My father is the actor that plays the ghost/old man rising up in the bed. My family shares this video frequently. Such great lyrics, vocals and musicians.
Dinè狼 Draven same here man! I bought Images and Words on cassette because I thought the cover was cool, not really knowing what to expect. By the time this song was over, my walnut-sized brain was blown and I had a new favorite band. 26 years or so later, that feeling still hits me every time I listen to this song.
I opened for these guys solo acoustic at McGuffy's in Dayton Oh on the Images and Words Tour in 1992. To this day I can't believe I pulled that one off. Had a few drinks with Petrucci and Portnoy after the show and they were GREAT dudes!
I used to write for a music magazine in new York in '92 and met john pettruci in a club when he was a clean shaven kid..one of the nicest guys next to paul gilbert I've ever met..a real person..paul gilbert will have you in stitches.hes hysterical
@@bcushing it's just impressive to me. So often I see old comments and wonder where that person is now. It's rare to find them still around, talking to people in their replies.
It's hard to believe it will be 28 years this year since I first heard this song. I was in our car about to enter a nice restaurant when I heard this. I was instantly enthralled. I waited until the end hoping they would tell who it was, they did and the next day bought the album. They have been my favorite band ever since. Love these guys.
David S I’ve been a huge fan since day 1. They have a lot of material. I’m 54 also and I remember vividly how I became a huge fan. My brother gave me “Images & Words” CD to record on a cassette tape back in 93 for his buddy and I happen to be listening to Metropolis and was just completely blown away! I saw them like 6 or 7 times in concert and got to meet the band back stage in 07. Really down to earth guys. Really missing Portnoy. Mangini is a good drummer but I lost interest when he left the band. The albums that you need to listen to are octavarium, six degrees of inner turbulence, black clouds & silver linings, systematic chaos, and especially scenes from a memory. All I can say is WOW!
@@m42037Mike Portnoy (the drummer) was never happy with the drum sound on this record especially the snare because a triggered sample was used instead of the actual dynamics of his real snare
@@chrissmith3668the whole kit sounds triggered on the entire album, a simple eq on the snare sample would be enough to make it sound better, but at the same time that's the sound we've heard so many years and it honestly fits quite nice the vibe
@@levig384 Not really heavy pretty soft really man. These are mellow riffs wanna see somethink heavy and brutal check necrophgist thats so proper metal
This looks like when I saw them at a small club in Atlanta. They played as Liquid Tension, and there was only 200 people there. They played for almost 6 hours. 40 minute portnoy drum solo. I'll never forget it. The stage was 12 inches tall. I was only 2 people from the stage, and thr guy in front of me was the camera man. Greatest show of my entire life, and I'm 50. I'll never forget it as long as I live.
Prog-metal is an acquired taste. Most metal fans can't even name 5 Dream Theater songs let alone 15, but most know PMU. Why? Because it sounds much closer to the mainstream metal of that era than much of their catalog. This is also why most Dream Theater fans diss the song -- it sounds too mainstream. For those who listen to mainstream, they likely consider PMU their favorite even after sampling the rest of their music.
What can be their best song in your opinion? Just to be clear, for me A change of season ad Octavarium are top, panic attack and count little lover but good too, through her eyes I like, for some reason, PMU is fine for me, nad fro soem others i find them good but i don`t see many "strong unforgettable songs".
I've been listening to these guys for 8 whole months now (almost 9) and this was the first ever song I listened to. I was mainly a Rush fan and I was really into the Test for Echo album but I wanted to listen to something heavier so I looked up bands similar to Rush and found these guys. While I was listening to the start of it I thought "the singer's probably going to come out and start screaming like in a death metal song" but I was really surprised when I heard LaBrie's voice is actually high-pitched. I bought the Images & Words album and listened to it for like a week before moving on to "Awake." After hearing "Awake" I was really convinced that I loved this band. Awake is still my favorite album to this day (my second is Scenes from a Memory). A few days ago I went to my first Dream Theater concert and they rocked OUT! Just thought's I'd reminisce on how I got into Dream Theater :)
A few things. One: Anthony, Awake and SFAM are my favorites too! Awake is a fantastic album. Two: To the others, Mike and both of the Johns went to Berklee. That is where they met each other. However, they dropped out before going into their second year to focus on their band.
No kidding, can you believe that shit! It was about time. I never saw them again after he left and I can't stand the singer. The last show I went to I saw the singer giving Mike a mean mad face. It was obvious they didn't like each other.
Lost in the sky Clouds roll by And I roll with them Arrows fly Seas increase And then fall again This world is spinning around me This world is spinning without me Every day sends future to past Every breath leaves me one less To my last Watch the sparrow falling Gives new meaning to it all If not today nor yet tomorrow Then some other day I'll take seven lives for one And then my only father's son As sure as I did ever love him I am not afraid This world is spinning around me The whole world keeps Spinning around me All life is future to past Every breath leaves me one less To my last Pull me under Pull me under Pull me under I'm not afraid All that I feel is honor and spite All I can do is set it right Dust fills my eyes Clouds roll by And I roll with them Centuries cry Orders fly And I fall again This world is spinning inside me The whole world is Spinning inside of me Every day sends future to past Every step brings me closer To my last Pull me under Pull me under Pull me under I'm not afraid Living my life too much in The sun Only until your will is done
It's funny to see a guy that sings like him wearing a Napalm Death shirt. In the early to mid '90s there was a local radio show that came on Sunday nights. It was called Welcome to the Nineties and then Radio Prozac, because '90s. They mainly played stuff like Minor Threat, The Smiths, Curve, Ministry and the like. One night they played this song and it stuck with me ever since. I'm not really a Dream Theater fan but this is a pretty dope song and I'm glad I heard it all those years ago.
I remember that back then I saw photographs of Barney from Napalm Death wearing a Dream Theater shirt (maybe even in a music video?). So maybe they did a little trade.
Barney apparently used to review Prog Metal albums under a pseudonym, so appreciates the genre. I don’t think it’s as unusual as people might think for bands to be fans of music very different to what they themselves play
@@dannycheesums Not at all. Most great musicians are great because they’re not narrow-minded boneheads who listen to a single genre or sub-genre of music.
Last time I saw Dream Theatre live was in Zurich where I was working as a doctor because I couldn't afford to do that and be a single mother in Germany. They were great live and will always be a part of my heart ❤️
@@youreokayboah2128I agree with this comment. A very technically skilled band, but song composition was their big weak point overall. I’ve never been a fan of that 80’s metal whiny style of vocals either similar to Iron Maiden on any band
@@shaheedharun445it's not whiny, and without those bands metal wouldn't have evolved, and I'm a death metal/doom metal fan and drummer of both of those genres.
@@metalmacabre9991 They have their place in history but IDC about that. I know many besides myself who hated that style. And it’s stuck back there for a reason.. like mullets & chain wallets
I love petrucci' use of different time sigs in one song. The melody takes me on a journey to a wonderful place. Especially when I hum the melody and make up my own riffs and licks off this.
This song STILL (2021) transcends time. I was in college when it was released. ONLY artist where I ha e all their studio CDs. I learned the words due to the constant play I would do & h sometimes still do.
I'm 34 years old, I purchased a 1988 TransAm when I was 19, (real pos but very fast and fun) it had a tape player and the only tape I was able to get my hands on (my older brothers) was images and words. Thus beginning my life long fascination with Dream Theatre. Old memories are the best :)
“Watch the sparrow falling Gives new meaning to it all If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day I’ll take seven lives to one And then my only father’s son As sure as I ever did love him I am not afraid…” Love it!
@stevenbrown7873 Thanks, yeah, I looked up the lyrics & the comments were saying "It's based on Hamlet." But I'm a major theology geek and I picked up on the Biblical themes right away. I think I want this played at my funeral. This band will probably be one of my new favorites ...
I just showed my pops this song, he loves it. It’s actually one of his favorite songs now. Unfortunately he’s terminally ill, when he eventually passes on I will always think of him and how much he actually loves this tune. Happy I could show him one song we share the same love for ❤
I am the same age as the members of Dream Theater at the time of this songs release. I look at Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci and think...damn did I look that young too ? Holy hell they all still rock out all these years later.
aman jaman sekolah, memiliki kaset Dream Theater itu Keren. Era dimana jam Istirahat orang kaya menggunakan HPnya buat mutar lagu Dream Theater. dan semua bernyanyi Pull me Under Pull me Under dengan gaya memegang Sapu.
First of all I have to say I've become a big Dream Theater fan I was hooked on this album when it first came out and I bought it and I still have this CD to this very day excellent condition I might add these guys are musically trained and they can play anything that's offbeat in time in between and out of this world and the best of musicians I've seen or heard in my lifetime
So crazy to think this song was made before I was even born. For me it's a lifetime ago (I'm 24 now). So excited to see them for the first time this month with my husband.
1992 I was 20yrs old in college when this song hit MTV and got big. However by that time most rock/metal bands and music was phasing out of our culture and rap/hip hop was taking over. They never hit it quite as big as they would have had this song come in let's say mid/late 80s when rock ruled the world. I really really feel for you young folks, especially if you're white and into rock. It's a hip hop world nowadays. But at least you have the Internet to look back and see how good my genX had it.
Just yesterday a hippie kid came to me while bartending needing to sell me a “electric guitar” he wanted $40 for gas money so busy bar and all I ran out to he car to see what he had. I bought it and after looking into it its a music man JP 50 (John’s Signature axe) not being a previous dream theater fan that brought me here to check them out. Being a tool fan how have I never checked these guys out?!? Wow. Surely happy for the right place at the right time moment that led me here. A whole lot of badassery in a couple days time.
First heard this when I was 13 in fall of 1993, first day of middle school sharing Koss 'phones with a buddy's Walkman. I was so blown away that same day I went to Ameoba Records and picked up the Images and Words cassette, along with When Dream and Day Unite. That night I listened to the whole record, and loved Ytse Jam. Since then I've been a fan for life.
@@Vladimir_Filin Не откажите себе в удовольствии- раздобудьте дебют Liquid Tension Experiment.Это, по сути, тоже Театр, только чисто инструментальный,и с Тони Левином на басу. Там и лютый прогрессив, и фанк, и сиропные колыбельные- в общем, уже легендарный альбом.
i bet that evERy thumbs down came from people who like nikelback and foo fighters.....after all these years DREAM THEATER STILL NEVER ARE SELL-OUTS..NEVER GAVE IN TO MAKING HIT SINGLES FOR THE RECORD COMPANIES!!! THATS WHY THEY ARE STILL....AFTER ALL THESE YEARS...MY FAVORITE BAND!!!!
I remember hearing this for the first time, and luckily I recorded it on vhs, and watching it over and over. Then I bought the cd and heard the uncut version and my head exploded.
Very underated Band. I'm still introducing this song (and Band) to people. Where the hell has these people been that never heard from these massively talented musician's?
every time i listen dream theater i wait to hear john' s solos and melodic chords my fav. parts, amazing guitarist one of my guitar idols ,when i was about 17-18 years old i bought images and words for guitar and i played almost every part of the album, amazing solos amazing technique thank you john
Remember jamming to this song on the school bus on the way home from school lol! Was the newest and most original thing I had ever heard! Been a fan ever since.
A new Dream Theater fan when RUclips played this straight after one of my daughter's band's I AEMON tracks........soooo Avantasia too and just love it. Thanks I AEMON for bringing me here lol.
First time I heard this song & watched the video in '93 on headbangers ball, I thought I was witnessing sorcery. These guys are still going & as strong as ever. Maybe I was right..
The double bass in this is so clean and smooth. It's not as fast as some stuff today, but it's so clean and tasteful. The simplicity makes it so infectious.
The first song of the best album ever written... but damn, what a hack job on the editing! I saw Images & Words live in 1992 at a small club in San Jose, CA. It was the best show I've ever seen. Long live Dream Theater!
It was 1992 when my friend Luca, one sunny day of a still shy spring, rang at my door. He gave me the headphones of the Walkman and said "Listen to this". And my concept of music was never the same again. that many still begin to feel and love today.
I remember when Images & Words was released. Pull Me Under received some limited radio airplay at the time of its release. I'm so glad that Pull Me Under was played on the radio because it was my first introduction to Dream Theater. Images & Words was released in 1992 and I was so excited to discover a new Prog Rock band. Remember, Nevermind by Nirvana and Ten by Pearl Jam were released a year earlier in 1991, two albums that ushered in the Grunge era. I don't really have anything against Grunge, but it was very different from the Rock I had grown to love. At the beginning of high school, a friend of mine had introduced me to real Hard Rock and Metal. I began listening to bands like Metallica and Anthrax. He also introduced me to Queensrÿche with the release of Operation Mindcrime. Later, when Empire was released in 1990 I was already familiar with the band. Everyone was listening to Empire. Queensrÿche achieved commercial success with that album. So, after Grunge sprung onto the scene and was playing everywhere on Rock radio, hearing Pull Me Under was amazingly refreshing. After hearing Pull Me Under for the first time, I rushed out to buy Images & Words. I probably listened to Pull Me Under 1000 times and shared it with all my friends. I listened to Images & Words so many times. Pull Me Under was absolutely epic, I couldn't get enough of it. Another Prog Rock track would not strike me the way Pull Me Under had done until 2005. That track is Welcome Home by Coheed & Cambria. I feel lucky to have seen Dream Theater in concert as may times as I have. I loved seeing Dream Theater at small venues like The Warfield in San Francisco.
I first saw/heard this song on MTV when it came out in 1992. I was 14, a drummer and a huge Metallica fan. I instantly fell in love with this sound and the band. Sufficed it to say, this sound completely changed my approach to drumming and my interest in music in general.
To me, the best part of this vid, aside from the music, is LaBrie wearing the Napalm Death T-Shirt. James and Barney kicked ass on Cemetery Gates and Damage Inc., but back when this came out, only us true believers really knew....
great lyrics - EXISTENTIAL in art and tears and a lightness of knowing our insignificance and finding it a hug , a breath of air ----------- this refrain, the melody, and those lyrics are to literally die for - good for you, writer , awesome
What an incredibly talented band. Everyone of them is a superior musician. I prefer vocals in more of a baritone range and don't really care for that style of operatic singing, but still incredibly talented.
While in Germany with the Army I had a buddy lend me this album. I came in late one night totally plastered and listened to this cranked with headphones on. I passed out and tipped backward in my chair unplugging the headphones and blasting my roommate who kindly got me up and into my bunk.
This song always remember me a friend of mine who committed suicide. Years later I tried too but I was not successful. Now I have many reasons to live... R.I.P. Samudio.
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My father is the actor that plays the ghost/old man rising up in the bed. My family shares this video frequently. Such great lyrics, vocals and musicians.
Nice!!
Nice! Are there any other Works of him we can see?
@@renaned zuk mah diq
Nice
wow thats cool to know
My 1st Dream Theater song. Been a fan since.
Dinè狼 Draven same here man! I bought Images and Words on cassette because I thought the cover was cool, not really knowing what to expect. By the time this song was over, my walnut-sized brain was blown and I had a new favorite band. 26 years or so later, that feeling still hits me every time I listen to this song.
I heard this song in December on the radio in 1992 I was injected with "The Theater" venom too.
same here
Mine was Illumination Theory
Same here
I opened for these guys solo acoustic at McGuffy's in Dayton Oh on the Images and Words Tour in 1992. To this day I can't believe I pulled that one off. Had a few drinks with Petrucci and Portnoy after the show and they were GREAT dudes!
I used to write for a music magazine in new York in '92 and met john pettruci in a club when he was a clean shaven kid..one of the nicest guys next to paul gilbert I've ever met..a real person..paul gilbert will have you in stitches.hes hysterical
@Black and Red Pill John the owner lives in virgin Islands. We stay in touch.
Man replied to a reply on his 11 year old comment? Never thought I'd see the day.
@@ringwraithsanonymous1274 when I get a notification that someone replied to my comment I answer back. Thank you.
@@bcushing it's just impressive to me. So often I see old comments and wonder where that person is now. It's rare to find them still around, talking to people in their replies.
One of the greatest metal songs ever written.
Listening to it after 20 years!
Na. I would say Cemetary Gates or MOP
Said no one ever
I really adore this band, every member is a prodigy at their instrument
Couldn't have said it better myself
@@The_Archvile You could have but chose not to!!
Absolutely agree
It's hard to believe it will be 28 years this year since I first heard this song. I was in our car about to enter a nice restaurant when I heard this. I was instantly enthralled. I waited until the end hoping they would tell who it was, they did and the next day bought the album. They have been my favorite band ever since. Love these guys.
I just learned about these guys last night. I'm 54 years old so maybe I've been living on another planet. I like all 5 songs I've listened to so far.
David S I’ve been a huge fan since day 1. They have a lot of material. I’m 54 also and I remember vividly how I became a huge fan. My brother gave me “Images & Words” CD to record on a cassette tape back in 93 for his buddy and I happen to be listening to Metropolis and was just completely blown away! I saw them like 6 or 7 times in concert and got to meet the band back stage in 07. Really down to earth guys. Really missing Portnoy. Mangini is a good drummer but I lost interest when he left the band. The albums that you need to listen to are octavarium, six degrees of inner turbulence, black clouds & silver linings, systematic chaos, and especially scenes from a memory. All I can say is WOW!
I don't care for sound of the drums, too flat not fat and deep like Ludwig's
Angra, edguy, etc.
@@m42037Mike Portnoy (the drummer) was never happy with the drum sound on this record especially the snare because a triggered sample was used instead of the actual dynamics of his real snare
@@chrissmith3668the whole kit sounds triggered on the entire album, a simple eq on the snare sample would be enough to make it sound better, but at the same time that's the sound we've heard so many years and it honestly fits quite nice the vibe
Dream theaters best song, this song is definitely a masterpiece
Their most iconic song but not their best
Send me a list of your favorite songs @@blakegunderson4142
@@blakegunderson4142can't get enough of this sound,
@@blakegunderson4142Don't say anything after Awake because it's garbage without Kevin Moore. PERIOD.
John Petrucci gives Dream Theater their metal edge with his crafty guitar solos.
and heavy riffs
Riffs are heavy but it’s buried due to the overproduction of dream theatre.
@@levig384 Not really heavy pretty soft really man. These are mellow riffs wanna see somethink heavy and brutal check necrophgist thats so proper metal
@@budman8926 Sorry everything can’t be technical brutal death metal
@@levig384Yeah, like Archspire
This looks like when I saw them at a small club in Atlanta. They played as Liquid Tension, and there was only 200 people there. They played for almost 6 hours. 40 minute portnoy drum solo. I'll never forget it. The stage was 12 inches tall. I was only 2 people from the stage, and thr guy in front of me was the camera man. Greatest show of my entire life, and I'm 50. I'll never forget it as long as I live.
Damn I've never heard that
I think you have been to Stage Area. Atlanta ❤
Somewhat embarrassing for them no doubt. Yikes
Wow...I'm listening to this song after 20 years from the 1st time I heard about them
one of the greatest metal songs ever
not even in dream theaters top 15 but okay
Prog-metal is an acquired taste. Most metal fans can't even name 5 Dream Theater songs let alone 15, but most know PMU. Why? Because it sounds much closer to the mainstream metal of that era than much of their catalog. This is also why most Dream Theater fans diss the song -- it sounds too mainstream. For those who listen to mainstream, they likely consider PMU their favorite even after sampling the rest of their music.
What can be their best song in your opinion?
Just to be clear, for me A change of season ad Octavarium are top, panic attack and count little lover but good too, through her eyes I like, for some reason, PMU is fine for me, nad fro soem others i find them good but i don`t see many "strong unforgettable songs".
Prog fans are whiny little bitches
Allen Newbauer it really is a masterpiece
One of the greatest metal songs of all time and I've always loved how the singer is wearing a napalm death shirt ❣️
Actually dudes in ND love Dream Theater.
A masterpiece of METAL!!!
I hear he's with avenged sevenfold
I aspire to sound like his vocals..
Yes, sir!
Prog rock be damned, this is symphonic
@@trevorsuzor2096 it's both
I grew up listening to DT because it was my Dad's favorite band. Mine too, now. One of my favorite songs, if not my number 1.
I've been listening to these guys for 8 whole months now (almost 9) and this was the first ever song I listened to. I was mainly a Rush fan and I was really into the Test for Echo album but I wanted to listen to something heavier so I looked up bands similar to Rush and found these guys. While I was listening to the start of it I thought "the singer's probably going to come out and start screaming like in a death metal song" but I was really surprised when I heard LaBrie's voice is actually high-pitched. I bought the Images & Words album and listened to it for like a week before moving on to "Awake." After hearing "Awake" I was really convinced that I loved this band. Awake is still my favorite album to this day (my second is Scenes from a Memory). A few days ago I went to my first Dream Theater concert and they rocked OUT! Just thought's I'd reminisce on how I got into Dream Theater :)
I think most of these guys in Dream Theater are Julliard grads.
Anthony C THEYRE A GREAT BAND FROM THE EARLY 90'S GOOD SHIT IN MY OPINION 😈💔💋
I think mike went to Berkley
Right on brother!
A few things.
One: Anthony, Awake and SFAM are my favorites too! Awake is a fantastic album.
Two: To the others, Mike and both of the Johns went to Berklee. That is where they met each other. However, they dropped out before going into their second year to focus on their band.
I haven't heard this song in a hot minute. I woke up this morning with this song stuck in my head. You guys truly are Dream Theater.
This was the first song I heard in 1993 and I’ve been a fan ever since! The voice, the guitar and all the amazing music! I’ve been hooked ever since.
I feel like this song was ahead of it’s time and it still is a masterpiece to this day. It’s so good to have Mike Portnoy back🔥🤘🏻
No kidding, can you believe that shit! It was about time. I never saw them again after he left and I can't stand the singer. The last show I went to I saw the singer giving Mike a mean mad face. It was obvious they didn't like each other.
Way ahead of their time
Lost in the sky
Clouds roll by
And I roll with them
Arrows fly
Seas increase
And then fall again
This world is spinning around me
This world is spinning without me
Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves me one less
To my last
Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow
Then some other day
I'll take seven lives for one
And then my only father's son
As sure as I did ever love him
I am not afraid
This world is spinning around me
The whole world keeps
Spinning around me
All life is future to past
Every breath leaves me one less
To my last
Pull me under
Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
All that I feel is honor and spite
All I can do is set it right
Dust fills my eyes
Clouds roll by
And I roll with them
Centuries cry
Orders fly
And I fall again
This world is spinning inside me
The whole world is
Spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer
To my last
Pull me under
Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
Living my life too much in
The sun
Only until your will is done
Zafo
forza fogg...ma labbri' nun cia fac cchiu'😄😄😄
Deepest Completely Best Metal Song😀😃😃🥰😃😃😀😀
Hamlet
That Solo That Starts at The 3 Minute and 53Seconds Gives Me Goosebumps Every Time 🤘🤘😎
It's funny to see a guy that sings like him wearing a Napalm Death shirt. In the early to mid '90s there was a local radio show that came on Sunday nights. It was called Welcome to the Nineties and then Radio Prozac, because '90s. They mainly played stuff like Minor Threat, The Smiths, Curve, Ministry and the like. One night they played this song and it stuck with me ever since. I'm not really a Dream Theater fan but this is a pretty dope song and I'm glad I heard it all those years ago.
I remember that back then I saw photographs of Barney from Napalm Death wearing a Dream Theater shirt (maybe even in a music video?). So maybe they did a little trade.
Barney apparently used to review Prog Metal albums under a pseudonym, so appreciates the genre. I don’t think it’s as unusual as people might think for bands to be fans of music very different to what they themselves play
@@dannycheesums Not at all. Most great musicians are great because they’re not narrow-minded boneheads who listen to a single genre or sub-genre of music.
ikr. Grind and prog are like polar opposites
“Because 90s” ? “Pretty dope”? Lmao
Classic - I will always love this song, here it is 2019 and I am cranking it through my Boston Acoustics.
Since you brought up speakers - Two five foot towers each with 1 10" and 1 12" woofer.
Room shaking bass down to 27hz
I win :O)
Last time I saw Dream Theatre live was in Zurich where I was working as a doctor because I couldn't afford to do that and be a single mother in Germany.
They were great live and will always be a part of my heart ❤️
without a doubt the most underrated band in the past 20 years
Lmao Underrated compared to Pop music maybe. They’re so overrated in the Metal community.
@@Wr3stt
True, while technique wise they are one of the best. When it comes to song writing it bores me.
@@youreokayboah2128I agree with this comment. A very technically skilled band, but song composition was their big weak point overall. I’ve never been a fan of that 80’s metal whiny style of vocals either similar to Iron Maiden on any band
@@shaheedharun445it's not whiny, and without those bands metal wouldn't have evolved, and I'm a death metal/doom metal fan and drummer of both of those genres.
@@metalmacabre9991 They have their place in history but IDC about that. I know many besides myself who hated that style. And it’s stuck back there for a reason.. like mullets & chain wallets
I love petrucci' use of different time sigs in one song. The melody takes me on a journey to a wonderful place. Especially when I hum the melody and make up my own riffs and licks off this.
This song STILL (2021) transcends time. I was in college when it was released. ONLY artist where I ha e all their studio CDs. I learned the words due to the constant play I would do & h sometimes still do.
I'm 34 years old, I purchased a 1988 TransAm when I was 19, (real pos but very fast and fun) it had a tape player and the only tape I was able to get my hands on (my older brothers) was images and words. Thus beginning my life long fascination with Dream Theatre. Old memories are the best :)
“Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day
I’ll take seven lives to one
And then my only father’s son
As sure as I ever did love him
I am not afraid…”
Love it!
This part really channel’s James’s inner Geddy Lee
It's both a biblical and Hamlet reference.
@stevenbrown7873 Thanks, yeah, I looked up the lyrics & the comments were saying "It's based on Hamlet." But I'm a major theology geek and I picked up on the Biblical themes right away. I think I want this played at my funeral.
This band will probably be one of my new favorites ...
How come I never hear this song on classic rock radio? This song is a classic in my opinion and I never get tired of listening to it.
@@mr.echo24 yeah but they still play metallica and maiden on classic rock stations
@@dumbguy5157 true, I guess they can really play anything there except death and black metal then
cause dream theatre is good.. radio hates good things.
I was lucky enough to have heard it for the first time on the radio back in 1993. Have not listened to a single DT song on the radio since.
ozzy,s boneyard plays it 🤘🤘
My dad passed away last year two days after my birthday. This song he played always, this will always have him with I.
just lost me best friend... feel u
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Your dad was a cool ass dude
I just showed my pops this song, he loves it. It’s actually one of his favorite songs now. Unfortunately he’s terminally ill, when he eventually passes on I will always think of him and how much he actually loves this tune. Happy I could show him one song we share the same love for ❤
My guitar teacher was a GIT grad with two music degrees. Dream Theater was his favorite band. Enough said!
I am the same age as the members of Dream Theater at the time of this songs release. I look at Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci and think...damn did I look that young too ? Holy hell they all still rock out all these years later.
aman jaman sekolah, memiliki kaset Dream Theater itu Keren.
Era dimana jam Istirahat orang kaya menggunakan HPnya buat mutar lagu Dream Theater.
dan semua bernyanyi Pull me Under Pull me Under dengan gaya memegang Sapu.
0:13 - Though accidental, that bit with the candles, book, and watch gives me heavy Final Fantasy VI vibes, and I love it.
First of all I have to say I've become a big Dream Theater fan I was hooked on this album when it first came out and I bought it and I still have this CD to this very day excellent condition I might add these guys are musically trained and they can play anything that's offbeat in time in between and out of this world and the best of musicians I've seen or heard in my lifetime
So crazy to think this song was made before I was even born. For me it's a lifetime ago (I'm 24 now). So excited to see them for the first time this month with my husband.
1992 I was 20yrs old in college when this song hit MTV and got big. However by that time most rock/metal bands and music was phasing out of our culture and rap/hip hop was taking over. They never hit it quite as big as they would have had this song come in let's say mid/late 80s when rock ruled the world. I really really feel for you young folks, especially if you're white and into rock. It's a hip hop world nowadays. But at least you have the Internet to look back and see how good my genX had it.
Nice🎉
Mike Portnoy IS BACK in Dream Theater!!! SO Happy!!!
For some weird reason, this band slipped under my radar. I used to be a big Queensryche fan, and this group seems to have some of that flavor.
check out the album with the dude on a unicycle on a tightrope int he skyh i forget what it's called but it's the best album ever
@@weefek A Dramatic Turn Of Events?
If you like Queensryche, then you should listen to Dream Theater's first album, When Dream and Day Unite.
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There's a whole genre of it. Check out Conception.
Personally it holds atmosphere of 90s and 2000s ... cool song, listen on repeat but not annoying 🤘🏻that’s mean good stuff!
One of my favorite songs of all time.
Same.❤
Just yesterday a hippie kid came to me while bartending needing to sell me a “electric guitar” he wanted $40 for gas money so busy bar and all I ran out to he car to see what he had. I bought it and after looking into it its a music man JP 50 (John’s Signature axe) not being a previous dream theater fan that brought me here to check them out. Being a tool fan how have I never checked these guys out?!? Wow. Surely happy for the right place at the right time moment that led me here. A whole lot of badassery in a couple days time.
How beautiful is this song. The lyrics ❤
First heard this when I was 13 in fall of 1993, first day of middle school sharing Koss 'phones with a buddy's Walkman. I was so blown away that same day I went to Ameoba Records and picked up the Images and Words cassette, along with When Dream and Day Unite. That night I listened to the whole record, and loved Ytse Jam. Since then I've been a fan for life.
Как и в 70-е годы я ловлю кайф от качественной, профессиональной музыки. Сожалею, что только в прошлом году узнал об этой группе. 👍
Вы шутите 😀 Все их альбомы до миллениума роскошны и своеобразны.
@@AlexanderStemkowski, вот теперь качаю их и слушаю. Но я ещё остаюсь поклоником - ну очень тяжёлой музыки и параллельно классической.
@@Vladimir_Filin Не откажите себе в удовольствии- раздобудьте дебют Liquid Tension Experiment.Это, по сути, тоже Театр, только чисто инструментальный,и с Тони Левином на басу. Там и лютый прогрессив, и фанк, и сиропные колыбельные- в общем, уже легендарный альбом.
Володя, я уже лет 8 сижу на них! Это бомба!
i bet that evERy thumbs down came from people who like nikelback and foo fighters.....after all these years DREAM THEATER STILL NEVER ARE SELL-OUTS..NEVER GAVE IN TO MAKING HIT SINGLES FOR THE RECORD COMPANIES!!! THATS WHY THEY ARE STILL....AFTER ALL THESE YEARS...MY FAVORITE BAND!!!!
Whats the problem with foo fighters?
I like dream theater and foo fighters too!😕
What a great addition to the band Labrie was. So good!
The vocals are just insane !! 🤘
i swear,dream theater are one of the greatest bands i have ever had the pleasure of listening to...such an amazing band:)
1:29 just brings me so much joy, I don’t know why
I remember hearing this for the first time, and luckily I recorded it on vhs, and watching it over and over. Then I bought the cd and heard the uncut version and my head exploded.
Супер вещь! Сколько лет прошло,но до сих пор будоражит! Хочется летать!!) Брависсимо!🤘
The intro is really interesting to hear compared to the non-edited version of the song. They must have cut at least half of it?
Jonatan OTW the original version is more than 3' longer (not just because of the intro xD)
Yeah, they cut it a little, and it sounds better to me. The original intro is too long.
They have to shorten it for mainstream audiences who have short attention spans lol
More than for modern audiences, they shortened it for radio play. It's hard to get an 8 minute song on radio, you know?
totally disagree,they cut most of the part,totally castrated the song,ceasing the good build up
My God I haven't heard this one for a minute it's still it's nice to know that this song still sounds good after all these years rock on dude
This has to be one of the best rock songs ever! I'm loving the drum
They are so over the top. Amazing, though. Brilliant musicians. It remind me of classical music in it's richness and complexity.
Petrucci is a classically influenced guitarist
Very underated Band. I'm still introducing this song (and Band) to people. Where the hell has these people been that never heard from these massively talented musician's?
Hello David
@@jacksonmcleod9708 Hello how are you doing?
1:22 just yeaaaaaaah!
Hell yeah😈
2:46 on "dust fills my eyes".....one of the greatest hooks in all of rock & roll - ever!
every time i listen dream theater i wait to hear john' s solos and melodic chords my fav. parts, amazing guitarist one of my guitar idols ,when i was about 17-18 years old i bought images and words for guitar and i played almost every part of the album, amazing solos amazing technique thank you john
this song is a masterpiece
Remember jamming to this song on the school bus on the way home from school lol! Was the newest and most original thing I had ever heard! Been a fan ever since.
A new Dream Theater fan when RUclips played this straight after one of my daughter's band's I AEMON tracks........soooo Avantasia too and just love it. Thanks I AEMON for bringing me here lol.
The drumming is phenomenal!!!! Always loved this song! ❤ Takes me wayyyy back!!!!
First time I heard this song & watched the video in '93 on headbangers ball, I thought I was witnessing sorcery. These guys are still going & as strong as ever. Maybe I was right..
Uma recordação da minha juventude em plenitude com esta obra magnífica do Metal Progressivo. 💙🔥
Just got tickets in the 2nd row for Houston. I am JACKED because I've never seen them !!!!!!
SEEN THEM 4 TIMES!!! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!! for me...APRIL 17TH NASHVILLE!!! MY 5TH TIME!!!!!......enjoy my bruddah!!!!!!!
How was the show?
This takes me back when music was amazing. First heard this when I was 12 years old. Love it to this day. ❤
Still the best thing they have ever done. Awesome song.👌
so this year this masterpiece turns 30! wow! Still sounds great (I prefer the normal 8 minutes version)
Total 80s rock voice! Very fine!
The double bass in this is so clean and smooth. It's not as fast as some stuff today, but it's so clean and tasteful. The simplicity makes it so infectious.
It's like the 80's today!! Love it :)
The first song of the best album ever written... but damn, what a hack job on the editing! I saw Images & Words live in 1992 at a small club in San Jose, CA. It was the best show I've ever seen. Long live Dream Theater!
How come I've never heard of these guys? This is awesome!
Welcome to the dream world)
True metal.
The band is phenomenal!!!
Incredible Band! Hi! LARA from Argentina!!🇦🇷🙌🙌🇦🇷kisses brothers
It was 1992 when my friend Luca, one sunny day of a still shy spring, rang at my door. He gave me the headphones of the Walkman and said "Listen to this". And my concept of music was never the same again. that many still begin to feel and love today.
I remember when Images & Words was released. Pull Me Under received some limited radio airplay at the time of its release. I'm so glad that Pull Me Under was played on the radio because it was my first introduction to Dream Theater. Images & Words was released in 1992 and I was so excited to discover a new Prog Rock band. Remember, Nevermind by Nirvana and Ten by Pearl Jam were released a year earlier in 1991, two albums that ushered in the Grunge era. I don't really have anything against Grunge, but it was very different from the Rock I had grown to love. At the beginning of high school, a friend of mine had introduced me to real Hard Rock and Metal. I began listening to bands like Metallica and Anthrax. He also introduced me to Queensrÿche with the release of Operation Mindcrime. Later, when Empire was released in 1990 I was already familiar with the band. Everyone was listening to Empire. Queensrÿche achieved commercial success with that album. So, after Grunge sprung onto the scene and was playing everywhere on Rock radio, hearing Pull Me Under was amazingly refreshing. After hearing Pull Me Under for the first time, I rushed out to buy Images & Words. I probably listened to Pull Me Under 1000 times and shared it with all my friends. I listened to Images & Words so many times. Pull Me Under was absolutely epic, I couldn't get enough of it. Another Prog Rock track would not strike me the way Pull Me Under had done until 2005. That track is Welcome Home by Coheed & Cambria. I feel lucky to have seen Dream Theater in concert as may times as I have. I loved seeing Dream Theater at small venues like The Warfield in San Francisco.
Cuando descubre buena música gracias a Shaun😉
Veronica Paco y eso que el solo escucho los primeros discos. Los que siguen están fenomenales 🤘🏻
Metal genial!
But putea a Mastermildb :(
Aun recuerdo cuando escuchaba este tema siendo un niño!
Saludos!
Yo también la acabo de conocer por Shaun
Ya hasta me la estoy aprendiendo
I first saw/heard this song on MTV when it came out in 1992. I was 14, a drummer and a huge Metallica fan. I instantly fell in love with this sound and the band. Sufficed it to say, this sound completely changed my approach to drumming and my interest in music in general.
Uma relíquia dessa não pode cair no esquecimento nunca...
The drumming is out of this world, probably one of the greatest drum piece 😮
Mike become the knight recommended dream theater and here I am 🤘🏼
They play amazing live as well.
San Pevo chech out the song the glass prison, a nightmare to remember, and panic attack :]
San Pevo same man
Me as well
yo that's how I got into Dream Theater too, nice
i was listening to BOC and I never knew how much this guy sound s like old recordings of BOC. Keeping up the Progrock. Love it.
Mi mejor canción que e conocido en toda la vida y es impresionante y me encantó
I heard Pull Me Under by Dream Theater yeserday around after 1 am to 3 am. Best song and band.
To me, the best part of this vid, aside from the music, is LaBrie wearing the Napalm Death T-Shirt. James and Barney kicked ass on Cemetery Gates and Damage Inc., but back when this came out, only us true believers really knew....
ENOUGH SAID ..MY TRUE DREAM THEATER BRUDDAH!!!! YOU ARE WISE BEYOND YOUR YEARS!!!!
great lyrics - EXISTENTIAL in art and tears and a lightness of knowing our insignificance and finding it a hug , a breath of air ----------- this refrain, the melody, and those lyrics are to literally die for - good for you, writer , awesome
I like this version but I Prefer The 8 and half minutes version
AlexArteaga.12 yeah I believe it was cut too short at parts
this is the radio friendly version
@@MrLeprachaun666 this is the MTV version, the radio version is 5:54
Yeah live at budokan version. Budokan to me better DVD and álbum for understand essence of band was in DVD that i stayed fan.
The key solo was dissapeared :( I hate this version
here we are 2024 with 2025 approaching fast, what a rush to be raised during the metal era never let it end
What an incredibly talented band. Everyone of them is a superior musician. I prefer vocals in more of a baritone range and don't really care for that style of operatic singing, but still incredibly talented.
Everyone wants to sound like Eddie Vedder or Chad Kroeger......but I understand.
Yes!
While in Germany with the Army I had a buddy lend me this album. I came in late one night totally plastered and listened to this cranked with headphones on. I passed out and tipped backward in my chair unplugging the headphones and blasting my roommate who kindly got me up and into my bunk.
The bassline in the beginning is just🔥
Happy Birthday John Ro Myung, born January 24th 1967,in Chicago,Illinois,bass player of DT,great player
Mike Portnoy- level 8000 legendary drummer .
Maxed out perks
Maxed stats
Chill guy
I reject the premise that it is humanly possible to dislike Dream Theater. How does one even dislike a band as amazing at them?
This song always remember me a friend of mine who committed suicide. Years later I tried too but I was not successful. Now I have many reasons to live... R.I.P. Samudio.
❤
♥️
My condolences
❤️
Glad you didn't succeed
Omg this band is one of my favorites, made my father watch these guys before he passed, he actually liked this
Excelente banda 😎
Love these guys. Did a light show for them back in the late 90's.❤