All four of you brought it big time. Just what I wanted. However, two must fall.
Match 1: obscure vs Zydar
The Viking:
Aerosmith/Taste of IndiaYou know the downfall of graduating University, discovering Dream Theater (and then Mrs. Jingle) between '95 and '97? I missed out on a lot of good mid/late 90s music from some of my favorite 80s rock bands. Here’s a perfect example of why I need to go back to some of them. What a great track – and surprisingly, was the longest of the four submissions. Tyler’s voice is still in top form, experimental work with the Indian sounds, and a very solid riff. I found myself humming the melody most of the day. Two
The DJ:
Mind’s Eye/Feed My RevolverWell, pulling out the big guns again, going with a killer prog-metal tune from a concept album. What are ya doing to me, targeting the my musical tastes that make me weak in the knees. Left me with the same feeling and captured my attention the exact same way that Obsessions did. Fantastic heavy riff and guitar melodies, awesome vocals, subtle keyboard runs to complement the main melody ... an absolutely complete prog-metal song. The opening lyric told a tale of your intention methinks ... “Take this gun, point it at the back of his head, and pull the trigger, you hear?”
Result: Well, here’s a classic example of
Don’t make me angry, you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. I guess that 5 she got last round made Nem angry, and Zydar, she took it out on you buddy. If you’ve you seen the movie Thor, picture Zydar as a Frost Giant breaking into Odin’s vault, and Nem as the Destroyer. Aerosmith got vaporized. Not to say I didn’t like Taste of India, I absolutely did, but Feed My Revolver was ... well, I don't think there's a strong enough adjective, that’s how good it was.
Match 2: Coz vs Doc
The Geetar Hero:
Dokken/Kiss of DeathWhy I never got in to Dokken I’ll never know. I guess my perception of them for some reason lumped them in with Slayer, Pantera type stuff, which for the music I was in to in the 80s, was a little too heavy for me. Boy, was I wrong. Killer guitar’s (solo and the licks all over the place), great vocal range, great riff! You’ll need to give me some direction on where to go from here with Dokken. Me likey a lot.
The Quack:
Tiles/Facing FailureUsing his inside knowledge gathered from Wednesday night chat sessions at WPaPU, Mason pulls out something he knows I like, and want to check out more. Top shelf huh? More like the back of the cellar (wine ... and in a good way). There was so much going on in this song, it was impossible to grasp it on my first listen (like a great bottle of wine, the first sip is never the best). More listens gave me even more to appreciate – which despite the technicality to it, I enjoyed much more than your Clockwork and Power of Omens submissions. It started a little wonky for me, but the riffs at 0:45 and 1:55 were awesome, and really brought me around on this tune.
Result: Much closer than the other matchup. This was like a triple over-time 1-0 victory/loss. I struggled real hard with this, even looked up the lyrics for each to really get to know the songs. In the end, I have to give the nod to Tiles.
Zy and Coz -
Thanks for playing
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