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Hell On Wheels - No Lies
Bruce Dickinson Solovivor 2024 - "BOOK OF THEL" WINS!
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Expected. Some of Bruce's worst (if not THE only really worst) solo songs.
Votes:
All The Young Dudes (cover)
Winds Of Change
Hell On Wheels (cool classic rock, but sometimes the chorus melody really annoys me, it's like a glam metal chorus in a AC/DC song)
Gypsy Road (effective ballad but 58 does it better)
Darkness Be My Friend (nice and short atmosphere with the flute, I like it but it won't go far)
I'll give Dive! Dive! Dive! another round because oddly enough it works better than the ones I voted for.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
A unique solo for Janick.
Yeah. And Bruce's raspier voice works great for the debut album. I think it also works well enough for the first 2 Maiden album of the 90's.
Btw, I think Bruce could have used some parts (choruses) in a Maiden song from the early 90's. Whereas Maiden songs like Holy Smoke, Hooks In You, The Apparition, Weekend Warrior would have been perfect for Tattooed Millionaire.
No Lies is a bit underrated. Unfinished? The overall song, maybe. The vibe of it is presented indeed really well during the instrumental section.
Spambot
Meme Lord
I heard the whole thing the other day including singles, and when I got to Sin City I realized this album could've been much better if it was sung by Bon Scott some 25 years earlier.
But it isn't, so it ain't.
Also, I can't believe I'm the only one who voted for title track in this and the previous round. Is the title track that much better than "Hell on Wheels" and "Zulu Lulu"?
But it isn't, so it ain't.
Also, I can't believe I'm the only one who voted for title track in this and the previous round. Is the title track that much better than "Hell on Wheels" and "Zulu Lulu"?
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
I thought a spambot voted for it, frankly. Can’t believe it was you all along.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Eliminated after Round 2:
All the Young Dudes - 16 votes
Hell on Wheels - 15 votes
Winds of Change - 15 votes
Dive! Dive! Dive! - 14 votes
No Lies - 14 votes
ROUND 3
 | Balls to Picasso (1994) 1. Cyclops (7:58) Dickinson/Z 2. Hell No (5:11) Dickinson/Z 3. Gods of War (5:02) Dickinson/Z 4. 1000 Points of Light (4:25) Dickinson/Z 5. Laughing in the Hiding Bush (4:20) Dickinson/Z/Dickinson 6. Change of Heart (4:58) Dickinson/Z 7. Shoot All the Clowns (4:24) Dickinson/Z 8. Fire (4:30) Dickinson/Z/Casillas 9. Sacred Cowboys (3:53) Dickinson/Z 10. Tears of the Dragon (6:24) Dickinson Bonus tracks: 11. Fire Child (6:24) Dickinson 12. Elvis Has Left the Building (3:23) Dickinson 13. The Breeding House (5:18) Dickinson 14. No Way Out... To Be Continued (7:31) Dickinson 15. Over and Out (4:32) Dickinson/Crichton/Baker 16. The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out (5:04) Dickinson/Dickson/Dale/Elena 17. Tibet (3:02) Dickinson 18. Cadillac Gas Mask (4:09) Dickinson 19. No Way Out... Continued (5:21) Dickinson/Crichton/Baker |
Really, it's just an exercise in killing the shitty B-Sides.
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
Though, in my opinion, Darkness Be My Friend, Fire Child, the two No Way Outs and The Breeding House are genuinely good songs and among his best output from the first two albums. Tibet and Cadillac Gas Mask are weird and goofy respectively, but also kinda fun.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
With a different instrumental section, I think it could have stayed a bit longer.
Votes:
Gypsy Road
Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter (this is a Maiden song for me - and despite I like the backing vocals in the chorus, some of Bruce's raspier vocals in the verses are not good)
Darkness Be My Friend (it's not that good)
Fire Child (solid song, but I really don't like the ''oh-oh'' chanting)
Elvis Has Left The Building (is this even a song? Cool power metal riffs that should have been used for a proper song)
Over And Out (weaker copy of Clowns. Again, good verse vocals)
The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out (too different. Nice solo)
Tibet (the other electronic song is better)
Shoot All The Clowns is fun and could stay for another round. BTP has some very good bonus songs, but also some very different and not good at all cuts for which Bruce just experimented.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
I actually really like all the songs in BTP. Although it's mid-tempo for the most part, the album works really well as a whole and I just love the vocal parts & riffs - plus the overall unique vibe. Even lesser songs like Fire, Hell No or 1000 Points Of Light. They all have good parts/ideas. And what an opener and closer!
As for the B-sides, I think some of them would make the album be even more interesting. Songs like Breeding House and No Way Out (very nice, interesting and unique song, I rediscovered it; Part 2 is also cool with its vibe). Fire Child with more work will be better, Cadillac Gas Mask is a fun and perfect bonus stuff...