Best Song or Version of a Song from Each Live Album or DVD

[chaossystem]

I've seen a lot of threads talking about the best and worst aspects of each album, but they almost always deal with studio albums only.

Where's the love for the live stuff?

Most of us have seen the band at least a couple of times, but the live albums and videos seem to get ignored, overlooked or disliked, instead of being considered an important part of their catalogue, as I think they should be.

So I would like to find out what everyone thinks is the best song or performance from each show or collection of performances.

My choices are as follows:

Live at the Marquee-A Fortune in Lies

Uncovered-perfect Strangers

Once in a LiveTime-Trial of Tears

Live Scenes from New York-Learning to Live

Live at Budokan-Beyond This Life

Score-Raise the Knife

Chaos in Motion-Surrounded

Live at Luna Park-Breaking all Illusions

Breaking the Fourth Wall-The Shattered Fortress

I'm sure there are other I shows that could have been included, but I mostly stayed with audio cds and shows that are available in the mainstream.

[fischermasamune]

I'll stick to the ones I've watched/know enough.

Live Scenes from New York - The Dance of Eternity
Live at Budokan - Beyond This Life
Score - Octavarium
Live at Luna Park- (need to watch again)
Breaking the Fourth Wall - Illumination Theory

It was almost as asking the best studio song on it!

[paulstfu]

I haven't appreciated every live album to give a full opinion, but as fischermasamune said:

I'll stick to the ones I've watched/know enough.

Live Scenes from New York - Learning to Live (If LaBrie had hit the mighty F#, that could have been the PERFECT version of the song, I LOOOOVE the reggae part)

Live at Budokan - Hollow Years (All hail Petrucci)

Score - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (My favorite song of all time played with an orchestra?? I'M GLAD TO BE ALIVE)

Live at Luna Park - Breaking All Illusions (The song comes to an amazing level live)

Breaking the Fourth Wall - Space-Dye Vest (I know it wasn't the first time played on that show, but man, finally after 20 years was played. Goosebumps everytime the piano comes)

[BlobVanDam]

I'm a studio guy, so I think every DT song is better on the album with few exceptions. Their songs are generally so perfectly crafted in the studio, that it's hard to top them.

The few exceptions for me are-
The LATM version of any WDADU track, and the Score version of Afterlife
Possibly the Budokan version of Hollow Years and New Millennium
Possibly the Score version of TSCO

[ytserush]

Huge fan of live music over studio music, but that doesn't appear to be a popular thing in these parts.

[PolarizeMe]

I'll stick to the ones I've listened to/seen.

Live at Marquee: Another Hand/The Killing Hand
Live Scenes From NY: A Change Of Seasons
Live at Budokan: Trial Of Tears
Score: Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Chaos In Motion: Surrounded
Live at Luna Park: Breaking All Illusions
Breaking The Fourth Wall: Illumination Theory

[TheCountOfNYC]

I'll stick to what I know.

Live at the Marquee- Take the Time
Live Scenes From New York- A Change of Seasons
Live at Budokan- Instrumedly
Score- Octavarium
Breaking the Fourth Wall- Illumination Theory

[JiM-Xtreme]

Again, I'll stick to the ones I can give a definitive answer about.

LATM - A Fortune in Lies, The Killing Hand
LIT - Take the Time
LSFNY - The Mirror, Just Let Me Breathe, A Change of Seasons
LAB - Beyond This Life, New Millennium, Only A Matter Of Time, Goodnight Kiss/Solitary Shell
Score - The Root of All Evil, Under A Glass Moon, Metropolis
Chaos In Motion - Surrounded
LALP - The Dark Eternal Night
BTFW - Trial of Tears

[BRGM]

LATM - Anorher Hand/The Killing Hand (James slays on this one)
OIALT - Take The Time (Just like the sound of it, and the Freebird solo is great!)
LSFNY - A Chabge of Seasons (Though LTL is close)
LAB - Instrumedley (One of my earlier impressions of the band, I was blown away watching it for the first time)
Score - Octavarium (One of my favorite songs and amazing performance)
CiM - The Ministry of Lost Soul (great song, great performance, Schmedley is a close second)
LALP - Surrounded (This one shines in an otherwise slightly dull set)
Happy Holidays 2013 - Endless Sacrifice (Everyone's on fire here, didn't care too much for this song until I heard this version, so energy, powah!)
BTFW - SFAM encore (kind of cheating here, but it's a fantastic encore, Finally Free is a great closer to a show)

[Dream Team]

Good topic, but tough for me because I own all the live stuff.

Live in Tokyo: Take the Time
5YiaLT: Speak To Me
Metropolis: A Change of Seasons
Budokan: In The Name of God
Score: The Root of All Evil
Chaos in Motion: The Ministry of Lost Souls
Luna Park: Surrounded
Fourth Wall: Trial of Tears

Bootleg:
Bucharest: The Great Debate
Santiago: Octavarium
WDaDRU: The Killing Hand

[Voices]

LIT - Take The Time.
Budokan - Beyond This Life and Hollow Years.
Score - Another Won, Raise The Knife, Innocence Faded, Sacrificed Sons and Octavarium.
Chaos In Motion - Ministry Of Lost Souls.
Luna Park - Lost Not Forgotten, Surrounded, Breaking All Illusions and Metropolis.
BTFW - The Looking Glass, Trial Of Tears, Scarred, The Mirror, The Shattered Fortress and Illumination Theory.