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    Here is one that had slipped from memory. I didn't follow the direction this band went, but this was quite good in the early days.


    Helloween (Germany, 1983)

    Judas




    You promise us a bright golden future
    You say you will save the world
    That there will be no more hunger and pain
    But we only see your golden hands
    You say you take care of our survival
    Sending us missiles instead
    But you just betray us, deny us and lie
    And you always say you would

    Fight for freedom, fight for rights
    I see treason in your eyes.

    Judas - rulin' with an iron hand
    Judas - sittin' in the government
    Judas - I am not a Jesus Christ
    Judas - you will be the one who's crucified

    Your worship money and economy
    There's nothing that you wouldn't do
    If the payment is right you don't care about life
    'Cause economy is your truth
    You are the one selling terror and pain
    In all the parts of the world
    You are preparing the final grand slam
    But you keep on tellin' you'll

    Fight for freedom, fight for rights
    I see treason in your eyes.

    Judas - rulin' with an iron hand
    Judas - sittin' in the government
    Judas - I am not a Jesus Christ
    Judas - you will be the one who's crucified

    Judas, Judas - are you still human?
    Judas, Judas - I can't believe it
    Judas, Judas - dealing with evil
    Judas, Judas
    You'll keep on telling you'll

    Fight for freedom, fight for rights
    I see treason in your eyes.

    Judas - rulin' with an iron hand
    Judas - sittin' in the government
    Judas - I am not a Jesus Christ
    Judas - you will be the one who's crucified

    Judas - rulin' with an iron hand
    Judas - sittin' in the government
    Judas - I am not a Jesus Christ
    Judas - you will be the one who's crucified

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    I will let this digress from a narrow topic, because I never picked a piece of music for the message. I go for sounds that I like, which are of different kinds, and then for whatever reason, things that catch my ear are not usually saying something ridiculous, in fact I cannot think of anything that is in some way supportive of the status quo.

    A lot of the stuff is hugely critical, but, if you sing something outside of the scope of politics, then I think of it as a complete political rejection. Concentrating on that stuff is not the point of life. Songs about love and relationships are a-political. Metal encompasses every possible musical idiom. But of course that is far from all I listen to. It however is amazing that now one can find good metal from places like Turkey, Iran, China...but I lost my archive, and all of those things are harder to remember.

    Sadly we can thank the Covid shutdown for ending a number of careers. It seems to have stopped Krokus and Rock Goddess. Unfortunately at the same time, we lost Golden Earring, which was due to the guitarist coming down with ALS.

    I have usually thought of them as "the rock band, inside which all other bands exist".

    People would have used to say it was The Beatles. Certainly they were a huge success first, but, in actuality, they didn't last very long. Admittedly, I don't like them. They might have two or three songs that are not nerve-wracking once in a while, but, it's not something I would sit around and listen to, like The Doors, or Bad Company. Those are all kind of flat and just don't grab me.


    But I think Golden Earring was an absolute titan, from early times even until recently. They formed in 1961 as The Tornados--meaning they had a sixty-year career.

    They changed their name because it was a conflict with an existing band. They took "Golden Earrings" from an instrumental tune by a British band they had toured with, and later dropped the "s". The song itself was inspired by a 1947 spy movie, which had a title track with lyrics, which was soon covered by Peggy Lee. She invented the album. Until then, the twelve-inch format was reserved for orchestras and Broadway musicals--and finally someone could just come along and write songs and get a bunch of them released. She had a fifty-year career.

    Peggy Lee is also the driving force behind Lee Aaron's "Slick Chick" album, where she dives into jazz wholeheartedly, and some of it is quite good. She just released another, and is up to nothing less than a forty-year career. Her first album is heavy as bejeezus even in its use of blues (Willy Dixon).

    I didn't really like her self-titled or Body Rock albums, they have more of that record company sound of metal being "professionally polished" which knocked things around in the 80s. Even her grunge and 2precious is better than that stuff.

    So I am just going to put stuff of personal interest here, which generally is going to be from outside the mainstream, because for some reason, a lot of the more successful bands just don't do it for me. In the metal world, I never paid attention to Anthrax, Megadeth, or Metallica after Cliff. Generally, the more commercial, the less the appeal.


    Also since I found the first page is slow-loading, I guess it needs to be a limited number per post.


    In honor of the Earring, here is what cost them American success, ten years after Radar Love. These were the early days of videos, which would make or break a band. The video is hilarious and does not really reflect the meaning of the song. However it has a shot where Barry rips the clothes off a nun. That was "too strong" and got it pulled. Due to, um...magic, here is the original.

    When the Lady Smiles







    This is the blues track from Lee Aaron's 1982 debut:


    Should Have Known


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    Here is new stuff from Brazilian girls trying to see if a new line-up works. I believe they have pulled it off here.


    Nervosa

    Endless Ambition




    A dark world
    Where desire blinds
    A life spent
    Turning lies into facts
    Driven by discontrol

    They only care
    When there's profit and gain
    All they want
    Is a troop of slaves
    No future
    No mercy

    Prophets of Cruelty

    Nations built on betrayal
    Endless ambition

    Vulgar fabrications
    Tear us apart

    Barren horizons
    Age of decline
    Degeneration
    Meaningless lives

    Nations built on betrayal
    Endless ambition

    Prisoner, urban decay
    A world of hate
    A moving grave

    Fake idols
    With no emotion

    Blessing their weapons
    By the holy hand
    Behold the youth
    Dead on command

    Distorted
    Unreal

    Prophets of cruelty

    Nations built on betrayal
    Endless ambition

    Endless ambition
    Endless ambition
    Endless ambition
    Endless ambition

    Sick society



    Live version of one that had Schmier on the album--

    Genocidal Command




    Eliminate opposition, killing their rights
    Crushing everything in the way (Changing the truth)
    Ruling with Lies
    Build an army to fortify

    Scorn
    Revenge
    No remorse for the kill
    Torture
    Deceive
    We are treated like trash

    They are coming

    They are genocidal command
    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command

    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command

    Fascist speech, inspiration divine
    Sticking in their mind like a leech (Only care about cash)
    Servants of death
    Raising a militia of slaves
    Scorn
    Revenge
    No remorse for the kill
    Torture
    Deceive
    We are treated like trash

    They are coming

    They are genocidal command
    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command

    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command
    Genocidal command

    Liar
    Racist
    Scum of humanity

    Dictator
    Murderer
    It's time to combat death
    Liar
    Dictator
    It's time to combat death

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