No offence to you Eskil but I'm not sure bout Dream Theater, I mean what's with the freemasonry/Illuminati/NWO references in their videos and music?Blatant new world order and freemason references, I dunno, just another bunch of freemason/illuminati puppets?
What's your take?
But yeah they do sound pretty awesome nonetheless.
To be honest, the song you're talking about (Rite of Passage) is my least favorite DT song ever and I agree the lyrical topic is not interesting (nor typical at all for what they usually write about). I frankly don't like it either and I think it's on the album only to have a "radio-friendly" single for the record company.
As far as them being freemason/illuminati/new world order puppets....Lol, far from it! Those lyrics are cheesy and it's a filler song that IMO has nothing to do with what Dream Theater stands for.
These are some I should have posted:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAHfDrak52E"]YouTube - Dream Theater - Pull me under (studio version) - with lyrics[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIHIKdhHAhU"]YouTube - Dream theater - metropolis[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghxigf8nRc4"]YouTube - My Favorite Dream Theater Parts, part I[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdFR6tx1B3I"]YouTube - My Favorite Dream Theater Parts, part II[/ame]
That first Dream Theater song above I cant listen to for 7.5 minutes. Awful, boring, muddy vocals, repetitious studio music.
Muddy vocals?? Perhaps it's time to clean your speakers..

The vocals are crystal-clear and James LaBrie has arguably one of the best studio voices in the genre.
If you think it's boring: that video I embedded was from a calmer PART within an 18-minute epic song. The song is based on true events and goes through heavier parts, fast riffs, and many different time changes and moods. I just included it to show that they are capable of writing really beautiful melodies as well as heavy metal (within one song!)
If they have all those emotions for you... and they seem to be new world order doesnt that cause some concern for you?
Haha.... seem to be new world order?? You're basing that off of the lyrics that were posted above. Like I have said already: Dream Theater are NOT conspiracy-theory idiots/new-world-order freaks or anything of the sort. That is just one song off the new album that was released to be a single, and is as far away lyrically from their other material as possible.
I can think of a million better bands. Some are:
Nirvana
Stone Temple Pilots
Pearl Jam
White Stripes
System of a Down.
Outkast
1) This thread is not about listing all our favorite bands. If it was I would have listed tons more too.
2) The thread IS about the ONE band that made a difference in your life.
Sure, Pearl Jam is a good band with some good songs. Did Nirvana or Outkast change your world? Talk about awful and boring - and hardly inspirational.
