Your ultimate Dream Theater masterpiece song

[hefdaddy42]

Constant Motion.

GTFO

[King Postwhore]

 

Octavarium for me.

[XB0BX]

Constant Motion.

GTFO

It's a good song, so what? It might be a controversial opinion, but I honestly think Systematic Chaos is one of the best DT albums, overall.

[Jaffa]

Probably A Change of Seasons or Metropolis.  Take the Time is actually my favorite Dream Theater song overall, but it's so unique in their discography than I have trouble calling it the 'ultimate Dream Theater song.'  On the other hand, ACOS and Metropolis really epitomize everything I love about DT in general, so while they might not be my absolute favorite songs, I think one of them would be my choice here.

Gun to my head, Metropolis.  The quintessential Dream Theater song. 

[King Postwhore]

For me it's one I don't gravitate to.  I can't tell you why.  Not a bad song or album.  I just don't play it like the other albums.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Six Degrees

[Crow]

Take the Time, I think, it's not my absolute favorite DT song but I will never get tired of it because there's nothing to get tired of there.
Scarred too I guess since it *is* my absolute favorite DT song :B

[mirko_metal_88]

A Change of Seasons, no doubt on it

[?]

Space-Dye Vest

[seasonsinthesky]

ACOS... hands down, no question. 

[JediKnight1969]

Metropolis Pt. 1

[jammindude]

Another vote for Octavarium....easily.

[erwinrafael]

For me, it's between SDOIT, BAI and IT. I thinl I will gonwith Illumination Theory for being sobwell composed, with all parts fitting in the song's narrative.

[Laughingplace56]

Octavarium.  Maybe the deepest level of craft in any DT song.

This.

Runner Ups would include The Glass Prison, Finally Free, Count of Tuscany, Dance of Eternity, Blind Faith, Learning to Live, Space Dye Vest, Metropolis, Scarred, and most of the rest of their catalog xD

[RoeDent]

A Change of Seasons. It is an absolute masterpiece.

[ZKX-2099]

Can I claim that Scenes is all one song?

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

no

[JayOctavarium]

Can I claim that Scenes is all one song?

You can claim the individual scenes or acts

[The Stray Seed]

Learning To Live, Metropolis. Those two songs most of all (there are others as well, even from DT) will most likely stay with me forever.

So much this!!!

[Nearmyth]

Hard to choose just one overall masterpiece, but when I think of "Dream Theater masterpiece" or "magnum opus song" or anything like that, I usually think of Octavarium, ACOS, or Metrop/LTL.

[Herrick]

A Change Of Seasons.

Nothing since then has come close to the perfection of that song, and i doubt ever will.

Agreed. It was also the last studio performance LaBrie gave at the height of his Powers.

[425]

I think Breaking All Illusions is the perfect realization of almost everything that I've ever loved about Dream Theater. That's my choice for sure.

A Change Of Seasons.

Nothing since then has come close to the perfection of that song, and i doubt ever will.

Agreed. It was also the last studio performance LaBrie gave at the height of his Powers.

Actually, it wasn't. A Change of Seasons was post-accident.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

Octavarium. Always.

[Rodni Demental]

I think Breaking All Illusions is the perfect realization of almost everything that I've ever loved about Dream Theater. That's my choice for sure.

A Change Of Seasons.

Nothing since then has come close to the perfection of that song, and i doubt ever will.

Agreed. It was also the last studio performance LaBrie gave at the height of his Powers.

Actually, it wasn't. A Change of Seasons was post-accident.

I guess that makes it the first official performance since the 'accident'? Which makes it all the more impressive. I always thought if this accident was so detrimental to James' vocals, that A Change of Seasons is quite the anomaly between Awake and Falling into Infinity (considering also Perfect Strangers sounds like something you might expect to hear on Live at the Marquee, based on vocal performance, not to mention the Zeppelin Medley). Personally I believe he wore himself out even more from all the touring in 94-96 and that it was more a loss of consistency than anything else. But many would argue that today, his consistency has gone beyond even what it used to be.

Constant Motion.

GTFO

It's a good song, so what? It might be a controversial opinion, but I honestly think Systematic Chaos is one of the best DT albums, overall.

Don't know if you're serious, it's a shame that I don't know whether to believe if someone is serious or not when they say their favourite song is CM.  I still think it's a top 20 song and I have a friend who'd rank it in his top 3 or maybe 5. And sometimes the mixed reactions on this song means I don't even know if it's underrated and unappreciated, or just generally overrated and hated.

[adamack]

Wow, this is hard...

I cannot decide between Breaking All Illusions and Finally Free.

Both songs encompass exactly what I love about DT. The main thing being that they both (like many DT songs) have many varying parts which keep the songs alive, in a replay value sense.

The thing which separates these 2 songs from others is that I love every different part of each song equally, from start to finish.

Some DT songs have lots of awesome parts, but maybe 1 or 2 that I like a bit less than the rest.

At the moment, I'd probably choose BAL because it is still fresher to me.

[PixelDream]

OK just one then.. Scarred.

[Eldomm]

Metropolis.

[GentlemanofDread]

Trial of Tears. Easily.

[Vlasto]

6 o'clock people....

[connolla]

Voices, no question.

[ZKX-2099]

no

Too bad. I'm gonna.

[Siddhartha]

Octavarium.

[JediKnight1969]

Looks like:

Octavarium
A change of seasons
Learning to live
Breaking all illusions
Trial of tears
& Metropolis Pt.1

are in the top 6 of DTF. The ultimate compilation.

[Dublagent66]

SDOIT.

[The Holy Tune]

Octavarium is my favourite DT song of all times, that's an opinion I probably won't ever change for ever. But if I could listen to only 1 DT song for the rest of my life, I'd pick ACOS instead of 8VM. ACOS has more DT in it, 8VM feels more like a massive tribute to the past of the music than being a DT-signature song.

Edit: Okay guys, my opinions on 8VM are almost the same but after watching IT on Breaking The Fourth Wall, that song got itself to being my #1 quickly! Words can't describe how much I loved that version...