I find it interesting how the biggest surprise and disappointment thread, both have had DTXII mentioned possibly more than anything else. Glad to see the positive side aswell because I was pleasantly surprised by it aswell.
Actually I'm probably just gonna echo a couple of things people have said that I feel a similar away about:
2) The recent Christmas CD that was given to us fans. Awesome.
That's a good call. Completely unexpected.
Indeed.
I would say, other than this, it would be Dominici performing with them in 2004...and kicking ass.
*snip*
Love his solo band too.
Happy Holidays release was amazing, we're definitely a tad spoiled and expect a lot from this band but I hope they keep up more awesome stuff like this.
Was also very surprised when I heard the 'Dominici' albums. Whoever this Dominici band is, they clearly love Dream Theater and take many cues from them as players and songwriters, and CDs voice is very powerful in the second and third album. (First one being a solo acoustic album, so it's got a bit of a different vibe to the other ones).