Dream Theater's John Petrucci Nerds Out on Carl Sagan, Tone + 'Distance Over Time'

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  • Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
  • #JohnPetrucci speaks with @grahamwire about #DreamTheater's newest album, #DistanceOverTime, inspiration from #CarlSagan, tone, and a secret #OwenWilson cameo.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 238

  • @owenwilson7268
    @owenwilson7268 5 років тому +215

    Wow.

    • @joostvandenbogaerd7076
      @joostvandenbogaerd7076 5 років тому +25

      The thought that someone either took the time to create an Owen Wilson account for the purposes of this comment or already had one laying around for a rainy day just cracks me up.

    • @Voodeville
      @Voodeville 5 років тому +1

      @@profvonshredder2563 5:40

    • @pupperemeritus9189
      @pupperemeritus9189 5 років тому

      Mhhmmm. You subscribe to bitwit. What's your PC specs. You play any games?

    • @owenwilson7268
      @owenwilson7268 5 років тому +1

      @@pupperemeritus9189 I got a sweet ass rig that consists of a Dell optiplex I found in the garbage with 2 gigs of ddr2 ram running running windows 98. I play battlefield 5 in 4k with 666 million fps.

  • @Nahuel_Ramos
    @Nahuel_Ramos 5 років тому +240

    Fun fact not mentioned here... They named the song "Out of Reach" after Mangini's cymbals setup :´- D

    • @buek14
      @buek14 5 років тому +7

      rofl man xD you won the internet for today

    • @VulgrimOfficial
      @VulgrimOfficial 5 років тому +5

      He stole this comment bro🤣

    • @fuzzo73
      @fuzzo73 5 років тому +4

      Nice :) The Mangini cymbal jokes will never get old;

    • @VulgrimOfficial
      @VulgrimOfficial 5 років тому

      @@fuzzo73 no not really😂

    • @javila6341
      @javila6341 5 років тому

      In a serious question..why is Manginis cymbals so out of reach? lol is it just show off or pure challenge

  • @bmann792
    @bmann792 5 років тому +25

    He is just the nicest guy you can’t dislike him.

  • @devilman444a
    @devilman444a 5 років тому +21

    I got into Dream Theater very recently but i already have so much respect for this guy. He is great great guitarist yet he seems very humble guy. btw I freaking loved the new album

  • @j.p.lovecraft1826
    @j.p.lovecraft1826 5 років тому +14

    I can’t stop staring at the shape of JPs right ear pushing against his hair! I just can’t stop looking at it.

  • @samus1421
    @samus1421 5 років тому +21

    two people who have influenced my life the most
    & for the better are Carl Sagan & John Petrucci.

  • @MrBobbybf
    @MrBobbybf 5 років тому +98

    O! The Almighty Lord John Petrucci, Jesus of Metal Music.

    • @strobe2005
      @strobe2005 5 років тому +2

      Idol worshipping. John is just a superhuman. Haha

    • @josuastangl7140
      @josuastangl7140 5 років тому +1

      @@strobe2005 wrong, he's definately god himself!

    • @strobe2005
      @strobe2005 5 років тому +1

      @@josuastangl7140 Is there any proof? My God created music, John just plays it. ;) I have great godly beard also. Did we entered in the Great Debate? Haha

    • @pupperemeritus9189
      @pupperemeritus9189 5 років тому +1

      @@strobe2005 the great debate is a dream theater song.

  • @mjnation7876
    @mjnation7876 5 років тому +48

    Can’t wait to get my Distance Over Time artbook in the mail. I could hear the “wow” in S2N too lol.

  • @TrebleForTheBass
    @TrebleForTheBass 5 років тому +20

    This man is super-human and I love him greatly. He's my man-crush

    • @strobe2005
      @strobe2005 5 років тому

      Did You smell his beard??

    • @FD36
      @FD36 5 років тому +1

      @@strobe2005 smells like bourbon.

    • @carlmanu
      @carlmanu 5 років тому +4

      “If I seem superhuman, I have been misunderstood...”

  • @sayanorasonic
    @sayanorasonic 5 років тому +3

    Wow, I'd never expect one of my favorite musicians would be talking about Carl Sagan and Astronomy, it's wonderful

  • @darenwalker2517
    @darenwalker2517 5 років тому +3

    What an all around great person. hard working, awesome guitar player, yet humble and down to earth all the while.

  • @nickx1754
    @nickx1754 5 років тому +1

    Good and fun interview. I really admire how kind and humble John is. The fact he can have fun about himself and the band is refreshing also. ‘Wow. Really guys this is it. That’s the best you have?’ Lol

  • @Vulkanzed-117
    @Vulkanzed-117 5 років тому

    The video I've been waiting for.

  • @MetalGuitarTV
    @MetalGuitarTV 5 років тому +65

    The best Progressive Metal Guitarist!!!!

    • @irena7777777
      @irena7777777 5 років тому +1

      Is he better than. Chris Poland?

    • @MetalGuitarTV
      @MetalGuitarTV 5 років тому +7

      @@irena7777777 In my opinion, it is !!!!

    • @Fartsnack
      @Fartsnack 5 років тому +3

      @@irena7777777 Uhh YES LOL

    • @DannyMiami09
      @DannyMiami09 5 років тому +1

      @@irena7777777 hahaha I think so

    • @bruceanthony8345
      @bruceanthony8345 5 років тому +2

      THIS VERY TRUE. John its my #1 influential guitarist thats all

  • @katpritush
    @katpritush 5 років тому +2

    Even if I never listened to the genius of DT or JP and just saw interviews of him, I would assume he is one real nice guy to talk to, comes across as a really sweet man.
    Also, great interview. Lots of great insights into D/T. what an album.

  • @Rickyy-nx1oi
    @Rickyy-nx1oi 5 років тому +143

    This is what god looks like.

    • @FyRaka
      @FyRaka 5 років тому +11

      This is God

    • @presoonjames438
      @presoonjames438 5 років тому +5

      If John hear this .. He will offend this very gently.. no human is God .. be real buddy. What stupidity are you guys talking about

    • @jcborges96
      @jcborges96 5 років тому +16

      @@presoonjames438 No Human, but Petrucci is not human.

    • @topher198133
      @topher198133 5 років тому +4

      Who would win a fight Lemmey or God?

    • @slappypumkineater8226
      @slappypumkineater8226 5 років тому +4

      @@topher198133 Trick question asshole. Lemmy is god

  • @VulgrimOfficial
    @VulgrimOfficial 5 років тому +2

    John Petrucci, thank you for such great music over 3 decades! It changed alot things in my life!
    Thank you John!

  • @shivs7169
    @shivs7169 5 років тому +1

    I love this album so much! It's phenomenal.

  • @JakeRoy96
    @JakeRoy96 5 років тому +2

    New album is off the charts. Love it

  • @sky173
    @sky173 5 років тому +12

    Awesome. Who knew JP was into Cosmos. Cool stuff.

    • @strobe2005
      @strobe2005 5 років тому +5

      Ofcourse, he created it.

  • @thesaltinyourcut8465
    @thesaltinyourcut8465 5 років тому +1

    Two of my favourite people, carl sagan and petrucci

  • @jaenima7686
    @jaenima7686 5 років тому

    Great album! Love all of it!

  • @pupperemeritus9189
    @pupperemeritus9189 5 років тому +2

    We need an entire space prog and detective prog album.

  • @TrebleForTheBass
    @TrebleForTheBass 5 років тому +6

    The Owen Wilson "Wow" sounds like background commentary bleeding into the recording from the band or crew

  • @DanielVerberne
    @DanielVerberne 2 роки тому

    Just when I thought I couldn't love or admire John Petrucci more, he comes out and says he watched 'Cosmos' back in the day with Carl Sagan and that and the Voyager missions inspired him. Holy heck man, this guy is awesome!

  • @Vor_Tex_Sun
    @Vor_Tex_Sun 5 років тому +11

    New album is great

    • @123lowp
      @123lowp 5 років тому +2

      Yeah! It is!

  • @otacon04psn
    @otacon04psn 5 років тому +1

    Legend

  • @BrandonofRedemption
    @BrandonofRedemption 5 років тому +9

    I’m certain it’s actually LaBrie that says wow on the live demos when they were writing.

  • @deansilkmusic
    @deansilkmusic 5 років тому

    I had never noticed the WOW until i watched this video!!! Haha love the mystery of this!

  • @futureoffallout0222
    @futureoffallout0222 5 років тому +18

    Love that he knows Chevelle...Very Underrated

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 5 років тому +4

      chevelle never got the recognition they deserved, albums like Vena Sera were fucking great

  • @DanielVerberne
    @DanielVerberne 2 роки тому

    Kudos to the interviewer for being totally on point with knowing Sagan, the Voyager mission, the famous photo. It's all awesome. Science is f#%%ing awesome.

  • @robertburkhart991
    @robertburkhart991 5 років тому

    Bought the CD today my God what an amazing album.... Now to go look up that Carl Sagan speech lol

  • @sourcescience
    @sourcescience 5 років тому

    I thought the ‘wow’ was James but now that you say Owen Wilson I cant unhear it.

  • @georgebushy
    @georgebushy 5 років тому

    Wow!

  • @TheDmoe4000
    @TheDmoe4000 5 років тому

    "wow" confirmed!

  • @branitasandhinimargitama2686
    @branitasandhinimargitama2686 5 років тому

    album iki tiap peronel bener2 menggila, Woooow keren.....

  • @brunocunha3076
    @brunocunha3076 5 років тому +36

    Please give us the Wikipedia Fact or Fiction. PLEASE!!!

  • @dead_end_king
    @dead_end_king 5 років тому

    Trooch is the nicest guy in metal, and most definitely a decent, fantastic person overall. It’s always a pleasure watching him talk very passionately about his music and his sound, especially in a post-Portnoy era.

  • @lorddalron3816
    @lorddalron3816 5 років тому

    Definitely is Owen Wilson!!!!

  • @matthewroberts3125
    @matthewroberts3125 5 років тому

    "Wow!"

  • @Chef_Deth
    @Chef_Deth 5 років тому

    What a fucking album!!!! The virtuoso guitarists of our era all shred us to the cosmos but what he’s able to do with the rest of his band, the joy from the music and the delicious heaviness , I put him at the top the mountain... you have to see this band live it’s a damn near religious experience if they’re coming to your town just go you will not regret it , the prog metal masters are here to fucking stayyyyy thank you mr petrucci

  • @itaysevenfoldhamri
    @itaysevenfoldhamri 2 роки тому

    John Petrucci in an interview mentioning Chevelle, I never thought I'd see the day

  • @rangerdoc1029
    @rangerdoc1029 5 років тому

    First hamburgers & now physics.... Gods I love this man! Got my CD ordered today.

  • @SamuraiFingers
    @SamuraiFingers 5 років тому +21

    It TOTALLY sounds like Owen Wilson btw. that's the FIRST thing I thought when I heard it!

  • @Tonatiuth
    @Tonatiuth 2 роки тому +1

    I think the WOW was placed intentionally as a wink of 1977 Wow signal that was picked up by a radio telescope in the middle of the white noise of space... Its aligned with S2N (signal to noise) meaning

    • @Tonatiuth
      @Tonatiuth 2 роки тому +1

      You can clearly see Petrucci laughing sarcastically about the question, he knows the WOW was intentional

  • @batatac4mil86
    @batatac4mil86 5 років тому +24

    Jesus is back boys

    • @LEMMYKISGOD
      @LEMMYKISGOD 5 років тому

      Yes indeed

    • @batatac4mil86
      @batatac4mil86 4 роки тому

      @@KingofWishfulThinking ahahaha that was a good one

  • @mamae300
    @mamae300 5 років тому +2

    wow

  • @rayromanski7875
    @rayromanski7875 5 років тому +7

    "Guitar tone described as somewhere between chocolate cake and the T-Rex from Jurassic Park."
    WRITE THAT DOWN. WE MAY HAVE CRACKED THE FORMULA TO BECOMING OMNIPOTENT.
    That is quite a spectrum. Once we have reached true chocolate cake tone, then and only then can we transcend ourselves.

    • @dvsdez
      @dvsdez 5 років тому

      Hahaha so good

  • @seanm4468
    @seanm4468 5 років тому

    Take a look at the black taped Marshall amplifier :)

  • @DavidGomez-ph4yn
    @DavidGomez-ph4yn 5 років тому +3

    OMG! What an awesome wikipedia fact or fiction season Is coming

  • @martinraffay3396
    @martinraffay3396 5 років тому +4

    The S2N track should have been called 6EQUJ5 in my opinion. Look it up. You'll go WOW when you discover the meaning.

  • @valensinclair6750
    @valensinclair6750 5 років тому +1

    Wow

  • @griffinpierce7691
    @griffinpierce7691 5 років тому

    The begining of "viper king" definetly has some chocolate cake mixed in

  • @sonicplys64
    @sonicplys64 5 років тому

    The true Guitar Hero

  • @fastracon
    @fastracon 5 років тому

    Wow will be secret for ages

  • @MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte
    @MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte 5 років тому +133

    10 Years from now... John may look like Karl Marx

    • @DavidGomez-ph4yn
      @DavidGomez-ph4yn 5 років тому +1

      I was thinking about the same hahahahaha

    • @strobe2005
      @strobe2005 5 років тому +3

      I was thinking Einstein.

    • @dead_end_king
      @dead_end_king 5 років тому +2

      Haha.. this is definitely a shorter version of his beard. It was longer in the studio and for the album shoot. Very inspirational beard, I must say.

    • @javila6341
      @javila6341 5 років тому +1

      I prefer Billy Giffords

    • @HNedel
      @HNedel 5 років тому +1

      More like Kirk from Crowbar

  • @Zeynep-xq4yr
    @Zeynep-xq4yr 5 років тому

    Petrucci babam

  • @Alex_Alx
    @Alex_Alx 5 років тому

    The guitar tone on this album is just an ideal, in my opinion. Its definetely best tone JP ever had.

  • @firmabugiii
    @firmabugiii 5 років тому

    I also heard the wow

  • @RokoRage
    @RokoRage 5 років тому

    He's got the awesome beard!
    😄

  • @marcosrecio4062
    @marcosrecio4062 5 років тому

    Young rocker Gandalf

  • @metalmetal3532
    @metalmetal3532 5 років тому +1

    Holy crap it was Owen Wilson

  • @RamboNr5
    @RamboNr5 5 років тому +2

    2:58 That was just a mirror ;)

  • @TrebleForTheBass
    @TrebleForTheBass 5 років тому

    If Images and Words made sweet love to Train of Thought, this album would be the lovechild

  • @MirkoFadda
    @MirkoFadda 5 років тому +1

    I'm a simple man. I see Petrucci, I CLICK. #Daddy

  • @Danandrea737
    @Danandrea737 5 років тому +3

    The WOW sounds like Mike! I'm gonna ask them for sure, I must know XD

    • @liechar234
      @liechar234 5 років тому +1

      Andrea Carbone I also thought it was MM’s wow, lol

    • @leongrinberg8758
      @leongrinberg8758 5 років тому +1

      its mike portnoy's wow and then he cried

  • @TrebleForTheBass
    @TrebleForTheBass 5 років тому +1

    This album is their best since Octavarium - not a bad song in the track list. JLB's vocals are a little over-produced, but the reverb and effects are killer nonetheless. Great job producing their own stuff. Nobody does it better! I say album of the decade

  • @davereyez4721
    @davereyez4721 5 років тому

    What a surprise to see Hagrid here

  • @emar779
    @emar779 4 роки тому

    The bear saw Petrucci through the window; now that place is bear-free.

  • @LasseHuhtala
    @LasseHuhtala 5 років тому

    So, did anyone Soundhound the outro music? That doesn't seem right, does it?

  • @ontologicallyaxiomatic
    @ontologicallyaxiomatic 5 років тому

    ^wow

  • @javila6341
    @javila6341 5 років тому

    If their new album is as great as A Dramatic Turn of Events masterpiece...then I'm gonna be surprised..if its half as good I will expect it

  • @eamonnhiggins4850
    @eamonnhiggins4850 5 років тому

    How often do you think he does his beard !! Lol

  • @pigeonchin
    @pigeonchin 5 років тому

    Imagine if they had all smoked pot in that atmosphere (the yonderbarn). I wonder how D/T would’ve turned out. I still love the record.

  • @CoYoTe_50
    @CoYoTe_50 5 років тому +26

    Wikipedia Fact of fiction?

  • @wezlydog
    @wezlydog 5 років тому

    His hair and beard look so natural! lol

  • @endezeichengrimm
    @endezeichengrimm 5 років тому +2

    They release records faster than I can listen to them.

    • @windack768
      @windack768 5 років тому +1

      I mean, The Astonishing was 2016

  • @metalslingr
    @metalslingr 5 років тому +5

    It’s like someone broke into his house and stole his razors and Polo shirts. He still sounds like the Preppy we know and love.

  • @UroboricNate
    @UroboricNate 5 років тому

    With the lyric "who's gonna save us from ourselves"....im assuming they're implying The Flying Spaghetti Monster right?

  • @shyamalchakraborty20
    @shyamalchakraborty20 5 років тому +2

    Excited for the new album 'speed' 😂😂😂😂

  • @raist600
    @raist600 5 років тому +2

    Great interview, but please fix that crooked candle!

  • @corbinm5237
    @corbinm5237 5 років тому +1

    I am in between on this album. I genuinely like 4 of the songs but I think the rest are either okay or I just don’t like them. Maybe it’ll grow on me though like Systematic Chaos and Images and Words did.

    • @bimonsolivar8898
      @bimonsolivar8898 5 років тому +1

      First rule: never judge an album after listening to it for the first, second or third time ✅

    • @corbinm5237
      @corbinm5237 5 років тому

      Bimon Solivar oh yeah I’m definitely giving it a chance and multiple listens. I definitely don’t think this is one of their bad albums. At the same time,only half the album stands out to me even after a few listens. It doesn’t grip me the way Black Clouds & Silver Linings,Octavarium,and The Astonishing do.

  • @Mephistel
    @Mephistel 5 років тому +1

    Petrucci likes Chevelle? I can dig it.

  • @user-fv4qg4hv6s
    @user-fv4qg4hv6s 5 років тому

    What a weird coincidence, the night when Distance Over Time (and Pale Blue Dot) was released was also the night of the launch of the first israeli spaceship to the moon!

  • @3Storms
    @3Storms 5 років тому

    I didn't even recognize him, and thought that he was some self-help guru who solves the world's problems with exotic tea.

  • @DamLee88
    @DamLee88 5 років тому +1

    aw Jesus this man is .... wait...... awww this man is Jesus

  • @benleach2931
    @benleach2931 5 років тому +1

    Graham meeting god

  • @SorooshMhs
    @SorooshMhs 4 роки тому

    So does the “dot” in Pale Blue Dot stand for Distance Over Time?

    • @gishmoe3088
      @gishmoe3088 3 роки тому

      Pale blue dot is a coined term for Earth. But, yeah, that's clever too.

    • @KshitizBhandari1
      @KshitizBhandari1 2 роки тому

      The planet Earth appears as a Pale Blue Dot suspended in darkness when seen from the edge of our solar system. It was originally coined by Carl Sagan.
      Distance Over Time actually means speed.
      Speed = distance covered / time taken.

  • @ArtGuitarLTX
    @ArtGuitarLTX 5 років тому +10

    Flat earther’s dislike Pale Blue Dot 😂.

  • @knowledgeablechicken8220
    @knowledgeablechicken8220 5 років тому

    Can more people make albums that have basic physics equations as titles please idk how the fuck I'm gonna remember them otherwise 😂😂

  • @bunnihilator
    @bunnihilator 4 роки тому

    the woaw could be the bass.

  • @wjveryzer7985
    @wjveryzer7985 5 років тому

    Wait petrucci has a signature baritone!??

  • @drumsfordaves3143
    @drumsfordaves3143 5 років тому +1

    Petrucci mentioned Chevelle... Does this bring new discussion to the theory that DT was heavily "inspired" by a Chevelle song? Sorry, huge DT fan but this must be an instance of this.

  • @codekhalil6437
    @codekhalil6437 5 років тому

    Pale Blue Dot is the probably the proggiest song you can prog about.

  • @TrebleForTheBass
    @TrebleForTheBass 5 років тому

    This is hilarious - you can tell with how OCD John is that when he found out there was vocal bleedover into S2N he was freaking out in his mind

  • @thesardinasardina1761
    @thesardinasardina1761 5 років тому

    I would love to be the bear in the middle of the woods that stumbles apon dream theater playing.

  • @heavymetalheretic5386
    @heavymetalheretic5386 5 років тому +1

    I thought the wow was Mike

    • @liechar234
      @liechar234 5 років тому

      Heavy Metal Heretic I also thought it was MM’s wow, lol

    • @pupperemeritus9189
      @pupperemeritus9189 5 років тому

      I didn't know who was Owen Wilson. Lol

    • @pupperemeritus9189
      @pupperemeritus9189 5 років тому

      Was the lower pitched growly voice Mike though

  • @mikebuckman5182
    @mikebuckman5182 5 років тому

    Look Its A Samsquach!!!!!!!!

  • @Spookyboi-dt7is
    @Spookyboi-dt7is 5 років тому +10

    Dream Theatre is pretty good

    • @FePyroMaiden
      @FePyroMaiden 5 років тому +9

      understatement of the week!

    • @rollingrock2561
      @rollingrock2561 5 років тому +1

      Spookyboi 9000 Kind of

    • @numetalinkin
      @numetalinkin 5 років тому

      Saying dream theater is "good" is like saying Sheldon Cooper is "smart"

    • @javila6341
      @javila6341 5 років тому

      It's like saying the oceans water is salty

    • @Spookyboi-dt7is
      @Spookyboi-dt7is 5 років тому

      @@numetalinkin would you rather have me say they suck?

  • @spacemusic7337
    @spacemusic7337 5 років тому +1

    God's new book is great