Anyway, Dream Theater is just finishing their 2010 touring and shows, and they decide to go vacation in Aspen. While skiing, James LaBrie trips and tumbles down a hill. He hasn't broken any bones, but during the fall, his shrieking has caused him to once again rupture his vocal chords.
Dream Theater decides that they have to put their 11th studio album on hold until James is better, but they still want to please their fans. "Why not do an instrumental EP?", says Rudess. "It would be like a new Liquid Tension Experiment!". "I think", says Portnoy, "that we should let me do vocals on a few tracks and release them as an EP." "No!", says Petrucci. "You're a good singer, but you could never replace James's shoes." "Eh", says Myung.
Then John Petrucci gets a most excellent idea. "Why don't we release a five-track EP of our most famous songs, and for each individual track, we'll get a different vocalist from each of our favorite bands to sing?" "That's a splendid idea!" proclaims Mike. Rudess gets up and hops around "Oh boy oh boy oh boy I can't wait oh boy".
So, if you were given the option to hear any five vocalists to sing any five DT songs, what would you choose?
This is personally my pick:
1. Metropolis, pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper - Daniel Gildenlow on vocals
2. The Mirror - Geddy Lee on vocals
3. The Spirit Carries On - Mikael Akerfeldt doing clean vocals
4. The Dark Eternal Night - Mikael Akerfeldt doing death vocals
5. Honor Thy Father - Devin Townsend
You?