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 Posted: April 01 2005 at 22:08 |
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I know how badly this will give away my age, but I have to ask... who the hell is James Labrie?
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Cygnus
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 07:52 |
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SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDLE.
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 14:03 |
 46and2 wrote:
when i first heard dream theater (a change of seasons), i thought james labrie sounded somewhat like Geddy Lee. When i got into them later i loved his voice. Then i met some more people who knew of dream theater and they said he had a hair metal-ish voice and that it was annoying. I personally disagree but i can see what they mean now. Despite weather you love or hate labrie's voice, you have to admit he is a good vocalist. i think his vocals are best on the a change of seasons album. If you dont like labrie, but havent heard a change of seasons, give it try because he has a unique sound that i wish he kept longer. |
Totally true, but ANY "love/hate" guy or band, is interesting, right? Let's give him credit for that too.
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 14:09 |
Eh... neither one... He's clearly the weak link in DT but he's not terrible.
could be better.... could be worse...
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 14:51 |
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i think he is ok... i don't think he is a bad singer.
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 19:38 |
FuzzyDude wrote:
I know how badly this will give away my age, but I have to ask... who the hell is James Labrie? |
Wish I didn't know either...
I hate him. Really do. Ruins an otherwise quite good band.
Bad teqhnique (don't bring up the fact that he's taking lessons from an
opera singer - it doesn't make him any better!) makes him sound
strained on the high notes, and he lacks power, and emotion. And, like
too many metal singers, he always tries to do more than he's capable
of. His intonation is okay on the albums, but live, he's constantly too
low. It's so annoying! How the HELL did that guy get to sing in a
signed band?
Octavarium is great, though. He doesn't try to get too high, and
every now and then you can hear a burst of emotion. He was okay on his
first two DT albums, too, but after that, it just went downhill, fast.
I still like I&W, Awake and Octavarium, but it's always a blessing to put on an LTE record every now and then. 
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 02:30 |
hate his voice, no opinion on the person
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Posted: August 03 2005 at 15:49 |
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OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project)
nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas)
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Posted: August 04 2005 at 00:56 |
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Actually I don't hate him, but I can't help wondering how much better DT would be with another singer. I haven't seen him live yet, though I'm planning to do so in the autumn when they tour here - I have to admit I'm curious about the whole band, but especially about him! I too find him somehow the weak link in an otherwise fine (if rather cold) band. I absolutely hate it when he strains to reach those high notes, while he's quite good in the middle range and when he does his Hetfield impersonation on ToT. As to the ones who think he's a great singer... well, I could mention at least 20 much better singers, prog or otherwise. BTW, Geddy is miles better!
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Posted: August 09 2005 at 09:56 |
though he can be somewhat of a
tool live sometimes (on "Liquid Drum Theater", he tried to sing both
lead AND backup vocals for Lines In The Sand ), his amazing voice always wins me over in the end.
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Who you gonna call?
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Posted: August 09 2005 at 10:20 |
Love`m all.
How many DT polls will there be? What`s next? Do you think Myung should cut his hair? 
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Posted: August 14 2005 at 01:01 |
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James LaBrie is one of my two favorite vocalists. The other being Robert Plant. If it wasn't for Jame's voice, I would have never gotten into Dream Theater, and then into music. Which then lead me to study music and vocal preformance in college. There are very, very few vocalists who are as talented as he is. Maybe you don't like his voice, that is fine, but to say he sucks, well that just shows an extream lack of knowledge and apreciation for vocal preformance.
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The good cop and the bad cop left for the day. I'm a different kind of cop.
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Posted: August 15 2005 at 22:24 |
To be frank, I chose love.
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"Don't listen to me."
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Posted: August 15 2005 at 23:43 |
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Love the voice.
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 16:21 |
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Meh.
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I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon...
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 16:27 |
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"A Flower!!!"
"If you go down to Willow farm, you look for Butterflies..."
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 16:49 |
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He is terrible during Liveshows. The Studiorecordings are ok as long as he is not faking orchasms at the end of every sentence.
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 17:45 |
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break the circle
reset my head
wake the sleepwalker
and i'll wake the dead
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 18:57 |
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 19:45 |
I HATE THAT Ass he stole the best years of my life and hes an annoying singer as well
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James Labrie - Love or Hate?
