If you listen to James' voice here and then the more recent albums, you can tell his voice has taken a beating and I don't like where he went with his style, and the entire direction the band took, but I can see why they wanted to do that. Its just they left me , which at the time was their core audience...Chalk it up to change and new blood I suppose. But they will always have a special place in my heart for sure...doubt anything can top IAW cd.
Dream Theater isn't the same to me anymore. I know everybody has their opinions, but when I first fell in love with the bad back in the early 90's, I think they were at about the peak of their charm and appeal for me. That album (IAW) had it all, a great sound, a great blend of the entire band performing in perfection every way possible. I think every song on there was a masterpiece. Then Metropolis II Scenes album...likewise was excellent, but all after that really went downhill, in my opinion.
Probably my fave DT guitar solo. I remember the 1st time i heard this song, i was blown away. Not only 1 of DT's best guitar solo's in a song, its 1 of my all time favourite guitar solo's. WOOO!!
@TheGh0stb im not a huge dream theater fan i love Maiden,Queensryche etc but come on man this is a great song and IMages in words was an epic album and Awake came close!
Portnoy doesnt look like he does neither di john a little and jordan too this is weird but i love the song one of my most favorite DT songs to play i warm up playing this
Portnoy was such a badass back in the day.... Hell, all of them were, but Portnoy is the only one who fell out of badassery status for me. He has his own right to leave Dream Theater, but ever since, he's been making huge public announcements about how badly all the fans' comments are hurting him... He een tried to rejoin Dream Theater, and made another huge announcement on how he did it and is sad because the lawyer said no.
@c1lonely123 Mike wanted a bread from non-stop touring/writing/recording from 20 years, but the others wanted to make new music straight away, so they fell out. Mike didnt want to leave, but it had to happen
mike portnoy should not leave DT. he is much better than that emo crap a7x. for gods sake someone convince him. if it werent for him i wouldnt know about dream theater. he is made for them. his drumming is to good for a7x. yes it is a shame that the rev has died and he was a good drummer and i feel sorry for his family, but now a awesome band has been split up for the sake of death metal emo shit. if he decides not o go back to DT, they will never bbe the same!
@drumoff15 I agree with you, Mike should not have left, next year they are planning to record a new album and now it's gonna be Mikeless, this just like Marty Friedman having left Megadeth, they became nothing after that until Chris Broderick came into the band, what's next Vinnie Paul to take over for DT?
@AMiRCESAR Yeah but they are great now with Chris Broderick but recently I found out that Mike had finished working with A7X and then tried to go back to DT but their management rejected him, ah well we still still have the other current band members and they still haven't announced their new drummer and neither have A7X got one.
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"The lyrics were written entirely by John Petrucci and refer to his father's struggle with cancer. Jay Beckenstein, from the band Spyro Gyra and owner of BearTracks studios where the album was recorded, plays soprano saxophone on this song."
just in case any one is wondering, the song was made by petrucci during a time when his dad was dealing with cancer, but it also sounds like it might also be dealing with suicide..great song! so much emotion it put into it.
@Gibson201 I think that's "take away my pain" atleast I know that is about when his father died. Maybe this is about him struggling with cancer before he actually died.
@ZEHM89 I do really like that album but it's hard to say if each repsective musician plays better on the album but it's pretty obvious where James shines. And if it's:
Instruments "about the same" + Singing AWESOME vs. Instruments "about the same" + Singing good but not as awesome; then images and words wins.
I wish people would like to wear those clothes nowadays..
8JunkMan8 1 week ago
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ileggie 3 weeks ago
Lovely song
andy27472 3 weeks ago
ah e face av face face
RickyPunk18 3 weeks ago
stupenda canzone..insieme al video ti tocca del tutto il cuore..commuovente..
Elerin92 3 weeks ago
I seek 4 another day in my life every day,i need a reason 4 liveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ThiagoMettaler 3 weeks ago
Mitici mitici mitici, nonostante Portnoy vi dia il tormento sarete per sempre "DREAMS THEATER"
TheLella651 4 weeks ago
top de mais essa musica ....very very beautiful
kadusilvaful 1 month ago
This video derserve more view
legendc0re 1 month ago
DAFUQ THATS A CLARINET?! Or a soprano sax?
Wieganatorx 1 month ago
@Wieganatorx soprano sax
bejamillion2 2 weeks ago
muy buenoo!!!
independiente51 1 month ago
So incredibly cheesy...yet so captivating. gosh
elliottbradshaw 1 month ago
67 million likes from me,personaly :D
zazajojua 2 months ago
If you listen to James' voice here and then the more recent albums, you can tell his voice has taken a beating and I don't like where he went with his style, and the entire direction the band took, but I can see why they wanted to do that. Its just they left me , which at the time was their core audience...Chalk it up to change and new blood I suppose. But they will always have a special place in my heart for sure...doubt anything can top IAW cd.
ShelbyWeather 2 months ago
@ShelbyWeather
Well, there is A Change of Seasons; that album was pretty awesome as well.
mikeaol21 2 months ago
Dream Theater isn't the same to me anymore. I know everybody has their opinions, but when I first fell in love with the bad back in the early 90's, I think they were at about the peak of their charm and appeal for me. That album (IAW) had it all, a great sound, a great blend of the entire band performing in perfection every way possible. I think every song on there was a masterpiece. Then Metropolis II Scenes album...likewise was excellent, but all after that really went downhill, in my opinion.
ShelbyWeather 2 months ago
What does the girl symbolise? is she the girl from the album cover? is she victoria from metropolis?
theturkishgamer1 3 months ago
Petrucci's lips on 3:37
anqipiqi 4 months ago
Just a week ago I saw John Myung... he looks the freakin same -___-" Has he found the fountain of youth?
ClarenceTrillinger 4 months ago 2
@ClarenceTrillinger Just wait, asians look the same from they are 18 to 60. Then suddenly they look like mr. Miyagi
mortenhen 2 months ago
Wow! The guy in the saxophone is nothing else but Jay Beckenstein, from Spyro Gyra!! Awesome!
fernastro 4 months ago
Portnoy looks unrecognizable? Did you not see him spin his sticks!?
ComposeLikeABoss 5 months ago 14
What's this song supposed to be about?
dak3089 6 months ago
@dak3089
It's about John Petrucci's Father Having Cancer.
soad1758 5 months ago
My first ever DT song still love listening to anytime of the day
deba90 7 months ago
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replay replay replay replay ecc....
simo90msn 8 months ago
Probably my fave DT guitar solo. I remember the 1st time i heard this song, i was blown away. Not only 1 of DT's best guitar solo's in a song, its 1 of my all time favourite guitar solo's. WOOO!!
thuganomics84 8 months ago
what does the brain scans say? anybody medical guy would care to tell us?
ReverendNaveed 8 months ago
how the fuck can 8(!) dudes not like this? ...
R0NIK 8 months ago
@R0NIK cause those 8 dudes are gay and suck dick and like Rihanna!
omnadrener 8 months ago
@omnadrener this song is pop like rihanna xD
TheGh0stb 6 months ago
@TheGh0stb im not a huge dream theater fan i love Maiden,Queensryche etc but come on man this is a great song and IMages in words was an epic album and Awake came close!
omnadrener 5 months ago
@omnadrener sorry images and words my keyboard sucks
omnadrener 5 months ago
@R0NIK Because they didn't watch it.
amilisom 7 months ago
LOl they looked soo different back then..........Except John Myung lol anyway DREAM THEATER FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!! awesome song!
rogueshadow12 8 months ago
It´s Better Die Another Day..........I ♥ DT!!
dtsharky 8 months ago
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The best 80's song from the 90's!
MeenToss 9 months ago
can anyone confirm if the little girl symbolizes death?
this video is just perfect in every way
sabin97 9 months ago
Very nice ballad :)
DownerNL 9 months ago
Mega Like :D
thedoritosmusic 10 months ago
one of 80's phenomenal ballads !
daviJames 10 months ago
@daviJames This dong id from the 90's, not 80's
zonic26 9 months ago
Portnoy doesnt look like he does neither di john a little and jordan too this is weird but i love the song one of my most favorite DT songs to play i warm up playing this
minato392 10 months ago
@minato392 you're just kidding about the jordan thing right?
killinintheplace 10 months ago
@minato392 jordan wasn't in this band then for fuck sake?! it was their best keyboard player Kevin Moore.
meryuin 10 months ago
@meryuin either he was kidding or is just dumb
zonic26 10 months ago
I think, this is the best song that ever made in history
AbledHands1O1 10 months ago
why Portnoy, Myung and Moore? this Lyrics are of John Petrucci
MANUinROCK 10 months ago
SO MUCH HAIR
Grifff0 11 months ago
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COSnowboardWolf 11 months ago
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hate to sound cliche but, this is the song to my life.
COSnowboardWolf 11 months ago
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COSnowboardWolf 11 months ago
On dirait les Inconnus !
TTris59 11 months ago
3:01 3:30 OOOOH MY FUCKING GOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!
KleofasProtazy 11 months ago
Esse era o Dream, com o Kevin nos TCS cara melhor fase da banda.
janhero 1 year ago
Justin Bieber see this video seven times
chrnouchiha1990 1 year ago
@chrnouchiha1990
lool!
therebelbrain 11 months ago
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chrnouchiha1990 1 year ago
I'm not even such a Dream Theater fan, but this song could well be the best ballad EVER
TheseusOne 1 year ago
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TheseusOne 1 year ago
padraõ de exelencia muito raro!!!!
dionei68 1 year ago
Portnoy was such a badass back in the day.... Hell, all of them were, but Portnoy is the only one who fell out of badassery status for me. He has his own right to leave Dream Theater, but ever since, he's been making huge public announcements about how badly all the fans' comments are hurting him... He een tried to rejoin Dream Theater, and made another huge announcement on how he did it and is sad because the lawyer said no.
It's a shame how people fall from glory.
RaidonSama 1 year ago
@RaidonSama It almost sounds like he is depressed and is watching his life fall apart
rmsolympic1 1 year ago
Great balad
MrBlueEyes123 1 year ago
one of the best power ballad ever...
rhovertx 1 year ago
@c1lonely123 Mike wanted a bread from non-stop touring/writing/recording from 20 years, but the others wanted to make new music straight away, so they fell out. Mike didnt want to leave, but it had to happen
FretMuppet 1 year ago
very nice intelligent song with new ideas and nice video´s
Kialine 1 year ago
THAT IS A YOUNG ASS MIKE PORTNOY!! and chek out sharinien
TheGerthax 1 year ago
@TheGerthax its not sherinian buddy, its kevin moore.. 1st keyboardist of the band.. derek was 2nd, and then, jordan rudess..
aivanize 1 year ago
@aivanize And Ruedess since
zonic26 1 year ago
OMG THAT IS A YOUNG ASS MIKE PORTNOY!
TheGerthax 1 year ago
Myung is always like the same....Except for his clothes....-.-'
Dariusgsr180 1 year ago
mike portnoy should not leave DT. he is much better than that emo crap a7x. for gods sake someone convince him. if it werent for him i wouldnt know about dream theater. he is made for them. his drumming is to good for a7x. yes it is a shame that the rev has died and he was a good drummer and i feel sorry for his family, but now a awesome band has been split up for the sake of death metal emo shit. if he decides not o go back to DT, they will never bbe the same!
drumoff15 1 year ago
@drumoff15 I agree with you, Mike should not have left, next year they are planning to record a new album and now it's gonna be Mikeless, this just like Marty Friedman having left Megadeth, they became nothing after that until Chris Broderick came into the band, what's next Vinnie Paul to take over for DT?
zonic26 1 year ago 5
@zonic26 you are fuck'n right man it's exactly how when Marty Friedman left Megadeth...
AMiRCESAR 1 year ago
@AMiRCESAR Yeah but they are great now with Chris Broderick but recently I found out that Mike had finished working with A7X and then tried to go back to DT but their management rejected him, ah well we still still have the other current band members and they still haven't announced their new drummer and neither have A7X got one.
zonic26 1 year ago
@zonic26 you can't imagen a pantera drummer in dt.. that just doesn't make sense..
meryuin 10 months ago
@meryuin Yeah, it's be kinda strange with Vinnie in DT but good thing that Mike Mangini earned the spot
zonic26 10 months ago
@zonic26 It wasn't Mikeless ! hah
mortenhen 2 months ago
@mortenhen I made that comment only weeks after he left and 6 months before Mangini was announced, now I think I should have said it was Portnoyless
zonic26 2 months ago
@zonic26 the irony. Mikeless...i think we all know why this is funny
bejamillion2 1 month ago 4
@drumoff15 A7x is not a emo crap buddy...don't blame A7x for mike's decisions..
aivanize 1 year ago
@aivanize Actually, Portnoy tried to go back to DT but they refused him. D:
shardprime 11 months ago
who was playing saxophone here? anyone?
BBHelicon 1 year ago
@BBHelicon Ray Beckenstein, singer and Saxophonist of the Jazz band Spyro Gyra.
LuisCArenas 1 year ago
@LuisCArenas thanks mate ;)
BBHelicon 1 year ago
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@BBHelicon Jay Beckenstein, saxophonist of the jazz band Spyro Gyra.
LuisCArenas 1 year ago
Myung is an amzing bass player
MyReturningNightmare 1 year ago
Damn, the song is there..but they all look sooo different when they were younger!!! :D Love Dream Theater!
Shawnium101 1 year ago
4 people are homos who cant appreciate good music... LOVE this song!!!!
NoVacforfreshcarpets 1 year ago
James is so cuddly in this video
UnholyMessiah555 1 year ago
Mike definity has an unrecognizable look in this video.
zonic26 1 year ago
is it just me or does anyone else think john myung looks mighty cool in this video?
tnekf94 1 year ago
better to save the mystery, than surrender to the secret. <3 <3 <3
hatchetmasta 1 year ago
Portnoys in his wrestling gown.
Tedericoe 1 year ago
holy shit portnoy :0 shockingly it's like he got older overtime since 1992 xp
srryforowningu 1 year ago 2
Awesome ,they rocks
taraprasad336 1 year ago
BEST SOLO
sociopath10 1 year ago 2
best ballad ever,best solo ever,best band ever
dream theater 4 life
6rosebudX 1 year ago 51
@6rosebudX Best band ever indeed, I've seen them live twice, can't wait to see them again!
waltervt 6 months ago
Music of my childhood... I love this!
kryca1984 1 year ago
BEAUTIFULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
slipknir 1 year ago
@Sk8er54runescape It's Portnoy only
anirjit95 1 year ago
was rudess and petrucci here?
dookiebabii 1 year ago
@dookiebabii petrucci was there. there was no jordan, the keyboardist was kevin moore
anirjit95 1 year ago
@anirjit95 moore the beste keyboardist of DT
dadigy 1 year ago
@anirjit95 Kevin Moore was the best keyboardist of DT
dadigy 1 year ago
There are no words to portrait this... *.*
ClassicalGuitarRulez 1 year ago
"Jay Beckenstein was in Spyro Gyra...right? And it was recorded at Suffern...Beartracks right?"
haha I've always loved the clothes they wore in this video
SomethingWild9608 1 year ago
great album...but awake was way better
glynnracing79 1 year ago
@glynnracing79 I agree with you man :-) Scarred rulez!
iFercr 1 year ago
Che giovaniiii XD
Ricky1993Goodfella 1 year ago
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boreiosanemos 1 year ago
This is my favorite!!!
Jnyxine 1 year ago
The first chord in this song, is the same as the first chord in "The Count of Tuscany" from BCSL.
AlfredoBoGu 1 year ago 2
@AlfredoBoGu exactly ;)
AMiRCESAR 1 year ago
@ginjeexxx Thanks!!!!! :)
MCRROR 1 year ago
this is the 1st DT song ive heard...it was 1 yr back...now im a big fan of DT
ginjeexxx 1 year ago 24
So Young DAMN!
GarghFever 1 year ago
awesome!
yogoism 1 year ago
"The lyrics were written entirely by John Petrucci and refer to his father's struggle with cancer. Jay Beckenstein, from the band Spyro Gyra and owner of BearTracks studios where the album was recorded, plays soprano saxophone on this song."
Quotes from Wikipedia
SuperZigggy 1 year ago
SORRY does anyone knows the name of the saxofon?
MCRROR 1 year ago
@MCRROR Jay Beckenstein, from the band Spyro Gyra and owner of BearTracks studios where the album was recorded, plays soprano saxophone on this song.
ginjeexxx 1 year ago
does anyone know the name of the saxofonist?
MCRROR 1 year ago
@MCRROR Jay Beckenstein :)
emar212001 1 year ago
mejor imposiles
DiazElvis 1 year ago
is this shorter than on the album>? great song by the way
Gordlonious 1 year ago
2:08 one of the most dramatic things i've ever heard. It's so epic, lol
MikeAsHimself 1 year ago
kevin moore...legend
LyricsVsMe 1 year ago 2
exellent guitar solo
dento2006 1 year ago
The best band ever ....images and words the best album ever....stop.
dragonbeast2001 1 year ago 2
does anyone know the name of the saxofonist?
lovetuomas1 1 year ago
@lovetuomas1 : Jay Beckenstein
thaeta0 1 year ago
it looks like john has wide hips.
emmanuelrodulfo 1 year ago
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))
SLAVIMIR4O 1 year ago
so thankful and blessed for this song ... ^^
renzuken02 1 year ago
how can people say that DT have no soul??
JPRJohnPetrucciRules 1 year ago
Better to save the mistery, than surrender to the secret...You won't find it here...So try Another Day!!!....Grandi Dream!
Salvinangel 1 year ago
i like this video this is my favorite song
The07namme 1 year ago
i like this video this is my favorite song
The07namme 1 year ago
love the 90s sax :b
trumpetswim10 1 year ago
It's not atually a sax ;)
yaypej 1 year ago
so what was it? flute!..??
herbcomendador 1 year ago
its a soprano sax it shows the guy playing it what else would it be??
trumpetswim10 1 year ago
lol DT has put on some extra pounds since then but their music just keeps getting better and better
trumpetswim10 1 year ago
great song, i listen to this whenever i feel down and left alone.
macstabber 1 year ago
Everybody looks almost unrecognizable now :D
Great song, great vid!
needlehold 2 years ago 3
@needlehold Except for Myung, who looks exactly the same xD
Great band and great song!
NeverLandQM 1 year ago
haha, Mike looks so young in the beginning of the song :P
Dream Theater is the best!
bfl78 2 years ago
just in case any one is wondering, the song was made by petrucci during a time when his dad was dealing with cancer, but it also sounds like it might also be dealing with suicide..great song! so much emotion it put into it.
JulianTheGuitarist 2 years ago
lol, the one who changed the least is myung
yes theyre old, 43 years and rudess is even 54, thats astonishing in my opinion
torndrall 2 years ago
BEautiful song!!
chivitab 2 years ago
I LOVE IT!!!!!
jikarpert 2 years ago
Gracias por el video!
este tema es hermoso me roba el corazon
Laryta6 2 years ago
Thanks for this video
lauramitrea 2 years ago
@acetheman3
1985...
redherringXII 2 years ago
wait... how old is dream theater?
acetheman3 2 years ago
@acetheman3 something like 25 i believe.
Ripp3RX 2 years ago
Dream Theater Kicks Ass!!
11makemusicnotwar11 2 years ago
amazing song
JulianTheGuitarist 2 years ago
This is one of my all-time favorite from Dream Theater! Hell yeah!
Rocksoccer123 2 years ago
The best Great song in the world !!!
NoFy1989 2 years ago 2
Great Song!
getti24 2 years ago 3
no es por nada, pero sherinian tambn tenia muy buen nivel, aunque si me gusta mas ruddes
alehomagnus22 2 years ago
Mike and JP look the most different as they have aged. Mike looks completely different. Gotta love that leotard!
GuillermoSmyser 2 years ago
whoever wrote the intro card is wrong, i'm pretty sure this song was written by petrucci about his father dying of cancer
Gibson201 2 years ago
@Gibson201 I think that's "take away my pain" atleast I know that is about when his father died. Maybe this is about him struggling with cancer before he actually died.
GuillermoSmyser 2 years ago
you right , this song is totally wrote by Pretrucci
slashbullet 2 years ago 2
Petrucci*
slashbullet 2 years ago 2
IMAGES AND WORDS.........
the best album of dream theater........
BLUESPOSER 2 years ago 77
correction: best album of ALL TIME.
GuillermoSmyser 2 years ago 66
not in a world were we have Scenes from a Memory it's not.
ZEHM89 2 years ago
@ZEHM89 I do really like that album but it's hard to say if each repsective musician plays better on the album but it's pretty obvious where James shines. And if it's:
Instruments "about the same" + Singing AWESOME vs. Instruments "about the same" + Singing good but not as awesome; then images and words wins.
GuillermoSmyser 2 years ago