After 5x listening to this song.. then only i said "Aaaahhhhhh now i get it!" Hahaahaha it will take time to understand the whole structure of the song. Great song! 👽🤘

@CompleteProducer84

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I have been a fan for 23 years, and it always takes me a good 3-4 listens to learn to love each song. This one was no different - I was “meh” on it the first listen, and now I’m really liking it after about 10

@dreadbull5039

2 жыл бұрын

It’s the hallmark of a great Dream Theater song! 🤟🤟🤟

This is so reminiscent of the SC/BC&SL era of DT and I love it! Mangini is an absolute monster on this track

It is a grower, It is nice to hear John myung more so it has been mixed better. Hoping the huge anthem song on the album will be another classic such as octavarium.

I have listened to it about 15 times already and I loved it from the first listen

This song sets the bar higher for progressive rock and metal. INCREDIBLE!!!!

If the whole album is this good, I may die of happiness! Such an amazing, balanced song. I'm absolutely blown away.

@bradleyboynton9986

2 жыл бұрын

Me too listen to it every day

@cameronreyno7175

2 жыл бұрын

Coming back here to ask, what did you think of it? I haven't gotten much of a chance to really let them sink in

@bigvicious7317

2 жыл бұрын

@@cameronreyno7175 I thought the album was an amazing album as far as albums go in general. However, it is not in my top 5 favorite Dream Theater albums personally.... yet. It may need to grow on me over time. However, I still love it. I hope that kind of makes sense

Mike Mangini OWNS this song!

They won a Grammy for this song.

I've already listen more than 30x!! Now this is one of my favorite song already? 😂

Mangini just sounds so massive finally... The dude is off the charts w/ his skills, but here he's just out of this world.. Is this song about Mangini?

I just saw Jordan last weekend for his touring show. Super interesting, fun and informative. I’d highly recommend catching the guys whenever they do their solo ventures and whenever you can. Really cool to just sit and feel like you’re having a chat with them. He had a guessing game for one of DT’s tracks by playing two chords and my brother (massive fan) called it immediately and he was impressed haha. Really cool and down to earth guy!

Easily Manginis best performance since he joined the band... 10 YEARS ago! And also Petruccis lead tone is not of this earth. Sweet mother of god. This song is the best I´ve heard from DT in many years, I´m so happy!

I really like DreamTheater and have litened hundreds of hours of it probably. This Song is very very odd for me. Incredibly technical even for Dream Theater.. buuuut it lacks something. This Song sounds like a DT Medley, it has everything in it that makes a good DT Song but it sounds like pieces of other Songs mixed together. All my favorite DT Songs have something that is instantly recognizable in them and DT to me is like...every record is an Era with a somewhat unique sound and style. and this just..would fit on every previous album. Some of my favorites from different "eras" would be: Octavarium, In the Name of God, Home, Take the Time, Fall Into the Light. And if you listen to them you will definetly know what i mean. Each of them has something that stands out. So.. The Alien, very good Song!..but i dont feel it if you get what i mean :)

This song also could have been on a dramatic turn of events (like bridges in the sky or outcry), and that is not a bad thing.

The smile on your face is really all the evidence you need. :)

I think you nailed this one pretty accurately. It definitely takes a little effort to appreciate Dream Theater…and it’s well worth it. My first listen, I felt underwhelmed. Now? I absolutely love this piece. Also, you correctly recognized that most DT songs in the past dozen years could be interchangeable on most of their albums, not pushing any real boundaries. What I love about this album, as compared to most others, is that each song is heavy with progressive elements. Nothing traditional. After many, many listens, AVFTTOTW is perhaps my favorite of the Mangini era. It’s pure genius!

@JimNewstead

2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t listened to it enough yet!

I was only just recently introduced to this group on ‘another’ reaction video! I’m in the exact same position as yourself. Incredible musicianship, I have to say.

Solid song for me, something new, DT needed that with some new grooves and intensity. Great reactions and vid quality :)

@JimNewstead

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Appreciate it.

This sure makes me await The album with such high expectations.

You’re right Jim, it takes a few listens. I absolutely did not like it my first listen. But it’s getting better with each subsequent listen.

You are absolutely right when you say that Dream Theater takes a few listens to really "understand" the whole song. And it's been like that for a few years now. There's a lot going on to the point that you can not take it all in on your first time. And because of that, it may not be "a banger" right away, but it grows on you over time... already listened to it about 5 times and still find myself finding new things...

@lesblatnyak5947

2 жыл бұрын

Brother they got talent but no musical structure. They need a Rick Wakeman to do the bridges and structure cohesion, key changes etc.

@MaraxisArcanist

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesblatnyak5947 I feel the same way. I can always find great pieces in their songs, but I find them unapproachable as a whole. I was actually relieved to hear Jim say that he finds repeated listens are necessary to appreciate their songs, because when you read Dream Theater song comments you're left wondering if you're the only dolt on Earth who doesn't "get it.". 🤣

@MaraxisArcanist

2 жыл бұрын

I actually put off listening to this reaction for that reason.

Knew that it was coming but haven’t heard it yet. I have the same problem with Dream Theater as you have. Usually I have to hear it several times before I start to appreciate it. I have the same with every new Nightwish album. And I love both Dream Theater and Nightwish. There’s hope, I already like the instrumental parts.

Nice song

Wish DT would tangent from the signature sound they have going now. But, I'll take it. When you say 'couldn't be anyone else other than DT' is it because of Jame's vocal tone? The band's tone is and has been reproduced. Check out the band Pyramid Theorem's release Beyond the Exosphere. That being said, DT is coming to my town in November and will probably be going to see them again. Nice review Jim... keep it up. Be safe.

The end to this song is the best they’ve ever written, pure genius

YUP YUP YUP...you have to listen to this song like...a bunch of times!!! We all know how prog stuff goes.

There's nothing like Petrucci's and Rudess' soloing over 5/16, 5/16, 7/16.

@christianwilliamson9752

Жыл бұрын

Its 17/16 according to petrucci on the grammys

@christianwilliamson9752

Жыл бұрын

Your counting would work as well adds up

It's alright. Technically it's amazing, the mix is great, but I dunno, I'm just not feeling DT anymore. I will say Mangini's drumming sounds great on this though.

I am glad, that I didn't write, before you were finished, because you almost expressed exactly my thoughts. I was going to write, that to me, knowing each single DT song of their career, The Alien has 80% of elements, that I've heard before, and maybe 20% are new. I can imagine, that someone, who hears DT for the very first time, this may sound great, awesome, incomparable. But for longtime DT fans this is quality, but nothing really new.🤘 At least they put it together in a way, that it is not boring ... like the new Metallica, their stealing of own music is too obvious 🤔😒

First listen, if this is representational of the new album, may be my favorite since Portnoy left.

Not mine at all. Dream Theater stopped releasing decent complete albums right after 6doit. I liked a few songs after, but none of the albums really grabbed me like Awake, SFAM or images and words did. After Portnoy left, though,, it became even more obvious that not much is coming from what once was my favorite band in the whole world.

Hello ! wow, a didgeridoo ! would love to hear you play ! as well as guitar and drums.. LOL ! but seriously, have you been to Australia to buy it or you got it from England? I've been twice to Australia but couldn't buy one as it is a traditional male instrument.

Maybe I need more listens but to me it was pretty generic for them. They used to have a lot more hooks and dynamics. They over process Jame's voice so much now - and I am not talking about the deliberate attempt for perhaps a science-fiction/alien effect. That and he doesn't have the ability to sing 3/4 of their songs properly live any more.

I struggle a bit with Dream Theater. I like them but never get over excited by their stuff. I was loving the intro to this but once the vocals came in i just lost interest. Musically brilliant but as per your comments, a bit predictable and nothing i've not heard from them before. This is another DT album i think i'll pass on.

I have never learned to fully enjoy DT. Maybe i never Will. The music is great, but i Cant get over the mix of a neo prog vocal Style with progressive metal. Thats what ruins IT for me.

I can hear pettrucci trying to be innovative in his solos but the band as a whole is starting to sound like classic DT on every new album which is why I know longer consider them as progressive metal. Difficult for bands who've been around this long to go away from their signature sound because that's what their fans like to hear. I think if you've only heard a few DT songs you'd think this track is excellant but perhaps not if you've listened to a lot of their discography. The album has by far the clearest mix of any dream theater album and Mangini no longer sounds like a drum machine.

Unfortunately I subconsciously compare all "new to me" music with classic YES & find them lacking. Although I am intrigued with the idea of a hard rock YES band, I have yet to find their equal. Admittedly I don't do much to expand my horizons but I'm trying to change that, hence I'm watching this video now

@Sleepwokkr

2 жыл бұрын

If you are intrigued by a metal version of Yes, I would highly recommend you go through Dream Theaters entire catalog, spanning more than 30 years, and give it a go. I'm not trying to convince you of anything, I'll just say that even if you don't fall in love with them, you will definitely be intrigued and appreciate their talent.

@StarCitizenSpeakeasy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sleepwokkr yeah that name keeps popping up. I am checking them out 🙂

It counts as. 12345 12345 12345567. Its in 17/16. Lol

Dream Theater releasing the same old song. Again...

@ionion1089

2 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone who sees things clear.

@jehudavis5422

2 жыл бұрын

If you dont like the style move along it's that easy

@pasit1738

2 жыл бұрын

@@jehudavis5422 Please, don't get offended. I like Jim's channel and I do believe that a good conversation needs different opinions.

@jehudavis5422

2 жыл бұрын

@@pasit1738 I'm not offended but I cant imagine stepping in and playing in that band. They are amazing musicians if its sounds repetitive I get it but damn it would be fun though

@pasit1738

2 жыл бұрын

@@jehudavis5422 I totally agree with you!

Six degrees or Train of didnt need more listens to love them. From the first listen, they were amazing. Since Portnoy left, not even after 10 listens, DT is not the same. Boring, recurent musical ideas, nothing memorable. This song is the same song they keep wrinting from the moment he left. So, those who say they need more listens, in fact they hate this song, but they dont want to admit, because its hard to admit that the girl u fell in love 20 years ago is just an ordinary woman today.

@rudolfbecker4313

Жыл бұрын

I basicly agree with you. The 3 followers to ToT had their great moments, but none of these albums can be played without skipping songs. And I looove your comparison of the girl and DT .... I feel that way 🤣🤘

As a once concert violinist and a bass guitarist and folk musician I can't hear anything that is not filler. There is no not one phrase of spiritual redeeming qualities. Its like my practise book. Play notes for no purpose. Sorry but Mozart would have walked out.

@TimothyDaigle

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 wow.

@alipiorezendebenedetti4291

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but it's Mozart.

@martinharrison7536

2 жыл бұрын

I think your just not understanding the complexity of the song and your experience in not serving you well here. This is the most complexity I’ve herd from them , but I think all you really mean to say is didn’t like it lol

@steveforman7643

2 жыл бұрын

I am a bassist as well. You do not get them. You could only hope to have the technical expertise and virtuosity of these brilliant classically trained musicians. Your loss.

@jehudavis5422

2 жыл бұрын

Your drunk