What if you played Dream Theater backwards?

[SuperTaco]

WDADU becomes their farewell album.

[Grizz]

Their self-titled album becomes their first, thus making more sense than a lazy decision.

[erwinrafael]

Illumination Theory becomes depressing as shit.

[hefdaddy42]

JP's family, stuck in a hospital, undergoes an emergency car crash to resume their normal lives.

[BlobVanDam]

JP's family, stuck in a hospital, undergoes an emergency car crash to resume their normal lives.

I'm pretty sure there's also now a divorce in there somewhere too.

[hefdaddy42]

That's OK, because survived everyone.

[Grizz]

John Myung returns home from a depressing NYC trip.

God War.

Mike Portnoy becomes decreasingly explicit toward his step father.

Me, not You. (Sounds like glam metal).

Leaves fall, we lock the doors, make love, deception occurs...

Kevin Moore's friend finds love.

It was dry once they hit the swimming pool.

[TheGreatPretender]

So then, would Moore run up to the bomb and defuse it?

[King Postwhore]

That's OK, because survived everyone.

RRRRRAAAAAAOOOOORRRRR.

[Sycsa]

Considering that DT is not a Satanic band (who's backward masking encourages worshiping Satan and doing drugs), I would imagine the messages in DT's backward lyrics include going to church and eating your vegetables!   

But they do that played forward

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

The Dance of Eternity would still be all over the place.

[Kotowboy]

  oh my fuck....


Reading this thread inspired me as a joke to listen to the entirety of the song " Octavarium " played backwards ( in Logic ).



Guys.....




It's STILL 24 minutes long even in reverse. 

[BlobVanDam]

Yet another one of those clever hidden nuggets DT put into that album. Amazing!

[Kotowboy]

Boggles my ( admittedly awesome ) brain how they managed to do that.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

If I played Octavarium backwards, it would still be 24 minutes I'd wish I had back.

[Dublagent66]

Illumination Theory becomes depressing as shit.

I thought IT already was. 

Dream Theater played backwards is Nightmare Cinema.  Everybody knows that.   

If I played Octavarium backwards, it would still be 24 minutes I'd wish I had back.

Ouch!  Coz, say it isn't so.   

[RoeDent]

After you listen to ADTOE backwards, Mike Portnoy rejoins the band.

James LaBrie quits the band after their 11th album, Images and Words. He's replaced by Charlie Dominici, but it doesn't work out. Bizarrely, JLB quits at the absolute peak of his vocal powers.

[Kotowboy]

They release Images & Words which Mangini points out has similarities to his album " A Dramatic Turn Of Events " but nobody cares because it's much better anyways.

[rumborak]

Some Italian guy rambles about being sorry, which in turn freaks out another guy, who then goes home.

[King Postwhore]

Two brothers magically pull a bullet out of a hot broad with a magic gun, right into the chamber!

[TheGreatPretender]

Terrorists use burning planes to build two large towers in New York City.

...


Too far?

[The Letter M]

Terrorists use burning planes to build two large towers in New York City.

...


Two far?

FTFY

-Marc.

[TheGreatPretender]

Yeah, I realized that as soon as I posted. I was gonna change it, but eh... Lazy.

[chaossystem]

This is what happens when you play all of Their ALBUMS backwards:

1) When Nightmare and Evening Divide
2) Blind and Mute
3) Dead at the Marquee
4) Asleep
5) Seasons Never Change (or Stay the Same)
6) Rising Out of Oblivion (or Nothingness)
7) Never (or Forever) in a DeadTime
8) Sounds Best Forgotten-Victoria Never Died!
9) Dead Sounds From New York
10) Six (or Negative Six) Degrees of Outer Harmony
11) Hand-Cart of Thoughtlessness
12) Pre-Recorded at Budokan
I Couldn't THINK of one for "Octavarium, so "The Root of All Evil" becomes:
13) The Leaves of All Goodness
14) UnSCored
15) Disorderly Harmony
16) Harmony Comes to a Dead Stop
17) Silver Clouds with Black Linings
18) A Comedic Series of Non-Events
19) Phoned-in at Luna Park
20) Nightmare Cinema

[chaossystem]

I Forgot one:

Phoned-in at Luna Park

[TheGreatPretender]

2) Blind and Mute
I Couldn't THINK of one for "Octavarium, so "The Root of All Evil" becomes:
13) The Tree of All Goodness
14) Scoreless (or UnScored)
15) Disorderly Harmony

2) I would use "Sounds and Gestures"

13) First of all, with Octavarium, the story ends where it began, so I think by that definition, it's still Octavarium backwards and forwards. 

Also, that just made me think... "You're the rotted root of all evil in the family tree of all goodness!"

14) I would go with "Strike Out" 

[King Postwhore]

Man TGP.   We've gotten to the point of critiquing other posts in a fun thread?!  Go see the world man.  You spend more time than I do on a damn computer!

[TheGreatPretender]

Man TGP.   We've gotten to the point of critiquing other posts in a fun thread?!  Go see the world man.  You spend more time than I do on a damn computer!

Lol, Not critiquing, just sharing what my choices would be.

[King Postwhore]

I know just razzing you.  As you can see I'm on as well!   Waiting for the boss to get out of work.

[TheGreatPretender]

Besides, I'm sleep deprived and tired. It's too early to go to bed, but getting me off my chair is an impossible task right now. Must post on DTF!

[King Postwhore]

 

[chaossystem]

Hey TGP, it's all right. Your input is welcome. especially since you're not taking it too serious, thank GOD! I've been sleep-deprived as well, and just made kind of a spontaneous decision to compose and post my little "backwards list," and not wanting to spend/waste too much time on it, I did the best I could.

[TheGreatPretender]

Dream Theater backwards = Serious business

[Grizz]

I Forgot one:

Phoned-in at Luna Park

but that's it forwards

[TheGreatPretender]

Dead at Solar Urban Development Project?