Dream Theater SUCKS!

kenny olav
kenny olav Posts: 3,319
edited January 2006 in Other Music
They have a lot of talent. But with the exception of Pull Me Under, their songs do nothing for me. They show off their talent, and occasionally hit on some nice melodies, but there's no passion. It like Metallica one minute, but without the angst, and then like Journey the next minute, but without the feeling that it's a summer night and your stone in love.

Dream Theater sucks.
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  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    Pretty much sums up my opinion of this band over the years: Brilliant musicians, but terrible fucking songwriters.

    I would much rather listen to a band with very little technical ability that can write a great lyric or melody.
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  • Drifting Away
    Drifting Away Posts: 270
    iron maiden!!!!!!
    Run to the hills
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  • Charlie the man
    Charlie the man Posts: 116
    Eh, they're decent. They'd be better if they had a different singer, though. I do like the A Change Of Seasons CD, however.
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    With a different singer, or as an instrumental rock/fusion group I'd love them.
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  • sj_2150
    sj_2150 Posts: 275
    i can see where youre coming from but they certainly dont suck. theyre an amazing band. i can agree with you to some degree that they make some music that can seem very technical yet uninspired. sometimes the music can be too complicated for people liking. i personally love technical music but really love it more when a band has feeling. i think that is whats keeping them from being one of the greatest bands of all time. Images and Words and Metropolis pt2 is fucking awesome though
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  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    I only have a random mix of stuff... and opinions from people who saw them at Graspop last year. IMO, their heavier stuff is great, but their slower stuff drags on a bit. Apparently they're fantastic live, though.
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  • sj_2150
    sj_2150 Posts: 275
    Jennytree wrote:
    Apparently they're fantastic live, though.

    correction: FLAWLESS live. i dont think ive heard anybody or heard any bootleg with a mistake
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    It's like going to see an incarnation of G3

    you're not really there for good songs you're there to see petrucci and co embarass the lot of ourselves that pretend to "play instruments" :D
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  • barcoach
    barcoach Posts: 413
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    They have a lot of talent. But with the exception of Pull Me Under, their songs do nothing for me. They show off their talent, and occasionally hit on some nice melodies, but there's no passion. It like Metallica one minute, but without the angst, and then like Journey the next minute, but without the feeling that it's a summer night and your stone in love.

    Dream Theater sucks.

    Agree. Though I appreciate some of their early work, they just grew to be virtuosos high on masturbation.
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  • barcoach
    barcoach Posts: 413
    sj_2150 wrote:
    correction: FLAWLESS live. i dont think ive heard anybody or heard any bootleg with a mistake

    yeah... isn't that boring to hell?
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    barcoach wrote:
    yeah... isn't that boring to hell?

    I don't think it would be boring if there was passion. I don't go see Pearl Jam to hear the mistakes, i go for the passion. I can't really comment on Dream Theater but I know my guitar playing friend really like Petrucci. He is more in the technical side of music.
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  • sevensins
    sevensins Posts: 887
    BinFrog wrote:
    With a different singer, or as an instrumental rock/fusion group I'd love them.
    its called liquid tention experiment. its dream theater minus a singer.
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  • prljam85
    prljam85 Posts: 227
    yea they are all very talented but I cant bring myself to listen to any of their albums
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    They definitely ARE flawless live. But I find their music to be musical masturbation.

    And the first time I saw LaBrie I thought it was Fabio on stage.

    I have tried to get into them for years since I have a bunch of friends who like them, but I just can't.
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  • sj_2150
    sj_2150 Posts: 275
    theres no way you can say they suck though, if you see them live youll just be like "fuck! look at em!!" you can watch each member (except james) for the whole concert and be amazed. you at least have to appreciate them
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    sevensins wrote:
    its called liquid tention experiment. its dream theater minus a singer.


    I know, but LTE bores me.
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