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KOREANS LOVE DREAM THEATER

 Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at 12:27pm by

When I started watching this live video of Dream Theater performing “Metropolis” ten (maybe more?) years ago, I was thinking that the complete fucking ape-shitness of the audience pegged it to Japan. I was wrong; around the 2:40 mark James LaBrie yells “Korea!” I’ve just never seen this kind of fervor at a Dream Theater concert in the states; there’s practically a fucking moshpit. At a Dream Theater concert. Usually it’s a bunch of dudes (and it’s always just dudes) nodding their heads to the beat with their jaws on the floor and their dicks in their hands (yup, I’m guilty as charged!). James LaBrie sounds like complete crap here, so the LaBrie-hating contingent will have their field day here (and I know there are a lot of you), but the rest of the band is at full strength with a furious wind whipping their hair around for maximum rockness.

-VN

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  • Devin

    Gay points for having fans blowing their hair on stage.

  • http://www.diabolicalconquest.com Matt

    Maybe those fans from Seoul are going so crazy because it was back when Dream Theater knew how to write a cohesive song.

  • http://www.myspace.com/cobhc13 Lauren

    I’m the one girl at Dream Theater concerts (that’s there on my own will).

  • Joe

    Lauren if you aren’t some kind of Berklee graduate I think some members of the band might collapse at this knowledge

  • patochan

    Koreans also love to eat dog. And donkey. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

  • http://www.myspace.com/cobhc13 Lauren

    Haha I’m just a 17 year old prog fan.

    And DT deserves an appreciative audience!

  • http://www.last.fm/user/Richaod/ Richaod

    Dream Theater with James LaBrie sounding fucking amazing in Tokyo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8rwPW_bU64

    James LaBrie with a bra onstage 20 years into their career, clearly with no clue what to do with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywPuWyh-gCU

  • Sammy

    I have gone to see Dream Theater only once, so that I could confirm my inadequacy as a guitarist, singer, songwriter and overall musician. It wasn’t until afterward that the true reality of that confirmation had sunk in. (At least DT’s stage presence sucked ass, with Labrie leaving the stage for long periods to let the rest of the band masturbate.)

    p.s. I don’t think Labrie sucks here. The human voice is the only instrument that is also a body part and subject to physical stresses, humidity, etc.

  • SourDeez

    I’ve never been able to get into Dream Theater. So many people I know bow at their altar, and I just don’t get it. Great, you can play your instruments with a lot of skill. How about adding some actual color and wallop and feeling to your music? I’ve always failed to hear their personality, and I’ve gone through all of their albums and seen them live twice. I tried so hard to like this band, and just couldn’t do it. Am I the only one who doesn’t appreciate this kind of wankery?