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Jun 24
2009
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Like Yesterday...Posted by itzmedave in Untagged |
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Like yesterday I remember the first time I heard Dream Theater...
I was riding home from work with a friend I car-pooled with. We were partaking in our usual ritual along the way, listening to the same old crappy radio station... a typical end to another typical day.
Then, the DJ says "Next, a brand new songfrom a new band. Pull Me Under from Dream Theater, check it out." I had no idea that what I was about to hear would change the way I hear music for life. Now, 17 years later I remember it like yesterday still.
We drove along route 78, not a word spoken between us as we heard 'Pull Me Under' for the very first time. When the song ended, sadly it had to, I turned the radio down to silence. Amazed, I looked at my friend and said "THAT made up for ALL of the bull$hit this radio station has played over the past five years combined! That was freakin' awesome!"
Some get it and some don't, he really didn't get it but I did. I went out and bought 'Images and Words' the next day and listened to it religiously for days, weeks, months on end. Almost no other music made it to my ears, I was hooked!
I have enjoyed the music from this band above and beyond anyone else over the years since. Just this weekend I was turning some newer friends on to 'Images and Words' for their first taste of the band.
I have gone through so much in life since then. Their music has come to mean more to me over the years especially since I have gotten clean and sober. My passion for this band and music in general has returned.
As much as I have loved them, I have yet to see them in concert but that will change this year... SOON! My plan is to see them on my two year sobriety anniversary. I have no doubt that it will be a life changing experience.
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