Are Dream Theater Over Rated?

Well to begin with, I think DT are Over rated. Sure, they are incredibly technically talented, but I feel as a Prog Metal band, they have a long way to come before they deserve any more of my money.

First of all, I find them to be incredibly unexpressive. Some songs are an exception, (Wait for sleep, Surrounded) but overall, I find their lyrics to be incredibly shallow and often ridiculously lame.

Second of all, DT show off way too much. It seems to me when they are writing a new song/album, John Petrucci must sit there wondering where he could fit a guitar solo. DT do a lot better when they stick to some basic themes and softer melodies.

Third of all, they aren't very compositionally talented. For example, "Take The Time." It has good solos, terribly lame lyrics and overall bad vibes for me. I listen to prog to relax and feel some emotion, Not to listen to incredibly unoriginal guitar solos and cheesy lyrics.

But thats just my opinion.

of course not. awesome band.

 Dream Theater is underrated.

But that's just my opinion.

I'm not a true fanboy, but I don't think they are overrated. DT are a great band: excellent musicians and the best of prog metal.

King By-Tor wrote: JayDee wrote:  Dream Theater is underrated. But that's just my opinion. This could be more easily argued thanks to all the flak they take simply for being popular

When was the last time you saw someone underrate them because they are popular?

I think they are overrated because to me their music mainly sound like a combination of a bunch of other bands before them I don't think were particulary progressive, or great (imo) in the fist place.

Is NASCAR overrated?

This is a very difficult question because on the face of it they certainly aren't...

It's only now that their "mainstream popularity" is increasing when the initial groundbreaking (yes, I think it was) work was done in the 90s and only critical plaudits came their way. However, the most recent albums have been decreasing in quality but as I've already said their popularity is increasing which for me implies that they are overrated...

So, I'm not really sure...

They may not be the best band in the world, but I quite like them - sometimes.

"overrated" ... what does this mean? The most basic meaning is that something is rated more highly than it should be. This essentially also means that the majority of people is wrong. While I don't think that there's anything wrong with making that claim (free speech, everybody's entitled to their opinion etc) I'd still like to point out this:

Whenever you think that something's overrated (or underated, doesn't matter) it's a good idea to keep in mind that maybe you're wrong. Have a look at the community of users which your opinion is up against. If many of them are people who you trust to make informed decisions, there's a good chance that you are wrong.

got carried away there ... back to the topic: I don't think that Dream Theater are overrated in any way. They are the single most important Prog Metal band ... and I guess they always will be.

Overrated by some, underrated by others, I suspect.