Fates Warning-Another Perfect Day(Mike Portnoy on Drums)

[VelvetViolator]

Fuck- Portnoy is hitting Zonders parts very well !!!

The "Athens" ging with D' Virgilio was so fucking lame and out of the original drum track.

[n0minombre]

@VelvetViolator I think D'Virgilio did a great job, he has a warmer sound, but that's just my opinion...

[MrJugoso10]

who the hell is makr what??

come on guys portnoy is a way

better that zonder

i think only mike mangini is better than portnoy but no zonder

thats my opinion of course

[GomerSexual]

@MrJugoso10 you're wrong, i think. onder Is much better. Portnoy is just new version of Neil Peart.

[Phoenix87x]

I just realized that I don't listen to FWX enough.

[thiagorisso84]

Portnoy ruined the song

[albarper]

portnoy not require creativity, but Mark Zonder is much more creative than portnoy

[ezurcher1]

I've been into DT since Images came out but I never really got into Fates Warning. Most of my musician friends are VERY into both bands. I'd really like to introduce myself to some FW. Can anyone tell me a good place to start? I hear that "pleasant shade of gray" is one of their best.

[jonesy97]

@ezurcher1 Start with some early stuff like the song Anarchy Divine. Then work your way up. Everything from "Disconnected" is great, too.

[jackmarsilva]

To bad Ray..should have used better judgement while you we're smoking it up including the pooch..now your voice is only second best without your high pitch,no more singing: "Silent Crys"....makes everyone depressed....but your still the best in our books...God bless...peace

[j800r]

@jackmarsilva actually, it was a conscious choice he made to not squeal into the mic. he wanted to focus more on the melody.

[funktor]

Hey lads, I had to like most of your comments. You were all right, but not a word about Jim's genius!!!! I love FW and respect all the members, but in my humble opinion Jim is the heart and the mastermind of this great band.

[LokiLasher]

Matheos=underated

[hadd13]

trust me he is

[raredrumd]

great drumming by mr portnoy, but i would like to see zonder on this song.

[LokiLasher]

There is a Zonder version I will link it to you

[jackmarsilva]

you right on that one Mike Portnoy is still working on old style drumming,he never made any changes to his playing style since the: "Images and Words" album...to tell you the truth all of DT's albums are great but only a few great songs came out of them all...It's the same tunes collected from previous albums...sorry DT fans but it made them boring...

[kklocket2]

@jackmarsilva Sorry your opinion is pretty terrible and inaccurate too.

[toxictilt]

Once again, I wish Ray Alder was in Dream Theater, his voice is so much better then Labrie's

[LokiLasher]

Amen Toxi Labrie sounds like fuking Styx!

[Ieronymous]

Portnoy "Executes" while Zonder "Creates" thats why Mark Zonder will always be superior to Portnoy...Plain and simple...!!!

[chaimpo]

lol.

Is the first time that i read someone saying that portnoy lacks creativity.

[cicconerocks]

ditto that!!! WTF???

[j800r]

@chaimpo Portnoy doesn't lack creativity, just Mark Zonder is more creative. Portnoy is technically flawless though. He can play anything. Zonder comes up with all the most incredible and original rhythms though.

[s3rpd3rp]

@j800r Hmmm... heard of the album Metropolis pt.II: Scenes from a memory? Are those drumparts also lacking creativity?

I think both drummers are superb at creating creative drumparts. But you have to remember that Portnoy is just filling in for the show. And next to that I still think that Nick D'Virgilio did was the best session-drummer (at that time he still was) has had...

[j800r]

@s3rpd3rp please read before you respond. I never said Portnoy lacked creativity. i just have my preferences.

[s3rpd3rp]

@j800r yeah i read you man. I'm just saying that Portnoy is creative in a different way. Don't think that you can say that Mark is more creative that Mike or the other way around. And besides, he's acting as a session drummer, which means he's had little time to really practice all the songs through and through...

[jimmymac63]

@chaimpo He obviously knows nothing of drumming!

[OixordNL]

@Ieronymous

Source?

[jimmymac63]

@Ieronymous You absolutely have no idea what the hell you are talking about period....Zonder has always said he thinks Portnoy is the most creative drummer in history. Portnoy said he performed with Fates not to replace or do something different than Zonder, but to pay tribute...Get your facts straight before spouting off!

[jimmymac63]

@Ieronymous Plain and simple, you don't know what the fuck you are talking about!

[fishinman2009]

@Ieronymous Peart would have feel asleep, dreaming of a redesign.

[Piioggia]

mike sei un grande!!!

[16dicembre2007]

numero UNO MIKE PORTNOY!!!!

[Burn0ut0nline]

Mike Portnoy and Makr Zonder are both excellent drummers but nobody can fill Mark Zonder's shoes.

[thelawler]

I agree 100% although I do love Portnoy!

[VelvetViolator]

@Burn0ut0nline. More than right. Nick D´Virgilio was the worst drummer I´ve ever seen in the FW team. Very bad...

[jmac1013]

I love Fates Warning. I love Portnoy's playing with DT, but his style doesn't fit with FW. I miss Mark. Whether FW wants to admit it or not they miss him too.

[DTistehroxors]

His style doesn't fit? The drumming that he does on this song is perfect. He isn't "overplaying" as a hell of a lot of people tell me or "showing off" as others say. He is playing for the song...sorry his style is fine..sorry I have to disagree with you.

[DTistehroxors]

O and PS...Mike Portnoy is the greatest drummer alive...sorry but nobody is better than him.

[SolitarySword]

Well, that's your opinion...

personally, I prefer Mark's Single Bass Drum fills and patterns to this song, but Mike's is another perspective. It really depends on how you feel about the song appart from the drum.

This is my opinion, not fact.

[juanjochumpitaz]

@DTistehroxors you're right, if he had been showing off, we would all be having a seizure right now

[caniportnoy]

portnoy manda !!!

[gowanis]

thank you more please!

[Q2W3e4r5tss]

Great preformance! Thanks for posting