This is Not a good thing. That original is too good. Remember Meat Loaf put out that Bat out of Hell Part 2? hey, surprisingly it had a semi-hit single that escapes me, but come On; you Can't Re-Create the atmosphere that spawned a Bat out of Hell type album, so why bother trying, I say.
Well, I can hope it kicks ass.
I'd try to stir interest in people, even non-hard rock/metal-heads to buy Operation: Mindcrime and give it a chance. It's a very rare concept album that works; flows, and the good songs are the rule, not the exception. The beginning fanfare 'Anarchy X' is a chilling psuedo military Nuremberg Rally.
'Do you Want Freedom?' and the huge crowd response:
NO ! ! !
just kills.
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Styx? Sadly before the abortion that Kilroy was here they had the Paradise Theatre concept album. If you were my age, your senior year of HS had the radio blaring 'The Best of Times' or 'Rockin' the Paradise' and I hang my head in utter shame because prior to that I had seen Styx on the Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight, and Cornerstone tours, watching in horror as they turned from a pretty good live act into well, listen to Kilroy. Wait! Dont! Stop!! No No no no put the CD away, no no no....
::sprinkly synthsesizer tinkles with synth bass drone::
Vocoder Vox: Dobo Ori Gato Mister Roboto
And we descend, literally, into the Stygian depths of Hell. Thats the name, Styx was the river down There.
[shudder]
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This message was edited by Mike Teacher on 8-3-04 @ 3:36 PM