LaBrie's vocals at Budokan are a little annoying and unstable for me - compare "As I Am", "Endless Sacrifice" and "Solitary Shell" with the studio versions and you will know what I mean. I also think that "Beyond This Life" in this concert hasn't the same energy and emotion of "Live Scenes from New York" - and James is the main responsible for that. But don't misunderstand me, I really love him (you probably infered that by my profile photo and by the name of my account) and there are some songs on this presentation that he sang awesomely: take a look at "New Millenium", for exemple. Moreover, I think that his vocals were much better at Score than in this one: his tone sounded more melodic and he was much more stable. "Metropolis" was the only annoying song, but we need to consider that it was the last track of a big show. And, come on, the setlist of Score is amazing: Octavarium, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (full!), Innocence Faded, Afterlife and Raise the Knife (rare for live presentations, but incredible songs)...
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.
Jordan certainly was at this point. I remember reading that his keyboard setup was giving him problems for the first song or so in this concert. That this came off at all was something of a major miracle. Clearly a performance for the ages!!
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!!
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.
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!!!!
They screwed up so bad with this latest album, I laud for them courage to try something new but it was conducted so badly. Things could have gone in such an amazing direction for them with their latest album but they screwed up.
The Astonishing was my first DT concert, and I honestly loved it. It was a little boring to watch, yes, but the music of the album I thought was fantastic, JP's tone didn't cease to blow me away once during the whole show, Labrie actually sounded REALLY great the whole show, I never once thought, oh man, there he goes again, and I got really immersed in the story of the Astonishing. Nevertheless, it didn't quite satisfy what I wanted from a DT concert, and I need to see them live again when they're not going to just play an album and that's it. I need to see a show that's something like Breaking the Fourth Wall or Score, a big mix of their career as a whole.
I do fully agree with you! Although I have somithing else to say. I have nothing against the concept of playing in different kind of venues for this tour. I do indeed think that this fits the theme of this album very well. But the sound at our concert was soooooooooo shitty. I mean it was like an indoor amphie-theatre. You can look it up, it was the ""Kuppelsaal" in Hannover, Germany. Our seats were located right at the top and we could not hear anything of the bassdrum/floor toms or the bass guitar in general. The rest of the drums were pretty inaudible too. Other than that and the points you mentioned I can just say it was a great show and I will see them again at their next tour :)
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...
That was an amazing comment, its so sad when I hear people not giving Dream Theater a Try, I'm glad your enjoying it, Listen to Train of Thought, Train of Thought and Scenes from a Memory are my preferred álbuns from the band. Hope you likes it ^^
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.
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-💋🎸❤️🤘🏻
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)
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
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.
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'.
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 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.
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
Sabe aquele momento em que todos os músicos...em todas sua integralidade física e espiritual estão em sintonia? Taí... momento histórico do Prog mundial!!!
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.
Sergio Ortiz The unison part in this song is often refered to as the "Zappa" section, also by the band. I remember Portnoy explaining in a interview that he asked Rudess to create a zappa-esque riff for that section. In this version, the semi-improvised jam leads to it and the unison starts at ~17:28. In the studio version, it starts at ~9:07.
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!
Not too concerned about the style per se, but the cool thing about this iteration of JP is that we could see his expressions, his emotions, his connection to the music. It's harder to see that with "Nebula Beard" Petrucci.
Mai Gawd, the quality of this video is something above all my eyes have ever experienced, look at that bass sound and the quality of sound, each and every note being listened so perfectly, damn it god bless you and hope he gives you lots of money and happiness in your life thank you
I was lucky enough to see Dream Theater shortly after this performance. The best performance I have ever experienced. Megadeth was the headliner/who I came to see. Dream Theater blew them out of the water circa 2005.
This is why modern music should be divided into two categories: entertainment (e.g. songs played on the radio (they have their place)) and music as a craft; theory, interplay, musical togetherness. They should never overlap nor be confused with one another. This beautiful piece of improvisation and absolute craftsmanship is an essential part of what is means to be a band.
While I can see where you're coming from I don't think there two ought to be completely separated. Rush for example did pretty good making music appreciated by both your average rock listener and people who want more art and skull out of their music. DT's poppier stuff too.
Scenes From A Memory is a masterpiece from start to finish. But what's great is they can play songs like Beyond This Life as a standalone song as well.
About a decade since Portnoy left and still cannot get over the idea that I never had the chance to see them live with Portnoy. I saw them twice last year with the DOT Tour and Metropolis Pt.2 XX anniversary and all 2 hours of both nights I wished Portnoy would come out during Metropolis Pt.2 to commemorate the release of that amazing album with Dream Theater. Mangini is a real good drummer, indeed he is, but the first time I saw him playing on live, which was the first date of the tour, I quiet liked him. But he wasn't good. In my opinion too technical and didn't put the feeling that many drummers put when playing. Second time I saw him I hopped he would get a little better since he had done many shows at that time, a second chance and he didn't get any better. Same techniques. It sounded the same, like a robot playing. And watching Portnoy playing it makes me sad, because of how he plays every song. He seems to enjoy it a lot.
"But he wasn't good....". I can't believe that someone dare to say that MM is not a good drummer. For fuck sakes, are you blind or deaf or something? Get over about Portnoy's departure 10 YEARS AGO! Put him behind a kit to try to play, for instance, Pale Blue Dot, and keep thinking Mangini is a bad drummer...
Man i've watched this back when it was first uploaded, and to this day, this is still imho their best performance aside from the 20th anniversary score. This track alone is fckng brilliant.
I find the Scenes from a Memory version of Beyond This Life better than at Budokan (especially considering LaBrie's vocals), but this one is also great.
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In my opinion the live in budokan concert was DT's best live performance.
+Sonicspeed3000 Score at Radio City Music Hall.
+Sonicspeed3000 the sound in this DVD is amazing!
budokan was the heaviest, score at RCMH was the most epic
Couldn't agree more.
LaBrie's vocals at Budokan are a little annoying and unstable for me - compare "As I Am", "Endless Sacrifice" and "Solitary Shell" with the studio versions and you will know what I mean. I also think that "Beyond This Life" in this concert hasn't the same energy and emotion of "Live Scenes from New York" - and James is the main responsible for that. But don't misunderstand me, I really love him (you probably infered that by my profile photo and by the name of my account) and there are some songs on this presentation that he sang awesomely: take a look at "New Millenium", for exemple.
Moreover, I think that his vocals were much better at Score than in this one: his tone sounded more melodic and he was much more stable. "Metropolis" was the only annoying song, but we need to consider that it was the last track of a big show. And, come on, the setlist of Score is amazing: Octavarium, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (full!), Innocence Faded, Afterlife and Raise the Knife (rare for live presentations, but incredible songs)...
so technical dream theater yes!!!!! so heavy!!!! power!!!!
Life Of Pebsie lml
hhahhaha, I can see that Japanese fanboy in my head! Lol, good one!
Pebsie (Sticks tongue out) Fuck!!!
DREAMU THEATRU!!! SO HEAVY!!! FUCKK!!!
PAAWAAAA!!!
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.
Elephant Watchtower How do you feel about the album a year later?
Altough 65% of this live song, it's improvvisation
I bought "Images and Words" in 1992 and then kind of thought that they were sort of a one hit wonder. In 2020 they have become my favorite band.
@@JaredGH26 The album blew him away from mother earth, so he is not able to reply.
Are you fucking kidding me
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.
Zappa.
No matter how many times I watched this, their solos still blew my mind the 879th times !
People who disliked the video were actually thinking that it is a download button
Very like this song..
Android 17 & 18 did that.
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
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
"Hi I'm John Petrucci and this is why you suck at guitar."
Aric Fowler I
Phyco exercises
James LaBrie is the most Canadian frontman - that politeness, that up-beaty attitude. Man, It's brilliant.
+Shreyas Gune
Bieber is better...
Leo K I cannot argue with that.
Don't forget the Canadian Rap
Shreyas Gune LaBrie and Justin Bieber are gods
Devin Townsend? Maybe? No? Anyone?
16:51 I love how John and John are just standing there watching Mike and Jordan Kicking ass.
Rudess looked like he was having the best day of his life up there. My favorite keyboard player right there.
Jordan certainly was at this point. I remember reading that his keyboard setup was giving him problems for the first song or so in this concert. That this came off at all was something of a major miracle. Clearly a performance for the ages!!
17:23 The buildup leading back to the original song was fucking orgasmic!
+ossibossi100 I KNO RIGHT!
Zappa show up haha
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.
Rudess and Portnoy make the most epic duo!
Absolutely!!!🥁🎹🎵💕☮🍀🍀🍀
After an incredible Petrucci showdown, they did steal the show! Phenomenal!
This is why Dream Theater is the best band of all time
i agree !!
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!!
The very definition of chemistry.
Amazing.
Avigayil Enautozoe Deiglori Agreed!
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.
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!!!!
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.
+Daniel Davidson Same here!
this is Dream Theater without Portnoy. i'm not about drums, but ideas and compositions
They screwed up so bad with this latest album, I laud for them courage to try something new but it was conducted so badly. Things could have gone in such an amazing direction for them with their latest album but they screwed up.
The Astonishing was my first DT concert, and I honestly loved it. It was a little boring to watch, yes, but the music of the album I thought was fantastic, JP's tone didn't cease to blow me away once during the whole show, Labrie actually sounded REALLY great the whole show, I never once thought, oh man, there he goes again, and I got really immersed in the story of the Astonishing. Nevertheless, it didn't quite satisfy what I wanted from a DT concert, and I need to see them live again when they're not going to just play an album and that's it. I need to see a show that's something like Breaking the Fourth Wall or Score, a big mix of their career as a whole.
I do fully agree with you! Although I have somithing else to say. I have nothing against the concept of playing in different kind of venues for this tour. I do indeed think that this fits the theme of this album very well. But the sound at our concert was soooooooooo shitty. I mean it was like an indoor amphie-theatre. You can look it up, it was the ""Kuppelsaal" in Hannover, Germany. Our seats were located right at the top and we could not hear anything of the bassdrum/floor toms or the bass guitar in general. The rest of the drums were pretty inaudible too. Other than that and the points you mentioned I can just say it was a great show and I will see them again at their next tour :)
When this DVD came out, I sent it to 5 of my friends who weren’t really familiar with Dream Theater. They are now!!!
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...
That was an amazing comment, its so sad when I hear people not giving Dream Theater a Try, I'm glad your enjoying it, Listen to Train of Thought, Train of Thought and Scenes from a Memory are my preferred álbuns from the band.
Hope you likes it
^^
Awake
You got it man! Train of Thought and Scenes!!! THE BEST! And also Octavarium (the song).
Six degrees of inner turbulence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My favourite. What a journey....... :-O
yo you should listen to octavarium as a whole, its the best DT album according to their members
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
They're on a mission from god.
+brazwen aha blue brothers reference you're awesome
;)
+brazwen They ARE God(s).
the souls of gods with really annoying vocals
Portnoy smashing on drums, jordan rudess with his best keyboard k2600, labrie singing well! GOOD OLD TIMES!
I'm so glad the band's back together!
18:04 even after hundred times I heard this song, still my goosebumps moment!
17:27 as well
Got it my friend 🌞👍🏽
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.
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!!!
Yes?!
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-💋🎸❤️🤘🏻
No era necesario transcribir la biblia o el talmud judío master
Cuídese Máster :)
Hands down one of the best live preformences in the world.
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.
Fortunately, this will be here forever. ❤
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)
16:18 love the one note Myung throws in there, wonder if that was some kinda signal for them to wrap it up
16:34 Jordan giving them the signal
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
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
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.
I can't believe this, a master piece of concert, i love this band
6:25 Jordan warming up his fingers
it hurts being that good
:-)))) he's pretending to play air guitar
Only 450k views, the rest of the world is missing out, this is legendary performance.
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'.
Does anyone knows from which song of Zappa's came that clip from?
Jordan is a beast !
lmao love your pfp
+TheMainQuarter haha thanks m8
They all are. :-)
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 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.
Love how they show frank zappa at 17:30 because that's where they inspired themselves to do this part. legends!!!
Best DT jam ever! The way it comes back to the track so seamless
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
So sad that I’ll be never able to see this chemistry again… words can’t explain how amazing is this song and the middle jam!!
The band's back!
Good news, Portnoy is back and they're making a new album
Sabe aquele momento em que todos os músicos...em todas sua integralidade física e espiritual estão em sintonia?
Taí... momento histórico do Prog mundial!!!
19 minutos de locura total. solo para oídos exigentes. Esto es de lo mejor
Saw DT on the DOT tour and Portnoy with Sons of Apollo, but seeing them together is what I want more than anything 😢
Hey man!!!
@@Sandro9466 dreams do come true!!
Awesome to whatch and hear.. All the time! 😎🤟❤️🔥🎶🎶🎶
Now that's how to improvise.Seriously what the hell is that?Beyond(!) Petrucci's guitar solo,Rudess definetly did an insurmantable job....
NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.....PERFECT
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 absolute Classic.. period.
HOLY SHIT!!!!!! this is fucking beyond perfection, just amazing
One of the best, if not the best concerts of DT
6 dislikes ?
what the hell, this is masterpiece dude, come on
essa performace deveria ser considerada um patrimônio mundial do Rock
that Zappa section.. OMG. even though I am fan of the straight to the point 2000 metropolis version.
What section is that?
Sergio Ortiz The unison part in this song is often refered to as the "Zappa" section, also by the band. I remember Portnoy explaining in a interview that he asked Rudess to create a zappa-esque riff for that section. In this version, the semi-improvised jam leads to it and the unison starts at ~17:28. In the studio version, it starts at ~9:07.
Hence the Frank Zappa clip in the background ! Thanks for anecdote :)
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!
The Zappa part... Can't get tired of that
I didnt know Heisenberg could play the keyboard so well
9:15 is where it's at folks. What an incredible instrumental display here.
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.
Nah, this is a late 90's schmock hair style.
I like when he was lean and had long hair
Not too concerned about the style per se, but the cool thing about this iteration of JP is that we could see his expressions, his emotions, his connection to the music. It's harder to see that with "Nebula Beard" Petrucci.
2009 was the best Petrucci ever looked imo
Mai Gawd, the quality of this video is something above all my eyes have ever experienced, look at that bass sound and the quality of sound, each and every note being listened so perfectly, damn it god bless you and hope he gives you lots of money and happiness in your life thank you
The aspect ratio is way off. Super stretched.
No need to be sarcastic man! If you don't like it, buy the DVD!
MrMrEFE What am I made of money!? Kidding. Yeah, I shouldn't be so fussy. Sorry mate.
kinskifilms Oh, don't worry man. I was talking to DviniciusribeiroT, you didn't say anything wrong, just a true critic.
I'm discovering this band and i can say that song got me
16:50
Petrucci: omg, they both are sick
Myung: hmm ...
I was lucky enough to see Dream Theater shortly after this performance. The best performance I have ever experienced. Megadeth was the headliner/who I came to see. Dream Theater blew them out of the water circa 2005.
To say this performance was unbelievable is actually A bit of an understatement.
This is why modern music should be divided into two categories: entertainment (e.g. songs played on the radio (they have their place)) and music as a craft; theory, interplay, musical togetherness. They should never overlap nor be confused with one another.
This beautiful piece of improvisation and absolute craftsmanship is an essential part of what is means to be a band.
This is the culmination of 25 years worth of dedication, and should be regarded as such.
While I can see where you're coming from I don't think there two ought to be completely separated. Rush for example did pretty good making music appreciated by both your average rock listener and people who want more art and skull out of their music. DT's poppier stuff too.
I love James labrie. He's fucking amazing
Oh my...... that my have been the best thing I have ever seen
When I first watched this DVD, a young innocent boy. the opening riff hit, and my life changed.
An amazing f*cking solo! They all are masters!
Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater is probably more metal than you using only the ''Doo'' setting on his keyboard.
Absolute masterpiece of a band on its peak.
Scenes From A Memory is a masterpiece from start to finish. But what's great is they can play songs like Beyond This Life as a standalone song as well.
my favorite song EVER!!!!!!!
16:52 john petrucci and myung: what the hell we r doing here
And yet they find a way to fit the jam with perfect quality and amount of contribution.
Literally best show i've ever seen. Thank you guys ❤
Спасибо за видео. Love it So much.
Epic!! Nearly every prog rocker will admit that longer isn't necessarily better, but DT makes every millisecond of this 19:45 gem count!
This is the best of the best beyond this life version in my life with no doubt
The keyboard solo in this song is probably my favourite keyboard solo of all time
Trunks..stay back 0:13
About a decade since Portnoy left and still cannot get over the idea that I never had the chance to see them live with Portnoy. I saw them twice last year with the DOT Tour and Metropolis Pt.2 XX anniversary and all 2 hours of both nights I wished Portnoy would come out during Metropolis Pt.2 to commemorate the release of that amazing album with Dream Theater. Mangini is a real good drummer, indeed he is, but the first time I saw him playing on live, which was the first date of the tour, I quiet liked him. But he wasn't good. In my opinion too technical and didn't put the feeling that many drummers put when playing. Second time I saw him I hopped he would get a little better since he had done many shows at that time, a second chance and he didn't get any better. Same techniques. It sounded the same, like a robot playing. And watching Portnoy playing it makes me sad, because of how he plays every song. He seems to enjoy it a lot.
"But he wasn't good....". I can't believe that someone dare to say that MM is not a good drummer. For fuck sakes, are you blind or deaf or something? Get over about Portnoy's departure 10 YEARS AGO! Put him behind a kit to try to play, for instance, Pale Blue Dot, and keep thinking Mangini is a bad drummer...
thank you! been trying to find an HD video of this song live
portnoy x jordan part is the best
John pettruci..
I agree
16:25 Perfect time of mike portnoy. I loved this part 😍
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!
Man i've watched this back when it was first uploaded, and to this day, this is still imho their best performance aside from the 20th anniversary score. This track alone is fckng brilliant.
13:40 observe John's right hand 😂
Woah. That's insane
And also portnoy's hand.
The first time I seen this I was like holy shit! Today I'm like holy shit! That added solo in the middle is sooooo good
I find the Scenes from a Memory version of Beyond This Life better than at Budokan (especially considering LaBrie's vocals), but this one is also great.