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Post by DarknessFish on Jun 25, 2021 7:58:45 GMT
This is absolutely epic and joyous, isn't it? If you don't like it, you've got to be partially dead inside, surely?
Btw, there should be a word for when something makes you think of something else, when there isn't a genuine connection, just a very vague similarity which would only spark the connection in a mistaken kind of way. Neo-liminal melliflua, something like that. I was listening to BBC 6 Music in the car, and they played "Sweet Disposition" by Temper Trap, and the intro made my brain crackle and shout IRON MAIDEN NUMBER OF THE BEAST.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jun 25, 2021 8:00:58 GMT
So, agree with my initial post, or share two songs which aren't similar but your frazzled psyche somehow made a connection between.
Or don't, I don't make the rules here. Just a suggestion, y'know.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jun 25, 2021 8:25:26 GMT
i don't mind some NWoBHM in the right environment. one of my work mates was into it and we used to go drinking after a work in the 'royal george' off charing cross road and 'the intrepid fox' in wardour st. some strange characters in both places but we always had a good time. i also went to see judas priest with him.
this is brilliant just because it's so absurd.
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Post by rayge on Jun 25, 2021 8:45:16 GMT
What distinguishes NWoBHM for me from the turgid, quaalude/mandrax/barbiturate sound of the Sabs, Heep and the whole unholy crew is the sheer rush and energy, and the promotion of treble over bass - 'joyous' is an excellent word - it's pop, in a good way, connects with the upside of adolescence, the energy. I never heard Tender Trap before, but I can see what you mean, especially that galloping intro. I listened to both right the way through. As refreshing as a grapefruit.
Judas Priest are more on the thumpy bass end, but Rob Halford always struck me as someone with a sense of his own absurdity and the track that skope posted is a fine single to my ears.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jun 25, 2021 9:46:33 GMT
Breaking the Law is great fun. It's a pop song and a silly one at that which I'm completely down with.
Always reminds me of these two fellas of course....
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Post by rayge on Jun 25, 2021 9:53:32 GMT
Crikey. Four opinionated, niche-taste, posters sort-of bonding over pop-metal. It's a wonder.
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Post by fange on Jun 25, 2021 9:55:54 GMT
Well, if i had to choose between some 80s Maiden and the freakin TT, it's "Let's go, Bruce!" every time.
That by the way, doesn't really mean i am a fan in any way, but there are a couple of their songs that are indelibly lodged in my head, and i admire as examples of pure catchy dumb hard rock. This is one...
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Post by fange on Jun 25, 2021 9:59:33 GMT
And i feel exactly the same way about Priest - here is one that hits the spot...
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Post by rayge on Jun 25, 2021 9:59:53 GMT
We can always rely on that bloody-minded contrarian, fange, to break the consensus.   |
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Post by fange on Jun 25, 2021 10:05:41 GMT
Hey, i'm saying i like the Maiden song! (well, a bit)  |
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Post by rayge on Jun 25, 2021 10:10:12 GMT
'doesn't really mean i am a fan in any way'
No mention of your wheelhouse.
Easily the most brutal putdown you've ever proferred
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Post by fange on Jun 25, 2021 10:12:50 GMT
It's wheelhouse adjacent. I'm not really a fan of the BAND in any way, is what i meant. As a teen living in the 80s, Maiden fans and their dress sense were an absolute eyesore.  |
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Post by DarknessFish on Jun 25, 2021 10:18:13 GMT
That famed Australian sense of style...
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Post by clive gash on Jun 25, 2021 10:26:56 GMT
Call that a penny loafer?
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Post by fange on Jun 25, 2021 10:30:41 GMT
 Me and the girlfriend, '84. |
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