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I understand it when he mentions an album or song. People want to show their appreciation for it. Much like they would have at a concert. Cheering for the equipment he used might be a bit much though. Ultimately, fans haven't seen him in a while and it's ok for some to fanboy/girl out if they want to as long as it's not completely taking over the show.

Former singer Charlie Dominici died today.

RIP

Here's the ten year anniversary video they showed at the three big shows they did in Mexico last month. Caution, all three of them cry during it. Just so you're prepared.

I didn't know there was another version besides Clapton's.

I didn't even know there were new Geddy songs

35 minutes ago, bluefox4000 said:

Black Sabbath-Dehumanizer (9/10)

 

Everytime Dio was in this band he unlocks another level.  I love ozzy but i make no apologies in favoring Dio wholeheartedly.

 

Mick

I saw them on this tour. My 14 year old ears were not ready for the heaviness that is Tony Iommi's live tone. My hearing didn't get back to normal for over a week. This show probably did permanent damage to my hearing. The amazing thing about Dio is that he performed like he was in a stadium full of people even though it was only a three thousand seat theater. Both his stage presence and Iommi's guitar were too big for that place. The theater still stands today. Fun fact, four years later my high school graduation took place there and I got to walk across the same stage I saw them play on. I also saw Meat Loaf at that theater in 1994. I couldn't care less about graduating. I was happier being able to walk across the same stage they were on.

49 minutes ago, TheAccountant said:

I did not watch the Monterrey show - will check that out.  Thanks for the recommendation.

 

Not certain whats going on with me and HYCAD either.  But so far not thrilled.  Perhaps over time....

 

I had been away on business most of this week and while I was waiting in Penn Station for my train to return home I ran into a guy with a Nightwish T--shirt.  We got talking about bands as I also like Nightwish - my second favorite band behind Rush.  Turned out he saw Nightwish twice (lucky guy - I have only seen them once).  I mentioned Unleash The Archers to him, which he said he would check out.  Then I mentioned The Warning.  He was like "Yeah, the band with the 3 sisters from Mexico?!  Their really good.  Not Nightwish.  Not Within Temptation.  Not Epica. Not Kamelot.  Not Delain. But really good.  Right behind them".  Guess thats high praise for The Warning in his book.  I would rank The Warning ahead of all of those bands except Nightwish.  But still, good to get talking to somebody else who actually had heard of them and liked them.  Even better since it was at random in NYC.  

It's kind of strange for him to mention all those bands along with The Warning since they aren't anywhere near the same style. But yes, if he's holding them close to the same place as bands like Nightwish and Epica who are far more in depth and complex with their songwriting that is pretty high praise. Delain I always thought was paint by numbers symphonic metal. They offer nothing new to the genre and just go with the basics of the genre that bands like Nightwish and Within Temptation set the template for. Still, it's cool that he's heard about them. The Warning have grown a lot in the last year and a half. It's a steady organic growth that is driven by the undying hard work of the band, their team and the fans being as devoted as any fan base I have ever seen. They're not relying on big hits. Choke, Money and More have been decent sized hits for them but not massive in any way. So, it's just a lot of natural, word of mouth growth that has gotten them to where they are. So the fact that someone who is mainly a symphonic/power metal fan has heard of them says a lot about how their growth is reaching others that normally don't regularly listen to hard rock.

Dream Warriors needs more love.

1 hour ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

That’s the way it goes. I don’t care if they work with outside writers as long as the results are good. Aerosmith working with Desmond Child in the 80s was one of the best decisions that band ever made. Just as an example.

Rush's biggest hit also had an outside writer.

42 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

I did, I’ve just been real busy lately. Good songs, awesome for them getting a co-write with Muse’s touring guy!

I was looking him up and he's worked with a good amount of bands already. Some fans have complained that they don't like that The Warning were working with outside writers this time around. Yet nobody seemed to mind that Crimson Queen, Choke, Evolve, Error and 23 all had outside writing credits. I think now that they're getting more popular some fans are looking for something to bitch about instead of accepting the fact that they're not this unknown band that only you know about anymore.

23 hours ago, TheAccountant said:

I watched the show from the Pepsi Center last night and waited till tonight to comment on it.

 

Wow!!  Highlights for me was Back Holes and Breathe.  Pau's expression about 1:30 into Black Holes when she stopped singing and the crowed just picked up the song for her was priceless.  You could tell she was in tears by the end of that song but Breathe (which as I understand it had never been played live b4 and was added to the album at the last second as the record company wanted something more tacked onto the album) totally reduced her to tears.  Watched several versions of those songs and it so emotional.  Awesome.

 

Other Highlights (and frankly there are a ton of them) would include Dany's solo / acoustic version of When I'am Alone and the group playing XXI Century Blood.  I really like that song so it was good to see it played live.

 

Things that did not thrill me?  Hmmm, Enter Sandman.  I have beat that one to death in prior posts so I won't say more there.

 

Speaking of More, that would be another things that did not thrill me.  Nor did Hell You Call A Dream.  Sick was better than the other version I have heard.  Some of the music appealed - somewhat.  So perhaps its growing on me.  The light show did not thrill me, as I get older I get picky with my light shows at concert.  

 

But overall it was an awesome show.  Just fabulous.

 

BTW - adding the string ensemble was a move that took guts but it worked.  I get real twitchy when bands add string ensembles, most of the time it does not really add much of anything or it outright detracts from the songs.  When Rush tried it on the CA tour I was like ok, thats nice.  But can we get them off the stage and get back to the Rush concert?  It really added nothing.  But here, with Black Holes, it really added to the song.  Very well done.

It's so endearing their reactions when people are singing along to their songs. They're so young and still can't believe it when that happens. Did you see When I'm Alone from Monterrey? In the middle of the song the crowd started chanting "Dany, Dany" she started crying and had to stop playing the song for a minute. The string section worked well with both songs I felt. With Black Holes I think it's pretty easy to add them since it's a slower piano based song. They incorporated them well into Sandman. Metallica has released a live album with a symphony so maybe that's how they got the idea. The Warning's version is a slower and more haunting so I think the orchestra fit well with their version.

Pau once said that she would never play Breathe live because of how personal the song is. I guess she felt she could do it once for the special show. I'm guessing since she had the piano for the show she figured why not? It's not like they're going to be lugging that around with them on tour any time soon. They don't have the crew size or budget for that yet.

I'm not sure what's going on with you and Hell You Call A Dream but you're the only person I know of who doesn't like it. Pretty much everyone else thinks it's a great song and can't wait for it to be released. The band had a link to "pre-save new music" on their Instagram after the Guadalajara show but they made no mention of it again until today when they put the same link up on Instagram. So, I think HYCAD and Sick might be out on Friday.

EP, I don't know if you heard the two new songs from them that they performed in Mexico yet but supposedly Dan Lancaster the touring keyboardist for Muse co-wrote Hell You Call A Dream with them. Anyways, here's a good sounding version from the show in Mexico City last week.

The lyrics are:

wearing apathetic displays
Sharing flesh like envy in cages
Condescending
Not intending to end

53 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

It was just me joking because that album in particular has some crazy high notes that I think are far more ambitious than anyone gives him credit for.

 

HOWEVER YOU CAN SHUT UP MR "I HATE THE SINGING IN QUEENSRYCHE" YA BIATCH

Voices might be his best vocal performance.

12 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

There are times listening to Awake, my face DT, where I wonder if he could sing the material even then 🤣

Wasn't that around the time he ruptured his vocal chords when he had a very bad bout of food poisoning? His voice was completely f***ed on that tour.

17 hours ago, bluefox4000 said:

 

the most you can hope for is i think a return to something closer to Systematic Chaos (which i hate) but if your a fan this news should thrill yoiu.

 

and for people getting excited about rotating sets lists these guys are like 60 how much rotating you think a lot of em would be willing to do, lol

 

Mick

I saw an interview with James where he admitted he can't sing the stuff off Images and Words too well anymore. It kind of came off like he didn't want to sing those songs now. With Portnoy back there's probably no way they don't play something off that. I'm guessing he probably can't do much of anything off Awake, Scenes or Six Degrees too well anymore either. It will be interesting to see the set selections. I don't think rotating the sets is happening this time around.

1 hour ago, Segue Myles said:

Oh I enjoyed that! I saw an interview with her recently where she said she had no intention of slowing down as she gets older. I have never followed her career, or looked into her work much, but I was really struck by how likeable she is! 

 

And this was fun!

I never followed Doro either. I heard a few albums she did with Warlock back in the mid 80s and I enjoyed them but it's also not anything that I felt left me wanting more. I've heard some of her own material and it didn't do much for me. She has always steadily released stuff so she must do ok enough to keep it steadily going for 40 years now.

I don't know about you guys but I thought this was pretty cool

6 hours ago, condemned2bfree said:

Will he dye his beard a different shade than blue?

He should follow Jordan's example and just let the gray take over.

Here's a better sounding version of Hell You Call A Dream from last night's show in Monterrey. They also played Black Holes and Enter Sandman with a small string ensemble. Pau played a grand piano for Black Holes.

I wonder if they're getting ready to call it quits and want one last album and tour with Portnoy? James voice probably isn't going to hold up for too much longer live and the older the rest of the band gets, the harder it must be to keep playing their kind of songs while on tour. I'm interested to hear what they come up with but they were doing really well with the album quality (besides the ASStonshing) with Mangini.

If only there was an official Dream Theater thread to put this in 😄

6 hours ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

It’s fine. They sound good for their age. Not a lot here that really excites me to be honest, excepting Sweet Sounds Of Heaven, which out of nowhere approaches Exile On Main St. territory.

May I suggest that you give this song another listen?