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MichaelMP 11:28 pm UTC 03/31/10 |
| In reply to: | re: HCTB - Vin 03:43 pm UTC 03/31/10 |
| > Thanks for the info. So, generally speaking, would you > describe the album as, say, "good?" Good? Most of it sounded great on first listen! Just some stuff in the middle of the album became too heavy/modern for my old-fashioned ears. Could have done without Steve Vai. Cannot wait to hear HCTB again when released. Its definately not suitable as background music, as it grabs your full attention. > > Recently I had the chance to listen to HCTB in London. > > > > Whereas many of Meats/Jims trademarks are still there > > (massive vocals and bg vocals, big melodies, bombast, at > > least some keyboards) the sum of it sounds way different > > to anything he released before. > > > > Whereas there are rockers and ballads, duetts and an > > orchestra, much of it is dominated by agressive, > > guitar-driven, modern, heavy stuff. > > > > The songs very rarely follow the path you would expect. No > > ABABCB structures, not Jims way of building them either. > > > > I had two Jim references: > > The song written by Bon Jovi and his team sounds very > > close to material BJ has written before. > > And I concluded the day with seeing Love Never > > Dies/Phantom II by another of Jims ex, ALW. > > > > > > MM | |
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