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Ambient Hurricanes 
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 Topic: Geddy Lee vs. James LabriePosted: January 21 2012 at 11:16 |
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Two "love 'em or hate 'em" Canadian prog singers. Who do you think is the best? Please only consider their voices (not that James Labrie plays any instruments anyway, to my knowledge at least). Take into account all eras of their careers and both studio and live performance.
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Horizons
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 11:21 |
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Geddy for sure.
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PabstRibbon
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 11:22 |
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OMG it must be the easiest poll I've seen here in a while haha!! Geddy Lee anytime, anywhere, I really don't like Labrie. DT would have been better if Dominci had stayed IMO
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Gandalff
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 11:24 |
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Where's another famous Canadian singer, Paul Anka?
Seriously: LaBrie for me. But I must to admit I'm not keen to both singers. As we used to tell in my country: The one is for eighteen, the second is for twenty minus two.
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 11:30 |
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For sure Geddy Lee.
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akaBona
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 12:22 |
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I have a short history with LaBrie, but few decades with Lee - so Geddy for sure.
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Progosopher
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 12:56 |
OR six of one and half a dozen of the other.  I voted Geddy. His early vocals take some getting used to, but by the mid 80s his voice got pretty good. I have nothing in particular against La Brie and regard him as just fine; meaning he'll do but I am not real excited with his work.
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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~Aldous Huxley
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AlexDOM
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 14:19 |
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If only Labrie did not get food poisoned.
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Catcher10
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 14:38 |
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I have never hated either one, before or now. I don't think I have ever voted a poll so fast as this one.
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Wanorak
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 15:06 |
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I'll go with the minority here; Labrie.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 16:43 |
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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. |
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 17:05 |
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There was this one time when I didn't feel like tearing my ears out when listening to Rush. Can't say the same about Dream Theater though
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I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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JJLehto
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 21:07 |
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hmm.......well not really too big a fan of either, though Geddy is not as bad.
But early LaBrie was pretty decent. Early LaBrie gets my vote :P |
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prog4evr
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 22:50 |
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La Brie has his moments, but Geddy Lee has more...
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The Miracle
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Posted: January 21 2012 at 22:56 |
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I actually like LaBrie more. Both are pretty bad.
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Posted: January 22 2012 at 17:46 |
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I like LaBrie. But Geddy Lee is like listening to a high pitched death melon. what ever that may be.
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Posted: January 22 2012 at 21:55 |
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Geddy Lee. James Labrie is probably the single biggest thing that keeps me from enjoying 90% of DT's discography.
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Gooner
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Posted: January 22 2012 at 23:11 |
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Geddy...especially his voice in the '80s from "Moving Pictures" all the way to "Hold Your Fire".
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spknoevl
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Posted: January 23 2012 at 07:24 |
Agreed.
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Posted: January 23 2012 at 07:34 |
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Geddy Lee easily
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Coldness doth get away with the badness.
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