Master of the Rings was a really good record. quite possibly my fave of theirs overall. the older stuff is classic, but michael kiske & kai hansen's voices are borderline annoying.
i have a ltd 12" vinyl someplace with a single from one of the two keys records and an unreleased track on the other side, but it's all plain jane looking in a white cardboard sleeve.
remember these have to be BOLD proclamations eric:
michael weikath's songwriting was pretty sub-par on most of the keepers 2 album but since then he has really come into his own as a writer while kai hansen who started off strong has been sucking more and more.
thank you toby i had forgotten about that. frankly i don't know if i could choose right now but i guess buckley would win out because his is so beautiful while the helloween song just makes me really excited and happy.
kai hansen's voice did sound remarkably similar to the Singing Bush from the Three Amigos(as pointed out by byron) but i find that this bothers me less and less as time goes on.
no not that i find the singing bush irritating at all. but in the context of helloween's music the vocals kind of bothered me because they made the songs seem more comical than a song like "Heavy Metal Is The Law" should be.
this is a thread about helloween only lizard except for when i mention again how much kai hansen's songs have been sucking lately.
and can we please get back on track here?
"Halloween," while being probably the best Helloween song ever, does have cheesy lyrics and i always get the feeling that the harmony guitars were a pinch out of tune on the record.
lizard who the fuck are you, saying the three amigos is bad? just shut the fuck up, seriously, right now, because you don't have a fucking clue about movies, about LIFE, about fucking POSTING, you fucking philistine.
i reiterate. Randy Newman must make at least one record as The Singing Bush.
with showtunes. and a country record. and then a gospel record. with cover photo of the singing bush in a cowboy hat and an alter boy outfit and stuff.
Alex is pissed because of the hairiness issue, but what can you expect from a little girl throat stroking bread gourmand like him, who lets himself be abused by rude waitresses in Indian restaraunts..
ha, I should not have deigned to reply, I have lowered myself by doing so.