[QUOTE=IvortheEngineDriver]Yo, I just read in another thread that James severly damaged his vocal chords after Awake, is this true?[/QUOTE]

Just before the Awake tour, he ruptured his vocal chords after a bout of food poisoning.

He's only really just recovered, I think. His voice is so much better live now than a few years ago.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]it's a nice album, but not my favorite, that goes to I&W
such a classic[/QUOTE]
out of the 2 DT albums i have,

I&W > Train of thought

true, but TOT is my second favorite :P
but nothing tops I&W

I fail to see why people seem to "dislike" Train of Thought. I find it to be amazing, although I might be biased because it was my first DT album.

[QUOTE=sack-man]on train of thought, on as i am, theres a point just after the chorus when he sings "as i am" and sounds very like james hetfield[/QUOTE]
Doesn't sound anything like him on theiri MoP cover...

ToT was also my first DT album... and Images and Words craps all over it.

^ I stick with liking both of them. It really depends which one i'm listening to.

I like images and words more than train of thought which i also like a lot

FlyingPaul, we meet again. Our music tastes seem to run similar.

[QUOTE=Creeping_Deth]FlyingPaul, we meet again. Our music tastes seem to run similar.[/QUOTE]


Yeah :thumb:

Do you like Opeth? If so, we are pretty much exactly the same in music tastes.

Never heard of em. R they death metal?

[QUOTE=FlyingPaul_83]Never heard of em. R they death metal?[/QUOTE]

And so much more. You'll ****ing love them. They are true geniuses. They're one of my favorite bands, and unlike Dream Theater, they sound effortlessly brilliant and progressive, whereas Dream Theater of late have sounded a bit like musical athletes with too much muscle enhancement.

kind of. Get over to the Opeth thread and we shall talk.

ok see you there

images and words is one of the best albums ever surely?
what other album from DT sounds most like it?
metropolis pt.2 and awake will be in post today!!!

ther isn't anything like I&W,
it's just thier best work, cause it has the best sound :p
the others sound great too, but they don't have that I&W sound.

they change their sound with each album.

enjoy listening to awake and mtr pt. 2
they're both great albums.

np: DT - another day :thumb:

yeah they will be...

has anyuone heard the new Petrucci solo album?
I've heard one song so far
tunnelvsion, but it's great.
better than a lot of LTE work IMO

I still don't think that I&W is that good...

If I&W was produced, like, now...I might like it a little more. The overal production of it is part of why I don't like it as much. But just in general, they don't have anything that is that heavy on that album, therefore, I don't like it as much.

That being said, I'd like to see their next album be closer to Awake or Train of Thought than anything else. We'll see what happens, I suppose.

Dreamtheater Rules!!!

[QUOTE=The JoZ]I still don't think that I&W is that good...

If I&W was produced, like, now...I might like it a little more. The overal production of it is part of why I don't like it as much. But just in general, they don't have anything that is that heavy on that album, therefore, I don't like it as much.

That being said, I'd like to see their next album be closer to Awake or Train of Thought than anything else. We'll see what happens, I suppose.[/QUOTE]

I didn't like Awake so much. LaBrie's vocals on that album annoy me. I would love something more along the lines of 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence's non-concept tracks.

[QUOTE=Ripper22]I didn't like Awake so much. LaBrie's vocals on that album annoy me. I would love something more along the lines of 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence's non-concept tracks.[/QUOTE]

LaBrie's vocals on I&W annoy me :p

I like Awake, because he seemed to show more range...going from pretty high (Scarred, 6:00) to pretty low (The Mirror, Lie)

I&W is all Geddy Lee range stuff, for the most part, and I don't enjoy that from him.

i think LaBrie is an awesome singer.....he doesn't write much of the lyrics yet he puts so much soul into it. His voice sounds good and he has a fantastic range with highs that soar

[QUOTE]LaBrie's vocals on I&W annoy me

I like Awake, because he seemed to show more range...going from pretty high (Scarred, 6:00) to pretty low (The Mirror, Lie)

I&W is all Geddy Lee range stuff, for the most part, and I don't enjoy that from him[/QUOTE]


I think his vocals on Images and Words and Awake are some of his best. His singing on more recent albums has taken a more modern, contempory style, with LaBrie rapping and even doing some aggressive singing( He screams under one of the parts in In the Name of God.). I think his singing is one of the best thing about Dream Theater's earlier work, but sometimes I do feel really sorry for him in his part time job. Hehe

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]I think his vocals on Images and Words and Awake are some of his best. His singing on more recent albums has taken a more modern, contempory style, with LaBrie rapping and even doing some aggressive singing( He screams under one of the parts in In the Name of God.). I think his singing is one of the best thing about Dream Theater's earlier work, but sometimes I do feel really sorry for him in his part time job. Hehe[/QUOTE]

haha. I feel more sorry for John Myung, he speaks for about 15 seconds in the Documentary on the Live in Budokan DVD.

Do they pick on him?!

I expect they bully him really bad. On the commentary on the live in Japan dvd he speaks for like 4 or 5 minutes. :amaze: I reckon his share of royalties go to Mike Portnoy and he has to work as a baker. Otherwise they'll flush him

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]I expect they bully him really bad. On the commentary on the live in Japan dvd he speaks for like 4 or 5 minutes. :amaze: I reckon his share of royalties go to Mike Portnoy and he has to work as a baker. Otherwise they'll flush him[/QUOTE]

I haven't listened to the commentary, I think I will just to hear him talk.

I could actually see the whole royalties and baker thing going on.

LOL!...A Baker...rep +...well I would if I could.

He'd probably be amazing. "A powerhouse of a baker" a la Kevin Shirley.

[QUOTE=shamed-angel]I think his vocals on Images and Words and Awake are some of his best. His singing on more recent albums has taken a more modern, contempory style, with LaBrie rapping and even doing some aggressive singing( He screams under one of the parts in In the Name of God.). I think his singing is one of the best thing about Dream Theater's earlier work, but sometimes I do feel really sorry for him in his part time job. Hehe[/QUOTE]

I quite enjoy the modernization of his vocal stylings.

I don't mind all of his higher vocals, I just don't constantly want to hear him sound like Geddy Lee.

I noticed that Charlie Dominici sounds remarkably like Geddy lee on WdaDU. I'm a big fan of their newer stuff but I way prefer LaBrie's vocals on earlier albums, Change of Seasons, Metropolis or All of Scenes from a Memory being his high points vocally in my opinion.

Does anyone else cringe at the really bad "Hold it up now. Wait a minute!" At the beggining of Take the Time?