Monday, February 01, 2010
Monday Night Metal
12 Comments:
By 
JPMcT, at
Mon Feb 01, 11:13:00 PM:
By Aegon01, at
Tue Feb 02, 01:01:00 AM:
Got a more nuanced criticism than that?
Also, don't call me Jesus. :P
By JPMcT, at
Tue Feb 02, 07:06:00 AM:
By Aegon01, at
Tue Feb 02, 11:46:00 AM:
I don't, and don't call me Shirley. :P
Their music is interesting from a technical standpoint, and their emotion transfers well to the listener, and I'll take neoclassical metal over basically any modern artist.
By 
, at
Tue Feb 02, 05:13:00 PM:
Gives you some ideas what living near the Arctic Circle does to your mind... (from another Finn).
By , at
Tue Feb 02, 05:28:00 PM:
What drug do you need to ingest to enjoy this? It sucks.
Outside the British Isles, there's been almost no good music that's come out of Europe since 1900. The island of Jamaica alone has done more.
By , at
Wed Feb 03, 01:23:00 AM:
Bah! Scrooges! Post what you like and enjoy the heck out of it. I'm a fan of a lot of ambient electronic stuff that all of my friends say is boring and dull, but I post it anyway. Though this stuff isn't my style, I can definitely appreciate their guitar skills.
-david
By , at
Wed Feb 03, 06:16:00 AM:
I tell my kids that some of the best music and movies come from when artists cross genres into something new.
Chuck Berry crossed hillbilly country with blues piano riffs and put it on the new-fangled electric guitar. He was a pretty good song writer too. Bob Dylan crossed protest folk with electric rock. Steely Dan crossed in jazz. Etc, etc.
Sonata Arctica to me is just bad metal. Their genre crossing doesn't mesh, at least to my ears.
My daughter likes Taylor Swift. I finally figured out that Taylor's a real talent. She's crossing country with bubblegum in interesting ways. She's a pretty good song writer too. Lady Gaga is my homey, but I'd only give her a C+ on music, an A on costume, and an A+ in shameless self-promotion.
Black Sabbath and AC/DC don't get the respect they deserve. The trailer to "Iron Man 2" features Iron Man and Shoot to Thrill. With Mickey, Scarlett and Samuel L. added, it should be a hoot.
By , at
Wed Feb 03, 06:51:00 AM:
"Black Sabbath and AC/DC don't get the respect they deserve."
Wh-wh-what?! If there were two hard rockin' bands that ever got much respect, those two would be at the very top of the list.
By Aegon01, at
Wed Feb 03, 11:30:00 AM:
I acknowledge that it's made of vast quantities of cheese and corn, and the main chemicals to be taking while listening to it is sugar and caffeine, but a)they write love (or falling-out-of-love) songs rather than vanquishing the evil demon king Balthrax, b) as songs of cheese and corn go, this isn't very bad compared to other artists I might mention, and c) I'd like to praise their technical playing ability and the emotion with which they play it.
By , at
Wed Feb 03, 10:46:00 PM:
To the TH TA
Give a listen, stuff you may never have heard as seldom played on radio. Interested in your reaction
Rolling Stones Sway
Steely Dan Parkers Band - Live
Boz Scaggs - Loan Me a Dime ... Duane Allman outro
Santana - Soul Sacrifice @ Woodstock
The Five Stairsteps Ooh Ooh Child
Joe Strummer - Redemption Song (Bob Marley cover)
The Clash - Brand New Cadillac
AC/DC Shoot to Thrill -- New .. with Lemon
My favorite AC/DC song -- never got enough airplay ... until now
Marvin Gaye - Tammi Terrell Ain't' No Mountain High Enough
By , at
Mon Feb 08, 02:12:00 AM:
Sonata Arctica is incredible, but Kingdom for a Heart is not exactly their best work. A proper introduction would be their latest video, Flag on the Ground.
