BOC: Tower Records check

[Daniel Wikdahl]

Tim:
>I think part of the reason I'm not particularly fired up about HF is that
>my taste in music has mutated and expanded so dramatically in all those years
>BOC have been away, whereas I'm not so sure the band's direction will have
>kept up.
>
>Around the late 80s BOC occupied a huge chunk of my stereo time, vying with
>the likes of Judas Priest and (ahem) Rush. I had maybe 100 LPs & tapes back
>then. These days I have about 600 CDs to choose from, including genres and
>artists I would have gagged on 10 years ago. I'll still buy HF when I find it
>at a decent price (see, I can't even be arse'd to pay import prices :), I'll
>still hope its excellent, but the competition is just so much stiffer now.
>

Yeah, I know what you're talking about. Same thing here (I don't have 600
CDs though... :-(
And...ehrm...please excuse me folks... I'm not _that_ overwhelmed by CU In
Black... I think they sound tired... _so_ tired of rock'n'roll... but they
won't admit it so they try to play more aggressive than ever before, but
fails 'cos
there's no real spark in their performance...
And if you look at Hard Rock as a whole: CU In Black has been done better
hundred of times by hundred of bands before. Just clichés. Nothing new.
No originality.
But still - I'll buy HF as soon as I can.
...and, of course, I hope I'm wrong...

Everything above IMHO. And I hope at least you guys will like it.


                             mvh - Daniel Wikdahl

PS På svenska kan man vara lite rakare tror jag... det är ingen riktig kuk i
CU In Black... bandet låter som ett gäng lama frälsningssoldater som blivit
elektrifierade av misstag och undrar vad sjutton man kan göra för att få det att
sluta skorra så förfärligt... rytmsektionen är den profillösaste jag
någonsin stött på... och jag bävar inför att behöva höra den - a lá
åttiotals HårdRocks manér - obligatoriska balladen på skivan... gah... tack
någon för att Hawkwind finns... de har åtminstone ett eget uttryck
fortfarande... DS







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