Show 5 - 10/24 & 25 - Metal!
 

This week we'll be testing the patience of the listening ears. A thanks to Gnosis for softening up the Moonies with their show this week:) .

Actually, it should be rather enjoyable. Expect this theme to appear once every 2-3 months.

Here we go:

1) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin III

A fine start to the show.

2) Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary - Operation:Mindcrime

A concept album of epic proportions. This one and "Empire" are two of the best records I've hever heard. Geoff Tate can SING.

3) Mago De Oz - Requiem - La Leyenda De La Mancha

Sent to me by the Teerminator. Picked this one due to the combination of prog and metal elements.

4) Budgie - Breadfan - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend

A classic. Metallica's version is my favorite Metallica tune!

5) Groves - A Prayer - Branch Upon The Ground

Carl Groves (Salem Hill) put out a solo record where he plays every instrument. And unlike others that try that, he can play. This tune is atypical in style to the rest of this fine CD.

6) Deep Purple - Bloodsucker - In Rock

Dripping with suggestive vocals ("Got a long story that I want to tell to a rhythm that I know so well"), this song rivals "Whole Lotta Love" for sexual heat.

7) Judas Priest - Sinner - Sin After Sin

Priest in the early part of their career was a hard rock titan. No frills, just good, prog metal. Simon Phillips on drums, produced by Roger Glover (an unintentional seguway).

8) Steve Vai - The Riddle - Passion And Warfare

A great CD. Stu Hamm on bass!

9) Black Sabbath - Sabbra Cadabra - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Sabbath is a bluesy, hard rocking band. They're not metal IMHO. Always will be a special band. And this tune I picked because of the presence of Rick Wakeman.

10) Savatage - Gutter Ballet - Gutter Ballet

This band could have went places. Think all you hear from metal is chicks and booze? Check out these lyrics... "Kill the Unicorn, just to have its horn, soon he's just a fantasy". Like Queensryche, their stuff is very political. This tune is a great look at the homeless.

11) Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Far Beyond the Sun - Rising Force

This has some ridiculous guitar work in it.

12) Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears - No More Tears

Ozzy always has the best musicians with him, like Alice Cooper used to have. A neat middle section makes this tune a killer. Saw him on Regis today...got to prop him up to talk. Very sad.

13) The Cult - Soul Asylum - Sonic Temple

After the alternative grooves of "Love", and the raw power of "Electric", Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy work another winner in this one. None of the annoying oversinging on this cut.

14) Tool - Stinkfist - Aenima

The main riff sounds like a giant who is rumbling through the house. Maynard's expressive vocals really accentuate the vitality of this band.

15) Dream Theater - Under A Glass Moon - Images And Words

Tight.

16) Dio - The Last In Line - The Last In Line

A classic - one of my favorite tunes.

17) Spiral Architect - Insect - Spiral Architect

The bass of Lars Norberg is amazing. This band sounds like Gentle Giant meets Judas Priest. Thanks to Tommy for playing this on his show, I bought it right away!

18) Braindance - Compund Fracture - Fear Itself

Saw them at the 1994 Progscape in Baltimore. A bit intimidating at first, but a talented bunch from NYC. Features some vocals in the extreme low end of the scale, and a wicked female guitarist (Vora Vor). A long tune with intricate passages.

19) I Mother Earth - Levitate - Dig

Another band I lost track of later in their career. This sounds a bit like Tool, but the rest of their stuff is different. An interesting record.

20) Voivod - Astronomy Domine - Nothingface

Montreal rockers Piggy, Blacky, Away, and Snake regale us with their take of the Floyd classic. They've also done "21st Century Schizoid Man" (then again so did April Wine). Usually their records alternate - one time it's growling death metal, another time it's BOC on speed.

21) Living Colour - Pride - Time's Up

These guys can jam.

22) Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

Where Eagles Dare
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Die With Your Boots On
The Trooper
Still Life
Quest For Fire
Sun And Steel
To Tame A Land

From 1983, this CD is still among my favorites. Iron Maiden, Priest, Sabbath - the holy trinity of heavy metal. Through three singers, Maiden has always been consistent. They still are amazing at their advanced age, and are the tightest hard rock outfit you'll ever hear (illustrated nicely on the opening track). Steve Harris's outstanding bass coupled with the octave layering of the guitars is special. Up the irons!

Have fun!

I'll definitely make time to listen to this one. Some of my favorites are in here, and hopefully I'll find something new that I like, as I generally gravitate towards heavier music.

Rick doing a metal show with no King's X :eek: . Sneak "Talk to You" or "Wonder" in there :D .

fire all of my guns at one time?
 

explode into space?

There's a lot missing, that's for sure. In a way, that's a good thing. keeps it fresh.

It's next week with the tweeners I'll have a really hard time with!

Yah, and what about the serious lack of LTE?

A simple oversight? Intentional? Something more sinister?

The plot thickens...

Roger -Dot- Lee, not unlike my home-made BBQ sauce....

Nah, just lack of space. The next cut to make it for instance would have been Alice Cooper.....I got tons of others. I'm not a big LTE fan, as has been documented, but I'm sure I'll play them. Hopefully there are lots of other shows to go!

An interesting thing is that in five weeks, I've played no Rush, one Tull, one Giant, no Who, Genesis, or even Yes. And they're my favorite bands!

Still trying to sneak in Dregs, BOC, etc. I do have the themes set for awhile....will open up the request line in a few weeks.:cool:

Excellent!!!!!!
 

I must say that I hope that in a future metal show you bung in some Motorhead, the greatest Metal band EVER!!!!!!

'Overkill' is the track I think you should play. It has everything a mosher would want.

I'll have to have a word with Dr Dot about the replay of this show as I'm going to be out all day Monday. :(

Even though by today's standards it's not metal, you should fit in Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" sometime because the name comes from there.

We are cut from the same cloth.

What name would that be?

Looking foward the the show:D

Thou shalt remember to keep holy the Sabbath
 

Rick,

With your obvious love and appreciation of Black Sabbath (that I share with you) I'm completely flummoxed as to why you have not included anything from Sabbath's first album "Black Sabbath". In my opinion, their best work ever (as is true with so many other bands).

If you have and I missed it, then kindly disregard this post.

The name "heavy metal."

"I like striking lightning
and heavy metal thunder
whistling with the wind
and the feeling that I'm under

Yeah I got to go and make it happen
take the world in a love embrace
fire all of the guns and once and
explode it to space"

I haven't heard Black Sabbath in tens of years. I will surely not miss this show....:)

Re: Thou shalt remember to keep holy the Sabbath
 

Picking among Sabbath records for me is like picking among dark hair, brunettes, blondes, and redheads. I'm partial to the Sabbath Bloody - Heaven and Hell period, but it's all good. I believe groups hit their stride on their 2nd and 3rd records.

Interesting about the first record, recorded very cheaply and quickly. "N.I.B" could appear later, such a power tune.....and Primus with Ozzy covering that was cool too.

and there you were thinkin i'd not be listening
 

;) though not my usual fanfare...i have a niche in my head filled with this stuff...twas good to revisit it a while...wink...wink

wide awake&shakin it in the kitchen:p

Too much Iron is toxic
 

The Iron Maiden suit is what caused me to pop into the Shoutbox. I'm waaaay not an IM fan and metal is not my fav by a long shot. Combine the two and Aieeeee!

Sorry for the mosh pit fanatics, but I had to run, not walk, to my White Willow stash and force feed that into my headphones with the volume turned to 11 to heal the aural carnage.

CYa!
Mako

Re: Too much Iron is toxic
 

saw them at Nearfest.....fairly mellow but i thought they had loud electric guitars in spots!

:p

Re: Re: Thou shalt remember to keep holy the Sabbath
 

Hah! Top 10 post!


Yeah, but the title track from the first CD - good nominee for scariest riff ever.

Re: Re: Too much Iron is toxic
 

I saw them (White Willow, not Iron Maiden :D) at Progfest '95 and loved their music. I've been a fan ever since. They doth rock out in places, 'tis true enough :)

Nearfest, ahh, someday I will go...

Tnx & CYa!
Mako

your choices
 

This is gonna be a great one

GO the queensryche!!!!

The tool (even though I'm not big on maynard)

AND THE TROOPER BY IRON MAIDEN!!!!!!

Immigrant Song is a great way to start anything: metal show, a third Zep album, a car... anything really.

Have to admit - rather you played 3 hours of Led Z, Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf - Sucked on them before prog (only due to ignorance)

The rest I´m not bothered about.

I find that I must disagree with this:

Immigrant Song is NOT a good way to start a root canal, nor is it a good way to start a meeting that involves lower-middle and middle management from IBM.

But other than that, I can't think of anything else it would't be a good start to.

Roger -Dot- Lee, picky picky...

Edgar Burroughs is accredited with the first use of the term “heavy metal” in his book Jungle Tales of Tarzan in1919. The real HM movement got going with Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin & Deep Purple in 1969-70, thereafter a whole wave of US and UK bands based on the similar compositional principles laid down by these 3 came along, many of which still survive today. http://experts.about.com/q/2854/2177687.htm

I believe the lyrics to Born To Be Wild go like this

I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

Y'all can talk about lyrics all you want, but I MUST have that Malmsteen that played on this show. That has got to be one of the top 10 guitar charts ever written.

And here I thought Malmsteen was strictly new-agey. I was VERY OBVIOUSLY mistaking him for someone else.

Roger -Dot- Lee, gonna get it come hell or high water.

Yes the Quantum man is right on about the lyrics to Born To Be Wild......

I'm not sure what Malmsteen did later in his career, but after that record he got more mainstream. His big thing in concert was whipping the guitar around his back.

1984 - Rising Force - great cover with the guitar and flames. And on drums, Barriemore Barlow! (I did not notice that until now), and Jens johansson on keys (that I did know, he's with Mastermind now). Should be able to find that. If not, I'll get it to you. Let me know.

Now that we survived the initial metal show, looks like once every quarter we can try this. Anything I can do to help Thor with his bullemia
;)

That sounds about right. I personally don't think we'd want to do it any more often than that. It's not so much that it's a bad idea, but it does tend to detract from what AM is...

I'm sure if we grab the problem by the horns and hoof him to get help, it won't be a serious issue, especially if we hit the problem straight on and not shank around by trying to flank it. It might be something that someone would have a beef with, but it's certainly nothing to have a cow about, anyway...

Roger -Dot- Lee, oh, you meant BULIMIA!

I've never looked it up. That was by ear. I think the first time the phrase was used of music was that a British reviewer describe Jimi Hendrix's music as the sound of heavy metal falling from the sky. I heard that from some guy somewhere, don't know it it's true or not, but the timing would be correct - 1968-ish.

I've never looked it up. That was by ear. I think the first time the phrase was used of music was that a British reviewer describe Jimi Hendrix's music as the sound of heavy metal falling from the sky. I heard that from some guy somewhere, don't know it it's true or not, but the timing would be correct - 1968-ish.

I did. Somthing just looked wrong. You came closer to the mark than I would have with out Google :p

When I first started to listen to 60's-70's rock Led Zeppelin was my favorite from that time period. I was told, from a friends older sister very cute btw, that the term HM came from a reporter who made the parallel Led / Lead. This confused me. Led Zeppelin first album was not what I called HM. That was reserved for bands like Judas Priest, Motörhead, Accept, and Scorpions ect…

Be very wary of the music media taking credit for anything. I don't care much for the term myself, I think it's simplistic and narrow.

And I'm pleased you looked that up QJ. I knew it was off a bit too, but it wasn't something I wanted to bandy about. I think we all know that Born To Be Wild had the phrase in it. The rest of the tune's lyrics is irrelevant, especially if they're quoted incorrectly.

"Hold me closer tiny dancer, count the head lice on the highway"...........

Jimi Hendrix
 

Didn't Jimi say "excuse me while I kiss this guy" in Purple Haze?:p

Regarding Led Zeppelin, I thought that the story was that a reporter, after hearing their demo's" said "your music will go over (as in "fly") like a lead zeppelin".

Wrong lyrics
 

I'm going to start a new thread in the General Discussion area - mistaken lyrics. I think I'll call it "WHAT did he say?"

Starting with CCR's classic "There's a bathroom on the right"..