Okay, not a real review here..but I'm digging parts of this album. I'm not much on solo Paul Rodgers(though he has a great voice for a 59 year old dude), and Queen is my home musically. So, I'll say this: The songs wherein both groups are equally represented rock my socks.
The tune "Small" is a great example... decent playing, moving lyrics, and the mildly reminiscent harmony vocal line in the background...all gel really well..and subsequently, does it for me.
Does the album always work this way? Hell no. But, when you don't have the elemental Freddie bits(can't really compare him to Paul, it's futile. Paul is good but completely has his own sound..and Freddie was very...Freddie. How the hell else could you define that voice? Like trying to understand the concept "infinite possiblity"..you probably get it, but not fully), you're left trying to find what gems remain(Brian/Roger Queenesque harmonies, standard May guitar solos, etc. )
And they do exist.
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Slosh
Cloudy taps seem to go clockwise at once
The leaky sky fauceting upon a human 'race'
Knowing fully what's to come
I casually storm on into the eye
A half-joking lament is imparted for the sad synthetic soles
Whose main decks threaten an imminent breach
"What luck indeed!" sounds the clarion call
As my 'violin grin' plays on for slowly sinking me
The world soon becomes a public shower
For myself and those bravely remaining few
Such is the price for an autumn well spent
Guess we'll just have to cheer up and slosh a bit.
This series is mildly longer than the last, so I don't think I'll be going into great lengths to explain what happened in each episode...That being said, if something amazing does come up, I'm sure I'll be all over it.
Music for this ep was nice and mild..Can always count on Bowie for something different.
*Unrelated election rant*: Obama is the new president. I'm pleased about it. It's about time we have someone who isn't a scumbag in a seat of power. Let's hope that idea is maintained through this presidency. Oh, and you don't have to agree with me. I don't often throw my hat into politics(1. I see enough corruption in the world without it. 2. It bores the hell out of me.), but I'm always hoping(Yeah, I know, cynic in me should have cut off hope at the knees by now, but hey, I still hope..it happens) to see a decent person running the ship. Good to know it happened..and in my lifetime. The end.
Now, this was a fun show to do. Sit around and tell what pissed us off for that given day or week. 5 things. No more or less. Definitely could have kept going with this theme if I hadn't mentioned wanting to do about 20-25 gripes for the series. Silly. Very silly. But, have no fear. We have a complete record of all of those. First ep didn't suffer the first ep curse in this series. Lucky for us~
Side note: The opening theme was a great choice. Although, I did enjoy having to pick out a new one every week, I still very much enjoy this first one. Also, playing different characters should have been an ongoing feature, but too much was going on at the time, and it only happened twice. Shame.
This is the Utah entry.. Another commentary type episode.. I suppose you could say that had the show continued, I would have definitely stayed within that format. It allowed me to document my thoughts/feelings at the time, and it's very amusing to go back and reflect on those thoughts. There was a serious hiatus between Episode II and this one...but I love that the show was easily brought back and continued.
Short series. Good concept though~
This episode is a shade more chatty than the last.. feels more cohesive, I suppose. Shoprite is wonderous yet scary place. You'll see that for yourself soon enough.
Doing commentary was much fun. Felt more like a proper journey instead of a meandering this time out~
This show was pretty much the same format as Excursions, except that it was much less planned, and usually only featured me. Wanderings, observations, locales-- that was the focal point.
What I would have wanted for this never happened. A full circle would have been great. Start in NJ, go to UT, end in NJ. Didn't happen. But then, the show never really wasn't about planning either~
This episode completely ruins the previous example of episode 1's kicking 2's butt in terms of quality. In other words, I very pleased about how this show came about...and I gratefully thank my guest stars for that.
This is the only time that animals(besides humans) graced our network. Good times.
Also, the opening credits were a bit more 80's than I realized..but that's okay too~Side note: Please excuse the little jerkoff in the red shirt... He knew we were filming, and stood there anyway..If I had any desire to do so, I'd edit this and make him catapult off the screen. Yes, yes, I would. Thank you.
