Piggy-backing off another thread idea I made earlier, I was thinking about which songs the current line-up haven't yet played (and released live versions of), and it got me looking back at the 3 live releases we've gotten so far. Taken all together, they feature good chunks of IAW (every song but "Take The Time"), most of Awake ("Innocence Faded", "Erotomania" and "Voices"), and about half of SFAM.
This got me thinking - for Awake, they haven't played Erotomania/Voices in 2009/2010, as part of the Prog Nation Tour and the small BC&SL tour - which makes me think it's about time that this pair of songs is revived for tour as it's been nearly a DECADE since they've last performed them! I think it'd be easier for them to pull it off than to try "Innocence Faded", which has some tricky vocal parts and hasn't been played live since 2006!
As for other albums, I think "The Glass Prison" or "Blind Faith" could make a return to represent SDOIT, and perhaps "In The Name Of God" from TOT. We haven't gotten many songs from those albums yet, so they'd be good to see again, especially "The Glass Prison" as it hasn't had any official live release from the band, weirdly enough (the only live version I can think of is from their club CD Live At Graspop Festival 2002). Anything after those albums would be a treat, though I'd love to see them pull out the older stuff while they still can!
What do you all think? Which as-of-yet played live songs would you like to see this line up perform and/or release? Despite MM having only been in the band for about 8 years, he's covered a good chunk of the band's material, and even performed songs with them for their first time (like "Space-Dye Vest", "The Shattered Fortress", and "Don't Look Past Me", all songs no one thought we'd ever hear them play live!). Even with all of that under his belt, there are still plenty of more songs the band has yet to play with MM!
EDIT: Here's a complete list of the songs that the band hasn't yet played live with the current line-up (after doing some extensive research on setlist.fm, so if I put one down that WAS played live, please correct me!). The songs are in order of most-played to least-played under each album.
When Dream And Day Unite:
The Killing Hand
Only A Matter Of Time
The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun
Light Fuse And Get Away
Status Seeker (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live Again)
Images And Words:
All Songs Played Live
Awake:
Erotomania
Voices
Innocence Faded (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live Again)
Falling Into Infinity:Lines In The Sand
New Millennium
Just Let Me Breathe
Hollow Years
Anna Lee
Take Away My Pain
You Not Me (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live Again)
Cleaning Out The Closet (B-Sides):
Eve
Speak To Me
Raise The Knife
Cover My Eyes
The Way It Use To Be
Where Are You Now? (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live Again)
Scenes From A Memory:
All Songs Played Live (as of the DOT Tour)
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence:
The Glass Prison
Misunderstood
Solitary Shell
Blind Faith
About To Crash (Reprise) + Losing Time/Grand Finale
Goodnight Kiss
Disappear (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live Again)
(Overture)
Train Of Thought:
In The Name Of God
This Dying Soul
Stream Of Consciousness
Honor Thy Father
Vacant (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live Again)
Octavarium:
Never Enough
I Walk Beside You
Sacrificed Sons
Octavarium
The Answer Lies Within (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live Again)
Systematic Chaos:
In The Presence Of Enemies (Parts I and II)
Prophets Of War
The Ministry Of Lost Souls
Repentance (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live Again)
Black Clouds & Silver Linings:
A Rite Of Passage
A Nightmare To Remember
The Best Of Times (Highly Unlikely To Be Played Live...EVER!)
A Dramatic Turn Of Events:
All Songs Played Live
Dream Theater (12):
Surrender To Reason (Never Played Live)
(False Awakening Suite)
*Both "Overture" and "False Awakening Suite" are in parentheses because they haven't actually ever been played by the band, technically speaking. As far as I'm aware, they were just tape-rolls before the band came on stage, and in the case of SCORE, the orchestra played "Overture" and not the band, so it doesn't technically counts.
**I've included notes about which song from each album is least likely to be revived, mostly because that song has 10 or less performances EVER, so it's likely never to return to the stage.
-Marc.