I don't know about any of you but this was the first dream theater song I heard and I was a fan ever sense then. It was something completely new to me when all that was playing on the radio was the end of grudge and start of emmo. They always sounded like a chaotic symphony not many bands have been able to achieve.
ToT isn't my favourite album but I like it much more than Awake. My favs are SOAM and SDOIT. Anyway, I shouldn't answer a mad teenager who still thinks his opinions are the best. Grow up and learn to respect ;)
Mike Mangini is a great drummer, who can say he isn't? But Portnoy was DT's soul. So DT is a soulless band now... And I see too many Kevin Moore fans here... who cares about him??? Rudess is much better than him. Btw, the new album SUX.
@EldarcSP Hahaha XD.You are such a noob...I bet your favorite album is Train of Thoughts....ADTOE is the best album since the I&W/Awake days bro,and Kevin Moore was a GREAT keyboarder/composer.Learn more about music before you wright trash on the internet.Cheers!
@EldarcSP stop talking shit. All those members who are their now have done successful solo work and are all at the top of what they do. To say they cant do anything without portnoy is a huge insult.
@EldarcSP The new album doesn't suck. You may not like, but it doesn't mean it sucks. It's your opinion, not the revealed truth. A Dramatic Turn of Events is a great album, IMHO.
Lol I was reading James Joyce's "Dubliners" today, and I stumbled across the intro lyrics for this song in the dialogue! "...6 o'clock on a Christmas morning - and for what?" - "What about the honour of God aunt Kate?" - "I know all about the honour of God Mary Jane!"
@mrscry That's your opinion, and your opinion isn't shared by all Dream Theater Fans... I myself happen to think that "A Dramatic Turn of Events" in its entirety is the best album that Dream Theater has come out with since "Images and Words." But I love this album as well (Awake)... And I love Mike Portnoy on drums, but never cared for his backup vocals... Mangini is just as skilled, gives Dream Theater a fresh new sound... And Kevin Moore is great, but I'm perfectly happy with Jordan Rudess...
been listening to Dream Theater all my life, born and raised on DT and STILL LOVE IT!!! i am a huge Mike Portnoy fan tho, too bad he left...i'll still always support Portnoy and DT
I nearly forgot to do this. But this was the year. Greetings from Boston guys. Sharing that DT peace and love at six o'clock on a Christmas morning!! \m/
I promised myself. I was going to listen to this song at the accurate hour. It means even more now. Love for y'all, RESPECT and REVERENCE for DT's work. Love for all of you and greetings from Colombia.
@MartinD6s Haha, my six o'clock on a Christmas morning was excellent, and the rest of the day went pretty well too. I hope yours was similarly enjoyable.
It's cool to see how popular this little tradition is.
@MartinD6s@MartinD6s Haha, my six o'clock on a Christmas morning was excellent, and the rest of the day went pretty well too. I hope yours was similarly enjoyable.
It's cool to see how popular this little tradition is.
@MartinD6s@MartinD6s Haha, my six o'clock on a Christmas morning was excellent, and the rest of the day went pretty well too. I hope yours was similarly enjoyable.
It's cool to see how popular this little tradition is.
@MartinD6s Haha, my six o'clock on a Christmas morning was excellent, and the rest of the day went pretty well too. I hope yours was similarly enjoyable.
It's cool to see how popular this little tradition is.
I was about 16 or 17 when I discovered this album. Coming from a family who almost exclusively listens to rap and r&b, I drove my family crazy listening to this. I'm 26 now and I still think it's worth the alienation :)
my mobilephone was in a way strange and so my alarm clock startet in school suddenly... My class woke up and my teacher was schocked, but i was allowd to keep it :D after the lesson all classmates asked "what song was that?!" :D
I picked up this album (the first I'd heard from this group) at Wal Mart day after xmas and played it for days/weeks afterwards. Bought all of Dream Theater's stuff until 2000 while I was still interested in the metal/progressive rock genre.
This song has a special place in my heart. Blew me away. I was playing Zappa and Yes, Zeppelin, Rush, etc..with a cover band and it was great to see these guys take the reins and move forward.
First Dream Theater song I ever heard, and Awake remains my favourite DT album - and one of my favourites by any band, ever.
Kevin Moore was always the member with the best lyrics and songs, and a genuine artistic vision. The others all make strong contributions and are brilliant instrumentalists, but Moore had a magic touch that they don't, and they've never quite been the same without him.
@robicenco1 I think I'm gonna have to disagree here.
I know that's your opinion, but I believe that yes, when Moore left there was something missing, but I believe that Sherinian filled in his shoes finely, and then when Rudess came in, Dream Theater were taken to all new hights! They didn't have to be the same as they were with Moore, think about it. Would you rather have Rudess and Sherinian not show their own style, so they can capture Moore's?
@White1Tiger2Dan Fair comment. I think DS is a brilliant keyboardist (pity they fired him eh...) and JR is also very talented, though he has some pretty ugly-sounding synths. Moore was less gifted as a musician than either of them - I just think his songwriting was exceptionally strong. Obviously he'd had enough by Awake (hence this song) so it was time for him to go anyway.
I just wish he was still making music in his old style, I guess.
@White1Tiger2Dan No, but with Sheridian it was a new DT. And with Rudess being so Rude he annoys people doing a fake guitar pickin' with the keyboard and continuum and takes all the nice out of DT. He should behave like in LTE. DT died too soon.
@morochodelor You actually think DT is dead? Look man, while I agree that Jordan pushes things a little too far at times, I honestly will say that I think he is one of the best things that happened to DT. The continuum may not sound as pretty as other instruments, but it has its own feeling. And he isn't faking guitar picking, what he picks is called a lap-steel guitar. I know this is your opinion, and I respect that, but here's mine. Rudess is a genius, and brought the incredible to DT.
@robicenco1 They seriously haven't recovered at all since Kevin Moore left, I totally agree, and I get mad when most DT fans blow this off as no big deal... the two albums he was on destroy all future music they put out.
Has anybody ever noticed that the album cover relates to the songs? like for example this song is called "Six O'Clock" Look at the moon and you see it is actually a clock reading "6:00" There is a song called "The Mirror" and there is a mirror. There is a song called "Caught in a Web" and beside the mirror there is a spider web, ect.
Naaa Pink Bubbles was a rock pop album for Helloween, and a real nose dive in quality and identity for the band. Awake was quite a dark and heavy album, but not heavy in the sense of say the band Kreator etc.
@EgoShredder I just dont feel that it's heavy in the sense that metal is heavy is what I'm saying. It's just my opinion by the way, we really dont even need to discuss it if that's fine with you :P
I understand what you mean and I agree, I was only saying DM are merely another kind of metal. Hey no worries, was not ranting or anything which YouTube is full of. We need a 'mouthy teen with nothing to say' filter! LOL.
@slitherlock You can just say that you don't like him, saying that "he shits into a microphone" doesn't really count as an opinion. He isn't really that bad anyways
@BloodHarvest21 okay, okay...maybe I was a bit brash. I took what you said into consideration...and listened again...with the same result. The singer is like...um...trying to play chess while someone screams in your ear. Or..say..trying to watch the super bowl...in a room full of toddlers who have had kool aid and candy all day. Liquid Tension is the frustration the musicians in DT feel. The singer is like an Orc at Mordor with painted glitter on his nails and a mop in his hand for battle.
I really expected anything else from this when I first heard it, everyone told me how good it was and also dream theater is recognized as a progressive band. but I really desepciono, I found something incomprehensible in its musical structure, no coherence and meaning. with very few bursts of piano to John Lord, a battery without the presence of base and guitar parts not surprise me much to be a representative song of the band. If progressives want to hear musical cacophony, chris poland
@zxmmetalfzx Honestly, this is one of their more....I dunno, catchy songs. If you're using this as a yardstick to measure Dream Theater as a whole (or all prog. metal, for that matter), you should probably stay away from prog. metal, because you probably just aren't the kind of person to get into this sound. I think this song is incredibly coherent and has plenty of meaning.
Incredible drum sound on this record. The first 3 seconds are worth rewinding many times to remind yourself what real acoustic drums can sound like. John Purdell and Duane Baron hit the production on this record out of the park. Purdell left us far too soon.
@poundingmetal74 Amen to that! This has to be one of the best produced albums of the 90s (not sure what else comes close... Radiohead, perhaps). Engineering, mixing is just top notch. The mix 'breathes"! :^D
@TheExpansionMansion Easily one of the best produced albums, Chameleon by Helloween is produced and mixed extremely well for 1993, but not to this quality. The drums completely stand out in Awake when compared to Chameleon.
in the world of Dream Theater, there are plenty of haters...but the fans know why we like DT. Because there is nothing like them, and they can always rock. Their older albums are just total creativity.
@EA369 i doubt it, there's probably a neurological disorder with a scientific name and a bunch of other sufferers who listen to DT and hear Primus, in a padded room somewhere :P
@c9castine calm down there, chief... didn't you see the :P at the end of my post? thaat means jooooke... and though the two bass styles sound nothing alike to me, nobody said primus wasn't awesome... i've seen them live a bunch of times, so i'll give you the same word of wisdom you've tried giving me - easy..
@PRIMEx420 lol you just get a kick out of this dont you? theres nothing to blame for anything.....im talking about what i said, not what you said. i saw the stupid face you made at the end. youve never had somebody jokingly say "woooah there buddy, easy on X, haha"? lighten up man not everything needs to be a personal struggle on the internet.
@c9castine whatever you say :) anyone reading this will see your knee-jerk reaction and clumsy attempts at recovery from being put in your place. conversation over. enjoy you life
@metallicat67 Wow, Dream Theater without James? That's like BLT with no bacon, IT DOESN'T WORK! James is the heart and soul of DT, if you don't like that well, too bad.
@metallicat67 It would also be quite awesome if the LaBrie hate bandwagon would fuck off of a natural incline of a few hundred miles, but, unfortunately, I don't see that happening.
James is one of the best tenors in the business and fits Dream Theater's music very well.
@malagutial Mixed the drums? Nothing about the drums is electronic, that's pure human abillities. Seen them live with opeth, there were no technological substitutes aside from the visuals.
@BloodHarvest21 Nope, like Moore's deteriorating relatioship with the band and how he was feeling back then.. "So many ways to drown a man, so many ways to drag him down, some are fast and some take years and years", etc.
THIS is Progressive Metal. I get sick of having people direct me to prog metal bands, and all I hear when I give them a shot is hair metal. THIS is how you do it, damn it. >:|
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RenatoLousan44 1 day ago
I don't know about any of you but this was the first dream theater song I heard and I was a fan ever sense then. It was something completely new to me when all that was playing on the radio was the end of grudge and start of emmo. They always sounded like a chaotic symphony not many bands have been able to achieve.
Jackenzison 1 week ago 3
Their newest album SUX and that's because Portnoy left the band. If you enjoy it, good for you ;)
EldarcSP 1 week ago
keys sound almost like wah-wah guitar... great! but I can't stand vocal
earthless1990 2 weeks ago
ToT isn't my favourite album but I like it much more than Awake. My favs are SOAM and SDOIT. Anyway, I shouldn't answer a mad teenager who still thinks his opinions are the best. Grow up and learn to respect ;)
EldarcSP 2 weeks ago
Mike Mangini is a great drummer, who can say he isn't? But Portnoy was DT's soul. So DT is a soulless band now... And I see too many Kevin Moore fans here... who cares about him??? Rudess is much better than him. Btw, the new album SUX.
EldarcSP 3 weeks ago
@EldarcSP Hahaha XD.You are such a noob...I bet your favorite album is Train of Thoughts....ADTOE is the best album since the I&W/Awake days bro,and Kevin Moore was a GREAT keyboarder/composer.Learn more about music before you wright trash on the internet.Cheers!
kankuro1701 2 weeks ago
@EldarcSP stop talking shit. All those members who are their now have done successful solo work and are all at the top of what they do. To say they cant do anything without portnoy is a huge insult.
Grow up.
MrGamerBazer 2 weeks ago
@EldarcSP You're an idiot.
OneTakeJesus 2 weeks ago 4
@EldarcSP The new album doesn't suck. You may not like, but it doesn't mean it sucks. It's your opinion, not the revealed truth. A Dramatic Turn of Events is a great album, IMHO.
danitaly 4 days ago
@danitaly I respect your opinion. Mine is the new album sucks. Of course you might agree or not :)
EldarcSP 4 days ago
Awesome Song, should be on the radio.
CaptainShtuff 3 weeks ago
Damn just can't type 6:00 without the darn hyperlink!
rover0000 1 month ago 13
Lol I was reading James Joyce's "Dubliners" today, and I stumbled across the intro lyrics for this song in the dialogue! "...6 o'clock on a Christmas morning - and for what?" - "What about the honour of God aunt Kate?" - "I know all about the honour of God Mary Jane!"
GooseberryMk3 1 month ago 4
@mrscry That's your opinion, and your opinion isn't shared by all Dream Theater Fans... I myself happen to think that "A Dramatic Turn of Events" in its entirety is the best album that Dream Theater has come out with since "Images and Words." But I love this album as well (Awake)... And I love Mike Portnoy on drums, but never cared for his backup vocals... Mangini is just as skilled, gives Dream Theater a fresh new sound... And Kevin Moore is great, but I'm perfectly happy with Jordan Rudess...
Enforcer0623 1 month ago
Not just one of their top 3 albums, but my pick for #3 metal album of all time.
mrscry 1 month ago
Great music!
talestails 1 month ago
Mind Blowing......Jus Cant get it out off my mind!!!
dog4759 1 month ago
six six up
TheCookkit 1 month ago
been listening to Dream Theater all my life, born and raised on DT and STILL LOVE IT!!! i am a huge Mike Portnoy fan tho, too bad he left...i'll still always support Portnoy and DT
cherryness14 1 month ago
I don't know? I still think hootie plays guitar the best.
SpudcuttersInc 1 month ago
So where's the other 26 seconds?
Neophyte808 1 month ago
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MasterOfTrapos 1 month ago
The song should be six minutes long.
TheGeezerProductions 2 months ago
James Joyce and Dream Theater in one piece? How can two of my favorite things exist in the same place?
LeftBehindForDead 2 months ago
6:00 in Vancouver on Christmas morning here. Have a great day.
TheBimmyandJimmy 2 months ago
see ya next year 6:00 clock guys...
red41411 2 months ago
Merry christmas dream theater junkies......
keygenswb 2 months ago 2
It is
keygenswb 2 months ago
Six O'Clock on a Christmas morning... and for what?? XD
ElRincondelaBruja 2 months ago
@ElRincondelaBruja From the film adaptation of James Joyce's "The Dead"
LeftBehindForDead 2 months ago
I nearly forgot to do this. But this was the year. Greetings from Boston guys. Sharing that DT peace and love at six o'clock on a Christmas morning!! \m/
TheGaryot 2 months ago
I promised myself. I was going to listen to this song at the accurate hour. It means even more now. Love for y'all, RESPECT and REVERENCE for DT's work. Love for all of you and greetings from Colombia.
thefatherofdarkness 2 months ago
Six o'clock on a Christmas morning...
MansoorClan 2 months ago
Well, I am listening to this, quite literally at six o' clock on a christmas morning.
phirseatthi 2 months ago
Have this up on a tab ready and waiting. It's time to kick off this new Christmas with an old tradition!
LordMegatronG1 2 months ago
I do it every fucking year! It's a custom in my household! Phoenix time! Off this very upload this year! Thank you...and thank you DT !
keygenswb 2 months ago
It's almost time.
elliottpetterson 2 months ago
@elliottpetterson Don't tell me you're another one that does this!
I did it last year but I wasn't planning on it, this year the same has happened because I can never sleep on Christmas night.
Well, I hope you have a good Christmas my friend, and have or have had a good six o'clock on a Christmas morning!
MartinD6s 2 months ago
@MartinD6s Haha, my six o'clock on a Christmas morning was excellent, and the rest of the day went pretty well too. I hope yours was similarly enjoyable.
It's cool to see how popular this little tradition is.
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@MartinD6s @MartinD6s Haha, my six o'clock on a Christmas morning was excellent, and the rest of the day went pretty well too. I hope yours was similarly enjoyable.
It's cool to see how popular this little tradition is.
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@MartinD6s @MartinD6s Haha, my six o'clock on a Christmas morning was excellent, and the rest of the day went pretty well too. I hope yours was similarly enjoyable.
It's cool to see how popular this little tradition is.
elliottpetterson 2 months ago
@MartinD6s Haha, my six o'clock on a Christmas morning was excellent, and the rest of the day went pretty well too. I hope yours was similarly enjoyable.
It's cool to see how popular this little tradition is.
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merry christmas everyone!
RockiiGirl14 2 months ago
0:20
Iron Maiden - The Prisoner
hentajus 2 months ago
6:00 yeah
manowar168 2 months ago
I think it is necessary to listen to this song on Christmas morning :)
ellybot1 2 months ago
@ellybot1 At 6:00, no less.
AusMarkus 2 months ago
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ellybot1 2 months ago
I was about 16 or 17 when I discovered this album. Coming from a family who almost exclusively listens to rap and r&b, I drove my family crazy listening to this. I'm 26 now and I still think it's worth the alienation :)
EuphoniousCrunk 2 months ago 34
my mobilephone was in a way strange and so my alarm clock startet in school suddenly... My class woke up and my teacher was schocked, but i was allowd to keep it :D after the lesson all classmates asked "what song was that?!" :D
sorry for my bad englisch x.X
AennaLikesMetal 2 months ago
Bought this album the first day came out and stayed home from a high school dance to listen to it. Still listen to it to this day.
jaybreak 2 months ago 2
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DemonDriver95 3 months ago
@Octavius2250 I'm quite sure they will compose a new song and name it 26 seconds.
ntabja 3 months ago
I always listen to this for xmas. I don't know why ;D
outsiderperro 3 months ago
What movieare the samples from?
suprsonickath 3 months ago
I picked up this album (the first I'd heard from this group) at Wal Mart day after xmas and played it for days/weeks afterwards. Bought all of Dream Theater's stuff until 2000 while I was still interested in the metal/progressive rock genre.
This song has a special place in my heart. Blew me away. I was playing Zappa and Yes, Zeppelin, Rush, etc..with a cover band and it was great to see these guys take the reins and move forward.
numchiks10 3 months ago
blablabla i read it.
nikolas99t 4 months ago
First Dream Theater song I ever heard, and Awake remains my favourite DT album - and one of my favourites by any band, ever.
Kevin Moore was always the member with the best lyrics and songs, and a genuine artistic vision. The others all make strong contributions and are brilliant instrumentalists, but Moore had a magic touch that they don't, and they've never quite been the same without him.
robicenco1 4 months ago 34
@robicenco1 I think I'm gonna have to disagree here.
I know that's your opinion, but I believe that yes, when Moore left there was something missing, but I believe that Sherinian filled in his shoes finely, and then when Rudess came in, Dream Theater were taken to all new hights! They didn't have to be the same as they were with Moore, think about it. Would you rather have Rudess and Sherinian not show their own style, so they can capture Moore's?
White1Tiger2Dan 2 months ago
@White1Tiger2Dan Fair comment. I think DS is a brilliant keyboardist (pity they fired him eh...) and JR is also very talented, though he has some pretty ugly-sounding synths. Moore was less gifted as a musician than either of them - I just think his songwriting was exceptionally strong. Obviously he'd had enough by Awake (hence this song) so it was time for him to go anyway.
I just wish he was still making music in his old style, I guess.
robicenco1 2 months ago
@robicenco1 Hehe... I think JR just loves toying around with his gadgets. It's like his ultimate goal is to create "THE SOUND"!
White1Tiger2Dan 2 months ago
@White1Tiger2Dan No, but with Sheridian it was a new DT. And with Rudess being so Rude he annoys people doing a fake guitar pickin' with the keyboard and continuum and takes all the nice out of DT. He should behave like in LTE. DT died too soon.
morochodelor 2 months ago
@morochodelor You actually think DT is dead? Look man, while I agree that Jordan pushes things a little too far at times, I honestly will say that I think he is one of the best things that happened to DT. The continuum may not sound as pretty as other instruments, but it has its own feeling. And he isn't faking guitar picking, what he picks is called a lap-steel guitar. I know this is your opinion, and I respect that, but here's mine. Rudess is a genius, and brought the incredible to DT.
White1Tiger2Dan 2 months ago
@robicenco1 Just like if I had written that. +10
morochodelor 2 months ago
@robicenco1 They seriously haven't recovered at all since Kevin Moore left, I totally agree, and I get mad when most DT fans blow this off as no big deal... the two albums he was on destroy all future music they put out.
mrscry 1 month ago
Portnoy... you god
Spence233 4 months ago
My favorite album used to be images and words....
guitarfiend797 4 months ago
this song kevin moore leaving the band
lsmartin96 5 months ago
Has anybody ever noticed that the album cover relates to the songs? like for example this song is called "Six O'Clock" Look at the moon and you see it is actually a clock reading "6:00" There is a song called "The Mirror" and there is a mirror. There is a song called "Caught in a Web" and beside the mirror there is a spider web, ect.
AlexZamora1234 5 months ago 2
@AlexZamora1234 Plus there's a song called Space Dye Vest and you can see another planet (Looks like Jupiter) in the sky :P
acdcfan014 5 months ago
@acdcfan014 yup haha.
AlexZamora1234 4 months ago
@acdcfan014 and I thnik the guy in the mirror is the silent man
mrgober0ne 4 months ago
@AlexZamora1234 Wow... I would have never known that. Thanks for pointing that out.
Kid12Ghost 4 months ago
@Kid12Ghost no prob man!
AlexZamora1234 4 months ago
This is fuckin brilliant except James LaBrie sings like an old sweaty sock
sonykroket 5 months ago
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Pretty sure this isnt metal... Am I wrong?
Satantransvertdeath 5 months ago
Pretty sure this isnt metal... Am I wrong?
Satantransvertdeath 5 months ago
@Satantransvertdeath It's progressive metal.
SlugMenace 5 months ago
@SlugMenace
I dont hear it :P
Satantransvertdeath 5 months ago
@Satantransvertdeath
Yes you are wrong; this is a long established sub genre of Metal called Progressive Metal.
EgoShredder 3 months ago
@EgoShredder I hear the Progressive part... but this is about as metal as Helloween's "Pink Bubbles Go Ape"
Satantransvertdeath 3 months ago
@Satantransvertdeath
Naaa Pink Bubbles was a rock pop album for Helloween, and a real nose dive in quality and identity for the band. Awake was quite a dark and heavy album, but not heavy in the sense of say the band Kreator etc.
EgoShredder 3 months ago
@EgoShredder I just dont feel that it's heavy in the sense that metal is heavy is what I'm saying. It's just my opinion by the way, we really dont even need to discuss it if that's fine with you :P
Satantransvertdeath 3 months ago
@Satantransvertdeath
I understand what you mean and I agree, I was only saying DM are merely another kind of metal. Hey no worries, was not ranting or anything which YouTube is full of. We need a 'mouthy teen with nothing to say' filter! LOL.
EgoShredder 3 months ago
Slam Dunk Phenomenal!!!!!!
irishmermaid4 5 months ago
sampling the great sampler himself!!
i never knew "the dead" was where they got those voices from until now. dream theather just gone up a notch
savagecabage 5 months ago
What were these guys smoking when they made the intro? hahahaha I love it!!!!
Spence233 5 months ago
awesome musicianship....as usual, until the singer shits on the microphone that is.
slitherlock 5 months ago
@slitherlock You can just say that you don't like him, saying that "he shits into a microphone" doesn't really count as an opinion. He isn't really that bad anyways
BloodHarvest21 5 months ago
@BloodHarvest21 okay, okay...maybe I was a bit brash. I took what you said into consideration...and listened again...with the same result. The singer is like...um...trying to play chess while someone screams in your ear. Or..say..trying to watch the super bowl...in a room full of toddlers who have had kool aid and candy all day. Liquid Tension is the frustration the musicians in DT feel. The singer is like an Orc at Mordor with painted glitter on his nails and a mop in his hand for battle.
slitherlock 5 months ago
@slitherlock haha ok, it's all in opinion is what I'm trying to say
BloodHarvest21 5 months ago
@slitherlock gtfo.
SabbraCadabra 5 months ago
this is the theme song to my life
EvilPepperProduction 5 months ago
this year I'll wake up 6:00 and play this song, for sure
red41411 6 months ago
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donut1235 6 months ago
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donut1235 6 months ago
I really expected anything else from this when I first heard it, everyone told me how good it was and also dream theater is recognized as a progressive band. but I really desepciono, I found something incomprehensible in its musical structure, no coherence and meaning. with very few bursts of piano to John Lord, a battery without the presence of base and guitar parts not surprise me much to be a representative song of the band. If progressives want to hear musical cacophony, chris poland
zxmmetalfzx 6 months ago
@zxmmetalfzx Honestly, this is one of their more....I dunno, catchy songs. If you're using this as a yardstick to measure Dream Theater as a whole (or all prog. metal, for that matter), you should probably stay away from prog. metal, because you probably just aren't the kind of person to get into this sound. I think this song is incredibly coherent and has plenty of meaning.
ConsecratedOblivion 6 months ago
@zxmmetalfzx Chris Poland hasn't done anything relevant in 25 years man.
danimal97520 4 months ago
Incredible drum sound on this record. The first 3 seconds are worth rewinding many times to remind yourself what real acoustic drums can sound like. John Purdell and Duane Baron hit the production on this record out of the park. Purdell left us far too soon.
poundingmetal74 6 months ago 32
@poundingmetal74 Amen to that! This has to be one of the best produced albums of the 90s (not sure what else comes close... Radiohead, perhaps). Engineering, mixing is just top notch. The mix 'breathes"! :^D
TheExpansionMansion 4 months ago
@TheExpansionMansion Easily one of the best produced albums, Chameleon by Helloween is produced and mixed extremely well for 1993, but not to this quality. The drums completely stand out in Awake when compared to Chameleon.
NeonMugen 3 months ago
@poundingmetal74 How did he die? I heard it was a car crash
OneTakeJesus 2 months ago
@poundingmetal74 Too triggered, but still love it.
Gkats5513 2 months ago
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poundingmetal74 6 months ago
498 people have a life. 5 people are still trying to find one.
DarkEmortality 6 months ago
in the world of Dream Theater, there are plenty of haters...but the fans know why we like DT. Because there is nothing like them, and they can always rock. Their older albums are just total creativity.
c9castine 6 months ago
The backstreet boys disliked this video.
Akrothauth 6 months ago
ITS PRACTICALLY THE SAME RIFF FOR THE WHOLE FKN SONG WTF BORINGGGG, SYMPHONY X SUCKS
a7xtr00metalhead 6 months ago
@a7xtr00metalhead too bad this is dream theater??
pogus73 6 months ago
@a7xtr00metalhead yeah symphony X sucks, are you retarded this is dream theater you nutsack
slashy04 6 months ago
And I the only one that thinks of Primus when I hear this?
EA369 6 months ago
@EA369 i doubt it, there's probably a neurological disorder with a scientific name and a bunch of other sufferers who listen to DT and hear Primus, in a padded room somewhere :P
PRIMEx420 6 months ago
@PRIMEx420 wooahh....Primus is awesome. easy. i can see what the guy means some parts of the song have that bassy swagger to it.
c9castine 6 months ago
@c9castine calm down there, chief... didn't you see the :P at the end of my post? thaat means jooooke... and though the two bass styles sound nothing alike to me, nobody said primus wasn't awesome... i've seen them live a bunch of times, so i'll give you the same word of wisdom you've tried giving me - easy..
PRIMEx420 6 months ago
@PRIMEx420 another time when the internet fails to express a joking or sarcastic tone. nobody really sounds like les claypool or primus..
c9castine 6 months ago
@c9castine ohhh lets not blame the internet for this one... i clearly wrote ":P"
the rest was up to you... you just didn't spend enough time thinking before you reacted :)
PRIMEx420 6 months ago
@PRIMEx420 lol you just get a kick out of this dont you? theres nothing to blame for anything.....im talking about what i said, not what you said. i saw the stupid face you made at the end. youve never had somebody jokingly say "woooah there buddy, easy on X, haha"? lighten up man not everything needs to be a personal struggle on the internet.
c9castine 6 months ago
@c9castine whatever you say :) anyone reading this will see your knee-jerk reaction and clumsy attempts at recovery from being put in your place. conversation over. enjoy you life
PRIMEx420 6 months ago
@PRIMEx420 recovery from what? put in what place? conversation over? im lost. i think you just had an argument with yourself.
c9castine 6 months ago
@c9castine *thumbs up*
PRIMEx420 6 months ago
@c9castine Primus sucks.
Padge314 6 months ago
@Padge314 ok.
c9castine 6 months ago
@Padge314 You know "Primus Sucks" actually mean they're good?
draugsvoll01 6 months ago 2
@draugsvoll01 That was the idea of me saying it, yeah.
Padge314 6 months ago
this sounds awsome
XxkoruptshunxX 6 months ago
my favorite hour!
MrFrancox44 6 months ago
THIS SONG IS A WORK OF MIKE PORTNOY +
TheTimeKeepingKeeper 6 months ago 3
Che brutta voce :P
MrRedsend 7 months ago
@MrRedsend vè ???? :D
IlFidiputtDefinitivo 6 months ago
This band would be awesome as hell if Labrie quit. His vocals are terrifying bad.
metallicat67 7 months ago
@metallicat67 Wow, Dream Theater without James? That's like BLT with no bacon, IT DOESN'T WORK! James is the heart and soul of DT, if you don't like that well, too bad.
BloodHarvest21 7 months ago
@metallicat67 It would also be quite awesome if the LaBrie hate bandwagon would fuck off of a natural incline of a few hundred miles, but, unfortunately, I don't see that happening.
James is one of the best tenors in the business and fits Dream Theater's music very well.
I don't understand why he gets all the hate.
Viibrate 7 months ago 3
4 people woke up at 10:00 on a Christmas morning thinking they were late for work.
EpiDemic117 7 months ago 29
@EpiDemic117 ha! math :)
Wilhiemthe2nd 7 months ago
@EpiDemic117 Who work on a Christmas morning ?
ServantOvDeth 5 months ago
Great chorus
steelwizard 7 months ago in playlist Dream Theater
@Thycid that's not funny its stupid pendejo smfh
robbymetal45 7 months ago
LLOL DIS SONG SHUD BEE 6:00 LONG ROFL!! AHHAHHAAHA
Thycid 7 months ago
@Thycid Learn to spell please.
knoxianpanda 7 months ago
@knoxianpanda HAHA Who Learnded you howta spoke?
Thycid 7 months ago
@Thycid Learn to spell please.
knoxianpanda 7 months ago
@knoxianpanda LOL Okayz i learn I speak enlgish for only how you say 1 year :-D
Thycid 7 months ago
@Thycid :D
knoxianpanda 7 months ago
Whoever mixed the drums on this is maybe the best audio technician ever?
malagutial 7 months ago 3
@malagutial Mixed the drums? Nothing about the drums is electronic, that's pure human abillities. Seen them live with opeth, there were no technological substitutes aside from the visuals.
AnimamDespondere 7 months ago
@AnimamDespondere rofl. he means the drum sound
drummer9000 7 months ago
diddily diddily doodeedaa diddily
digitalfreak123 7 months ago
What a wanderful sound!!! Drum sound is PERFECT!
Synergo 7 months ago
@mctworm and the moon says six o clock on a christmas morning
lsmartin96 7 months ago
I forgot how good Dream Theater was! So amazing.
RightAsWrong 8 months ago
I'm fairly new to DT, what is the story behind this song?
BloodHarvest21 8 months ago
@BloodHarvest21 there are theories, but no one is entirely sure.
shaolinkungfu666 7 months ago
@shaolinkungfu666 Like what? Something about Christmas?
BloodHarvest21 7 months ago
@BloodHarvest21 Nope, like Moore's deteriorating relatioship with the band and how he was feeling back then.. "So many ways to drown a man, so many ways to drag him down, some are fast and some take years and years", etc.
xXSTFDXx 7 months ago
The 4 people who dislike this were able to "shake" the "sound" and I feel sorry for you.
KillerNinja650R 8 months ago
I'm going to wake up at 5:58 on Christmas, put my ipod on the dock, and listen to this full blast at 6:00
AMAZINGDOG402 8 months ago
@Montyofthestone holy shitt
whats you radio name, that is gonna be Epic! :D
manu12el 8 months ago
where i can fint the partiture for guitar of this amazing song :D?
manu12el 8 months ago
what happen on 6:00 on a christmas morning
lsmartin96 8 months ago
love this song!!
Haristiro 8 months ago
best drumming ever ........ from samc232
ianmcross 8 months ago
i started laughing at 5:19
lsmartin96 8 months ago 2
I hope than Mangini were a good drummer like Portnoy, i think that... DT couldn't choise him without before know him :)
Anyway, good song i love Awake's Album :D
Schwartzdying 8 months ago
Not a fan of DT. But when they get it right for me, holy shit!
bonuzround 9 months ago
3 people are too busy watching the six o'clock news instead of listening to this
eric1993v 9 months ago
Best production, engineering, mix eveeerrrrrrr!!!! :^D
TheExpansionMansion 9 months ago
Love Dream Theater. Honestly, nothing makes you think more than progressive metal.
ThrashMetaltillDeth 9 months ago
THIS is Progressive Metal. I get sick of having people direct me to prog metal bands, and all I hear when I give them a shot is hair metal. THIS is how you do it, damn it. >:|
slightlyoutofreach01 9 months ago