Where is "Big Chungus" ?

I am glad you did James LaBrie, he is very underrated singer, his early 90s vocal performances are genius, worth to check out also his first band before he joined Dream Theater called ''Winter Rose''. I'm glad you included his Winter Rose stuff, not all people know about that band.

James' vocal lines are so impressive, even James can't sing them.

I hope people don't wait for him to die to start appreciating , instead hating him... Happens a lot.
Long Live LaBrie. Long Live Dream Theater. Long Live Prog.

2:00 TRAPPED INSIDE THIS OC-TA-VA-RI-UM

He's still a legend to this day, not just because of how great he used to sing, but also how he never gave up and worked on his voice recovery. Even if it isn't 100% anymore and he has to be careful to this day + natural voice changes due to aging, still a lot of respect for him!

I’ve always felt so bad for James. Dream Theater fans fancy themselves musically literate but many of them don’t understand how unbelievably difficult James’ job is. I guess these things don’t occur to amateur musicians and music fans. He’s been singing these songs, mostly in the original keys, for over 30 years, night after night, in a rock concert environment…his first vocal meltdown happened in 1994, it took him YEARS to recover and he was middle aged by the time he finally regained some semblance of vocal comfort. You’re gonna replace a good dude who’s, by all accounts, super easy to work with…a guy you’ve spent your decades-long career next to…because he can’t whack E and F# like he did when he was 30? Because he needs to place his voice differently in order to sing hours of high octane material per night? I dunno, man…that shit has just always rubbed me the wrong way. It comes from a place of almost willful ignorance and unbelievable shortsightedness.

My favorite Labrie vocal line is the live performance of the Killing Hand in 1992 in New York, where he sings a continuous G5 on the lines "This one controlls..." and "...frightening still."""

I can say 2010 was his terrible state because he barely touched the high notes, and it sounds like he forced himself.  
Even in 2017, they performed half step down for 7 of 8 songs in Images and Words and touched F5 in the song Learning to Live.
In 2019, he performed 1 of the Images and Words songs in the original key again.

In the early 90s his voice was from another planet ... his live performance in To live forever, Another hand the killing hand, Learning to live, take the time, ecc was incredible .

Possibly the most hated vocalist in the Metal community. But in all honesty he's the cherry at the top. Glad to see him get the love he deserves. Now I will safely proceed to request Kyo from Dir En Grey again.

Also, you gotta do Geoff Tate next!!

Good examples! Another example of "crazy" vocal lines is James backing vocals on In the Name of God, in the part "Justifying violence..." onwards. It's difficult to listen to it without headphones, but if you pay attention you'll notice James hitting CRAZY high notes in a scream style. It's like his scream on Octavarium on steroids.

What impresses me the most is not his range... Is the resonance and projection of he vocals... It's very evident when they do Metropolis pt1 with Charlie Dominici , the sonic difference between the two is HUGE... James' voice fill the space and resonate while Charlie's is thin  and leave the song with kind of a hole in the soundscape..

James gives new life to every When Dream And Day Unite song...

"Pull Me Under" was the song that introduced me to LaBrie and Dream Theater. Long live progressive rock/metal.
P.S: Maybe Geoff Tate next? 👀

That vocal part on Learning To Live I use sometimes to warm up and stretch my vocal cords. One of my favorite vocal lines from James in general!

Dream Theaters's Another Day was the best piece ever of his high notes

"Take The Time" is such an inspiring song both for its lyrics, and its vocals.

James is just an amazing singer!

Yes, you included the vocal parts that I would include as well (Take the Time, Winter Rose stuff, Learning to Live (I would also pick the demo version where he did the high note extended a bit) And obviously the live version of Killing Hand. Also there is an early version of the song ''A Change of Seasons'' from 1993 that had different lyrics than the one released on the EP in 1995, and that one has some insane vocals, it's on this live official booklet called ''New York City 3/4/93'' some crazy vocals in that album.

James Labrie fue un grandísimo cantante en los 90's. Desgraciadamente, la edad y ciertos problemas con sus cuerdas vocales le han pasado factura. En las grabaciones en estudio aún sigue sonando bien, pero en las actuaciones en directo sufre mucho para llegar a las notas altas.