journolud
Well-Known Member
I'm not feeling the love for this album that others are. I may have heard it in it's entirity before, I'm not sure but certainly I'm aware of the two main songs from it. And I can't argue with what an effective opener The Eve of the War is, it's a great piece of music. But up there with Beethoven? Do me a favour... It is so good though that Wayne decides to flog it to death throughout the album, not in anyway making up for the paucity of the rest of it...
Burton's delivery is fine but there's only so often I want to listen to any story. I got bored reading the Gruffalo to my children and I got bored listening to this tale. In fact I wonder if HG Wells got bored writing it and having gone so far couldn't really be arsed coming up with any scenes that demonstrated the power of human resistance and just though fuck it, all the aliens just died because they couldn't hack it on earth.
Forever Atutumn, nice song. I prefer the version that I'm used to without bits of the story in it but that's by the by becuase it's not a song I would listen to anyway.
As for the rest of it... I generally hated it. The songs are too long, the drama is flat, the lyrics are hackneyed. At one point listenting to this driving through the beautiful Welsh contryside I was kind of wishing aliens would come down and get me so I wouldn't have to listen to any more.
I've got a natural aversion to stuff like this, I'm bracketing it with Meat Loaf which for the life of me I can't understand the popularity of and Queen and other music aimed at satisfying the masses.
If I was being more generous I'd accept this album as prog rock and it would have a chance. I love the pretentions of Genesis, Yes a little less so but still highly listenable. This though? Awful vocals from Lynott but not as bad as those of David Essex. Those songs might have just been acceptable if they had made their point and fucked off but they went on and on...
I've said before that I would never score something low just because it isn't my cup of tea if I felt it was a genuine attempt to make music. Low scores are for the perfunctory and cynical. I think this is a cynical piece of work. One great motif and a nice song about somebody dying or something aren't enough to sustain an album. Who asked for a musical fucking version of the War of the Worlds anyway? It sold millions, so as an exercise it worked but not for me.
It's a 4
Burton's delivery is fine but there's only so often I want to listen to any story. I got bored reading the Gruffalo to my children and I got bored listening to this tale. In fact I wonder if HG Wells got bored writing it and having gone so far couldn't really be arsed coming up with any scenes that demonstrated the power of human resistance and just though fuck it, all the aliens just died because they couldn't hack it on earth.
Forever Atutumn, nice song. I prefer the version that I'm used to without bits of the story in it but that's by the by becuase it's not a song I would listen to anyway.
As for the rest of it... I generally hated it. The songs are too long, the drama is flat, the lyrics are hackneyed. At one point listenting to this driving through the beautiful Welsh contryside I was kind of wishing aliens would come down and get me so I wouldn't have to listen to any more.
I've got a natural aversion to stuff like this, I'm bracketing it with Meat Loaf which for the life of me I can't understand the popularity of and Queen and other music aimed at satisfying the masses.
If I was being more generous I'd accept this album as prog rock and it would have a chance. I love the pretentions of Genesis, Yes a little less so but still highly listenable. This though? Awful vocals from Lynott but not as bad as those of David Essex. Those songs might have just been acceptable if they had made their point and fucked off but they went on and on...
I've said before that I would never score something low just because it isn't my cup of tea if I felt it was a genuine attempt to make music. Low scores are for the perfunctory and cynical. I think this is a cynical piece of work. One great motif and a nice song about somebody dying or something aren't enough to sustain an album. Who asked for a musical fucking version of the War of the Worlds anyway? It sold millions, so as an exercise it worked but not for me.
It's a 4