SR VII: It's extreme male brooding!

Now Joel, you write some mighty fine reviews, but I'm not sure anyone can get me interested in Brave.

That is one of the most boring albums I've ever heard.  I think I gave it a two...

Epignosis wrote: Now Joel, you write some mighty fine reviews, but I'm not sure anyone can get me interested in Brave.That is one of the most boring albums I've ever heard.  I think I gave it a two...

I couldn't get into it for a very long while, but after some advice from Eric (E-Dub) which was about taking the story realistically, I developed a massive appreciation for it... One of my all-time favourite albums. It did take me quite a while to get into it though.

progkidjoel wrote: floydispink wrote: Epignosis wrote: progkidjoel wrote: Epignosis wrote: I suspect I will be changing my four star rating of Fear of a Blank Planet to five. Really?! I'd rank it as the band's all-time low... 3 stars for me right now. I would have given it a three based on my first impression when it first came out (it was my first album by that band).  I couldn't see what all the fuss was about.After further listening, I found myself genuinely enjoying it and really appreciating the concept, as it were (being able to relate to it as a teacher and all).I still had problems with "Sleep Together" and "Way Out of Here," which I still consider to be the weakest two songs on the album, but now I'm beginning to get into those more also.All said, Deadwing is still my favorite by a mile. FOABP is a fantastic album I think, though I a also think Sleep Together is weak compared to the other songs on there. I do really like Way Out Of Here though. The concept is very interesting too, I agree with you, and for me as a kid it probably is just as interesting as for you being a teacher.  <span ="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span> <span ="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"</span><span ="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span ="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">X-box is a god to me </span></span> <span ="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span ="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A finger on the switch My mother is a bitch </span></span> <span ="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span ="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My father gave up ever trying to talk to me"</span></span> <span ="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 20px;"></span> <span ="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 20px;"><span ="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; line-height: 14px; ">That line says is incredibly true. As I kid I gamed quite a lot, and this really was the way I started to think of my parents, and my father did almost gave up trying to talk to me. Then my xbox broke and I somehow didn't feel the need to get a new one (instead of that I got myself a guitar)... now the relationship between me and my parents is as good as it could be. But really, when I look back I see how much I was "addicted" to such a stupid gaming device... the thing sort of absorbed me (which sounds pretty creepy, doesn't it?). </span></span> Same thing happened to me about 4 months ago with my PS3... Now I only really use it for around an hour or two a week. At my peak, I averaged nearly 9 hours a day over a two-week school holiday These lines seem the most believable to me: My friend says he wants to die He's in a band They sound like Pearl Jam The clothes are all black The music is crap In school I don't concentrate And sex is kinda fun But just another one Of all the empty ways Of using up a day How can I be sure I'm here? The pills that I've been taking confuse me I need to know that someone sees that There's nothing left I simply am not here Bipolar disorder Can't deal with the boredom I have a friend (we recorded several songs together, actually) who had depression for a while and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He was on pills for a while, and usually slept through class. I can relate to the lyrics, but I still don't feel an overall link to the album.

floydispink wrote: Epignosis wrote: progkidjoel wrote: Epignosis wrote: I suspect I will be changing my four star rating of Fear of a Blank Planet to five. Really?! I'd rank it as the band's all-time low... 3 stars for me right now. I would have given it a three based on my first impression when it first came out (it was my first album by that band).  I couldn't see what all the fuss was about. After further listening, I found myself genuinely enjoying it and really appreciating the concept, as it were (being able to relate to it as a teacher and all). I still had problems with "Sleep Together" and "Way Out of Here," which I still consider to be the weakest two songs on the album, but now I'm beginning to get into those more also. All said, Deadwing is still my favorite by a mile. FOABP is a fantastic album I think, though I a also think Sleep Together is weak compared to the other songs on there. I do really like Way Out Of Here though. The concept is very interesting too, I agree with you, and for me as a kid it probably is just as interesting as for you being a teacher.  "X-box is a god to me  A finger on the switch  My mother is a bitch  My father gave up ever trying to talk to me" That line says is incredibly true. As I kid I gamed quite a lot, and this really was the way I started to think of my parents, and my father did almost gave up trying to talk to me. Then my xbox broke and I somehow didn't feel the need to get a new one (instead of that I got myself a guitar)... now the relationship between me and my parents is as good as it could be. But really, when I look back I see how much I was "addicted" to such a stupid gaming device... the thing sort of absorbed me (which sounds pretty creepy, doesn't it?).

Urk. I'm still fairly young, compared to Robert, and I have to admit that the pretense of the lyrics is what's keeping me well off that album... honestly,  a 40-year old whining about how the kidz iz too adddicted to ze komputerzzz is even worse than me writing about life in the ghetto. I just don't think he's realistic, reasonable or remotely profound. It's basically grumpy-old-man material.

Yes, I had a time when I'd spend too long on games... I still spend more time than I reasonably should on games (chances are, I'll just cut that out when I get to uni in a week or two by means of just not bringing my games with me). Nonetheless, Swilson's hysterical, inane exaggeration just comes across as uninformed.

progkidjoel wrote: Epignosis wrote: Also in the wtf bin this morning we have http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61505 Indeed we do By all believable logic, I won the game, but Blowin' Free denied me my victory

EPIC LOSING

That's like 25 years old news 

Yeah, that tour is very much like the World Slavery Tour revisited, lots of the same songs and props. One of the things that changed is Bruce's voice, he's so much better live nowadays  

Now they are playing the best heavy metal music video ever.  Twisted Sister's I Wanna Rock.  They just don't make music videos like they used to.  But I guess you probably had to be a teenager in 1984 to appreciate it.

^ A very good album ... right up there with Whitesnake - 1987. 

Kiss started their latest tour last night at Cobo Arena, which is where they recorded their first Alive! album.  VH1 classic is now playing Love It Loud.  What a fun song!!! Of course, this is after they became Unmasked, so it wasn't true Kiss, but again it was during my glory days of discovering heavy metal music.