Re: More music thoughts

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 01:25:33 GMT, "GoPack!!"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>The only negative with this set is the packaging.  Only a booklet for
>Ghosts, and nothing for the other two.  Just a disc in a cheap digipack.

That's a minor bummer... the Grave Digger triple was the same sort of
setup but each disc did come with a full booklet.

>Heard their new one - Soundchaser??  Quite Excellent actually. 

It should have arrived to me by now but hasn't :(

>I like the last three quite a bit.  Wishmaster is probably my favorite -
>mainly because it was the first disc I heard from Nightwish.  Oceanborn has
>many strong moments.  Century Child is also top line quality.

I suspect it goes that if you heard Oceanborn first it'll be your
favourite, and likewise for Wishmaster.  I got their new
doco/interview DVD and Tuomas comments that Wishmaster was basically
the Oceanborn formula in a lot of ways.  So probably quite easy to get
into and end up loving whichever someone hears first.  Personally I
find Wishmaster doesn't have the personality of Oceanborn and many of
the songs are just not that memorable.

>I think the one thing that keeps me from going nutso for Nightwish is that
>the overall Beauty and The Beast genre is a bit of a novelty act.  I think
>Nightwish is clearly the lead band in the genre though.

I think putting them in the Beauty & the Beast bucket is a bit rough.
Before Marco joined, there was no beast, they were just a somewhat
dramatic melodic metal band with a not-the-run-of-the-mill female
vocalist.  I should say that my usual interpretation of "B&TB-metal"
is the dual vocalists where the guy is usually doing growl/grunt vox,
and the closest Marco comes to that would be on Slaying The Dreamer.

>A dude named Mike that posts here on occasion thinks they are the best
>thing since sliced bread.  I think he is still in love with Tarja.  Who's
>not though :)

I was certainly in instant love/lust after seeing the pic on the back
cover of the Oceanborn booklet ;)

Glenn
nm156 at ihug dot                   777777777   Deadly Sins
co dot nz                           7      77  Ways to Win
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nm156        77  Holy Paths to Hell
Music page: as above + /music.htm        77  Downward Slopes
                                        77  Bloodied Hopes
          |                            77  Are Your Burning Fires
         _|_                          77  Your Desires
          |                           7  (MOONCHILD Smith/Dickinson)