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17:33 John Petrucci made Chainbrain bust, spread the word

This song has an absurd amount of backstory, its like a music theory nerd's wet dream lol -This is from their 8th studio album (and they had 5 live albums at the time) = 13 notes in a scale -It was written in 5 parts (circle of 5ths) -This album has 8 songs (8 notes to an octave) -Each song on the album is written in an ascending key (first song starts in F, next in G, etc, to Octavarium in F an octave higher than the first track) -Part one is said to refer to how Petrucci grew his music career, originally looking up to his idols but not wanting to emulate/rip off then, but realizing later that he just wanted to write prog all along. Abstractly, it introduces the "full circle" theme of the song ("The story ends where it began"). -Part two doesn't directly relate anything concrete but persists the full circle theme -Part three was written by the drummer (Mike Portnoy at the time) and is an ode to all his influences over the years. The lyrics are mainly a gigantic running portmanteau linking various influences ranging from songs to bands to movies. Really neat to pick out all the references if you ever get a look at the lyrics. -Part four is titled "Intervals," there are 8 sections. Each section is a reference to a song on the album (in order) and has a hard-to-hear clip of the song playing in the background behind the lyrics. The final section refers to the current song, and "Trapped inside this Octavarium" are the lyrics summarizing the entire part -Part five is the grand finale, the capstone of the entire album. The 5th section of the 8th song, written mainly in 5:8 time. Reinforces the full circle theme by playing the same melody from the first section, and ends on the same note the song began (some editions have the intro to the first song of the album as a fadeout)

I remember my friend saying "Oh hey, we're trying to get Octavarium played" and then it happened, and I tuned in and watched. It was magical

>sightread >Never heard before Welcome to the thunderdome

I almost died of laughter from the part starting at 16:55, I was waiting for that section to start with so much anticipation

The end of that solo never fails to give me the biggest of goosebumps holy shit

Chainbrain at the start: Dream Theatre isn't that prog. Chainbrain 16 minutes later: HELP IM GONNA BUST

The Glass Prison is a good one. That's the song that hooked me on them. The Count of Tuscany is also good. There are some others, but those are the two i think of right now

Dream Theater - Octavarium, It's just about space or some shit.

If you want more really challenging solos, definitely give the songs from Train of Thought a shot, most notably "Stream of Consciousness" and "In the Name of God". Don't know if it's charted but another DT song that would be cool to see is "Blind Faith"; John Petrucci once regarded the unison solo in that song as the hardest DT solo for him to play.

That big chungus was perfectly timed lol

You're a beast for sight reading this as well as you did 👍🏿

4:57 G sus, amogus reference

How have I not seen this one before?!

Other good DT songs for playing (imo) Glass Prison Afterlife Root of All Evil Panic Attack Fall into the Light Dark Eternal Night The Enemy Inside

At 17 minutes, it turns into scale exercises from hell.

Dope to see this in my recommended feed, havent watched your stream in about 2 years so glad to see your still at it!

i was not nerding out during this. nope. So happy to see you experience this for the first time.

My Favourite Dream Theater song :)

He gased out at 17:43 and still managed to get 91% Wow

I was in stream when chat was pressuring you, you madman actually did it

bruh very good job, it's a 20 min song plus all the fast parts, you did awesome!

absolutely lost it at the moment at 17:30, that was raw emotion on screen

Man now I reaaally want to see you do Breaking all illusions, trust me you'll like it, the solo is so crazy good... Imo Petrucci's best

Yes it's charted on bass and it's just as fun to play as it is to listen to that bass line. And actually the song isn't too complicated other than a couple parts.

The octagonal prophecy

Awesome!

Wtf the big chungus thing fit perfectly

How you just cut off mid (chain)brain fart at the end is my favorite part of this video

Wooo! The magical song!

Dude, that 17 min section was fire

Bro how can you be a metal fan and never have listen to any of Dream Theater they are one of the greatest bands ever. And Octavarium is one of the greatest songs they have ever written it is beyond a masterpiece it just shows their level of musicianship that no one will ever be able to live up too.

He sweeps so gently

Omg the big chungus fit so fucking well

RIP fish.

Well that was a long and weird ride, I feel like I am on drugs lol

This, to me, is the greatest song ever made. The big chungus part makes it even better than the best song ever.

My iq has been increased about 0.001 after listen this song

See you play this definitely surprised me, but it at least gives me hope that we’ll get some more 20+ epics like Pink Floyd’s Echoes or Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-9)

17:30 NO CHAINBRAIN DON'T FUCK THE OCTAVARIUM

He did it guys , he did it , RESPECT

tbh i only ever find twitch notifs annoying if im trying to play along with the video and the notif is loud, but i barely have problems with that

I already expecting him to melt during Full Circle

Was there the CDLC called "State Lines" By Novo Amor? I would love to listen to you play the song. :)

Is the new version of rocksmith going to do something about some of the horrendous chord detection? I can't be the only one who's noticed this.

F for Tangerine

"I'm gonna bust"

Best Album by Dream theater hands down

"i'm gonna fuckin bust!"

Rip tangerine 🤘

“dream theater isn’t that prog” haahahahahaha

Play The Root of All Evil

Oooooooooo mg

I'm curious, why do you choose that guitar over your others when playing rocksmith?

F Tangerine

I played this song for a girl I like It worked

16:14 16:53 enjoy

Some dream theater's song are too long for playing but I like to play their songs

Yay! Not A7X

Play Warrior from Disturbed 🙏💪🔥

who’s don’t like new dream theater album?

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I never really got the love for this song. This is the worst 20+ min song they’ve done lol