Liquid Tension Experiment - When The Water Breaks - Part 1/2

[MindstormRecs]

If you don't know Dream Theater or Liquid Tension Expeiment get cracking people! This is thinking man's music and should not be missed out on

[MUDSHARK111]

i once had a friend who used to love ridiculing my taste .i pointed out to him that of all the genres of music mine was the closest to the much respected opera.he argued,but only out of ignorance .this is musical art as beautiful as any painting and as intelligent as music can be while still being melodious,or palatable if you prefer ..fuck it i dont have sound like a fucking ponce when i read what i think.o well there it is.

[postalcodex]

this is prog metal know your unfo please..... and the guy who mentioned beiber should die because he deserves no respect especially posting it here where this blissful piece rests

[mlgudead]

@postalcodex Woah Woah Woah, Why are you being so hostile, why the hell does it bother you that the genre is "incorrect", and I put incorrect in quotes because its really impossible to put music into one genre, music is music just let it be, and why should a guy die for mentioning something that you aren't fond of, everybody is different, and just because you can't stand to hear the name beiber mentioned doesn't give you the right to wish death on him, chill out and move on

[david01478]

I have now uploaded the full length 16 minute version of this song without the break. This can be found at /watch?v=Ee6qZYjrGSU

[SuperLAFWorld]

If I had these songs as MP3s, I'd go on my other account and Link them into their complete saga. Same goes for any other unfinished DT/LTE works.

But I don't Download unless it's impossible to obtain.

[paydafee]

THIS

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*kicks Justin Bieber down bottomless hole*

[SultanNify]

close your eyes and cry.

[Fluffypopcicle]

my water just broke and im a dude.

[wedgtable]

Epic is the only word to describe this song and this band. Epic music.

[fretwizard420]

Been Listening to these guys since their CD first came out, and it just never gets old. Even saw em live once. 9th row not even 20 feet from Petrucci! Damn good show.

[AntonUralskiy]

3:17.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaamn.

[1beowulf12]

This musical group is nothing short of AMAZINGLYEPICNESSINCREDILIZATI­ON! Its a new word i made up to describe how good they are.

[gebass6]

I like the section starting at 1:51 to 4:45.The part at 4:10-4:34 sounds as though a violin could be added easily.I think Jerry goodman of The Dixie Dregs could fill the bill.

[torduc22]

i just made the connection with the baby crying and the title of the song. even stupid disney fangirls would have figured that one out :(

epic song btw

[ScrotumlessMonkey]

@torduc22 wow lol. and i thought i was a retard. and it is pretty epic.

[tornadochaser26]

i love this song.

[symbolic8]

TokeBIG - There is tons of Jazz Fusion influences here.

Get your head out of your ass. Classifying things into genres isn't all that important. It is just good music.

[TokeBiG]

Anyone who says this is anything Jazz is a fucking moron this is Progressive metal if you can't tell. Get your genres right people!!

[azngoku666]

@TokeBiG ahhahahahahha you're so dumb

[Bobaganewsh]

It's amazing how the live version is better than this version...

[AtreyuDerry666]

fucking epic

[iGiProduction]

The Everett HighSchool (me/us) Played this (shorter version) at WGI Nationals in Ohio in april :P Epic song

[generalgenocide667]

why are yall always so mean? just listen to the music, please. Thank you <3

[BurzumiyaMusic]

They should have included the recorded message that Rena Petrucci was in labor into the song.

[outlier1985]

I don't use the term 'perfect' for a lot of songs, but I have to for this one. The entire album blew me away the first time I heard it, but this song in particular had me in disbelief. It just has everything.

[serpentinessarecute]

I would'nt exactly call this jazz fusion (regardless of what Mr. Wikipedia has to say) but hey - I say potatoes you say potatoes!

[Nunslaughter1974]

4:13 and the water really breaks

[AORMETALGORE]

The title and beginning of this song was inspired by Petrucci becoming a father.

[abcbamzz]

i love the song

just think it was stupid to name it this

haha

[TheProgRock]

@abcbamzz "water brakes" means to give birth to a child. This song is called "when the water brakes" because while they were recording this song, the guitarist (John Petrucci) recieved the phonecall that his wife is about to give birth to their child....

maybe it doesn't sound that stupid after all.....

[abcbamzz]

@TheProgRock im 17 mahdude, i knew what it meant exactly since the first time i read it, heh. i wasnt bein to serious im just sayin i didnt like it too much as a title.

it starts out with the baby and all i just hear it all to bluntly where i think it would be cooler to have it more artistic and vague. it mustve had a really strong meaning to him though so its cool.

great song.

[nathanpolk47]

@paulwall1981 ..... how the fuck does someone with the name paul wall have anything to do with LTE? Go chew on diamonds

[AnticipationIsTheNew]

the beginning sound slike a nursery mobile put to a metal song :3

[torduc22]

woww this song is just..amazing work!

[bassguitarkeybordwiz]

I don't know or care to know what type of music this is, all I care about is that is it DAMN GOOD MUSIC!!

[hayder94]

@bassguitarkeybordwiz Its progressive metal , check Dream Theater

[bassguitarkeybordwiz]

@hayder94

Dude, I own every dream theater album, but thanks for telling me that. I just don't care to classify because music = organized sound.

[TokeBiG]

@bassguitarkeybordwiz Its called Progressive metal and the world needs more of it...

[cablerea]

@bassguitarkeybordwiz its progressive rock

[AtomicKazooie]

@cablerea actually its progressive metal ;)

[MrKwokerz]

I like this song!

[rightwingmac]

SNRF and mxmontiel are correct - and it's worth mentioning that Jordan Rudess was the keyboardist for The Dixie Dregs (a fusion jazz group) before he was with Dream Theater lol.

[mxmontiel]

the progressions themselves are pretty similar to jazz, and the forms are common jazz arrangements. its really odd how far it sounds from classical jazz while being so close to its heart. I love these guys so much

[SRNF]

this is progressive rock jazz not progressive instrumental

[SRNF]

sorry i meant progressive jazz fusion

[nycbassist76]

there's nothing jazz about this...how about stop sitting back trying to lable and sub genre everything and just enjoy it

[SRNF]

ur an idiot, this is jazz fusion

[nycbassist76]

tribal tech,weather report,return forever these are fusion jazz...you don't have a fucking clue you're a moron....if anything this is progressive rock with elements of blues

[SRNF]

yes they are, and like i said this is progressive jazz fusion, you need to learn a thing or two before you pretend to know everything kid.

[nycbassist76]

lol @ kid...now you're just pulling your own genres out of your ass.....since you think you know so much...educate me mr clueless...explain the jazz elements in this song please ...I've been playing bass for 20 years and been studying music that whole time as well btw...i know fussion jazz and this aint it

[nycbassist76]

Liquid Tension Experiment is an instrumental progressive rock/metal supergroup, founded by Dream Theater's drummer Mike Portnoy in 1997. The band has released two albums through Magna Carta Records. A third album, with the absence of John Petrucci, along with a fourth album, with the absence of Jordan Rudess (mostly), were released in 2007 & 2009 respectively, both under the name "Liquid Trio Experiment".....tell me where it says jazz?

[SRNF]

copy and pasting wikipedia of all places for data. It says it right on the side of that band. JAZZ FUSION

Also if you look at the history of progressive rock it comes from free jazz, blue jazz, psych rock and jazz fusion. So like I said get your info right and perhaps go to school so you can get information in other sources besides your childish wikipedia.

Like i said your precious wikipedia even says its jazz fusion so you failed to read if your going on that shit.

[Destructed2]

this kind of music comes from the progressive jazz fushion, but it doesnt says that this song specifically is a fucking jazz fushion....

Oh, did you know that all of the western music comes from the Gregorian music at the 5th century? It's like you say Green Day is a Gregorian music, sounds stupid ah?

[Y00p]

Technically, only our harmonic view of music comes from there.

Rhythm and percussion is from Africa.

[Chocolateshame]

its progressive rock and please dont call people idiots its not nesessery its goods music it doesnt matter what type it is anyway

[SRNF]

read what the person wrote towards me before commenting. I was only replying. Also this is prog your right but mostly jazz fusion. If Dream theater wanted to make a prog instrumental album im pretty sure they'd call the group....dream theater..duh. LoL .

The genre makes no difference to me but when I see someone misinformed its only natural to correct them.

[Flailwielder]

Does dream theater have a rhythm guitarest, or does petrucci do all the work?

[Zeoilvia]

He very rarely loops some of the guitar, but in general he plays everything himself and then he has some help from Jordan Rudess' keyboard which to non-musicians often sounds like a guitar :D

[kalrog123]

Petrucci does everything!

[bruceleebrucelee1]

un temon no hay como esta cancion la cagoooooo lejos unos de los temas mas peluos q hay vale por subirlo hermano

[Destructed2]

with my new stereo this shit sound so fucking good!!!!!!!!!

i think i'm listening to god talking!!!

[blebamies]

just perfect. berklee is really the best music academy

[datalorez]

I'm a big fan of the "middle" Dreamtheater stuff. LTE i think is easier for me to listen to.

I never had ear for Dreamtheater's singer and his contrived lyrical sense.

Scenes from a Memory is a masterpiece though.

[outlier1985]

@datalorez "I never had an ear for Dreamtheater's singer and his contrived lyrical sense."

...James LaBrie has only written a handful of songs for the band. The rest are all written by Petrucci and Portnoy.

[knumorvid]

@outlier1985 WRONG! pretty much the rest are written by petrucci, portnoy AND myung & rudess

[outlier1985]

@knumorvid Actually, no. The vast majority of the songs are written by Petrucci and Portnoy. Myung has written a small handful(Metropolis Pt2 was the last album he wrote for to date), and Rudess has written precisely zero songs.

If you're talking about writing the MUSIC, then yeah, they all have a part. But I'm talking about lyrics.

[knumorvid]

@outlier1985 So if you said Take the time was a gosood SONG you would refer to the lyrics? It's the MUSIC that makes dream theater SONGS so outstanding, not the LYRCS....I wouldn't listen to a band with crap music with good lyrics, where you probably would have described their SONGS as good even if you ment the lyrics...I listen to SONGS mainly because of the MUSIC

[outlier1985]

@knumorvid "I listen to SONGS mainly because of the MUSIC"

Good for you. So do I. But you seem to have missed the point. In the original comment I was replying to, the replier mentioned that they like Liquid Tension Experiment more because it has no vocals, and they claimed to dislike James LaBrie's writing style. I was correcting them by noting that LaBrie has only written lyrics for a handful of songs for the band, while the vast majority of DT's lyrics are written by Portnoy and Petrucci.

[farrex0]

@outlier1985 YA portnoy and petrucci arent the best lyrics writers, but they make music that doesnt ust impress u by the difficulty of its composition, they also transmit u things and always make u try harder

[AsG1989]

if i ever have a kid, hes gonna listen to petrucci and mozart

[raymondothedoors]

One of the BEST song!!!!!!!!!!

[axemanfan]

I was replying to SnareDrummer26 and loreizzle395.

[zakkwyldeverehrer]

UNBELIEVABLE! JP makes this baby-sounds with his guitar!

he's a god.

[Flailwielder]

He used his guitar? I thought that was stock audio of a baby crying.

[SnareDrummer26]

makes you hate disney and the music industry...how the fuck to 15 year old pretty boy-untalented jonas brothers get more money then these guys.....

[luigigordo11]

Haleluya!

thank you!! :D lol

[rockster07]

because sadly, 10 year old girls dont know what music really is, and theres way too many of them...

[KiplingCI]

we should send some of our 10 year old girls to China, they are having a shortage and we have too many of them

[axemanfan]

Because the media people try to make them look as impossibly attractive as possible... Their fans don't even care how lame their music is, they just watch and listen to them either to fit in with the crowd or because they're obsessed with looks rather than music... fucking hypocrites.

[Aanalleinoneman]

The Jonas Brothers sold the souls...... to Gaytan. Not to be confused with Satan.

[ahigherstate]

I say they sold them to both.

[Aanalleinoneman]

Gaytan is Satans older brother.

So lets see here. They sold there souls to Satan first and the older brother was like "oh no you didn't you little fuck. Those boys are mine." By the way. One of Gaytans many, atributes, other than being gay, is a gigantic shlong about as thick as a tree and about 10 feet long. He drags that massive man banana around and says "alright you naughty sinners. It's time for your punishment." The "end" result. yeah you get the picture. Poor Jonas Brothers. OH WELL!!

[FireRagnarok]

Hang on, would that even be a punishment for the Jonas Brothers?

[Aanalleinoneman]

Oh fuck I'm sure they'd love it. :) ?? hhmmm.....

Gaytan would just have to come up with something else then...... what though....

only time and a psychotic imagination will tell. lol.

[Aanalleinoneman]

They should've listened to Petrucci when they had the chance.

[monkcapo]

@Aanalleinoneman HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH­AHAHHAHAHAH

[monkcapo]

@Aanalleinoneman HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH­AHAHHAHAHAH

[outlier1985]

@SnareDrummer26 It's for the same reason that McDonalds sells so much. Your average consumer has no concept of complexity of this nature, or an idea of what is truly good. They want their music like they want their food; fast, simple, cheap and homogeneous.

They'll always throw their money at a pretty face or someone effectively stripping on stage or writing hackneyed love songs over real talent and innovation.

[xXSTFDXx]

Also for the same reason that Avatar got more money than the shining and such.

[Gatzill123]

Does anybody else just close their eyes sometimes and just listen while you dreaming that your playing this on a stage? You get this strange feeling... Like being a God.

[Omega50006000]

All the time man.

All the time.

[Muloc7253]

Better than anything Dream Theater has done post-Images.

[Zaothus]

Agreed. The DT members' talents are far better suited to experimentation like this than being crammed in to contrived frameworks and concepts.

[nighthawk41]

Woa wait... Most of this band's work is IMPROVISED?!?

Fuck, I need to track this shit down. This really is amazing.

[piecesof8t]

i can listen to this anytime.....there is nothing like a great  musician!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drumbassguitar]

this music is pretty good and all, but i can really only listen to it when I'm sad, angry, happy, depressed, nervous, bored, anxious, afraid, working out, or if i feel like it.

[loreizzle395]

i give this a thumbs down, i listen to LTE all the time reguardless of my mood, even now, they still push the evelope of innovative music.

[1225345074]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the point of that comment was to say that LTE is every-mood music. Since if you're not feeling something than you're probably dead. I'll probably listen to it then too though.

[axemanfan]

Well he was probably writing down every feeling he could think of, so you two are actually in the same boat.

[rkalamdani]

thats a wide range

[ItsDahMonstahMan]

OMG! I'm ordering LTE1, 2 and Jason Becker Perspective tomorrow :P

[ArrrPirate666]

Fuck I hate you. In a good way. I'm envious.

[superoli17]

This is what I call music. Only good music. These guys are really good at their own instruments.

[JonasOfSweden]

And each other's instruments^^ Well at least the guys in DT are, saw a vid where they played perfect strangers on other instruments than their own, and it rocked :D

[superoli17]

Oh have got the link?

[JonasOfSweden]

No, sry, just found it by accident a while ago. Check my favorites list or playlist or something, might have saved it there.

[IguanaKebab69]

The first two minutes kind of reminds me of the 6DOIT solos but im not which came first though was it this song or the DT Album

[dmnxCGi]

this song, this was in 1999 i think their liquid tension experiment 2 album. and six degrees was in 2002

[charvinaldo]

i think liquid tension was early nineties...cuz a few songs in scenes from a memory were actually based off of this and im not sure when 6doit came out but i know that scenes from a memory came out in like 1992 or 3

[IanS2k8]

No, Scenes from a Memory came out in 1999, and so did Liquid Tension Experiment 2, the album this song is from.

[charvinaldo]

o really? oops. i am ashamed for that so please forgive me.

[vicminister]

Actually the first one was in 1998 / the second one in 1999.

[axemanfan]

This was actually made before Rudess joined DT. He had been invited once before, and he declined. Portnoy was trying to make a prog rock supergroup, so he got Tony Levin on bass, Petrucci on guitar because he couldn't get anyone else, and Rudess on keyboards because he wasn't in DT yet and Portnoy/Petrucci wanted another chance at getting him in. So LTE was made before Scenes from a memory or 6DOIT.

[MPWNSynthesis]

SDOIT came out in 2002 and Scenes came out in 1999. =/

[timmoah]

7:46 all time favorite part :D

[HomoRidiculus]

perfect indeed.

[Korg3]

2:56 i would die for this solo

[zaorulesmetal]

Anything from The Chick Corea would rip this to shreds.

[dmnxCGi]

wtf dude they're in 2 different genres, lte is progressive rock and chick corea is in fusion jazz.

how if i say allan holdsworth would rip anything from chick corea to shreds...

man, get a life

[HomoRidiculus]

Guess Scientology ripped your brain to shreds, Mr. Zao.

[zaorulesmetal]

Lol, scientology, what is that supposed to mean? Anyway, it was a joke, I was bored one night and wanted to cause some trouble. This is amazing musicianship and songwriting. But that Chick Corea is something else... :)

[SalvadaK]

perfect..

[jayco4]

ya really.. how can anyway call petrucci a "shredder" he can shred with the best of the and better no doubt but he also has some of the most tastful and memorible licks ever in prog music. all around my favorite guitar player.

[SRNF]

ye i hate when people say all he does is shred....fuck em!

[themkrr]

This is a Masterpiece (2)

[TheProgRock]

Exactly ...This is a Masterpiece

[Korg3]

this song have so many ideas where other bands would create two complete albums

[AySay1015]

that section that begins at about 2:00 is one of mu fave musical sections ever!! Petrucci's solo is amazing!!! and to think their are still ignorant fools who say he is all speed....

[Freedownloadedmusic]

Liquid Tension Experiment and Dream Theater do sound alike yes, but one difference, the bass player in LTE is better and there is no singer. These guys are brilliant Musicians and if not my favorite its prob 2nd or 3rd on my list. Moving on, these guys know what the hell they are doing when it comes to skill. If you want to become able to get into the rock star world, be able to play like these guys and add a well vocalist and BAM your going to have a possible carrier as a rock stay in from of u

[ironDsteele]

I don't know about the bass player thing...I would challenge that. JM is a very busy bassist and his knowledge of music is right up there with Rudess. They're both brilliant none the less.

[theclash06013]

Actually I'd say that Myung is better than Levin, but Levin can play the Chapman Stick.

[SoulForce24]

Myung plays chapman stick on the Budokan DVD

[ironDsteele]

I'd like to see Danny Carey play this...then again I'd also like to see Jessica Simpson in my bed every morning but that's just wishful thinking :)D

[psychostew911]

lol and wishful thinking is a sick song by john petrucci !!!! what r the odds man, freaky choice of words duddde woo ima take more nyquil brb lol jk LTE + DT = PWNAGE

[Zimeftw]

I used to listen to these guys all the time. Then lost track. I'm so glad I heard these songs again.

[drumfrmartin]

best song of lte

[Humperdinklyfunk]

aah that bit at 7.08 is so tasty!

the solo, the guitar slides..mmm

[teapee37]

Portnoy is a god.

[upperlupus1617]

I heard he was pretty modest ^^

[paulwall1981]

@teapee37.You won't get me arguing about that Portnoy is to drums and drumming what Di Vinci was to art. A true master of the drums.

[bl00dyscars]

remembers me a bit of dream theater , is there any link ?

[ials01]

it IS Dream Theater, but with little changes, like....Tony Levin in bass guitar.

[paulwall1981]

As well there being a different bass player, there is also no sinnger either, this is all about the music, and what music it is.

[tacoman1989]

Also, Kevin James Labrie isn't in LTE.

[david01478]

This is a side project to Dream Theatre.

[lazykid8458]

Their transitions are soo smooth!

[theclash06013]

It's basically DT minus Myung and LaBrie with Levin on bass

[DTRemcoG]

True.. But Jordan wasn't member of DT yet when these albums were recorded if I recall right.

[theclash06013]

I think when the first one was recorded Rudess wasn't, I think he joind during the recording of LTE2

[jesman070]

rudess was part of the first lte.....

[FlyingPandaRockets]

no they mean rudess wasn't part of DT yet, not lte, he was involved in the first lte, and they liked playing with him and they liked rudess alot, and he eventually became the piano playing genius of Dream Theater :)

[jesman070]

ohhhhh okayss thanks :)

[FlyingPandaRockets]

no problem dude

[spotty54]

DT wanted to play with JR since the departure of Kevin Moore in 1994. He played a live concert that year (because KM left in the middle of a tour) but he was involved with the Dixie Dregs.

[LogitechGseries]

Love the riff at 6:00! :D

Great song!

[RODTheMaster]

These guys are so cool.

[gauthieralex]

thanks a lot for posting man! great song

[0ftheWALLS]

the slow solo at about 2:45 is soooo fun to play.

[bangNL94]

1337 man!

[fabimsvp]

best song ever!!!

ps: no discuss about that

o//

[paulwall1981]

Anything with Mike Portnoy in it is bound to be good, and this is no different. This should be out of this world and it is. Birlliant.

[cassius921]

do you like the fish forever?

[BlackenedWh1te]

LTE is really AWESOME!!!

[kwrkrlz]

This is surely the best Liquid Tension Experiment song, and the best overall song in existence (in my opinion).

[Anthonie1937]

Great and indeed the most beautiful part is where the slow music kicks in and then the intense solos after that! Superb!

[arrow23]

awesome....nothing can top universal mind though

[hynesa02]

agreed!

[kwrkrlz]

What a masterpiece! Beautiful, extraordinary, wonderful, amazing, incredible!

[coffeeintheface]

Major goosebumps at 2:57. And a bunch of other spots. This is easily LTE's best song in my opinion. They basically took the structure of "Freedom of Speech" and just made it 10000 times better.

[david01478]

yeh, the slower "laid back" parts are my favourites :P

[Misohappy13]

So many sweet guitar riffs in one song. I swear my comp speakers are just gonna freakin explode. X]

[SystematicChaos08]

yeah ive got the drum transcription absolutely legendary!! thousands of notes

It is a fukn masterpeace imo.

Just got to love it. The part from