Space Dragons does sound like a Jordan Peterson lecture. "Space is the infinite. That which instantiates all that is beyond rational comprehension. Dragons of course are a simulacra of the dangers we've accumulated within our collective unconscious. The body of a snake with the wings of a predatory bird. Thus, you have to barter with the infinite to find and slay the dragon and thus, rescue the princess. Much like St. George slaying the dragon and saving the virgin. Except in space." JP is still a legend tho. If he wrote lyrics for DT, I might give them another shot.
I decided to watch to spite the title, i've never been reverse click-baited this hard. This is a must watch for any aspiring power metal singers out there
The dream theater tryout thing was completely staged. All the other drummers involved are moderately miffed about it. It was a produced show to try and soften the blow. Mangini was the pick from the beginning. Seriously. Lang is cool and talented and whatever, Roddy isn’t a good fit, Marco Minneman technically won the whole “competition” since he’s just that damn good, but he didn’t give a flying fuck about DT beforehand (as he should, cuz it’s just self indulgent busy prog music), Virgil Donati fucked up a bit even though he’s one of the absolute best players in the world, but they don’t want a self absorbed virtuoso, Aquiles Priester was included to satisfy the Brazilian/South American crowd (because that’s a huge majority of their actual fan base, Priester was WAY out of his depth here. Also COME TO BRASIL JAJAJA... that shit. Yeah.) Anyways. Yay Mike Mangini. He’s a swell dude who plays with next to no feel, but he’s still really fucking good. And he’s respectful. They wanted a goddamn robot for DT, they got it.
So if the whole thing was staged, why didn’t any of the drummers say this even 10 years later? No one actually knows if it was. Sure it was filmed like a reality tv show but I highly doubt it was staged. They gained no fame or notoriety from that little series at all. Also, mike mangini plays with feel but it depends on the songs. There’s plenty of examples on TH-cam where he does. He’s good, he can be a robot but he can also,play loosely too and let it swing. Y’all need to stop with the “it was staged” stuff. It’s been 10 years and he’s perfectly fine as a member of the band.
@@nathandrums0 they did get notoriety, I’m pretty sure that tryout aired on live tv (don’t remember the network but it did.) And several of those drummers DID speak out about it later in interviews, that’s where I’m getting my info from to finally piece it all together. Marco Minneman specifically talked about it in a magazine interview, about how he feels like he nailed the tryout and didn’t even give a shit about DT before the tryout, and Derek Roddy has said some things in the past as well about it, especially on his own forum if I remember correctly... something about how as the tryout date approaches they had a bunch of weird stuff to sign, legal documents and NDAs and he got the vibe that this wasn’t going to be a legitimate free for all. By the time he was trying out he was pretty sure it just wasn’t even on the table to begin with. Virgil hasn’t said much but he’s kinda single minded, keeps to himself. Doubt he’s trying to let it get to him even though he really wanted a band like DT to find a home. Thomas Lang is respectful about it through and through but I think he’s even commented on it before. Point is, that infamous tryout they turned into a show definitely wasn’t on the up and up. They already had picked Mike. And he’s probably the best fit for the band, skill set aside. That, I won’t argue with.
@@1dudecrush is there links to these interviews? If there’s evidence I’d actually be interested in reading it or watching. As far as mangini goes though, dude has impeccable skills and feel. If you watch the “take this for the pain” documentary it shows mike’s full jam session with the band and there’s a lot of energy and sections where his feel is off the charts. I think his “robotic” side is forced out because of the riffs that John writes. They feel stale and very straight forward with no emotion or feel behind them. Mangini probably writes what goes with the music rather than implementing his own feel to it. At least that’s what I gather anyways.
@@nathandrums0 I don’t have links tbh, I’m sorry I can’t back up what I’m saying here, but I’m 100% confident you can find tidbits here and there if you dig. Marco said something in a drumming magazine interview if I remember correctly. Like I said with Roddy, that was mentioned in his forum somewhere... very easily removed. Might not be able to ever be found again. I’m not tryna slander anyone either, I love Mike Mangini and the rest of those guys. But that ultra high production level tryout was a farce. The rest of those guys got used for a display. Just because DT wanted people to think they had absolutely secured the best of the best for the replacement for Portnoy. They knew there would be crazy fallout, and they weren’t wrong lol.
@@1dudecrush I feel as though DT has become more of a business model than a band nowadays honestly. I’m sure mangini just gets walked over constantly when it comes to creative influence. He’s definitely a beast of a drummer for sure.
Competing in the worlds goofiest fill competition and your opponent hits you with the fill at 7:08 ... You'd just have to pack your shit up and go home.
I agree with your critiques on the video. He is like me with no video editing skills so it ends up being sloppy whitewashed quality. It over powers the fact that he's a kick ass drummer. Maybe he should get an editor of sorts.
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“Jordan Peterson on the synths”
I was listening to JP on a Michael Shermer podcast earlier so this hit home hahahah
LOL! “Dr.” Jordan B Peterson thank you very much!
Space Dragons does sound like a Jordan Peterson lecture. "Space is the infinite. That which instantiates all that is beyond rational comprehension. Dragons of course are a simulacra of the dangers we've accumulated within our collective unconscious. The body of a snake with the wings of a predatory bird. Thus, you have to barter with the infinite to find and slay the dragon and thus, rescue the princess. Much like St. George slaying the dragon and saving the virgin. Except in space."
JP is still a legend tho. If he wrote lyrics for DT, I might give them another shot.
'Jordan B Peterson' lmao 😂
Nah I died when he said that 😂
alternate title: hardcore drummer confuses dream theater for dragonforce
Love the singing regardless if it was dragonforce
He has the audacity to make this 10:01 minutes long and I love it
JORDAN PETERSON ON THE SYNTHS 😂
This should have been called 'Man Doesn't Realize What Band He's Reacting to Until Halfway Through the Video'
"Have you seen my man...Gini" Fucking hell Creg, less than 5 seconds into the video and already laughing.
Ahahahahaha me tooo
It's not that the cymbals were recorded with a Macbook mic, but that he's unironically rocking a ZBT hi hat top and a ZHT bottom.
😂😂😂
"You need to save the princess" hahahahaha
I decided to watch to spite the title, i've never been reverse click-baited this hard. This is a must watch for any aspiring power metal singers out there
Dream Theater lyrical cliches include Dream, Memory, Life, Metropolis, Dream and Victoria
And alcoholism metaphors
@@victorlopes5887 true
that was quick STRAIGHT FROM THE STREAM
The Old Greg voice killed me
**Old Creg
@@Jono_ I'm so upset I didn't even get that.....fuck
"I need the moneyyy- 10minutesbye!"
Best ending ever lmao
"...and again I've pressed the wrong button - your Dad's on the Internet." I cannot stop laughing hahaha
Still going to keep requesting Eloy Casagrande Solo/ Subtraction live please
The dream theater tryout thing was completely staged. All the other drummers involved are moderately miffed about it. It was a produced show to try and soften the blow. Mangini was the pick from the beginning. Seriously. Lang is cool and talented and whatever, Roddy isn’t a good fit, Marco Minneman technically won the whole “competition” since he’s just that damn good, but he didn’t give a flying fuck about DT beforehand (as he should, cuz it’s just self indulgent busy prog music), Virgil Donati fucked up a bit even though he’s one of the absolute best players in the world, but they don’t want a self absorbed virtuoso, Aquiles Priester was included to satisfy the Brazilian/South American crowd (because that’s a huge majority of their actual fan base, Priester was WAY out of his depth here. Also COME TO BRASIL JAJAJA... that shit. Yeah.) Anyways. Yay Mike Mangini. He’s a swell dude who plays with next to no feel, but he’s still really fucking good. And he’s respectful. They wanted a goddamn robot for DT, they got it.
So if the whole thing was staged, why didn’t any of the drummers say this even 10 years later? No one actually knows if it was. Sure it was filmed like a reality tv show but I highly doubt it was staged. They gained no fame or notoriety from that little series at all. Also, mike mangini plays with feel but it depends on the songs. There’s plenty of examples on TH-cam where he does. He’s good, he can be a robot but he can also,play loosely too and let it swing.
Y’all need to stop with the “it was staged” stuff. It’s been 10 years and he’s perfectly fine as a member of the band.
@@nathandrums0 they did get notoriety, I’m pretty sure that tryout aired on live tv (don’t remember the network but it did.) And several of those drummers DID speak out about it later in interviews, that’s where I’m getting my info from to finally piece it all together. Marco Minneman specifically talked about it in a magazine interview, about how he feels like he nailed the tryout and didn’t even give a shit about DT before the tryout, and Derek Roddy has said some things in the past as well about it, especially on his own forum if I remember correctly... something about how as the tryout date approaches they had a bunch of weird stuff to sign, legal documents and NDAs and he got the vibe that this wasn’t going to be a legitimate free for all. By the time he was trying out he was pretty sure it just wasn’t even on the table to begin with. Virgil hasn’t said much but he’s kinda single minded, keeps to himself. Doubt he’s trying to let it get to him even though he really wanted a band like DT to find a home. Thomas Lang is respectful about it through and through but I think he’s even commented on it before. Point is, that infamous tryout they turned into a show definitely wasn’t on the up and up. They already had picked Mike. And he’s probably the best fit for the band, skill set aside. That, I won’t argue with.
@@1dudecrush is there links to these interviews? If there’s evidence I’d actually be interested in reading it or watching.
As far as mangini goes though, dude has impeccable skills and feel. If you watch the “take this for the pain” documentary it shows mike’s full jam session with the band and there’s a lot of energy and sections where his feel is off the charts.
I think his “robotic” side is forced out because of the riffs that John writes. They feel stale and very straight forward with no emotion or feel behind them. Mangini probably writes what goes with the music rather than implementing his own feel to it. At least that’s what I gather anyways.
@@nathandrums0 I don’t have links tbh, I’m sorry I can’t back up what I’m saying here, but I’m 100% confident you can find tidbits here and there if you dig. Marco said something in a drumming magazine interview if I remember correctly. Like I said with Roddy, that was mentioned in his forum somewhere... very easily removed. Might not be able to ever be found again. I’m not tryna slander anyone either, I love Mike Mangini and the rest of those guys. But that ultra high production level tryout was a farce. The rest of those guys got used for a display. Just because DT wanted people to think they had absolutely secured the best of the best for the replacement for Portnoy. They knew there would be crazy fallout, and they weren’t wrong lol.
@@1dudecrush I feel as though DT has become more of a business model than a band nowadays honestly. I’m sure mangini just gets walked over constantly when it comes to creative influence. He’s definitely a beast of a drummer for sure.
Was so hoping it was gonna be THAT drum solo of his from back in the day. That shit is mental.
Well, Craig did put a warning not to bother watching this. I guess I have no one to blame but myself. 😅
Dat space dragon save the princess freestyle hahaha
Through the flames and fire killed me haha.
The algorithm just showed me this. I miss those days.
Competing in the worlds goofiest fill competition and your opponent hits you with the fill at 7:08 ... You'd just have to pack your shit up and go home.
if you're competing in a drum fill competition vs Mike Mangini, you've already lost...
lmao the old greg voice was something that I didn't know I needed but now I can't think of mike mangini's name without thinking about it
‘Ever drunk baileys out of a shoe?’
“You’ve got no socks on and there’s coals underneath your feet”
..Holy crap!!!. .funniest thing I've seen in forever!!! Thx man for this
I’d love to see Tom add guitar to this and make a Stray song from it.
Dude.. I love your vids man.. All of them so far.. Just hilarious. And other stuff..
It's things like starting the video with a Mighty Boosh reference which makes me love this channel.
I loved every dumb second of this 😂🔥🤘
Will watch again
If I played the drums like that I would have the beefiest shoulders on the meat market.
I read the title and thought "Mangina" and you fucking start the video with a Do You Drink Bailey's From a Shoe pun
fucking 11/10 Craig
Wish I was as high as that cymbal set up.
If this drumming thing doesn‘t work out for you, you can always sing for Gloryhammer or Dragonforce.
I think this might be your strongest work yet 😂 SO ACE!
I was on the fence about liking this until the lyrics came in. Now I have to clean myself up.
Craig, why so extra with the caps bro?
Best one yet.
You are the man 😂😂😂😂🤘
5:15 🤣 I’m fucking dying bro you are hilarious
Yer Da's on the internet 🤣
He was in extreme for a while but not their original drummer. and also anihilator I think.
Glad you made the shoulder comment, mines aching just watching…
Spaaaaaace draaagonsss 😂😂😂
Best Mike Mangini video ever actually.
Dude you had me crying laughing, I was thinking all the same shit when I watched this video earlier.
Worst reaction = Best reaction 😂
I just watched this play-through, can’t wait to see how this goes…
Best mangini reaction ever dude!
ACTIVATE WINDOWS MAN.
Dude! I don't know the song either, but I would really like with your vocals and lyrics. Totally awesome
Right Craig put a title up,.." don't bother watching this,.... so I should probably watch it😂
I watched this sausage get made. Just as spectacular the second time around.
Perfect James LaBrie impression
..Except it turns into The Best Mike Mangini Reaction EVER at 6:24 Ooohhhyyyeeeaaahhhahahahahahaha😂
I haven’t laughed so hard as I did throughout the entirety of this in a long while. I’m sorry I was so late.
The old reverse psychology trick never fails
The best one yet
Your shit is actually funny bro. Haha. I have been binge watching on TH-cam..the side hustle x6.
It does take some balls to single out the drum track and do just a drum playthrough. I think this is more of a "flex" than anything
Bruh didn't sing a Dream Theater song , he sung a Symphony X tune
I can't.... It the only reaction video that I watch and it's the best reaction video you'll find. Hahaha. Space and dragons flying across the seaaaaaa
Dude. That was fuckin awesome.
Laughing my balls off. Thank u.
Lmaaoooo Jordan Peterson on the synths
Idk what your talking about man, this was worth every second
Would love to see you actually react to the DragonForce guy. . . 😂
Only came for the singing to be honest, was not disappointed
React to DRUMS with this ONE WEIRD TRICK - LITERALLY EVERYONE hates him!
jordan peterson ffs hahahahaha
...dear sir...i know ur having a laugh but ...I forgot i can laugh sOOOOOOO haRD! Thank u sir ... "Jordan Peterson of the synths" ...pure GOLD
Well at least the title was bang on.
I'M OLD CRAAAAAIG!!!!!
you've got no socks on and there's clothes underneath your feet ahahahajahahahahaja
Of course i’m watching this
You are fucking hilarious! 😂😂😂
React to his Alien playthrough
man-GINA
you should react to the dream theater auditions id be funny
You must love me. Like curly Jefferson.
I think the limit to put 3 ads is 8 mins now
You have to send them you`r Lyric`s. :)
leaving the comment for the algoRYTHM.
I agree with your critiques on the video. He is like me with no video editing skills so it ends up being sloppy whitewashed quality. It over powers the fact that he's a kick ass drummer. Maybe he should get an editor of sorts.
“Jordan Peterson on the synths”
who the *fuck* gave you permission to be this funny? Jesus I'm crying.
Community engagement
10 minutes bye
Im gonna watch this
Was this not taken down?
Funny
Space Dragons are the only ones who can save the Princess!!!
Gad dammit Craig lol
Jordan Peterson ...I fucking died here...
the one video where you dont do a gear-check is the one with the most gear in it
Heck you I (probably) won't do what you tell me.
Alex Camarena
Ryan H in the recommended nice.
Yeah, you're right. This was bad.
Could you do a Benny Greb video?
I'm watching this to spite you Craig
Haha this guy is funny. Love the vid.
is this space dragon sickkkkk!haaaahaha o 0 :)=
Not gonna lie...I thought it was weird that he did include the backing track because you know...he's in the band. Also...space dragon.🥵
What....the...fuck...is that drum kit???