Dream Theater

=SixdgramatichaosOnachristmasmorning said:I was always Styx's biggest fan and I still am, but my thorough enjoyment with any other band started when I went to a Dream Theater-Iron Maiden show. I didn't know any actual DT songs at the time except for PMU, but I did know for a fact that they were the WAY better of the two, far before I went to the show. I easily got really into Iron Maiden after that show, but still did not yet become any more familiar with DT. Then I went to a Rush show, and I began to LOVE Rush. Then, I was finally able to grasp onto some Symphony X, which really taught me a lot. FINALLY, I was able to keep track of Dream Theater songs and understand them more. So I listened to the entire Scenes From a Memory album, and couldn't stop listing to endless amounts of Dream Theater every day. I finally had seen the different sides of them, and the brilliance of all of it- the contrast of Images and Words to Awake and then to everything else. This was the explanation of everything I heard in SFAM!! I remember finding it almost comical how simple some of the parts of SFAM were!! But they still spoke to me, unlike any four chord pop can! And I began to understand. WOW. Then a Dramatic Turn of Events came out, and I am absolutely blown away.

So i guess, the short answer is that the turning point was listing to Fatal Tragedy. Unbelievable emotion. WOW.

Even though i listen to their heavier stuff i still think Spirit Carries On is one of their best, watching the score DVD on the train, every time James says sing i nearly scream out the chorus!! one of Jp's most emotional solo's