Favorite Moment from Each band member

[Agalsed]

My first thread--I hope I can contribute something cool. What I want to know is what your favorite moments are from each member of the band past or present. It can be a riff, a melody, a rhythm--whatever your favorite thing that any given member has done in Dream theater. I'll give my list for examples:

JLB: Slow part in Scarred, from "do you feel you don't know me anymore?" to "30 years say we're in this together..."
Myung: that noodly little riff he pulls in the bridge on Blind faith. Right after the "take your time and look around..." lyric. I know it's little, but, man, that part is really incredible.
Rudess: Synth Solo in Octavarium. Hands down.
Mangini: The drum part right in illumination theory right before the "to really feel the joy in life..." lyric. His whole lead up right there might be one of my favorite moments in DT's catalogue.
Petrucci: Definitely the hardest one to pick. I think I have to go with the main riff in ITNOG. Really incredible.
Portnoy: Probably the drum part in the intro/first verse of Trial of Tears. Definitely my favorite part of his.
Moore: SDV
Sherinian: IDK. He was in the band for such a short period of time, and the album that he had the most influence on (FII) I am not a big fan of, so I really don't think I can pick one from him.


What do you guys think? What's your favorite moment from every member of DT?

[Nomaniac]

Brilliant thread idea! Seriously

I'll have to think about that for a little . . . brb

[RoeDent]

JLB: All of Another World from A Change of Seasons

JP: Guitar solo in Voices

JR: Unusual choice maybe, but the Easter Egg at the end of DT12.

JMX: Intro to Scarred.

MM: Drum solo in Enigma Machine

MP: Drum solo near the end of Sacrificed Sons

KM: Chords at the end of Scarred.

DS: Piano solo before last verse in Lines in the Sand.

 

[Nomaniac]

Okay here's mine

JLB: His whole performance in Blind Faith - really great performance there!
Myung: The bass solo In Metropolis Pt. 1 – first time I ever listened to that I was like “wooooaah”
Rudess: Have to agree with you there, nothing beats that Octavarium solo for me!
Mangini: That drum solo in Enigma Machine!
Petrucci: His solo on Goodnight Kiss, may not be his most flashy but is always the most emotional, at least for me!
Portnoy: The whole performance in The Dance of Eternity – amazing stuff!!!
Moore: This might be a shocker, but that keyboard solo in Light Fuse and Get Away. always loved that!!!
Sherinian: His Keyboard Solo in the middle of A Change of Seasons

***Bonus*** Charlie Dominici: I am the killing Haaaaaaand!!!

[CDrice]

Here are those that comes to my mind right now.

JLB: Watch the sparrow falling. Give new meaning to it all. If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day.
JP: Peruvian Skies Solo
JR: Bridges in the Sky solo
MM: The long drum fill that leads into Live, Die, Kill in Illumination Theory
JMX: Bass riffs during the instrumental section of In the Name of God
MP: Hell's Kitchen
KM: ?
DS: ?
CD: ?

I'll have to think about it a bit more because they each have multiple great parts.

[Train of Naught]

JLB: Hard to choose, probably the TCOT acoustic ending, 2nd choice would be In the Name of God or Metropolis. Though RoeDent made a good point with Another World aswell.

JP: BAI solo, or Illumination Theory (basically everything in this song, from riffs to solo's)

JR: Ragtime-solo in TDOE, Constant Motion + Honor Thy Father solo's

JMX: Metropolis solo/Octavarium interlude to Medicate.

MM: Illumination Theory intro (whole first chapter)

MP: Constant Motion instrumental section.

KM: Space-Dye Vest, not just the creating of it but his performance on it aswell.

DS: Didn't think too much of the FII keyboards, probably the LitS solo aswell

[Agalsed]

Okay here's mine

JLB: His whole performance in Blind Faith - really great performance there!
Myung: The bass solo In Metropolis Pt. 1 – first time I ever listened to that I was like “wooooaah”
Rudess: Have to agree with you there, nothing beats that Octavarium solo for me!
Mangini: That drum solo in Enigma Machine!
Petrucci: His solo on Goodnight Kiss, may not be his most flashy but is always the most emotional, at least for me!
Portnoy: The whole performance in The Dance of Eternity – amazing stuff!!!
Moore: This might be a shocker, but that keyboard solo in Light Fuse and Get Away. always loved that!!!
Sherinian: His Keyboard Solo in the middle of A Change of Seasons

***Bonus*** Charlie Dominici: I am the killing Haaaaaaand!!!

Haha, CD is kind of like Sherinian for me except worse. I actually liked some stuff the band did with Derek (obviously ACOS, TOT, TAMP), but I'm really not into WDADU at all. So I couldn't really come up with one for CD

Great choices. All of Myung's bass solos are pretty intense. The metropolis one is probably my favorite among his solos as well. I love Blind faith, too. I think that's a really underrated song that JLB doesn't get enough credit for.

[CharlesPL]

All of them, can't decide.

[Agalsed]

All of them, can't decide.

Cop out!   

[TheCountOfNYC]

James Labrie: The F#5 section in Learning to Live
Mike Mangini: The last drum solo in Enigma Machine
John Myung: The bass solo in The Dance of Eternity
John Petrucci: The guitar solo in The Spirit Carries On
Jordan Rudess: The string arpeggios after the final guitar solo in The Count of Tuscany
Charlie Dominici: The chorus of Afterlife
Kevin Moore: The classical style solo in Only a Matter of Time
Mike Portnoy: The drum beat in the second verse of Never Enough
Derek Sherinian: The final keyboard solo in A Change of Seasons

[ResultsMayVary]

JLB: The completely unnecessary added live vocal part in The Killing Hand here.

MM: The part in the intro of On The Backs of Angels were his mirrors Jordan's keyboard part with splash hits while following the guitar rhythm with snare and kick parts.

JR: piano in Solitary Shell during the instrumental section

JP: when he improvises the acoustic-sounding guitar part in Solitary Shell, usually right during my aforementioned favorite JR moment.

JMX: Metropolis bass solo

[Nomaniac]

James Labrie: The F#5 section in Learning to Live

JLB: The completely unnecessary added live vocal part in The Killing Hand here.

Oh yeah!!! Nothing beats that IAW-era JLB sound! Completely forgot about that

[KevShmev]

Poor Charlie is getting left out quite a bit here.

Dominici: "Even when plans fall to pieces..." in Only a Matter of Time
Petrucci: Voices solo (and about 100 other riffs and solos )
Portnoy: drum fills around the 4-minute mark or so in Metropolis (first section or two of the instrumental section)
Moore: outro of Scarred (best ending to the best DT song)
Myung: fretless work in Through Her Eyes
LaBrie: Take the Time ('nuff said)
Sherinian - intro to Lines in the Sand
Rudess: Home solo
Mangini: post-orchestra section of Illumination Theory

[nicmos]

JP:  too hard to pick, there's a million of them.  but maybe the Razor's Edge solo (when the beginning of the theme comes in), also maybe the playing under the final verse of Lines in the Sand (under "and the mysteries we nurture" and the lines around that)

JMX:  the dropout in the end instrumental of Peruvian Skies

MP:  pretty much any cool part on Awake or FII, Hells Kitchen stands out I guess

JLB: geez, probably the moments from I&W people have already mentioned.

JR: yeah the piano in Solitary Shell is good, Honor Thy Father solo as well.

KM: the manic stuff in The Mirror

DS:  little flourish before that last verse in LitS

MM:  honestly nothing comes to mind.  if I had to pick, maybe killing the bass at the very end of Bridges in the Sky.
 

[54_diplomats]

JLB: Last chorus in Learning to Live

JP: Scarred guitar solo

MP: 6:00 intro

JMX: His overall performance in Trial of Tears

KM: Last 3 or so minutes in Learning to Live. Absolutely love it.

JR: Octavarium solo

DS: ACOS,  especially Crimson Sunset

CD: Afterlife vocals.

MM: Overall performance in Illumination Theory

[Prog Snob]

JP: LITS solo, TSCO solo
JLB: Innocence Faded
JR: His solo from Live Scenes
MP: ACOS lyrics
JMX: LSOAD lyrics
MM: drum solo Luna Park
DS:  A Crack In The Mirror
KM: SDV
CD: leaving

[The Presence of Frenemies]

James: Impossible to choose. Off the top of my head...the ending scream of Intervals on Score.
JP: TBOT solo
JM: It's a super small thing, but the bass fill in the quiet section of ITPOE, right after "Angels fall, all for you, heretic..." is so perfect. The Metropolis solo is right behind it.
JR: This one is tough. A lot of candidates, but the first BTL solo is one I always remember as a big moment. Most of his piano, continuum and Zen Riffer moments are contenders here.
MP: Finally Free ending, LSFNY
MM: The big fill down the kit in TSF on BTFW, leading into the Repentance section
Sherinian: Good piano work in Anna Lee, I guess?
Moore: The last keyboard solo in LTL
Dominici: Chorus of Afterlife, I suppose.
Collins: The gift we bring Your Majesty, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MajorBoobage]

JLB - Learning to live F#5
JP - Voices solo, but there is so much good stuff
JMX - Lifting shadows of a dream intro
JR - Octavarium
MP - Dance of Eternity and this dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHgDLsSY5-Y
MM - Illumination theory, porno fills
KM - SDV   
DS - ACOS
CD - Well, Afterlife

[CDrice]

After thinking a bit more about it, here's my updated list

JLB: Watch the sparrow falling.
JP: Bridges in the Sky riff at the 2:01, 2:30 or 4:45 marks
JR: The Dance of Eternity ragtime piano solo
MM: The long drum fill that leads into Live, Die, Kill in Illumination Theory
JMX: Bass riff starting at 10:04 to 10:27 in This Dying Soul
MP: Drum solo at the end of Finally Free
KM: Wait for Sleep main theme
DS: I think New Millenium is pretty cool.
CD: The Ytse Jam I don't mind his singing, but nothing from him really stands out to me

Honorable mentions:
JLB: Izit time to make a tchange. Are weerr clorser than beeforre. Will we helpr them break away. Arre we prrofiting frrom war?
JP: *Burp*
MP: Rocking the hell out of the Hello Kitty drum kit.
KM: I don't like Dream Theater that much, but I had a pen and some paper, so what the fuck.

[wideworldofmike]

JLB: performance on surrounded

JP: trem melody to disappear and solo to scarred @8:14 and riff to enemy inside. Sorry can't pick one.

JR: Blind Faith breakdown solo piano

JM: Intro to lifting shadows

MM: drum intro to enemy inside (just a strong I'm here to stay kind of statement to me)

MP: Drum fill in metropolis @ "this one will last forever" on "forever". Simple but so much energy.

KM: wait for sleep riff

DS: Hell's Kitchen

CD: YOU CAN MAKE A FORTUNE IN LIIIIIES. LIGHT FUSE AND GET AWAAAAAAY
 

[chaossystem]

I couldn't pick just one for each band member, so I think I'll do each one separately. I also can't believe some of the ones that were missed.

Starting with Charlie:

Yes, I dare to include him!
I know a lot of people would probably say something like "his best vocal contribution to WDaDU is on YtseJam!"
But I thought he sounded fine.

He was a little-or maybe even a LOT-weak on AFiL and The Killing Hand, and I thought James did a MUCH better job on the later versions of both of those songs, but Charlie sounded good on the rest of the debut songs that he DID sing.

[Nomaniac]

I couldn't pick just one for each band member, so I think I'll do each one separately. I also can't believe some of the ones that were missed.

Starting with Charlie:

Yes, I dare to include him!
I know a lot of people would probably say something like "his best vocal contribution to WDaDU is on YtseJam!"
But I thought he sounded fine.

He was a little-or maybe even a LOT-weak on AFiL and The Killing Hand, and I thought James did a MUCH better job on the later versions of both of those songs, but Charlie sounded good on the rest of the debut songs that he DID sing.

Yeah I was mainly just joking about my Charlie pick . . . I actually am fond of his work and think he's a good vocalist (minus a few parts)

[chaossystem]

It's okay. Not everybody gets everybody's jokes. I actually thought it was funny when ProgSnob said that Charlie's best moment was "leaving!"

I think when Portnoy said they were "starting to feel the limitations of Charlie's voice" he was mostly talking about his LIVE performances. James is/was a big improvement in that area. But Dominici still sounded pretty good on the record.

[Pax]

First of all, my favourite DT moment of all time: ITPOE pt 2, The Reckoning part. Did we have a thread on best DT moment in general?

JLB - Under a Glass Moon first verse and chorus
JP - A Change of Seasons solo in Another World
JR - Octavarium keyboard solo (beginning of Full Circle)
JM - not sure
MP - whole Systematic Chaos
MM - maybe the polyrhythm in Illumination Theory (somewhere in the first few minutes, before JLB enters the first time, two measures, 25/16 and 23/16 over 6/16)
DS - A Change of Seasons solo around 18 min
KM - Metropolis pt. 1 solos

[jjfumbly]

JLB: Blind Faith, Sacrificed Sons or Goodnight Kiss
JP: Last 9 minutes of TCOT, ITNOG from the unison solo until the end, the Glass Prison arpeggio sweeping solo and Under a Glass Moon solo...LNF guitar solo as well
JR: Illumination theory outro, TDOE and TDEN ragtime, 5:01 in BAI and freaking all of Octavarium. This dude is a wizard.
JMX: Metropolis Part 1 Bass tappin thing
MM: Drum solo in Enigma Machine and drum thing at 3:29 in Illumination Theory
MP: Crazy double bass drumming at the beginning of ANTR and 8:16 in Endless Sacrifice
KM: Keyboard Solo in LTL
DS: Solo in Trial of Tears

CD: Never really got into WDADU
CC: Too glammy
SS: ...

[LCArenas]

JLB: Surrounded, specially the outro in the Live in Tokyo version. Emotional when needed, powerful when needed. Amazing.
Myung: Panic Attack intro.
Rudess: About to Crash intro. Not really long, but it shows everything you need to know about JR.
Mangini: Fills on Illumination Theory
Petrucci: Now this is a hard one. The guy has several moments per album! I'd go with Hollow Years solo in Live at Budokan.
Portnoy: Honor Thy Father in general, specially the verses.
Moore: Space-Dye Vest
Sherinian: Intro of Lines in the Sand
Dominici: Only a Matter of Time

[AboutToCrash]

Dominici: Status Seeker
Myung: Dance of Eternity Insane Solo or ITNOG interlude
LaBrie: Has be the live Killing Hand scream or the Score Octavarium scream
Portnoy: Honor Thy Father Intro or Finally Free Outro
Mangini: Illumination Theory Drum Fills
Sherinian: New Millenium
Moore: Wait For Sleep
Rudess: Blind Faith piano break
Petrucci: Bridges in the Sky guitar solo

[porcacultor]

JLB: Caught in a Web (the whole thing!)
JP: As I Am solo
JR: Piano interlude in Blind Faith
JM: Sacrificed Sons riff
MM: Lost not Forgotten double bass pattern in the intro
MP: What-a-fenomenon part in Fatal Tragedy
DS: Intro to Lines in the Sand
KM: Solo before vocals on Metropolis Pt. 1
CD: duet with JLB on Metropolis Pt. 1 in WDADR

[Progmetty]

JLB: Space Dye Vest on the Breaking The Fourth Wall BR.
JP: Erotomania solo/all unisons with JR
JR: The riff in Fatal Tragedy that recurred in TDoE/all unsions with JP
JM: Metropolis bass doodle
MM: Outcry
MP: What he was doing during said Erotomania JP solo, Contant Motion solo section
DS: nothing, good guy though
KM: Space Dye Vest main riff, all his work on I&W
CD: creating the majesty symbol..

[pcs90]

Just the first ones to come to mind:

JLB: last section of Illumination Theory
JM: instrumental section in Surrender to Reason
JR: Blind Faith solos
JP: Breaking All Illusions solo
MM: Enigma Machine extended solo
KM: 6:00 solo
DS: A Change of Seasons organ solo
MP: Blind Faith

[DragonAttack]

When Petrucci commented on my Queen 'Jazz' tour jacket, wishing he had one, during a meet-and-greet in DC two years ago

[erwinrafael]

JLB: Scarred. Everything he could do, he did in one song.
JP: Breaking All Illusions
JR: Blind Faith
JM: Trial of Tears
MM: Illumination Theory. Best drumming orchestration in an individual DT song.
MP: Trial of Tears
DS: Trial of Tears
KM: 6:00.