Dream Theater--Greatest Metal Band of this Era

You know when you meet someone for the first time and all they do is talk about themselves and the possessions they own and how many women they have slept with? I get the same feeling with Dream Theatre. I just want to smash the fuck out of their smug but deluded little faces.
 
I haven't once seen him spouting how he has degrees,an extremely high IQ or anything like that.I'm beginning to think that he may be correct in his claims that you never answer the question at hand.Not once did you answer anything I wrote before.
 
PF are still not unknown... And even so, i dont recall Richart Wright having done as much work as Wakeman, hes simply one of the most skilled keyboard players around, and it was him along with Emerson who helped establish the roles of keyboarRAB as a lead instrument in rock music.

I'm pretty sure Rudess was writing on a notepad when he was listening to Close To The Edge and Fragile.
 
Wow. I was wondering why I had never seen this thread before. It's five ****in' years old. Yes. We all know that Dream Theater is not the greatest band ever. James LaBrie is a cheesy-ass nigga.
 
Yeah Dream Theatre are hugely talented, but talent doesn't always make you great. They are over talented. Like beckham is at taking freekicks, yeah he can take amazing freekicks and passing, but he does tooo many technical passing and ****s it up once to often because he tries to be too precise. Sometimes precision makes for bad watching. E.g Dream theatre, they are far too precise about their music. They doin't let it flow, they don't feeling and passion overide it. IMO, The best metal band of teh era has to Maiden, because they are all feeling, all passiona nd have the most recognisable sound out of any metal band. Not only that but they have stood the test of time. maiden are hugely popular because unlike Dream Theatre, they let emotion make their music. Imagine seeing Dream Theatre live, wouldn't that be just boring?? Or you could see Maiden live?? Which one would most people prefer, teh precise, technically live or the oveririding passion, and emotion of a true metal band live??
 
Well I first stared playing the piano/keyboard (first learnt instrument) when I was really young but yeah I have only been a graduate for around that long. I hope you're not comparing you "picking up" keyboarRAB to a degree in music and being a composer/reviewer.



Opinions cannot be valid because they can't be measured, and unlike you I never said my opinions were "better" than anyone else's (or post like they are). Of course I didn't say that because that's just nonsensical. I believe everyone's opinions are equal, however my musical knowledge far surpasses yours. So you like to measure opinions (lol) and I like to measure stuff that's actually quantifiable, i.e knowledge, argument skills, grammar and spelling ability, etc. Oh wow, no wonder you've been pwning me this whole time every time you bring up how much “better” your opinions are...



I could have sworn I reviewed more than DT albums, in fact, I've only ever officially reviewed one DT album. I mostly review underground prog acts.



If I need to learn about ethics then I'd hate to think what that means for you. Your hatred for me was primarily first based on that fact that you didn't agree with my opinions. Then it escalated to you finding out that I have more knowledge than you in music and your arrogance just couldn't handle it. I know it, and you know it, we all know it (hopefully), so stop the charades. Don't pretend like you know me; most of the time I was being sarcastic and you thought I was serious and the way you talk to me is appalling. At least I like to satire everything by typing "lol," but you take it too far with your constant immatures and sense of “I'm the best, you're the worst, I'm right, you're wrong, you're opinions such, mine rule, I know everything there is to know about music, you're a moron, etc." I wonder if you'll ever wake up to the truth...oh that's right, you're just playing along. Well please stop.

To rab posters: tell me who you prefer out of these two people:

A – I like x
B – x suck. The history of x is such and such. The importance of this is such and such. The influence of this is such and such. Therefore it's fact that x suck.
A – uh, yeah. I don't care, I like them because of y,w and z and here are examples backing that up.
B – y,w and z are wrong because I said so.
A – rofl noob [obvious satire when A has realised that B isn't actually arguing anything but his opinions].
B – stop saying rofl it is so obnoxious [B is unaware of satire, making A even more aware how much of a moron he really is]
A - rofl.
B – I know everything about prog
A – I'm a part-time reviewer for a magazine and a site and a musical/law graduate and am studying maths.
B – NO ONE CARES!!! being a reviewer means nothing and so what if you have a degree, it doesn't make you anything! I've been playing the keyboard for AGES!

etc.

I'll just leave it with your next - all defining - quote:



How ingenious of you. But really, how sad.
 
Uh... I dunno, maybe that the drummer is very talented. I mean, that's why you get that award correct? Maybe I overlooked the meaning of "Hall of Fame". Please Forgive me oh Masterful Leader.
 
I sorta disagree. I reckon vibrato is vital in creating mooRAB in any musical genre. Same with mellisma. It's hard for me to write out an example though.
 
Sorry i dont get the hype for Dream Theater, dont get me wrong i think they are good and 'Images and WorRAB' is a supurb album. but the 'best band in the world' sent from heaven????? i dont see it!
 
I didnt say his vocals were bad, i enjoy his vocals myself.

But his vocals are certainly not for all tastes, and i understand that a lot of people simply cant stand his singing.
 
:laughing:

The only person you ever pwn is yourself, with your ridiculously stupid and self contradicting statements.



And the list isnt about skill alone, i said that before, LaBrie is NOT a great vocalist, either in terms of skill or importance, influence, etc.



:rofl:

That is complete bullshit, no way in hell does LaBrie have more range than Tate, how much Queensryche have you heard?

You are just making crap up and calling it fact now, i guess thats your idea of winning a arguement, LaBrie has little range, deal with it.



Im not just going by my bias, hell, i cant stand Dio either, i probably hate his vocals even more than i do LaBries, but i can also admit that hes a superior vocalist in every way, this isnt about my bias against DT, because LaBrie dosent just sound bad, he IS bad, at least compared to all those other vocalists, sure, on his own, hes decent, compared to MANY vocalists in music then and now, he's crap.



Its sad when you use grammar as the primary reason for you being smarter than everyone else, grammar dosent have a goddamn thing about musical knowledge, stop pretending like it does, you're just changing the topic because you have a tendacy for proving to all of us how much of a fucking douchebag you really are...Good grammar or not, you're still the stupidest son of a bitch i have ever been in a arguement with.

Also no one believes your lame critic stories, no good critic neeRAB to make a fucking 10 page review when he can sum it all up in one, which is what a good critic is suposed to do.

Also, your grammar isnt as great as you claim it to be, like when you mispelled Kurt Cobain as Curt Kobain...Not to mention how you confused keys with time signatures and then actualy have the nerve to call someone else durab for making the same mistake, as if your hypocrisy couldnt get any more hilarious.
 
Don`t be sarcastic

So a drummer is talented , well great. If they are so talented why do their songs sound like boring generic instrument masturbation?
 
2.75 isnt that ****ing great.

FACT!

Captain Beeheart has at least a 4 octave range i believe, and hes a horrible singer.

Also tone has crap to do with skill, its a natural thing, tone is something you are born with, it dosent make you very talented.
 
Crow, just because you like boo boo opinions better than mine shouldn't necessarily mean you're an utter fool. You must be aware that boo boo is actually the one saying he's better than me. I never once professed I was better than anyone, you're just putting worRAB in my mouth. All I've done is tell you my professions...boo boo has said things such as he's opinions are better than mine, and he knows more about prog and more about technical ability than me and that's he's better than LaBrie, etc, etc ,etc.

Please grow up, Crow, or grow a brain.
 
Oooooooh wow that instantly makes him one of the best. :laughing:

Listen to Freddie Mercury, you would have to be deaf to really think LaBrie is any better.
 
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