This is my second favorite recording of theirs, after Another Hand/The Killing Hand in Long Island in 1992. Look it up. Quality ain't great but its the best performance from JLB ever, he nailed everything.
Dude I have tears in my eyes when I watch this... Why? Labrie... Poor, POOR guy... This dude was pretty much the best singer in the entire fucking world, displaying out-of-this-world performances like this and the killing hand, with energy, having so much fun. And then BAM... vocal chord rupture. Don't get me wrong I still love him to death but just imagine for second how he would have evolved over time with the voice he had in '93... Fucking love you Labrie, I wish we could go back in time to prevent this unfortunate event. You're the best!
***** I agree with you but I believe that he got his voice back, once he claimed himself that he is better than ever now, since he is fully healed. I saw them live on 2014 and Labrie sang the all songs like he sings in the albums, so he was beyond amazing. I believe that he can sing now, like he used to.
jpetrucci Sorry man, but you got to be completely deaf if you think that today Labrie sings as good as in this video. His voice is now completely different, he uses different singing technique and his voice just aged. He sound nothing like in the old times. Just listen to Wacken 2015 and then listen to this video again.
Gladius8 I'm not deaf, but clearly you don't want to or can't understand what I'm saying. After food poisoning, he sings really good afterall it was a terrible disase for a singer, that's what I meant. Check out his singing from 2000's and listen to his newly performances you'll see the difference. The disease was really a pain in the ass for him, and yet he wasn't terrible in singing but he wasn't the best ofc, he was sick with his vocal cords. But he fully covered from the disase and now he is nearly as good as he was back then. That's what I meant. I'm not saying that he sings the same as he was in this video. But as I said befdore, after a huge terrible disase; he sings nearly the same as he sang back then. And as I stated in my comment above, I saw them live on 2014 and I was truly amazed with his singing. He sounded nearly the same as he did in the recordings.
Fucking perfection. I was 21 years old in 1992. Dream Theater had been on my radar since Images and Words was released. James hadn’t had his bout with food poisoning yet. Kevin was still in the band. John Petrucci was evolving as a guitarist at Mach 3. Awake was great, too, then it all started to change. Kevin leaving the band hurt their sound and songwriting approach tremendously. They were and are still great, but this lineup beats any after it. Take me back to 1992-1994 please.
Yeah in his prime he was probably the best metal singer out there. He is still every bit as important to DT as any of the other 4 doods. But Images and Awake, FII and Scenes was his prime, atleast in the studio.
Yup. People dont appreciate that the others are using TOOLS and he is using a biological instrument. The human body has limits Ups and downs. Blow your vocals once and it's probably never the same. You can tell he is at the limit of human vocal potential. It's amazing he didnt explode on the last note haha I will listen to this song another thousand times. At least!
One can only wonder what things would've been like if he (A) hadn't ruptured his vocal cords or (B) had taken the 6-12 months off like his doctors suggested after it happened. LaBrie even said it took almost 8 years before he felt back to almost normal.
@@emanuelherrerias4082 It is indeed a big difference between instrumentalists and singers. However, the practice of "know your limits" still applies, and even more for singers! If you record a whole album right on the edge of what you're capable of singing, and then try to go on tour and do that same thing almost every day, then you have set a pretty damn certain "vocal health trap" for yourself. Knowing your limit and how much and how long you can push it is a vital strength to have as a singer, and LaBrie really messed up there - he wanted to prove too much when he took over from Charlie Dominici and since then his voice has been declining (the food poisoning sure didn't help either, but he would have blown his voice out sooner or later anyway with how hard he was pushing himself).
Amazing in perspective, they were really just getting started then, and have never looked back. Other than Rush i don't know if there's another band out there that has just exceeded on an ever increasing level.
1992 - 1993: the GOLDEN ERA of Dream Theater. The best team, the best tones, the best stage performances, the best environment. Everyone in their best form giving all of themselves. It will never come back anymore.
The problem is, 1993 petrucci couldnt play the 2003- solos. But modern petrucci can't phrase like that anymore. The phrasing is a thing of beauty. Epic tone too. His last good tone was probably on black clouds. That was good too.
@@gabrielguadarrama That's a compilation album, though. Which means it wasn't good enough for a regular album release, but rather just viewed as "good enough for a bonus track". I never said it wasn't released at all.
Wow... this must have been the climax of DT: Kevin Moore was hell of a teamplayer, song-supporter, technically superb and awesome songwriter * Labrie was just stunning * Petrucci was way beyond just shredding but musically way more versatile. I miss his "jazzyness" and melodic lines * Portnoy THE machine * only Myung is just great as ever....
I completely agree about Petrucci. He’s still an amazing musician but there’s no denying that some aspects of his guitar playing seem to have completely disappeared over the years - such as the jazzy, fusionesque lines, heck even a clean guitar sound seems improbable for modern-day ‘metal’ Petrucci. I figure that Petrucci tastes have simply become heavier because I can’t see the guy being unable to play this more versatile stuff, but I could be wrong.
I still find myself coming back to this video just to wait for James' part at 3:50. Still gives me goosebumps without fail. James was at his absolute prime here
I’ve watched this a gazillion times. It’s f’n amazing every time. James kills it, John’s solo is spine tingling. I have fond memories of seeing them live back then.
Some of JP's all time greatest work right here... Total steve howe /steve morse vibe throughout.... Harmony , melody , phrasing and rhythm. Sterling should do a petrucci model with the picasso graphic. Such an iconic look. Thanks for posting this!!
+MuvoTX I saw Morse 2 weeks ago in Deep Purple. It was flawless, only playing chromatism with a poor sound (47 delays, 4 chorus, 5 disto). Not even bending on the right notes in key moments.... Plz link me an awesome sound or video so I can hear something decent from the guy. Here, Petrucci nailed it, that's so good.... I need more stuff like this. Besides, even some Howe's stuff can be linked, I'd be proud to toss an ear on that ;). Ty mate.
Images and Words is their masterpiece. Will never be topped. The lyrics to both Surrounded and Learning to Live are especially grand. I miss the way Petrucci played guitar/accoustic on this album. After Images and after Moore left they were never the same.
I would have to agree. They had this special vibe on Images and Words. They were in their own league and they sang of powerful lyrics that uplifted into a special realm. Their style reminds me of Powermetal but they didn’t abuse the speed and they just were different. They for sure are an intellectual band. It takes a special person to appreciate Dream Theater especially in their Images and words era.
I've seen a lot of comments on LaBrie's voice. This was when his voice was at it's peak. About a year or so after this performance, James blew out his vocal chords and it's been a tough go ever since. The man is still awesome. He can still crank out the tunes. I am always looking forward to the next Dream Theater project. On an interesting note, there was a conversation at work today about what album you would like to have with you if you were stranded on an island...I responded with "Anything from Dream Theater." Blank stares around the room..."Who is that? I pulled out my phone and played "Honor Thy Father" and jaws hit the floor. They asked when this band came out and I said "oh...1985 or so but really started excelling in 1991...and they're still making music." I'm pretty sure there are at least 2 dozen NEW Dream Theater fans added today.
I remember buying the VHS back in 1996. I still feel the same emotions today when I listen to the solo. Petrucci is just amazing and especially in those years he was so melodic.
Alright, yeah, this performance is amazing. We all love it. But please, don't forget thee guys were in their 20s and now they're on their 50s! We can't compare :)
Love this performance. The Live In Tokyo DVD is so killer. Back when LaBrie went for it all. I saw them a month before this show in Hampton Beach, NH (July 1993) and they were fire. Love how Petrucci incorporates the "Within You, Without You" melody into his solo too. Brilliant!
John Petrucci technique and shredding was already insane here at 25 years old..I would put him up there with Steve Vai, Malmsteem, Paul Gilbert as best super shredding guitarists..he also composes great sounding solos for songs in Dream Theatre.
Had to comment on the solo because to me it's a masterpiece and easily in my top 5 favorite. A lot of people, especially guitar players like myself(30 years) listen to this and might comment on who he sounds like or say they liked his style/sound was better back then. A lot of guitar players at this level eventually change their sound/style and I think a big part of it is that they don't want to sound like anyone else anymore. That's the way I feel anyway. To me, John sounds a lot like early Joe Satriani and is why I like it so much, and now John sounds like John.Not saying that's bad. I was lucky enough in high school to have a "Guitar God" as a teacher in Jeff Loomis. I was his last student of the day and he would always stay late to just jam with me. Weather he played something he made up or a rock/metal song I would sit across from him trying to playing along in complete awe at his sound/skill/melody/style/you name it. After he made it big I couldn't listen to him anymore because his style changed so much.
La golden era. I VERI dream theater. Un Labrie da paura, Moore..bhe che dire. Un tassello portante delle atmosfere di allora. I restanti non ce bisogno di descrizione. Mi sono innamorato con questo live. Ho consumato la VHS
This is from 1993 - the images and words tour in Japan. Labrie's voice was at its best (someone else mentioned his cords issue - that killed him for a good 3-5 years but he stayed with it. If you notice performances from that time frame Labrie looks blotted - steroids for his voice. He has since recovered clearly) and this is the Petrucci I love. Passionate, raw and soulful. Particularly with this song. It makes one ache to realize the foolishness of conceiving infinite life. There would be no point to anything. One of the best live performances by them I've seen recorded. And I'll take Portney anyday over Mangini. Mangini may be technically better - portney had soul and added a lot of improv to his play - a key element in a band of this nature. Love these guys.
I still love DT, but the Images and Words/Awake era is the best DT, imho. A lot of people decry Portnoy leaving as the “change” that really upset the balance. I would go back much further to when Kevin Moore left. He fit them perfectly. His songwriting influence is sorely missed.
The lighting, just puts u in a trance! Especially when i was a youngster! High on weed and watched for the first time! I still remember the feeling i gave me then. Just starting to be a drummer. Such a masterpiece of a VHS! Those who were at this concert truly had the best experience in misic history imo!!
Lyrics on this one: If I'd started from the top And worked my way down There'd be no reason To live forever To live forever The starvation has turned Me outside in And the wind has blown Me halfway across the world Across the world Why was i born In an age of distrust I'd offered some change For a photograph It will always stay the same You will always be the same Until I saw desire for revenge My heart never once went astray As long as i have to die in the attempt Then there is no reason To live forever ALL RIGHT JOOOOHN!... (first solo) Until I saw desire for revenge As long as I have to die in the attempt AS LONG AS I HAVE TO DIE IN THE ATTEMPT WOAH THEN THERE IS NO REASON NO REASOON!!!! NO(...) To live forever Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. John Petrucci on guitar! (solos)
I couldn't believe it John Petrucci was 26 years old at that time. how did play such a great playing like that at his age , i think he is a musical genius .
I know LaBrie probably can't sing like this anymore (though he does sing pretty well nowadays, almost better in many ways), but I really wish Petrucci would go back to this guitar tone. I love the ambient, heavy reverb/delay feel as opposed to most of his new guitar work.. though I did really like their newest album, Black Clouds, and Octavarium.
+jacobjedi2 for me its that scooped mid pickup combo on his Ibanez thats just so clean that makes it sound so great. some of his Music mans have a similar combo but he doesnt use it much live or in the studio.
Man I totally agree. His tone in I&W, Awake and ACOS are absolutely among the very best in metal history. Such clarity and definition, with some delay and reverb it combines focus and ambience like no other. I miss that tone, rather than the muddy tone with tons of modulation he uses nowadays.
@@Matheuszalenski you are making it sound like it was Rudess' fault that his tone changed. Which it wasn't, Petrucci chose himself which tone he favors.
Como eu queria que o Dream Theater voltasse a fazer músicas assim... feeling, melodia, técnica, bons timbres... tudo na dose certa. Infelizmente só resta ver as coisas do passado mesmo.
I don't know why, but to me JP between 1992-1998 and JP afterwards sounded like two entirely different guitarists. I MUCH prefer John's playing during the early years.
X Y I agree. Petrucci in the 90s was full of melody, solos that breathed, with great phrasing. It’s as if he was possessed by some metal gods and ordered today to play a million notes per minute in every solo. Too bad. 👎
I think it was a combination of Jordan joining the band, and a general change in attitude. DT's first 5 albums were more old school 80s and 90s prog rock and metal, with some fusion elements. Starting with Six Degrees, they all of a sudden decided they would be a more mainstream metal band with progressive elements. And ever since Octavarium there's been at least one song on each album they try to push as a hit single. I bring up Jordan because his compositional style is totally different from Derek and Kevin, and his affection for virtuosic wank rubbed off on JP.
@@scylla4342, they had written most of the Scenes material when Rudess joined the band, his playing was perfect on this album. Six Degrees and the following albums are a boring meh most of the time.
I am ashamed as a DT fan to have never heard this version, despite TLF (both '91 and '94 versions) being an all-time favourite. To me, this is the band at their absolute APEX right here. Yes, they remained well into their PRIME with Scenes and 6Degrees, undeniable classics of course, but that's when the Rudess wankery began and Petrucci's tone was no longer this reverb/delay-soaked sonic heaven as we hear here. By APEX, I mean flawless in every way. Right up to Awake.
Don’t get me wrong! I love DT and I think this song is one of the best they ever played, MP used play with passion then, but it seems he has lost some mojo through the years, but still I’m a big fan!
We were talking, about the space between us all And the people, who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late when they pass away
I thought this comment didn't exist.. I was listening Sgt. Peppers in full for the first time (f me right?) a few weeks ago and when Within You Without You started my head just kept coming around on the vocal melody, I was like "where did I heard that before?" So crazy to have known the song because of John's solo here and not because of being a frikin Beatles song! Lol
If I'd started from the top And worked my way down There'd be no reason To live forever To live forever The starvation has turned Me outside in And the wind has blown Me halfway across the world Across the world Why was i born In an age of distrust I'd offered some change For a photograph It will always stay the same You will always be the same Until i saw the desire for revenge My heart never once went astray As long as i have to die in the attempt Then there is no reason To live forever (Ladies & Gentleman Mr. John Petrucci on guitar..... ) :) :)
I found you where They left you there A passing word that's gone forever And searching my memory for answers I saw the words of a letter you wrote She said 'you don't have to live forever, You don't want to live forever.' And everything's changing now, I don't want to live forever.
Back when they played/composed music to fill an arena. Now their music is just as disposable and small sounding as earbuds. I can hear the passion in this. It sounds like they wanted to rule the rock world back then, but now all they care about is making all the music nerds wet their pants with empty prog opera.
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This is one of the best live performances ever.
This is my second favorite recording of theirs, after Another Hand/The Killing Hand in Long Island in 1992. Look it up. Quality ain't great but its the best performance from JLB ever, he nailed everything.
Those are all spectacular, indeed. I have to add "Raise The Knife" from Score to the list also.
Anesthetize
LIVE AT MARQUEE MUCH BETTER
Still is.
That hair tho!!!
Dude I have tears in my eyes when I watch this... Why? Labrie... Poor, POOR guy...
This dude was pretty much the best singer in the entire fucking world, displaying out-of-this-world performances like this and the killing hand, with energy, having so much fun.
And then BAM... vocal chord rupture. Don't get me wrong I still love him to death but just imagine for second how he would have evolved over time with the voice he had in '93...
Fucking love you Labrie, I wish we could go back in time to prevent this unfortunate event. You're the best!
***** I agree with you but I believe that he got his voice back, once he claimed himself that he is better than ever now, since he is fully healed. I saw them live on 2014 and Labrie sang the all songs like he sings in the albums, so he was beyond amazing. I believe that he can sing now, like he used to.
jpetrucci Sorry man, but you got to be completely deaf if you think that today Labrie sings as good as in this video. His voice is now completely different, he uses different singing technique and his voice just aged. He sound nothing like in the old times. Just listen to Wacken 2015 and then listen to this video again.
Gladius8 I'm not deaf, but clearly you don't want to or can't understand what I'm saying. After food poisoning, he sings really good afterall it was a terrible disase for a singer, that's what I meant. Check out his singing from 2000's and listen to his newly performances you'll see the difference. The disease was really a pain in the ass for him, and yet he wasn't terrible in singing but he wasn't the best ofc, he was sick with his vocal cords. But he fully covered from the disase and now he is nearly as good as he was back then. That's what I meant. I'm not saying that he sings the same as he was in this video. But as I said befdore, after a huge terrible disase; he sings nearly the same as he sang back then. And as I stated in my comment above, I saw them live on 2014 and I was truly amazed with his singing. He sounded nearly the same as he did in the recordings.
qcdoomqc all he did was scream..could hardly tell what he said apart from "to live forever". no wonder he ruptured something
This is not screaming, is belting some very high 5th octave notes with a very clear tone.
Fucking perfection.
I was 21 years old in 1992. Dream Theater had been on my radar since Images and Words was released. James hadn’t had his bout with food poisoning yet. Kevin was still in the band. John Petrucci was evolving as a guitarist at Mach 3. Awake was great, too, then it all started to change. Kevin leaving the band hurt their sound and songwriting approach tremendously. They were and are still great, but this lineup beats any after it.
Take me back to 1992-1994 please.
Metropolis part 2 was their creative peak
@@theguyof360 yeah, that's your opinion. I don't agree with that. But to me it was their last great album.
@@emilegc To me it's not even their last great record, most of the records that came out afterwards were great
metropolis pt 2 forgives all their sins.
@@weefek exactly
1993... The Best Labrie.
Best DT
Best Time
Best
1994 pre-food poisoning.
Best of times
Labrie was literally in his prime right here, sexy as hell and had the voice of an angel, could sing you to sleep or give you the chills
Watch this concert, and you'll understand why DT chose LaBrie. His talent is every bit on par with the other four.
Xiyu Yang exactly! he's amazing in this version
Yeah in his prime he was probably the best metal singer out there. He is still every bit as important to DT as any of the other 4 doods. But Images and Awake, FII and Scenes was his prime, atleast in the studio.
Yup.
People dont appreciate that the others are using TOOLS and he is using a biological instrument.
The human body has limits
Ups and downs.
Blow your vocals once and it's probably never the same.
You can tell he is at the limit of human vocal potential.
It's amazing he didnt explode on the last note haha
I will listen to this song another thousand times.
At least!
One can only wonder what things would've been like if he (A) hadn't ruptured his vocal cords or (B) had taken the 6-12 months off like his doctors suggested after it happened. LaBrie even said it took almost 8 years before he felt back to almost normal.
@@emanuelherrerias4082 It is indeed a big difference between instrumentalists and singers. However, the practice of "know your limits" still applies, and even more for singers! If you record a whole album right on the edge of what you're capable of singing, and then try to go on tour and do that same thing almost every day, then you have set a pretty damn certain "vocal health trap" for yourself. Knowing your limit and how much and how long you can push it is a vital strength to have as a singer, and LaBrie really messed up there - he wanted to prove too much when he took over from Charlie Dominici and since then his voice has been declining (the food poisoning sure didn't help either, but he would have blown his voice out sooner or later anyway with how hard he was pushing himself).
One of the best live guitar solos I have ever heard ...
Amazing in perspective, they were really just getting started then, and have never looked back. Other than Rush i don't know if there's another band out there that has just exceeded on an ever increasing level.
1992 - 1993: the GOLDEN ERA of Dream Theater. The best team, the best tones, the best stage performances, the best environment. Everyone in their best form giving all of themselves. It will never come back anymore.
Yep now it is just a drill of technical wankery and has lost its soul.
@@jskypercussion 🤡
2010 the end of era
They were young here , now there all got beards and look homeless and old fools
@@johnlee7479 you mean Petrucci has a beard?
The problem is, 1993 petrucci couldnt play the 2003- solos. But modern petrucci can't phrase like that anymore. The phrasing is a thing of beauty. Epic tone too. His last good tone was probably on black clouds. That was good too.
This has feeling and tone.
Now hes just trying to keep up with the wunder kids of guitar....totaly lost his way :(
Runar Kvamme possibly, but he arguably inspired all the young kids. He needs to work on his tone more than anything.
His tone on the latest album is amazing.
@@blue0035 It's similar to the tone of The Astonishing.
Francisco Javier Ordóñez Hernández it is similar, but I think it is better.
LaBrie's performance brings tears to my eyes. Holy shit...
It sounds as if it's a studio record, but it's a live performance! You can't believe how it sounds so pure, so perfect...
God bless whoever mixed this, the bass is fantastic. Myung deserves to be up front like this more often.
In my opinion, this is the greatest DT performance AND their best song. Why it was never on any of the studio albums is a mystery to me...
the album: Greatest Hit... (And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
@@gabrielguadarrama That's a compilation album, though. Which means it wasn't good enough for a regular album release, but rather just viewed as "good enough for a bonus track". I never said it wasn't released at all.
For 6 years your comment and you are still active, I send you a greeting brother from Mexico. Also here we listen to good music.
@@gabrielguadarrama Indeed, we are!
They were showcasing their abilities. This may have been too simple a song for them in the quest for trying to prove themselves.
Wow... this must have been the climax of DT: Kevin Moore was hell of a teamplayer, song-supporter, technically superb and awesome songwriter * Labrie was just stunning * Petrucci was way beyond just shredding but musically way more versatile. I miss his "jazzyness" and melodic lines * Portnoy THE machine * only Myung is just great as ever....
I completely agree about Petrucci. He’s still an amazing musician but there’s no denying that some aspects of his guitar playing seem to have completely disappeared over the years - such as the jazzy, fusionesque lines, heck even a clean guitar sound seems improbable for modern-day ‘metal’ Petrucci.
I figure that Petrucci tastes have simply become heavier because I can’t see the guy being unable to play this more versatile stuff, but I could be wrong.
I still find myself coming back to this video just to wait for James' part at 3:50. Still gives me goosebumps without fail. James was at his absolute prime here
I’ve watched this a gazillion times. It’s f’n amazing every time. James kills it, John’s solo is spine tingling. I have fond memories of seeing them live back then.
Some of JP's all time greatest work right here... Total steve howe /steve morse vibe throughout.... Harmony , melody , phrasing and rhythm. Sterling should do a petrucci model with the picasso graphic. Such an iconic look. Thanks for posting this!!
MuvoTX I agree!
+MuvoTX
I saw Morse 2 weeks ago in Deep Purple. It was flawless, only playing chromatism with a poor sound (47 delays, 4 chorus, 5 disto). Not even bending on the right notes in key moments....
Plz link me an awesome sound or video so I can hear something decent from the guy.
Here, Petrucci nailed it, that's so good.... I need more stuff like this.
Besides, even some Howe's stuff can be linked, I'd be proud to toss an ear on that ;).
Ty mate.
+Julien LE BOUCHER Look for any of the Flying Colors videos here in RUclips. I think you might like it.
+aruizislas I've been through 4,5 songs thx to your comment. It is not bad, i'll keep digging in their discography later on. Cheers :)
Sterling can't because Ibanez owns the rights to the Picasso like graphics and design on the guitar.
I wish Petrucci would come and see this solo every now and then to get inspired.
この動画に出会えて大変嬉しく思います。
初めて聴いた時鳥肌が立ち何回も聴いてしまいました。
何か心の奥を震わせるような大変素晴らしい曲です。
演奏、間、ラブリエのソウルフルな歌声、最高です。
Great 👍 👌, Music 🎶 🎵
Love the sound of that Ibanez
Images and Words is their masterpiece. Will never be topped. The lyrics to both Surrounded and Learning to Live are especially grand. I miss the way Petrucci played guitar/accoustic on this album. After Images and after Moore left they were never the same.
Ash Paladium duh btw water is wet
Eles precisam voltar mais ao analógico. Hoje as hamonias e o som parece feito por robôs.
I would have to agree. They had this special vibe on Images and Words. They were in their own league and they sang of powerful lyrics that uplifted into a special realm. Their style reminds me of Powermetal but they didn’t abuse the speed and they just were different. They for sure are an intellectual band. It takes a special person to appreciate Dream Theater especially in their Images and words era.
Holy shit, Labrie
3:12 "It's a court jester running across the stage!" Funniest band moment on the DVD commentary.
***** Bahaha! That's exactly what came to my mind when watching this. The commentary on this was too good!
French, spanish, germany engrish
*****
Yes, another classic Kevin moment.
I've seen a lot of comments on LaBrie's voice. This was when his voice was at it's peak. About a year or so after this performance, James blew out his vocal chords and it's been a tough go ever since. The man is still awesome. He can still crank out the tunes. I am always looking forward to the next Dream Theater project.
On an interesting note, there was a conversation at work today about what album you would like to have with you if you were stranded on an island...I responded with "Anything from Dream Theater." Blank stares around the room..."Who is that? I pulled out my phone and played "Honor Thy Father" and jaws hit the floor. They asked when this band came out and I said "oh...1985 or so but really started excelling in 1991...and they're still making music."
I'm pretty sure there are at least 2 dozen NEW Dream Theater fans added today.
Honor thy father is such a mindblowing track.
I somehow doubt that those 24 random people are still dedicated fans of this very niche and challenging band unless you work in a prog factory.
He didn't "blow" out his vocal chords, he had food poisoning that did the damage.
Anyone else notice the Within You Without You Beatles reference at 6:22? Great solo, amazing track.
james vibrato in the early 90s was incredible.
I miss this era of DT so much
Moore is more.
@@zakariahlafreniere8347 Moore is God
On the other hand, I'm so glad the videos are on RUclips so we get to enjoy them. These are fantastic gems to have preserved in a time capsule.
John Petrucci is an awesome guitar players. His work, his technique.....there are not words to describe it.....
I remember buying the VHS back in 1996. I still feel the same emotions today when I listen to the solo. Petrucci is just amazing and especially in those years he was so melodic.
MrCondorAvenue ........ one of my favorite DT moments
I love and miss the "Picasso" Ibanez!
His tone was best in this era imo.
@@parksoo-kim6908 yes 👍🏻
@@parksoo-kim6908his tone rules all eras
best improvisation on major scale ever!!!
bela piada
Brilliant to hear that incredible bass playing from John Myung. Usually it gets lost in the mix but this was soo raw. Best live video i've seen.
Alright, yeah, this performance is amazing. We all love it. But please, don't forget thee guys were in their 20s and now they're on their 50s! We can't compare :)
Had this on DVD...watched it daily all through high school. Such a master piece.
Damn what a fantastic voice he had. Today its cool, but back then, it was outstanding
Love this performance. The Live In Tokyo DVD is so killer. Back when LaBrie went for it all. I saw them a month before this show in Hampton Beach, NH (July 1993) and they were fire. Love how Petrucci incorporates the "Within You, Without You" melody into his solo too. Brilliant!
I've been a DT fan since 1994. I still am hard to find a performance from JL from 3:52 on until the end of JP's solo that MOVES me as much as this.
John Petrucci technique and shredding was already insane here at 25 years old..I would put him up there with Steve Vai, Malmsteem, Paul Gilbert as best super shredding guitarists..he also composes great sounding solos for songs in Dream Theatre.
Sure he is up there
Woooo holly shit!! James Labries was on fire
I mised this era!!!! :(
Had to comment on the solo because to me it's a masterpiece and easily in my top 5 favorite. A lot of people, especially guitar players like myself(30 years) listen to this and might comment on who he sounds like or say they liked his style/sound was better back then. A lot of guitar players at this level eventually change their sound/style and I think a big part of it is that they don't want to sound like anyone else anymore. That's the way I feel anyway. To me, John sounds a lot like early Joe Satriani and is why I like it so much, and now John sounds like John.Not saying that's bad. I was lucky enough in high school to have a "Guitar God" as a teacher in Jeff Loomis. I was his last student of the day and he would always stay late to just jam with me. Weather he played something he made up or a rock/metal song I would sit across from him trying to playing along in complete awe at his sound/skill/melody/style/you name it. After he made it big I couldn't listen to him anymore because his style changed so much.
When DT was at their best, at the top of the world
Estourei minha fita vhs de tanto ouvir e ver este live in Tokio. Sucesso!!
Eu não me cansava de assistir esse VHS. Jamais esquecerei!!
I just love That era Petrucci
I'll meet anyone who doesn't think this is JP's best solo by the willow trees after school
How about "hollow years live in budokan" solo?
The Killing Hand, A New Beginning, Voices. Need I go further?
Under a glass moon?
@@NedJeffery
That guy was a bully?
Waiting someone in the back of the school?
@@sultanofswing9834 Abso_f..ing_luteley Hollow Years Budokan !!!
When music was music, and creativity was creativity, and performance was a performance .R.I.P music ♥️🙏
@6:07 the zoom with the sound is just so perfect. Like...
One of the best solos from Petrucci!! ♥♥
La golden era. I VERI dream theater. Un Labrie da paura, Moore..bhe che dire. Un tassello portante delle atmosfere di allora. I restanti non ce bisogno di descrizione. Mi sono innamorato con questo live. Ho consumato la VHS
I DT di una volta...sound, anima, atmosfere...un Labrie eccezionale, per non parlare di Petrucci...
Come darti torto. Mi mancano tantissimo questi Dream Theater. Fortuna che ho visto la vera formazione per ben 2 volte. Grandi emozioni
This is from 1993 - the images and words tour in Japan. Labrie's voice was at its best (someone else mentioned his cords issue - that killed him for a good 3-5 years but he stayed with it. If you notice performances from that time frame Labrie looks blotted - steroids for his voice. He has since recovered clearly) and this is the Petrucci I love. Passionate, raw and soulful. Particularly with this song. It makes one ache to realize the foolishness of conceiving infinite life. There would be no point to anything.
One of the best live performances by them I've seen recorded. And I'll take Portney anyday over Mangini. Mangini may be technically better - portney had soul and added a lot of improv to his play - a key element in a band of this nature.
Love these guys.
Watching this clearly confirms why I loved them and why I find them boring today...
I couldn't have said it better myself!!
Vincent Rémon Sad but True!
Have been saying that for a while...good to see I'm not alone
I still love DT, but the Images and Words/Awake era is the best DT, imho. A lot of people decry Portnoy leaving as the “change” that really upset the balance. I would go back much further to when Kevin Moore left. He fit them perfectly. His songwriting influence is sorely missed.
Dude how adorable is Mike Portnoy is this video? What a cutie pie I swearrrrr!! ❤️
I prefer 100 times this old guitar sound and petrucci's style
Petrucci's tone was great back then!
I've listened/watched this Live version over and over the past several months. It's too good
Questi si che fanno venire i brividi... LaBrie Aveva una voce pazzesca in questo periodo
The lighting, just puts u in a trance! Especially when i was a youngster! High on weed and watched for the first time! I still remember the feeling i gave me then. Just starting to be a drummer. Such a masterpiece of a VHS! Those who were at this concert truly had the best experience in misic history imo!!
Stream of Awesomeness
awesome tone and playing from mr. john petrucci! :) liked it better than nowadays..
I have no words to describe how much I miss THAT Dream Theater
Lyrics on this one:
If I'd started from the top
And worked my way down
There'd be no reason
To live forever
To live forever
The starvation has turned
Me outside in
And the wind has blown
Me halfway across the world
Across the world
Why was i born
In an age of distrust
I'd offered some change
For a photograph
It will always stay the same
You will always be the same
Until I saw desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there is no reason
To live forever
ALL RIGHT JOOOOHN!...
(first solo)
Until I saw desire for revenge
As long as I have to die in the attempt
AS LONG AS I HAVE TO DIE IN THE ATTEMPT
WOAH
THEN THERE IS NO REASON
NO REASOON!!!!
NO(...)
To live forever
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. John Petrucci on guitar!
(solos)
good times of dream theater.... no jordan, no mangini, only the trully formation
Kevin Moore is a GIANT on those keyboards. So gracious
That sounded weird.
Amen. Jordan may be a better technical player but he's not even close to the composer or songwriter that Kevin is.
> the one where LaBrie runs and jumps around the stage
😂 truly the moment in Prog music.
Perfect guitar solo, with emotion, with heart.
6:22 Kevin Moore + John Petrucci + Portnoy + Myung = Pure Emotion 👏👏
2024 I'm still here ..
I can't stop listening to this master piece :(
This live video has some of the best JP phrasing, along with Explorer's Club albums
And John Myung looks exactly the same. How is that even possible?
Asian
best guitar solo i have ever heard
If he only had this tone in the Budokan version of "Beyond This Life"... It would be awesome.
I couldn't believe it John Petrucci was 26 years old at that time. how did play such a great playing like that at his age , i think he is a musical genius .
Hello. I'm back. What a GREAT performance. My favorite by far.
Beyond perfection
John Petrucci is no doubt one of the best guitarists of the rock era..
I know LaBrie probably can't sing like this anymore (though he does sing pretty well nowadays, almost better in many ways), but I really wish Petrucci would go back to this guitar tone. I love the ambient, heavy reverb/delay feel as opposed to most of his new guitar work.. though I did really like their newest album, Black Clouds, and Octavarium.
jacobjedi2 I agree, dude. Petrucci tones before Jordan Rudess join the band are the best.
Yeah, it's hard to describe, it's just absolutely beautiful.
+jacobjedi2 for me its that scooped mid pickup combo on his Ibanez thats just so clean that makes it sound so great. some of his Music mans have a similar combo but he doesnt use it much live or in the studio.
Man I totally agree. His tone in I&W, Awake and ACOS are absolutely among the very best in metal history. Such clarity and definition, with some delay and reverb it combines focus and ambience like no other. I miss that tone, rather than the muddy tone with tons of modulation he uses nowadays.
@@Matheuszalenski you are making it sound like it was Rudess' fault that his tone changed. Which it wasn't, Petrucci chose himself which tone he favors.
Enjoy this version of Labrie because we've/we'll never see it again.
30 years old this year and more than perfect
my all-time favorite JP moment, and by moment, I mean from 5:00 till the very last note
Everytime I feel uneasy and restless, somehow I feel like coming to listen to this song. Never fails. This live performance is a masterpiece
This is easily my favorite era of DT!! Don't even have to think twice about it. (I have this VHS!)
My God, Petrucci's tone back then was so much better than anything today...the exception being his sound on his solo album.
Como eu queria que o Dream Theater voltasse a fazer músicas assim... feeling, melodia, técnica, bons timbres... tudo na dose certa. Infelizmente só resta ver as coisas do passado mesmo.
Acho o mesmo.
back to see this video just for JP's solo
I don't know why, but to me JP between 1992-1998 and JP afterwards sounded like two entirely different guitarists. I MUCH prefer John's playing during the early years.
X Y I agree. Petrucci in the 90s was full of melody, solos that breathed, with great phrasing. It’s as if he was possessed by some metal gods and ordered today to play a million notes per minute in every solo. Too bad. 👎
I think it was a combination of Jordan joining the band, and a general change in attitude.
DT's first 5 albums were more old school 80s and 90s prog rock and metal, with some fusion elements. Starting with Six Degrees, they all of a sudden decided they would be a more mainstream metal band with progressive elements. And ever since Octavarium there's been at least one song on each album they try to push as a hit single.
I bring up Jordan because his compositional style is totally different from Derek and Kevin, and his affection for virtuosic wank rubbed off on JP.
@@jonathansefcik473 it’s not six degrees they change started from scenes from a memory
@@scylla4342, they had written most of the Scenes material when Rudess joined the band, his playing was perfect on this album. Six Degrees and the following albums are a boring meh most of the time.
@@jonathansefcik473 A little late, but this is such a solid take, well said.
WOW Prme DT flawless performance Kevin Moore is freakin amazing here.
I miss that Petrucci
Leonardo Eufrasio concerteza bons tempos de petrucci
99% DT fans agree...now is a digital/experimental/dark sound ?¿?¿?
@Leonardo Eufrasio Me too man... :(
i dont, those shoes are horrible, and his tone was not that great either. Sounds kinda cheap.
Yeah! Plus, I miss Kevin Moore and Mike Portnoy in the band. They, together, composed the best Dream Theater's songs, in my opinion.
Btw, at 10:40 when Portnoy starts again, the sound is so warm and resonant. Beautiful!
Best petrucci ever!!! and the guitar too!!
I am ashamed as a DT fan to have never heard this version, despite TLF (both '91 and '94 versions) being an all-time favourite. To me, this is the band at their absolute APEX right here. Yes, they remained well into their PRIME with Scenes and 6Degrees, undeniable classics of course, but that's when the Rudess wankery began and Petrucci's tone was no longer this reverb/delay-soaked sonic heaven as we hear here. By APEX, I mean flawless in every way. Right up to Awake.
Don’t get me wrong! I love DT and I think this song is one of the best they ever played, MP used play with passion then, but it seems he has lost some mojo through the years, but still I’m a big fan!
James vocals are crazy awesome
JPM Ibanez! No Jordan Rudess yet!
Not 2004 I think...
But this is a great live performance from DT indeed.
Obsessed with this era of Petrucci. So Eclectic, so good, so 80's...
George Harrison Within you Without you 6:20
We were talking, about the space between us all
And the people, who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late when they pass away
I thought this comment didn't exist.. I was listening Sgt. Peppers in full for the first time (f me right?) a few weeks ago and when Within You Without You started my head just kept coming around on the vocal melody, I was like "where did I heard that before?" So crazy to have known the song because of John's solo here and not because of being a frikin Beatles song! Lol
If I'd started from the top
And worked my way down
There'd be no reason
To live forever
To live forever
The starvation has turned
Me outside in
And the wind has blown
Me halfway across the world
Across the world
Why was i born
In an age of distrust
I'd offered some change
For a photograph
It will always stay the same
You will always be the same
Until i saw the desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there is no reason
To live forever
(Ladies & Gentleman Mr. John Petrucci on guitar..... ) :) :)
JD two reasons to live forever: DD
I found you where
They left you there
A passing word that's gone forever
And searching my memory for answers
I saw the words of a letter you wrote
She said 'you don't have to live forever,
You don't want to live forever.'
And everything's changing now,
I don't want to live forever.
2024 anyone?
Mee too
Yep !
Back when they played/composed music to fill an arena. Now their music is just as disposable and small sounding as earbuds. I can hear the passion in this. It sounds like they wanted to rule the rock world back then, but now all they care about is making all the music nerds wet their pants with empty prog opera.
cool bass play