CiG
Room with a View
I remember being a kid and watching The Young Ones, Vyvyan had a Saxon shirt and they had an episode featuring Motorhead, man that was the best show.
Controversial opinions on metal
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I would agree with you. I never listen to the '80s Priest with any regularity, but most of those albums have at least a few great tracks on them.
HamburgerBoy
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Yeah, Defenders and Ram it Down are the only albums of the 80s with some real crap on them. The others are all pretty consistent to me, especially SFV.
Baroque
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When I Ram it Down your mom's Point of Entry, we commit Sin after Sin Turbo style while she's Screaming for Vengeance.
CiG
Room with a View
This is one of those opinions that you have that I can't understand at all.
That's because you're not smart enough to understand it 
EDIT: This is the controversial opinions thread. If it is taking you this long to understand the premise of the thread (ie: People share opinions on metal you don't necessarily have and/or like), the problem is you. It's like you read the thread title and think 'Hmm, controversial opinions on metal. I wonder if the thread is people sharing the same opinions because that's not boring and expected. Seems like fun!' and then you come in and get butthurt or whine that you don't understand someone's opinion when the point of the thread is to share the opinions that no one would typically have.
Most opinions I share in this thread are ones I actually hold. Those could change in another 3-4 years. There are some I post as discussion points (ie: Ones I don't hold but think it's an interesting viewpoint).
EDIT: This is the controversial opinions thread. If it is taking you this long to understand the premise of the thread (ie: People share opinions on metal you don't necessarily have and/or like), the problem is you. It's like you read the thread title and think 'Hmm, controversial opinions on metal. I wonder if the thread is people sharing the same opinions because that's not boring and expected. Seems like fun!' and then you come in and get butthurt or whine that you don't understand someone's opinion when the point of the thread is to share the opinions that no one would typically have.
Most opinions I share in this thread are ones I actually hold. Those could change in another 3-4 years. There are some I post as discussion points (ie: Ones I don't hold but think it's an interesting viewpoint).
CiG
Room with a View
I would've said 'Fever' myself if I were on the other end of the spectrum, but my opinion is that it's one of the better Priest ballads.
The Hellion doesn't count either because it's basically merged with Electric Eye in radio play and when Priest plays live. This was probably their intention with the record, but I don't have anything to back that up right now.
CiG
Room with a View
I love ballads, I just remember thinking Pleasure and Pain was really corny and a bit pissweak or something.
Even if that's the case, that's one dud out of 9-10 songs. That's not like some other Priest albums out there. Only a few have more than 2-3 duds on them.
Krow
Garbage Connoisseur
Pain and Pleasure is even worse when your lady puts the idea in your head that it's about Halford getting rammed in the butt.
She always does that shit to me though, like with Ram It Down and Jawbreaker.
That's because you're not smart enough to understand it
EDIT: This is the controversial opinions thread. If it is taking you this long to understand the premise of the thread (ie: People share opinions on metal you don't necessarily have and/or like), the problem is you. It's like you read the thread title and think 'Hmm, controversial opinions on metal. I wonder if the thread is people sharing the same opinions because that's not boring and expected. Seems like fun!' and then you come in and get butthurt or whine that you don't understand someone's opinion when the point of the thread is to share the opinions that no one would typically have.
Most opinions I share in this thread are ones I actually hold. Those could change in another 3-4 years. There are some I post as discussion points (ie: Ones I don't hold but think it's an interesting viewpoint).
Not understanding your opinion and not understanding the purpose of the thread aren't at all related. Don't posture so much because I calmly stated that I don't get your opinion.
Krow
Garbage Connoisseur
Hellbent for Leather.
Priest will forever be my favorite band though. About time to break out the Halford Christmas album actually."Island of Domination" and "Starbreaker" are probably the earliest super gay Priest songs. They're also awesome.
They're related in the sense that they both seem to apply to you sometimes (as well as others)
What don't you get about the opinion?
Coming from the queen of posturing, I'm not sure if this is a compliment or not.
If I was going to be totally honest, a lot of the opinions that you express show a strong preference for mediocrity over good songwriting and musicianship.
Take it as you will, whether an insult or a compliment.
Take it as you will, whether an insult or a compliment.
Valid opinion, but wrong considering I like tons of stuff where the musicianship is above average. I really think your musicianship has to be above average to play anything in the genre so saying I like music that exhibits poor musicianship is nonsensical. It's like professional athletes: People say 'x person sucks' but they'll never have the talent to play at that level and don't understand what it takes to get there. Do they suck relative to 'y person'? That could be a debate and it's certainly manifested everywhere. Do you or I suck compared to a professional athlete? Yes.
I'm not really sure how you can say that the songwriting on SFV is inferior to the 70s stuff. If anything it's equal, but not necessarily better. SFV is probably the best 80s album from them IMO.
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