Imaginos :Black & Silver

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In a message dated 96-02-19 09:12:18 EST, Torgo writes:

>This line also appears in the song "Heavy Metal: Black and Silver".
>The song says:
>
>"Direction. Creation. Foundation.
> Spans a river we call time, World without end."
>
>Noting that this song is in fact at least partially Bouchard penned, does
>this song fit anywhere into the Imaginos saga? I remember back last year
>sometime when Albert stated for the record all the many songs that could
>indeed fit somewhere into the whole Imaginos Thang, yet for some reason I
>don't remember this song being on it. Actually it never really occured to
>me until I finally caught the "world without end" line.

Well, back in May of last year, Al posted his thoughts on Imaginos.  Al said:



> my interpretation of the real order is:
>>
>> Les Invisibles
>> Imaginos
>> Del Rio's Song
>> Blue Oyster Cult
>> Astronomy
>> I Am the One You Warned Me Of      } these two could flip flop In
>> the Presence of Another World   }
>> The Siege and Investiture of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria
>> Magna of Illusion
>
>
>and I more or less agree with that order. I was always more concerned with
>this type of thing than Pearlman. Being a drummer, order is important to me.

and later in the posting, Al said:

>OK You all have fantisized about this. Now it's my turn.
>Act One: The Imaginos album we're familiar with.
>Act Two: Bombs over Germany
>               Workshop of the Telescopes
>               Girl Love Made Blind (left off Imaginos)
>               ME 262
>               The Red and the Black
>               Cities on Flame ("Motor Cities Burnin" version)
>               Shadow of California
>               Half Life Time (very few have heard this one)
>               Veterans of the Pychic Wars *
>               Career of Evil *
>Act Three: The Mutant Reformation
>               Take Me Away *
>               The Vigil *
>               ETI
>               R U Ready to Rock
>               Heavy Metal
>               Flaming Telepaths
>               Gil Blanco County (left off Imaginos)
>               Redeemed
>* non-Pearlman songs because I never plan to write another with him and
these
>tunes kind of fit into the story
>
>That's my idea of the Imaginos trilogy. Hopefully you can see how some of
>these old songs were supposed to fit into it and maybe from all these songs
>you can get an idea of the whole story.
>Cheers,
>Al
>

R.

Uhhh...   I hope I didn't violate any copyright laws by posting this...

;-)