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Originally Posted by knkwzrd
There's a point where I think it goes from very good musicians making interesting music to very good musicians going "look what I can do". This is the same reason I can't stand Yngwie Malmsteen and lots of Joe Satriani's music.
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I agree there. I love DT, and right after Scenes from a Memory came out I went out and bought all their other albums that had been released up until then. I was on a DT binge. Their music is badass, and smart, but is pretty flashy. A lot of times they remind me of Led Zepplin where as musicians they just seem too good. As a result their music lacks a certain emotional depth and their lyrics sound clumsy at times. They may be techincally accurate, but they don't seem to be playing their souls out like a lot of other bands. Instead they're more like, "this music shit is easy... watch this!" and then Petrucci goes off on a 10min solo that's so techincally accurate it was as though a machine played it.
I've been feeling less and less in the mood for Dream Theater after about 7 years of listening. Sometimes you don't need a 22 min track to get your point across. More recently I've been getting into musicians that are more minimalistic in comparison, namely Stephen Merritt who manages to recycle the 1,4,5, pop progression a million times, and yet it still sounds awesome.
Dream Theater is a totally badass band who forever has my respect as musicians, but their music doesn't emotionally inspire me like so many others that may be less technically accurate.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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