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Geddy Lee vs. James Labrie
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Poll Question: Which of these two Canadian singers is better?
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Geddy Lee. Easy choice.
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Geddy.  LaBrie has more range but his high notes generally sound awful to me because of his poor, kind of muffled diction.  LaBrie is also better at Geddy at gritty production but his grit, for what it is, is not very appealing.  As such, Geddy plays to his strengths and sings within his limitations, which I cannot say for LaBrie and that seals my vote.
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Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:

Where's another famous Canadian singer, Paul Anka?LOL
 



Joni Mitchell, comfortably better than either.  Overall as a musician too, I like her more than either.
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Both great singer for my ears. But James is one of the reasons I love DT... Wider range, higher pitch, more powerful... the rest is just matter of taste...

Labrie for me please... 
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Geddy Lee easlily for me. La Brie has some moments I like, but many other's I just don't like. Geddy has never annoyed me as much as La Brie has.
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Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:

Where's another famous Canadian singer, Paul Anka?LOL
 



Joni Mitchell, comfortably better than either.  Overall as a musician too, I like her more than either.

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For this poll though LaBrie by a gnats whisker.
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Geddy, I'd rather listen to Geddy at his worst than Mr Labrie... seriously, OMG. And I love DT, oh well with minor exceptions. :) guess who - LOL

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I like both singers. Don't understand why others don't like either. In this poll I voted for Labrie. 
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Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

I love them both.  Labrie, at his peak, was better than Geddy Lee ever was, IMO.  His vocals are the part of the music that stand out the most to me in DT's early recordings.  But Labrie's voice hasn't aged as well; he's great in the studio but has some problems with pitch live, while Geddy's voice is better than it has ever been.  I'll go with Geddy, because I think he's been better throughout his career than Labrie has.


Given that Geddy can't hit those high notes anymore and therefore can't do those early songs proper justice, I can't disagree more with what I bolded above.
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Geddy Easily...
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Geddy and it's not close. 
And I don't mind Labrie's voice. 
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Geddy all the way.
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Geddy Lee

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Geddy.
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Geddy Lee all the way. Labrie is a sh*tty singer who should have retired after 1994. He ruins every single live album.
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