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darkshade
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 19 2005 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 10964 |
Posted: May 03 2011 at 22:34 | |||
It should be mentioned that there were no vocal overdubs on Score |
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jampa17
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2009 Location: Guatemala Status: Offline Points: 6802 |
Posted: May 04 2011 at 20:01 | |||
I love his voice and his vocal ability. As already mentioned on this surprisingly no-bashin-Labrie-thread, He has a great original metal side, a very good soft music vocals and a great taste on melodies. For me, Labrie is essential for DT, 'cause he never end up sounding like anyone else but him. His cover version of Queen in the last album was just impressive, no one can sing like that.
His solo albums are great also.
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Andy Webb
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298 |
Posted: May 04 2011 at 20:24 | |||
I agree with all this, especially his cover of Queen. One contrast of that is his rather painful cover of To Tame a Land - not his best moment IMO
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Alitare
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 08 2008 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 3595 |
Posted: May 04 2011 at 20:39 | |||
I am not a DT fan, but I will say that he isn't as pitiful as folks tend to claim. No, he doesn't ever win any emotion awards from me, but he's leagues ahead of...somegeddyleesingers I could mention. :P
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jampa17
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Posted: May 04 2011 at 22:00 | |||
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The T
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Posted: May 04 2011 at 23:13 | |||
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rogerthat
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Posted: May 05 2011 at 09:53 | |||
His scream was super impressive, especially considered I haven't heard where Bruce nailed it live. But his singing on the verse was off putting, to put it mildly. |
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Program
Forum Newbie Joined: May 09 2011 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6 |
Posted: May 10 2011 at 15:09 | |||
Cheese LaBrie was an amusing term I once heard haha. Personally I don't dislike him at all, I'm not a great Dream Theater fan but I hope he keeps doing what he does because I know lots of other people who like him and the band!
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King Manuel
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Posted: May 13 2011 at 07:41 | |||
PS: I am also not trollin! I am dead serious!
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Kashmir75
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 25 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1029 |
Posted: September 14 2011 at 07:04 | |||
I think he's good. There are moments when his voice can't hack it live, but usually in studio he's incredible. Watch the Score 20th anniversary concert. He's unbelievable there. He does a very fine job on the new album, too.
Bash him if you like, but there are not many guys that can sing with that kind of range.
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rogerthat
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
Posted: September 14 2011 at 07:22 | |||
There may not be MANY guys but there certainly are others who can sing in a comparable range to LaBrie, if not even higher. The Lost Horizon guy hits a D6 on the song Highlander, those are really high notes for a female singer, let alone tenors. And he really nails it too. Since range seems to be the main defense offered in favour of LaBrie's singing, some people, like myself, do find him heavily overrated. And range aside, there are many aspects of his singing that are either not highly impressive or downright offputting...I won't go into those because if you like it, you like it, period.
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thepower
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Posted: September 19 2011 at 12:57 | |||
Strange how nobody mentioned "Awake" as LaBrie's best performance.
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Stooge
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 09 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 1003 |
Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:11 | |||
I really like his performance on Awake. That and it's my favorite DT album.
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Horizons
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Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:28 | |||
Since the new album came out i started listening to their old albums again. That album has really stuck to me, and i've really been loving it. I'll say it's my favorite at the moment too. |
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Evolver
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Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:40 | |||
He used to have great range, but he would tend to get shrill to often. I actually like his voice better now that it's mellowed a bit.
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Dellinger
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Posted: September 19 2011 at 19:31 | |||
Exactly what I think. I don't care if he has/had a great range if he would end up doing some annoying shrilling. I like him much better when he doesn't sing too high.
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martinprog77
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Posted: September 20 2011 at 17:31 | |||
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Stooge
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Posted: September 20 2011 at 18:50 | |||
Come to think of it, it's strange how nobody mentioned Fates Warning's "Life In Still Water" as his best performance. You can hardly tell he's on that track (he does backing vocals), and that's how many around here like it.
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Bent Cold Sidewalk
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Posted: September 22 2011 at 09:41 | |||
Totally agree. Magnificent on Score 20th anniversary concert. The new album is stunning and his voice superb
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40footwolf
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Posted: September 24 2011 at 16:17 | |||
LaBrie's voice is by and large what keeps me from enjoying most of the Dream Theater stuff I've heard. Dude sounds like an angry rodent, and even based on what little I've heard of his voice you can count me among those who prefer Dominici's voice. One of my biggest problems with Dream Theater is their self-seriousness and Dominici seems like he has the ability to counter that affect.
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