Craft Your "Dream" DT Setlist - Consisting only of material you haven't seen

[Skeever]

Also - it can be no longer than 100 minutes.
This is not an "Evening With" situation - there have to be some limits or it won't be fun, right?

Here's mine:

- In the Presence of Enemies pt. I
- Innocence Faded
- The Mirror
- Lie
- Barstool Warrior
- S2N
- These Walls
- Surrounded
- Learning to Live

Encore:
- As I Am

[crystalstars17]

The Root of All Evil
These Walls
The Killing Hand
Forsaken
At Wit's End
Out of Reach
Outcry

Encore:
Octavarium

[Ben_Jamin]

Great idea. I'll post mine when I have the time to make it.

[Metro]

Intro Tape: False Awakening Suite
Awaken the Master
Surrender to Reason
Lines in the Sand
Erotomania
Voices
The Silent Man
Transcending Time
Outcry
S2N

Encore:
Octavarium

[krands85]

The Glass Prison
Afterlife
Sacrificed Sons
At Wit's End
Fatal Tragedy
Endless Sacrifice
Out of Reach
In the Name of God
------
Octavarium

The studio versions come to about 20 seconds over 100minutes, but if you're being picky, the end of AWE wouldn't have the little extra bit that's on the album.

Could have just listed my favourites in order that I haven't seen, but that would have only been about 5 or 6 songs  So I tried to make it a little bit more balanced by looking further down my song rankings, though I've never been great at coming up with a flowing setlist.

I haven't been to the last 2 tours for a variety of reasons, but I'd jump at the chance to see a set like that.

[Zantera]

I've only seen them once and they did all of Images, so sadly I won't be able to pick anything from that. They also did The Dark Eternal Night, The Bigger Picture, Hell's Kitchen, The Gift of Music, Our New World, As I Am, Breaking All Illusions and A Change of Seasons. So not being able to pick anything from those, here's a somewhat mixed set I would go for that tries to go for both quality but also trying to cover a multitude at least a handful of albums:

In the Presence of Enemies Part 1
The Mirror
Lie
Beyond This Life
Barstool Warrior
Misunderstood
Erotomania
Voices
Fatal Tragedy
---
Octavarium

[Lonk]

I'll play:

The Root of All Evil 8:08
Peruvian Skies 6:44
Lost not Forgotten 10:11
Panic Attack 7:17
Constant Motion 6:56
Blind Faith 10:21
Surrender to Reason 6:34
S2N 6:22
Forsaken 5:36
Vacant 2:57
Stream of Consciousness 11:16

Encore:
In the Name of God 14:14

Total music: 96:36

I know it's weird to end the main setlist with an instrumental, but hey, a man can dream right?

EDIT: Never mind, just saw the 100 minute part.

[KevShmev]

I have seen Dream Theater nine times, yet amazingly have never seen them play Learning to Live, so I get to put that on mine! 

Set:

Bridges in the Sky
Fall into the Light (this was not played when they hit STL on the D/T tour)
Misunderstood
Hell's Kitchen
Lines in the Sand
Transcending Time
Awaken the Master
Octavarium

Encore:

Learning to Live

[zappafrank2112]

Another Won
Your Majesty
A Vision
Two Far
Vital Star
March of the Tyrant
Cry for Freedom
The School Song
Status Seeker
Eve/Another Hand/The Killing Hand
Light Fuse and Get Away
Afterlife
The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
Only a Matter of Time

 

[pg1067]

Consisting only of material you haven't seen

That makes for a pretty significant limitation, and I'm not quite sure how to handle it with respect to SDOIT.  I've seen ATC, Shell, ATCR and LT/GF.  However, if we buy into the fiction of SDOIT being a single song, have I seen that song because I've seen some (more than half) of it?  Or have I not seen it because I haven't seen the whole thing?  I guess I'll just consider the parts as separate songs (as I do anyway).

Songs that I haven't seen that I REALLY want to see:
- Anna Lee (5:51)
- SDOIT Overture (6:50)
- War Inside My Head (2:08)
- The Test That Stumped Them All (5:03)
- Wither (5:25)
- Behind the Veil (6:52)
- S2N (6:21)
- Transcending Time (6:25)

That's only 44:55, so I have to come up with another 55:00 of material!

We'll go with:

- Light Fuse and Get Away (7:23)
- You Not Me (4:58)
- Raise the Knife (11:40)
- Vacant (2:57)
- Beneath the Surface (5:26)
- Surrender to Reason (6:34)
- A Life Left Behind (5:49)
- Out of Reach (4:04)
- Viper King (4:00)

That gets me to 97:46.

If I can have the entirety of SDOIT, then ditch LFAGA, YNM, RTK and Vacant.

[TheBarstoolWarrior]

Glass Prison
Surrender to Reason
Hell's Kitchen
Lines in the Sand
Out of Reach
This Dying Soul
Transcending Time
Blind Faith
Change of Seasons

Encore: Learning to Live (I feel like I have seen this but I can't remember - anyone know if they've played this live in the MM era?)


It's possible I've seen a couple of these and have just forgotten!

[dualpalmpilots]

Glass Prison
Surrender to Reason
Hell's Kitchen
Lines in the Sand
Out of Reach
This Dying Soul
Transcending Time
Blind Faith
Change of Seasons

Encore: Learning to Live (I feel like I have seen this but I can't remember - anyone know if they've played this live in the MM era?)


It's possible I've seen a couple of these and have just forgotten!

They absolutely plated LTL during the I&W 25th anny tour!

[Revenge319]

With the 100-minute limit I wouldn't get to see too many songs, but with how amazing these songs are, that's fine by me. Assuming I calculated correctly, this should be about 97-98 minutes.

False Awakening Suite
The Root of All Evil
Erotomania
Voices
The Silent Man
Blind Faith
Trial of Tears
The Count of Tuscany
Octavarium

[Jamesman42]

Metropolis Pt. 1 (9:32)
The Silent Man (3:47)
A Change of Seasons (23:08)
The Glass Prison (13:52)
Solitary Shell (5:47)
Endless Sack of Rice (11:23)
Octavarium (24:00) (still sad that I saw them on this tour and they weren't playing it)
Bridges in the Sky (9:30 because we are cutting the intro)

About 100.5 minutes - not sure what order but I wouldn't care much. Just space out the epics.

[Ben_Jamin]

With all the songs I want to see that I haven't seen, the total time would be about 2:15:00 if I included them all... With the 100 minute limit this is what I came up with...

1. The Enemy Inside
2. These Walls
3. Blind Faith
4. Erotomania/
5. Voices
6. Misunderstood
7. Stream of Consciousness
8. Scarred

Encore
9. Octavarium

It was hard trying to keep it within the time limit while also including Octavarium.

[TAC]

100 minutes is tough..

The Glass Prison
This Dying Soul
Surrender To Reason
Fall Into The Light
(Astonishing Suite)
-The Gift Of Music
-Ravenskill
-Moment Of Betrayal
The Bigger Picture
S2N
Disappear
At Wits End
----
The Best Of Times



98 minutes!

[Buddyhunter1]

I've seen them a lot since 2010 so this was actually a bit harder than I expected.

1: The Glass Prison
2: This Dying Soul
3: Blind Faith
4: Lines In The Sand
5: Honor Thy Father
6: In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 2

Encore: Octavarium

Seven song, 99 minute set.

[OpenYourEyes311]

*gets out the list*

1. Behind the Veil
2. Burning My Soul
3. Transcending Time
4. Far From Heaven
5. The Killing Hand
6. Room 137
7. S2N
8. Out of Reach
9. The Great Debate
10. Surrender to Reason
11. Only a Matter of Time
---encore---
12. The Best of Times

1 hr 26 min.

12 songs that would finish Black Clouds, ADTOE, DT12, D/T, and AVFTTOTW for me, leaving only WDADU (2), FII (3), Disappear and Repentance. Yes please.

[jimgolf]

The Glass Prison
These Walls
Lines in the Sand
The Great Debate
Take Away My Pain
Only a Matter of Time
In the Name of God
——--(encore)———
Octavarium

Time: 1 Hour 39 Minutes

Honorable Mentions(songs I was torn about exchanging for others)
At Wit’s End
Transcending Time
Another Hand/The Killing Hand
Blind Faith
Stream of Consciousness
Don’t Look Past Me(I was so close to seeing this one too. They removed it from the set a couple shows before I saw them. Such an underrated gem of a song.)

I also wanted to point out that my set list includes 8 songs - the perfect amount to be played when playing Octavarium 

[nobloodyname]

Genuinely surprised at the number of people who've not seen Octavarium *checks setlist.fm* Fuck me... it was only played on the Octavarium tour?! I don't think I ever realised. I guess I've been relatively lucky since I've seen it three times.

Some lovely setlists being shared! Not sure I can be bothered to work out what I've not seen and put a setlist together

[nobloodyname]

I've seen them a lot since 2010 so this was actually a bit harder than I expected.

1: The Glass Prison
2: This Dying Soul
3: Blind Faith
4: Lines In The Sand
5: Honor Thy Father
6: In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 2

Encore: Octavarium

Seven song, 99 minute set.

I've actually got a full house on that one. What a show it would be. Although I'd be gutted if Jordan ad libbed the piano break in Blind Faith again!

[jimgolf]

I've seen them a lot since 2010 so this was actually a bit harder than I expected.

1: The Glass Prison
2: This Dying Soul
3: Blind Faith
4: Lines In The Sand
5: Honor Thy Father
6: In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 2

Encore: Octavarium

Seven song, 99 minute set.

I've actually got a full house on that one. What a show it would be. Although I'd be gutted if Jordan ad libbed the piano break in Blind Faith again!

Yeah that is an excellent set. I think this thread sets one thing straight: we all have a disease - and the only cure is Octavarium live. Please DT, I beg of thee,  don't retire without first touring this beautiful song again. Even if it has to be downtuned a bit to help James, I must see it live and I know the fans would go insane if the opening orchestral bit began after the band members began coming back on stage for an encore. Pretty please Octavarium 

[jimgolf]

Genuinely surprised at the number of people who've not seen Octavarium *checks setlist.fm* Fuck me... it was only played on the Octavarium tour?! I don't think I ever realised. I guess I've been relatively lucky since I've seen it three times.

Some lovely setlists being shared! Not sure I can be bothered to work out what I've not seen and put a setlist together

I technically saw Octavarium during the Prog Nation Schmedly Wilcox Medley. I don't really count that as having seen the whole song though. It's my favorite DT song and I'd love to hear it live just once before they decide to retire(and who knows whenever that ends up being).

[nobloodyname]

Let's see, for me:

24/10/2005 Hammersmith, London, UK
26/10/2005 Wolverhampton, UK
1/4/2006 Radio City Music Hall, New York, US

Perhaps they really do not want to play it again for one reason or another. Have they ever implied they'll play it again?

[twanky]

Excellent thread. After checking setlist.fm, i'm surprised at some of the songs i haven't seen played live

Afterlife
I Walk Beside You
Only A Matter Of Time
Prophets Of War
Beneath the Surface
Room 137
Innocence Faded
Don't Look Past Me Now
Repentence
Take Away My Pain
Ones Who Help To Set The Sun
S2N

Encore

Lost Not Forgotten
Lines In The Sand

Just about 100 minutes

[crystalstars17]

I think this thread sets one thing straight: we all have a disease - and the only cure is Octavarium live. Please DT, I beg of thee,  don't retire without first touring this beautiful song again. Even if it has to be downtuned a bit to help James, I must see it live and I know the fans would go insane if the opening orchestral bit began after the band members began coming back on stage for an encore. Pretty please Octavarium 

Yes please!!! 😭✨😭✨🙏✨ I am a fan because of this song 💙

[Mladen]

There some huge songs that I actually haven't heard. I'll have a crack at it:

1. The Glass prison
2. This dying soul
3. Take the time
4. The Gift of music
5. Our new world
6. The Silent man
7. Beneath the surface
8. Awaken the master
9. The Ministry of lost souls
10. Only a matter of time
11. Learning to live
---
12. Octavarium

This should be a nice set of two hours.

[Buddyhunter1]

Perhaps they really do not want to play it again for one reason or another. Have they ever implied they'll play it again?

I think I remember Jordan saying a while back that he loves the song and wants to play it again at some point. I don't think there's any reason why they couldn't, but they're probably saving it for a special occasion.

[Laughingplace56]

I’ve seen them live on every US tour since 2014 (besides the I&W 2017 tour, which was a major bummer to miss), so I’ve gotten to see a large portion of their discography, but a lot of what’s missing are very important songs.

1. The Glass Prison
2. This Dying Soul
3. Just Let Me Breathe
4. Take the Time
5. Afterlife
6. Blind Faith
7. Lines in the Sand
8. Surrender to Reason
——————————————————
9. Honor Thy Father
10. Only a Matter of Time
11. Misunderstood
12. Behind the Veil
13. Constant Motion
14. Panic Attack
15. The Great Debate
16. Ytse Jam
17. Under a Glass Moon

18. Metropolis Pt. 1 (It will be very funny and sad if this is one of the songs I somehow never get to see live lmao)

Comes out to 158 min, which is only about 5 min or so longer than some of their most recent evening with shows. If I even cross half of these songs off the list, I’ll be very grateful.

[TAC]

And about 58 minutes longer than the OP set for a limit. 

[crystalstars17]

Perhaps they really do not want to play it again for one reason or another. Have they ever implied they'll play it again?

I think I remember Jordan saying a while back that he loves the song and wants to play it again at some point. I don't think there's any reason why they couldn't, but they're probably saving it for a special occasion.

This just made my whole week ✨

[pg1067]

Encore: Learning to Live (I feel like I have seen this but I can't remember - anyone know if they've played this live in the MM era?)

They obviously played everything from I&W on the I&W and Beyond Tour in 2017.  They also played it at a handful of festival shows in Europe in the summer of 2011.

[Mladen]

Yep, they rotated Learning to live and Metropolis in the summer of 2011. I caught the show with Metropolis, which was great, I got to see my favorite song. Unfortunately, though, to this day, I've never witnessed the epic F#.

[jimgolf]

And about 58 minutes longer than the OP set for a limit. 

lol , eyyyyy, *rips up rulebook*

We having fun with DT playlists here. Commence with the insanity!

[King Postwhore]

And about 58 minutes longer than the OP set for a limit. 

lol , eyyyyy, *rips up rulebook*

We having fun with DT playlists here. Commence with the insanity!

That's my rulebook.  That's my buddy.