Jul
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A Song in Your Heart · 7:09pm Jul 18th, 2014
So, let's talk music. Everybody loves music, of some sort or another, right? So, what sort of music do you enjoy?
I'll start. I'm a fan of what might be called Heavy Mithril. Basically music, mainly rock (mostly metal, progressive or alternate) that deal with sci-fi/fantasy subjects. Think Ramble On, All Along the Watchtower,By-Tor and the Snow Dog, anything by Blue Öyster Cult, Hawkwind, Manilla Road, Blind Guardian, Domine, ect. I also like regular of various sorts, classical, and show tunes (blame Michael Crawford's magnificent Phantom of the Opera in the Original Cast Recording for that one.)
What about you?
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Elric of Melneighbone · 210 views
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Rather than going off on my own tangent, I'll respond to your own list. I'm also a BOC fan, and if you get the chance to see them live, I highly recommend it. (The first show I went to was so smoke-choked that I didn't enjoy much, but the second one was a very different situation and one of my favorite venues. Plus, they closed with "Black Blade", so I was a very happy nerd indeed.)
I've been meaning to look into Hawkwind, what with their connections to a certain author, but I haven't gone out of my way to track down any of their stuff. And there's some stuff from Jethro Tull that I think you'd enjoy, especially during their prog rock era. Here's one with some semi-supernatural subject matter:
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Very nice! Thanks for that.
As for Hawkwind, might I suggest Live Chronicles? It's a good example of their work, and has several extra songs from other albums, or new creations. (Although I am somewhat disappointed by them splinting Elric the Enchanter in half, and making part 1 spoken word instead of sung. Although given that the spoken word parts are done by Mr. Moorcock himself, I suppose I can't complain too much).
CD1 CD2.
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Intriguing... I'll have to give those a listen later -- about to try to write my first Rage Review in ages, so I don't want to split my attention too much. Give a listen to Tull's "Hunting Girl" as well. It's an absolutely filthy song, but poetically* so.
*"I raised the flag that she unfurled."
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Poetic filth is the best sort of filth!
And while it's not very well known, this is, in my opinion, one of the prettiest (and best) SF songs out there:
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Hell yeah Queen!
Have some Greek Metal in return!
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Not really my thing in terms of musical styles, but tributes to the Elric Saga are always welcome, and it was good to hear the Dragon Master being honored.