Yes: Cure for the Insomniac!

I've just read the first post, and, without having read the others, I just want to reply.

I'm 20.

I played the guitar for some years now - because it seems to DT15 that playing of an instrument gives you the right to protest.

My favorite bands are: IQ, Marillion, Arena, Pendragon, Genesis, Camel, Pink Floyd. And, Dream Theater.

Tell me - the first time I heard "Close to the edge", I felt that I didn't understand anything of that music. It was like that for "A change of season too".

Petrucci considers Steve Howe as his master.

Lately, having been to a Dream Theater concert in Paris, I heard the band play "Heart of the sunrise" as an encore. Oh, Rothery and Hogarth, from Marillion, shall I precise, have been long-time friends with Portnoy and Petrucci.

The list could be long, I guess.

I would just say some last words. If Genesis, Yes, and King Crimson had not been there, there wouldn't have been a Dream Theater. That is not even a reason to call those early bands "oldies".

Sorry if I'm intolerant with your thoughts... I happen to be someone who knows how to appreciate all that music - if you don't like it, don't listen to it. Let's say I need at least 3 or 4 month to discover an album in its entirety...

I am sick and tired of listening to you old folk talk about how you don't enjoy quality acts such as Dream Theater. One reviewer said it's not to his taste...ok then that's fine. So let me have my say now. If i want to fall asleep or have a good laugh, I'll listen to Yes or Genesis or Pink Floyd (etc). C'mon you oldies...this music is not as great as you all say it is. I am a 25 year old bachelor of music composition graduate and have been playing the keyboard, guitar and drums for a little over 10 yrs, so I AM a musician, unlike most of you. But instead of going into a lengthy essay about why this music is just plain boring, I'll just do what so many of you people do and say 'it's not to my taste'. So there you have it, I voiced my opinion and I don't care if you don't care but I am honest to God when I say that crappy old school prog rock bores me to tears and no matter how many times I listen to Yes' 'Close to the Edge', I will never understand why you guys get boners over it. The music is nothing earth shattering. But it's fine, if you oldies get so excited and this sorta stuff makes your hair stand up...well that's fine...but seriously now, just make sure you know there are educated musicians like myself who simply find it all boring.

Steve.

PS: I posted this on the front page but I guess no one reads it.

Wow, you're ignorant I LOVE Dream Theater, and Pain Of Salvation, and Opeth but classic prog is the best... They influenced DT. If it wasn't for Yes and Genesis, there would be no Dream Theater. DT will never make anything nearly as great or influential as CTTE. Or Foxtrot. The other thing is that you probably just can't get into them, but that's something I would be ashamed of, not announce it publicly. And to your knowledge, most educated musicians respect and accredit the classics. Ask any member of Dream Theater what they think of classic prog. Mike said on the 5 Years In A LIVEtime DVD that "One of our main influences is Yes"... I can hear Yes, Genesis, and Pink Floyd in DT's music. For example, the intro to Octavarium is a tribute to Shine on. Try to imagine Dream Theater without any classic prog influences. I can't. Because there would be no DT. You make an impression of an ignorant, close minded person. So think about it.

fin.

I am thinking of doing an experiment:

Sitting in a room with a 5-CD changer and listening to Big Generater,
Talk, Union, and Open Your Eyes over and over for 16 hours straight.

Do you think this will make me like these albums more or dislike them
more than I already do?