This is from a 70 yr old lady. That was beautiful. Never heard of Dream Theater or experienced it. At first I didnt like the heavy metal part but after hearing it all ,it all fits. The tranqil part and orchestra part was very deep and visual. The comments were all great testimony to this music. I'd like to hear more. Thanks.
You are fantastic Patricia!!!! Thank you for saying something of real value. Very inspiring!!!! Good on you for stretching your boundaries a bit. It may be interesting to learn that our very first videos on this channel were reacting to DT’s new album. Search Kel n rich Dream Theater At Wit’s End, Barstool Warrior, S2N Pale Blue Dot. You’ll see us before we actually had a channel but quickly led to one. Enjoy going down this rabbit hole with us! Much love, Kel-n-Rich
@@b.baklandsky556 been listening to bands I used to listen to while on a road trip to pick up supplies driving from Seward to Anchorage in the 80s ELO Alan Parsons Journey IN THE AIR TONIGT(who does that one? Phil Collins? It was close to 200 mile trip to buy groceries.jorbee1st@gmail
Dream Theater is always an emotional rollercoaster. Their music has and always will be the soundtrack to my life. I've been listening to them since I was 20 back in 1993. Everytime I hear their music it's like the first time. They speak to my soul musically and lyrically.
@@fabiochristoforo I've seen them about 15 times and met them twice. I'm gonna see them again in Austin TX and meet them a third time. Nothing comes close to their musical genius and inspiration.
Thank you for finally getting to this. I knew this one might get a tear or two out of Kel. One of the reasons i watch this channel is to see, hear and feel the music with you two. Sometimes the music of Dream Theater can bring life into perspective and make you think deeper about life. Bring about an appreciation for it and better understanding. At least for me.
"To really feel the joy in life you must suffer through the pain".. Is how they write music. The contrast between the tone of the music flipping from uncomfortable only to flip into extremely melodic increases the intensity and emotion of the melodic parts. Its all about contrast. Light looks brightest next to darkness. Love this song and your reaction
So, what exactly is it that makes us watch these First Reaction videos, anyway? Why is it that I've heard this particular song 50 plus times and listening to it just one more time while watching You listen for the very first time brings me to the same pile of tears that it did when I first heard it? There's a very intrinsic human value realized when somehow living again the very first time you hear a beautiful piece of music through watching your best friend (or, in this case a "perfect stranger") go through the same emotions, even if their reason for reacting the way they do is entirely different than yours. It's the quintessential point of validation but also a form of unity has been established through sheer emotion. This is the reason that music is the universal language. When Kel broke down in the middle and at the end of this song, I just felt an immediate thought of "don't worry, dear- we will all protect you" (as the rain started to fall on my shirt). Your breakdown broke me, again and I freaking knew the storm was coming but I couldn't bring my finger to press the pause/stop button. I didn't WANT it to not come. I was hoping for it, like a drug, to feel again the same way I did when I first heard it- before I became gradually desensitized to it through many, many plays. I still get anxiety when turning people on to stuff for the very first time. I think, for me it's the validation and also my wantonness to take someone to a place they've never been before and to never forget it. I want to pass those feelings on to the person THEY turn the music on to. This, somehow allows me to (in a way) live on past my single first experience to a place where I can, by proxy, possibly change people's lives that I have never, and will never meet. I've seen hundreds of Reaction Videos by countless people. They've all done what they've done for various reasons and most of them were not quite suited to be doing this new thing. For some reason the camera conveys your naked honesty and passion to my monitor with utmost precision. In my book, in the world of Reaction Videos, You are the King and Queen. Please, take care of yourselves and know that you are cared for.
That's one of the most thoughtful TH-cam comments I've ever seen. Well stated. I absolutely relate to that feeling of "Will they like it?" especially if it took me a while to like it. And if they don't, I think that they're missing out on so much, even though they probably feel the same way about something else that isn't to my liking.
I get it, OK! Not one of the best bands EVER!!! Just look at their radio air time!?!? ENOUGH!!! GET BACK TO THE ALL TIME GREATS!!! ...and listen to them in your spare time.
Sometimes the emotional roller coaster of a Dream Theater song can be excruciatingly wonderful. I cried w you like it was the first time I heard this piece. Thank you. Peace and Love.
It is almost impossible NOT to be moved by the majesty and beauty of some of Dream Theater's music. I don't know how anyone can say that they don't play with feeling. When you listen to this you can see the love and soul that they have put behind every note. I can't wait to see them again in April!
Love the shirt! The Astonishing is full of emotional moments. Both my parents passed away in February of last year about 12 hours apart. The astonishing keeps their memories alive, as I listened to that album for about three years and it reminds me so much of them. Truly special!
@@Kel.N.RichReactions glad I found a real reaction channel ... Even i cried with you when you reacted to illumination theory and through the fire and flames .... May all your sorrow be washed away ... Love you guys ☺️
This is the best dream theater song. Orchestral part is really amazing, the best contemporary orchestral section I’ve heard in the last years. Makes me cry.
Kel I was crying right along with you. This message hit me like a ton of bricks as well. I don’t hold anything back with what I’m feeling and neither should you or anybody else. It’s a beautiful thing. I am so glad I found you guys. Dream Theater has become my favorite band and I know it’s becoming yours too and I can’t wait to experience the rest of it with you guys
This was a really touching reaction from you guys. Dream Theater are one of very few bands that have songs that can bring me to tears on occasion. Great video once again.
Illumination Theory is one of the very best songs ever, and through the last part and the solo Im droping tears too. And watch the live version from Boston :)
Love Kel's reaction and thoughts! Thanks for putting yourself out there! My favorite Mangini song! Watch the live version on your own time - the orchestral part is breathtaking!
You guys so should have listened to the live version of this! Orchestra, choir, epic keytar and guitar solos'. The live version is on another level. Dream Theater - Illumination Theory (Breaking the Fourth Wall)
Watching your reactions is making me feel the music in a different way as I was used to. I had listened this song many times, but I've never had chills like this time. Thank you for sharing your emotions :)
Thank you for going through this journey with us @Ed Ar. It means so much to us that people like you are experiencing positive and deep emotion...so healthy. We are with you and look forward to sharing more of ourselves and this wonderful experience with you as time marches on. Big love from Florida. Kel-n-Rich
Love your channel , your reactions are priceless and the fact that you can pull such emotions from these songs is an amazing gift . Such a great bond between the 2 of you , Rock on !!!
Hm, that’s not an easy decision. Taking into account only songs upwards of 10 minutes and leaving aside Change of Seasons, it would probably be Learning to Live. Although it may have a little less epic proportions.
After the sixth time listening to this piece, I finally managed to understand and love it. Maybe we should be as patient with our relationships as we are with music. Just give a song a second chance, and a third... As give it to people. Thank you, DT!
It's beautiful, beautiful, beautiful to see this kind of reaction - an outpouring of emotion! I find it interesting when video reactors apologize for crying because I'm like, "Thank you for sharing your vulnerability and humanity with me!!!" Music affects me powerfully, so I love seeing heartfelt reactions.
Kell's tears happened exactly where mine started on my first ever listen, it was like a Orchestrated version of TAMMY that went into a BACH-ish type of deep melancholy. It got me the same place for months the tears would flow as i drove to Church street recording studio's to finish The vocal's on E3Project's LP / SYMPHONY OF LOVE- an Album dedicated to my Late wife that fought Cancer for 8 years until finally succumbing to the disease in 2015... This inspired me to sing my farking heart out on the ALBUM..... God bless Lizzy and DREAM THEATER
You two are absolutely magic all your reaction videos are superb. Dream Theatre are truly a phenomenal band they soothe the soul and it’s lovely to watch your reactions to the most perfect band in existence.
Kel I'm so grateful for you bearing your heart and sharing your tears with us...what you experienced is literally what happens to me every time I hear this song. I cry like a baby. It's so intense. This song has so much passion and fire and it's good to know I'm not alone in the way I react and that you're crying with me! I'm now a subscriber and a fan of both of you. But feel a very intense bond with Kel's reaction. Like I said...I thought I was the only one who gets wrecked literally every time I hear it. So much love to you both... This is one of the best songs of all time. This music will continue to pull the "it" out of all of us for all time -- for anyone who listens. I had to be tough too. I know what it's like to push down. It's time to pull it from within. Thank God for you both and thank God for DREAM THEATER!!! #toreallyfeelthejoyinlife #youmustsufferthroughthepain 🙏 🤍
Middle part orchestrated by Eren Başbuğ - interesting and talented young man! And thanks for this reaction - it made me to look at the lyrics. I usually do not pay much attention to them and thanks to not being native speaker, I can "switch off", but now I see it is even stronger than I thought.
Wow I only planned to say « thank you » to have mentionned me, but considering what I went through emotionaly watching you react to this song I also have to say thank you to share this with us. It is so gratifiying to see that some of our recommendations put you in this « Safe place ».... Merci beaucoup de Paris 😊
My uncle introduced this to me few years ago , i have never heared a rock so amazing and also fill of good energies to you , than pick u up , no doubt this should be listen by millions
I could have listened that masterpiece like 100 times, but this time I cried together with you at the final climax part. Awesome guys! happy to see this music moves so densely
I'm really late watching this one. Kel, God bless you and your tears. I watched this reaction tonight in tears myself. Today was the date of the day my grandmother passed away a couple years ago. It hit my sister really hard and I just told her you know she's in a much better place. I watched this in my room alone and let the tears flow. It's not just the date that my grandmother passed but remembering my mom and dad who also passed away and recalling old memories of laughter, youth and fearlessness. Being able to expearance this with you guys even tho I'm really late, it all seemed like perfect timing for me. Thank you guys for existing. Much love to you both!💘
I have just listened to this 3 yrs after you recorded it, and I just wanted to pass on my love to you both. I too have had tragedy and distress in my life, and certain music (like this) brings tears to my eyes. I just wanted to say that you should be proud that you have the heart and soul that releases these emotions. I know that it is probably too late for you to see this, but I hope you do. Love from Norman in the UK.❤🩹
Had to watch this reaction a SECOND time. So real. You might think that certain emotions are brought out by a song not to resurface, but if you forget and return to that song after some time, still there!
Such a raw reaction, thank you! The fact that Kel is able to use some of the music to release some emotions is a very healthy and positive thing. Dream Theater and Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree have been 2 bands that have moved me to tears through the years. Some songs I actually even get anxiety over thinking about, because they bring back such painful times. Songs like Beneath the Surface (DT), Half Light (SW), and Collapse the Light Into Earth (PT) are ones I can only listen to once in a great while, but sometimes it’s important for me to do so. Also, the orchestral section in Illumination Theory moves me to tears without even having a painful memory attached. It’s just that damn powerful!
Forgot to add - NEVER feel bad over crying during a reaction! In my opinion, this kind of emotional response is one of the the most outwardly honest, and organic things to occur. There are a sea of fake reaction channels out there, and this proves that you’re not one of them
Thanks for the greetings it is nice to see you and incredible reaction I almost cry with you. Remember to listen to the Cd2 of the "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence" 42 'minutes of something magical.
This reaction proves why Dream Theater is the best band to ever exist. Their music is a gut wrenching emotional experience-from anger to sadness to joy to craziness-to whatever emotion exist and some you didn't know exist. WOW!!
It's beyond words for me seeing you crying so afecctionally as an expontaneous reaction to this song. I'm writing this comment very reluctantly because this is a deep personal matter to myself. My dearly beloved mother LEILA MATTAR died due to an agressive câncer in the year of 2013. Same time period the incomparable DREAM THEATER released this,their ultimate MASTERPIECE. I feel just the same as you,dear. ILLUMINATION THEORY destroys my SOUL every time I hear It. Mainly when SENSEI LaBRIE reaches its Apex with SURRENDER,TRUS &PASSION. THANK YOU both for sharing this precious unique moment with us all. THANKS SENSEI MIKE MANGINI for recording THE GREATEST DREAM THEATER Song of ALL time. THANKS DT for simply existing. DemiGODS walking the Earth. Leila MATTAR ~ 1933-2013 HEROIN,LOVE,MOTHER,THE GREATEST ONE REST IN POWER ✊🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🌷🇧🇷🏴🖤
I was right there with you both feeling the music. Big DT fan here and I've heard this song before but it gets raken to another level when you are listening with your new found youtube friends Kel....you made me breakdown too. Keep up the great work and congrats on your awesone channel.
That tour was the last time I saw them perform, this song played live was quite an experience. Man I need some live rock right now! That bass when the band re-enters after that beautiful orchestra really gets me going
I woke up this morning to see this reaction and it was a crazy coincidence because I was listening to this last night and that final verse that James Labrie sang hit me hard as well and I felt so uplifted because it's helped me to realise that we need the struggles to appreciate the good times. I enjoyed that! Thankyou Kel and Rich. I've got a request please #painintheask Steven Wilson - Perfect life
This track in particular has so much past Dream Theater mixed into it. It’s literally an amalgamation of their previous albums molded into this one journey. I hear Images…I hear Awake…I hear Six Degrees. It’s truly awesome!
Great reaction guys! The 42-minute Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence opus you should definitely react to. The live Score version is sublime. I know you can't react to videos but you might be able to track down an audio only version. Warning - you might both need a box of tissues for this one! It's a real emotional rollercoaster!
I cried too don't worry, the first time i heard it and this time =) I have the last 2 lines of this gong tattooed on my arm and it is my first and so far my only. I love this band with all my heart and soul!! Edit after the commentary at the end: I for one am glad you didn't stop the video and chose to show the emotion and continue and carry on. I've never been able to figure out how to describe how Dream Theater makes me feel, but i'm glad i'm not the only one, and seeing it happen to someone else, even though I don't know you guys personally and even on this platform am new to your videos, was fairly emotional for me. thank you for this.
Had the same reaction hearing the midsection with the violins and the last section the lyrics hit me like a ton of rocks, it was me James was talking to, it was so true , i think a lot of people can relate to these lyrics, i really cried after a long time, could not hold it back anymore , DT has the power to do this . Everytime i listen to this i cry , it’s very emotional, you couldn’t have said it any better Kel .
The best band in the world. Same inspiration like Nightwish. They music connected to everyone, make people fall in love to them even more. There's no band can match them.
God Bless U!!! amazing and truly ppl, with heart and feelings, no one can resist this music! I cry everytime i hear this!!!! Is like music therapy coming from God when u need to hear something that can moves u, and transform some doubts and wierd strange things inside us, to keep going and going and living day after day!!! Greetings from Brazil, I love u both!!! keep it up
This should have been a reaction to the live version. They play it with a full orchestra and a full choir. It's beyond unreal and better than the studio version.
When I walked down the aisle at my wedding I did so to the middle orchestra portion of this song. I've listened to it hundreds if not thousands of times and still want to replay it immediately every time it ends
Rich !! A hug from Argentina 🇦🇷, I have a little list for you , 1- Sylvan Posthumous Silence Album the end is amazing emotional. 2- Everon - Fantasma Suite and ghost ends with amazing emotional guitar solo 3- Barock Project, Song Broken another emotional 😭 song , thank you for both ❤️
#painintheask I love the way you guys embrace all aspects of "our" musical culture. Your reaction to the heavier and progressive side is great. I know I've been a bit of a pain in the ask with requests, but I have one more. A great Melodic Hard Rock ballad from 1996. Over 10 minutes worth. This is actually Melodic Hard Rock poetry that I think you'll love. #painintheask TEN - The Loneliest Place In The World.
Dustin Greskie thank you so much for your comments and encouragement. Please continue to #painintheask until you get it played. Thank you for bringing your A game.
This is from a 70 yr old lady. That was beautiful. Never heard of Dream Theater or experienced it. At first I didnt like the heavy metal part but after hearing it all ,it all fits. The tranqil part and orchestra part was very deep and visual. The comments were all great testimony to this music. I'd like to hear more. Thanks.
You are fantastic Patricia!!!! Thank you for saying something of real value. Very inspiring!!!! Good on you for stretching your boundaries a bit. It may be interesting to learn that our very first videos on this channel were reacting to DT’s new album. Search Kel n rich Dream Theater At Wit’s End, Barstool Warrior, S2N Pale Blue Dot. You’ll see us before we actually had a channel but quickly led to one. Enjoy going down this rabbit hole with us!
Much love,
Kel-n-Rich
That's awesome! What other kinds of music do you like, patricia?
@@b.baklandsky556 been listening to bands I used to listen to while on a road trip to pick up supplies driving from Seward to Anchorage in the 80s ELO Alan Parsons Journey IN THE AIR TONIGT(who does that one? Phil Collins? It was close to 200 mile trip to buy groceries.jorbee1st@gmail
Seems I remember I listened to that music on cassettes ,it that possible? Cassdttes?
Ma’am you must’ve aged in reverse after starting with Dream Theater 😁♥️ Hope you’ve had a great journey so far.
Who doesn't feel like tearing up when that orchestra comes in... i mean c'mon people lol That shit it beautiful.
love it... feels like i'm in a meadow and there is a storm coming... haha
Sure
Fuck yeah it makes me wanna cry. Amazingly beautiful
I had the same reaction. It's not just the music, but the realisation how good these musicians are at both performing, arranging and composing.
I do it's refection of ur Life & things u went through hand's down!!! It takes u on the journey! For sure!!
Dream Theater is always an emotional rollercoaster. Their music has and always will be the soundtrack to my life. I've been listening to them since I was 20 back in 1993. Everytime I hear their music it's like the first time. They speak to my soul musically and lyrically.
Alan Alanis I have the same feeling, bro. And I met DT in 93 as well. They’re the band of my life. Regards from Brazil!
@@fabiochristoforo I've seen them about 15 times and met them twice. I'm gonna see them again in Austin TX and meet them a third time. Nothing comes close to their musical genius and inspiration.
Same thing, listening then since I was 14 and this music really resonates with me.
@@fabiochristoforo mais um brazuca aqui. since 99, though
Thank you for finally getting to this. I knew this one might get a tear or two out of Kel. One of the reasons i watch this channel is to see, hear and feel the music with you two. Sometimes the music of Dream Theater can bring life into perspective and make you think deeper about life. Bring about an appreciation for it and better understanding. At least for me.
"To really feel the joy in life you must suffer through the pain".. Is how they write music. The contrast between the tone of the music flipping from uncomfortable only to flip into extremely melodic increases the intensity and emotion of the melodic parts. Its all about contrast. Light looks brightest next to darkness. Love this song and your reaction
There ain't no borders for Dream Theater. They do what they want. Impeccable. The best of progressive rock.
🤜🏼🤛🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🍻🖤
So, what exactly is it that makes us watch these First Reaction videos, anyway? Why is it that I've heard this particular song 50 plus times and listening to it just one more time while watching You listen for the very first time brings me to the same pile of tears that it did when I first heard it? There's a very intrinsic human value realized when somehow living again the very first time you hear a beautiful piece of music through watching your best friend (or, in this case a "perfect stranger") go through the same emotions, even if their reason for reacting the way they do is entirely different than yours.
It's the quintessential point of validation but also a form of unity has been established through sheer emotion. This is the reason that music is the universal language. When Kel broke down in the middle and at the end of this song, I just felt an immediate thought of "don't worry, dear- we will all protect you" (as the rain started to fall on my shirt). Your breakdown broke me, again and I freaking knew the storm was coming but I couldn't bring my finger to press the pause/stop button. I didn't WANT it to not come. I was hoping for it, like a drug, to feel again the same way I did when I first heard it- before I became gradually desensitized to it through many, many plays.
I still get anxiety when turning people on to stuff for the very first time. I think, for me it's the validation and also my wantonness to take someone to a place they've never been before and to never forget it. I want to pass those feelings on to the person THEY turn the music on to. This, somehow allows me to (in a way) live on past my single first experience to a place where I can, by proxy, possibly change people's lives that I have never, and will never meet.
I've seen hundreds of Reaction Videos by countless people. They've all done what they've done for various reasons and most of them were not quite suited to be doing this new thing. For some reason the camera conveys your naked honesty and passion to my monitor with utmost precision. In my book, in the world of Reaction Videos, You are the King and Queen. Please, take care of yourselves and know that you are cared for.
That's one of the most thoughtful TH-cam comments I've ever seen. Well stated. I absolutely relate to that feeling of "Will they like it?" especially if it took me a while to like it. And if they don't, I think that they're missing out on so much, even though they probably feel the same way about something else that isn't to my liking.
Wow
Man, You read my mind, thank you
Beautifully stated Randy, nice job!
I get it, OK! Not one of the best bands EVER!!! Just look at their radio air time!?!? ENOUGH!!! GET BACK TO THE ALL TIME GREATS!!! ...and listen to them in your spare time.
You made me cry 😭
For something different try Space Dye Vest 💜
Sometimes the emotional roller coaster of a Dream Theater song can be excruciatingly wonderful. I cried w you like it was the first time I heard this piece. Thank you. Peace and Love.
Thank you very much for mentioning my name, Rich! I feel pretty honored! What a BEAUTIFUL reaction! You guys are the best!
I'm right there with you at 20:00 Kel, that section gets me every time. "Passion flows within your heart, like a furnace burning bright"
It is almost impossible NOT to be moved by the majesty and beauty of some of Dream Theater's music. I don't know how anyone can say that they don't play with feeling. When you listen to this you can see the love and soul that they have put behind every note. I can't wait to see them again in April!
Not until you see them live. Only the studio version sounds like this.
Sthaman Sinha That is not accurate. The live version sounds better than the studio version if that’s even possible
I love this reaction. I love to see people bring their raw emotions out when listening to music. Music is an amazing medium.
I could feel all your emotions, it reminded me when I listened to it for the first time, Bless you guys.
Illumination Theory is truly amazing! Not sure what else to say. Thanks guys!
Love the shirt! The Astonishing is full of emotional moments. Both my parents passed away in February of last year about 12 hours apart. The astonishing keeps their memories alive, as I listened to that album for about three years and it reminds me so much of them. Truly special!
Now this is what you call a reaction channel 😌... Love you guys
You are terrific Pratham. We love you found us and have some fun with our vids. We hope to return this summer with the KnR show.
@@Kel.N.RichReactions glad I found a real reaction channel ... Even i cried with you when you reacted to illumination theory and through the fire and flames .... May all your sorrow be washed away ... Love you guys ☺️
Bless you. Thanks for your honest reactions. Know that you're loved.
My fav dt song :) such a beautiful reaction
This is the best dream theater song. Orchestral part is really amazing, the best contemporary orchestral section I’ve heard in the last years. Makes me cry.
I'm so glad that someone showed this video to me. I'm speechless. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Kel I was crying right along with you. This message hit me like a
ton of bricks as well. I don’t hold anything back with what I’m feeling and neither should you or anybody else. It’s a beautiful thing. I am so glad I found you guys. Dream Theater has become my favorite band and I know it’s becoming yours too and I can’t wait to experience the rest of it with you guys
Dream theatre- in the presence of enemies FULL SONG #painintheask
Part one and two. Just sheer genius!!
Chaos in Motion Live !
This was a really touching reaction from you guys. Dream Theater are one of very few bands that have songs that can bring me to tears on occasion. Great video once again.
Illumination Theory is one of the very best songs ever, and through the last part and the solo Im droping tears too. And watch the live version from Boston :)
I have constant goosebumps through this song. A true masterpiece
It's like watching a movie everytime i listen to DT. every song compliments each other, every song is connected to form a story.
Most beautiful piece of music ever written by Dream Theater. I cry every single time I hear this.
Thanks for the reaction, Kel: I think you're really a kind person.
Paolo Iommarini She’s amazing. Such a cute woman.
Love Kel's reaction and thoughts! Thanks for putting yourself out there!
My favorite Mangini song!
Watch the live version on your own time - the orchestral part is breathtaking!
I've listened to this song like a million times, but still get the goosebumps
Brings emotions on me too it's beautiful song that true lyrics and guitar solo
You guys so should have listened to the live version of this! Orchestra, choir, epic keytar and guitar solos'. The live version is on another level. Dream Theater - Illumination Theory (Breaking the Fourth Wall)
The best of times👀
Watching your reactions is making me feel the music in a different way as I was used to. I had listened this song many times, but I've never had chills like this time. Thank you for sharing your emotions :)
Thank you for going through this journey with us @Ed Ar. It means so much to us that people like you are experiencing positive and deep emotion...so healthy. We are with you and look forward to sharing more of ourselves and this wonderful experience with you as time marches on. Big love from Florida. Kel-n-Rich
First time hearing this song and absolutely love it I'm stunned for words
25th October 2020
Thanks great to hear. Welcome to the love. Great that you are with us. KnR
Love your channel , your reactions are priceless and the fact that you can pull such emotions from these songs is an amazing gift . Such a great bond between the 2 of you , Rock on !!!
In my opinion it's not the strongest of their epic songs, but the last part after the instrumental section is phenomenal.
What song is the strongest for u bro?
Hm, that’s not an easy decision. Taking into account only songs upwards of 10 minutes and leaving aside Change of Seasons, it would probably be Learning to Live. Although it may have a little less epic proportions.
The most emotional one...
What about the Count of Tuscany??
After the sixth time listening to this piece, I finally managed to understand and love it. Maybe we should be as patient with our relationships as we are with music. Just give a song a second chance, and a third... As give it to people. Thank you, DT!
It's beautiful, beautiful, beautiful to see this kind of reaction - an outpouring of emotion! I find it interesting when video reactors apologize for crying because I'm like, "Thank you for sharing your vulnerability and humanity with me!!!" Music affects me powerfully, so I love seeing heartfelt reactions.
It makes sense now why Kel feels the music so thoroughly, never would've guessed she was a concert pianist
Being able to feel raw emotion through music, with the one you love is divine.
the most beautiful reaction for a masterpiece, such intense emotion, i was crying with you even i know this song for years !
wow best reaction of illumination theory... I fell the atmosphere of you two,,,.... almost crying too T_T
Kell's tears happened exactly where mine started on my first ever listen, it was like a Orchestrated version of TAMMY that went into a BACH-ish type of deep melancholy.
It got me the same place for months the tears would flow as i drove to Church street recording studio's to finish The vocal's on E3Project's LP / SYMPHONY OF LOVE- an Album dedicated to my Late wife that fought Cancer for 8 years until finally succumbing to the disease in 2015...
This inspired me to sing my farking heart out on the ALBUM..... God bless Lizzy and DREAM THEATER
You two are absolutely magic all your reaction videos are superb. Dream Theatre are truly a phenomenal band they soothe the soul and it’s lovely to watch your reactions to the most perfect band in existence.
Just revisited your reaction to this, and I realize that I really miss you guys. I really hope you'll come back to us. Loads of love from Sweden.
Dream Theater - Learning to Live
Kel I'm so grateful for you bearing your heart and sharing your tears with us...what you experienced is literally what happens to me every time I hear this song. I cry like a baby. It's so intense. This song has so much passion and fire and it's good to know I'm not alone in the way I react and that you're crying with me! I'm now a subscriber and a fan of both of you. But feel a very intense bond with Kel's reaction.
Like I said...I thought I was the only one who gets wrecked literally every time I hear it.
So much love to you both...
This is one of the best songs of all time. This music will continue to pull the "it" out of all of us for all time -- for anyone who listens.
I had to be tough too. I know what it's like to push down.
It's time to pull it from within. Thank God for you both and thank God for DREAM THEATER!!!
#toreallyfeelthejoyinlife
#youmustsufferthroughthepain
🙏 🤍
The most emotional heavy rock band of all time,
Hahahahaha yes exactly
BuT JoHn PeTruCi DoEsnt PlAy WitH eMoTioN /s
@@timroddle3618 who said that😂? If he can produce emotional shit and make us cry, how the heck he won't get emotional
Last Goodbye by Circus Maximum will definitely have tears flowing. Prog metal at its best.
Middle part orchestrated by Eren Başbuğ - interesting and talented young man!
And thanks for this reaction - it made me to look at the lyrics. I usually do not pay much attention to them and thanks to not being native speaker, I can "switch off", but now I see it is even stronger than I thought.
Wow I only planned to say « thank you » to have mentionned me, but considering what I went through emotionaly watching you react to this song I also have to say thank you to share this with us. It is so gratifiying to see that some of our recommendations put you in this « Safe place ».... Merci beaucoup de Paris 😊
My uncle introduced this to me few years ago , i have never heared a rock so amazing and also fill of good energies to you , than pick u up , no doubt this should be listen by millions
#painintheask Breaking All Illusions..! I'm waiting for it!!!!!!!!
Breaking the fourth wall version
Up!!!
I could have listened that masterpiece like 100 times, but this time I cried together with you at the final climax part. Awesome guys! happy to see this music moves so densely
I feel u Kel! I cried too when I first heard it too it so powerful 💯 WOW 😳 this is real music 🎶 it's a tear jerker I wasn't expecting it either!!!
I love the symphonic part, just unbelievably beautiful. I cry every time I hear it. Love your reaction to it.
It is truly beautiful to see this song affect someone else the way it did me. NEVER be ashamed to cry at music. Listen to Barstool Warrior
I'm really late watching this one. Kel, God bless you and your tears. I watched this reaction tonight in tears myself. Today was the date of the day my grandmother passed away a couple years ago. It hit my sister really hard and I just told her you know she's in a much better place. I watched this in my room alone and let the tears flow. It's not just the date that my grandmother passed but remembering my mom and dad who also passed away and recalling old memories of laughter, youth and fearlessness. Being able to expearance this with you guys even tho I'm really late, it all seemed like perfect timing for me. Thank you guys for existing. Much love to you both!💘
I have just listened to this 3 yrs after you recorded it, and I just wanted to pass on my love to you both. I too have had tragedy and distress in my life, and certain music (like this) brings tears to my eyes. I just wanted to say that you should be proud that you have the heart and soul that releases these emotions. I know that it is probably too late for you to see this, but I hope you do. Love from Norman in the UK.❤🩹
👍👍👍👍👍we from indonesia...we Love dream theater..
podo brooooo
Really enjoyed the video and the honest and emotional reaction. This is my favorite band, and one of my favorite songs. Great job.
I hope the band gets to see this reaction, it brought a tear to my eyes (and cheeks).
Dream Theater - Hollow Years (Live At Budokan [2004])!!!!!!!
That was awesome!!! Makes me cry too
Some White Guy thank you so much for being here with us.
@@kelligafter502 You guys are awesome
that was very moving to see you so moved
Had to watch this reaction a SECOND time. So real. You might think that certain emotions are brought out by a song not to resurface, but if you forget and return to that song after some time, still there!
Such a raw reaction, thank you! The fact that Kel is able to use some of the music to release some emotions is a very healthy and positive thing. Dream Theater and Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree have been 2 bands that have moved me to tears through the years. Some songs I actually even get anxiety over thinking about, because they bring back such painful times. Songs like Beneath the Surface (DT), Half Light (SW), and Collapse the Light Into Earth (PT) are ones I can only listen to once in a great while, but sometimes it’s important for me to do so. Also, the orchestral section in Illumination Theory moves me to tears without even having a painful memory attached. It’s just that damn powerful!
Forgot to add - NEVER feel bad over crying during a reaction! In my opinion, this kind of emotional response is one of the the most outwardly honest, and organic things to occur. There are a sea of fake reaction channels out there, and this proves that you’re not one of them
This is the most incredible band there is..Period. I'm not the only one who is brought to tears. Fantastic is an understatement.
Thanks for the greetings it is nice to see you and incredible reaction I almost cry with you. Remember to listen to the Cd2 of the "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence" 42 'minutes of something magical.
This reaction proves why Dream Theater is the best band to ever exist. Their music is a gut wrenching emotional experience-from anger to sadness to joy to craziness-to whatever emotion exist and some you didn't know exist. WOW!!
Dude on a completely serious note, you are rockin that DT shirt! Represent!
It's beyond words for me seeing you crying so afecctionally as an expontaneous reaction to this song.
I'm writing this comment very reluctantly because this is a deep personal matter to myself.
My dearly beloved mother LEILA MATTAR died due to an agressive câncer in the year of 2013.
Same time period the incomparable DREAM THEATER released this,their ultimate MASTERPIECE.
I feel just the same as you,dear.
ILLUMINATION THEORY destroys my SOUL every time I hear It.
Mainly when SENSEI LaBRIE reaches its Apex with SURRENDER,TRUS &PASSION.
THANK YOU both for sharing this precious unique moment with us all.
THANKS SENSEI MIKE MANGINI for recording THE GREATEST DREAM THEATER Song of ALL time.
THANKS DT for simply existing.
DemiGODS walking the Earth.
Leila MATTAR ~ 1933-2013
HEROIN,LOVE,MOTHER,THE GREATEST ONE
REST IN POWER ✊🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🌷🇧🇷🏴🖤
Touching, powerful. Just powerful. Thanks for sharing guys! best wishes.
I was right there with you both feeling the music. Big DT fan here and I've heard this song before but it gets raken to another level when you are listening with your new found youtube friends Kel....you made me breakdown too. Keep up the great work and congrats on your awesone channel.
That tour was the last time I saw them perform, this song played live was quite an experience. Man I need some live rock right now! That bass when the band re-enters after that beautiful orchestra really gets me going
You two are fantastic! Cheers from Italy and keep it up with good work! :)
#painintheask six degrees of inner turbulence pls, full song (42 mins)
Juanpablo Güenante #painintheask been asking for this since the beginning
I woke up this morning to see this reaction and it was a crazy coincidence because I was listening to this last night and that final verse that James Labrie sang hit me hard as well and I felt so uplifted because it's helped me to realise that we need the struggles to appreciate the good times. I enjoyed that! Thankyou Kel and Rich. I've got a request please #painintheask Steven Wilson - Perfect life
This track in particular has so much past Dream Theater mixed into it. It’s literally an amalgamation of their previous albums molded into this one journey. I hear Images…I hear Awake…I hear Six Degrees. It’s truly awesome!
Great reaction guys! The 42-minute Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence opus you should definitely react to. The live Score version is sublime. I know you can't react to videos but you might be able to track down an audio only version. Warning - you might both need a box of tissues for this one! It's a real emotional rollercoaster!
Really touching heart the best emotional song ever love dream theater band
I cried too don't worry, the first time i heard it and this time =) I have the last 2 lines of this gong tattooed on my arm and it is my first and so far my only. I love this band with all my heart and soul!!
Edit after the commentary at the end: I for one am glad you didn't stop the video and chose to show the emotion and continue and carry on. I've never been able to figure out how to describe how Dream Theater makes me feel, but i'm glad i'm not the only one, and seeing it happen to someone else, even though I don't know you guys personally and even on this platform am new to your videos, was fairly emotional for me. thank you for this.
Had the same reaction hearing the midsection with the violins and the last section the lyrics hit me like a ton of rocks, it was me James was talking to, it was so true , i think a lot of people can relate to these lyrics, i really cried after a long time, could not hold it back anymore , DT has the power to do this .
Everytime i listen to this i cry , it’s very emotional, you couldn’t have said it any better Kel .
how many times can you cry i have done many over this love you both
The best band in the world. Same inspiration like Nightwish. They music connected to everyone, make people fall in love to them even more. There's no band can match them.
One of the only reaction vids I’ve ever watched more than once 😢
What a beautiful reaction, love that song :')
BREAKING ALL ILLUSIONS LIVE AT THE OPERA HOUSE lml
God Bless U!!! amazing and truly ppl, with heart and feelings, no one can resist this music! I cry everytime i hear this!!!! Is like music therapy coming from God when u need to hear something that can moves u, and transform some doubts and wierd strange things inside us, to keep going and going and living day after day!!! Greetings from Brazil, I love u both!!! keep it up
This should have been a reaction to the live version. They play it with a full orchestra and a full choir. It's beyond unreal and better than the studio version.
Working on it...we could not have a false start on this one so we played it safe...we will do a first react LIVE to ITh soon. Promise.
@@Kel.N.RichReactions Awesome!! Thank you so much.
From the same Boston performance, Shattered Fortress is a favorite. Pretty kewl seeinng Mangini do Portnoy parts 1 handed... haha
@@djclaudeus This is another incredible live performance as well.
Totally agree about live version
Another very touching reaction video! now I wonder what are you two top 10 favourite bands? 😄
Yet another great reaction now do The Glass Prison PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
I absolutely cried all along with you. My 23473287th time and never gets old.
When I walked down the aisle at my wedding I did so to the middle orchestra portion of this song. I've listened to it hundreds if not thousands of times and still want to replay it immediately every time it ends
I can’t imagine what the people at that show with the live orchestra must of felt! Thank you for showing your emotions!
Rich !! A hug from Argentina 🇦🇷, I have a little list for you , 1- Sylvan Posthumous Silence Album the end is amazing emotional. 2- Everon - Fantasma Suite and ghost ends with amazing emotional guitar solo 3- Barock Project, Song Broken another emotional 😭 song , thank you for both ❤️
Thank youu for doing my request guys love youu alot ♡
What a beautiful reaction
There she sits crying her eyes out because she's overwhelmed by emotions and you guys just request random songs. SMH.
#painintheask I love the way you guys embrace all aspects of "our" musical culture. Your reaction to the heavier and progressive side is great. I know I've been a bit of a pain in the ask with requests, but I have one more. A great Melodic Hard Rock ballad from 1996. Over 10 minutes worth. This is actually Melodic Hard Rock poetry that I think you'll love. #painintheask TEN - The Loneliest Place In The World.
Dustin Greskie thank you so much for your comments and encouragement. Please continue to #painintheask until you get it played.
Thank you for bringing your A game.