DREAM THEATER plays QUEEN

His use of different beats within each song always amazes me - my nephew is a drummer and he was very impressed.

"More professional? Don't be ridiculous! James has trained from the beginning, for his first years with the outstanding opera coach Rosemary Patricia Burns. "

Yeah, more professional. Freddie rarely was out of tune, La Brie? All the time. He is unproffesional regardless of his "vocal training". When he can't sing his own songs live, out of tune all the time and still doesnt transpose he is unproffesional.

When Dream Theater recorded "Once In A Livetime", James was seriously ill and you can hear that on the record. I'd like to repeat that most of the songs are very difficult to sing so that it's very clear he can't perform every song as well as on the studio album.

Stephan, i've understood what you're saying, but as i'm a professional singer too, i honestly think that Labrie is a singer with an outstanding range, but EXTREMELY boring and (sorry, monster is all right) sometimes out of tune. I KNOW that DT's songs are very hard to sing, that Freddie's work was easier than james's one, but still i think that there could be no comparison between them. Labrie's opera style, with the addiction of his (good, indeed) "screaming" fits progressive metal, but isn't fair to sing Queen's songs.

Last, for the 999th time, range isn't everything for a singer, Freddie's shown us very well.

PS: An outstanding live performance is not a "like-the-studio-version" performance... Sometimes you can choose not to sing some high notes to sound better to the audience, and this is all good to you, this is what Labrie first should understand...