BOC: Re: Heaven Forbid, I'm back!

[Joseph Brooks]

>Eric once said "Rock and Roll really keeps you young, it really does".
>And since they pioneered metal with songs like "The Red and the Black",
>I think they have more rite than any band in there 20's, well just as
>much rite any ways. That intro in "See You In Black" really rules, and I
>thought it a good song to start the album.

It just seems so... ordinary. BOC, to me always seemed to mean metal but
with a twist. This song sounds like a typical 80's hair-band throw away with
EB gurgling vocals.. it doesn't suck but I still believe the boys are
capable of so much better.

>The lyrics were mostly Shirley's, I think that's why there dark and
>sinister. I have never read any of Shirley's material so correct me if
>im wrong here, but from what I have heard his writing is very dark and
>sinister, and that's just showing through on his lyrics. And since there
>not forcing themselves to be sinister to fit a certain style, and just
>using a "sinister" person for lyrics, I don't think anything was forced.
>I still don't like this album lyrically as much as I like most of the
>other albums though, compared to there ability in other albums to paint

I had forgotten the fact that JS was doing the lyrics (in large part). Still
sounds to me as if he (JS) was trying for a certain image and failing. I've
never read his fiction either and, well, I don't believe
I ever will if this album is indicative of his writing style. Besides, just
being adept at writing fiction does not mean you know how to write rock
lyrics.

>such vivid pictures, and have such cool and intelligent play on words,
>that Heaven Forbid seems to lack in the most part. I agree with you in
>saying that lyrically it is no Secret Treaties, or Tyranny or S/T or
>Agents or Specter's or Cultosaurus or Fire of Unknown Origin. . . :-).

I've missed that writing style since CE or FoUO I guess...

>> Musically, I suppose I can say I have no major complaints aside from what
I
>> said above and some repetition..
>
>
>Not as much repetition as some hard core punk albums though :-).

Well, of course... I generally would not compare them to those types of
bands anyway. I mainly look at the band itself when it was in its prime for
comparison. Also, remember, I'm a geezer.. I pre-date punk and never liked
it in the first place.

I don't want to have to face the fact that what I love about this band faded
along with the Bouchards and Pearlman. I ain't giving up yet.

JB
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