Dream Theater - Midnight Messiah (Official Video)

[Max Kuehnau]

no, that's a different person IIRC

[faizoff]

Yea,it is always sad when Jordon is buried by the guitars. I never knew how much this was the case until I was able to get the BCSL stems and remix the album. It was amazing being able to hear everything Jordon does. Changes the feel of many songs for the better. Jordon is there, you just can't hear him much of the time.

I had completely forgotten that BCSL had stems as part of a deluxe edition. I just remembered ADTOE having stems for the opening track.

I wish the band would release the stems again. The musical experiments we got from that were awesome.

Edit: Like this gem...

https://youtu.be/gs55bSUlsYY?si=LajmpKaSd21YOBWC

That was really cool.

I wishes the stems were available separately. I see some sets on discog.com, not sure I want to spend that much on the whole set.

[hunnus2000]

While I liked the other songs released, Midnight Messiah really got my horns up even though I still call it Machine Messiah. Not that that's a bad thing. 

[Thoughtspart3]

While I liked the other songs released, Midnight Messiah really got my horns up even though I still call it Machine Messiah. Not that that's a bad thing. 

Machine Messiah is a pretty cool name too. Nomacs coming to the rescue!

[hefdaddy42]

Machine Messiah is a pretty cool name too. 

Yeah, someone really should write and record a song with that title.

Hopefully that happens soon.

[Max Kuehnau]

brilliant comedy on your part, thanks very much

[hefdaddy42]

brilliant comedy on your part, thanks very much

I do what I can

[Max Kuehnau]

I do what I can

and that was a double pun on your part too. (you'll see why I'm sure. Machine Messiah and Soon innit, that being part of The Gates Of Delirium)

[Grappler]

Yeah, someone really should write and record a song with that title.

Hopefully that happens soon.

Take a trip back to 2017.   



Midnight Messiah is one of the most fun songs that DT has written in a long time.  Great groove, great riffs, bouncy vocal melodies and catchy as hell. 

[Max Kuehnau]

2017

1980

[hefdaddy42]

and that was a double pun on your part too. (you'll see why I'm sure. Machine Messiah and Soon innit, that being part of The Gates Of Delirium)

I'm a professional

[PreHilbert]

First of all, I really like this song. I skimmed through the comparisons in the thread (As I Am, Bigger Picture..) but they do not seem to match.

Two things: to me the chorus sounds a little bit like Viper King

And more importantly, it seems to me the lyrics are quite unequivocally being about Portnoy's comeback to the band. Has this been mentioned already?

[MirrorMask]

First of all, I really like this song. I skimmed through the comparisons in the thread (As I Am, Bigger Picture..) but they do not seem to match.

Well, the verses are kinda As-I-Am-ish as you can get...

[The Letter M]

https://youtu.be/Vg0ngFDc1UE?si=7qOBGVjm1IFyY3P8

Samples taken from Waking Life (2001) directed by Richard Linklater

Marc Papeghin has once again synced up movie samples in a DT song with their original source video!

-Marc.

[TAC]

Well, the verses are kinda As-I-Am-ish as you can get...

[Cool Chris]

 

[Zydar]

Midnight Jebediah

[TAC]

Midnight Jebediah

 

[Northern Lion]

Midnight Jebediah

[hefdaddy42]

Midnight Jebediah

LOL

[durga2112]

So... with all the references to past Dream Theater lyrics in this song, does anyone know if the line "over and over again" is a deliberate reference to "A View from the Top of the World"? I know it's not exactly an uncommon phrase, but "View" is still very fresh in everyone's mind, so it can't be a complete coincidence, right?

[hefdaddy42]

So... with all the references to past Dream Theater lyrics in this song, does anyone know if the line "over and over again" is a deliberate reference to "A View from the Top of the World"?

No it's not.

I know it's not exactly an uncommon phrase, but "View" is still very fresh in everyone's mind, so it can't be a complete coincidence, right?

Yes it can.

Portnoy wrote these lyrics, and used callbacks to some of his former lyrics.  Pretty sure he didn't write any lyrics for AVFTTOTW.

[Metro]

So... with all the references to past Dream Theater lyrics in this song, does anyone know if the line "over and over again" is a deliberate reference to "A View from the Top of the World"? I know it's not exactly an uncommon phrase, but "View" is still very fresh in everyone's mind, so it can't be a complete coincidence, right?

Doubtful, as the other references are from songs MP wrote lyrics for

[durga2112]

Well I wish I could have seen Petrucci's face when he saw the lyrics for the first time. 

[SeRoX]

Well I wish I could have seen Petrucci's face when he saw the lyrics for the first time. 

Probably same face when he finished his Dead Asleep lyrics.

[gzarruk]

Probably same face when he finished his Dead Asleep lyrics.