Metal songs that tried to be beautiful and moving but were actually not?

Silent Lucidity is very much in the Pink Floyd worship school. It's not nearly up to that level, but it's a nice attempt. I always liked the song but I got really burned out on it from being overplayed. That song is Chris DeGarmo's baby, so I guess he's the one to blame if you hate it.

S.D. wrote:

That song is Chris DeGarmo's baby, so I guess he's the one to blame if you hate it.

In that case, I'm gonna give him a stern talking-to later.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

That has nothing to do really with your post Dakota. Just a random memory related to that song.

It's all good. My girlfriend has a social media account under the name Silent Lucidity. When I played Operation: Mindcrime in the car, she asked inquisitively what it was we were listening to. Apparently she hadn't even heard of Queensrÿche at all, which was strange.

Look at all the people out there that thought Extreme was an acoustic band that only released More Than Words and Hole Hearted.

The main guitar riff and changes are really nice. Lyrics are not bad but a little corny and don't speak to me personally. Worst part of the song is that ominous voice over about dream control. But it's by no means a bad song.

Not as moving as "I Will Remember", which should've been a hit for them in a perfect world.

S.D. wrote:

Look at all the people out there that thought Extreme was an acoustic band that only released More Than Words and Hole Hearted.  

I have to smile to myself when "More than Words" comes on at wedding or a reunion and all the girls gush over its beauty. Ha. If they only knew what it was really about.

Most 80's metal bands - have at least one song per release.
" Paitence " by GNR.
I remember this one guy - at a somewhat tough bar - say 10 - 11pm - Saturday night -
Place is happening - noisy/rowdy - good keriokee - yup - some guy starts singing " Patience ".
People were ready to KILL that %$#@&* -
and he began to sense this and began to sing each word more serious and determined -
~I've been walking the street at night, just trying to get it right ~....etc...etc.....

stormspell wrote:

muckie wrote:

Winger, "Rainbow in the Rose" (disgusting power ballad that supposedly took four years to write)

If you remove the last two minutes of Reb's pointless wankery, it becomes a very decent tune. But on a whole In the Heart of the Young is very lukewarm and overrated album, to that I'd agree.

Funny you say that, as I love parts of that album, especially "Easy Come Easy Go",
"Rainbow in the Rose" and my favorite "In the Day We'll Never See" I remember hearing it when it first came out, it almost sounded like the end of the Glam era right there, I could almost sense it. Parts of it sound almost melancholy.