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Post by The Booty Disciple on Nov 13, 2006 5:09:37 GMT -5
Or coming Out of the Silent Planet... (I'll be straight with you boys...no one in their right mind would expect a kid from a 1500 person Wyoming town in the United States to have his mind blown by Brave New World...and yet, for nearly a year, that was what I used to listen to every night going to sleep...so BELEE DAT, PLAYA!) EDIT: And it turns out that I've definitely branched off from there... Brave New World was the greatest thing since Number, Dance of Death was also awesome... hell A Matter of Life and Death (which I'll be reviewing in 2 days... cheap plug I know) is probably better still. I would argue this point but that prompts me to ask you this question... Are you a man of peace? or a man of holy war? I'm sorry...I've been working 50 hours a week for the last 7 weeks...is this a reference that I'm missing because I'm slightly drunk? Or should I immediately respond with cynicism and ask about the concept of a Holy War...since I'm reasonably sure that there is no such thing....
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Post by Topher is Human on Nov 13, 2006 5:12:42 GMT -5
Brave New World was the greatest thing since Number, Dance of Death was also awesome... hell A Matter of Life and Death (which I'll be reviewing in 2 days... cheap plug I know) is probably better still. I would argue this point but that prompts me to ask you this question... Are you a man of peace? or a man of holy war? I'm sorry...I've been working 50 hours a week for the last 7 weeks...is this a reference that I'm missing because I'm slightly drunk? Or should I immediately respond with cynicism and ask about the concept of a Holy War...since I'm reasonably sure that there is no such thing.... It's the opening line from For The Greater Good of God, the gem off the A Matter of Life and Death, the song is about how related war and religion are with eachother
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Nov 13, 2006 5:22:07 GMT -5
I'm sorry...I've been working 50 hours a week for the last 7 weeks...is this a reference that I'm missing because I'm slightly drunk? Or should I immediately respond with cynicism and ask about the concept of a Holy War...since I'm reasonably sure that there is no such thing.... It's the opening line from For The Greater Good of God, the gem off the A Matter of Life and Death, the song is about how related war and religion are with eachother I don't know if you recall, but us ignorant Americans didn't get the album till 5 September...and I had an avatar of the guns blazing Eddie from the front of the tank on Matter Of for weeks, awaiting the release in the US. I've listend to it thoroughly about 3 times...and it is frickin' AMAZING...very much an album that I don't feel has filler, which, while still tremendous stuff, Brave New World and Dance of Death had in small doses (The Nomad stands out in my mind in particular). However, as I'm sure you're aware, the problem with a Maiden album is the difficulty of really enjoying both lyrical and musical sides to the record...at least at the same time. I haven't had sufficient time to do so...so I'm missing the lyrics (though I can sing to most of the lyrics from Brave New World, Powerslave, and Somewhere in Time, which happens to contain my second favorite Maiden tune of all time, Wasted Years)...but I'm really looking forward to the holidays so I have time to really, really take time to appreciate this album, which, so far, has struck me as, while not a concept album, dealing the best in an open setting with lyrics and music derived from a main concept. UP THE FRICKIN' IRONS! (where's the damned Eddie smiley?)
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Post by Topher is Human on Nov 13, 2006 5:31:06 GMT -5
It's the opening line from For The Greater Good of God, the gem off the A Matter of Life and Death, the song is about how related war and religion are with eachother I don't know if you recall, but us ignorant Americans didn't get the album till 5 September...and I had an avatar of the guns blazing Eddie from the front of the tank on Matter Of for weeks, awaiting the release in the US. I've listend to it thoroughly about 3 times...and it is frickin' AMAZING...very much an album that I don't feel has filler, which, while still tremendous stuff, Brave New World and Dance of Death had in small doses (The Nomad stands out in my mind in particular). However, as I'm sure you're aware, the problem with a Maiden album is the difficulty of really enjoying both lyrical and musical sides to the record...at least at the same time. I haven't had sufficient time to do so...so I'm missing the lyrics (though I can sing to most of the lyrics from Brave New World, Powerslave, and Somewhere in Time, which happens to contain my second favorite Maiden tune of all time, Wasted Years)...but I'm really looking forward to the holidays so I have time to really, really take time to appreciate this album, which, so far, has struck me as, while not a concept album, dealing the best in an open setting with lyrics and music derived from a main concept. UP THE FRICKIN' IRONS! (where's the damned Eddie smiley?) The lyrical content for Greater Good has always stood out to me, possibly their best lyrical work (and thats saying ALOT). This thread has really me pumped to do this review now. And in my opinion Matter of Life and Death > BNW > Number > Dance > Somewhere in Time 21st century Maiden rules! Also, everyday I don't get an Eddie emote, a (Fallen) angel loses its wings!
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