Hey I liked the review of my CD but had points I wanted seen by at least you. You'll either appreciate the review of my CD by me or you'll disagree either way I win! And away we go!
1: Dyer's Eve
Ok it's definitely a stereotypical rock song: heavy on guitars with pauses in between things and you can always hear (or at least feel) the drums and the bass. It's mostly about a child's resentment of their parents control over their life and how when finally exposed to the real world they can't grasp it due to their social immaturity. It ends pretty abruptly but it makes for an awsome lead into "Low Man's Lyrics".
2: Low Man's Lyrics
Ok it starts out really slow and pretty cool what with Hetfield humming along with a hurdy-gurdy so it's pretty sobre in the begininng. It picks up a bit once the vocals start but not by much. It's a great song to mellow out to and psyche yourself up if you don't apologize often when you're actually about to say your sorry. All in all many of my friends agree that it's a good song as it finishes the way it starts and so far it's helped one of them stay on his girlfriend’s good side as he apologized during the song. Fun fun no doubt.
3: Nothing Else Matters
One of the best songs by Metallica. People disagree with me sometimes but not often. This song is slow and for good reason: it's a bit romantic if you listen to it from that perspective, or it can be interpreted as sad from another. The chorus can be kinda confusing when compared to the rest of the lyrics as you're not quite sure where they're going with it. The song seems to discuss a man and his coming to grips with emotions and how they effect him and others. But you know thats just how i see it. [I agree with Robert’s opinion with applause -Webmistress]
4: One [I have not yet covered this song in my review –Webmistress]
One: what a great song!! It's very very sad but also manages to pick up a fast rock pace with the sad lyrics later in the song. The song is about a man in one war or another who has stepped on a land mine and has lost his sight, speech, hearing, legs, arms, and in the lyrics his soul. The man is lying on an operating table and is trying to communicate to the doctors to just let him die instead of trying to save him. The chorus is "Hold my breath as i wish for death. oh please God help me!" The song is pretty long and one of mi amigos doesn't understand my love for it. He says it's morbid but hey who cares eh. This is one of the songs that was redone for S&M where Metallica was backed by the San Francisco Symphnoy orchestra and it was much better than the original as much more energy could be felt from it.
5: Unforgiven
This song is very depressing if looking at that side of it. It's about a small boy who is beaten and treated roughly by those who rule over him and throughout his life he has no personal thoughts for himself and only tries to please those who boss him around. In the second verse it tells just a tad more about his boss but not much more. It ends with the lad having grown up and become old and dying in the end. As I said very depressing. It bleeds into unforgiven 2 with a noticeable change in tempo and guitar work.
6: Unforgiven 2
A very good sequel to Unforgiven. In my opinion it's even better than the first. If you've seen the music video for both songs you'll understand why. This song is about how the old man in the music video who locked himself in an isolated chamber opens the door to look outside and discovers someone waiting out there. The song is what seems to be going through the old man's mind during this split second moment (yes he is the unforgiven). So he asks himself if this is the one he's been waiting for or if they are unforgiven too (hence the title). The two songs are really tied together in the end with the front vocals singing the new song and the back vocals singing bits from Unforgiven. The song finishes with a line from the old song "Never free, Never me!" and a line from the new one "Cause you're unforgiven too!" Once again another masterpiece for Metallica. [I have not seen the music video(s?) for Unforgiven & 2. Robert’s review made this song just a little weirder, but I still enjoy it on my kinky level. –Webmistress]
7: Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Ah. An early work from the Metallica gang off their third CD where Hetfield's voice is much higher than it now it's also a lot sharper along with the music behind it. The song is about a Sanitarium with the vocals from an inmate’s view about the way things are. The guitar work at the end from my perspective seems to be the pent up rage and insanity fighting against sane reason and logic with the battle going on between instruments and it reaching a very high climax with a ton of energy. It ends with insanity seeming to win (as I said from my perspective). Then it goes into its closing loop through a repeating musical bit that gets faster with every repeat. It ends with a very good bleed into Master of Puppets. [What with Robert’s favorable opinion of this song, I may have to suck up my destructive tendancies and try to listen to it all the way through so I can post my own review. –Webmistress]
8: Master of Puppets
Off the same CD as “Welcome Home”, it has a very fast pace with a lot of yelling the lyrics instead of singing them. The song has a lot to do with pain and death but mostly from an entertained evil perspective. "Hell is worth all that natural habitat just a rhyme without a reason. Never ending maze go drift on numbered days now your life is out of season!" sorry got caught up in music! Anyways this song is good in its original form but man oh man does it pack a punch in S&M! If you like some of Metallica's stuff listen to S&M or even better go buy it: the CD is a must-have.
9: Don't Tread On Me
Another song about war, this time with the title of an American flag. It actually starts out with a bit from the musical West Side Story "America" . [So THAT’S why the beginning sounded familiar. –Webmistress] The song is about how America is like a snake: if you don't mess with a snake it won't mess with you but whoo boy if you piss it off there is no second chance it kills the first go. "To secure peace is to prepare for war!" The song makes a lot of references to America as a female rattlesnake in comparison to abilities and such. And Nadia this is one point on which i'll argue with you: the words are quite strong if you listen to them and understand what they're trying to say. [I’m not complaining about the sentiments so much as I am the phrasing. The chorus contains some lines that are ill-fitted with the rhythm and it seems disruptive to the rest of the song. –Webmistress]
10: She is My Sin
A personal fave! This song is by Nightwish, a Finnish group who I discovered after seeing a music video for their song “10th Man Down” done with clips from Gundam 8th MS Team. It's quite racy and yes, Nadia, if your rents knew what was said I would be quite dead. What with the bridge having "Bless me undress me, pick your prey in a wicked way, God i must confess, I do envy the sinners!" as lyrics, they would prolly shoot me on sight. The chorus seems to be about how a guy is deeply in love with a girl but there is an underlying lust for him that overpowers the love and makes her seem too pure for him in his eyes. Ah… such is the way of the World. [Robert will also be shot on sight if he wanders around our yard at night. –Webmistress]
11: The Kinslayer
A total change from your first taste of Nightwish. They go from swift and soft romanticism to hard and heavy murderous thoughts. The song isn't really about someone who kills their kin: the title just fits. You have to hear the song to understand. Lyrics are a tad difficult to understand due to the everpresent accent but nonetheless it has a great line in it: "Not a hero unless you die our species eat the wounded ones." Ah, what a great line. This song makes great fight music and seems to deal with a conflict or war. [It’s probably appropriate to mention that my first taste of Nightwish was NOT “She Is My Sin”, as Robert seems to imply, but “10th Man Down”, which I downloaded weeks before I heard “Sin”. –Webmistress.]
12: 10th Man Down
What a great fight song! God it rocks! Nightwish takes a different approach to the war idea than Metallica. They have it looking like a bad dream that you want to wake up from but can't as you're only fighting to protect yourself and those you care for. The chorus is very depressing even though it's sung at a high vocal range in a fast pace. Guitar work is cool and it has a beat you can run in step to. [I experienced this firsthand running the track and humming to myself to keep from passing out. –Webmistress] The pace is faster than She is My Sin and will leave you thinking about war for a tad bit afterwards. The male's voice at the end in the final chorus helps a lot with understanding what she's saying unless you're good at listening to sopranos like I am. If you lived in the same house as my sister you would understand.
13: Elvenpath (live)
I got the live version of this song by mistake but it seems to have worked out for the best. The song is very good even if you don't truly know the lyrics. There is a reference to LOTR in the final minute of the song in between bits of singing. The lead singer also climbs up her scale after the first reference and it's quite interesting. The instrument work is awesome and slows down before a talking part. All in all the song is ok. They've got better songs out there but those are for another CD.
That’s all for Robert’s review. I did edit it some for punctuation and typos, and as seen I added my own agreements or opinions periodically. I suppose at some point I’ll have to review “One”, “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)”, and “The Kinslayer” so that Robert’s counter-reviews will have something to counter.
Read my Metallica and Nightwish review.
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