A short rant for everybody who thinks it's enough to make your up your mind about something once.
Yesterday, I wanted to do some cleaning-up, and I decided to pop in a DVD for background noise. I selected Death on the Road, which I hadn't watched in four years or whenever it came out. I remembered that I had deemed it unwatchable for the editing, pacing, the many flaws such as the way Lord of the Flies is sung and played, the standard setlist, the way the DVD was needless and whatnot. But I thought I'd pop it in anyway, since I'd probably not pay much attention to it anyway and it's something different from the stuff I've got running all the time.
As it so happens, I threw away a bunch of old magazines and then found myself hooked in front of the screen.
And I thought: "This is the lightning-fast editing we had all bitched about so much back then?"
Sure, there were instances when I thought it was a bit over the top, but in general, I felt it was never too inappropriate. I blame current-day Hollywood, but I am used to much more rapid and needless cuts.
And then I thought: "Is that Bruce's rendition of Lord of the Flies that made me want to rip my ears out a few years back?"
And I found myself actually liking him singing it. And I found myself liking the way the band changed the way it was played.
And then I thought: "Is that the setlist everybody hated so much? As in, everybody moaned about yet another live rendition of The Trooper, Number of the Beast and Run to the Hills?"
And I found myself thinking that you need a certain amount of classics for a good show. Sure, the AMOLAD tour was great, I don't want to revise my statements about it, and I thought the setlist was brilliant... but I'm not sure I would be so happy about it all hadn't I heard all the great classics on other tours.
In the end, I tried to remember why I dismissed the entire DVD years ago- and the only argument I could come up with after re-watching it was that it was yet another live album/DVD... but on the other hand, I thought it was a great show, with a very dense atmosphere that comes over well on the DVD.
So for all those who think you made up your mind about something long ago and refuse to argue about it... do yourself a favour and just go back and check if you really still agree with yourself every once in a while.
Yesterday, I wanted to do some cleaning-up, and I decided to pop in a DVD for background noise. I selected Death on the Road, which I hadn't watched in four years or whenever it came out. I remembered that I had deemed it unwatchable for the editing, pacing, the many flaws such as the way Lord of the Flies is sung and played, the standard setlist, the way the DVD was needless and whatnot. But I thought I'd pop it in anyway, since I'd probably not pay much attention to it anyway and it's something different from the stuff I've got running all the time.
As it so happens, I threw away a bunch of old magazines and then found myself hooked in front of the screen.
And I thought: "This is the lightning-fast editing we had all bitched about so much back then?"
Sure, there were instances when I thought it was a bit over the top, but in general, I felt it was never too inappropriate. I blame current-day Hollywood, but I am used to much more rapid and needless cuts.
And then I thought: "Is that Bruce's rendition of Lord of the Flies that made me want to rip my ears out a few years back?"
And I found myself actually liking him singing it. And I found myself liking the way the band changed the way it was played.
And then I thought: "Is that the setlist everybody hated so much? As in, everybody moaned about yet another live rendition of The Trooper, Number of the Beast and Run to the Hills?"
And I found myself thinking that you need a certain amount of classics for a good show. Sure, the AMOLAD tour was great, I don't want to revise my statements about it, and I thought the setlist was brilliant... but I'm not sure I would be so happy about it all hadn't I heard all the great classics on other tours.
In the end, I tried to remember why I dismissed the entire DVD years ago- and the only argument I could come up with after re-watching it was that it was yet another live album/DVD... but on the other hand, I thought it was a great show, with a very dense atmosphere that comes over well on the DVD.
So for all those who think you made up your mind about something long ago and refuse to argue about it... do yourself a favour and just go back and check if you really still agree with yourself every once in a while.
