A Change of Seasons is a song about the life experiences of drummer Mike Portnoy up to that point. His childhood, the death of his mother in a plane crash (which affected him greatly), growing up, making mistakes, learning lessons, and striving to pass on his philosophy of "seize the day" to his kids when he gets old
When their singer James Labrie sings 'Oh come let us adore him, abuse and then ignore him'. 'No matter what don't let him be, lets feed upon his misery, lets string him up for half the world to see' James is singing about what Mike Portnoy ( drummer & writer of the lyrics for this song) was feeling after the plane crash in his living room when all of these relatives and friends were over telling him how sorry they were and how great his mother was. Mike barley knew them and his mom probably had not spoken to or seen most of them in years. " I'm sick of all you hypocrites, holding me at bay and I dont need your sympathies to get me through the day", that's what Mike was feeling listening to all of their fake sympathies.
I'm pretty sure the fall is referring to the plane that the drummers ( Mike Portnoy's ) mom was on was falling from the sky. His mom died in a plane crash when Mike was in HS. That very day Mike's health teach told the class to seize every day because life is always changing. Before she left for her flight Mike did something he had not done in a long time and told his mom that he loved her. He had remembered what his teacher had told the class earlier in the day. Later that night her plane crashed killing her. When the song starts innocence is portrayed as the song moves along that innocence fades ( A Change of Seasons). For me this is the GREATEST piece of music ever written & performed. Maybe I'm wrong but this is how I interpret this GREAT GREAT song. Thank you once again for your channel and playing this.
So far, the highest accolade DT has is a Grammy nomination. They have won several awards from music publications either as a group or individually, but not a major award such as the Rock and Roll HoF. The closest hall of fame award they have is the Long Island Music Hall of Fame with three of the founding members being residents of Long Island, New York Also, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awards popular musicians, those that are in the cultural zeitgeist with or without hearing their music. DT is not known to general music fans, and most of their fans are musicians who are deep into their respective instrument, so yeah, tough chance for DT
@@mtaffer sadly, music is not a meritocracy just like most art forms. Sports has competitions that can easily determine who the better athlete or team is, but in music and art, subjectivity will always happen. "Music is no contest", some may say
John Petrucci is considered as one of the most famous and infuence guitar player since a long time. He is also a very modest man and not a rock star as so many. But very respected ! He just go out a solo album which is great : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VjahLtBeElE.html
There is another track on this album called “BigMedley” which is a tribute to some of their favorite songs it includes the Kansas song “ Carry on our Wayward Son”
love the reaction, tnx marvin. the lyrics are both uplifting and very serious, the songwriter and drummer pretty much lays his life bare here, his mom was killed in a plane crash...
If you are ever around Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston TX when Dream Theater is playing ( and they play in TX alot). I've got your ticket & ride to the show. My son has seen them twice with me and my daughter once. I've seen them 8 times. They are ALWAYS great.
Urwell, and my next request for ur Dream Theater reaction please react to the longest song of Dream Theater, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, this is the epic show with the Orchestra, here is the link of the video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hBoJPQDcVLQ.html
@@smittycal After Derick Sherininian left Jordan Rudess stepped into his shoes. The album this tour supported was Scenes from a Memory which is Jordan's 1st with them. I was at this concert. VIP seats it was incredible.
this song was officially released after falling into infinity(1997) i think but they had prototypes as far back as 1992. they were originally going to release this song on images and words but the record label said it was too long.
About the "short set" joke DT concerts are long solo-act shows that last around 3 hours (with a 15 minute intermission). That line is just pure irony on their part since they really take their time and they often play whole albums in just one set. A whole album of theirs lasts about over an hour, average of 70-75 minutes. The first half may consist of fan-favorite songs.
Worth noting here: Portnoy collapsed after that show due to exhaustion. This live set was actually really long; a good 187 minutes of playing in total.
There's a RU-vid video of John Petrucci watching Dream Theater covers by youtubers... also, Mike Portnoy himself commented on a DT reactor's video not too long ago, thanking him and saying that his reactionj "made my day". So yeah, they're pretty well tuned into social media. P.S. - John Myung's bass neck has an incrusted moebius ring (symbol of eternity), not a DNA strand. ;)
Baby Phil Collins. I'm sure Mike would be honored. If you like that older rock/progressive rock sound like Kansas, Genesis, etc you really should check out The Big Medley by Dream Theater. They do a medley of a bunch of covers from bands like Genesis, Queen, Kansas, etc. One of their albums has a second disc that is all covers as well as a full cover album.
Hey Marvin! If You arrived to the best Dream Theater show ever (New York 2000y) please check another masterpiece of them: "Learning to Live". Pure joy and creativity! Thank You and stay safe. Greetings from Poland :)
James LaBrie has solo albums and also shows up in the Ayreon albums. I don't think you've reacted to any Ayreon yet so you'll be in for a treat. The "band" is really the brainchild of one guy Arjen Lucassen who writes everything as a concept album and almost all of the albums are tied together in their own universe. He recruits other musicians and vocalists to perform on his albums. James has been on a few of the albums as well as many other notable rock/metal/prog vocalists you may recognize. I'd definitely recommend the official video for The Day That The World Breaks Down.
There is also Avantasia which leans more on the hard rock/power metal spectrum but also has multiple vocalists, including the amazing Jorn Lande! I would consider that more rock/metal opera.
If you want the singer to fucc up your mind even more try a live performance of "learning to live" from '91 to '94, or any live performance from that period, he was absurd! Then at the end of '94 he ate some bad shrimp and vomited enough to damage his vocal chords, AND THEN he had to go on a world tour! Props to him for making it through!
Oh how I wish there was a supergroup band, featuring Mike Portnoy, Eddie Van Halen, Flea (or Cliff Burton,) Chris Cornell, and Amadeus Mozart. Can you imagine...
Wouldn’t that be Nightwish? :p. All joking aside, I really would love to see those two bands do something collaborative. I think with Nightwish’s compositions and singers with some of DT’s instrumental virtuosity there could be some pure magic.
Great reaction vid Marvin. It's about time you jumped on the Rush train. Most influential/talented prog band of all time and the #1 band Dream Theater was influenced by. There would be no Dream Theater without Rush. Maybe start with: Working Man Live In Cleveland from the Time Machine DVD/Blu ray? Keep up good work!
A fellow Supernatural viewer's here, still watching their last season haha Another great reaction man. Good to know you're also digging through their lyrics. Here's another song with a beautiful lyrics & music from them, the first one is The Spirit Carries On, and another one is Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. Watch them man, and if you want to get the feeling of the music you should also read the lyrics before watching them. I know you'll love those 2 songs. Here's the links: The Spirit Carries On ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HnmpSlxCPu8.html Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hBoJPQDcVLQ.html
When i first time subscribe your channel i remember your subscriber was 219. And now you have 817. Thats great move marvin! Keep it up! More reactions to come!!!!
A bit of an unfortunate thing about this live album/DVD. The original cover art had a graphic of NYC (and the World Trade Center) on fire. The release date of the 1st edition of this live album to the public...September 11th, 2001 (I'm NOT KIDDING) rightfully so, all unsold copies got recalled for a cover art change (the first edition cover art copies still exist and are now collector's items fetching over $100)
Love these DT reactions man! (I posted the 8 or so songs last time) Won't reiterate the songs I said last time you can go back and check those out. However, I will reiterate Visons live by Haken, because they're a band that is HEAVILY influenced by DT and take their style and ideas even further, and its an incredible live version. I think you'll love it. Then go back to DT cause they're still my favorite :)
Thank you for doing dream theater brother , i love your videos and please do this one "LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT - when the water breaks" (live version) you won't regret it trust me
Hi Marvin If you want to do a really long video do the entire 41 minute song Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. Haven't seen many tackle the whole song at once. The song chronicles how some people are affected by mental illness . This song has everything from orchestra, ballad, rock and metal and is very well done. I suggest the live version with the Spanish subtitles- best video and audio quality. Really enjoy your reactions. Thanx
Sheesh... that might be a milestone reaction hah Maybe a 2000 subs Mark thing hah. I already have a song picked for 1000 subs Looks like I have my 2000th sub song picked
@@smittycal That sounds good. Can't wait. In answer to one of your questions, there is a song where the band stands down and lets him sing- That would be Beneath the Surface from the Live at Luna Park DVD. Accompanied only by acoustic guitar and string quartet. Also, in honor of your home state, you should check out Magnum Opus from Kansas- their most ambitious song in my opinion. Keep up the good work and thanx again
Think you got your face melted by Jordan's keyboard solos? Check out his guitar shredding skills when his keyboard malfunctioned in the middle of the song. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k-gcWMjotgE.html
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