"This song is in 17/8...try tapping your foot to that." - John Petrucci, Grammy Award speech 2022

@bryancamacho101

2 жыл бұрын

And no one there knew what a time signature is... or who Dream Theater is.

@RudyBleeker

2 жыл бұрын

@@bryancamacho101 The Grammy's are a joke as far as I'm concerned, but I'm still glad Dream Theater is finally getting some mainstream recognition.

@attilahun8541

2 жыл бұрын

Legend 😆💪🏽✌🏽

Dream Theater is not something you just throw on when you wanna listen to some metal. It takes time and investment to listen to, and it is an adventure in itself! This is a prime example on the complex time signatures, artistic melodies, beautiful composition, and in general impeccable musicianship. When the right mood strikes me, there is no one better to fill the silence than Dream Theater.

@tacomania7954

Жыл бұрын

100% right! I first listened to dream theater through Pull Me Under and I'll be honest. I was turned off just because of the length (I would usually listen to songs that were less than 5 minutes long at most) but around 2 months ago I watched Ola Englund's video of him learning the solo to Another Day and when I heard the solo I thought "maybe I should listen to dream theater again" and listened to Another Day. That song made me fall in love with them and now they're my favorite band of all time now

There was a group of us in High School that found these guys back when Images and Words came out. We were all band nerds in school. We wore that disk out. For the past 20 or so years every time DT come through anywhere close to Dallas we all go and see them. We just saw them just last month as they came through Dallas and it's evolved to the point of one guy is now bringing his kids with him to the shows.

@Thystonius

2 жыл бұрын

That's such a cool story! One of my best friends I've met through a VIP ticket for Devin Townsend Project. Amazing how that goes

John Myung and Mike Mangini just crushing it on the intro is awesome.

17/8.... yeah, I tapped my foot once and was like "nope, ain't happening" 😂

I have to say The Alien is an outstanding track, View From The Top Of The World is a great album, I cannot wait until Thursday when I get to see them LIVE, first rock Concert that is actually going ahead in the UK for a big band.

@itswillyo5

2 жыл бұрын

Saw them in la in February. One of the best shows I have ever been too. Everything was crisp and sounded extremely similar to the source material. Enjoy! Plus the encore is the song that got me into the band!

@billtbodger

2 жыл бұрын

@@itswillyo5 Thursday night was fantastic, it is nice not to be deaf after a gig but they were still loud enough to punch you in the chest with the bass and drums, the sound was pretty near perfect too 🤘🤘🤘

@mutatednut

2 жыл бұрын

@@itswillyo5 Cus probably 1/3 of it was playback

@iron_rush_theater1246

2 жыл бұрын

Saw them in March and they opened with this. Another awesome concert by them. Last three songs comprised the last hour of the show at 20 minutes each.

@bradleyboynton9986

2 жыл бұрын

Bring earplugs it is the loudest i have ever heard them Went couple months ago

The reason they won the Grammy, is the lyrical content 😉 Pay close attention to the lyrics. They're saying "humans" are becoming the "Alien" with all of our recent explorations into going to outer space (Blue Origins, Space X, etc). And we have historically had a "negative" impression of what "aliens" are.

I totally agree to the "that it did not feel like 9 minutes". In general listening to a DT track feels like work. I actually liked this one. It felt like a complete song this time. And as always great reaction! Keep it up!

@mutatednut

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the exact opposite. It feels like a bunch of recycled sections from previous songs.

Yes! Tank listening to DT! I'm so happy you decided to listen to this!!! If you want more (released after Octavarium) then check out "In The Presence Of Enemies" Part 1 and Part 2, "Untethered Angel", and "The Shattered Fortress" (although listen to all of rest of the 12 step suite beforehand tho lol). I'm sooooo happy that you liked it and yeah have a great day man

If I could recommend a song of Dream Theater's, their live performance of Illumination Theory is absolutely masterful!

My first listen boiled down to: "Welp, that sure was Dream Theater." It's taken a while to grow on me, but it's seriously making me wonder how spoiled I am when it comes to music, thanks to metal.

Dream Theater with feel: The Ministry of Lost Souls

I definitely know what you're talking about when it comes to other bands, probably not intentionally, burying the bass under everything. It's made me wonder at times if they even have a bassist or not.

I’m so happy that this won a whole ass Grammy. They’re last album Distance Over Time was also a masterpiece and I highly recommend Pale Blue Dot or just the whole album they have been timeless in their creation. 6 degrees is also one of my favorite albums of all time No one needs to know 👀

@alanalanis2257

2 жыл бұрын

The song is called Pale Blue Dot 🤣 🤣

It's no surprise this won a Grammy it is indeed a masterpeice. it's probably their best song in many years technical & soul wise.

Remember reading a review of Systematic Chaos when that was released that said Dream Theater was a band whose music you didn't just listen to, you had to learn it to appreciate it fully. I get that's a big part of why Prog isn't everyones cup of tea but personally I adore these guys 🙂

Check out some dramatic turn of events and black clouds and silver linings. 1. Best of times (has some of their most "soulful" solos) 2 The Count of Tuscany is such a great epic song with a fantastic outro. On dramatic turn of events 1. On the backs of angels 2. Breaking all illusions 3. Bridges in the sky

@janzojanzo9059

9 ай бұрын

Tank The Tech should also listen JP's Lost Without You.

Let's go new SepticFlesh bro

Tank with another banger reaction. LETS GOOOOO

i defo feel like you tank...i feel like i kinda forgot about dream theater known them for years now but haven't really listened to them as much for years maybe its time for a comeback

Hold it now. Wait a minute. Let me catch my breath. Tanks doing DT!!

I'm digging the new DT album. And congrats to DT for the Grammy. They deserve it. When you're ready for more prog rock, give Haken a look. I'm sure people will have suggestions for a rocking Haken song. They even have a former Dream Theater member play on one of their tracks.

@alanalanis2257

2 жыл бұрын

The Messiah Complex Suite is phenomenal by Haken off of the Virus album.

Great reaction and review. I discovered Dream Theater back in 1993 while sitting in my dorm with the latest "Guitar for the Practicing Musician" issue, which contained the sheet music and tab for "Take the Time" (off of Images and Words). I had played some complicated music while in the high school orchestra (playing trumpet) and was dumbfounded when I couldn't read this piece. I immediately bought the album so I could read along (with my jaw on the floor) and have been a huge fan ever since (and seen them live 6 times).

I realize now that DT has been part of my musical diet for 30 years. Not as much as it used to be since my appreciation for things has broadened a lot over time, but they still get regular playtime. I'm only 5 years away from having been into metal for 50 years. That's quite some mileage, good thing I'm not old. Been told I'm too old to be listening to the stuff I like, were do people get that from ? I bought Kill 'em All on vinyl the day it got released, why would I listen to Andrews Sisters now ?

Okay ,....I am Baying it NOW !!! Thanks Tank 🤘😎🤘.

Tank checking out Dream Theater. My absolute favorite band of all time, after i got to know Tank over him checking out Electric Callboy. What a time to be alive.

You got to check out Petrucci's solo material. It's freaking insane!! Both his solo albums are phenomenal. Please check out his Terminal Velocity album. It has a great balance of shred to soulful solo playing.

I have faith in Portnoy coming back, and I know he will slay this version! I can’t wait!

Great review by the way!!!

Should definitely do a reaction to Immortal Disfigurement and their new song Dragged Through the Inferno, you won’t be disappointed

I was in a DT tribute band for a number of years and during that time new DT releases where actually stressful for me because I knew I had a ton of work ahead of me learning whatever madness it was they where releasing at the time. Now I can do what I had been doing as a DT fan since the late 80's - just enjoy it for what it is. And I am SO happy that they finally won a Grammy. Cheers! EDIT: If you want some gorgeous and soulful solos from John Petrucci, here's a starter pack: Fall Into the Light The Spirit Carries On Lines in The Sand (my favorite JP solo to play)

Going over gear for Dream Theater should be easy. They almost never change anything. Petrucci uses a Music Man, either a Majesty or his JP series into a Mesa Boogie JP-2C. Myung uses his Music Man Bongo into Ashdown AMB600. Mangini is using Pearl and Zildjian. I never know what Rudess is doing. Two additional items - 17/8 is EXTREMELY NERDY. It is not just you. I saw them live a few weeks ago and their live tone is just as immaculate as the album.

To me it is like a heavy metal/prog symphony, always is when listening to Dream Theater. Being local boys from Long Island, NY, I've seen them way back before becoming big, along with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and a few others. Put your brain to it and listen, and you will hear a lot more going on in these compositions.

Great reaction Tank. I always enjoy your take, positive or negative. You give great incite. Of course no one can deny the talent, for my money they are the greatest musicians in Metal. I love the fact that you mention it takes depth of knowledge to fully respect this kind of music.

Thank you so much for doing a DT song!!! This is one of their best albums.

An honest fair review. Refreshing keep up the great reviews.

Excellent choise of strategy for this reaction!🤘🏼😎

Long time DT fan here all the way back to Images and Words. Nice review Tank!

I was huge into DT myself around Scenes from a Memory (which got me into them- first DT song I ever heard was Home- and I went OMG!!!) through Train of Thought- and really liked Images and Words. After Train- I still followed them and have liked a few songs from each album, but in my mind Scenes is their best even with Train of Thought second. It was awesome seeing them a couple years back doing the song Metropolis part one and then the whole album Scenes after. Crazy that they won a Grammy- I thought awards shows like that don’t give a crap about complex melodic music like DT’s.

I agree 100%, thank you for your reaction.

I've followed DT throughout pretty much their entire career and loved pretty much everything they've put out. When I first heard this tune I said yup that's definitely a Dream Theater song. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that at all. At this point this is a band that know exactly what they are and what kind of music they like creating. They continue in my opinion to produce excellent songs and albums and I hope they can continue to do so for quite a while.

That's 17 years. . .lol ;) Love your channel, man! :P

Ok now do "A view from top of the world"

Still here, and for my first time ever I plugged my headphones into my Kindle, closed my eyes and just listened. What a freaking soundscape

Immortal Disfigurement - Dragged through the inferno has to be next plssssssss

The few times I’ve tried this band there are parts I like and parts where I feel like: it is amazing that you can do that and I wish you didn’t

My perspective is so different that it's really wild to think that it's exactly the same. I didn't even know such a band existed back then, during my student days (so, a while back, but not *too* long) a friend played me The Count of Tuscany and I did not even like it. Since then I came to appreciate metal as a whole as a genre, and as a nuanced experience with myriads of sub-genres, and I came back to listening to things like The Dance Of Eternity or japanese Tricot and F*CK do I love the progressive stuff now... My favorite band I discovered in the last three years is Sokoninaru (to which I *will* listen for hours on end) and I'm just so grateful to all these reaction channels and for all the people who actually take the time to comment and recommend stuff that's either similar - or really different - without whom I'd never have found half of the bands I listen to now. So with all that out of the way... "Teeth of the Hydra", what's an actual roadie got to say about THAT thing ???

@TankTheTech

2 жыл бұрын

I watched that video, and while it's insanely wild and impressive, it seems so unnecessary. Hahaha

My wife and I saw them in Dallas in March. Great show. If you are in search of a Petrucci solo with feels, check out "Breaking All Illusion" (which they played on this tour). Almost Gilmouresqu.

"I am the alien" so simple and so brilliant.

Nice you to have Wintersun in the background!!

Same for me. I haven't been listening to Dream Theater for long time. This is propably first time I can hear Bass. Earlier DT production was more drum/guitar oriented, but they have evolved.

Dude, same. I was hard into this band when a guitar playing friend introduced me to them in high school. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Scenes From a Memory were the big ones. He had me come with him and his dad for the Train of Thought tour, and it was phenomenal. They played "in the round", so a rotating stage in the middle with the audience sitting stadium-style around them. It was an awesome show (the only other time I came back to this venue was to see Joe Satriani play for his Super Colossal album tour). The crowd loved it, some excited older fan proclaimed to my friend and I (the youngest people at the concert) that we "just witnessed history" lol I bought a long sleeve tour shirt and the album. "As I Am" is still a favorite. The album came out my graduation year. I stuck it out longer than you, though. I got Octavarium and the last time I saw them live was Systematic Chaos, also an overall great show except I took a date to the concert, a best friend, and at some point the excess you mentioned finally hit... when Jordan Rudess came out to key-tar solo, he was hitting and sustaining notes that were grating and enough that she almost left... she didn't, but she was pissed. It was annoying to my ears but it hurt her ears. And that's about the time after I fell out of them as well... new albums were announced and I just didn't have that drive to go check them out. My mom bought me a bluray for a gift, Live at Luna Park, and I realized drummer Mike Portnoy was missing... and then I found out how he was more or less removed from the band and that didn't sit well with me, and as I already hadn't heard their newest stuff, I just fell out of them. So here's my surprise seeing you do a reaction to one of their songs, so I'm listening to it, as you are, and it's pretty damn awesome. It'll go on my Spotify playlist and join the tracks from my heyday hearing them... I'm not sure if I'm going to dive into the whole album. That said, this was a solid task and congratulations to them for winning a grammy...something nearly impossible in metal (it seems)

Funny, your whole description of your feelings towards DT are the same I have towards Epica : they were huge to me in high school but I've completely drifted away since. And I had yet to check The Alien... and you know what, I might as well discover it alongside you (especially since you're going into it as a full on spectator), let's do this.

AMAZING honest reaction. MY opinion? I believe that 3 of their last 4 albums have been their best. Their album "The Astonishing" was their longest at 2 HOURS AND 10 MINUTES LONG... This past album was recorded like their last at DTHQ, their own "homemade" studio. Myung, Petrucci and Labrie have always been their core... With Mike Mangini, they have gone into a new level of talent beyond anything I have ever heard (even though I love portnoy). Next best listen would be the titular song of this album, "A View From The Top Of The World" About 5050 instrumental with some of the fastest and most technical solos from Petrucci and Mangini...(sorry for the superfandomness)

Outstanding song !!! Well deserved Grammy !!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 But Tank,what about some new reaction to Star One? They released an awesome full album !!! Just sayin' 🤘🏻😄🤘🏻 Keep it up man,love your vids !!! 😎😎😎

DUDE! SAW BY ORBIT CULTURE IN THE INTRO! THAT SONG IS A BANGER!

Great reation as always! I think you should interview Matt Heafy from Trivium. He's always streaming on twitch and seems very accessible I think you two would have a blast. Plus Trivium released a new album a few months ago and it's a banger!

When he said it was in 17/8, I fully expected it but followed the lie lol. Been a DT fan since Octavarium, and Prog changed me and my musical determination. Awesome reaction Tank!

THAT IS MASTERSHIP! Nobody wants to take on Dream Theater!!!

IMHO, the title track to this album is even better that The Alien, so you have a lot to look forward to. As for equipment, I know John Petrucci has a number of videos where he talks specifically about his signature guitars, his amps, and so on. As far as their live DVDs go, (The more recent ones at least) my favorite is live at the Boston Opera House.

Actually this Album, especially this Song brought me back into DT after 12 years or so. Now I'm revisiting everything they ever did from start to finish. This album definitely re-sparked that flame I lost and I really dig a lot that I missed or didn't like for a long time. Of course, they did not reinvent the wheel and one might expect exactly this sound from DT BUT that whole Album seems far more accessible than most of their pieces

OK if you want emotions in your guitar playing listen to The Count of Tuscany. You probably haven’t heard that one if you stopped listening in 2005 it was their last album with Mike Portnoy and a very amazing album

This is a rarity in that the Grammy people got this award right. Also, I wonder how many NASA people are DT fans. This song is lyrically deep NASA-wise.

I get what you're saying about this being exactly what you expect from Dream Theater. The only DT album that lit a fire under my ass (metaphorically speaking) was When Dream And Day Unite. It was kinda like early-80s Rush but more so.

I caught their tour in Raleigh, was really disappointed they didn't have any CDs at the merch stand. I don't have room for a record player.

I had the same "Starting to pick up on some of the time signatures, finally!" Literally 2 secs later: Well, F***!

You HAVE to review more dream theater. The song A Change Of Seasons will blow you away.

Since you like this, I think you will like Distance Over Time, they're previous album. I haven't listened to Dream Theater in a few months but I think I will today.

Listen to the solo Breaking all Illusions. Its masterful.

For "soulful" guitar, man you gotta listen to Hell's Kitchen if you haven't before. It's not a solo, but somehow Petrucci makes that guitar sound like a violin

Gods!

Great reaction. The 12 steps album is amazing. "The Glass Prison" - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence "This Dying Soul" - Train of Thought "The Root of All Evil" - Octavarium "Repentance" - Systematic Chaos "The Shattered Fortress" - Black Clouds and Silver Linings Definitely check them out. Talks about the out-of-control Mike Portnoy and his steps to overcome alcoholism. I've checked them out myself and it definitely helps. Cheers

Tbh I know less about music and music theory and all the technical shit than you and despite that I don’t have much issue getting into prog. I can enjoy everything that’s going on without having to go to deep into it ya know, the solos the drumming and timing, the vocals. While I know what you mean about it being nerdy in a sense and I do get that vibe from a lot of DT songs, I guess I can just appreciate and enjoy the sound without needing to know anything lol

It's one of these song, I would put on as background music while I have to do something on the computer or something like that. But it's nothing I would listen to just for listening to music.

I had a similar experience with a big Dream Theater gap in my life of listening to music. After Systematic Chaos (the album after Octavarium) I didn't really listen to anything new by Dream Theater until just a few years ago so the gap was also around 10 years. I did occasionally still listen to the stuff I already knew but I never touched the newer albums. After revisiting them I found several songs on the newer albums that I really loved. If you really haven't listened to Dream Theater since Octavarium I very much recommend: The Dark Eternal Night (from Systematic Chaos) A Nightmare to Remember (from Black Clouds & Silver Linings) The Count of Tuscany (from Black Clouds & Silver Linings) The Enemy Inside (from Dream Theater, the first album where Mike Mangini was involved in the creative process) Room 137 (from Distance over Time) I haven't listened a lot to "A View from the Top of the World" yet so I can't think of a favourite song off the top of my head and "The Astonishing" is sort of a concept album with a story through the whole thing, musical themes for characters and all that sort of stuff so it's in a different category in my head than the "regular" albums. I don't think it was a bad album but I listened through it once or twice in it's entirety and not really to individual songs disconnected from the rest.

Great song and as always great reaction Tank 👍 Now I’m looking forward to see a reaction to The Halo Effects new video 😜😂

@mokuscsik

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, my popcorn is ready for the new HA video 👊🏼

this is The Alienation !1!1!1!1!1

New sub here. More dream theater please

Dream Theater is a very talented group of musicians, but they always wind up putting me to sleep.

There is no better way to react to it. 😁 In my opinion. Exactly to the point. Is that what you say in English? 😅 Thanks Tank.

Soulful solo…? Best of time maybe? 😊❤ Tnanks!

Sweet. Maybe they'll play this in a space-elevator someday. ••• Thanks! PEACE!!!

Let us appreciate the incredible drumming of Mike Mangini on this track. And if you really want to have your mind blown look up Mangini’s The Alien tour prep video on KZread where he plays this at 110% speed. 🤯

Listen to the guitar solo in "Breaking All Illussion" there you have an amazing John Petrucci solo

In 2016, I saw Dream Theater on The Astonishing tour. Before, I listened to their catalogue on my music app. I sat beside two people where were fans since their teens. Eventually, they involved me in a conversation. They moved away from me when I said I wasn't a fan, but wanted to give them a listen. Seeing them live did not convince me. I'm still not a fan. I'm 70 years old and I've been to a lot of concerts especially since I've been retired. I know what I like. And don't like.

Tank Brother if you Want SOULFUL solo from Jihn you HAVE to Truly.... HAVE to check out his Live At Luna Park Guitar solo. One of greatest solos I've Ever heard.

I really liked their debut album but this reminded me why I went off them. This left me cold, maybe it's because I'm not a musician.

I think the Grammy was a "We have to give them at least ONE TIME a Grammy.", instead from deserved for THIS Song particularly. For me, nearly any other (older) DT-Song would have been better suited for a Grammy, but hey - better ONE than NONE. 😜

@jasonhutcherson6224

2 жыл бұрын

Brother it was more like this Grammy board...... OK guys We've missed these guys Last Decade or better. We Owe this to Them! And alien is a Very fitting candidate. Though So is 100 other DT songs. But I love Theater as I said started with 1st album o bought Systematic Chaos. If you forced yourself to listen to it. Hmm interesting. If you haven't checked out The Album.

@analogpark8059

2 жыл бұрын

Same- this def felt almost like a really understated 'lifetime achievement' type of award. So much better stuff from earlier on.

My man Tank, I know there are ways how to recommend song but Bodysnatcher dropped new song, behind the crowd and is banger, headbanging to it for last two days, so if you get chance check it out.

one subscribe more because you are honest.greetings from croatia

Great song. John Petrucci is incredible. Mancini a great drummer. I just prefer Portnoy. Try the song Terminal Velocity, Petrucci solo work last year with Portnoy. Constant Motion still a favorite Dream Theater song. Just me, DT was always Petrucci, Portnoy, Myung.

I was a huge Dream Theater fan in the 90s & 2000s. Kinda gotten away from them in the 2010s, tho I still bought the albums/went to shows. For my money, the British band Haken were/are more interesting, doing this same type of music, in the 2010s. Still, this new Dream Theater album is a banger if one is into this genre. Might be the best one they've done with Mangini on drums.

@RudyBleeker

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with that last sentence. Not looking for a Mangini vs Portnoy debate here, they're both phenomenal drummers, but for the first few albums with Mangini on drums it kinda felt like he had to find his footing with the band. Only with their previous album Distance Over Time and now this one do I feel the drumming is once again a big part of the composition and feel of the songs.

please do a reaction to the title track A View From the top of the World. In my opinion this whole album is a masterpiece

Nice LTD 5 string sir

@TankTheTech

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Interesting to hear you reminisce about the band as that sounded just like me, around Train of Thought they were probably my favourite band but I hated Octavarium and have since fallen out of love of the band, at least their more modern stuff. For me that was a well executed track, and probably one of Petrucci's better solos as it felt like its telling it's own story and not just aimless shredding which he can be accused of on occasion, but doesn't offer anything new that I haven't heard from them in the last 30 years. In fact parts of this song are lifted wholesale from earlier tracks, particularly Metropolis Part 1, as demonstrated by Becoming the Knight in his review of this song, which explains why I find so much of their more recent materiel so uninspired and overly familier.

The video Makes me want to play No Man's Sky.

I agrre that the mixing, tone, and guita/bass sound all sounds great, and you can put this song in the catagory, for well produced songs, still its not the song i will listen to, with my headphones on, going down the street.. the guitar solo´s do feel to me they are just 10 secs to long, and yes overall great song, just not one i will listen to every week, still respect for the production of it.

React to Immortal Disfigurement - Dragged Through the Inferno

I’ll get flamed for this but I just don’t feel this album (as well as the astonishing). Most of this album sounds like rehashed sounds from albums line systematic chaos, black clouds and even the DT album. I’m not talking about pre or post portnoy albums as I enjoy both. I just find the last couple of albums from them are about how many notes to fill in a song and they have not progressed as a band. Their sound stays the same and sometimes goes back to old days. I love it when bands throw us a curveball and DT hasn’t in a long time. I do love the mix and in this and their live release we can finally hear the bass! My son plays bass and he was commenting on how insane sone of the bass lines are.

I was also big into DT while I was in high school. (Hilariously, I found them through an anime special. Someone who worked on the dub must’ve been a fan because they replaced all the original music with songs from Scenes From a Memory.) I lost interest after Octavarium. Tried a few songs in the years since, and they just didn’t do it for me. Unfortunately, this didn’t do anything for me either. It was too technical. Their old stuff could be like that too, but at least there was some kind of hook. With this, I kept waiting to be drawn in, and it never happened.