V-man
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Oh teh noes, Priest played a bad show on Jimmy Fallon.
I saw them in 2008 amidst Testament, Motorhead, and Heaven & Hell. I was curious why Priest was the headliner amidst all that talent, as at least 2 of those bands could have interchangably filled the top spot. Then they all played, and there was no question why they headlined. It was like stepping back to my first priest show in 1990 (only the broads were way better looking and my tickets were nosebleeds then). If the attitude that having a bad show in 30+ years of groundbreaking releases and tours is so bad, I can't wait to see the flame war (or hypocrisy when that attitude suddenly vanishes) in the cellar when the next "we played a bad show" thread emerges. It happens, and better on Fallon than at a concert where the REAL fans pay to see them. P.S. Watching Fallon in the first place says more about you than a legendary band having an off night.
As for the chorus business, I will preface things by stating I haven't seen the video (yet) and I am sure it is possible the tone was off. Maybe the playing was bad because the Fallon crew fucked things up in the first place (or maybe it was their own crew, I don't know). What I do know, is that I would give my left nut for Screaming for Vengeance and Painkiller alone for a career, to say nothing of Stained Class, British Steel, etc. Ooooh they used chorus! That was so played out from the 80s! Uh... wasn't their best music from the 80s... like before the retardation that is glam took hold in the latter half of the decade?
This is exactly why I had been so abusive to grunge, and later, numetal. Because fickle idiots would/did/do associate the raw distorted power chords with played-out, shit music that abused it for effect... like chorus. Of course, I'm not in high school any more and care a little less about the fickle tastes of others now. Chorus will make a comeback because too many people are afraid to be judged and will continue to lean on things today that will end up "played out" tomorrow as the cycle commences anew.
I saw them in 2008 amidst Testament, Motorhead, and Heaven & Hell. I was curious why Priest was the headliner amidst all that talent, as at least 2 of those bands could have interchangably filled the top spot. Then they all played, and there was no question why they headlined. It was like stepping back to my first priest show in 1990 (only the broads were way better looking and my tickets were nosebleeds then). If the attitude that having a bad show in 30+ years of groundbreaking releases and tours is so bad, I can't wait to see the flame war (or hypocrisy when that attitude suddenly vanishes) in the cellar when the next "we played a bad show" thread emerges. It happens, and better on Fallon than at a concert where the REAL fans pay to see them. P.S. Watching Fallon in the first place says more about you than a legendary band having an off night.
As for the chorus business, I will preface things by stating I haven't seen the video (yet) and I am sure it is possible the tone was off. Maybe the playing was bad because the Fallon crew fucked things up in the first place (or maybe it was their own crew, I don't know). What I do know, is that I would give my left nut for Screaming for Vengeance and Painkiller alone for a career, to say nothing of Stained Class, British Steel, etc. Ooooh they used chorus! That was so played out from the 80s! Uh... wasn't their best music from the 80s... like before the retardation that is glam took hold in the latter half of the decade?
This is exactly why I had been so abusive to grunge, and later, numetal. Because fickle idiots would/did/do associate the raw distorted power chords with played-out, shit music that abused it for effect... like chorus. Of course, I'm not in high school any more and care a little less about the fickle tastes of others now. Chorus will make a comeback because too many people are afraid to be judged and will continue to lean on things today that will end up "played out" tomorrow as the cycle commences anew.
