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UMUR 
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 Posted: April 07 2009 at 09:28 |
Itīs hard to call one of the most influential progressive metal bands overrated IMO. Even though I think some of the later albums from the band has been of a lower quality than their early output those albums are still way ahead of what their contemporaries put out. So overrated? Hell NO.
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Scoppioingola
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 11:20 |
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Do we need to do this again? Do get me wrong, I'm not so big on Dream Theater myself, but do we need to do a pool like this each month?
No vote from me, obviously.
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Blacksword
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 11:34 |
Never was a fan. Never will be..
That said, I think they're a great band 
They have a huge appreciative audience, are great musicians and one of the most commerically successful prog bands of the last 20 or so years. 'Overated' is a meaningless term, and I always think twice before sl*gging off a successful contemporary prog band. They have enormous value in the world of prog/metal.
Whether I like them or not is irrelevant to their success and value. They make many people very happy, and I hope they're around for along time to come.
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Logan
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 11:45 |
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"Overated" is meaningless, according to my dictionary, but "overrated" is not. That said, it can have differences in connotation/ usage. And "over rated" like with the topic title means something else again to me, that there are too many ratings. ;)
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mr.cub
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 11:59 |
How about "Do you like Dream Theater? Yes or No."
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 12:03 |
 Logan wrote:
"Overated" is meaningless, according to my dictionary, but "overrated" is not. That said, it can have differences in connotation/ usage. And "over rated" like with the topic title means something else again to me, that there are too many ratings. ;)
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'Overated' - fallen victim to overeating
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 12:04 |
Logan wrote:
"Overated" is meaningless, according to my dictionary, but "overrated" is not. That said, it can have differences in connotation/ usage. And "over rated" like with the topic title means something else again to me, that there are too many ratings. ;)
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yepper.. that was pretty well covered in the 'overrated' thread
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Logan
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 12:09 |
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 12:16 |
Logan wrote:
^ Yeppers, Micky
Visitor13 wrote:
Logan wrote:
"Overated" is meaningless, according to my dictionary, but "overrated" is not. That said, it can have differences in connotation/ usage. And "over rated" like with the topic title means something else again to me, that there are too many ratings. ;)
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'Overated' - fallen victim to overeating
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Right, so the answer to "Are Dream Theater overated?" is complex. Judging from the last time I saw an up-to-date photo of them, I'd say that: LaBrie is overated; Portnoy is somewhat overated; Myung is underated; Rudess is severely underated; Petrucci is ated just about right.
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 12:31 |
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micky
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 12:36 |
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hahhahah
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 12:47 |
I think Pertucci is over-rated in skill but under-rated in importance.
When DT came out, there was a entire music genre of shredders was much bigger than the current resurgence. Everyone and their little brother had chops out the wazoo. I remember when the guy who became Buckethead was featured in Guitar magazine....in the context of chops at that point Pertucci was about average for a shredder.
Now when grunge hit, shredding was dropped like a nuclear potato. It was Pertucci who kept to his identity and continued to refine his chops. In some ways, he was the only one left still in the spotlight. As a result, the only active shredder many of the guitarists coming up now knew was Pertucci.
Today's shredders range from phenomenal to pretty weak......enough ranting.
I appreciate Pertucci but if you really want to hear guitar there's much better places.
Edited by Negoba - April 07 2009 at 12:49
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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lazland
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 13:33 |
They are not my favourite band from the third wave of prog, but the issue of whether they are overrated has been dealt with in other threads - it's purely a question of personal taste. I've got a couple of their LPs and listen from time to time, but am not that gone on them. It doesn't mean they are overrated, just that I rate other bands more highly. Having said that, anyone who can bring Transatlantic into existence, as Portnoy did, simply cannot be described as anything other than historic, genius, incredible, and every other superlative I haven't got time to think of now
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rpe9p
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 13:48 |
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Threads about some band/musician being overrated/underrated are overrated.
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mrcozdude
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 13:53 |
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Every band is overrated and underrated.I think there fair musicians not a huge fan of virtuoso metal in general,there dam cheesy though.Give me Liquid Tension Experiment.
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crimson87
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 14:07 |
I don't think the band is overrated right now simply because they have released some weak albums lately that took away their godly like status.
Suming up: Exellent musicians (not the best) Some hit and miss with their records , and lacking ideas in the last 4 years at least.
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darkshade
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 14:08 |
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the average person does not know who Dream Theater are or know their music, so they are underrated
**Edit** that sounds very narrow-minded, i know...
Edited by darkshade - April 07 2009 at 14:08
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debrewguy
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 14:16 |
well, if you compare how necessary they are to life vs things like "air" , "food", lodgings", then they are over-rated. If you compare them to other musical acts, then all that can be said is that they make music that some people love, some people like, some people pass on, some people dislike, some people hate. Then there's the ones who abhor the actual concept without having heard the music.
So ask a fan - "do you love them too much" ? Ask an Anti-DT person - "do you really hate them that much" ?
Then gfo back to the important things in life ...
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 14:24 |
debrewguy wrote:
well, if you compare how necessary they are to life vs things like "air" , "food", lodgings", then they are over-rated. If you compare them to other musical acts, then all that can be said is that they make music that some people love, some people like, some people pass on, some people dislike, some people hate. Then there's the ones who abhor the actual concept without having heard the music.
So ask a fan - "do you love them too much" ? Ask an Anti-DT person - "do you really hate them that much" ?
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A little bit of reason.... It never hurts...
What I love is that even if DT is so hated by many here, they all come running to post in these threads about the band... ALL of them, including some particular members....
It's like the person who hates somebody so much he can't stop thinking about that person....
Get a musical life and grow up please....
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Are Dream Theater Over Rated?
Indeed, and one could say that LaBrie is particularly well fed up about overated commentary. Too much brie in the diet.... 
