What's funny is that any ordinary hipster doofus who loves Neutral Milk Hotel would say the exact same thing about James LaBrie's vocals.
um, i love both neutral milk hotel and dream theater. perhaps i'm an extraordinary hipster doofus
(and there are some very talented indie singers. matt berninger from the national, for one, is awesome. in fact, i'm going to see the national tomorrow, at the same venue that i *gasp* saw dream theater last.)
as to the cover, A for effort. vocals weren't fantastic, but i took a shine to it because it was a very creative approach.