Club Ninja: Lamest BOC album.

[Ted O. Jackson]

> Come to think of it, Al is the only songwriter I know of who, after
> 25+ years in the biz, hasn't "mellowed" (i.e. starting writing nothing
> but pop ballads).  (I haven't heard what Iommi's up to lately, so he
> might be the only other.)
>
The current/ongoing Sabbath material is pretty heavy, though it leans
heavy on the mythology angle.  Personally, I don't dislike the Sab
material as much as others do.  I think Tony Martin's a great singer,
certainly better than ozzy.


>
>
> It had Dio & Iommi.  If they didn't hate each other, they'd be the
> greatest team in heavy metal.  ;-)
>
Like Iommi and Ozzy.  Maybe he, like Jeff Beck just hates singers?


> >Still, I'd rather have BOC put out SOMETHING.'  Even if
> > disappointing, there'd likely be a few god songs, which is pretty
> > much my view of recent Sabbath.  Ninja would be a good album if
> > anyone other than BOC had released it.
>
> I've heard this opinion expressed before.  I don't agree with it.
> The album would still be a big smelly piece of Limburgher no
> matter who put it out.  It's just that if some big-hair metal band
> done it, you'd have *expected* it to suck.
>
Yeah, but that only applies to the lyrics.  Buck's gtr playing is
pretty hard to attack, even if it occurs in the midst of shitty songs.
s

>
>
> And frankly, I think being branded "bad fans" by Eric sort of pissed
> off a few people who had previously been very supportive of the "3OC"
> edition of the band.

Agreed.  I've invested hundreds [thousands] of hours of my life in
consideration of BOC, to say nothing of the small fortune spent
buying albums, going to gigs etc.  I'm a shareholder in the band
whether he likes it or not, and I'm entitled to my opinion whether he
has the guts to listen to it or not.  Maybe if the band listened more
to its truly concerned fans, and less to the fawning sycophants, they
wouldn't be in the quandry they now face.




> > Yeah, he and Buck prefer the toadying idolatry of aol to the frank
> > discussions on BOC-L, I'm afraid.  You can run, but you can't hide...
>
> I bet there are times when Al would probably prefer more idolatry
> and less frank discussions, he wouldn't be human otherwise.  ;-)
> But he hears us out, even we say things he probably doesn't enjoy
> hearing, and that means a lot.
>
> Steve
> swann at panix.com
Well, maybe Al gets less idolatry, but I'm sure he gets more respect,
at least I'm sure he does from me.  And I think he hears the pulse of
the true fan a lot better than the other guys...
theo



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