The Dance of Eternity - Mike Portnoy (DRUMS ONLY) [HD]

[danlc95]

@egbt4 I wonder how long it took Mike to conceptualize, then perfect his compositions. There are drum parts that took me weeks to complete!

[BOOM3RInc]

The most annoying thing on drums ever is when you go to hit the ride bell and you end up hitting the pad thingo and screw up the whole song D:

[Ulghart]

The mother of all ppieces. 'Virgil Donati'

No more words needs to be said...

[GuyNicknamedFille]

3:44 ......... selling my drum kit inbox me for info ;)

[FinnFlame]

3:05 "OH DAMN! I totally forgot to buy milk!"

[MikeyTalent715]

what video is this from? One of MPs DVDs I'm guessing? Which one?

[andreoupetros]

OMG! mike portnoy wears a KASABIAN t-shirt!!! who would have thought...

[NeroTheRev1713]

@andreoupetros I think its just sabian...as the cymbal

[andreoupetros]

@NeroTheRev1713 humour is sometimes hard to detect in YT... :(

[162sparky]

@andreoupetros thats a Sabian shirt, the brand of cymbals he uses....

[andreoupetros]

@162sparky OMFG really???? is that so?! please also inform ironsteven (top comment) that the part of the song he is able to play, is really nothing. i hate it when people don't get my jokes on YT :/

[bangNL94]

I like that word, "unorthodox". :)

[arturenglish]

Ele é criativo demais.

[muhammadjaka1897]

wow....great2

[pkfiya]

im liking his drum colors. bright blue bass heads with purple-white fade.

[soccersamdude11]

3:44.....WTF!!!

[StefanovicVuk]

@soccersamdude11 It is actually really simple pattern,just looks tough... 16th notes RLRLRLRL with odd accents. Since i can't write notes here- ! is accent on HH.

R! L R L!

R! L R L!

R L! R L

R! L R L!

R! L R L!

R L R! L

R L! R L

R L R L

That's the first part,second begins the same but the end is diff. If it helps you,great,if not...well fuck ti... :)

[bangNL94]

@StefanovicVuk That was actually pretty helpful. Though for me I can learn things better from listening to them than to read them. Really weird.

[StefanovicVuk]

@bangNL94 Well,sometimes it is easier to write it down,especially stuff like this :)

[SERCHSOS3722]

this song is so orgasmic!!! (Pause at 6:07)

[letsplaysdrums]

I think this guy should have auditioned! xD

[evildwarf100]

im almost done learning this song. only like a minute left.... its hell

[animemental1]

That drum set is a freaking percussion arsenal.

[TheStrangevideos]

i might not be able to do a drum cover of this song.... but i can do a vocal cover.

[Gekko12482]

Hitting that dam cup on the ride is always nasty... It seems to be hard even for Mike (missing it @ 5:25 and 5:31)

[metallicatsa]

so amazed every time i watch this...

[Packo1313]

mike portnoy is beast

[northwish]

Not like the CD version Mr. Portnoy! You skipped some heavy parts!

[Whiplashx92]

4.33 - 4.37 jesus christ

[Eddie147741]

Dat snare...

[fasionroadkill]

dude you look just like mike portnoy!

[metalband1000]

his drums are so crisp in this video

[itti1977]

I bet he have 3 feet!!

[MshizzleM]

Dat skills

[merqury5]

Portnoy will be known as the saviour of this kind of drumming. We should almost call it playing portnoy. I think he has done alot for this kind of music and not just with his drums but also the comercial potential for prog.

[ThatCheapDrummer]

3:43 - 4:27 Is Mike An Alien? The World May Never Know.

[ninJyuuYonsai]

thank God, the band have got the super one.

[CharlieMinnollo]

hyper....



[zedsian]

6:10 the moment that i hate

[HU4Lmusic]

It has a lot of time signature changes but it still flows... that's the magic of portnoy

[suBwaH]

Who the hell can dislike this? this is fucking incredible!

[davechicolombia]

@suBwaH Mike Mangini LOL

[noobsmoke261]

@davechicolombia Jk Mike Mangini plays it exactly the same as Portnoy

[DT2BLZ]

@noobsmoke261 thats the problem

[GoldenKoopa18]

@davechicolombia :)

[SERCHSOS3722]

In my opinion, DT's hardest song, on every instrument. The craziest meters and change of tempos :P

[xTravis1]

@SERCHSOS3722 You can say that this is the hardest song for any band to play together....

[pigsquealingcore]

i think we all want that drum set, but those colors? really? I mean... like... really?

[RandomDrummer412]

2:40 - 3:00 \m/

[shocktrooper1000]

The greatest rock drummer ever.......even better than Neil Peart.

[Ulghart]

@shocktrooper1000 Portnoy is certainly in the top 3, with Neil Peart and John Bonham.

[fishooke]

from around 3:48 to 3:58 is amazing!

[jmasterX]

That one person who accidentally clicked Dislike because they were so overjoyed by this brilliant performance must be pissed.

[jacquesandre2010]

2:08 a little mistake in the snare...;O.... but come on... it's a genius

[speakswell]

watch?v=CIXAGEK_ojs&feature=ch­annel_video_title

[gerPzoidberg]

4:20 fail!

[VaiMan69]

@gerPzoidberg please tell me how mike fails around 4:20?

[gerPzoidberg]

@VaiMan69 i think he's missing some snare hits. I maight be wrong

[blindByfearify]

@gerPzoidberg no, he only plays ghost notes there :) he didnt fail :D

[gerPzoidberg]

@blindByfearify alright

[fallingfromjupiter]

2:30 was probably the wrong face to be making at that part of the song.

[xXDP5150Xx]

Those cymbals are beautiful.

[MrRockinAlex]

holy sh............................­....it!

[MultiAvengedsevenfol]

i want his talent ( and his drum kit :P )

[ironsteven]

I can play that song from 1:53 to 1:59 !

[bangNL94]

@ironsteven Not too brag or anything, but I can play this song in its entirety. It's really just a matter of musical understanding and a quite long process of learning, depending on your drum skills.

[egbt4]

@ironsteven It took me a entire month to learn to play this song ( night and day ) but in the end it's not that hard, the time signature changes are not a problem cause once you've listened to it and played it 1000 times you know it by heart . that's what happended to me, now I don't even think about time signatures when I play it !

[StefanovicVuk]

@egbt4 I can't agree more :)

[job4cowboy94]

I WANT THAT DRUMSET!!!

Either that one or the Black & Silver Monster

Those are my two favorite MP drumsets

[iskzep]

I hate it when he made it look so easy...

[VivTheORage]

-Me : "I have the same drumkit, and this song is easy to play for me.."

-Mum : "Hey, wake up ! You'll be late for school !"

-Me : "Damn, wish it was real ..."

[HandShake44]

@VivTheORage funny.... that was actually my wet dream

[VivTheORage]

@HandShake44 Haha, same for me

[nugget254]

this dude is an alien!!

[sniperv25]

Absolutely incredible. I notice he plays the transition into One Last Time 6:02 a little differently than what's on the album where he does flams instead of cymbal crashes.

[brimbles72]

@WarriorPeakey who dosent? lol

[littlelonnie14]

i want. that. kit.

[polostick101]

Imagine how different this the auditions for his replacement would've been if this video was up at the time.

[tobalcainalhambra]

3:06 facepunch

[wlade2753]

@tobalcainalhambra he is always doing that, on the dvd and live shows :)

[bangNL94]

@tobalcainalhambra Yeah he always does that :D He also does it when he plays Octavarium live and such.

[CelestialMemories72]

Loving the Sabians!!!

[chaz9123]

4:16 final fantasy 7 boss fight much??

[livintex]

His drums never look like they have ever been played.. Their a hardly ever dents. Man i wish i had that kind of sponsor.

[MissionMetallica]

This takes MASSIVE TALENT.

[TriviumDrummer]

lol he messes up at 2:01 facially verified haha

[altogavilan]

bestias portnoy!!!...

[FatMancubus]

666 views o.o'

[brimbles72]

I want his shirt.

[AfterlifeBlack]

@brimbles72 F*ck his shirt, I want his drum set!!!!!!!!!

[TheMetallicaGods]

@brimbles72 Just travel back to the 90's...