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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. 

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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...

 

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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...

 

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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)

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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". 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:

 

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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 😀.  

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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) 😆

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