So What Are You Listening To?

[Annber03]

11 hours ago, Jaded said:

I copied this part from this song's wiki concerning what it's about.

It depicts the worry of a lover whose partner is sexually promiscuous during the period when AIDS was newly discovered and rampant in the West.
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Wow, I'd never heard that song before. I liked it. Those lyrics are haunting and a perfect way to address that issue. 

Loved the video, too, with the whole black and white jazzy vibe and the dancers. 

[Rushmoras]

Second Powerwolf album "Lupus Dei" (2007). If I remember what little Latin I studied back in university, I'm guessing the English title would be The Wolf God or something akin to it. Um, a lot of religious undertones. Album wise, probably on par with their debut one, but enjoyment wise really not on par.

Also, with their overly repeating lyrics and riffs reminds me of Iron Maiden with this album. Eh...

 

Edited October 11 by Rushmoras

[Palimelon]

 

[BlueSkies]

I know I had heard this song before.  Heard it on 90s on 9 this morning.

 

Was The Party of Five theme song.  Never watched the show but Jennifer Love Hewitt I certainly know of

 

 

[Jaded]

The Cure has a new album coming out. This is one of the songs that will be on it.

 

[Rushmoras]

Third Powerwolf album "Bible of the Beast" (2009). Just like the second one, filled to the brim with religious undertones. For some, it would be borderline blasphemous, if you care about such a thing. Anyways, probably their best work so far. On enjoyment level, on par with the first album.

 

[Jaded]

 

[Rushmoras]

Fourth Powerwolf album "Blood of the Saints" (2011). Eh, not as good as the previous one, but pretty solid; not as much iron maidenisms in this one (hooray for me).

 

[Anela]

 

[Anela]

 

[Rushmoras]

Fifth Powerwolf album "Preachers of the Nigh (Deluxe Edition)" (2013). It seems they somewhat cut back on the religious imageries in their songs, and this time decided to go Sabaton's route and sing about wars and whatnot (still, with religious undertones).

 

[Rushmoras]

Sixth Powerwolf album or fifth and a half, cause it's covers of other bands metal songs... "Metallum Nostrum" (2015). As a Powerwolf album, I'm going to say - mostly meh as far as covers go.

 

[Rushmoras]

Seventh Powerwolf album "Blessed & Possessed" (2015). Eh, alright I guess, nothing special, kinda like their cover-album, maybe a bit better.

 

[BlueSkies]

I was never a big fan of Bruce but there's definitely songs he did I liked.  This being one of them

 

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Eight Powerwolf album "Sacrament of Sin" (2018). Almost 10 out of 10, but a couple of songs that I don't particularly like. Anyways, they even put a lyrical song in this album ;)

 

[Rushmoras]

Ninth Powerwolf album "Call of the Wild" (2021). Song wise - pretty good, album wise - kinda meh. I know, strange assessment, but out of their main albums, this is one of their meh ones, barely a seven out of ten  to me ;)

 

[Anela]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Tenth and penultimate album of Powerwolf "Interludium (Deluxe Version)" (2023). Deluxe version consist of 3 CDs, and only one CD is relevant, because it has new songs, second CD is repeat of some previous album, and the third CD is orchestra version of the first CD (i.e., no vocals, and orchestra added to the arrangement). Kinda like their previous album. Good, but not that good to warrant from me any recommendation...

Also, all songs kinda feel soft? I don't know how to explain it, but it lacks their usual oompf and rawness...

 

[Anela]

 

[Jaded]

This song and it's video got mentioned in a FB group I'm a member of.
 

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Eleventh and final (so far) Powerwolf album "Wake up the Wicked" (2024). Songwise enjoynment, better than their last one, but album-wise, kinda on par. Little bit less of religious blasphemy (hahaha) and little bit more of historical fiction to fit their lyrical narrative.

Nah, but in all seriousness, their all shtick is supernatural warewolf themes shrouded in historical fiction. So, in a sense, they are more of an artistic theatre play than a band [kinda like Rammstein or White Skull, I'd guess...]

As always, subjective assessments of each album:

1. Return in Blood Red (2005) - 8.9/10 [Best songs: Mr. Sinister; Black Mass Hysteria; Montecore; The Evil Made Me Do It]

2. Lupus Dei (2007) - 7.3/10 [Best songs: In Blood We Trust; Vampires Don’t Die; Mother Mary is a Bird of Prey; Tiger of Sabrod]

3. Bible of the Beast (2009) - 9.2/10 [Best songs: Raise Your Fist, Evangelist; Moscow After Dark; Catholic in the Morning… Satanist At Night; Seven Deadly Saints; Warewolves of Armenia; Midnight Messiah; St. Satan’s Day]

4. Blood of the Saints (2011) - 7.3/10 [Best songs: Sanctified with Dynamite; We Drink Your Blood; Murder at Midnight; Son of a Wolf; Night of the Warewolves]

5. Preachers of the Night (Deluxe Version) (2013) - 8.2/10 [Best songs: Amen & Attack; Sacred & Wild; Kreuzfeuer; Nochnoi Dozor; Extatum et Oratum; Headless Cross; Nightcrawler; Cardinal Sin – Orchestral Version]

6. Metallum Nostrum (2015) - 6/10 [Best songs: Edge of Thorns; Shot in the Dark; Headless Cross; Nightcrawler]

7. Blessed & Possessed (2015) - 7.3/10 [Best songs: Blessed & Possessed; Armata Strigoi; We Are the Wild; Christ & Combat; Sanctus Dominus; All You Can Bleed; Let There Be Night]

8. The Sacrament of Sin (2018) - 8.2/10 [Best songs: Demons Are a Girl’s Best Friend; Incense & Iron; Where the Wild Wolves Have Gone; Stossgebet; Nightside of Siberia; The Sacrament of Sin; Nighttime Rebel]

9. Call of the Wild (2011) - 7.3/10 [Best songs: Faster Than the Flame; Dancing With the Dead; Varcolac; Alive or Undead; Blood for Blood (Faoladh); Glaubenskraft; Undress to Confess; Reverent of Rats]

10. Interludium (Deluxe Edition) (2023) - 7/10 [Best songs: Wolves of War; My Will Be Done; Wolfborn; Stronger Than the Sacrament; Living on a Nightmare; Bete du Gevaudan]

11. Wake up the Dead (2024) - 8.2/10 [Best songs: Sinners of the Seven Seas; 1589; Viva Vulgata; Wake Up the Wicked; Thunderpriest; Vargamor]

Average score: 7.72/10.

Next stop... probably... Laura Branigan (since I heard that one song on the radio today "I live among the creatures of the night, I know I do not have a will to stand and fight" :D)

[Rushmoras]

First album of Laura Branigan "Branigan" (1982). Pretty good for a debut album.

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Laura had an exceptional singing voice and was a  composer and actress. Sadly lost her way too early at age 52. 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Second Laura Branigan album "Branigan 2" (1983). Very chill and slow songs. For me, weaker then her first album.

 

[fastiller]

Earlier this year, a group of Irish tweens had a bit of a viral moment with a song called "The Spark". Well, they've only bloody gone and been longlisted for the Grammy for FKN Song of the FKN Year! They're not gonna win, but Song of the Year?!?!!?  It's a true-blue, hi-test, certified stonker. Bloody infectious.

BBC called it the 'banger of the year'.
Time Magazine: 'good luck getting this... out of your head'.
Mixmag: 'Drum 'n' Bass Rap Banger'.

Enjoy:

 

[Rushmoras]

Third Laura Branigan album "Self Control" (1984). Yeah, three albums in three years really does show in terms of quality I guess. Kinda meh album in general, but nothing overly bad. Best song was probably With Every Beat of My Heart.

 

[Palimelon]

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Earlier this year, a group of Irish tweens had a bit of a viral moment with a song called "The Spark".

Damn that was annoying.

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

I'll give them an E for effort ! There may be some future stars there!

[Jaded]

 

[Rushmoras]

Fourth Laura Branigan album "Hold Me" (1985). In terms of production quality, so far its her best one yet. Definitely better than the last two.

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Robbie Williams, what a showman!

[BlueSkies]

On 10/24/2024 at 1:50 PM, Rushmoras said:

Fourth Laura Branigan album "Hold Me" (1985). In terms of production quality, so far its her best one yet. Definitely better than the last two.

 

Pretty cool you did a deep dive on Laura....  from the few songs I heard of her I liked.  She seemed a decent person as well

@Jaded  Per the family and German conversation Lady Gaga is one of the few artists out there I'll still try and keep abreast of when they have new stuff coming out.  This new song is all right

 

 

 

I definitely liked Schiebe better though.  And I heard that song quite a but did not realize that's the German word for shit 😀.  

[Rushmoras]

Fifth Laura Branigan album "Touch" (1987). So far, her only album that I can confidently say that to me it's almost 10 out of 10. The production quality is modern.

 

[Rushmoras]

And hers penultimate album "Laura Branigan" (1990). I think, it's one of her weakest from those that sound modern.

 

[Rushmoras]

Final album of Laura Branigan "Over My Heart" (1993). Um, songwise, one of, if not, her best albums released. Barring one song that I really found meh, almost a 10 out of 10 album. However, listening to it, I couldn't shake the feeling that I've heard handful of songs in it from somewhere. So, I googled it, and it appears that at least three of the songs in the album are covers; probably, there are many more covers in the album, it's just that they do not have links on wikipedia to know for certain.

As always, subjective assessments of each album:

1. Branigan (1982) - 7.8/10 [Best songs: All Night With Me; Gloria; Please Stay, Go Away; I Wish We Could be Alone; Maybe I Love You]

2. Branigan 2 (1983) - 7/10 [Best songs: Lucky; How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?; Mama; Don’t Show Your Love]

3. Self Control (1984) - 7/10 [Best songs: Self Control; Ti Amo; Heart; Silent Partners; With Every Beat of My Heart]

4. Hold Me (1985) - 8/10 [Best songs: Spanish Eddie; Forever Young; When I’m With You; I Found Someone; Tenderness]

5. Touch (1987) - 9.2/10 [Best songs: Shadow of Love; Shattered Glass; Whatever I Do; Spirit of Love; Statute in the Rain]

6. Laura Branigan (1990) - 6/10 [Best songs: Moonlight on Water; Smoke Screen;Turn the Beat Around]

7. Over My Heart (1993) - 9.2/10 [Best songs: The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye; It’s Been Hard Enough Getting Over You; Is There Anyone Here But Me?; Didn’t We Almost Win It All?; Mujer Contra Mujer]

Average album score: 7.7/10

Next stop... Natalia Oreiro (yeah, that telenovella actress from the 90s-early 2000s) 😆

[Rushmoras]

Well, started Natalia Oreiro's discography. First self-titled album from 1997. I expected worse, honestly, but I liked half of the album, however the other half was not my cup of tea.

 

[Annber03]

Heard this song on the radio yesterday and it's been stuck in my head ever since. Fortunately, it's a great song, so that's fine :p.

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

My favorite song of The Beau Brummels.  They were from San Francisco,but reminded me of so many other bands that came over during The British Invasion. 

[Annber03]

Ooh, yeah, I like that song, too. 

[Rushmoras]

Second Natalia Oreiro album "Tu Veneno" (1999). Significantly better than the first one.

 

Edited October 30 by Rushmoras

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Damn, whatever happened to all of this genre of music back then,it was hot. 

 

Edited October 31 by One4Sorrow2TooBad

[BlueSkies]

I liked the Goosebumps books as a kid for a couple of years.  Until I felt I outgrew it and it didn't seem cool anymore.  

 

I def recall there was a TV show on them.  I tried but couldn't get into it.  Nonetheless it still has a cool theme tune with is appropriate for today Halloween.  

 

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[BlueSkies]

Latest Lady Gaga video.  I really like it.  Kind of bummed a friend though told me he thought it was horribly bad.  Guess we all have our opinions and what not when it comes to music/art.

 

 

[Rushmoras]

Continuing on with Natalia Oreiro discog, penultimate album "Turmalina" (2002). Pretty good.