Another 20 cool riffs 20 - A Change Of Seasons (Crimson Sunrise low B and E riff) 19 - Sacrificed Sons (pre solo) 18 - The Mirror (000-000-000) 17 - Forsaken (main riff) 16 - Fatal Tragedy (post chorus riff) 15 - Stream Of Consciousness (main riff) 14 - Breaking All Illusions (intro riff) 13 - Take The Time (that groovy riff) 12 - At Wit's End (main riff) 11 - Transcending Time (unison riff) 10 - The Shattered Fortress (intro riff) 09 - Peruvian Skies (main riff) 08 - About To Crash Reprise (main riff) 07 - Afterlife (main riff) 06 - The Looking Glass (main riff) 05 - Pale Blue Dot (main riff) 04 - The Dark Eternal Night (intro riff) 03 - Innocence Faded (outro riff) 02 - A Nightmare To Remember (main riff) 01 - Pull Me Under (main riff)
@@epictexasfishing6787 Oh absolutely!! I think Kevin Moore really stole the show on I&W and Awake though. Those are two of my all-time favourites, but for me the keyboards come to mind first!
John Petrucci, like all the musicians in Dream Theater, is an exceptional musician. He is fast, flexible and also sensitive. Nevertheless, this band convinced me above all when they took up the jazz line, i.e. when Petrucci, John Myung and sometimes Jordan Rudess played completely synchronised. The sound that the band created was unique. Mike Protnoy is now also adding his sound again. Sorry for OT. czcams.com/video/tM0Y1Ajqq7g/video.html&pp=ygUaZGFuY2Ugb2YgdGhlIGluc3RydW1lbnRhbHM%3D
Absolutely perfect list. They played Count Of Tuscany when I saw them last year and it was so good it brought me to tears. Great playing as well, mate.
This mine TOP: Dream Theater - [When Dream And Day Unite CD1 #03] The Ytse Jam Dream Theater - [Images and Words CD1 #01] Pull Me Under Dream Theater - [Images and Words CD1 #05] Metropolis - Part I- 'The Miracle And The Sleeper' Dream Theater - [Awake CD1 #01] 6:00 Dream Theater - [Awake CD1 #04] Erotomania Dream Theater - [Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory #02] Overture 1928 Dream Theater - [Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory #09] The Dance of Eternity Dream Theater - [Train of Thought #01] As I Am Dream Theater - [Train of Thought #07] In the Name of God Dream Theater - [Systematic Chaos #02] Forsaken Dream Theater - [Systematic Chaos #04] The Dark Eternal Night Dream Theater - [A View From The Top Of The World CD2 #01] The Alien John Petrucci - [Suspended Animation #02] Glasgow Kiss
Fantastic List! In the presence of enemies and ytse jam are criminally underrated. DT has so many amazing riffs, I can’t imagine trying to make top 10, though dark eternal night intro and Innocence faded outro are definitely in my top 10!
Great list, but I always liked the guitar part in the song "goodnight kiss" right after James sings the lyrics "I'm so lonely without baby's love I want you to know I'd die for one more moment I'm just a poor girl Afraid of this cruel world Taken away from it all", the guitar riff just gives me goosebumps every time I hear it
Great video! straight to the point, enough time to appreciate each riff? if that makes sense? Really underrated in my opinion Edit: kind of weird to see someone talk about the glass prison and not mention the ELITE sweep picking solo, but this video is about riffs after all
For me, Scarred is the best DT riff, closely followed by This Dying Soul and Dark Eternal Night. Test That Stumped Them All has some great riffing going on too.
Hard for me to choose a favourite never mind rank them. Riffs that stand out to me Glass prison intro riff The big long riff in innocent faded at the end before the solo The chug riff in under a glass moon First solo backing riff in a new beginning Petrucci is an animal, favourite player by far
I honestly agree with the entirety of your list. Yet to listen to The Astonishing, but that acoustic solo makes me more intrigued than ever before. Also, those more obscure picks, like ITPoE pt 1 and Ytse Jam are such good riffs as well.
Great list, big fan of your #2 pick from The count, I love playing that one so much. I feel like this list could be pretty easily a top 100 DT riffs because Petrucci is just that good. I don't get it, he must have sold his soul. I would love to throw in the Riff from Endless Sacrifice right after the solo and unison section, so good. Also the main riff from Dark Eternal Night, and the Riff in Nightmare to Remember at 12:27, so many good riffs in that song but that one in particular keeps pulling me back ever time i pick up a guitar.
think i might just agree with this list! And although The Astonishing is hit n miss for me, i too love the acoustic riff for A Life Left Behind. Killing Hand too! WDADU is such an overlooked album that i believe would be far more appreciated if it only had better production. I’d like to throw the opening/main riff for Lie in as a possible 11th entry too
I need the Peruvian skies groove at the end and the verse riff starting for verse 2 of along for the ride at a bare minimum. Maybe a second list or some honorable mentions.
Yeah man cool list. Panic Attack is a lot heavier than The Root of All Evil though. Faster, heavier tuning (Bb as opposed to Eb), and it just sounds a lot dirtier overall.
Ooh, I don't personally. I learned these at first by ear and then just double checked the songsterr tabs when possible just to make sure I was hearing it right in the mix. So you could search it up on songsterr and find that section
Such a great choises you got ! 👍 This band just has way too many good riffs to include in one single video though. This video just actually reminded me that i created this guitar playthrough medley from best guitar riffs from Train of Thought album back in the days. czcams.com/video/9WbjFsFJXgw/video.htmlsi=xO4_Ib_aURrLMYLf Just to mention, Train of Thought is the very first album i ever heard from DT, so it's kind of important piece of history for me. Keep up the good work! 🤘
You know, I was surprised too! That's one of my absolute favourite albums. I realized the instrumental elements that really shine on I&W are the keyboards and the guitar solos. It doesn't actually have a ton of "good guitar riffs" in the traditional sense, especially compared to some of their later work when their sound became heavier. Some of my favourite guitar riffs from I&W are really just unisons, which doesn't really count. That's just my opinion though!
@@ZFlyingVLover But I said DT does it all better..? I mean if your comment is saying Metallica is the better band, I'd very much have to disagree, but to each their own.
Its top 10 best because these are the only riffs and parts thats easy to play and you can play and cover so its is best other than it doesnt come even close to dt top 100th riff
Yes!! Erotomania is definitely one of my favourite DT songs to play from start to finish! So much of what I love about Awake comes from Mike and Kevin though, so it didn't quite make my top ten of particular individual guitar-specific riffs
Another 20 cool riffs
20 - A Change Of Seasons (Crimson Sunrise low B and E riff)
19 - Sacrificed Sons (pre solo)
18 - The Mirror (000-000-000)
17 - Forsaken (main riff)
16 - Fatal Tragedy (post chorus riff)
15 - Stream Of Consciousness (main riff)
14 - Breaking All Illusions (intro riff)
13 - Take The Time (that groovy riff)
12 - At Wit's End (main riff)
11 - Transcending Time (unison riff)
10 - The Shattered Fortress (intro riff)
09 - Peruvian Skies (main riff)
08 - About To Crash Reprise (main riff)
07 - Afterlife (main riff)
06 - The Looking Glass (main riff)
05 - Pale Blue Dot (main riff)
04 - The Dark Eternal Night (intro riff)
03 - Innocence Faded (outro riff)
02 - A Nightmare To Remember (main riff)
01 - Pull Me Under (main riff)
Fyi this list arent even in top 50 best of dt
Well except for home. It is ridiculous how Awake, I&w and SFAM, their best albums - full of great iconic and trademark riffs, are omitted
Idk why but youtube has gotten really good at recommending videos I might like from small channels recently, very cool
Ytes jam ! Finally back to the spotlight, bravo brah🎉
that was fun, good to see some different choices in the mix
This light makes my eyes look crazy😂
Very freaking cool!!! There's some Bad Ass riffs on Images and Words as well!!!
@@epictexasfishing6787 Oh absolutely!! I think Kevin Moore really stole the show on I&W and Awake though. Those are two of my all-time favourites, but for me the keyboards come to mind first!
A lot, TBH.
Rock on 🤘 from Another Dream Theater fan here in Winnipeg!
I 2nd that 😈🤘Go Bombers!🏉
really love these kinds of videos, you need to make more ❤
Great list! Love when people dig deeper to find those hidden games. Hate that Top 10s are usually just most poular song lists.
You are quite the guitar player in your own right, Mark !! Well done.
To tell the truth, it can be random. DT songs are all so perfect.
John Petrucci, like all the musicians in Dream Theater, is an exceptional musician. He is fast, flexible and also sensitive. Nevertheless, this band convinced me above all when they took up the jazz line, i.e. when Petrucci, John Myung and sometimes Jordan Rudess played completely synchronised. The sound that the band created was unique. Mike Protnoy is now also adding his sound again. Sorry for OT. czcams.com/video/tM0Y1Ajqq7g/video.html&pp=ygUaZGFuY2Ugb2YgdGhlIGluc3RydW1lbnRhbHM%3D
Absolutely perfect list. They played Count Of Tuscany when I saw them last year and it was so good it brought me to tears. Great playing as well, mate.
hell no so many other bad ass riff
In the name of god has also some good riffs.
This mine TOP:
Dream Theater - [When Dream And Day Unite CD1 #03] The Ytse Jam
Dream Theater - [Images and Words CD1 #01] Pull Me Under
Dream Theater - [Images and Words CD1 #05] Metropolis - Part I- 'The Miracle And The Sleeper'
Dream Theater - [Awake CD1 #01] 6:00
Dream Theater - [Awake CD1 #04] Erotomania
Dream Theater - [Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory #02] Overture 1928
Dream Theater - [Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory #09] The Dance of Eternity
Dream Theater - [Train of Thought #01] As I Am
Dream Theater - [Train of Thought #07] In the Name of God
Dream Theater - [Systematic Chaos #02] Forsaken
Dream Theater - [Systematic Chaos #04] The Dark Eternal Night
Dream Theater - [A View From The Top Of The World CD2 #01] The Alien
John Petrucci - [Suspended Animation #02] Glasgow Kiss
their entire discography!!!
Had to watch to see if The Root of All Evil riff made the list, well done!
Also one of the best Dream Theater choruses of all time! That chord progression is GENIUS
Endless sacrifice 💪
Excellent video! Thank you for making great content (and list!) like that!
Great work man!! Thank you so much for playing the riff from the "Killing Hand"...super flipping cool, that whole album is so awesome!!
Nice🎉
Fantastic List! In the presence of enemies and ytse jam are criminally underrated. DT has so many amazing riffs, I can’t imagine trying to make top 10, though dark eternal night intro and Innocence faded outro are definitely in my top 10!
Great list, and it's nice to see some WDADU representation on it! That album's been growing on me a ton lately 🤘
Great choices and great playing. ☮🤘
Fair enough.
Agree and agree to disagree.
Appreciate your analysis and point of view....
Dream Theater are the musicians, musicians.
Great list, but I always liked the guitar part in the song "goodnight kiss" right after James sings the lyrics "I'm so lonely without baby's love
I want you to know I'd die for one more moment
I'm just a poor girl
Afraid of this cruel world
Taken away from it all", the guitar riff just gives me goosebumps every time I hear it
Are you talking about the solo? I agree it's brilliant, but not quite a riff.
The bit in the count of Tuscany you highlighted is one of my favourite head banging moments.
God choices! However... why didn't the main riff from "Breaking all illusions" make it to the list? It is awesome!
Man, Strange deja vu cannot be left outside, the one after the first chorus.
Right.
Endless Sacrifice too, both the chorus riff and the one at the end of the instrumental section.
In The Name of God has a glorious riff too.
The Test That Stumped Them All deserves a mention.
Great video! straight to the point, enough time to appreciate each riff? if that makes sense? Really underrated in my opinion
Edit: kind of weird to see someone talk about the glass prison and not mention the ELITE sweep picking solo, but this video is about riffs after all
Great list Mark! ❤🙏
For me, Scarred is the best DT riff, closely followed by This Dying Soul and Dark Eternal Night. Test That Stumped Them All has some great riffing going on too.
Hard for me to choose a favourite never mind rank them.
Riffs that stand out to me
Glass prison intro riff
The big long riff in innocent faded at the end before the solo
The chug riff in under a glass moon
First solo backing riff in a new beginning
Petrucci is an animal, favourite player by far
Wow, no one ever talks about "The Killing Hand" even though it's one of their best songs (especially the Live at the Marquee version). Thank you
The Dark Eternal Night my favourite rif 😁
@@Nomarca77 That song has SO MANY outstanding riffs!
MORE TOP 10 LISTS!!!!
YES!! And I'll just slowly become Musical WatchMojo!
I honestly agree with the entirety of your list. Yet to listen to The Astonishing, but that acoustic solo makes me more intrigued than ever before. Also, those more obscure picks, like ITPoE pt 1 and Ytse Jam are such good riffs as well.
Great list, big fan of your #2 pick from The count, I love playing that one so much. I feel like this list could be pretty easily a top 100 DT riffs because Petrucci is just that good. I don't get it, he must have sold his soul. I would love to throw in the Riff from Endless Sacrifice right after the solo and unison section, so good. Also the main riff from Dark Eternal Night, and the Riff in Nightmare to Remember at 12:27, so many good riffs in that song but that one in particular keeps pulling me back ever time i pick up a guitar.
You're right on, those riffs are killer!! I would LOVE to rank 100 riffs if I had the time to edit that madness 😅 Maybe one day!
No Awake?
think i might just agree with this list! And although The Astonishing is hit n miss for me, i too love the acoustic riff for A Life Left Behind. Killing Hand too! WDADU is such an overlooked album that i believe would be far more appreciated if it only had better production.
I’d like to throw the opening/main riff for Lie in as a possible 11th entry too
Really no In the Name of God??
My list would look very different but Constant Motion definitely belongs on it.
Interesting list, but Voices should be there
No Dark Eternal Night?! 🤘🏼😂
Best video EVER
In the name of the father riff is one of the nastiest
I need the Peruvian skies groove at the end and the verse riff starting for verse 2 of along for the ride at a bare minimum. Maybe a second list or some honorable mentions.
how can you forget sacrified sons riff man?
Hipster list
Yeah man cool list. Panic Attack is a lot heavier than The Root of All Evil though. Faster, heavier tuning (Bb as opposed to Eb), and it just sounds a lot dirtier overall.
Nothing from ToT?! Good riffs, but missing soo many good ones
As I Am was literally the first one dude haha
@@MarkBarronMusic Fair enough, I skipped through it kinda fast, although ToT is FILLED with banger riffs, As I am isn't the best on the album
Do you happen to have the tab for the song "The Count of Tuscany" (number 2 in your list)? Just the part that you play there, not the whole song.
Ooh, I don't personally. I learned these at first by ear and then just double checked the songsterr tabs when possible just to make sure I was hearing it right in the mix. So you could search it up on songsterr and find that section
Such a great choises you got ! 👍 This band just has way too many good riffs to include in one single video though.
This video just actually reminded me that i created this guitar playthrough medley from best guitar riffs from Train of Thought album back in the days.
czcams.com/video/9WbjFsFJXgw/video.htmlsi=xO4_Ib_aURrLMYLf
Just to mention, Train of Thought is the very first album i ever heard from DT, so it's kind of important piece of history for me.
Keep up the good work! 🤘
Man
Nothing from Images?
You know, I was surprised too! That's one of my absolute favourite albums. I realized the instrumental elements that really shine on I&W are the keyboards and the guitar solos. It doesn't actually have a ton of "good guitar riffs" in the traditional sense, especially compared to some of their later work when their sound became heavier. Some of my favourite guitar riffs from I&W are really just unisons, which doesn't really count. That's just my opinion though!
Under A Glass Moon!
Not a single riff from their 2 best albums??
Well there is Home which is from one of their 2 best albums. But the list is so bad. Except Home no other riff would classify in top 10
I llove you
Love you too, buddy!
Ты точно медиатор правильно держишь?😂
Comparing Metallica to DT? Its like comparing HS fb team to SB champs. c'mon
@@ZFlyingVLover But I said DT does it all better..? I mean if your comment is saying Metallica is the better band, I'd very much have to disagree, but to each their own.
Sorry, But the Astonishing? really bad albun...
Not a single memorable riff.
L take
dude, you have memory problems
@@chegevara8896 yeah, I forgot about DT fans like you
@@giorgiolinas2 Fan? no fanaticism, only pure facts about your mental health
@@chegevara8896 QED. Enjoy your fanatism
it all sounds the same.
Its top 10 best because these are the only riffs and parts thats easy to play and you can play and cover so its is best other than it doesnt come even close to dt top 100th riff
@@Robinwould-lj3ql Check out my channel if you have doubts about my playing ability. I'm not here to show off.
I dont have a top 10 but I absolutely love Erotomania. Great riffs that aren't too complicated but still has a lot of that DT vibe.
Yes!! Erotomania is definitely one of my favourite DT songs to play from start to finish! So much of what I love about Awake comes from Mike and Kevin though, so it didn't quite make my top ten of particular individual guitar-specific riffs