 Ibanez Universe 😍
i love Awake ...
Mapex drums, God Almighty they rocking like there is no tomorrow!
All the songs of DT this songs is my favorate ✊
i didnt know at the time but now i do. i just recently became a fan of dream theater and i dont know too much about the band
Potentially the best DT track (together with Pull me Under and Metropolis I)...
6:00 and home
1:40 this vocal melody resembles a part of Hallowed Be Thy Name
Jhon gracias por interesarte en las guitarra 7 cuerdas que energia...ojala que desarrollen la majesty 8 cuerdas
Sueño hecho realidad
Meu disco preferido do DT
First time I heard this song was on MTV’s Head Bangers Ball at midnight of its premier release.
Sucks that aint comin back
PAPASITOS TODOS 😍
y excelentes músicos
That slide bend haunting me for 15 years
The first song I’ve ever heard with a 7 string guitar when this first came out, I knew from there that nope no 7 string guitars for me, I like this song though!!! I mean really, why do you need more than 6?! Love that solo to though!!
00:03:24 solo
one of my favorite solos of all time.
Kevin moore was in another level
Mike will do it again! 😎
This is a decent solid rock song ❤❤❤
And here we see James and John sporting those way-too-90s cool guy sunglasses...
Don't forget the trenchcoat James is wearing. lol
Best Era of DT
4:03 one of the best BENDS in DTs songs!! =D
Ill never understand music labels... i probably heard dt in the 90s and didnt really notice. I was looking for proggy technical music. Here we had one, and their way of promoting them was to take out all the long technical parts making them seem like just another band. Thank god my bro hooked me up with full albums and whoa! There it is! They tell you "we want you to fit in but stand apart from the rest" and literally chopped out what wouldve set them apart on the radio and mtv lol i wouldve been a fan earlier if they just let them do what they do and didnt chop things down
the fact that this song is awesome even without the "The Mirror" part and the outro
May28/409pm/ BELLAVISTA 🌆
Getting into these kind of band.
Songs like these are very grunge.
Sick solo.