Classical Composer Reacts to The Glass Prison (Dream Theater) | The Daily Doug (Episode 301) 

Made me happy to see 🙏

That's probably because of the new headphones 😄

Nice! I can start watching his reactions again now 😜. Honestly though hearing him constantly complain about it really got grating after a while, it became pretty hard to watch more of his stuff.

He needs to for A Nightmare Remember

he cant hate on dreamtheater :) u need to be diplomatic

Same here... this song suite changed my life in a few ways. Intro to prog and prog metal and also helped me later in life as addiction took hold, to recover. I listened to this song, listened to the whole album and my musical life took of for me personally, if never professionally. Love every part of this double album, the first half esp the great debates drum parts. Then the 2nd half being composed as more of a full classical suite in structure. Then Scenes live. I was hooked from the first drum fill transition. Anytime Doug or (ik he's the competition, but he does understand the movements of metal music more from playing it himself) Rick Beato doing DT with portnoy. My single biggest inspiration because pf this one song. The first time I made it thru a play through staying on time I damn near cried. Then saw him play this song at a clinic a few months later.

This is the song that got me into Dream Theater. It changed my musical journey forever also. And my guitar skills improved dramatically after playing Dream Theater for years. Even after listening to this song maybe more than 500 times, I have goosebump as soon as I ear that white noise and bell.

I listen when 12 years old, stream of consciousness was the second song I learned on guitar, I’m 29, and still coming back, this change music to us, since it means so much, you get to know each meaning for every part, god bless us

Same here. Was just texting my brother to tell him it released 20 years ago after hearing Doug mention it at the start of this video. This sparked my interest in prog rock/prog metal and lead me down a journey backwards (Rush, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson) and forward (Haken, Seventh Wonder, Symphony X, obviously more Dream Theater :p )

Every Dream Theater fan has "that song" that draws them into the band. I was already into prog when I heard Dream Theater, but I was relatively new to the genre...more or less unaware of the early '70s British bands that essentially codified the genre (I mean, I was a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but bands like Genesis, Yes and King Crimson were basically unknown to me at that point)...Rush was my jam at the time, because their music was accessible enough that you'd hear it on the radio all the time. But then, the opening strains of the Overture of Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory took ahold of me, and made me realize that prog could be so much...more. Rush are amazing, one of the best bands ever, and certainly in the top 5 trios in rock history. But Dream Theater stood on the shoulders of giants (as Isaac Newton said: "if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants") and just took everything Rush was, added +50% technical proficiency, and combined it with, like...'80s Metallica. I'd never heard such a thing before, and I was entranced. And then, after SFAM, I had the pleasure of hearing Images & Words, and I was hooked. Dream Theater is literally the only band I got on an airplane to travel halfway across the country to see live. Twice (once in late summer 2002 on the _World Tourbulence_ tour, once in early summer 2003 on the _Escape from the Studio_ tour). Unfortunately, even Dream Theater couldn't remain fresh and interesting forever...by the time Portnoy left the band, I had moved on, although I still attended the Progressive Nation tour that followed the release of "Black Clouds & Silver Linings." To me, their brilliance started to dim after "Octavarium" and I would have welcomed a pause of a few years (as Portnoy had requested) for the members to go their separate ways, seek new sounds and inspiration, and come back refreshed and "progressive" once more. Obviously this did not happen as, for all intents and purposes, the band ceased to be prog metal, rehashing their old sounds and ideas as if they figured that repeating the past was the key to their future. I no longer pay attention to their new music...but I do think that their impact on the prog metal genre is unparalleled by any other band (for better and for worse...the number of DT clones in the early 2000s was...unfortunate...still, a lot of bands took what DT were doing and put their own spin on it, creating new and exciting music themselves).

hahaha...the Hello Kitty kit. nice.

I ASKED FOR THE FUCKING POKEMON KIT lol

@@beanman2206 orange star wtf I only play the purple star cymbals!

@@malawigw i love portnoy so much lmao

Has Doug actually reacted to Mike playing 2112 on Hello Kitty?

So well put!!!

This is my favorite comment because it’s the most accurate thing I’ve ever heard. This is “One” (or honestly a majority of AJFA) but still classic dream theater. Metallica is one of my favorite bands, and even I don’t directly relate to this song, this is my favorite dream theater song too because me and my dad listen to it.

- What is Mike Portnoy? - Imagine Neil Peart trying to emulate Lars...

Or Metallica writing a Rush song. 🤠

@@svenred6eard757 With all due respect, Hetfield is too stupid to write a Rush song. 🤣

Congrats to you! 4 years is huge!!!!

Mike really captured the chaos of active alcoholism in this part. Just as he did in the recovery parts. When I discovered the Suite, I was amazed at how well he transmits his experience. 32 years myself. Congrats on 4 years!

@@timfarrell6968 congrats on 32 years!!!

@@timfarrell6968 Simply astonishing! Congratulations! I'll strive to get to 32 years myself, from your example. Lovely, simply lovely.

@@ephesians.6 Thank you very much! Its a struggle, its not easy, but it certainly is easier now than how it was back then when I decided to take this step.

Yeah but there are many people who are real A-holes and they deserve a slap on the face.

"Kill everyone, all the time." ― Hydrogen chloride Seltzer

When I listen to that song, and really listen to it, I always feel a bit broken at the end. It's so potent in it's lyric. To such an extent that I hesitate to listen to it because I know I will have a somewhat... gloomier outlook on life in a few minutes.

@@hector338 SAME, the song is just wonderful but in a Schindler’s List kind of way. “Do I really want to subject myself to this right now?”

the keys at the beginning of it remind me of very emotional music from a final fantasy game. and then it just gets somber and beautiful.

It's a metaphor for the bottle itself. Something I'm familiar with.

It can also refer to the invisible prison of isolation that also often accompanies a life in addiction

@@sveticus It could but that's something I can't really relate to. I was a binge drinker, not an alcoholic. I didn't NEED to drink like alcoholics do but I would lose control if I did. I've been in dry dock for the past 10 years when I got a job that required me to drive constantly.

🔥and this one picked up where Scenes From a Memory ended...!🔥! Thanks Doug!🔥!

Especially because octavarium is about being stuck in a circle

Another thing to add about Octavarium is that it wasn't originally supposed to end the cycle. The band had the flute section on the earlier version Doug reacted to but decided to change it to what you mentioned on the album version. A very welcome change.

It also ends the cycle because its the eight album which represents an octave.

They are compositional geniuses.

Agreed 👍 and I've told Doug before (not sure if Doug saw lol)...DT is after all prog METAL and not prog rock. Big difference and lots more double kick. Glad he's developing a taste for it 😉

Same here

Oh yes. It's awesome picking up the leitmotifs and callbacks as you progress over the hour.

And he can do The Mirror afterwards, which is a retroactive prequel, according to Portnoy.

yes

@@NaanProphet The Mirror and Lie would kick the whole thing off I believe, not go last.

He already did on his Patreon site.

I just listened to six degrees a few days ago and it was an interesting listen. I prefer the first disk over the second, but it’s still a really good album overall.

Alongside Falling Into Infinity, SDOIT is Dream Theater’s most well produced and mixed album. SFAM is well composed but felt like everything sat in the midrange too much, but the album before and after were done much more crisp from an audio standpoint.

@@shadesofgold24 totally agree

Falling into infinity and six degrees were produced and mixed by Kevin Shirley

@@shadesofgold24I agree, I also think Black Clouds had an incredible mix, the best of their later era so far in my opinion. I think that the two albums around it (Systematic Chaos and A Dramatic Turn) didn’t have the greatest mixes, but they knocked it out of the park with Black Clouds. Petrucci’s clean tone on that album might be the best since Images And Words and Awake.

it is very underrated

It's pretty different to any other DT album and I find it one of their best

The second disc is perfection too

I agree, I have listened to this song countless times and that still gives me chills.

Step 13: Mike, you are out of the band.

Glad someone else noted😀

The later albums def don't have the metal punch in them but most of the songs are solid. I suggest giving them a shot. I will say I don't care for "The Astonishing" though.

@@styleyriley Interesting, because at the time I felt that ToT was leaning too much toward metal.

You're missing out

iirc JP used a baritone 7 string as well. So it's not just a 7 string, but it's a larger scale guitar.

@@J-Allen19 Baritone 7 strings are still standard tuned to B tho, just tend to have a baritone scale length (~27"+) instead of a standard scale length (~25"). Longer scale length can just help with the intonation of the lower strings/allow for lighter string gauges without losing tuning stability.

@@J-Allen19 Petrucci hadn't got into baritone guitars when 6DoiT was released though, so all of the songs with the low B from this era (and before) were played on a regular 7-string guitar (incidentally, he started his Music Man line of signature guitars around this time as well...before, he was using Ibanez...in fact, the main acoustic riff from "A Change of Seasons" was recorded on an ACOUSTIC Ibanez 7-string instrument, but in 1999, he began performing it with electric 7-string guitars with a piezo system). He started to used baritone 6-string instruments on _Systematic Chaos_ I believe, and I'm not sure what he uses now.

@@VoIcanoman Actually, Six Degrees was the first album with a baritone guitar on it. It's just, it was on Blind Faith tuned to A standard, not on The Glass Prison. Plus, the unison solo on Blind Faith is played on a standard six string, which made it impossible to perform live for a while. I can't remember how they did it on Chaos In Motion.

Yes, Dark Master!

Hell yeah! Definitely!

Which my best friend of 50 years (we met when we were 13) and I had the privilege of seeing in Sydney and to say it was a stunning experience is an understatement. Haken were unbelievably good, Eric is a magnificent guitarist and Mike is, well, he's Mike Portnoy!

I saw them performing the 12 step suite in Luxembourg. It was truly a once in a lifetime-event. Ross Jennings was incredibly good on vocals.

Ok how can I see this?

@@segfault_000 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p72pqgw4svQ.html

@@segfault_000 there was an agreement between Mike and Dream Theater (management?) that there'd be no official live show release of his Shattered Fortress shows. I'd pay good money if there was but RU-vid will have to be enough...

Among the best vocal lines by DT are in that song

Yes, please! It is an amazing song.

Mark, I'm glad you enjoyed this. Progmetal might be something you can enjoy. With the prog contingency growing larger in the channels evolution I really don't want to see the metal fans get marginalized. After all, the Maiden fans have played such a large part in the sub growth. If you've the time and inclination there are progmetal playlists available here on RU-vid that may spark something in you. This week Doug is also doing a Queensryche track. If you're not familiar with them. You may really enjoy it. In all honesty progmetal is not my favorite subgenre. I have a fair amount of it in my collection due to my desire to check out as much prog as I can. Dream Theater has always been a problem for me. Everyone in the band past and present are exceptionally talented but the sum of the compositional style detracts from the overall effect in my ear. I generally don't listen to metal anymore. I cut my teeth on it as a youth and was passionate about it for years. I've seen Maiden several times including what I am to understand was their first performance in the U.S. opening for Priest in my hometown of Las Vegas. I still love the Dianno years very much. Anyway, as I mentioned I'm glad you found something in this band for you to enjoy. I've recommended D.T. to a handful of Maiden fans and have been pleased to find they have all discovered a new band and musical horizons were broadened. Up the Irons! Cheers! 😎👍

@@memelordmark7532 I'm one of the subs that have loved Maiden from early on, and then gravitated toward the prog metal genre. I love them both. I think that most Maidenheads can dig the progressive side of music, as Maiden has always had that element to their music, and have only increased upon it as the years go on.

@@memelordmark7532 Wow, what a write up. It may surprise you to know that I've known about Dream Theater for a couple decades, through an awesome 8 min John Petrucci guitar solo. Later the G3 concert when Petrucci played. I don't hate prog metal but some aspects I don't like, namely liberal use of synth. If you have a great guitarist like Petrucci you highlight his talents and make his playing larger parts of the song. Also prog likes to drag songs on too long, like they're having a jam section. I do like some bands that are considered "prog" like Rush and Fates Warning. As for Queensryche, I like albums Operation Mindcrime and Empire, have not explored beyond that, I know the song Take Hold of the Flame. There are many 70's bands I like also, like Styx, Kansas, Boston, REO Speedwagon to name a few. I have over 3500 songs on my computer as well as a couple hundred more YT songs saved. Don't like black metal or NU metal. I also like guitar virtuosos like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, Jason Becker, Greg Howe, Blues Saraceno, Joey Tafolla, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, and a few others. Appreciate your concern, but you like what you like. I like many metal, rock, pop bands too many to list here. I even like the Carpenters. Happy New Year to you Mark.

Mark, thanks! Happy New Year! Paul Gilbert is a favorite of mine. Vai, Malmsteen,etc. are fantastic. You may want to check out Allan Holdsworth. Jazz fusion guy, but a helluva guitar player. 😎👍

@@metalmark1214 Your going to want to check out Ayreon and Star One. He is a bunch of info from Wikipedia: Each Ayreon album tells a different story, but all, with the exceptions of Actual Fantasy, The Theory of Everything, and Transitus, take place in the same fictional, science fiction universe; additionally, Lucassen's solo album Lost in the New Real is also set in the Ayreon universe. Ayreon's music is characterized by the use of traditional instruments in rock music (guitars, bass guitar, drums, analogue synthesizers, electric organs) mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music (e.g. mandolins, violins, violas, celli, flutes, sitars and didgeridoos). Lucassen writes the music and the lyrics, sings and plays most of the instruments on all of the Ayreon albums, alongside many guest musicians. His most regular collaborator is drummer Ed Warby. Due to the project's particular nature, Ayreon live performances are rare, and no official Ayreon live show took place until 2017. Several Ayreon songs were first included in two live albums by other Lucassen bands: Live on Earth by Star One (2003) and Live in the Real World by Stream of Passion (2006). Star One (also referred to as Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One) is a Dutch progressive metal supergroup/side-project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen The band released two albums in 2002 and in 2010 respectively, plus a live album in 2003, and features four different singers: Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Threshold, Headspace), Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale), and Floor Jansen (After Forever, ReVamp, Nightwish). Unlike Ayreon, albums do not follow one storyline; instead, each song is a different story with a sci-fi concept, most of the tracks based on existing movies and series. The band takes its name from the second season finale of Blake's 7. The band includes four singers alternating in all the songs, not including Lucassen, who sings occasionally, plays all guitars and keyboards and is writing and composing all the songs. Star One was born out of the remnants of an abandoned collaboration between Lucassen and Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson. Dickinson proposed the idea and the two exchanged ideas and put together four songs, Lucassen writing the music and Dickinson writing the lyrics. The project was abandoned however after Lucassen mentioned the project on the internet and Dickinson's manager called off negotiations. Instead of completely abandoning the material that had already been produced, Lucassen decided to put his own lyrics to the music and created Star One. Arjen has worked with a couple hundred singers and instrumentalists. There is a list on Wikipedia. Enjoy. Two songs to start: Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down Star One - The Fate Of Man

Yes! And the album version!

@@T1hitsTheHighestNote Definitely!!!

100% agree with Blind Faith. Misunderstood also hanging around near the top. Heck... This whole album could probably fit into top 15 DT songs :D

+1 for Blind Faith. That middle section…. 👌👌👌

Blind Faith incredible

Blind Faith is the DT song that I always come back and listen multiple times

Pretty cool to see "Blind Faith" get some love. I always thought it was kinda underrated by the fanbase. The whole 6DOIT album is great from a compositional standpoint. "Blind Faith" is peak JR in my book.

Mike...I assume you got the Official Bootleg of Master Of Puppets done by DT... such a great trip hearing one of your favorite bands covering the most iconic album of one of your other favorite bands.

For those who are interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TrZT_EyxXGk.html

Los vi en Mexico, espectacular!!!

Blind Faith is so very underrated. Absolutely love it and was able to see it live. The unison with JP and JR is one of the best things they have ever done.

I blast DT in the car all the time (I ripped all their cds onto a flash drive for easy playing) and when this song comes on and the sirens blare 90% of the time I find myself checking the rear view mirror lol

Fourth one short? It's 10 minute long and thus longer than the third Of course it's the simplest and most different one but still pretty long

@@igornaimoli7321 You're right - I guess I kind of mean it doesn't really stand alone. For a video about music appreciation, I'd think he'd roll that in with the 5th.

@@falloutfan2502 you're right. Musically speaking the only original part is the solo