Dream Theater

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I'm pretty sure they said they're going to record another show too next year. Specifically the Radio City Music Hall show in NYC, if I recall correctly. Portnoy said they wanted to have this tour documented in full.
 
It's pretty similar to some of the tracks from A View, I can't say I'm a big fan of this one. It's pretty different from Night Terror so I suspect those fans who didn't like that one will like A Broken Man.
 
Was this a holdover from the last album? It's not bad, mind you. But it's just sorta there too. Dream Theater has a theme of having the second song revealed be infinitely less interesting than the first, this happened last time with Invisible Monster as well. Also, yeah, that solo section is really cool but I have no idea what it has to do with the rest of the song. That seems like the part Portnoy contributed, because I have a feeling this song was written before Portnoy rejoined the band even though it probably actually wasn't.

I have a feeling that once I hear this on the album itself, it will work better or maybe it will completely fade away by then because it would lose any emphasis put on it. Night Terror is a lot better because it's a lot more distinct, despite also being fairly typical DT.

Still, if this is one of the weaker songs on the album (which I'm guessing it will end up being), then at least the album will be OK.
 
One thing I’ve wondered about is that DT would normally never kick James out and find another singer. But since the guys, especially Petrucci, are also businessmen, would they ditch James if his singing started to influence audience numbers too negatively? Or would having another singer not have a noticeable effect on ticket sales?
 
Saapanael said:
One thing I’ve wondered about is that DT would normally never kick James out and find another singer. But since the guys, especially Petrucci, are also businessmen, would they ditch James if his singing started to influence audience numbers too negatively? Or would having another singer not have a noticeable effect on ticket sales?
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At this point, another singer would rather negatively affect the ticket sales. DT are at this point a legacy act, that have just been given a bit of a popularity boost because they reunited with Portnoy. Changing singers isn't going to do them any favors.
 
Saapanael said:
One thing I’ve wondered about is that DT would normally never kick James out and find another singer. But since the guys, especially Petrucci, are also businessmen, would they ditch James if his singing started to influence audience numbers too negatively? Or would having another singer not have a noticeable effect on ticket sales?
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No, because they aren't a young or a middle-aged band. They are in their twilight years. The next ten years are a victory lap and, truly, it doesn't matter if LaBrie sounds like shit.
Yax said:
At this point, another singer would rather negatively affect the ticket sales. DT are at this point a legacy act, that have just been given a bit of a popularity boost because they reunited with Portnoy. Changing singers isn't going to do them any favors.
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Exactly. Him being in the band is a draw to a lot of folks, regardless of his performance. The whole story of "bringing the band back together" means nothing if they replace LaBrie.

We can all dream and hope and wish and want for a different singer in DT to write more interesting new material and to do the old songs justice live, but it is not going to happen.
 
I pretty much agree with all of that. Imo JLB is going to be a problem for DT's ticket sales in the future, but I also think they are seeing this tour as their last play for big (by DT standards) venues. Unless they have Maiden level longevity, which I doubt, they're going to end up playing smaller venues after this tour anyway. At the end of the day they will be frequently seen as a great instrumental band that works in spite of their vocalist, which has pretty much been their reputation since at least the start of the Rudess years. The only way replacing LaBrie would make sense is if it was also accompanied by a major change in direction and that is obviously not happening.

I've said it before I think but if nothing else, MP coming back to DT made JLB more powerful and solidified that he isn't going anywhere. Clearly MP's return was conditional on JLB being open to it.
 
Mosh said:
I pretty much agree with all of that. Imo JLB is going to be a problem for DT's ticket sales in the future, but I also think they are seeing this tour as their last play for big (by DT standards) venues. Unless they have Maiden level longevity, which I doubt, they're going to end up playing smaller venues after this tour anyway. At the end of the day they will be frequently seen as a great instrumental band that works in spite of their vocalist, which has pretty much been their reputation since at least the start of the Rudess years. The only way replacing LaBrie would make sense is if it was also accompanied by a major change in direction and that is obviously not happening.

I've said it before I think but if nothing else, MP coming back to DT made JLB more powerful and solidified that he isn't going anywhere. Clearly MP's return was conditional on JLB being open to it.
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Nothing against you, but save for the recent stuff about MP rejoining, your post reads like the same kind of discussions held in DT fan forums I've been since at least '05.
 
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