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"Hi I'm John Petrucci and this is why you suck at guitar."

In my opinion the live in budokan concert was DT's best live performance.

so technical dream theater yes!!!!! so heavy!!!! power!!!!

I've never understood the hype surrounding Dream Theater. After watching this video, I get it. Just bought this album. Can't wait to hear more.

The way they pick up back to the original song, the sync between these Gods is beyond this life... oh c:

That keyboard solo at 8:35 does not get anough recognition. Its as far away from diatonic as possible but still so well melodically built that I can sing along to it after years of not hearing it.

You're looking at the most incredible guitar player in the world.

Rudess and Portnoy make the most epic duo!

17:23 The buildup leading back to the original song was fucking orgasmic!

James LaBrie is the most Canadian frontman - that politeness, that up-beaty attitude. Man, It's brilliant.

No matter how many times I watched this, their solos still blew my mind the 879th times !

16:51 I love how John and John are just standing there watching Mike and Jordan Kicking ass.

People can enjoy listening to their 2-and-a-half minute songs on the radio all they want. As for me, I'll take true musicianship any day.

It may not be a popular one but this rendition of this song is what I come back to most often when I want to listen to Dream Theater

The crazy drummer, the wizard pianist, the master guitarist, the introverted basist and the emotional singer sounds like Dream Theater to me ! :D (This is my favorite show of them)

this is actually not DT playing, these are guys beeing controlled by the souls of gods from beyond this universe sending us a message through them

THIS, THIS is Dream Theater, not a boring 30 song album

Rudess looked like he was having the best day of his life up there. My favorite keyboard player right there.

This is why Dream Theater is the best band of all time

if I had a time machine I think the first thing I would do is see DT live at Budokan. "we have one hell of a show coming at you this evening" was a massive understatement!!!!

Mikes back!!! And first thing I did was put watch this and all my favorite tunes by DT… i cannot wait til they release a new album with him

The very definition of chemistry. Amazing.

I wish I wasn't a toddler during this tour. I went to the astonishing tour. Hopefully thier next album will be epic and heavy like this one.

I love how all the different band members get their chance to show off. Even the bassist had his own little moment at 9:20 without even doing a solo. Whole performance is just incredibly magnificent!!

Fortunately, this will be here forever. ❤

Portnoy smashing on drums, jordan rudess with his best keyboard k2600, labrie singing well! GOOD OLD TIMES!

18:04 even after hundred times I heard this song, still my goosebumps moment!

Jordan is a beast !

6:25 Jordan warming up his fingers

16:18 love the one note Myung throws in there, wonder if that was some kinda signal for them to wrap it up

I love the image of John and John standing off to the side watching Jordan and Mike going nuts figuring out when to come in again

their fingers hypnotized me during the video. this cannot be a humanwork :)

The next twenty minutes of music you're about to (hopefully) hear is why DT is the best band to ever exist!!!

Recently, I gave DT a spin in my car for the first time (I figured traffic would be the perfect time to listen) of Metropolis Pt. 2. Blown away by all, of it, particularly by this song. Came to this video, expecting the album length live video, not twenty minutes. Well ok, it's 1:00 am, I'm not tired, I'll give it a whirl, whatever. But holy shit, I blinked and it was over. It was like driving to a place and forgetting how you arrived there - absolutely mesmerizing and impossible to divert attention to anything else - the music and masterful musicianship reels you in completely. Trying to figure out which album I should listen to next...

the unison is so good. so so good.

17:34 I saw what you did Mike! :P How awesome that these guys include Mr Zappa doing that dingo wingo thing his hand in that precise crazy melody. No but seriously, how beautiful that they did so in this precise tune 'beyond this life'.

13:40 observe John's right hand 😂

I generally have a pretty strong dislike for live tracks from any artist, but this is one of those truly rare gems that shines so bright despite the difference in quality from a normal studio-recorded track. I find myself coming back to it ever so often because that jam section is just so good.

Love how they show frank zappa at 17:30 because that's where they inspired themselves to do this part. legends!!!

i bought budokan like a year ago, not really listening to any of their live albums before, but i already knew all of their discography, anyway, i came back home after buying the cd and put it in my car, i got to beyond this life (track num 3), i love this song so the experience was very nice, i got home and parked my car exactly when the improvised section started, i didnt know about it, i looked at the time left on this 12 minute song, i had like 10 more minutes, ok. so yeah, i stayed in the car till the very end, when they got back to the song melody i smiled so wide and my heart felt open, those are the small moments in dream theater and in music generally that makes me be grateful for being able to experience music and art. it's a gift.

One of my favourite DT songs, when they go full on 'metal mode', they become one of the most technical Metal bands in the world.

This is hands down my favourite composition of all time. Nothing comes close. Every time I listen to it, I wonder how could one possibly compose such out of this world piece of music. It defied my notion of what music itself is. The guitar solo by Petrucci, the jamming between Rudess and Portnoy, and the way they get back to the song is nothing less than magic. What “magicians” do on TV is child’s play. (Myung, I love you too!) I envy the people who witnessed this live.

portnoy x jordan part is the best

This performance is just some of the most impressive live music I’ve ever heard in my life. I wish they would take more time to show off like this at newer shows. Lol

Saw DT on the DOT tour and Portnoy with Sons of Apollo, but seeing them together is what I want more than anything 😢

Sabe aquele momento em que todos os músicos...em todas sua integralidade física e espiritual estão em sintonia? Taí... momento histórico do Prog mundial!!!

I didnt know Heisenberg could play the keyboard so well

I can't believe this, a master piece of concert, i love this band

16:52 john petrucci and myung: what the hell we r doing here

When this DVD came out, I sent it to 5 of my friends who weren’t really familiar with Dream Theater. They are now!!!

When this DVD came out watched it on my laptop and I told my Parents one more song before bed.... they fell asleep before the song was over FTW!

I know they are here to play music and it's not a catwalk, but John Petrucci looked the best this weight/hair style. Slick Rick shredding it up.

that Zappa section.. OMG. even though I am fan of the straight to the point 2000 metropolis version.

I want all of you, who didn't see it live, to be jealous ! I was there, Nov. 2002, Düsseldorf, an evening with Dream Theater, incl this , the complete Six Degrees 46 minutes song and on top of that as encore : Hallowed be thy name .... best DT concert ever (out of 17 I've seen)

16:50 Petrucci: omg, they both are sick Myung: hmm ...

Incrível como a música começa animada e prossegue com um show de instrumental e termina com uma melodia maravilhosa 💙 DreamTheater é surreal, sem palavras, apenas aprecie os melhores do mundo

The Zappa part... Can't get tired of that

This is really the best song they could have possibly have thrown in a long jam section like this into - so many of the riffs are already just so feel good and light hearted, even considering the lyrics of the song. A live performance for the ages.

Hands down one of the best live preformences in the world.

HOLY SHIT!!!!!! this is fucking beyond perfection, just amazing

This is beyond amazing! Thank you for putting this up!

6 dislikes ? what the hell, this is masterpiece dude, come on

Only 450k views, the rest of the world is missing out, this is legendary performance.

Best DT jam ever! The way it comes back to the track so seamless

I love James labrie. He's fucking amazing

Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater is probably more metal than you using only the ''Doo'' setting on his keyboard.

Literally best show i've ever seen. Thank you guys ❤

Now that's how to improvise.Seriously what the hell is that?Beyond(!) Petrucci's guitar solo,Rudess definetly did an insurmantable job....

thank you! been trying to find an HD video of this song live

9:15 is where it's at folks. What an incredible instrumental display here.

Thank you for posting this vid!

Trunks..stay back 0:13

Спасибо за видео. Love it So much.

It is heart warming to still be able to listen to this version of Beyond this Life after listening to the Distant Memories train wreck

essa performace deveria ser considerada um patrimônio mundial do Rock

NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.....PERFECT

Dream Theater is an awesome American Progressive Metal Band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of all their studies to form the band that would become Dream Theater. There have been numberous line-up changes, but the originals always remain together like this cool song “Beyond This Life,” from the album ‘Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory’ released 26 October 1999 on Elektra Records, produced by Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci. The Band Members of Dream Theater in 1999 were: James LaBrie- Lead Vocalist, John Petrucci- Guitarist & Background Vocals & Programming(track 7) & Production, Jordan Rudess- Keyboardist & Choir Arrangement & Conducting, John Myung- Bassist, Mike Portnoy- Drums & Background Vocals & Production, Guests: Theresa Thomason- Additional Vocals(tracks 7, 11), Production: Doug Oberkircher- Sound Engineering, Brain Quackenbush- Assistant Engineering, Michael Bates- Assitant Engineering, Terry Brown- Vocals Co-Production, Kevin Shirley- Mixing Engineering (tracks 2-8,11), Rory Romano- Mixing Engineering Assistance(tracks 2-8,11), David Bottrill- Mixing Engineering(tracks 1, 9, 10, 12), George Marino- Mastering Engineering, Eugene Nastasi- Mastering Engineering. Dream Theater has been rocking out new kinds of Progressive Metal for many years and they have been kicking everyone’s butts! They are the most talented musicians on the planet and keep on rockin’ it!! I love them! They are so ethereal! They blow my mind with every song and every performance! ROCK!🤘🏻🎸 🤘🏻❤️🎸💋-Moderator-💋🎸❤️🤘🏻

thank you for uploading!

unbelievable performance! No words to describe it.

19 minutos de locura total. solo para oídos exigentes. Esto es de lo mejor

at first I thought that this band was overrated for a long time! listening and watching this crazy ass song and see them suddenly play those million notes per minute so tight shows how monster talented these guys are!

спасибо огромное) полная версия, да еще и в эйчди.

Thank you whom ever you are, you deserve a sub!!

0:35 - this sort of single-note playing by Petrucci on this album was a revelation - suddenly a guitarist in a band isn't playing just chords, he's playing single-note riffs that outline chord changes and harmonizing vocal lines, the whole Metropolis Part 2 album is full of that style of playing, quite unique for my ears at the time.

An amazing f*cking solo! They all are masters!

Absolute masterpiece of a band on its peak.

This performance is so mesmerizing

Who else love this "do-doos", that Jordan uses in this song?

Such a fun one. Love the improv breakdown.

I'm so glad the band's back together!

Oh my...... that my have been the best thing I have ever seen

일년에 한번이상은 꼭 보러오게되네 이거

that synchronized piano & guitar is unbelievable at 18:13, & then of course labrie has to come and shit on the party at 18:24

my favorite song EVER!!!!!!!

This is the best of the best beyond this life version in my life with no doubt

SO freaking good!

Very good, wonderful music

Beyawnd this life

Best 20 minutes of my youtube's life