Hello!
First of all, keep in mind that this is not, in anyway, a petition, I'm simply sharing a really awesome dream I had a few days ago about a Dream Theater concert being released on DvD/Bluray. A gig celebrating 30 years of Dream Theater.
Now keep in mind that I LOVE SCORE, awesome, Score and BTFW are Dream Theater's best live releases ever for me.
So, what's special about this particular dream? I went something like this...
My brother and I had just bought Dream Theater's 30 year concert, which was, apparently, supporting their latest album (Whose name was not shown in the dream, or I don't remember), and it was being labeled as "Their biggest show yet" and widely considered by many as one of music's best live perfomances ever.
Without intermission, it lasted around 3 hours and 30 minutes, which is nearly 45 minutes longer than Score and around 25 minutes longer than Metropolis 2000
The show was split in three parts (as far as I remember)
Act 1, which lasted slighty more than an hour.
Dream Theater's past is visited, a large medley is played, which parts (with small instrumentals being played between each part) of one song from each of these albums: WDADU, Awake, Falling into Infinity, SDOIT and ToT
This lasted about 40 minutes, I think.
A somewhat condensed version of Pull Me Under was played, and after it finished, James said "I never really liked this song, but there it is"
Two more songs, one from ADTOE and another from Dream Theater are played, this finishes the act.
Act 2: NowdaysJames thanks the audience for their support, and says that it's been a while, then introduces the new album.
The new album is performed completely, EXCEPT FOR THE TITLE TRACK, which is another Dream Theater epic.
(Halfway through the album, the intermission takes place, then the rest continues)
The last song performed has a slighty extended instrumental section at the end which makes it deviate from the CD version. (I remember my brother and I were like This was not like this!)
For some reason, the dream switched the concert to another place (Weird dream) and, apparently, we were no longer watching the TV, we were there.
Act 3: AwesomeJames appears on his own and tells the audience that an old Dream Theater member has arrived (Making everyone think it's Portnoy)
Suddenly, Another Day from IW is played, but Rudess is nowhere to be seen, instead It's Derek.
Once that finishes, Rudess pops out of nowhere with a Keytar and a section of The Dance of Eternity is played, along with a small duel between both.
John Petrucci talks to the audience, telling them that yet another old Dream Member has arrived (once again triggering fanfare)
Charlie appears, and sings something which I can't remember.
The Spirit Carries on is played, and these two disappear.
James appears and tells everyone that they have come full circle.
Octavarium is performed (skipping the lap steel/fingerboard intro entirely)
Everything goes dark and Petrucci says "The third arrives"
The Best of times begins, and when the fast part begins, the entire stage is lit, showing Mangini's drum set empty, instead, another one is right beside it, with Mike Portnoy playing along.
After it has finished, Mike Mangini joins the fray and The Shattered Fortress is played with both drummers switching sections, featuring a drum duel solo between both.
Derek returns and a Change of Seasons is performed, with MP and MM playing one section each, and Derek and Rudess playing along.
The band thanks the audience for "30 awesome years" and say a few thank notes, then, they get back to their seats.
Charlie appears again.
The new album Title track is performed with members, Labrie and Charlie singing different parts each and the others playing along.
The middle section of the song is performed with the current formation, before the rest reappear towards the last part.
Then I don't remember what but... O well, that was how it was more or less, a few things have gone obscure which I think happened, idk, but hey, I did my best haha. Anyho, there ya' go, what do you think?
Remember it was a dream, so it's not like I was aware of what was going to appear.
EDIT: It looks like a lot of people are finding it hard to believe that I can remember a dream with such detail and so vivid, but let me tell you, I don't.
Most of the songs that I wrote that were played, I only remember the intros (Octavarium) or the Intro and the Ending (ACoS, which I'm guessing they were taking turns to play pieces because Mangini was playing the intro part and Portnoy was at the ending), in other ones I only remember hearing the chorus, and in other ones, I don't remember anything at all, and simply know they were played because someone inside the dream mentioned them.
I DON'T know ANYTHING about Act 2, and simply know that the entire album was played because my brother was (in-dream) disappointed that they didn't play the epic (The tt), yet was later amazed to find out that it was played out at the end.
As for the final TT, it had no new music, it was simply a mashup of Rhapsody of Fire songs and Dark Moor (I actually tho it was weird, since it had no Dream Theater whatsoever). But hey! I'm no prodigal musician to dream non-existent music!
As for the TBOT live, It was pretty much the studio version, since live one doesn't exist xD. And I remember the chorus, the fact that Portnoy appeared as soon as the fast part began was something I added for the sake of narration.
Topic: Dream I had about 30 anniversary Concert BluRay/DvD (Read 6099 times)