Probably thousands of Dream Teather fans are waiting anxiously for our promised review of Live at Budokan. It would be cruel to keep them waiting, so here it goes.
We all agree that the touchstone of a progressive rock band is their definitive live album. And Live at the Budokan is the definitive live album of Dream Teather. More of 180 minutes of great hard, progressive rock. Luckily, it has been filmed in a DVD so we can appreciate the technical abilities of Jordan Rudess (the best keyboard player of Dream Teather ever), John Myung (bass!), John Petrucci (guitar!!) and Mike Portnoy (drums!!!), and the astounding vocals of James LaBrie. Every minute of the DVD is worth watching, but perhaps the peak features are the exercices of self-indulgence (here we love self-indulgence, sorry!) of the 21 minute version of Beyond This Life, and Hollow Years, that includes a great guitar solo at the end.
So if you are considering buying a Dream Teather DVD, this is your choice! When you have enough of it, perhaps you should move to the Scenes from New York DVD, which has a poignant version of The Spirit Carries On, probably different from the one you saw at the live show.
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