So I finally got Balls To Picasso

[Wrathchild]

... and based on that one purchase I'm thinking it might not be such a bad idea to snap up a few of the other Brucey reissues. I've never heard Skunkworks and I only have a dubbed cassette of Tatooed Millionaire, but the live albums I can take or leave.

Accident Of Birth and Chemical Wedding I'm not so sure about. I've bought them once already and I listen to both a lot, but are the bonus tracks worth the money?

W

 

[Sydo]

No.

 

[TinMan666]

fucking go and get Skunkworks right fucking now!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Skunkworks is interesting. Balls To Picasso has bad production. Tattooed Millionaire has weak tracks.

 

[Icarus]

Skunkworks is great.

 

[Shannow]

Make sure that you get the tribute to Sabbath where he sings Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, and some of the old Samson stuff as well.

There's some good "B side" stuff on the 'net also.

e.g.
BD with Monseratte Caballe doing Bohemian Rhapsody
BD singing "Delilah"
BD singing "Americans are Behind" (I think he wrote it 'specially)
BD and Dreamtheatre covering "Smoke on the Water"
BD singing "Elected" with Mr. Bean

 

[Icarus]

That delilah cover is great and americans are behind is quite quite funny. Or maybe im thinking of Im in a band with an italian drummer.

 

[TinMan666]

Im in a band with an italian drummer.

that's a top song.

 

[Sydo]

Americans Are Behind, and Italian Drummer are on Skunkworks along with a bunch of other cool shit.

Unless you want 4 version of Man Of Sorrors and some demo tracks, Accident Of Birth is not worth the price jsut to hear Ghost Of Cain. Same with Chemical Wedding and it's couple bonus tracks.

 

[Spiff]

BD and Dreamtheatre covering "Smoke on the Water"

Perfect Strangers, actually. Unless he did Smoke on the Water with em as well. Perfect Strangers was the most famous cover he did with Dream Theater though.

 

[salty]

Did SOTW also.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Perfect Strangers is a better cover though, it is great, and the cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is indeed awesome.

I have said it before, but Ayreon's Into The Black Hole with Bruce on vocals is f'n awesome, for those who haven't heard it.

 

[Spiff]

True, dat. One of Bruce's best performances ever, I think.

 

[Icarus]

Too bad ayreon suck donkey dicks.

 

[Sydo]

I have said it before, but Ayreon's Into The Black Hole with Bruce on vocals is f'n awesome, for those who haven't heard it.

I have not.

 

[salty]

Then you should!

And don't listen to Tonci, he just wishes Arjen would lick his balls.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Forget what Ayreon may be like in general, that one song is fucking, FUCKING awesome.

 

[Spiff]

Although I must say I prefer Damian Wilson's version on the Star One DVD.

 

[Shannow]

Perfect Strangers, actually. Unless he did Smoke on the Water with em as well. Perfect Strangers was the most famous cover he did with Dream Theater though.

Quite correct (I think) the MP3 on my HD says dreamtheatre, but the only reference I can find says three singers, including BD...this link suggests Dreamtheater and BD, but I don't have "bitpedia" (is that a disease ?) http://bitzi.com/lookup/NOA4J4JUU73JKMT7TNAYTY2V6LPGDXXX

edit, still sounds pretty Brucey all the way through...dunno

 

[Southy]

You need the Alive in Studio/Live at the Marquee. Just for the Marquee gig, I dunno what the reissues have on them because I only have the original