Listen to Dream Theater: Awake, Part 2
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Voices is in the running for all time greatest DT song
One of their best for sure. To me it has the greatest Petrucci guitar solo ever.
@tiago.8977 that's Lines in the Sand for me, but this solo is indeed very great
@ Thats an amazing solo too. One of his best.
I've been listening to this masterpiece for over 20 years now, and EVERY SINGLE TIME the guitar solos in Erotomania, Voices, Lie/The mirror and Scared comes on I stop what I'm doing (I often listen to it doing chores or working) to listen to these solos. Just one of the many reasons this is my favorite album off all times.
That wah-wah-drenched solo in the middle of Voices is such a tasty guitar sound. Petrucci 's solos on this album are otherworldly.
I absolutely agree ... and sadly have to say most of the new stuff sounds partly recycled😢
Agreed!
Probably my favorite Petrucci-solo. Perfectly balanced between melodic and ripping your guts to shreds. Absolutely love it.
The sound of JP’s ibanez on the 90’s is unmatced 😊
That solo was super nice to learn back in the day.
I sometimes watch JP’s rock dicipline just for the sound 😂 (example 16 being the best example of it)
@@rudolfbecker4313unfortunately they lost the subtle touch & input of Kevin Moore. He was brilliant in this band. All other keyboardists in DT do make it a performance competition time to time and the beauty is lost
This is DT at some of their finest. They really let the songs breathe after pummeling you with chunky odd time riffs and unpredictable unison key/gtr lines.
Jon Petrucci's solos are just the chef's kiss in guitar playing. Amazing technique is used to bring out some genuine feeling. That's one reason he's one of the greats.
This is before James LaBrie got food poisoned that heavily affected his voice forward. The Awake album released in October 1994, and the food poisoning thing happened in late December 1994.
Yes, this is peak LaBrie.
Ye very sad
I never knew before this album that it was food poisoning that affected him.
@@JimNewstead He's had a decent recovery. Sounds MUCH better now than, for example, fifteen years ago. Like he's healed up and got some of his range back. Only took two decades.
The curse of the vocalist: you can't just replace your instrument when something breaks.
Amazing album, James Labrie's voice on top form.
It's quite novel to hear the words so clearly and I appreciate that!
Erotomania is worth a relisten after you finish the album - there’s themes and countermelodies weaved in from all the other songs on the album.
Part three better be right around the corner! I was so ready for the next song!
"His voice ... amazing" .... you won't find a better James LaBrie on any album 🤘
Hi Rudi,
Overall I never was a great fan of James voice (not that it’s bad) because there are so many great other rock and metal singers around but here he sounds very very good.
Oh...btw. That part on Erotomania you say is in 5 is actually alternating 10/8 and 11/8.
Masterpiece. Best band on the planet. PS: could you include subtitles in your videos? Nice reaction by the way.
in the late 90s early 2000s, when people asked me which music I listen to I said Dream Theater ? almost everybody asked "who's that" ? And I usually said " the best unknown band in the world " 😆
Some of the singers high range hurts my ears but he’s still awesome like this album. Don’t forget to listen to 3 sides to every story
Shame they lowered the keyboards in the mix knowing Kevin was leaving. I'd love a remix.
...and we're back to the prog-metal side of DT which is always where I prefer them. As noted on part 1, I have seen Erotomania live but it's less memorable than 6.00 owing to the lack of vocals and relative lack of repeated riffs. Still good though. Voices isn't a cover of the Siouxsie and the Banshees track (though that might have been fun) and, bar the different keyboards, sounds to me like it came from one of the later albums - it points the way to DT's future perhaps. The Silent Man is pleasant but doesn't really gel with Voices in the way that was intended.
Now we are looking forward to tomorrow: The Mirror and Lie, what a great double😅... and then please listen carefully to Mike's drumming in Lifting Shadows.. and let us know what you think😊
Could you do a video where you watch the video from Norwegian band Rendezvous Point with the song Still Water live in studio, featuring the Norwegian radio Orchestra? Baard Kolstad from Leprous is their drummer. Its amazing 🎉
and what do you think about Dream Theater?🤔
@rudolfbecker4313 Dream Theater lost much of its soul when Kevin Moore left i think. I find them quite boring these days.
@rudolfbecker4313 the first 3 albums are their best i think.
@@rudolfbecker4313 Awake is their best album.
@@bjrnkarehilmen8406 I usually don't use "the best", but it surely is one of their 3 best ... have you ever seen them live ?
I love Erotomania
it's one great song among 10 other real good ones ... I like DT instrumental ... lots of it on Scenes ...