Book of Thel (from Chemical Wedding for you n00bs)

[JayKeeley]

This is one of the HEAVIEST songs Bruce Dickinson has ever done (whether it be his solo, cameos, or Maiden material).

Lyrics are cool-as-fuck too.

Am I rite, yes I am.

Top 10 album of all time too, if not top 5.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

Aye!

 

[Crimson Velvet]

My favourite song from the album is "The Alchemist", though...

 

[JayKeeley]

My favourite song from the album is "The Alchemist", though...

Mine too.

<3

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Thel is the top track on the album for me. In fact, I'm gonna listen to them shits RIGHT NOW.

 

[JayKeeley]

Great basslines also...cool runs here or there, especially just after the line:

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" <insert bass run> "and if sleep takes you tonight, will you wake to see the light"

 

[Demonspell]

That riff utterly destroys, probably my favorite from that album along with the title track...

 

[NAD]

I'm listening to my illegally downloaded copy of this right now... oh wow, Bruce is off key, how unusual.

I like the guitar solo section.

 

[JayKeeley]

I like the guitar solo section.

Possibly the greatest metal album/song of all time, and this is your only comment.

 

[NAD]

*listens again*

It's pretty okay. I think Sacred Reich did this kind of thing better though.

 

[Necromunchkin]

The fuck... I like Sacred Reich, but the connection between them and "Chemical Wedding" is non-existent. This is one of the best metal albums EVER.

 

[Jim LotFP]

Between Chemical Wedding and that Ulver thing, I went out and got a "complete works of William Blake" type of book... man, that was fucked up.

Was amusing when I paid attention and figured out that Book of Thel was about taking a girl's virginity. It's an awful thing to have to do.

But yes, amazing song, excellent album.

And I feel old because this thing came out eight fucking years ago.

 

[Necromunchkin]

... oy, thanks for reminding me. And William Blake was brilliant but also bloody barmey. Must be an pre-industrial English thing. He was a big part of my thesis.

 

[JayKeeley]

The fuck... I like Sacred Reich, but the connection between them and "Chemical Wedding" is non-existent.

Step inside NAD's mind.

This is you going in ->

This is you coming out -> ...:zombie:.... .........uke: ..............

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

haha, more like "I understand him now! it's like me but a bit different!!"

 

[Doom]

The title track is better, for sure.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

I must be the only person in the world who's not overly impressed by the title track. Okay yes, the "All the lighthouses..." bit is amazing, but the verses just sorta drag.

 

[JayKeeley]

I like the way the chorus re-appears in "The Alchemist".

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Yeah, I like the downplayed version in Alchemist much better.

 

[General Zod]

Step inside NAD's mind.

This is you going in ->

This is you coming out -> ...:zombie:.... .........uke: ..............

Excellent.

Zod