Meeting the GODs

Finally , I am writing the blog for which i created my blog account in the 1st place.
I know this should have come earlier but i was not in a state of stable mind to write anything about The "Liquid tension experiment" concert in BB King's grill nd pub at New york city :) !!
I was stationed at Cleveland,Ohio at my mausi's place and we left Cleveland at 3:00 , morning of 23rd , so early because it was an 8 hour drive to New york city.
Once reached , the whole day went by while visiting Statue of liberty and Empire states .... lets skip past the whole chapter and come to the point when me and my cousin were standing in front of the BB King's at 10:00 at night in the midst of the lavishing Times square and were taken aback by the loooooong queue in front of the club.
While there i met an authentic DT fan named Ben , the guy having visited DT's 7 concerts including SCORE and HAMMER OF GODS. We totally started chatting like long lost brothers abt Portnoy ... Petrucci ... Ruddess .. DT and on and on and on. My cousin brother was kinda confused but he is pretty new to the sanctuary of dream Theater sooooo.... .
So the stage was set , a couple of beers inside nd i was raring to go and there they were .... Potnoy followed by petrucci , levin and ruddess and then they start off with ... "ACID RAIN" !!!
"Shit .... thts Ruddess standing 5 mtrs away ... shit thts Levin 6 mtrs away ... shit thts Petrucci 8-9 mtrs away ... shit thts Portnoy 10-12 mtrs away ... shit i m watching them live ....
oh Fu!@ ... yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....wohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" were the exact words and emotions that were oozing inside my brain as soon as they strted , more of a fit if u may say :)
The crowd was selective , the ambiance was gripping and the beers were expensive :P,but who cares , you got a date with the GODS !!!!
After getting us all charged up by "Acid Rain" and following it by "Kindred spirits" there was a small intro by Mr. Portnoy and his sly sense of humour was at work ,and then a bit of silence ......................... 'wats it gnna b' , 'wats it gnna b' and then you see Ruddess's skillful fingers grace the Synth with an accord and we had "Biaxident" !!
Ohh i was soo thrilled that i pushed myself towards d 2nd row rite in front and i mean rite in front of Jordon Ruddess ... i just couldnt stop like i was getting sucked in by the mesmerizing tunes,my eyes fixed at his fingers dancing on the synth .
I have no clue how many musicians have the balls to pull off something like that but Portnoy in a very casual way ASKED if we mind if they could open jam for some time ..... HaH who d Hell would say no .
My oh My the Thumping sound of levin's stick bass and the mood signatures of Portnoy gave the jam a kick start and as soon as Pettruci and Ruddess joined in i named their jam Magnum Magnificence .
the "state of grace" , the "Universal Mind" and the "Another dimension" kept hitting me like cupid's arrows rite from my heart to my butt BUT the pinnacle of the concert for me was "When The Water Breaks" which if did not break then atleast stretched all the boundaries of Dulcet compositions.
Rite after that i gave a 'la salute towards Ruddess and he noticing it gave me a thankful salute back :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All and all the end was was fitting as it could be with d Geniuses finishing with an encore of paradigm shift and osmosis.
I Did miss Bom there ... he would have cried for sure :D , bommy we will attend a DT concert together for sure ... "yeh mera waada hai" :)!!

Anyways they finished their set , Portnoy said he was tired playing twice in a row that night but satisfied by the response and love they got and we were standing in the middle with an awe filling our hearts and a sinking feeling that the set was over but we did all gave them a Biiiiiig hand and gave a loud farewell.
I came out of the pub and it started to drizzle within no time.
I closed my eyes and and i knew that in this charade of fakes and crowd of phoneys and showoffs , i just met the GODz of Rock nd ROll !!!!!!!!!