FIRST TIME HEARING!! | Dream Theater - The Shattered Fortress (Boston Opera House Live) | REACTION 

Jordan Rudess = the best guitar solo you'll ever get out of a keyboard.

9:08 The face everyone does when Jordan Rudess gets serious at his keyboard solo.

Oh boy. Get ready for a ride. Dream Theater will take you many places. I recommend the entire Metropolis 2: Scenes From A Memory album, In The Presence Of Enemies Part 1 & 2, Forsaken, The Glass Prison, Panic Attack, & anything from their Live At Budokan concert, preferably Hollow Years & In The Name Of God.

The best reaction to Dream Theater I've ever watched, hands down. And I've watched a LOT of them. I've never seen someone so enthusiastic about them on any other channels. You get me! 😅 Everyone I know thinks I'm crazy on how passionate I am about these guys. I worship them ❤ Splendid musicians

Progressive Metal royalty and Petrucci...god-tier guitarist.

Please, please more Dream Theater reactions! I'm sure there's a lot of comments below and beyond with recommendations for such purpose, and I won't repeat them, mainly because you can never go wrong with ANY Dream Theater song.

Welcome to Dream Theater my friend!! Your life has changed for the (much) better. So many great songs. This band are (probably, in my opinion) the most skilled musicians out there. They’re gods in their respective fields and musically, they’re not too shabby either 😉 either way, glad you got to them. I’m sure more will follow and I’ll be watching with a massive grin as you enjoy the band’s repertoire! Thanks.

The Keyboardist is Jordan Rudess, The Wizard (he is the 2nd, Kevin Moore is founding member). He has created numerous musical apps for Apple & iPad, a Mac can be hooked up to these various keyboards using his programs that are unbelievably brilliant! Jordan went to Juliard, John Pettrucci & John Myung went to Berkelee (with founding member Mike Portnoy-drummer), (their 3rd lead singer) James LaBrie is also genius vocalist from Canada, (the 2nd drummer) Mike Mangini taught at Berkelee prior to joining the band. This band is great live!

9:50 - 10:20 Mr. Rock N Roll processing what Jordan Rudess had just done to him with his keyboards - priceless facial expression! Go! More Dream Theater!!! Love it! (Although, as some people say: "Musicians make music for people, Dream Theater make music for musicians".. I do not agree. I'm no musician at all but I like DT!!!)

"Breaking all Illusions" .... Same show. You need to see it

Welcome to Dream Theater, where every member is considered top class of the top tier of instrumentalists. Definitely worth checking out more of

LOL...I love when some unaware rock/metal fan finds Dream Theater for the first time...It's like i can feel their horizons expand xD

Your reactions throughout the song were great, but especially you being completely flabbergasted by Jordan's keyboard solo XD

Jordan Rudess is a singular talent on the keys. He's absolutely insanely good. He went to the Julliard music conservatory at age 9. He's also invented a lot of the equipment he uses in concert and recording.

"I can see this being an Ozzy Osbourne song". I'm sorry. No, my friend. Ha! Ozzy Osbourne and his music over the years has been incredible.... But I'm afraid Ozzy could not perform this song even in his craziest imagination.

You can look and look but you will never find any more talented musicians then Dream Theater. Jordan Rudess on keyboards, John Petrucci on guitar, John Myung on Bass and Mike Mangini on the Drums. They are all masters of their instruments. I do hope you react to more from them!

This another one of those bands where every single member is a bad ass.

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons!!! An amazing 23 minutes masterpiece, that will blow your mind! Also the best Live performance i've ever seen.

Jordan Rudess is the keyboard wizard, and this is probably the best I've seen him solo. John Petrucci on guitar can make your face do the exact same thing when he lets loose also

Well done man. Thank you for reacting to this amazing band. I'm a all-time DT's fan and I have to say I am grateful I listen to this song with your reaction. It clearly was genuine. PLEASE react to the following DT's songs: - The Count of Tuscany - In the presence of enemies Pt 1&2 together - The Glass Prison(which has relative riffs & lyrics to The Shattered Fortress) Any song really. Hopefully you can find the studio version of these songs with the lyrics on the video. And like I said, thank you for listening to Dream Theater, it is really the greatest band ever.

Dude your reaction to Jordan's keyboard solo is just classic! Love it!

You have just cracked open the door on DT. The members are the most incredible there are, and almost no one else can do what they do. The guitarist and drummer are both far beyond anyone else, and the other members are incredible as well. Welcome to real rock, and the ultimate in music, Go ahead, open another door... As I Am is another rocker, and many many others. I've been listening to them for over 20 years and still haven't heard all their songs. BTW, both the guitarist and drummer are 1st place award winners in many True musical media outlets. Fantastic listening.!!!

Laughing my ass of man, best reaction video I've ever seen. 😂

I have been a DT fan since 1993. Welcome to the club. Great reaction 🤘🏻👍🏼

If you want to see bass solo go for "The Dance Of Eternity". You won't regret.

Two of the most memorable gigs I've ever been to were when DT played consecutive nights at Hammersmith Apollo (2005, maybe?), only repeated one song from the first night on the second night and also played the whole of Dark Side of the Moon. It was just awesome. Don't really like them anymore, but back in the day I loved them. Anyway, I only came here to say Lovebites - Shadowmaker, cos it's in my contract. Nope, not giving up, lol!

Welcome to Dream Theater bro. Your life will never be the same! ❤️ If you want a nice guitar/bass interaction, do Breaking All Illusions live. Or do the Instrumedley. It's going to blow your mind away.

If you want insanity and see the bassist do his thing along with mind blowing performances from everyone else in the band, watch Instrumedley Live from Budokan. You'll be blown away. It's an arrangement made of several of their songs mixed in to one. However there's no lyrics, it's all about the music.

You saw greatness from this band...☝️

Welcome to the Masters....one of the only ways to appreciate the talent level of all the musicians is by watching live performances of Dream Theater

Dude....you are in for some SERIOUS heavy metal here. Dream Theater is a band composed of five complete VIRTUOSOS in their respective instruments. They have, over the course of 30 years and about 14 albums, completely mastered and redefined what progressive metal was, is, and will evolve into. They have absolutely broken down their craft from experiment to pure science, and elevated it into true ARTFORM!

metropolis 2 full album please... the best album ever made :))

You just watched one of the greatest bands ever!!!!!

The Kings of Progressive Metal!

Jordan killing it on the ivories!! Damn!!!!

'Hollow Years' live at Budokan. John Petrucci slays the guitar in that performance. 'Finally Free' from Live Scenes in New York features Mike Portnoy slaying the drums. 'Octavarium' from the Score dvd Jordan Ruddess makes his keyboard sing. For my money DT are the best collection of players on the planet, each is a virtuoso at his instrument. Only bands that can play their instruments as well are Tool and Rush.

I can't stop and i can't wait for you to react for the more 9 albums they created,,, Please man more DREAM THEATER, i promise you you will never regret it!

i wish i could unhear and unsee dt and relive each of their songs like revelations to me, just forget about them and discover them once again....my reactions were almost as priceless as yours

The Keyboard player is Jordan Rudess. He started piano at 3 yrs. He's playing the Geo shred (I think?). On the I pad. A software he developed.

"A nightmare to remember" will melt your face off! Please listen to it.

Really great band. Fan since the 90s

Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater is freaking nuts! It's nearly impossible to wrap your brain around it, the time signatures are constantly changing, and it's a wild ride. I highly recommend it!

You know bro?? This band, Dream Theater, to me is really band. Their musicality are champions.

best reaction ever man😂🤘🏻more DT pls

you realy should have all their albums😁👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 watch their live performances welcome to the better music experience 😁 🤟🤟🤟

This man is making me relive everytime I've ever been amazed by anything Dream Theater ever did!!!

Images and words, change my way into metal

In Dream Theater they are all Masters of their instruments including the vocalist, as you can see!!

Really love ur reaction, m8 !!! Cheers from Brazil and a huge DT fan...

This is a masterpiece this song gets me every time

The red "keyboard" he played is called a Continuum. It’s a three dimensional fingerboard, the sound it makes depends on which key you press, where on the vertical strip you press and how hard you push it down. And then he also plays on an iPad with an app he co-developed.

More! More! Let's go there are many Dream Theater songs.

best dream theater reaction ever

Beginning your Dream Theater journey with this song is a bit like discovering Shakespeare by walking into the last act of Macbeth.

That was interesting. That synthesizer bar was pretty wild. Though, maybe not quite as wild as it was back when Kieth Emerson blew up the rock world with his Moog. Thanks for this reaction. I’ll be checking out more from this group.

You need to see and lisent all the songs of this amazing master pice!!!! look for the 12 step of Mike Portnoy about alcholism problem ;) To understand this final song

Fun fact: this song is the grand finale to a set of 5 songs called the *"12 Step Suite"* that former drummer Mike Portnoy wrote as he struggled with alcoholism. You need to react to the rest of the suite in order to truly appreciate The Shattered Fortress. The other 4 songs r as follows: 1. The Glass Prison 2. This Dying Soul 3. The Root of All Evil 4. Repentance

I'd recommend looking at the live version of their instrumedley, there everyone shows off their individual skills, also with the original drummer. Keep up the great reactions

Best band ever, give them a chance and they will begin to consume your music playlist. 13 albums so far.

Dream Theater and Fates Warning..two of the best progmetal bands. More of this !!

SPEACHLESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! This is a huge step!!!!! Dream Theater was and is one of my top3 bands. Big fan of DT since 1987. Seriously you have to dive into them for your education and pleasure. Best Progressive band ever. Pioneers. Tyvm

For the one who knows pretty well dream theater he will take a trip (voyage) to the old albums, this is epic

This was part 5 of a series of songs about AA called 'The 12 Step Suite'. As such it revisited all of the riffs of the previous 4 songs. The suite was written accross multiple albums by their previous drummer and co-founding member Mike Portnoy. It's a bummer they never got to play the whole thing together before parting ways. The other songs are: The Glass Prison, This Dying Soul, The Root Of All Evil, Repentance.

Your reaction is one of the best reactions to any video I've ever seen. You even left the room!! Welcome, to Dream Theater.

I want to be this man's friend just to take him to prog shows and yell HAH! together!

The keyboardist (Jordan Rudess) was in a Band-Aid commercial in the early 70's. I think he was 7. They now call him the wizard.

If you want to hear some other prog metal bands I highly recommend Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down (Official Video)! Ayreon is a music project by Dutch composer and multiinstrumentalist (and sometimes even a singer) Arjen Lucassen. Ayreon's albums include a guest singers and this particular song that I suggest features all 11 main singers from his latest albums ,,The Source" (there are for example James LaBrie from Dream Theater and even Floor!). I think you may really like this project. EDIT: I forgot to mention that official video have a comments from Arjen himself about making the album or about a singer who is singing at the moment EDIT 2: Apparently there Mr Rock n Roll reacted to this but now nobody can find it. So... Anyone knows what happened to that reaction?

Every time I think I've mastered a technique on my guitar or bass, I listen to John Petrucci and John Myung school me in how much better I can be.

Hey man you probably already know this, but I dont see anyone commenting about it here. The Shattered Fortress is the culmination of 4 other songs that came before it. Be sure to listen to those as well, its pretty much one long song about the former drummer's alcohol addiction and the steps to overcome that. Awesome reaction btw!

You are in for a treat. Dream theater is my favorite band you have just opened up an incredibly diverse world. This song is the last part of the 12 step suite by Mike Portnoy the drummer. He’s an alcoholic and he wrote his incredible piece for it. There’s four other parts spread out on different albums

If you want to do another Dream Theater song, do the studio version of Glass Prison. As deep a rabbit hole as you can go down with Dream Theater, I've always found that to be the best introduction song.

Venturing into prog? My fave song is Count of Tuscany. Check out the king of prog, Devin Townsend with Kingdom (live).

Just saw them live for maybe the 7th time last week. Live shows and recordings are definitely a great way to introduce someone to the band because people can appreciate and enjoy the musicianship on display before the music really clicks. This was actually a good introductory song suggestion (even if it's the last of a series of related songs, google "Twelve-step Suite"), since it's not overly progressive for a new listener. Gotta get your feet wet before taking the plunge deeper :) Have fun discovering them, because there's a shit ton of fantastic music to unpack. Don't worry, the bass player is also a world class beast, like all of them.

Wow!! You went straight for the jugular on this reaction. This is the final part of a five part series known as the AA saga (alcoholics anonymous). Part one is The Glass Prison on Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. The whole suite is bonkers with the exception of the Pink Floyd-ish Repentance. These guys are insanely talented. Some people have issues with the singer but i think they are still awesome. This drummer is amazing but they had better chemistry with the original drummer Mike Portnoy. Check out Dark Eternal Night from the Chaos in Motion tour.

DT are some of the most proficient musicians on the planet. The drummer in this video is their second drummer. He kills it on the kit. The first drummer, Milke Portnoy, is even better. I saw these guys many times. One show, I guess about 15 years ago, the performed around 4 hours. Their first encore, they play about 45 minutes. They came out for a second encore and did the whole Metallica's Master of Puppet album. They never disappoint live.

I discovered Dream Theater about 10 years ago.... Get ready to discover some of the best music you'll ever hear... It's THAT good... I shit you not.

Keyboardist Rudess went to Julliard at 9 (theres actually a band-aid commercial from 70"s when he was a kid, look it up!). Does a killer millenium solo (red keyboard) and uses the comp screen for all the sampling he does. Just FYI in case it was mentioned earlier

I heard this song live in 2014 and it was insane! One of my favourites so far!! 🤘

It's okay.. nobody is prepared for jordan Rudess's keyboard playing. With this song you've dropped in on what I believe is the last of a twelve part story journey, played out over the band's career going back as far as the first part (Metropolis Pt 1) back in 1992 (actually if you want to see more of John Myung's bass the it features more in Metropolis Pt 1 as part of a more innocent overall composition of this whole thing). To say it's something of a classical progressive opus is understating it. It's a helluva track of theirs to dive into but quite typical and I'm glad you got to them though! If you want an earlier movement of this opus which I know you'll go crazy over look for "The Glass Prison" - you'll hear the way they've constructed the whole body.

The red keyboard is his creation...it is a Haken Fingerboard (soft keys)....unique instrument

This is the very deep end of Prog metal. :) individually these guys are each in the top 0.1% (or higher) on their respective instruments with the exception of James LaBrie (the singer) who kinda gets dumped on a lot but would be considered good in pretty much any other band. He’s also aged harder than any of the other members of the band and can’t sing as well as he used to. This is a bit of an odd song to start off with as it’s the finale of a 5 song suite that spans 5 albums detailing the former drummer’s struggle with alcoholism and his recovery from it. It has a lot of callbacks and themes from previous songs and it is a bit disjointed out of context of the rest of the 12-step Suite. These guys have some truly EPIC tracks along with their more standard fare, and you really can’t go wrong with anything they do. As far as live vs studio, I would say that the band is more impressive live but the singer is better in the studio where he’s in a more controlled environment. Sometimes good to listen to both live and studio versions of the songs just to confirm to yourself that what they are playing in the studio is actually physically possible.

Having never heard this before is this part two to glass prison? So many throw backs holy crap I love it

With Dream Theater you can travel to almosr any music genre 😊😊

DARK ETERNAL NIGHT!!!!! Also, Instrumedley if you REALLY want to see them play! And Endless Sacrifice is awesome joy as well!

Welcome to Dream Theater; one of the most underrated and talented bands. Let's see if I can provide some info on this for you. 1. This song is the last part of the "12 step suite" that their original drummer (not the current one in the video) wrote about his battle with alcoholism. This song actually references the melodies from other songs in the suite. If you're interested in more DT I highly recommend checking out that suite 2. @5:21 & @7:38 & @8:40 & @11:23 & @14:03 & @17:58 I see you noticing those nasty fills. The current drummer (Mike Mangini) set 5 records for fastest drumming. If you want to see more, check out "Enigma Machine" from this same concert where he has a drum solo. You'll be blown away, I guarantee it. 3. @5:31 the keyboardist (Jordan Rudess) is using an ipad with a music program he helped create, MorphWiz, which is available on mobile devices. 4. @9:29 Jordan switches over to another of his favorite gadgets, the Continuum fingerboard. Dude loves technology. They call him the wizard...can you guess why? 5. @15:50 that's the face you make when the God named John Petrucci melts your face. He has many victims 6. @17:11 Bass solo? Ask and you shall receive: The Dance of Eternity from this same show at the Boston Opera House.

I think we need more Dream Theater

That was a continuum the keyboard player was playing. Nifty little thing, isn't it? This drummer is amazing. many fans consider him just a machine-like clone of their original drummer who he replaced though. Check out something older, pre-2011 with Mike Portnoy on drums. This song is the 5th song in a 5 song series about Portnoy's battle with alcoholism, btw, with many musical references to the four previous songs.

well wait until you realize that the base player is as quick as the guitarist 🤣🤣🤣

One of THE greatest bands all time and for sure every member is top of the shelf!

Somebody get this man some Symphony X.

And a Dream Theater has been born.......Youre Welcome.

This dying soul... you must hear this song from them!!!

This song is the last part in a suite of songs based on the 12 steps by Alcoholics Anonymous, lyrics written by their former drummer, Mike Portnoy (not in this performance). It is peppered with musical references to the previous parts, tying the whole suite together in a very nice way. Portnoy actually did a few concerts where he performed the whole suite. Check out Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress.

This track is SO THICC and meaty in its riffs. I want that 7 String Petrucci signature guitar.

The way he looks at Rudess is awesome

METROPOLIS PT 1 there bass solo 🙌🏻

17:58 Just like me... When I saw Mr. Mangini do a one hand stroke on the kit,... I did rewind the video with a same face expression like you did. Hahahaha

One of my favorite metal bands!

Wow man, that's crazy over time

This is this most appropriate first reaction to Jordan Rudess and John Petrucci I have ever seen 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂