Before we start replying in a visceral vein I would like a crack at this.
Hi John, it's good to see you've at least found Aural Moon worth the trouble to sample. It's appreciated. I'm a DJ here, and my favorite music is heavy music and prog.
Let me tell you my personal feelings about Dream Theater. I have seen them five times. I have six of their CD's. When you make a statement like "maybe they don't have much newer stuff", maybe you do not know the band that well.
I am all for expressing opinion. And contrary to what others may think, I am open-minded. But I do not like to be lectured, nor do I enjoy being pigeon-holed into a category.
I've seen, heard, and enjoyed more true metal than you ever will in your lifetime. Dream Theater is not true metal. I really thought they were something at first, but as time passes, I realize most of it is a wankfest. I can still enjoy more of "Awake" and about 20-30 percent of the other records, but the band is limited in it's shelf-life. They're almost TOO talented.
The reverence to Dream Theater makes me ill. they're a very good band that has put out some good music. They're not deities.
You need to realize that there is a lot of heavy music on the Moon. You are being self-limiting by professing a reverence to what I consider an regular band.
Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, OSI, and any other Mike Portnoy-involved projects - all on the Moon. Oh by the way, Mike Portnoy is Dream Theater's drummer.
And Mike Portnoy is a collaborator and great friend of Neal Morse, who was the force behing Spock's Beard. I seriously doubt that Portnoy thinks his DT records "have something on Spock's Beard".
Oh and Porcupine Tree is more popular now than Dream Theater, my friend. And us fogies love Porcupine Tree too.
Your statement about prog dwindling and no bands to offer younger listeners is a total mistake. You obviously do not know 98% of the great music out there.
Before you insult the other young listeners to Aural Moon (they are many), try soliciting their opinion. You may find that YOU are the closed-minded old man.
By the way, I've played whole shows on old metal bands, recent metal, and in-between. Try sampling some...but be sure to research before you automatically close it off.
I am 41 years old, and I've been to 400 shows. Not only can I outlast you at a Dream Theater show, but I can hang better than you in most activities.
And our slightly older program director could probably even top that. Speraking of which, we've debated this quite a bit. Our program director has made a decision. Try the close to 12,000 other songs here, and play your Dream Theater in private. That's what I do.
I appreciate your comments, John, but it's posts like these that make me NOT want to play any dream theater on my show.
Finally, I've played Sabbath, Maiden, and Judas Priest on my show. not nec prog, but that's the music I grew up with. And Tool also has been played...a favorite of mine.
One more finally...
most listeners of Gentle Giant are much more tolerant than you.