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....Not so sure about this move. Andreas Eklund IS/WAS HOS. All signs point to me skipping this release.

Who's gonna reply to this post besides Kgdjpubs? And Andrew telling me I don't know what I'm talking about....

S2M wrote:....Not so sure about this move. Andreas Eklund IS/WAS HOS. All signs point to me skipping this release.

Who's gonna reply to this post besides Kgdjpubs? And Andrew telling me I don't know what I'm talking about....

haha.....losing all cool points by actually having their albums. Definitely one of the more original bands out there, which is saying a lot as formulaic as the melodic scene has become recently. Replacing Eklund is going to be a tall task indeed. One could make the same comment with Gotthard going on without Steve Lee, although the circumstances aren't the same.

np: Magnum - Wild Angels....it's taken 5 albums, but Tony Clarkin has finally learned how to write massive choruses again!

I heard some of the up coming songs from the new cd and nothing really grabbed me, and it sounded like novak was pushing his voice's limits, but HOS's last cd was not a very good one at all, i didnt like 1 song from it and i have liked all their other releases.

S2M wrote:....Not so sure about this move. Andreas Eklund IS/WAS HOS. All signs point to me skipping this release.

Who's gonna reply to this post besides Kgdjpubs? And Andrew telling me I don't know what I'm talking about....

Good to see you have an open mind and will give it a chance

The album is KILLER! And Andreas sounds amazing and truly at home here.

Andrew wrote:

S2M wrote:....Not so sure about this move. Andreas Eklund IS/WAS HOS. All signs point to me skipping this release.

Who's gonna reply to this post besides Kgdjpubs? And Andrew telling me I don't know what I'm talking about....

Good to see you have an open mind and will give it a chance

The album is KILLER! And Andreas sounds amazing and truly at home here.

You like everything not named Captain Zapped!....

Your standards have gone WAY down in the last 2 years.....

S2M wrote:Your standards have gone WAY down in the last 2 years.....

As has your intelligence. Even lower that is....

Andrew wrote:

S2M wrote:Your standards have gone WAY down in the last 2 years.....

As has your intelligence. Even lower that is....

I'm calling it right now.....when the new Gotthard comes out, you will give it 100%....

S2M wrote:

Andrew wrote:

S2M wrote:Your standards have gone WAY down in the last 2 years.....

As has your intelligence. Even lower that is....

I'm calling it right now.....when the new Gotthard comes out, you will give it 100%....

I'd love to see that. They at least have the ability to get to that level. They have to be the most consistent band out there at the moment and simply incapable of making a bad cd.

Still not convinced the new Mecca cd is anywhere near worth giving that rating to.

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:

Andrew wrote:

S2M wrote:Your standards have gone WAY down in the last 2 years.....

As has your intelligence. Even lower that is....

I'm calling it right now.....when the new Gotthard comes out, you will give it 100%....

I'd love to see that. They at least have the ability to get to that level. They have to be the most consistent band out there at the moment and simply incapable of making a bad cd.

Still not convinced the new Mecca cd is anywhere near worth giving that rating to.

I'd have to disagree with that statement....I thought Need to Believe was awful. My fave will ALWAYS be Human Zoo.

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:

Andrew wrote:

S2M wrote:Your standards have gone WAY down in the last 2 years.....

As has your intelligence. Even lower that is....

I'm calling it right now.....when the new Gotthard comes out, you will give it 100%....

I'd love to see that. They at least have the ability to get to that level. They have to be the most consistent band out there at the moment and simply incapable of making a bad cd.

Still not convinced the new Mecca cd is anywhere near worth giving that rating to.

Gotthard do have it in them...will be interesting to hear.

As for Mecca....it's a long grower...I've had tunes for 12 months and final mster for 6, so I had plenty of time to live with it.

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:

Andrew wrote:

S2M wrote:Your standards have gone WAY down in the last 2 years.....

As has your intelligence. Even lower that is....

I'm calling it right now.....when the new Gotthard comes out, you will give it 100%....

I'd love to see that. They at least have the ability to get to that level. They have to be the most consistent band out there at the moment and simply incapable of making a bad cd.

Still not convinced the new Mecca cd is anywhere near worth giving that rating to.

I'd have to disagree with that statement.....

I love to disagree, just to be different.

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:

Andrew wrote:

S2M wrote:Your standards have gone WAY down in the last 2 years.....

As has your intelligence. Even lower that is....

I'm calling it right now.....when the new Gotthard comes out, you will give it 100%....

I'd love to see that. They at least have the ability to get to that level. They have to be the most consistent band out there at the moment and simply incapable of making a bad cd.

Still not convinced the new Mecca cd is anywhere near worth giving that rating to.

I'd have to disagree with that statement....I thought Need to Believe was awful.

I liked that one a lot. It's a bit more of a throwback to the more straight-ahead rock sound of the first 3 albums, and certainly continues the modernized sound from Domino Effect, but I thought it was a pretty strong album overall. Just don't like the songs, I take it?

S2M wrote:My fave will ALWAYS be Human Zoo.

That one gets underrated a bit. I think Lipservice edges it by a little bit, but it's one of my favorites also. Still haven't warmed to Long Way Down and, to a lesser extent, No Tomorrow though.

Been listening to Open a bit recently. Wrote it off for a long time, but if you take it as a pop album and forget the "rock band" part, it's much better than I had it pegged for.

Here's my Gotthard playlist from my iPod:

Angel
Anytime Anywhere *
Back to You
Best Time
Blackberry Way
The Call
Cupid's Arrow
Dirty Weekend
Domino Effect *
Don't Let Me Down
Dream On
Everything Can Change *
Everything I want
Father is That Enough ****
First Time in a Long Time *
Got to be Love
Have a Little Faith *
Heaven *
Homerun
Human Zoo *
Hush *
I've Seen an Angel Cry
I Know you Know
I Wonder *
I'm Alive *
Janie's Not Alone
Let it Rain *
Lift U Up
Light in Your Eyes *
Long Way Down *
Love Soul Matter **********
Mighty Quinn *
Never Surrender
No Tomorrw
Nobody's Home *
Nothing Left at All *
One in a Million
The Oscar Goes to You
The Other Side of Me *
Reason to Live
Said & Done *
Time & Heaven (Orchestra Version)
Top of the World *
What About Love
What I Like *
Where's Love when It's gone
You


* - absolute favorite

I think the worst songs Andreas sang on, I had a part in.

And my house of Shakira one:

The Best of Times
Black and Blue Skies part 1 *
The Chance
Everything's Fine **
Ghost in Town
In Your Head *
Method of Madness *
Rainbows & Butterflies *
Seperate Ways
Seven Bridges Road
The Song Remains
Splitted Hairs *
Stone in Love
Story's the Same
Susan *
Unforgiven
Unspoken *
Who's Lying now
Wish to Survive *
Yesterday's Gone *
You Are
You Touched Me *


* - favorites

S2M wrote:Here's my Gotthard playlist from my iPod:

* - absolute favorite

and here's the most recent one for me on cd length....probably slightly biased in favor of rock material as it is mostly listened to while driving...

1. Shangri La
2. Come Along
3. Top of the World
4. I Wonder
5. Still I Belong to You
6. Eagle
7. Got to Be Love
8. Cupid Arrow
9. Domino Effect
10. Let It Be
11. Break Away
12. Unconditional Faith
13. Letter to a Friend
14. Sister Moon
15. Anytime Anywhere
16. Can’t Stop
17. I’m On My Way

There's some stuff that's criminally underrepresented...ie Father is that Enough

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:Here's my Gotthard playlist from my iPod:

* - absolute favorite

and here's the most recent one for me on cd length....probably slightly biased in favor of rock material as it is mostly listened to while driving...

1. Shangri La
2. Come Along
3. Top of the World
4. I Wonder
5. Still I Belong to You
6. Eagle
7. Got to Be Love
8. Cupid Arrow
9. Domino Effect
10. Let It Be
11. Break Away
12. Unconditional Faith
13. Letter to a Friend
14. Sister Moon
15. Anytime Anywhere
16. Can’t Stop
17. I’m On My Way

There's some stuff that's criminally underrepresented...ie Father is that Enough

Not bad.....some great songs there. But, yes, heavy on the rock side.

S2M wrote:And my house of Shakira one:

looks good...mine is so far out of date, I won't even bother posting it. The backing vocals are the strength of the band--some of the best out there of any band period.

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:And my house of Shakira one:

looks good...mine is so far out of date, I won't even bother posting it. The backing vocals are the strength of the band--some of the best out there of any band period.

Harem Scarem or Emerald Rain fan?

S2M wrote:
Not bad.....some great songs there. But, yes, heavy on the rock side.

haha.....I told you it was the car-driving compilation, and that usually involves long trips and late nights. It probably gets heavier on the rock side with each new album (or did ) with the albums going heavier. I could just as easy make a compilation of the softer side of the band (Hurry, Let it Rain, Where is Love When It's Gone, What Am I, Father..., Angel, etc).

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:And my house of Shakira one:

looks good...mine is so far out of date, I won't even bother posting it. The backing vocals are the strength of the band--some of the best out there of any band period.

Harem Scarem or Emerald Rain fan?

I think HoS is better. At least with Andreas Eklund, they had by far the better singer. Never really cared for Hess' voice even though the backing vox were good. Don't remember much at all about Emerald Rain except that they had HS helping them a lot--although the cds are probably laying around here somewhere. Been years since I listened to them.

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:And my house of Shakira one:

looks good...mine is so far out of date, I won't even bother posting it. The backing vocals are the strength of the band--some of the best out there of any band period.

Harem Scarem or Emerald Rain fan?

I think HoS is better. At least with Andreas Eklund, they had by far the better singer. Never really cared for Hess' voice even though the backing vox were good. Don't remember much at all about Emerald Rain except that they had HS helping them a lot--although the cds are probably laying around here somewhere. Been years since I listened to them.

I think Hess sings better than Daigle....but Dmitrovic smokes Lesperance on guitar. but that's just me.

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:And my house of Shakira one:

looks good...mine is so far out of date, I won't even bother posting it. The backing vocals are the strength of the band--some of the best out there of any band period.

Harem Scarem or Emerald Rain fan?

I think HoS is better. At least with Andreas Eklund, they had by far the better singer. Never really cared for Hess' voice even though the backing vox were good. Don't remember much at all about Emerald Rain except that they had HS helping them a lot--although the cds are probably laying around here somewhere. Been years since I listened to them.

I think Hess sings better than Daigle....but Dmitrovic smokes Lesperance on guitar. but that's just me.

I'd agree on #1 (even if that isn't saying much).....couldn't comment on #2 without listening to ER again.

Another Hess produced band, Fiore, isn't bad....try checking them out.

S2M wrote:Another Hess produced band, Fiore, isn't bad....try checking them out.

got it.....liked the 2nd cd better than the first. Of course, the 1st cd was basically HS demos that never made an album, so....

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:Another Hess produced band, Fiore, isn't bad....try checking them out.

got it.....liked the 2nd cd better than the first. Of course, the 1st cd was basically HS demos that never made an album, so....

Really? I only like the first 2 songs off Body Electric, Good For Nothing, and Fool Yourself...I passed on the 2nd....lol

HORRIFIC production.

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:Another Hess produced band, Fiore, isn't bad....try checking them out.

got it.....liked the 2nd cd better than the first. Of course, the 1st cd was basically HS demos that never made an album, so....

Really? I only like the first 2 songs off Body Electric, Good For Nothing, and Fool Yourself...I passed on the 2nd....lol

HORRIFIC production.

I remember liking the 2nd one better. Been years since I've heard either one though, so that may say something..... There's a lot of those cds actually. Go for the good review, acquire it, then decide after the fact if it lives up to expectations. It's much, much easier these days.

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

S2M wrote:Another Hess produced band, Fiore, isn't bad....try checking them out.

got it.....liked the 2nd cd better than the first. Of course, the 1st cd was basically HS demos that never made an album, so....

Really? I only like the first 2 songs off Body Electric, Good For Nothing, and Fool Yourself...I passed on the 2nd....lol

HORRIFIC production.

I remember liking the 2nd one better. Been years since I've heard either one though, so that may say something..... There's a lot of those cds actually. Go for the good review, acquire it, then decide after the fact if it lives up to expectations. It's much, much easier these days.

Secnd one is better produced and smoother.....first has some spunk though. Those HS tracks and all.

Jon Fiore was going to come along to MRF1 when HS were still on the bill.

Just listened to the samples from the front page......VERY underwhelmed. HUGE style change. Now they sound like every other entyry-level AOR/MR act trying to make it out there. I guess Eklund was the principle songwriter.

S2M wrote: HUGE style change.

It's not actually. Not at all.