| re: HCTB - Oh dear!........you need your ears testing!!! | |
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ricgough 05:10 pm UTC 04/21/10 |
| In reply to: | re: HCTB - Oh dear!........you need your ears testing!!! - Vin 04:56 pm UTC 04/20/10 |
> I agree that Bat III, WttN and CHSIB all have some > individual songs that are better songs than anything on > HCTB. In fact, I don't think HCTB has even one "great" > song on it. For me, its a perfect example of the whole > being greater than the sum of the parts. I think HCTB is > a more consistent, satisfying, end-to-end listen than > those records. Especially w/ WttN and CHSIB, they really > just kind of fall apart in the second half. (Bat III does > a nice job of spreading the medicority and ho-hummery > evenly throughout the album; props to Desmond for that > ;) > > Production is better on HCTB but Bat 3 has better songs, > > BAABat, Alive, Pig, but I hardly listen to Bat 3 either. > > They are both poor compared to Bat 1, Bat 2, Deadringer & > > Bad Attitude. Even WTTN & CHSIB have at least two songs > > better than anything on HCTB. > > I also agree that the lyrics are sometimes horrid, and not > usually better than adequate. I'd say "Peace on Earth" > has good lyrics. And "Song of Madness," just a textbook > "Dungeons & Dragons" rocker. ("with lamb's blood we > purchased our sins pardon!") > > I do like the "desaturate" line from "Love is Not Real" > that you mentioned in a previous post. I'm always in > favor of trying to come up with lyrics that are > unexpected, if not downright unheard of in general > songwriting. And it does seem to fit the song. > > And how about "next time you stab me in the back you > better do it to my face?" Sounds like a line Jim would > use, IMO. In fact, Meat's delivery of that line during > the slow part of "Love Is Not Real," with the piano and > the ominous minor chords, is probably the most Jimesque > moment on the record. > > But I digress... > > > > > > > > Hmmmm. The songs seem unstructured and a bit disjointed to > > me, plus most of the lyrics are horrid. I can't believe > > anyone here (who loves Steinman lyrics) can get any > > enjoyment from the lyrics on HCTB? Quite like the 'limerick' quality to the couplets and structure of 'running away from me'. Quite like that it addresses a personal crisis in a ligh-hearted-ish sort of way musically - nice juxaposition although to all intents and purposes it isn't one that will want to crawl inside the speakers and live there like some of Jims songs make you wanna. | |
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