More HF

[John A Swartz]

>Great review Torgo, only you can write one of these things and never
mention the album.  The old man was familiar though, Swartz by chance?

Ah, shit - there goes my coffee!  LMAO!  I certainly had identified with
that old geezer before March 24th...

>Harvest Moon will be the defining BOC classic from this one, is there
any doubt.

Oh, there's lotsa good stuff on this one.  But, in terms of that long-
standing "BOC-ish" sound, I think this could be the BOC song our kids
will tell their kids about...

>Only PUD keeps this from being a perfect album.

Not the best track on there, but I still like it.

>Hammer Back will be a fun song to hear live.

Bloom asked the AOLers last week what 2 songs from HF that weren't
currently being played (SYIB, Harvest Moon, Live for Me, and In Thee)
the fans wanted added to the set.  No tally has been taken that I \
know of, but it would appear from the online responses that the 2 top
vote getters would be Hammer Back and Damaged.  Ass-kickin' rock-n-roll
for sure!

>HF is still stuck in the player and will remain so at least until April
7th when Sav's Wake of Magellan is supposed to be released state side.
HF will still get daily play though.

I bought an import copy of Wake of Magellan.  HF will probably be played
much more than WoM after you spin it once or twice.  Now, this is only
the second Savatage CD I own (the other being the most-excellent Dead
Winter Dead), but I wasn't impressed.  Nowhere near as memorable as DWD.
But, perhaps being a bigger Savatage fan, you'll like it.  Warning to ya -
if they put the same liner notes in there as the European version, you'll
be hardpressed to get them back into the jewel case.

John