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RIP Majesty/Dream Theater, 1985-2013
More proof of James LaBrie and John Petrucci using playbacks - Dream Theater lip sync gate 2022
Glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity.
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James LaBrie's Sons Of Apollo Audition
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It's karaoke night at the nursing home again
Calling out Ola Englund
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Dream Theater fans who lambasted the trend of fake Instagram and RUclips guitarists are in a bind, now that there is evidence of musical deception committed by LaBrie and Petrucci. I chose to make an example of Ola Englund in this video, but there are many others who are guilty of similar hypocrisy, including Become The Knight, Rick Beato, Nik Nokturnal, and Steve Terreberry. To be clear, I thi...
Dream Theater hits a new low: FAKE LEAD VOCALS at live shows
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As evidence continues to mount that Dream Theater has abandoned all integrity, how many of the fans who defended them previously will jump ship, and admit I was right? The followup: ruclips.net/video/n3OcZR6YnKk/видео.html
Who Wrote Distance Over Time?
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mrdreamtheater2retirementmessage.blogspot.com/2021/04/did-james-labrie-lie-about-co-writing.html
John Petrucci caught lip syncing
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mrdreamtheater2retirementmessage.blogspot.com/2020/10/john-petruccis-terminal-dishonesty.html
About Dream Theater's failed tribute to Chris Cornell
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This takes the place of my older, much shorter video criticizing LaBrie on this. Just another piece in the puzzle of why he needs to leave Dream Theater.
John Petrucci - Beating Off With Rick Soundo
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John and Rick have an honest conversation about James LaBrie's waning vocal abilities, and why John does not receive James' signal in his monitor mix.
Dream Theater - Illumination Theory excerpt with "fixed" drum sound
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A taste of what this album could sound like were it not for John Petrucci and Rich Chycki destroying Mike Mangini's drum sound on "DT12." I ripped out the center channel of the studio recording to eliminate most of the drums, and replaced them with a performance Mangini did at a clinic in Fall River, MA. Screw what they did to Mangini on this album.
Portnoy vs. Mangini
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I am shutting off comments on this video as of 11/07/2023 in light of the news that Portnoy has returned to Dream Theater. For that reason, I consider it pointless to keep the Mangini vs. Portnoy drama alive. I made this video for two reasons: 1) I was disappointed with how Mangini was sounding from 2013-2017, 2) I felt the backlash against Portnoy in certain factions of the Dream Theater fando...
The Downward Spiral Of James LaBrie
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This video compares LaBrie singing the “watch the sparrows falling” part of Pull Me Under over the years. It’s pretty clear the overall trend is towards LaBrie’s voice getting worse over time, as it is for most singers, but he has aged badly compared to other singers such as Bruce Dickinson or Rob Halford. The concept of this video was sort of ripped off from another called “LaBrie sucks,” but ...
Dream Theater vs. Rush - Brother, Can You Pass Into Olympus?
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Homage, coincidence, or plagiarism? I'll let you be the judge. These two melodies are in D major, and almost the exact same length. This feeds into a blog article I penned recently about how Dream Theater has gone overboard in trying to be Rush: mrdreamtheater2retirementmessage.blogspot.com/2018/03/dream-theater-stop-trying-to-be-rush-20.html
Dream Theater - The Lucastonishing
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Fuck you, Rick Berman. You ruined this too?
Hitler Reacts To The Astonishing By Dream Theater
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Hitler Reacts To The Astonishing By Dream Theater
Dream Theater and their double standard over James LaBrie
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Dream Theater and their double standard over James LaBrie
James LaBrie Fail & Cringe Compilation
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James LaBrie Fail & Cringe Compilation
Greed Theater ft. John Petru¢¢i & Jordan Rude$$
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Greed Theater ft. John Petru¢¢i & Jordan Rude$$
Dream Theater - The Gift Of Auto-Tune
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Dream Theater - The Gift Of Auto-Tune
Dream Theater's "Score" Contains Fake Vocals
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Dream Theater's "Score" Contains Fake Vocals
Dream Theater - Take The Time & Surrounded - Live In Tokyo 2017 - Back To Budokan
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Dream Theater - Take The Time & Surrounded - Live In Tokyo 2017 - Back To Budokan
After looking through a lot of your comments, all i see is you replying to comments that agree with you, but never seem to bother arguing with people that have good points
Absolutely false to say that I don’t engage with critical commenters. There also, by definition, are no “good points” that can be made in defense of this. It’s lying. It’s a complete and willful misrepresentation of JL’s talent.
@@theravenskillrebelmilitia139 I've seen on many videos voice coaches that have commented about how at his age, expecting him to sing what he used to is impossible. I've also seen you say how his singing is "bad" in this clip but not in the 90's, followed by this: @theravenskillrebelmilitia139 because he was 10 years younger, without having suffered a vocal rupture, without 10 years of touring and constantly exposing his vocal folds through an amount of damage that very few singers can sustain without becoming voice-less. Singing stuff from Images and Words and Awake would destroy anybody's voice in the long term. You can tell that whoever wanted that high register back than (probably Portnoy) didn't know shit about vocals and how impossible it is to sing like that non-stop. And in fact Labrie's voice started to crack way before the incident: you can already hear it in japan 1993, where he was way worse compared to the very start of the I&W tour during fall 1992. At the end of his very first tour with dream theater you could already hear the cracks and pops, which were both his fault (due to early bridging and in general to his technique being too harsh on his vocal folds) and the vocal damage that he had to sustain in order to sing like that this explains why his singing isnt as good as it used to be. you seem to avoid things like these
Well hey, look at it this way. All his bad performances are from after Portnoy left the band. Maybe now that Portnoy's back, the force that keeps Labrie from putting more than 30 percent effort in singing is now taking effect.
Wow, he sounded great in 1998!
😂😂😂😂😂, dai un pò di dignità...
Come on, guys. The material is challenging enough for a singer with a voice in top notch conditions. Think of an aging singer with throat issues over the years like a musician who suffers from tendonitis. A musician on a bad day makes a few mistakes. Broken strings? Change it, no biggie. Ripped drumhead on a drum? Avoid it and the drum tech will get it sorted out on 2mins. A singer blows his voice? There's no fixing it. And keep in mind, this is the last show of a freaking 8-month tour. LaBrie did a really god job. Give him a break.
One of several arguments I hear on a regular basis, which has been addressed over and over again. If the vocal cords wear out over time, and cannot be replaced, then that makes a case IN FAVOR OF bands changing singers at some point, not keeping someone with a busted voice. It should be pointed out, however, that LaBrie's voice has aged poorly compared to other metal vocalists. Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson are OLDER than LaBrie, and neither one turned into a squawking seagull.
This guy manages to sound like a yapping pug.
A sto punto falla un'ottava più bassa che viene meglio
DT fans dont come to a DT concert to see Labrie sing. They come to see Petrucci shred.
Sounds like vince niel 😂
The very reason I could never get into this band Labrie makes Dave mustaine sound like a vocal god 🤣
Tbf he hadnt peaked with 'big chungus' yet here
This video sucks balls tremendously... James gave the band the personality and power they needed from a frontman. After several flawless records and tours he is not a band member anymore, he is family, and you dont fire family just because they are having hard times. He has got bad shows but he keeps coming up whenever age or sickness thow him down
The "family" argument has been addressed many times. Why can't they remain friendly with James while still having him exit the band? They remained friendly with Charlie and Derek, and tried with Kevin Moore, but he distanced himself from the band as much as possible, for reasons not entirely known. Whatever "power" and "personality" LaBrie originally brought to the band are gone. He sounds like an escaped dementia unit patient now, and there is no excuse at all for keeping him.
Breaking News: Man gets older, voice not as good. More on this at 11 after sports.
Breaking News: there's no rule that musicians have to keep performing if they lose their abilities due to age
15:57 YOU ARE WELCOME
LaBrie's voice left the band with Portnoy
Boy, for such a technical band this really is the polar opposite of what you'd call the 'icing on the cake'. More like jizz all over the cake and buffet section.. I feel bad for the guy, but it's an unfortunate fact that vocals are usually the hardest thing to maintain, especially when you're talking over literal decades. It's a shame that muscle can't be maintained more easily, but it should also be said that, if you do stay in shape and eat healthy, it might not wind up being this bad.. But I'm not him so won't judge, it just sucks for everyone lol.
It is strange that they insist on the highest levels of musicality possible except for LaBrie. Allegedly, they canned Derek Sherinian because they thought Rudess "would take their music to the next level." So why tolerate this kind of sloppy singing? They almost fired James in 2002, so there's no way they like his singing now. They're probably contractually powerless to get rid of him.
@@theravenskillrebelmilitia139 Must be so awkward.. and yet they do talk among themselves as 'family' etc.. People I know go to see them every now and then and it's always the same: instrumentally great but singer just can't do it anymore.. Really weird, but oh well.
@@sirriffsalot4158 And the thing is, there's no reason they couldn't remain friendly with LaBrie if exited the band. Unless his ego would not be able to handle the reality that he sucks now, and he would burn a bridge with his bandmates. Dream Theater has remained relatively friendly with its ex-members.
so sad, so sad, so sad, NOT LIVE
This is nonsense. Compere the perfomance in the same music at the same time. Take for instance the music Killing Hand, LaBrie is a million times better, just listen the version on the album Live at the Marquee.
Of course LaBrie did a better job than Dominici at singing The Killing Hand back in 92-93, but we're not living in those times anymore. I am asking why Dream Theater has lowered their musical standards over time to accommodate LaBrie. P.S. The band has admitted to Live At The Marquee having overdubbed vocals
This is a band whose best selling album from over 30 years ago has only sold 700,000 copies to date. Besides his voice being undesirable to many people, being technically proficient and fast doesn't make for music that many people want to hear. I have listened to most of their catalog and the noodly, wankfest of long songs demonstrating how technical they are doesn't equate to an enjoyable listening experience for me. The songs are too long in many cases. And the piano based ballads are not metal. "Return to Serenity" by Testament is a metal ballad.
At some point he fotgot english
He should start singing octaves lower. I can't believe he hasn't figured it out yet.
James is not cutting it he sings sharp all the time Michelle Luppi call him
Geddy never sounded like that live I can tell you. Brutal.
I saw a post on reddit saying how much this guy sucks and now after investigating I have this stupid song stuck in my head.
they use backing tracks and stem tracks, as do most metal bands these days. too many layers and accents that would sound terrible live. i hate dream theater with a passion but it's normal to perform with backing and stem tracks. The only metal bands that perform nearly perfect without constant backing tracks that I am aware of are trivium, parkway drive, between the buried and me, killswitch engage, cattle decapitation, five finger death punch, alter bridge, all that remains, heaven shall burn, arch enemy, disturbed, metallica, 311, and dave matthews band.
The fact that you named all of those bands shows there's a point in history when it was not commonplace to use lots of playbacks. Dream Theater used a few here and there while Portnoy was in the band for parts that could not be executed live. After Portnoy quit, they started using them for parts that could easily be executed live.
You can be upset that they flub or get lazy, but they're still performing despite being caught up in their moment and forgetting about the track(s) playing. You can still hear them do their thing, though. You're acknowledging the use of tracks for doubling/harmony, yet I'm seeing where you're livid in the comments and seem to be in disbelief that instruments need to take advantage of that, too. There are so very many layers/takes used to make music sound the way it does, I'm sure you're aware. It's a bummer you seem so upset about it, I guess it's from all the comments and people probably getting angry with you. They suck for that, sorry if that's the case. Your point is certainly contentious, but that doesn't mean others should be crude in responding to it.
at 2:26, he broke the string while bending the 24th fret on the e string, so i´m assuming he broke that string. The next note would´ve been probably on the 24th fret Estring without the bend. He moved closer to the neck of the guitar, i assume to the 5th fret b string. the pinch harmonic there is the same sound like the 24 on the broken e string. the question is, will the whole guitar detune if you break a string? a lot of bridges have that, I dont know if he has a built in mechanic to avoid it.
Next video: The Upward spiral of John Petrucci
This older songs can't be signed by a man that's anywhere but in the peak AF his voice. My dream is to see Dream Theater use a female vocalist. She cou do a duet. With James during the show. Someone like Floor Jansen.
DT is the middle-aged guy who's in shape with a hideously out of shape wife that they stay loyal to.
Every band especially older bands do this at least recording of back up vocals
I have other people telling me the exact opposite. The use of backing tracks is something younger bands favor, and you're a "Boomer" if you have a problem with it. In either case, it's unacceptable.
He sounds ok (although far from incredible) in studio albums though, it perplexes me why he sucks on live shows
The answer to that is pretty obvious. In the studio, they have the ability to record as many takes as necessary, splice them together, and then throw pitch correction on it. He probably tries harder in the studio too.
I don't know man, I saw him in 2023 and his vocals were so bad there is no way it was lip sync'd. He lost his voice, it sucks but it's reality. I don't go see them live for the vocals to be honest.
I don't understand people who say that. You have the ability to selectively listen to the instrumentalists, and filter out LaBrie?
@@theravenskillrebelmilitia139 Rush is my favorite band of all time. I guess I've grown numb to bad vocals.
How about posting a clip from his 90's huh? This video is absolutely stupid :v
Sounds just like Score to me. No fake vocals here. 😎💫
Then you don't have a good enough ear to hear pitch correction.
È gallinaceo.
James was great for a long time and helped build huge success. That's the difference. If something had happened before getting really popular all of a sudden he'd have been let go too. But he was a powerhouse while building success. So he earned his spot among the rest of them, and wasn't just a hired gun. The loyalty and support from the rest of the group was well earned.
Todd LaTorre has just entered the chat
Shut up hating on him. Man the vocals in the 2000 on as i am etc were amazing. Just because he stopped being able to sing this means nothing. He still had an amazing voice. And still has a good one now. Listen to the music he is currently making. It's called getting older
"And still has a good one now." Pretty good way to discredit yourself.
Firstly dream theater sucks anyways because of labrie so I prefer him Using playbacks of his early Voice 20 years ago hahaha
I feel bad for him, he really does sound like a dying parrot on stage.
Dream Theater did Master of Puppets live and completely sucked the life force out of it. Now, Black Hole Sun and did the same. Despite Rush having some heavier material than Dream Theater (and never being called metal) Dream Theater is called metal. The piano ballads are real metal! 😅
Depois desse video vou ouvir o astonshining.
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3:33 Dream Theater plays Soundgarden? Nice job.
James definitely needed the break from touring he sounds better post pandemic than pre pandemic.
James Labrie made Dream Theater the Dream Theater, the band gained fame with him, you can't fire the vocalist you gained fame with. It will hit sales and everything MASSIVELY. It's not like changing another band members.
"You can't fire the vocalist you gained fame with." Tell that to Queensryche. They are making much better music with Todd LaTorre than had they retained Geoff Tate. People change, you know.
Watching this video again you can tell his voice died in 1999. Something weird must happened to him to have his voice already broken before touring... and then an entire year of SFAM world tour just overkilled it.
LaBrie was juggling his solo material and other collaborations on top of Dream Theater in the late 90s/early 2000s, plus he started smoking cigars.
I am still searching for the boob in the audience