New Dream Theater DVDs

[RDNZL]

From www.dreamtheater.net

"Finally, after years of waiting, the first two Dream Theater Home Videos will be re-issued together on DVD. "Dream Theater - Images And Words: Live In Tokyo / 5 Years In A LIVEtime" will be released on June 22nd, 2004. More details coming soon."

Lets hope the sound doesn't get screwed up on the European release this time :nono:

Also ...

Dream Theater will be recording their show at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on April 26th, 2004, for an upcoming Live DVD/CD release :)

[Robby]

I saw a R2 of one of their DVDs the other day and was very tempted for 7.99 but then i saw it was in stereo i couldn't help feel that it'd ... well, be a bit pants next to my other dts/DD music titles.

We're spoiled these days.

Would like to see the drumming DVD that the drummer has out.

[WildWayz]

I have Mike Portnoys Liquid Drum Tension DVD - it's great! Loads of info on it :)

Live Scenes From a Memory is a great DVD... even if it is in Stereo.

James

[PaulBoy]

Robby - dont get too hung up about the DT "Scenes From A Memory" its a great DVD & the 2.0 sound is pretty good - no substitute for DTS or DD5.1 - but there aren't too many music DVDS that really use the full range of DTS or DD5.1 IMHO - most use the front three speakers to reproduce the "live stage" sound with only a bit of ambience / crowd fill in from the rears - there are exceptions like Eagles HFO & Roger Waters where the music is well mixed to all speakers but of the 50 odd music DVDS I own most 5.1 mixes are more like 2.0 (again IMHO)
Back to DT - The SFAM DVD has the whole show of about 90mins & then in "Deleted Scenes" another hour of further tracks! Great value for your £7.99 - Treat yourself! ... Paul ;)

[Thomasd]

I'm a Dream Theater noob, what albums do you all recommend?

I have Images And Words, which quite frankly I was blown away by :)

[RDNZL]

'Images ...' is probably their most polished/commercial (lol) album to date, but I would recommend all of their studio albums except perhaps disc 2 of 'Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence' where they got a bit too clever for their own good.
If you like these then go back to the debut 'When Dream & Day Unite' (remastered version is best) when they had a different singer & were still finding their feet a bit.

[RDNZL]

Budokan, Japan 4/26/04 Setlist (Filmed for forthcoming DVD release)

As I Am
This Dying Soul
Beyond This Life
Hollow Years
War Inside My Head/
The Test That Stumped Them All
Endless Sacrifice
Instrumedley
Trial Of Tears
~~~intermission~~~
New Millennium
piano solo
Only A Matter Of Time
Goodnight Kiss/
Solitary Shell
Stream of Consciousness
Disappear
Pull Me Under
~~~encore~~~
In The Name Of God

[tipicus]

Originally posted by RDNZL
'Images ...' is probably their most polished/commercial (lol) album to date, but I would recommend all of their studio albums except perhaps disc 2 of 'Six Degrees Of Seperation' where they got a bit too clever for their own good.
If you like these then go back to the debut 'When Dream & Day Unite' (remastered version is best) when they had a different singer & were still finding their feet a bit.

What he said :)

Although I'd contest that Falling Into Infinity is the most commercial of their albums (I mean Desmond Child for chrissakes!!).

[Captain_Howdy666]

I'm still waiting for Mike Portnoy to release the show they recorded in LA on the fifth of March. Every person whose ever been a member of DT (with the exception of Kevin Moore) onstage at the same time and they played When Dream And Day Unite in it's entirety. I could have got a bootleg of it, but Portnoy asked for all links to be pulled as he wants to put it out under the YtseJam label.

[sanityfalls]

Originally posted by WildWayz
I have Mike Portnoys Liquid Drum Tension DVD - it's great! Loads of info on it :)


James

Just watched this the other day, great seeing some of the liquid tension experiment stuff especially Tony Levine playing the stick. Also, Dream Theater make an appearance on the new Queensryche dvd playing a who cover during the encore.

[Arthur Fowler]

Originally posted by Thomasd
I'm a Dream Theater noob, what albums do you all recommend?

I have Images And Words, which quite frankly I was blown away by :)

One of my favourites is their most recent (Train of Thought).

Not sure that RDNZL has the 2 disc name right, I recall that it was SDOIT (Inner Turbulence). Either way - it is pants (imho)!

Falling Into Infinity is also great.

Arthur

[sanityfalls]

Originally posted by Arthur Fowler
One of my favourites is their most recent (Train of Thought).

Not sure that RDNZL has the 2 disc name right, I recall that it was SDOIT (Inner Turbulence). Either way - it is pants (imho)!


Arthur

It does have some really good moments on it though, notably theglass prison and the great debate.

[Ron Hill]

I actually like both disks of Six Degrees. The second is a bit experimental but it does have some good ideas. Reminded me of Extreme's Three Sides To Every Story in some ways.

After Images & Words i'd go for either Awake or Train Of Thought as their best output. Scenes From A Memory is very dark and personally I find it a bit depressing although musically I can't fault it. Falling Into Infinity to me just doesn't feel right. Can't put my finger on what's wrong with it but it feels like it has no focus or direction. Nice guest vocal spot from Doug Pinnick of King's X though.

[RDNZL]

Originally posted by Arthur Fowler


Not sure that RDNZL has the 2 disc name right, I recall that it was SDOIT (Inner Turbulence). Either way - it is pants (imho)!



Apologies folks ... my brain must have been in 'auto-complete' mode at the time :brickwall

[Thomasd]

I got Train Of Thought off Ebay for a fiver:thumbs: and its excellent! Full on heavyness- not a bad track on it:notworthy