We've received that sad news about Tarja's severe case of laryngitis in front of Sala Palatului, Bucharest, when we expected to enter to the show. Now we have a video confirmation from Mike Terrana. Fortunately this illness is temporary! I am glad that the show was postponed and not cancelled!
We are barely wait for The Beauty and The Beat, so get well soon, Tarja!
See you on the 7th of May!
Best health wishes to both of you!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Politicians vs. Musicians: 1 - 0
No matter how powerful musicians' messages are, the politicians' ones seem to resonate better with the masses. Ronnie James Dio and Ozzy Osbourne duet along with Black Sabbath are performing War Pigs with such kind of message.
I also posted A Powerful Message a week ago, the one sent by Motörhead to politicians:
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that all to the poor
I also posted A Powerful Message a week ago, the one sent by Motörhead to politicians:
Just 'Cause You Got The Power, that don't mean you got the right!
Useless to translate it, just pass it on! \\m//
Sunday, March 3, 2013
A Powerful Message
You think that life's all dollars,Greed and lust and spite,But I wasn't born to follow,Like to get my sleep at night,Just 'Cos You Got The Power,That don't mean you got the right
Monday, February 18, 2013
High Hopes
Pink Floyd (without Roger Waters) released "The Division Bell" back in 1994. The album is David Gilmour's version of some sort of battle between Gilmour and Waters, a battle of lyrics, a battle of musical notes and guitar tabs. It is a new version of Us and Them: Me and You, where "me" is Gilmour and "you" is Waters...
High Hopes is one of the tracks of this album, a track played in their own style by Nightwish some 11 years after. Both interpretations are shown below.
Chose the one you like, or play both and compare them. The choice is all yours!
As for me... I have tickets both for Roger Waters' The Wall (28th of Aug. 2013) and Tarja Turunen's Beauty and the Beat (11th of Apr. 2013)!
High Hopes is one of the tracks of this album, a track played in their own style by Nightwish some 11 years after. Both interpretations are shown below.
Chose the one you like, or play both and compare them. The choice is all yours!
As for me... I have tickets both for Roger Waters' The Wall (28th of Aug. 2013) and Tarja Turunen's Beauty and the Beat (11th of Apr. 2013)!
Monday, February 11, 2013
Strange World
The other day I was told by a mate that he doesn't listen to a certain kind of (foreign) music because he doesn't understand the lyrics. I think it was his excuse for not liking hard rock or heavy metal. I did not wanted, and I did not ask for, an apologize simply because I do not care what music my mates love or hate (as long as it is quality music), and they don't have to listen to the same kind of music I am listening to.
Anyway, even so, if one wants to understand the lyrics prior to feel the sounds of music, well then, he/she needs poetry, not music. Music is a particular feeling, no matter if supported by lyrics or not. Great lyrics behind the music gives even more power to the music, but the sound is the one which creates the music, not the lyrics!
Listening to Iron Maiden's homonymous album (1980), the sounds of Strange World captured my attention. This song sounds very psychedelic to me. There is another song with a very similar approach on this album: Remember Tomorrow.
More than lyrics, when a song is linked to a good movie, the inner feeling is complete. Searching for an appropriate video for Strange World, I have found one with scenes from Ladyhawke.
Anyway, even so, if one wants to understand the lyrics prior to feel the sounds of music, well then, he/she needs poetry, not music. Music is a particular feeling, no matter if supported by lyrics or not. Great lyrics behind the music gives even more power to the music, but the sound is the one which creates the music, not the lyrics!
Listening to Iron Maiden's homonymous album (1980), the sounds of Strange World captured my attention. This song sounds very psychedelic to me. There is another song with a very similar approach on this album: Remember Tomorrow.
More than lyrics, when a song is linked to a good movie, the inner feeling is complete. Searching for an appropriate video for Strange World, I have found one with scenes from Ladyhawke.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
History of The Eagles
The new two-part documentary, HISTORY OF THE EAGLES - The Story of an American Band, will make its television debut on Showtime.
Part One: Friday, February 15, at 8 PM ET/PT.
Part Two: Saturday, February 16, at 8pm ET/PT.
A documentary by Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning producer, Alex Gibney.
Poison
Alice Cooper's original Poison is now covered by the brightest star of the Finnish rock scene (as mentioned in Metal from Finland), the soprano singer Tarja Turunen.
When there's a duel between two men, well then, let the best win! Only when we are talking about a man - woman contest, one should be a gentleman!
I must say that this is not a contest. It is rather a different approach, a different sound, a different style! Have your say!
When there's a duel between two men, well then, let the best win! Only when we are talking about a man - woman contest, one should be a gentleman!
I must say that this is not a contest. It is rather a different approach, a different sound, a different style! Have your say!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Jumping My Shadow
Recently I was listening to a Skyclad playlist on YouTube.com, and Jumping My Shadow seems to catch my attention. Although the idea of this song is not an original one, it starts with a nice Kahlil Gibran quote which I am posting right now:
And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
Why am I telling you that this is not an original idea? Because it reminds me of Cinderella's Don't Know What You Got ('Till It's Gone).
Searching the web for Skyclad I've found this meaning on Encyclopaedia Metallum: Skyclad is a pagan term for ritual nudity, meaning literally that the practitioners are clad only by the sky, due to their highly nature-oriented beliefs.
Below are the above two great love songs, and I hope you'll appreciate to their fair value!
Searching the web for Skyclad I've found this meaning on Encyclopaedia Metallum: Skyclad is a pagan term for ritual nudity, meaning literally that the practitioners are clad only by the sky, due to their highly nature-oriented beliefs.
Below are the above two great love songs, and I hope you'll appreciate to their fair value!
Monday, February 4, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The Doors - An Oliver Stone Film
Why did it take me so long to post it here?
Ladies and gentlemen, from Los Angeles, California: The Doors!
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast:
Ladies and gentlemen, from Los Angeles, California: The Doors!
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast:
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Bowie vs. Helloween - Space Oddity
Helloween's version is quite a perfect remake of David Bowie's Space Oddity!
What do you think?
What do you think?
| Artist | Album |
| David Bowie | Man of Words/Man of Music |
| Helloween | Metal Jukebox |
Where Are We Now - 2013
On January 8, 2013, quite without fanfare and out of the blue, David Bowie did something nobody really expected. He released a new single entitled 'Where Are We Now' and announced the release of a new album in March. The album, 'The Next Day' is Bowie's 30th studio album and his first new album in 10 years.
There are many great Bowie songs, but my all time favorite is Space Oddity. I wonder which is yours?
Friday, January 4, 2013
DREAMER DECEIVER
Tonight another "battle", a battle called: "Dreamer Deceiver".
He said in the cosmos is a single sonic soundBy chance, a few years ago, I've came over Dreamer Deceiver, a Judas Priest's cover (the third song from the album Sad Wings of Destiny) performed by Skyclad. The original sound of Skyclad, turned the original song into a much more powerful one. It is one of that few situations in which the cover is (way much) better than the original. Judas Priest's (and even metal ballads) fans might argue with my point of view. I am not questioning the undoubted value of Judas Priest, I am only put into the balance two version of the same song!
That is vibrating constantly
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The End of the World: a joke, right?
So, tomorrow it's the end of the world! You must be joking, right? :-)
I prefer R.E.M.'s version: It's the end of the world AS WE KNOW IT!
I prefer R.E.M.'s version: It's the end of the world AS WE KNOW IT!
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