PLAYLISTS 2020

Refuge - Solitary Men
Crashdiet - Rust
Georgia Satellites - Let It Rock
Lillian Axe - Poetic Justice

Yesterday:
Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

Today:
Saraya - When The Blackbird Sings

Malediction - Monstrosity
Blade Runner - Warriors of Rock

On the elliptical today :

Nevermore - The Lotus Eaters
Megadeth - Die Dead Enough
Nirvana - Drain You
Reverend - Fortunate Son
Manowar - Fighting The World
Black Sabbath - It's Alright
Rush - Working Man

Crashdiet- Rust
Refuge - Solitary Men
Accept - I'm a Rebel

I found another "lost" USB drive in my car.  This one has several "Miscellaneous Music" directories on it so I fired it up today while I was working.  Man, this was all over the place; everything from Elton John's "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" to Dream Evil ("We were chasing the drag-awn") to weird alternative stuff like Shriekback and The Primitons. 

Made for a fun listen but I wish I knew what prompted me to make that directory and how I picked what I wanted in it.  It seems like I just pulled random CDs out of The Vault and ripped songs from them but I don't remember doing that.

Blade Killer - S/T
Saraya - When The Blackbird Sings
Lillian Axe - Love & War

On the elliptical today :

Vicious Rumors - Raise Your Hands
Virgin Steele - Devil/Angel
KISS - Forever
Machine Head - My Misery (Demon Knight)
Ghost - Square Hammer
Iron Fire - Wanted Man
Widowmaker - Shot Nose Kid
KISS - Naked City

Crashdiet - Rust
Scatterbrain - Scamboogery
Soul Asylum - Hang Time

Manny, I like that Bang Tango album but it's pretty inconsistent IMO. I LOVE the first four tracks but after that it sort of just falls apart for me.

It seems even back then they couldn't figure out what their sound should be and the Walking On Coals album proved that when they went in a different direction.  I actually ended up liking the second album more than the first one.  But I prefer Joe LeSte's first Beautiful Creatures album to either of those Bang Tango ones but then that band too "tweaked" their sound on their second release and broke up after that which leads me to conclude that LeSte is the main reason his bands seem so inconsistent.  At least to me.

On the elliptical today :

Loudness - Pray For The Dead
Virgin Steele - Weeping Of The Spirits
Ratt - Don't Let Go
Flotsam And Jetsam - Carry On
Megadeth - Poisonous Shadows
Black Sabbath - Spiral Architect

Warrant—Dog Eat Dog
Metal Church—From the Vault
Rage of Angels—S/T
Extreme—S/T
Brother Firetribe—Heart Full of Fire

Crashdiet - Rust
Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls
(side note: I have no idea why I keep flogging this dead horse, hoping it'll finally "click" for me. It's been five years and it's still dull as dish water...)
Overkill - Feel the Fire
Dirty Rig - Rock Did It

Fat Freddy wrote:

Crashdiet - Rust
Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls
(side note: I have no idea why I keep flogging this dead horse, hoping it'll finally "click" for me. It's been five years and it's still dull as dish water...)
Overkill - Feel the Fire
Dirty Rig - Rock Did It

I think Book of Souls is good, but, it's one of those (like Nostradamus) that I have to really be in the mood for. They are great to throw on the turn table, grab a tall one, and settle in to read a book, or spend a few hours surfing the net. I never seem to wan to hear just one song.

So far today:

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (vinyl)
Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite (vinyl)
Black Swan - Shake the World (CD)

the sentinel wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Crashdiet - Rust
Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls
(side note: I have no idea why I keep flogging this dead horse, hoping it'll finally "click" for me. It's been five years and it's still dull as dish water...)
Overkill - Feel the Fire
Dirty Rig - Rock Did It

I think Book of Souls is good, but, it's one of those (like Nostradamus) that I have to really be in the mood for. They are great to throw on the turn table, grab a tall one, and settle in to read a book, or spend a few hours surfing the net. I never seem to wan to hear just one song.

The Book Of Souls is a chore to get through. A shame , too, because they're one of my favorite bands.

tohostudios wrote:

Manny, I like that Bang Tango album but it's pretty inconsistent IMO. I LOVE the first four tracks but after that it sort of just falls apart for me.

It seems even back then they couldn't figure out what their sound should be and the Walking On Coals album proved that when they went in a different direction.  I actually ended up liking the second album more than the first one.  But I prefer Joe LeSte's first Beautiful Creatures album to either of those Bang Tango ones but then that band too "tweaked" their sound on their second release and broke up after that which leads me to conclude that LeSte is the main reason his bands seem so inconsistent.  At least to me.

It's a shame their third album Love After Death was never released properly in the US (at least initially when it was completed in 1994...not sure if any label has released it since). I think it's a really cool album.

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I think Book of Souls is good, but, it's one of those (like Nostradamus) that I have to really be in the mood for. They are great to throw on the turn table, grab a tall one, and settle in to read a book, or spend a few hours surfing the net. I never seem to wan to hear just one song.

I put it on for background noise while I worked from home today. After a while I said to myself, "shouldn't this have ended, like three songs ago?" Then I said "screw this, I'm puttin' on some Overkill."

I've tried, I've realllly tried, but it's a dud.

For what it's worth, I never got into JP's Nostradamus either.

007 wrote:

the sentinel wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Crashdiet - Rust
Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls
(side note: I have no idea why I keep flogging this dead horse, hoping it'll finally "click" for me. It's been five years and it's still dull as dish water...)
Overkill - Feel the Fire
Dirty Rig - Rock Did It

I think Book of Souls is good, but, it's one of those (like Nostradamus) that I have to really be in the mood for. They are great to throw on the turn table, grab a tall one, and settle in to read a book, or spend a few hours surfing the net. I never seem to wan to hear just one song.

The Book Of Souls is a chore to get through. A shame , too, because they're one of my favorite bands.

Agreed.

I almost feel bad saying something negative about them (or Priest, for that matter).