the variety of the whole album is great if you compare the degree of playing hard songs to the softer ones ... and I have to say I like the old soft songs much better than later stuff as Forsaken or I walk beside you ...
for me Awake is on the same step, it's just a bit harder to get used to, especially with this unusual album opener. Next to Rush's Moving Pictures Awake is my favourite headphone album 🤘
Kevin Moore was the keyboard player. I HIGHLY recommend his project OSI, 4 albums, first 2 has Portnoy on drums and the final 2 have Gavin Harrison on drums. Brilliant music and Kevin’s vocals are very unique and perfection.
@@petrilampelachroma key is also great stuff. Wish Kevin was still working on stuff. I think he is too busy now for music. Maybe he will do something soon again
... and Mike did a lot of crazy stuff in his "pre-being-clean-era", many "wrong lyrics" and false singing are delivered. Nowadays he's a much better singer as you can hear in Transatlantic and Neal Morse Band.
Awesome Jim, "Images and Words" as well as "Metropolis Pt 2 Scenes from a Memory" are my all time favorite album and brought me to Dream Theater and Prog Rock and I'm so glad you take the time talking and listening to that which is really worth it no doubt!
Fabian sounds german to me 😆 and one part of my family was Meyer ... I would add Awake in my Top 3, listened so many times with headphones and as Mike's drumming on Images was so hard and powerful, I think I discovered so much more finesse in the Awake songs ... we'll surely have some of that on the channel one day 🤘viele Grüße aus NRW Rudi👋
@@rudolfbecker4313 Ja richtig! Looking forward to that. Of course I inhaled everything they did especially befor 2000 and have to highlight "Change of Seasons" which is just an outstanding masterpiece which I can hear again and again. Also one of my favorite albums really is Portnoy's last with DT "Black Clouds and Silver Linings" with so many phenomenal songs, especially "the count of tuscany" or (which I hope so much we will now get the chance to hear it live once at all) "the best of times". Btw I'm going to Berlin 22nd Oct so will have the pleasure to see them even before you ;-) Alles Gute!
@@fabianmeyer6995 Weisst du, was das Härteste sein wird ? Vorher nicht bei setlist eff emm zu schauen, was kommt 😆 einfach hingehen und sich überraschen lassen ... mal schauen, ob ich das schaffe ... für mich war auch vor 2000 die beste Phase, obwohl ich Train of Thought und Systematic Chaos, vor allem In the Presence .... auch immer wieder gehört habe ... Bei Black Clouds waren es dann nur noch 3 Songs, Nightmare ... , Best of Times und natürlich der Count 🤘 Ich habe übrigens in 2017 die 12-Step-Suite auf der Loreley gesehen : Mike, Eric Gillette von Neal Morse Band plus Haken ausser dem Drummer natürlich ... Ross Jennings hat das wirklich gut gemacht ... eine einmalige Erfahrung ? wer weiss 😄
I used this song to turn a jazz piano player on to DT back in the late 90's. The look on his face during the solos and unison lines was priceless. I first heard DT when Z-Rock in Dallas played "Pull Me Under". I had just pulled into my apartment lot when it came on and I sat in the truck in astonishment for the whole time. It was such a fresh feel to metal and I loved it all. I like the format guys. Good show!
Hi Easy 😆 I'm glad you like the format ... there'll be more in the future. Video #1 was 6 months ago, but no Dream Theater ... I had suggested several songs, but I guess A Change of Seasons was too long for a first time try 😄 So back then we had Candlemass and The Wildhearts, which were Jim's choice. Isn't it funny, how we sometimes remember, where we heard certain songs for the first time ? In some other videos I already told my story of being young, 16 - 17 years, when I listened in bed with my little radio, later in the evening I changed stations to Radio Luxemburg, who broadcasted longer than my german station. I usually fell asleep, but before I fell deep asleep, there were certain songs on 3 occasions, which got my attention. As I didn't know them and they had no DJ, it took me a while to find out. Those songs were: Heart - Magic Man, Thin Lizzy - The Rocker, Chris Spedding - Motorbikin', I still love all of them 40 years later 🤘 Ps: can you explain to me as not native speaker what your nickname means ... I would understand Scan King, but what is Skanking ? 🤔🤣
@@rudolfbecker4313 Yeah, those magical musical memories that are seared into our brains by incredible songs that hit us just right. It's another example of how powerful and amazing good music is! My handle is from a Bob Marley song titled "Easy Skanking". The term "skank" in this connotation, is a type of easy dance done to reggae or ska. Fishbone also used in in their song "Skanking to the Beat". I love rhose genres of music, and the Bob Marley lyrics are fitting to my mental state as I get older. LOL
Images and Words is still my favorite Dream Theater album. My introduction was this album's song "Pull Me Under", first heard it on mtv's Headbanger's Ball. This album you get James LaBrie before his vocal issues. 1994, just after Christmas, he got a bad case of food poisoning, the resulting vomiting ruptured his vocal chords. Doctor's told him to rest, but he went on tour anyway for the "Awake" album. He said his voice didn't feel normal again until at least 2002. "Under A Glass Moon" and "Pull Me Under" are my recommendations when continuing with this album, but all the songs are great. Dream Theater dropped a new song a few days ago, called "Night Terror". First release since Mike Portnoy rejoined the band last year ,after 14 years.
The bravado that this band exhibited in 1992 was striking to me. I couldn’t believe my ears when they were played on the radio. It was a breath of fresh air. Then the whole album blew my mind! I played it over and over again. So grateful for their contribution to prog metal🤘❤️
@@rudolfbecker4313it’s good. That big fill before cymbal choke is awesome. It’s great to have Portnoy back. I think one of the challenges with Mangini was how his drums were recorded. I believe Portnoy has a lot of say in that and that’s one big reason why he sounds more dynamic. Can’t wait to hear the rest🤘
Thank you Jim, that was big fun again doing a video with you. It was even more fun, since I absolutely don't know, how to do a video 🤣 I'm looking forward to further DT videos ... by yourself, with me ... or maybe some other DT fan 🤘 PS: interesting info to Images and words: there's saxophone on it, played by Jay Beckenstein, member of Spyro Gyra and owner of the recording studio. The story goes, that he walked in one day, they asked him, if he can recommend a sax player and he said, ok, what do you want me to play for you 🤘 He also appeared on the live album 🤘"Live Scenes from New York👍
@rudolfbecker4313 while mentioning sax, you as German prog fan surely have heard of "Marek Arnold's Art Rock Project" which came out last year where he worked together with great musicians such as Derek Sherinian, Marco Minneman, Craig Blundell, Peter Jones, Kalle Wallner and many more which is such a great album and worth a listen especially who also enjoys sax occassionally in prog music from time to time. Absolute Empfehlung!
@@fabianmeyer6995 check mal meine 2 mixtapes vom Jahresanfang, da habe ich die besten Titel aus 2023 aus der eclipsed zusammengefasst. Und wenn Sax , dann Von Hertzen Brothers-Peace Patrol - mein allererster request bei Jim - and it blew him away :-)
The original version of Another Day had Kevin doing a synth melody where the sax goes. The story is, according to the band, that since Jay owned the studio, he was constantly “around” during the sessions, and wanted to play sax on it. David Prater and the band agreed to let him play on Another Day. But the band was definitely not looking for a sax part anywhere in any of their songs. Great video! And a pleasure to see your collaboration. Hopefully more to come!
absolutely agree with you in both cases ... but in between there is Awake, which is another great album, it only takes a few more times to be listened to ... especially with headphones
For me DT peaked on Awake. That's not to say later albums aren't good, but Awake just has that special something (I highly suspect it's Kevin Moore) that makes everything click.
I think it's because that is actually the only album with James at his fully realised potential. For images and words the songs were already written and not necessarily with his voice in mind, and after awake, well, he had the incident.
I fully agree with every single word. Awake is still not only my favorite DT album, but also one of my favorite albums ever. The Moore factor is sure part of it.
I am quite suprised that you have been doing reaction videos for so long but have not listened to two of the best and most important prog albums of all time Images and Words and Scenes From a Memory, i hope you do full abum reactions to these two albums soon as it will be fun to see your mind blown by how good they both are.
The melody and lyrics for this song were written while Charlie Dominici (RIP) was still the lead singer, and you can even find a bootleg of the band performing the song live in 1989 with only slightly different lyrics and the rest of the song pretty much the same. The live version from 2004 when James and Charlie did a duet of the song is pretty cool as it really allows you to compare their vocal styles in all their glory. It's not that Charlie's voice is bad, but he's an operatic baritone which wasn't the sound the band wanted, which is reflected in James' much higher pitch and range.
@@rudolfbecker4313 I've been getting into Awake recently! I also really like The Count of Tuscany, but that's really the only one off of Black Clouds and Silver linings that I _know_ I like.
Speaking of someone who finds a lot of what I’ve heard from DT to be overly self indulgent crap, even I have to admit Images and Words is not just a good album but a great album. By far and away their best.
@@jonathanmarkham1998 to me it seemed that latest after Dramatic Turns.. most of the Songs sound like put together of known pieces with little Variation. Honestly and sadly I have to say that about the very New song despite the return of Mike Portnoy :-(
Just a quick correction to some comments regarding backing vocals on this album. Backing vocals and harmonies for this album were done by James LaBrie and David Prater, the producer. A bunch of the heavily harmonized sections (e.g. the choruses of Pull Me Under and Take The Time) are mostly Prater’s vocals. Source: I’ve met David and discussed this, and he’s shown isolated backing vocal tracks.
As I said towards the end I've seen them 18 times since 2000 and on Oct 23rd will be my 19th in Cologne. My very first was the Scenes .. tour and they opened the concert with the whole album ... awesome 😮 they took a short break and when they started the encores James said: Now we play some old f**king shit and they started with Pull me under ... the crowd went crazy 😆 My most memorable concert was in Nov 2002, called an Evening with. They played 2 sets including the awesome version of Beyond this life and Instrumedley as you might know it from the Budokan DVD, after the break they started with playing the complete 6 degrees "song" ... but that still wasn't enough and one of the encores was Hallowed be thy name ... great memories 😄 and so I'm very excited what the setlist will be in 11 days 🤘 are you going to see them this tour ?
@@rudolfbecker4313 I will not go on the 40 year ann tour. I live far up north in Sweden so its a bit to travel. But i will probably go when the new album is out and they tour for that :)
The Sound of Petrucci’s Ibanez makes it 90’s. He had so much gain back in the day and I loved that sound like many others. You can listen to that sound isolated in Petruccis Rock Discipline training videos (example 16) would be my choice 😊
@@rudolfbecker4313 watched it on my phone! Did not know the song. I weirdly am more familiar with Metropolis part 2 album! Cool song! Love everything about it with the exception of vocals . I am not a huge fan of James
@@Ericmeredith3209 have you ever realized that american singers sound so much different than european + canadian ?😆 you only have to listen to you and me and can tell a big difference 🤣🤣
Good evening Jim and Rudi, Please enlighten me because I really like Dream Theater but I mainly listen to their live concerts. I know this album. I love Metropolis but I always listen to the live version; live at Luna park or the Wacken version. Have fun at the DT live concert Rudi. I expect 😅 a review of course in a future mail 😜 2025, a new Ayreon live concert.
Hallo Will, I was going to ask you, why you only watch the Luna Park and the Wacken version, since I know, that it's on the Live Scenes from New York CD. Then I realized, that it is on the CD but not on the DVD ... so I will look for another version with Mike P. 🤘
Kennel???? Wie sehr können Sie es wagen! 😬(That may not translate too well!) Ken will do nicely, thanks. Great to see/hear from you again Rudi. Metropolis 2 is DT's best album and their live version of that was the last gig I saw before Covid lockdown so holds a special place. Metropolis 1 is a good point to start though for those unfamiliar with the Dream boys (Forget I said that) as it includes most of the tropes and tricks that they perfect later on.
Sorrryyyy, it was either my pronounciation or some technical problem🤣 but your german is very good 🤣 I'm glad you liked my choice, I also saw them back on this tour in Jan 2020, but also the next one in early 2023 ... and in 12 days I'll see them in Cologne ... DT # 19 as I said in the video. What do you think about the new song, released yesterday ?
@@rudolfbecker4313 My German doesn't extend much beyond 'zwei Bier bitte' but that's a handy phrase in any language I find. Night Terror is typical DT and could almost have appeared on Images and Words - starts off with a good intro involving a couple of excellent riffs then signals 'Portnoy is back!' in a big way. I'm not seeing them this time - London is the only UK gig and the wife keeps me on a tight leash.
@@kenl2091 Ja, ja, die Frauen 😆 life is full of compromises ... otherwise I probably would go to 1 or 2 concerts every month ... actually in 2023, the first real post corona year I attended 11 concerts incl Dream Theater, Jinjer, The Australian Pink Floyd Show, RPWL, Floor Jansen, Von Hertzen Brothers + Airbag + Riverside at Midsummerprog, Ayreon, Mostly Autumn ... my wife was with me 3 times 🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 My wife has seen Porcupine Tree, Yes, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Simple Minds, Tangerine Dream, New Order, Bevis Frond, Gong and a few others with me in the 80s/90s but the only ones that she can remember are Gong though she still calls them The Pixies as the band wore the pixie hats at the time. She has never seen the actual Pixies so don't ask her about Monkey Gone to Heaven if you ever meet her.
Jim I think you misunderstood when Rudi was talking about the drum triggering. This was (I believe) the only DT album to have a triggered snare. The band was still new and listened to their producer David Prater that the drums needed a triggered snare. Portnoy has been very vocal about hating the snare sound on this record. Compare this snare sound to the snare especially on the follow-up album Awake, it's night and day. Keyword: Dynamics LOL
I'm afraid this kind of prog meets metal with some operatics thrown in was and never will be my thing really. I'm afraid I have to disappoint Rudi there. A friend of mine used to be a huge Dream Theater fan in our later highschool years. But even then, I couldn't fully get into this band.
Hallo Toby, kein Problem, man kann nicht erwarten, dass jeder meine oder deine Lieblingsmusik mag. Bis wohin geht denn dein "Härtegrad" ? Alter Hardrock der 70er oder hörst du auch Metal der 80er, 90er ... ? am 23.10. gibts dann wieder was auf die Ohren .. ich schätze Mike Portnoy wird wieder alles aus seinem Drum rausholen ... die anderen liefern natürlich auch ab ... ausser James, der hat die letzten Jahre live öfters geschwächelt, man sing halt mit 59 nicht mehr so wie mit 29, das geht mir genauso 🤣🤣🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 wenig. Ich mag ein bisschen stoner/sludge sachen wie elder oder baronness. Eine zeitlang habe ich viel Killing Joke gehört - aber das ist ja eher industrial. Ansonsten geht's bei mir nicht so heavy zu 😄
It's all a question of taste and what you've heard first. I guess 80% of old Dream Theater fans like them better than Haken. But if there are fans, who didn't know DT before the Mangini phase, they might like Haken better.... especially James singing on the last tours was ...meeeh ..in certain songs Did you know, that Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress consisted of him, Eric Gillette of Neal Morse Band and the whole Haken except for the drummer ? Ross Jennings did a real good job singing Mike's 12 step suite and other great DT songs. I saw them live in 2017 🤘
@@JimNewstead Absolutely right. Make 10 people listen to the same song and everybody hears or feels something different .. so I don't like this "better or worse"-comparisons in music
I love the Score versions of The Root of all evil, Sacrificed Sons (hopefully soon here 😆) and Octavarium .. I surely skip The Answer lies within and I Walk Beside you when I listen to the studio album😁🤘
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'Learning to Live' is my favorite of this album.
the variety of the whole album is great if you compare the degree of playing hard songs to the softer ones ... and I have to say I like the old soft songs much better than later stuff as Forsaken or I walk beside you ...
@@Pulsed101 magic! I love 'Surrounded' too. Plus all the other masterpieces.🙂
One of the best DT tracks of all time
Can’t wait for him to react to metropolis pt 2, so we can have reacting to metropolis pt 2, pt 1.
we'll do it chronologically 🤘
Him? Me you mean? Yup! At some point!
Images and Words will forever be one of my favorite albums. No other DT album can even touch it, IMO.
for me Awake is on the same step, it's just a bit harder to get used to, especially with this unusual album opener. Next to Rush's Moving Pictures Awake is my
favourite headphone album 🤘
Wow! High praise indeed! 😁
Kevin Moore was the keyboard player. I HIGHLY recommend his project OSI, 4 albums, first 2 has Portnoy on drums and the final 2 have Gavin Harrison on drums. Brilliant music and Kevin’s vocals are very unique and perfection.
I like the first album best, Kevin Moore's "singing" was so different from James. The song with Steven Wilson is another great one on the album.
I thought I had an OSI album but I think perhaps I did an OSI reaction video years ago and got it confused.
I love the first Chroma Key album the most. Space Dye Vest is probably my favorite DT song and that whole album is like a continuation of that.
@@petrilampelachroma key is also great stuff. Wish Kevin was still working on stuff. I think he is too busy now for music. Maybe he will do something soon again
On this album James did all the vocals. Later in their career Mike and John started to help out with vocals live
... and Mike did a lot of crazy stuff in his "pre-being-clean-era", many "wrong lyrics" and false singing are delivered. Nowadays he's a much better singer as you can hear in Transatlantic and Neal Morse Band.
Ah ok, so he was backing himself. Thanks.
Awesome Jim, "Images and Words" as well as "Metropolis Pt 2 Scenes from a Memory" are my all time favorite album and brought me to Dream Theater and Prog Rock and I'm so glad you take the time talking and listening to that which is really worth it no doubt!
I agree!
Fabian sounds german to me 😆 and one part of my family was Meyer ... I would add Awake in my Top 3, listened so many times with headphones and as Mike's drumming on Images was so hard and powerful, I think I discovered so much more finesse in the Awake songs ... we'll surely have some of that on the channel one day 🤘viele Grüße aus NRW Rudi👋
Thanks Fabian!
@@rudolfbecker4313 Ja richtig! Looking forward to that. Of course I inhaled everything they did especially befor 2000 and have to highlight "Change of Seasons" which is just an outstanding masterpiece which I can hear again and again. Also one of my favorite albums really is Portnoy's last with DT "Black Clouds and Silver Linings" with so many phenomenal songs, especially "the count of tuscany" or (which I hope so much we will now get the chance to hear it live once at all) "the best of times". Btw I'm going to Berlin 22nd Oct so will have the pleasure to see them even before you ;-) Alles Gute!
@@fabianmeyer6995 Weisst du, was das Härteste sein wird ? Vorher nicht bei setlist eff emm zu schauen, was kommt 😆 einfach hingehen und sich überraschen lassen ... mal schauen, ob ich das schaffe ... für mich war auch vor 2000 die beste Phase, obwohl ich Train of Thought und Systematic Chaos, vor allem In the Presence .... auch immer wieder gehört habe ... Bei Black Clouds waren es dann nur noch 3 Songs, Nightmare ... , Best of Times und natürlich der Count 🤘 Ich habe übrigens in 2017 die 12-Step-Suite auf der Loreley gesehen : Mike, Eric Gillette von Neal Morse Band plus Haken ausser dem Drummer natürlich ... Ross Jennings hat das wirklich gut gemacht ... eine einmalige Erfahrung ? wer weiss 😄
I used this song to turn a jazz piano player on to DT back in the late 90's. The look on his face during the solos and unison lines was priceless.
I first heard DT when Z-Rock in Dallas played "Pull Me Under". I had just pulled into my apartment lot when it came on and I sat in the truck in astonishment for the whole time. It was such a fresh feel to metal and I loved it all.
I like the format guys. Good show!
Hi Easy 😆 I'm glad you like the format ... there'll be more in the future. Video #1 was 6 months ago, but no Dream Theater ... I had suggested several songs, but I guess A Change of Seasons was too long for a first time try 😄 So back then we had Candlemass and The Wildhearts, which were Jim's choice.
Isn't it funny, how we sometimes remember, where we heard certain songs for the first time ? In some other videos I already told my story of being young, 16 - 17 years, when I listened in bed with my little radio, later in the evening I changed stations to Radio Luxemburg, who broadcasted longer than my german station.
I usually fell asleep, but before I fell deep asleep, there were certain songs on 3 occasions, which got my attention. As I didn't know them and they had no DJ, it took me a while to find out. Those songs were: Heart - Magic Man, Thin Lizzy - The Rocker, Chris Spedding - Motorbikin', I still love all of them 40 years later 🤘
Ps: can you explain to me as not native speaker what your nickname means ... I would understand Scan King, but what is Skanking ? 🤔🤣
Nice one! Yeah, this is pretty impressive stuff!
@@rudolfbecker4313 Yeah, those magical musical memories that are seared into our brains by incredible songs that hit us just right. It's another example of how powerful and amazing good music is!
My handle is from a Bob Marley song titled "Easy Skanking".
The term "skank" in this connotation, is a type of easy dance done to reggae or ska. Fishbone also used in in their song "Skanking to the Beat". I love rhose genres of music, and the Bob Marley lyrics are fitting to my mental state as I get older. LOL
Images and Words is still my favorite Dream Theater album. My introduction was this album's song "Pull Me Under", first heard it on mtv's Headbanger's Ball.
This album you get James LaBrie before his vocal issues. 1994, just after Christmas, he got a bad case of food poisoning, the resulting vomiting ruptured his vocal chords. Doctor's told him to rest, but he went on tour anyway for the "Awake" album. He said his voice didn't feel normal again until at least 2002.
"Under A Glass Moon" and "Pull Me Under" are my recommendations when continuing with this album, but all the songs are great.
Dream Theater dropped a new song a few days ago, called "Night Terror". First release since Mike Portnoy rejoined the band last year ,after 14 years.
The bravado that this band exhibited in 1992 was striking to me. I couldn’t believe my ears when they were played on the radio. It was a breath of fresh air. Then the whole album blew my mind! I played it over and over again. So grateful for their contribution to prog metal🤘❤️
what do you think about the new song ? have you heard it ?
@@rudolfbecker4313it’s good. That big fill before cymbal choke is awesome. It’s great to have Portnoy back. I think one of the challenges with Mangini was how his drums were recorded. I believe Portnoy has a lot of say in that and that’s one big reason why he sounds more dynamic. Can’t wait to hear the rest🤘
Thank you Jim, that was big fun again doing a video with you. It was even more fun, since I absolutely don't know, how to do a video 🤣
I'm looking forward to further DT videos ... by yourself, with me ... or maybe some other DT fan 🤘
PS: interesting info to Images and words: there's saxophone on it, played by Jay Beckenstein, member of Spyro Gyra and owner of the recording studio. The story goes, that he walked in one day, they asked him, if he can recommend a sax player and he said, ok, what do you want me to play for you 🤘 He also appeared on the live album 🤘"Live Scenes from New York👍
Haha! No worries Rudi, I’ll just have you as my roving German reporter!
@@JimNewstead that was actually my second career wish : either travel agent or reporter 🤣🤣
@rudolfbecker4313 while mentioning sax, you as German prog fan surely have heard of "Marek Arnold's Art Rock Project" which came out last year where he worked together with great musicians such as Derek Sherinian, Marco Minneman, Craig Blundell, Peter Jones, Kalle Wallner and many more which is such a great album and worth a listen especially who also enjoys sax occassionally in prog music from time to time. Absolute Empfehlung!
@@fabianmeyer6995 check mal meine 2 mixtapes vom Jahresanfang, da habe ich die besten Titel aus 2023 aus der eclipsed zusammengefasst. Und wenn Sax , dann Von Hertzen Brothers-Peace Patrol - mein allererster request bei Jim - and it blew him away :-)
The original version of Another Day had Kevin doing a synth melody where the sax goes. The story is, according to the band, that since Jay owned the studio, he was constantly “around” during the sessions, and wanted to play sax on it. David Prater and the band agreed to let him play on Another Day. But the band was definitely not looking for a sax part anywhere in any of their songs.
Great video! And a pleasure to see your collaboration. Hopefully more to come!
Images and words is a milestone in prog metal. But imo Scenes from a Memory is one of the greatest album of all time in metal history.
absolutely agree with you in both cases ... but in between there is Awake, which is another great album, it only takes a few more times to be listened to ... especially with headphones
And so it begins…
... and it's a long way 'til we hit the presence ... sometime next year or after 😆
Indeed it does!
For me DT peaked on Awake. That's not to say later albums aren't good, but Awake just has that special something (I highly suspect it's Kevin Moore) that makes everything click.
I agree with you, if I had to pick 1 album, it would be Awake ... followed by Scenes 🤘
I think it's because that is actually the only album with James at his fully realised potential. For images and words the songs were already written and not necessarily with his voice in mind, and after awake, well, he had the incident.
I suggest that the reason is John Petrucci uses the seven string guitar on a couple of songs. It adds some chunk to their amazing technicality. 🎸
I fully agree with every single word. Awake is still not only my favorite DT album, but also one of my favorite albums ever. The Moore factor is sure part of it.
Well I’m sure I’ll get to Awake at some point!
I am quite suprised that you have been doing reaction videos for so long but have not listened to two of the best and most important prog albums of all time Images and Words and Scenes From a Memory, i hope you do full abum reactions to these two albums soon as it will be fun to see your mind blown by how good they both are.
The melody and lyrics for this song were written while Charlie Dominici (RIP) was still the lead singer, and you can even find a bootleg of the band performing the song live in 1989 with only slightly different lyrics and the rest of the song pretty much the same. The live version from 2004 when James and Charlie did a duet of the song is pretty cool as it really allows you to compare their vocal styles in all their glory. It's not that Charlie's voice is bad, but he's an operatic baritone which wasn't the sound the band wanted, which is reflected in James' much higher pitch and range.
Images and words is such a good album, man.
which are your other favourites of DT ?
It’s certainly got off to a good start!
@@rudolfbecker4313 I've been getting into Awake recently! I also really like The Count of Tuscany, but that's really the only one off of Black Clouds and Silver linings that I _know_ I like.
Speaking of someone who finds a lot of what I’ve heard from DT to be overly self indulgent crap, even I have to admit Images and Words is not just a good album but a great album.
By far and away their best.
@@jonathanmarkham1998 to me it seemed that latest after Dramatic Turns.. most of the Songs sound like put together of known pieces with little Variation. Honestly and sadly I have to say that about the very New song despite the return of Mike Portnoy :-(
Just a quick correction to some comments regarding backing vocals on this album. Backing vocals and harmonies for this album were done by James LaBrie and David Prater, the producer. A bunch of the heavily harmonized sections (e.g. the choruses of Pull Me Under and Take The Time) are mostly Prater’s vocals.
Source: I’ve met David and discussed this, and he’s shown isolated backing vocal tracks.
They do it all live, Rudi :) Seen them 3 times now. And they do it all, and more.
As I said towards the end I've seen them 18 times since 2000 and on Oct 23rd will be my 19th in Cologne. My very first was the Scenes .. tour and they opened the concert with the whole album ... awesome 😮 they took a short break and when they started the encores James said: Now we play some old f**king shit and they started with Pull me under ... the crowd went crazy 😆 My most memorable concert was in Nov 2002, called an Evening with. They played 2 sets including the awesome version of Beyond this life and Instrumedley as you might know it from the Budokan DVD, after the break they started with playing the complete
6 degrees "song" ... but that still wasn't enough and one of the encores was Hallowed be thy name ... great memories 😄 and so I'm very excited what the
setlist will be in 11 days 🤘 are you going to see them this tour ?
@@rudolfbecker4313 I will not go on the 40 year ann tour. I live far up north in Sweden so its a bit to travel. But i will probably go when the new album is out and they tour for that :)
The Sound of Petrucci’s Ibanez makes it 90’s. He had so much gain back in the day and I loved that sound like many others. You can listen to that sound isolated in Petruccis Rock Discipline training videos (example 16) would be my choice 😊
This was fun! Two of my favorite people! Thank you guys!!
Hi Eric, did you have the chance to watch in on a regular screen or on your mobile ? I guess you knew the song ? 🤔🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 watched it on my phone! Did not know the song. I weirdly am more familiar with Metropolis part 2 album! Cool song! Love everything about it with the exception of vocals . I am not a huge fan of James
@@rudolfbecker4313love the song except the vocals. Just not a fan of James
@@Ericmeredith3209 have you ever realized that american singers sound so much different than european + canadian ?😆
you only have to listen to you and me and can tell a big difference 🤣🤣
Aw, cheers Eric!
Amazing! Now you gotta react to their new single Night Terror!
Hell yeah!
Good evening Jim and Rudi,
Please enlighten me because I really like Dream Theater but I mainly listen to their live concerts.
I know this album. I love Metropolis but I always listen to the live version; live at Luna park or the Wacken version.
Have fun at the DT live concert Rudi. I expect 😅 a review of course in a future mail 😜
2025, a new Ayreon live concert.
Hope you enjoyed Will!
@@JimNewstead hi Jim,
I did, learned some new facts too
Hallo Will, I was going to ask you, why you only watch the Luna Park and the Wacken version, since I know, that it's on the Live Scenes from New York CD. Then I realized, that it is on the CD but not on the DVD ... so I will look for another version with Mike P. 🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 hi Rudi,
Those are the only two live versions I have and know. The Wacken version, I recorded from tv.
Kennel???? Wie sehr können Sie es wagen! 😬(That may not translate too well!) Ken will do nicely, thanks. Great to see/hear from you again Rudi. Metropolis 2 is DT's best album and their live version of that was the last gig I saw before Covid lockdown so holds a special place. Metropolis 1 is a good point to start though for those unfamiliar with the Dream boys (Forget I said that) as it includes most of the tropes and tricks that they perfect later on.
Sorrryyyy, it was either my pronounciation or some technical problem🤣 but your german is very good 🤣 I'm glad you liked my choice, I also saw them back on this tour in Jan 2020, but also the next one in early 2023 ... and in 12 days I'll see them in Cologne ... DT # 19 as I said in the video.
What do you think about the new song, released yesterday ?
@@rudolfbecker4313 My German doesn't extend much beyond 'zwei Bier bitte' but that's a handy phrase in any language I find. Night Terror is typical DT and could almost have appeared on Images and Words - starts off with a good intro involving a couple of excellent riffs then signals 'Portnoy is back!' in a big way. I'm not seeing them this time - London is the only UK gig and the wife keeps me on a tight leash.
@@kenl2091 Ja, ja, die Frauen 😆 life is full of compromises ... otherwise I probably would go to 1 or 2 concerts every month ... actually in 2023, the first real post corona year I attended 11 concerts incl Dream Theater, Jinjer, The Australian Pink Floyd Show, RPWL, Floor Jansen, Von Hertzen Brothers + Airbag + Riverside at Midsummerprog, Ayreon, Mostly Autumn ... my wife was with me 3 times 🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 My wife has seen Porcupine Tree, Yes, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Simple Minds, Tangerine Dream, New Order, Bevis Frond, Gong and a few others with me in the 80s/90s but the only ones that she can remember are Gong though she still calls them The Pixies as the band wore the pixie hats at the time. She has never seen the actual Pixies so don't ask her about Monkey Gone to Heaven if you ever meet her.
Dream Boys…. 😳. I thought I knew how your mind was working Ken!! Perhaps not 😂
40th anniversary tour 23/10/24 Cologne I'm coming 🤘
I'll be there 🤘
Nice!
Jim I think you misunderstood when Rudi was talking about the drum triggering. This was (I believe) the only DT album to have a triggered snare. The band was still new and listened to their producer David Prater that the drums needed a triggered snare. Portnoy has been very vocal about hating the snare sound on this record. Compare this snare sound to the snare especially on the follow-up album Awake, it's night and day. Keyword: Dynamics LOL
I'm afraid this kind of prog meets metal with some operatics thrown in was and never will be my thing really. I'm afraid I have to disappoint Rudi there.
A friend of mine used to be a huge Dream Theater fan in our later highschool years. But even then, I couldn't fully get into this band.
Hallo Toby, kein Problem, man kann nicht erwarten, dass jeder meine oder deine Lieblingsmusik mag. Bis wohin geht denn dein "Härtegrad" ? Alter Hardrock der 70er oder hörst du auch Metal der 80er, 90er ... ? am 23.10. gibts dann wieder was auf die Ohren .. ich schätze Mike Portnoy wird wieder alles aus seinem Drum rausholen ... die anderen liefern natürlich auch ab ... ausser James, der hat die letzten Jahre live öfters geschwächelt, man sing halt mit 59 nicht mehr so wie mit 29, das geht mir genauso 🤣🤣🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 wenig. Ich mag ein bisschen stoner/sludge sachen wie elder oder baronness. Eine zeitlang habe ich viel Killing Joke gehört - aber das ist ja eher industrial. Ansonsten geht's bei mir nicht so heavy zu 😄
That’s fair enough!
old school dream theater(pre sys chaos) is far superior to haken
It's all a question of taste and what you've heard first. I guess 80% of old Dream Theater fans like them better than Haken. But if there are fans, who didn't know DT before the Mangini phase, they might like Haken better.... especially James singing on the last tours was ...meeeh ..in certain songs
Did you know, that Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress consisted of him, Eric Gillette of Neal Morse Band and the whole Haken except for the drummer ?
Ross Jennings did a real good job singing Mike's 12 step suite and other great DT songs. I saw them live in 2017 🤘
Oooo! I’m a BIG Haken fan, I can’t do the whole “superior” thing. Each is great but one connects better.
@@JimNewstead Absolutely right. Make 10 people listen to the same song and everybody hears or feels something different .. so I don't like this "better or worse"-comparisons in music
I was also turned off by the "muse" muse on Octovarium. Still not highly regarded in my mind
I love the Score versions of The Root of all evil, Sacrificed Sons (hopefully soon here 😆) and Octavarium .. I surely skip The Answer lies within and I Walk Beside you when I listen to the studio album😁🤘
Oh ☹️. I rather liked it!
@JimNewstead If you're a MUSE fan I assume it's a bonus, but I can't stand them. Sorry