WISH LIST for Parasomnia tour!

[mrpmrpmrpmrp]

Hey guys, I feel like I just watched two seasons of fantastic sporting events... Watching these guys get back together and finding out details about what they were doing, to the album release and then finally seeing them live was a journey to be sure... So in true DTF style: What is everyone's wish *set-list* for the next show at the Parasomnia tour?! LFG!!

[Metro]

Assuming they do another Evening With-type show...

Set 1:
Parasomnia in full

Set 2:
Rotating setlist with a couple staples

Encore:
A Change of Seasons


Some songs I'd like to see:
Afterlife
Surrounded
Lifting Shadows off a Dream
Lines in the Sand
Beyond This Life
The Glass Prison
In the Name of God
Sacrificed Sons
In the Presence of Enemies
The Shattered Fortress
Breaking All Illusions
The Looking Glass
Chosen
S2N
Transcening Time

[DTiwbwMP]

Set 1:
Parasomnia in full

Set 2:
12 Step Suite

Encore:
A Change of Seasons

[mrpmrpmrpmrp]

Oh wow! Getting my popcorn ready!!

Parasomnia
A Mind Beside Itself
Rotating encores

[Schurftkut]

Parasomnia
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Disc 1 of SDOIT
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profit

[SeRoX]

Set-1
Parasomnia

Set-2
The Glass Prison
Disappear
A Mind Beside Itself

Encore
In The Presence Of Enemies

[MirrorMask]

Assuming they do another Evening With-type show...

Set 1:
Parasomnia in full

Set 2:
Rotating setlist with a couple staples

Encore:
A Change of Seasons

Yup what this guy said.

For example:

Set 1

Parasomnia

Set 2

The Glass Prison
Trascending Time / The Bigger Picture
These Walls
Peruvian Skies
acoustic: The Silent Man / Through Her Eyes
acoustic: Wait for Sleep / Disappear
Erotomania
Finally Free / In the Name of God
============ encore
A Change of Seasons

[Progmaniac1988]

Set 1
parasomnia

Set 2
1 - On the backs of angels
2 - Blind Faith
3 - lifting shadows off a dream
4 - sacrificed sons
5 - wait for sleep
6 - learning to live
Encore
A change of seasons

Set 1 - abt 1 hour 15 mins
Set 2 - abt 1 hour 7 mins
Encore - abt 24 mins
Total - abt 2 hours 50 mins
Perfect!

[Polarbear]

Set 1:

Parasomnia

Set 2:

In The Presence of Enemies Part 1
Afterlife
Blind Faith
Take The Time
S2N
Scarred
One Last Time
Finally Free

Encore:
A Change Of Seasons
Pull Me Under

[TheBarstoolWarrior]

Parasomnia

SDOIT material including TGP

At least 1 MM era song that they haven't done thus far.

Lines in the Sand

[illusionist]

Set A
Parasomnia

Set B
The glass prison
Just let me breath
Lifting shadows of a dream
The alien
The gift of music
Lost not forgotten
The looking glass
Never enough
Only a matter of time

Encore
In the name of God

That's a set i would love to see.

[JiM-Xtreme]

Much as I'm sure there are people who may not be calling for it, I feel there is a strong possibility that we are going to get 12SS as Set 1, followed by Parasomnia, then an encore consisting of a couple of oldies such as 6:00, Take the Time, that weren't covered on the most recent cycle.

There was an interview a while back when MP confirmed the 12SS remains on his bucket list to perform with DT, and if it doesn't happen on this second cycle off the back of what is essentially a "greatest hits" tour - realistically, will there ever be a better opportunity?

I had a strong feeling this was always the plan but now they have just pulled out TBoT, I'm even more convinced MP will be looking to tick this off the list and have no doubt the other members will fully support it given the success of this most recent tour.

[Schurftkut]

JLB also said playing the 12step suite would be awesome now MP is back again... 

[MirrorMask]

I kinda lost interest in seeing it when it became apparent that they couldn't play through it all in a row, especially the This Dying Soul > Root transition. I know, I know, different keys and all, but the entire premise of the suite was that it was a major, gigantic single song that could have been played all together, so leaving the intro live (it's so clear that the end of TDS and the "actual" intro of Root when the song kicks in are meant to go together) is kinda a weird move.

"But... do you want them to pass out by playing 30 minutes of fast intricate music non stop"? no, but I neither held a gun to their heads when they were composing the third part knowing full well the two first songs were fast and heavy, they could and should have foreseen the difficulties of playing it live in one go.

[Chino]

Hell's Kitchen and Learning to Live with Portnoy going absolutely ballistic during the outro.

[nikatapi]

Outside of the full album (which will be awesome), some songs i'd like to see:

• The Glass Prison
• Breaking All Illusions
• Sacrificed Sons
• Transcending Time
• Voices
• Lines In The Sand
• Surrender To Reason
• A Change Of Seasons

[durga2112]

I kinda lost interest in seeing it when it became apparent that they couldn't play through it all in a row, especially the This Dying Soul > Root transition. I know, I know, different keys and all, but the entire premise of the suite was that it was a major, gigantic single song that could have been played all together, so leaving the intro live (it's so clear that the end of TDS and the "actual" intro of Root when the song kicks in are meant to go together) is kinda a weird move.

"But... do you want them to pass out by playing 30 minutes of fast intricate music non stop"? no, but I neither held a gun to their heads when they were composing the third part knowing full well the two first songs were fast and heavy, they could and should have foreseen the difficulties of playing it live in one go.

Wait, when did that happen? Hasn't Portnoy already played the whole thing live with another band? I don't think they'd get too much grief if they have to make a few changes here and there to make the whole thing work in a live setting.

Oh, who am I kidding? People would be bitching about it on here as the band is playing it in real time, wouldn't they? 

[OpenYourEyes311]

Other than the new album, I think they'll play the 12-step suite in the fall with an epic encore (either A Change of Seasons or In the Presence of Enemies). My wishlist is below:

Songs I haven't seen
Status Seeker
The Killing Hand
The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
Only a Matter of Time
You Not Me
Burning My Soul
Take Away My Pain
Anna Lee
The Great Debate
Disappear
Repentance
Far From Heaven
Behind the Veil

Songs they haven't played
Surrender to Reason
Room 137
S2N
Out of Reach
Transcending Time

Songs not played in my area ever/for a long time
Afterlife
Innocence Faded
New Millennium
Goodnight Kiss
The Answer Lies Within
The Best of Times
Fall Into the Light
At Wit's End

[MirrorMask]

The end of This Dying Soul and the actual, "real" beginning of Root of All Evil are obviously meant to flow together, and if you pair them up one after the other (end of TDS and "real" start of Root) it flows so nicely.

When Mike played the suite live with The Shattered Fortress band, they stopped after This Dying Soul's end while the studio intro of Root was playing over the PA, and they resumed playing only for the actual start of the song, just like DT did whenever they opened the show with it.

I'm no musician but I've read explanations that the songs are in a different key and so you can't go from one to the other if you don't change guitars (or something like that). Which again seems to me a major issue if the plan all along was to make "one giant song".

[dualpalmpilots]

Opinions are split on 12SS, but I still have never seen The Glass Prison or This Dying Soul, and I've seen the band ten times! I would love it if they played the whole thing.

[Stadler]

I'll say what I've said elsewhere: if they deliver the material in the same way as the 40th tour - with the same level of excitement, enthusiasm, and dexterity - I really don't care what they play in addition to the album.  I'm going to enjoy it. 

I don't want to get into any comparison discussions again, but there was something special about Dream Theater back when I was listening in the aughts; there was a sense of community, there was a sense of surprise, there was a sense that they were LISTENING to us as much as we were listening to them.  I loved their music then, love it now (all eras), but they were a step above the other bands I love - Genesis, Kiss, Yes, Beatles - in that there seemed to be a synergy of sorts between all the stakeholders.   FOR ME, IMO, and whatever caveat I need so this doesn't devolve into "MM v. MP, Part MCCCIV", that left in 2010.

That's back now, and for me, who has less shows under his belt than most here, it's actually stronger than ever.  I probably just got lucky, but I feel like somewhere along the line maybe Mike read something I or some other fan wrote about "This Is The Life".  Crazy, I know, and I don't really believe that myself, but it's POSSIBLE, and that's all that matters.  It just needs to be POSSIBLE, in a way that it's not with, say, Genesis or Kiss.  I have no delusions that Paul Stanley or Tony Banks are combing social media to see what the fan chatter is.   Mike explicitly asked "what shows are people seeing?" so he could factor that in to what we saw at each show.  I have ZERO doubt that those of us that saw Wallingford - a small market show adjacent to New York City - very purposefully got the alternate set to NYC, and that factored in to the drop of TITL, H, and TSCO (we saw all of those in CT). 

Mike is making these choices deliberately, and with the band and the fans in mind.  What does HE, the artist, think is going to be the most emotional to play? What does HE, the artist, think will resonate the most with the most fans?  So for that reason, I trust this artist, and while we already know that we're getting the entire album - can't wait for that - I want what HE - THEY - think will go best along side that.  I don't care if they play "Cover My Eyes" or "Eve" or some other random b-side, as much as I love them.  I don't care if they play "Pull Me Under" for the 10,000th time.  I want what THEY think is going to give the biggest bang. That's what they've been doing since - for me, 1992 - and that's what I would hope they would continue to give. 

(Having said that, to play along, I kind of dig Progmaniac's set.  I've never seen ACOS, and would love to do so as a whole, not broken into pieces throughout the set, though I get why they did that.  I'm also fine with the 12SS, because I thought Shattered Fortress SLAYED even without LaBrie and Petrucci, and this is a MUCH better band than that was.)

[Buddyhunter1]

As long as it's another evening with tour and there's not too much overlap with the last one I'll be good. I like Parasomnia but if they only did a single set with the album in full and maybe one or two other songs, I don't know if I'd bother going.

[Chino]

I forgot A Change of Season was a thing. Throw that on my list for sure.

[pg1067]

My wish list:

1. Do NOT play the 12SS.  TGP would be ok, but don't waste an entire set on a song that barely cracked my top 50, and most of which aren't in my top 100.  There's no potential "moment," like there was with TBOT at RCMH, that will make this worthwhile.

2. Play as much of SDOIT (the "song") as possible.

3. Play the following songs I haven't seen yet:  Light Fuse, Anna Lee, Wither, S2N, Viper King and Transcending Time.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

I feel like Parasomnia is a pretty relentless album and the 12SS is a pretty relentless suite. It would make for a cool show but it might also be a bit much.

My only hope is that they do another "Evening with" tour, but I would also completely understand if they don't. That said, I think there's probably too much money on the line for them to not do it.

[hefdaddy42]

Since they've already indicated that they intend to play Parasomnia in its entirety on the fall tour, I reeeeeaaaaaalllllllyyyyy hope they don't intend to also play the 12-step suite as well.  That's just too much time devoted to those two things.

The only real favorites of mine I haven't seen live are Voices, Lines in the Sand, Illumination Theory, Blind Faith, Speak to Me, Eve, The Glass Prison, and Disappear.  Several of those will in all probability never be played again, so if we could get some of the rest of those, that would be awesome.

[Mosh]

I don't love the idea of Parasomnia + 12SS, but it does perfectly match the concept Portnoy teased as the original post BCSL plan: evening with tour promoting a new album with the new album as one set and 12SS as the other.

The end of This Dying Soul and the actual, "real" beginning of Root of All Evil are obviously meant to flow together, and if you pair them up one after the other (end of TDS and "real" start of Root) it flows so nicely.

When Mike played the suite live with The Shattered Fortress band, they stopped after This Dying Soul's end while the studio intro of Root was playing over the PA, and they resumed playing only for the actual start of the song, just like DT did whenever they opened the show with it.

I'm no musician but I've read explanations that the songs are in a different key and so you can't go from one to the other if you don't change guitars (or something like that). Which again seems to me a major issue if the plan all along was to make "one giant song".

It would require JP to play Root on a 7 string instead of a six string tuned down a half step. Honestly it's not that complicated and can be done, Root is one of the less complex parts of the suite, especially compared to TGP and TDS and parts of Root appear on The Shattered Fortress, played by JP on a seven string. So there are parts that he has already translated to that setup. It can be done and I would also like to hear the suite with the clear intended transitions preserved.

Unfortunately I always assumed that the way they played it live with Portnoy's solo band was to give everybody a break, so that would likely still be necessary with DT.

[hefdaddy42]

I don't love the idea of Parasomnia + 12SS, but it does perfectly match the concept Portnoy teased as the original post BCSL plan: evening with tour promoting a new album with the new album as one set and 12SS as the other.

Yeah, but THAT was the time to do such a thing.  It didn't happen, and oh well.

[KevShmev]

Leaving aside the fact that I have no interest in seeing the 12SS, playing that in full on the same tour as when they are playing all of Parasomnia would be a nearly non-stop onslaught of metal for over two hours.  That would be a bit much.

I think it would make more sense to do the 12SS as a one-off, similar to what they just did for The Best of Times, rather than subjecting the fanbase to that for every show on a tour.

In the Name of God, Blind Faith, Misunderstood and Peruvian Skies are all songs I'd love to see come back as every nighters for a tour.   I would say Voices as well, but I know there is no way James could sing it now.

[MirrorMask]

Unfortunately I always assumed that the way they played it live with Portnoy's solo band was to give everybody a break, so that would likely still be necessary with DT.

And as I said, I don't think anyone forced them to write 30 minutes of relentless non stop music so it's poor planning on their part.

I don't have the slightest idea of how much of a pain would be guitar wise, but there's a moment in the Dying Soul solo when there's a little stop for half a second. You know when they black out the stage during the solo of Metropolis with a dramatic pause? and then they launch into the final part of the solo? that little stop-gap in This Dying Soul could be the moment to stop, black out the stage, change guitars if need be, take  a deep breath, and then relaunch into the final minute or so of the solo, and then straight into the "real" start of Root as it's evidently meant to be if you piece them together.

[Northern Lion]

Much as I'm sure there are people who may not be calling for it, I feel there is a strong possibility that we are going to get 12SS as Set 1, followed by Parasomnia, then an encore consisting of a couple of oldies such as 6:00, Take the Time, that weren't covered on the most recent cycle.

There was an interview a while back when MP confirmed the 12SS remains on his bucket list to perform with DT, and if it doesn't happen on this second cycle off the back of what is essentially a "greatest hits" tour - realistically, will there ever be a better opportunity?

I had a strong feeling this was always the plan but now they have just pulled out TBoT, I'm even more convinced MP will be looking to tick this off the list and have no doubt the other members will fully support it given the success of this most recent tour.

I think that is a great idea, and it would probably also give all the the concert goers the feels because MP is back in the band and playing it with his old band mates who all helped write the music for it in the first place.  This would be epic and historic.

[Mr.Mister]

I don't see a scenario where 12 steps is not played. So with Parasomnia and 12 steps in the list, I'd say:
- Blind Faith
- At Wit's end
- Ytse Jam
- Peruvian Skies
- Goodnight Kiss
- Voices

I also would love if they had a Beyond This Life Budokan Jam type of moment.

[Mosh]

Yeah, but THAT was the time to do such a thing.  It didn't happen, and oh well.

Yea I agree. But it seems like MP is very much in "picking up where we left off" mode so I wouldn't be surprised if he is trying to check off items that were in the cards back then.

Hope that means that last batch of official bootlegs gets released too.

Edit: If they do play the 12SS as a one off, I hope they advertise it in advance so that people who want to hear it live can try and make it out and people who don't can skip it.

[lovethedrake]

The entire Six Degrees album from Glass Prison all the way through to losing Time.

[durga2112]

This would probably never happen, but what if they do something like Metallica has been doing: 2 nights in each city with different setlists. One night is Parasomnia plus a selection of "hits" and deep cuts, the other night is the 12 step suite plus a different selection of songs. That way everyone is happy... right?