Glad you're diggin the DT Slow Burn and THANK YOU ALL for the heads-up on the correction on keyboard players. AWWWRIGHT!!

Blind Faith is a dark horse for best DT song of all time. Solo section is absolutely unreal.

James LaBrie on Images and Words...a legendary voice.

Images and Words is a perfect album.

I’m also really happy Blind Faith made it through - very underrated track. The start of the guitar solo makes me smile every time 🥲

Kevin Moore is the Keyboardist on Images and Words and Awake, he comes up with some amazing stuff. Wait for Sleep being a keyboard driven ballad that's one of the most beautiful little songs ever made...and of course the unique gem that is Space Dye Vest

If you liked "This Dying Soul", that track is actually one track in a larger group of tracks known as the "Twelve Step Suite", named so because the lyrics detail Portnoy going through a bout of alcoholism and subsequent recovery during those years. All the songs have recurring riffs, themes, and compositions that I think you'd really love to dive into. The tracks (in order) are as follows: "The Mirror" (kind of a prelude or prologue to the suite) "The Glass Prison" "This Dying Soul" "The Root of All Evil" "Repentance" "The Shattered Fortress"

Thank you PATREON for picking Blind Faith, best unison run in DT history

DTs album "awake" is often overlooked in my opinion and it contains some of the best DT tracks (personal opinion)

Yes! Easily in my top 10 favorite bands, and I've heard a lot of music in my life. Sometimes DT can get a little redundant, but only because they've been going for so long, making so many long songs exploring all manner of their craft. I'll never forget hearing Panic Attack for the first time. It was so heavy, so frantic, a headbanger that sent me into a world of spiraling sensation. My ears felt pure pleasure, but my heart felt every cord and lyric. I've had plenty of panic attacks in my life. I'd never felt so in tune with that sensation, yet in a safe place. Like a rollercoaster you know won't hurt you, but your body still reacts. Little did I know what was ahead of me. Octavarium blew me away. Nothing I'd heard (at the time) sounded like that song. It was operatic in scope and filled with musical creativity that caught up with me over many listens. And then.... there was Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence. There are no words I know to explain what it is like to be someone with mental health issues, to find an album that gives you flashbacks into your life again and again. Despite it's long winded opening (which does come around nicely at the end I'll admit), every song puts you in a place only some can understand fully. When I heard "The Test That Stumped Them All" I was suddenly back in the mental hospital, kept away in a drab room far from my family. More alone than I'd ever been taking so many pills it was sickening to the stomach. (Happy Ending, i recovered.) Solitary Shell.... I weep every time. I did not have the same experience as the boy in the song, but Autism is not the same in everyone. Despite a diffirent experience.... every beat told me the same story I had come to know all too well. Feeling withdrawn, held in, seperated and alone in your own time. You want to reach out but as time goes on you stop trying. If the lonliness and overwhelming seperation push you in enough, you become a black hole. Sometimes it turns to rage, you feel like a burden to those around you when you can't understand something, or have to be reminded of things everyone else seems to understand automaticly. I love this band so much. They probably changed my life. I cannot tell you the amount of times I have gone walking late at night looking up at the stars listening to The Count of Tuscany, or the entire A change of Seasons album. I cannot tell you the time I have wept to Goodnight Kiss or headbanged till I was sore to The Dark Eternal Night. Thank you so much, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, James Labrie, John Myung, Mike Mangini, Jordan Rudess! And thank you, you blessed Decomposer. I love your reactions. Edit: Also, I'm still here.

The Outcry always gives me goosebumps

Pull Me Under ends like that to reflect the sudden nature of death. and Take the Time is so fun and uplifting, I can't help but want to move and sing along.

Now you gotta check out Metropolis part 2 scenes from a memory the whole concept album by Dream Theater. Masterpiece at its best.

I've been a huge DT fan for 30 + years and never get tired of listening to them. Best band live you'll ever experience. That snare drum in Blind Faith is sick.

What really blows my mind is HOW DO THEY REMEMBER IT ALL!! Good God... And I've been listening to them since their first album in 1989.

One can not forget that outrcy middle section... it was pretty much my introduction to this band as a teenage boy - blew my head off pretty much

Images & Words and Awake are two of my favourite DT albums, which happen to have Kevin Moore as the keyboardist in them. Moore also has two more bands which are quite rad: OSI (suggested songs: False Start, Radiologue, Free, Go...) and Chroma Key (suggested songs: On the Page, Undertow, Colorblind). You might like it :) glad as always to see content from you!

Damn what a selection. I saw Six Degrees in the thumbnail and thought "could it possibly be Blind Faith?". Easily one of their most underrated songs. It usually goes unmentioned, and yet it's one of their best pieces. PD: It'll get mention eleven hundred times, but the keyboardist on Images and Words was Kevin Moore. Jordan didn't join until the album Metropolis. PD2: For an amazing solo by John and one of their great songs: Lines in the Sand. Easily one of the best solos he's ever done, which is saying something.

Can’t wait until you react to Octavarium, Black Clouds and Silver Linings, and more stuff off of Train of Thought. Can’t ever get enough of DT and their awesome work.

God, "This Dying Soul" is easily my favorite track by DT, happy to see you reacting to this one! That breakdown at 52:34 is INSANE! always gets me right in the balls!

Jordan Rudess was "let loose" on the "Six Degree of Inner Turbulence" album according to Mike Portnoy. They held him back on the previous album on purpose (for a good reason). Songs from the 6DoIT album like "Blind Faith" are still today just hard to beat in terms of musicianship! As good as Blind Faith is, "The Great Debate" is my personal fave when it comes to ranking the best guitar & key chops. As for "This Dying Soul" (your reaction to the outro was FUNNY as HELL! lmfao! I love it!) is a part of a greater whole suite of songs spanning multiple albums about addiction and the AA steps in short. Train of Thought to this day is still their heaviest album in my opinion and MY personal fave of theirs. I saw them in 2004 play the entire album start to finish in Manchester, UK and they've not done that since, it was an EXPERIENCE I'll never forget!

The instrumental section of Blind Faith is one of the most batshit crazy things they have ever done.

30 years since the 1st OSI, it's fun to hear that Take The Time solo from Kevin Moore, but surreal to remember him as the young man that would actually want to play that way.

You have to do octavarium. The epic of all epics

Kevin Moore îs the keyboard player. Respect!

Outcry is INCREDIBLE. One of my favorites.

Ya know Geebz, these slowburns are most excellent. In a world of 1 minute sound bytes, the 1hr+ videos have my attention all the way thru. Between you, Daily Doug, Rick Beato and The Charismatic Voice, my entertainment/educational needs are met. I wish Kevin Moore would have stayed with them, he was the perfect metal keyboardist! Thanks Geebz!

Sometimes I forget just how much I absolutely adore this band

i highly suggest checking out their most underrated instrumental song ever called 'Stream of Consciousness'. it's a perfect balance between digestibility and craziness. you'll like it

Whoever is handling your song suggestions deserves a prize. Blind Faith and Outcry are such hidden gems!

"This Dying Soul" is peak Portnoy. It is also song 2 (steps IV n V) of a larger composition, Twelve-Step Suite, which were all written by Portnoy, spanning 5 albums. They reflect his struggles with alcoholism and the 12-step process to overcome it. It's some of the most powerful material in all of DTs catalog

Geebz!!! As a fan of DT since high school, this was a fantastic video with excellent song choices. The album Metropolis Pt. 2 was my introduction to them and Mike Portnoy is one my major drum heroes, but more so it is regarded as one of the best concept albums since The Wall. If you have an hour of free time and are in the mood for more DT, check it out; you won’t be disappointed.

“It’s of Dream Theater, as you can see; that’s why you clicked on the video” Correct, sir

Six degrees is a Masterpiece!!! Probably my favorite and favorite tour…saw them live in Phoenix and followed them to Hollywood Greek Theater! Got to see Dug Pinnick sing Lines in the Sand,like he did on the studio version!! KingsX opened to my surprise!!!! Probably the greatest concert I ever experienced❤🤘

As a composer/music teacher, it's fun watching your reaction to DT. I find my non-musician friends are much less appreciative of them, but insane when you understand the music theory behind it. Even more fun when they are one of your favorite bands. Great song selection, thanks for featuring these! :D

Man the first time they broke it down and went “close your eyes, and feel the water rise around me” it completely blew me away… didn’t know I was ready to be washed away and it was NICE!

I will forever treasure the terms ”funk twerkin’us” and ”heady shiet” as a review for Dream Theater just absolutely brilliant!

Take the time was the very first song that welcomed me to the mighty Dream Theater

haha loved the metallica comment. maaaan, i would love to see you react to more of that snarky puppy concert "we like it here". also, maybe a day designated to showing us some of your favorite stuff. we like to find new music too ;)

Train of Thought is their heaviest album, you got that right. It was also my first album and As I Am is my favorite song. I jumped on my seat when I saw the video thumbnail, you're listening to my favorite band! Laughed at the Metallica bass part haha

A few interesting notes: - The keyboardist on the first two tracks is Kevin Moore, their original keyboardist who played on their first three albums. Derek Sherinian then played on one album before Jordan Rudess permanently took over. - Pull Me Under is a great track, though not one I think most fans would have ever considered to be one of their more notable ones if not for the fact that it was probably a lot of people’s introduction to the band, as it’s literally the only hit radio single they ever had in their nearly 40 year career. There actually was some pressure on the band at the time to play the industry game a bit and try to have at least one track break through, which it did, but eventually they got so disillusioned with the process that they swore off ever trying to do it again. And no, it doesn’t lead into another song, it just kinda ends abruptly like that, lol. Same with This Dying Soul. - Most people won’t notice or care since it’s not at all uncommon in music in general, but Images and Words (first two tracks) is the only album Mike Portnoy used triggered drums on at the insistence of their producer at the time. Mike is on record as hating the sound of his drums on that album now for that reason, and while I still think it’s one of their best records and love his playing on it, as a drummer myself I tend to agree. The snare sound especially lacks dynamic variety throughout so many of the tracks on it and it’s especially noticeable to me on rolls and fills where you get that excessive machine gun sound, which has absolutely nothing to do with his playing and everything to do with the fact that it’s triggered.

LaBrie one of the greatest vocalists EVER!

Geebz you had to hold your hat on for that Dying Soul breakdown lol

Man, I've watched a few reactions to Pull Me Under, but you're the only guy to notice that super complex solo in the verse. You owe it to society to decompose more of this band (also, thank you for the great analysis)!

Geebz my good Sir I'm loving this. I'm a huge DT fan and hearing your thoughts on these songs makes me really happy. Coffee ready, let's gooo! Love your work Sir! The solo section for Take the Time literally steals the air out of my lungs, that's how amazing it is!

Like others have pointed out, Kevin Moore played the keys on I&W. Nice to see Blind Faith here, very underrated song. 6 degrees of inner turbulence is imo one of Mike Portnoy's best performances and Blind Faith is a great example of why.

First of all thanks, I am so thrilled to have found this. I enjoy each of the DT keyboardist's but as you know now this is Kevin Moore, and DT and fans will forever be in debt to his contribution in the first two albums. Space-dye Vest from Awake and Wait for Sleep from IaW are some of my favorites.

Just best band ever. Ciao

I'm so excited to listen to this whole thing but I have to go to work. I just started Pull me under". I'm going to listen to the rest of this on the way home later on this afternoon. You are so in for a wild ride. I'm so pumped.

Great selection of songs. I've been a DT fan since 1996, although moved more to the Tool side since Portnoy left the band. I hope you'll do Change of Seasons one day, it's the first I've heard from DT and it has an imprinting effect on me

Blind Faith 🙌🏼 one of the most underrated, unique and awesome DT song

I love your Active Listening face lol

24:40 Nope, that's by design. The song is inspired by the story of _Hamlet_ (in fact the lyric being chanted there is "oh that ths too too solid flesh should melt") and like the Prince's life, it gets cut short early.

53:45 the passage you're talking about has always reminded me of Metallica actually, Blackened specifically the "Callous frigid chill, nothing left to kill · Never seen before, breathing nevermore. Neverrrrrr" part

I'd kill to see a Symphony X slow burn! You have reacted to mostly their heavier stuff thus far, so I'm sure you'd be pleasantly surprised by the variety in their discography as a whole!

So as you are seeing Geebz in the comments . . . *Kevin Moore* was the original Keyboardist, for their 1st "3" albums, their debut not many people mention because James LaBrie was not the original vocalist (that would be "Charlie Dominici", who was more of a _Steve Perry_ like vocalist) on "When Dream and Day Unite" (1989), which is still my 3rd favorite album from DT. And then their 2nd album "Images and Words", and "Awake", where Kevin left DT before the tour. As a friend said, he preferred Kevin because his Keyboards sounded like _Keyboards_ (patches) instead of trying to emulate a guitar. I don't mind Derek Sherinian (2nd keyboardist) or Jordan Rudess sounding like guitars at times - much like Jan Hammer before them, but Kevin was a totally different keyboardist, and could also contribute lyrics. He has TOTALLY gone into another direction, which is more alternative, piano driven, and sampling with a unique take on Progressive Rock (& Metal) with his own projects under his name, and *Chroma Key.* Including his other band *OSI,* with co-founder/Guitarist of (the 2nd Fathers of Prog Metal, next to Queensrÿche) *Fates Warning,* who are still creating albums, Bassist the late Sean Malone (Death, Cynic, Gordian Knot), Mike Portnoy on Drums (later replaced by Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree) and Moore on Keyboards, sampling and vocals (a very monotone voice, almost Steven Wilson-like, but more dry). Portnoy once described them as; "If Dream Theater met Radiohead". . . . . You may have to look into Moore's solo albums and OSI (heck, one of these days Fates Warning, and their sister band *Arch/Matheos* with _their_ original vocalist John Arch - as "Ray Alder" has been FW's current vocalist since 1988). If you are ever curious about Fates Warning and their history: kzfaq.info/sun/PL2DU3TBNutEdLLxfBF-5k3GgR0HKe6jmG - Awesome Reaction to one of my favorite Prog Metal bands.

This is a modern super band.. they have arguably the best guitarist, keyboards and bass player at the time with a really good drummer. The more I learn to play to guitar the more I realize john is insane…

About 53:20 min in that vocal cadance and end rhymes where he says: "Come to me my friend. I'll help this torture end. Let your ego go. You can't go through this alone. You'll find your peace of mind. You can no longer hide. Let humility. And become what you can be." Reminded me a lot of "Blackened" by Metallica. Replace the words with any of these: "Blackened is the end. Winter it will send. Throwing all you see. Into obscurity. Death of Mother Earth. Never a rebirth. Evolution's End. Never will it mend." Or... "Blistering of Earth. Terminate its worth. Deadly nicotine. Kills what might have been. Callous frigid chill. Nothing left to kill. Never seen before. Breathing nevermore." Or... "Smoldering decay. Take your breath away. Millions of our years. In minutes disappears. Darkening in vain. Decadence remains. All is said and done. Never is the sun."

I wish i had seen them back then in early 90's with prime LaBrie and his H-I-G-H notes. That must have been a blast for those attending their lives with the band and its youthful enthusiasm and thirst to conquer the world (which they did eventually)

Geebz!!!!! This is just what I need!! Cant wait to get home from work tonight, find the headphones and enjoy every second of this. Aloha

Dang, man, and you're *starting* with _Take The Time!_ This is gonna be a great long form, Geebz!

Mike Portnoy is the original drummer, all songs in your list are played by him except the last one. He was more than the drummer from Dream Theater. Also he produced most of their albums with John Petrucci and wrote a lot of the bands lyrics. He unfortunately left the band after 25 years in 2010. Since then Mike Mangini has taken the drum seat. Personally Mike Portnoy was a huge influence for me as a drummer. He always plays in a musical, song oriented way and brings in a lot of influences. One of the greats in my opinion.

Absolutely my favorite band of all time. I would love to see you react to Space Dye Vest. In my opinion, one of their more unique songs in their catalogue.

So fucking glad you chose these songs. No offence to people who like their new stuff, but in my opinion Dramatic Turn of Events was the last album they released that grabbed me at all. It’s nearly impossible to pick a best album, but Images and Words and Six Degrees are up there for sure!

I’m sure this goes without being said, but you MUST check out some Liquid Tension Experiment!! It’s all the members of DT (minus John Myung and James LaBrie) with Tony Levin (King Crimson) playing the Chapman Stick! They’re all instrumental and they crush DT if you’re not a huge fan of LaBrie’s voice, which I am not 😝 I do see you have one LTE track under your belt from about a year ago! Never a better time to dive back in 😊 The track Biaxident was always one of my favs!

Blind faith is sooo good

Geebz dropping two slow burns back to back! Let's go!

Six Degrees is Dream Theater’s best album in my opinion. You should check out the full album sometime.

I'm still here!

Haha Geebz, I was waiting for that sudden ending part at the end of the second song: Pull Me Under. Yes, the song actually ends like that because it's kinda linked to their one concept album for which they made a short "movie". In their one video the song ends abruptly to go with ther visual story in the video. Excellent video as usual, friend.😎

Take the Time is one of my all time favorites. The entire IaW album is the biggest reason I really started to take music more "seriously" and listening to new stuff. Edit. Oh, one important thing, this album had their original keyboard player Kevin Moore!

Someone might have pointed it out already but Pull Me Under was the closest Dream Theater ever had to a "radio hit", their best of collection is even called "Greatest Hit", in singular 😂 (..."and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs") Their vocalist James Labrie had an accident in 1995 after the recording of the Awake album that required vocal chord surgery, apparently the doctors didn't give him much of a chance to keep singing professionally but he was back in full force by the following year! He never was able to hit notes quite as high after that but he still retains that same amazing softness and clarity to his voice up till today, even though his performance on the latest DT album was almost like an afterthought... LaBrie's newest solo album Beautiful Shade of Grey is a banger though, mostly just regular old country-ish rock instead of the prog metal his solo project has been in the past, but still very good!

I've been a DT fan since Image and Words and I love how you can never nail down what direction they are headed. If you played every album from "When Day and Dream Unite" to "A Dramatic Turn Of Events" without vocals I believe you'd be hard pressed to tell it was the same band.

Good night …still here 🇦🇺😊

Spectacular! Great selection. They literally have the midas touch on anything they do. Thanks for sharing your appreciation for their diligent endeavors.

Train of Thought to this day is still my favorite DT album.

This Dying Soul ?! what a lovely surprise. underrated song

I'm still here!!! Great reaction!! I cant't wait for more DT songs to come... Greetings from Spain!

I'm still here. I love Dream Theater!! Saw them in Royal Oak, Michigan quite a few years back. The show was as epic as you would expect. The CG artwork and visuals that played on the screen behind them were designed and animated by the band. Such talent all around with these guys.

"it's heady shit" hammer meets nail head. love ya man!

Thanks for this man. I would love a episode like that with Angra and Symphony X.

When "Image and Words" came out, my first Dream Theater cd that I won from a friend, I had to listen at least 3 times so I started to like and love.

Blind Faith's drums is the lead star in my opinion. From start to finish, Portnoy is pouring his groove/syncopated beats.

About Blind Faith.. It's interesting how you see how Jordan sew this together. The song I recommended on the pinned comment, Line in the Sand, has a lot to do with Derek's style.

One more track you should definitely check out on the Images and Words album is Under a Glass Moon. I'll let others chime in as to whether it is worthy of a full reaction or just something you should listen to at your leisure, but either way, you should hear it, if just for the guitar solo. Petrucci puts on an absolute clinic of 90's metal guitar techniques that is just amazing. I think you'll really enjoy it.

The Charismatic Voice did a video with James LaBrie about his vocals. You should check it out!

DT short song slow burn: Another Day Wait For Sleep 6:00 Innocence Faded Lie The Spirit Carries On Vacant I Walk Beside You

Hey mate...been awhile, I have been very busy but DT got my attention

I don't remember if you ever listened to a Liquid Tension Experiment track, but I highly suggest 'When The Water Breaks'. LTE is a side project with mostly DT members and Tony Levin. Also, LTE was how Jorden Rudess got in Dream Theater in the first place!

Hope to see you do Octavarium by Dream Theater at some point. one of their best tracks, period.

I’m still here.

In 1992 my good friend told me about Dream Theater and I went and bought the album and fell in love with DT. Every single album they just make me love them more and more. The latest album they recorded it in there own studio. It’s one of my favorites!!! Whenever you do another Dream Theater reaction do just one song but one song that’s more than 20+. The latest album as one song that’s 20:28 (A View From The Top Of The World). Songs DT has are A Change Of Seasons, Illumination Theory, In The Presence Of Enemies: The Heretic And The Dark Master. Several to choose from my friend. Magnificent job breaking down each part in each song. 😊😊😊

Maybe I missed it, but nobody suggested Ayreon to explore? As a composer you should. Especially if you like Dream Theater. A good begin would be The day the world breaks down

Kevin Moore is the original keyboard player on Images and Words and Awake. My favorite even though I like Jordan too.

I’m still here, buddy😊👍🏽

Blind Faith. Mike Portnoy, ladies and gentlemen. That's a high work rate. I mean, they are all epic players, but I miss Mike. His punctuation was and is astonishing. This album, Six Degrees, is a high water mark. Glass Prison. 'Nuff said.

Great songs! Also check out the "dance of eternity", "change of seasons", "beyond this life", "the mirror", "as I am", "on the back of angels", :D

you've yet to hear Derek Sherinian on keys. I highly highly urge you to do Hell's Kitchen + Lines in the Sand. it's a bit of a grower but what an amazing piece of music that combo is.

Pull Me under was the only real radio friendly track they had, you definitely picked up on that. They are amazing, many of the other comments are pointing you in the right direction if you want to check out more of their stuff. You won’t regret it.

Oh man I remember they couldn't beat that Six Degrees T shirt off me in 02/03 ... All day !