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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Warner Strat. Mkt.
Salesrank: 34988
Released: July 13, 2004 |
| Our Price: $10.89 |
| Used Price: $8.00 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Dolby DVD-Video Live Original recording remastered NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
With their progressive metal style and exceptional musicianship (learned at the Berklee School of Music) Dream Theater grew to prominence with their MTV hit "Pull Me Under" in 1992. During that time Dream Theater developed a rabid fan base that remains with them today - especially when it comes to their mind-blowing live shows. This 2 DVD set, Images And Words: Live In Tokyo/5 Years In A LIVEtime, is a must-own for any Dream Theater fan. The 2-DVD set is jam-packed with over 3 hours of footage: live performances along with 6 music videos and memorable behind-the-scenes interviews.
Dream Theater - Images and Words Live in Tokyo / 5 Years in a Live Time Reviews:
Awesome 
2008-08-11 - These two DVDs really show the progress of the band in the 90's, and are very enjoyable to watch. Great live performances with halarious home video footage in between. And both with commentary tracks from the band! Well worth the price.
Dream Theater DVD
2008-01-19 - I purchased this for my husband for his birthday. He is a Dream Theater fan and this lives up to their special talents to perform.
dream theater will blow your mind 
2008-01-12 - the absolute mastery of music is what prevails. these men are seriously good. ridiculously good. and we get to watch. yes, the music videos aren't my favorite...but they only have a few. the live music will make you watch this again, and again, and again
interesting footage, bad quality 
2006-06-19 - This is a good DVD. It contains lots of rare performances, music videos, and 3 hours of band commentary. The only problem is the sound quality, which is dreaful. Because of the EQ, John Petrucci sounds paper thin, Myung can barely be heard, and James sounds horrible (partly because he "screams" half the songs and partly because of the way it's mixed in). For fans who have a genuine appreciation of Dream Theater, this DVD is worth it. For mere casual fans or new fans who are just getting to know the band now, I'd recommend "Scenes From NY" or "Budokon" instead.
Excellent - worthy for fans, essential for diehards.
2006-02-05 - It's a great proposition all around: two videos that had been waiting for a DVD release for years, from one of the most intelligent metal bands around, remastered for stellar sound and combined for a good price. 5 Years in a Livetime is almost a nostalgia trip as Dream Theater goes - Jordan Rudess hadn't entered the picture yet - but the definitive Images & Words is as great now as it was in 1992, and the Live in Tokyo video captures that brilliance magnificently. If you're already a fan, this package recommends itself.
The I&W video alone is worth buying this set for, even if some stretches suffer from MTV-style editing with rapid shots. It's nice to have some footage from the recording of I&W and life on the road, plus videos for a couple songs, but they're interwoven with the live stuff rather than kept separate. (Do we really need "Pull Me Under" twice in the course of one video? Couldn't it be an extra?) Not that this should stop you of course. "Wait for Sleep" alone is worth hearing because it gets the full-band treatment, "Surrounded" sounds even more magical than the original and "Ytse Jam" seriously burns. A couple tunes from their debut album are also much improved here, esp. "A Fortune in Lies."
5 Years might not merit repeat viewing as much, but there's still some great musical content here, including some live songs from Falling Into Infinity (still their most underrated disc) and a killer "Metropolis pt1." There's some footage from their all-covers 1994 show, with stellar performances from Steve Howe and the two Steves from Marillion. (Bernie from Napalm Death also drops in for a cameo, although they could have gotten almost the same result from simply plugging in a blender.) Even better is the stuff from a special unplugged show in '95, since we get some rarities: "Cover My Eyes," "Speak to Me," "To Live Forever" and an incredible "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream."
Highly recommended for the good stuff. The rest is still a bonus.
