OK well, ten haven't exactly been killed in the rush, and it's hardly the all hands to the pumps I might have hoped for, but at least we have more than two journals being updated this week. Hey, it's a start! I realise a lot of you are going back to/starting school/college and as winter begins to draw in the prospect of working on your journal may or may not become a more attractive prospect. But here for now are what we have this week:
The old reliable,
Anteater, kicks us off with some interesting insights into insurance (I'm serious!) in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...n-dollars.html --- don't get taken! Read this first!
Ki is next up with his take on the new album from Bullet for my Valentine (don't think he likes it; see further down) and also comparing two Sigur Ros albums in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...nal-music.html. He's also updating his Hit/Miss/Not sure yet list.
and his paramour is consulting her
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ic-memory.html with songs from Marc Bolan, Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan, among others.
Stephen is still
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-observer.html, and this week he's looking at a band called ... Venom P. Stinger. What does the P stand for? Ask him.
And so to my little corner of Journal Land. What have I been doing you say? Well preparing for Met ---
yeah yeah we know! Stop going on about it Trollheart! Yeah well you just wait till you see it. Anyway, again not too much but I'm tryin'! in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-journal.html there's a new "More than words", the first in a while, and more to the point, two years after the last "Taking Centre Stage" we're back with an in-depth feature on Dan Fogelberg. Just an episode from "The Onedin Line" over at
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-emporium.html, and that's my lot for this week. I know, I know, but I'm trying to get ... okay okay! I'll shut up about it!
1978 has come to
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...y-history.html, with an intro and no doubt some great music to follow from
Unknown Soldier. Just up today I see a review of an Ian Gillan album: never liked the guy myself. Lots more to come no doubt.
And, well, that's it. Oh wait. Since people made an effort this week let me just choose my
which comes from
Ki, and his brilliant put-down of the album from BfmV. Here it is.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ki
I believe it is time to review an album that just about made me cringe in how terrible it was. Bullet For My Valentine's Temper Temper. I know there's a lot of people out there that will say something like..."were you really expecting something good?". In my defense, I found their three previous albums to be a touch above decent, but this one...this one just makes me wonder what the hell they were trying to accomplish, however that would make one assume that they were actually trying. It seriously lacks in everything that would even allow me to consider it a worthy album worth listening to. The guitarist uses cliche guitar solos and the typical metalcore guitar sounds that one would expect to hear from a band like Bring Me The Horizon, at least they admit to being a part of the genre so it's okay. Lyrically, I don't even want to talk about it but I will only to further my point in how bad I thought this was. For example...taken from the chorus of Dead To The World:
" Lost without hope
Hope is now lost"
Need I say more? Like...really? You're going to start the chorus by just reversing what you said in the first line? Not even that, but the way it's delivered just makes me cringe every time, and of course the rest of the chorus goes as follows:
" As I hang on for one more tomorrow
Hearts turned to black
I'm not coming back
I know I can't last
'Cause I feel like I'm dead to the world"
This chorus seems like it was taken directly from the mind of some pre pubescent child who is now discovering that he might be emo, and poetry is his way of expressing that interest.
I was really hoping for something at least halfway decent mostly because I found Temper Temper (single) to be pretty damn good. I liked it, and it showed potential for a pretty fun album, but when the album was released, I immediately commented by saying that I was very happy to have gotten the album for free, or else I would have demanded to get my money back. I'd had rather bought a lifetime supply of trash than to support the band for this album. I know that may seem a bit harsh, but if you've listened to this album fully, you'll understand that it's not too unreal to think such things.
There's not much more to say. The only way you should listen to this album, is for free. Don't even bother trying to support the band for it. |
Right then, that really is it. Signs of, as they say over here in Ireland about the economy while trying not to laugh, green shoots and some sort of recovery. Whether those shoots put forth buds, or whatever shoots do --- I'm no gardener --- next week is up to you guys. I'll be here to report on whatever is written, so anyone who has an idea for an article banging around in their head, or really
must review that album, this would be a good time.
Till then
Toodles!