If DT and Portnoy ever had a reunion concert, which setlist would you prefer?

[Train of Naught]

chaossystem is DTF's setlist guy.

[chaossystem]

Okay...

You KNOW I HAD to do it...so...

You should have been EXPECTING this:

....Why?

Why NOT???

[bosk1]

After reading through this entire thread, I can honestly say that none of these ideas appeal to me in the slightest.  If Mike Portnoy ever were to play with Dream Theater again, I am thinking it would probably be to play Metropolis or A Change of Seasons as a one-off song during a set.  And either one of those would actually be pretty cool.  But anything else...?  Zero desire to ever see that.

[Pax]

I'd love to see how Portnoy would play this newer, Mangini stuff. We've seen him play everything else.
I don't care about 12SS at all, I love TGP,I like TDS, the other songs are meh for me.
Would like to hear ACOS though, but would probably be disappointed because they wouldn't play that 18min keyboard solo at regular tempo
And ITPOE is always a yes

[CDrice]

I'm not really someone who goes to concert, so what they would do doesn't really bother me. But here's a setlist I've made that could be interesting.

Act 1:
Regression
The Silent Man
Far from Heaven
Vacant
Illumination Theory
   III. The Embracing Circle

Act 2:
Through Her Eyes
Wait For Sleep
Beneath the Surface
Disappear (Mike Portnoy comes at the drum kit)

Encore:
Octavarium
   I. Someone Like Him

[Nomaniac]

After reading through this entire thread, I can honestly say that none of these ideas appeal to me in the slightest.  If Mike Portnoy ever were to play with Dream Theater again, I am thinking it would probably be to play Metropolis or A Change of Seasons as a one-off song during a set.  And either one of those would actually be pretty cool.  But anything else...?  Zero desire to ever see that.

fair enough . . . yeah ACoS would be pretty awesome

[Nomaniac]

I'm not really someone who goes to concert, so what they would do doesn't really bother me. But here's a setlist I've made that could be interesting.

Act 1:
Regression
The Silent Man
Far from Heaven
Vacant
Illumination Theory
   III. The Embracing Circle

Act 2:
Through Her Eyes
Wait For Sleep
Beneath the Surface
Disappear (Mike Portnoy comes at the drum kit)

Encore:
Octavarium
   I. Someone Like Him

Don't you think that's a bit heavy for the average prog fan? 

But seriously that's a pretty unique idea

[chaossystem]

After reading through this entire thread, I can honestly say that none of these ideas appeal to me in the slightest.  If Mike Portnoy ever were to play with Dream Theater again, I am thinking it would probably be to play Metropolis or A Change of Seasons as a one-off song during a set.  And either one of those would actually be pretty cool.  But anything else...?  Zero desire to ever see that.

You wouldn't want to see/hear both drummers play together? Not even for a few songs?

Another possibility might be to have Mangini play the first set, Portnoy play the first two or three songs (maybe more, depending on length) of the second set, both drummers play the rest except for the encore, which would, again, be played without Portnoy.

[Nomaniac]

I'd love to see how Portnoy would play this newer, Mangini stuff. We've seen him play everything else.
I don't care about 12SS at all, I love TGP,I like TDS, the other songs are meh for me.
Would like to hear ACOS though, but would probably be disappointed because they wouldn't play that 18min keyboard solo at regular tempo
And ITPOE is always a yes

Cool, yeah I definitely want to hear that happen - at the very least a few Mangini-era songs!!!

[bosk1]

After reading through this entire thread, I can honestly say that none of these ideas appeal to me in the slightest.  If Mike Portnoy ever were to play with Dream Theater again, I am thinking it would probably be to play Metropolis or A Change of Seasons as a one-off song during a set.  And either one of those would actually be pretty cool.  But anything else...?  Zero desire to ever see that.

You wouldn't want to see/hear both drummers play together? Not even for a few songs?

No. 

[Peter Mc]

Just fan favourites for me.  Mike Portnoy would definitely want to do the 12 steps thing but they are not my favourite songs by any means and to hear them one after the other would be a little bit monotonous as they are all very similar in atmosphere.  Not saying I wouldn't still be first in line for it but would not be something I'd choose.

After saying all that I would like to hear The Glass Prison again as they haven't played it since that tour have they?

[BlobVanDam]

Just fan favourites for me.  Mike Portnoy would definitely want to do the 12 steps thing but they are not my favourite songs by any means and to hear them one after the other would be a little bit monotonous as they are all very similar in atmosphere.  Not saying I wouldn't still be first in line for it but would not be something I'd choose.

After saying all that I would like to hear The Glass Prison again as they haven't played it since that tour have they?

They played it on the TOT tour, and on Gigantour in 2005, I think? Not since then that I'm aware of though.

And I wouldn't say every song in the 12SS is similar in atmosphere. TGP/TDS/TSF are indeed similar, but TROAE is a straight ahead rocker, and Repentance doesn't even require explanation.

[phospheneSOI]

I really can't imagine Portnoy playing post-Portnoy stuff....

[Mebert78]

I was thinking about an MP reunion last night.  To me, the best way would be to have a Liquid Tension Experiment 20 or 25-year reunion show or nini-tour before anything DT-related would ever be considered.

[Pragmaticcircus]

LTE is an interesting idea, they COULD do it if they wanted?

[matthewmatt]

That's easy - I would definitely want to see the 12 step.

[porcacultor]

After reading through this entire thread, I can honestly say that none of these ideas appeal to me in the slightest.  If Mike Portnoy ever were to play with Dream Theater again, I am thinking it would probably be to play Metropolis or A Change of Seasons as a one-off song during a set.  And either one of those would actually be pretty cool.  But anything else...?  Zero desire to ever see that.

I think that's the most likely scenario either way. One can daydream, of course, but I don't think the band would be happy to have him in for a full set (or even a full section of the show). Maybe even he wouldn't like that a lot, too weird.