CD Review: Chris de Burgh - Moonfleet & Other stories

So it was my dads 50th birthday this week that passed, so my mom bought him a CD. Chris de Burgh - Moonfleet & other stories. I am listening to it as we speak, for the second consecutive time! Now many of you might be wondering what a 21 year old is doing listening to "old timers" music. It's just that good! That's why.

Quite a few years ago the original War of the Worlds movie was made, along with it there was a narrative sound track CD. It has parts where a narrator reads parts of the story, which is then accompanied by some very epic music and some singing.
Correlation with Chris de Burgh? This CD is just like that. It starts off with a classical piece, which kind of sets the scene. The second track is the narrator starting the story off. After which Chris de Burgh has two songs. The pattern continues, with a total of 24 tracks. Near the end the songs are no longer related to the original story, based on a book called "Moonfleet" by J Meade Falkner. Hence the CD is called Moonfleet & Other Stories.

For those of you who know Chris de Burgh, you will agree with me that he is an extraordinary musician and vocalist. His music is unbelievably versatile. nothing on the album, or any of his albums for that matter, sound similar. After Freddie Mercury (Queen), I believe this man has the greatest voice ever.
He has quite a large variety of instruments on this album, to give it that epicness that it has! Almost everything from guitar to an orchestra. Really is a album worthwhile listening to!

The songs are all very deep and moving, hence I couldn't resist writing about it. Hope you enjoy it!

Some may find his music boring, to you I say - "You're uneducated and closed-minded" - with a smile on my face. :) To the rest of you I say - "Happy listening" - with an even bigger smile on my face. :D

Image source

The track list is as follows:
1. The Moonfleet Overture
2. The village of Moonfleet... (Narration)
3. The light on the bay
4. Have a care
5. For two days and nights... (Narration)
6. Go where your heart believes
7. The escape
8. And so it was... (Narration)
9. The days of our age
10. The secret of the locket
11. With every heart... (Narration)
12. My heart's surrender
13. Treasure and betrayal
14. Moonfleet bay
15. The storm
16. Greater love
17. In the years that followed... (Narration)
18. The moonfleet finale
*Other stories*
19. Everywhere I go
20. The nightingale
21. One life, one love
22. Why Mona Lisa smiled
23. Pure joy
24. People of the world

The following link should take you to www.grooveshark.com where you can give this album a listen.

Read more

Metal, only for non-Christians?

It is a general... conspiracy? that metal is unholy music from Satan. I'm here to prove you all wrong.

Let us however get a thing or two straight. Metal is not emo, emo is emo. Metal is not about killing everyone and hating everyone. It is not about killing yourself. It is not, generally, about any kind of violent acts (there are exceptions) and it is most certainly not there to possess people to do strange and inhumane things.

So, what is metal then? Metal is heavy. Metal is about having a good time whilst head banging to your favourite band or while playing a really deep, heavy riff on your guitar. Metal can quite often be political, it sometimes can be sad, some of it is happy and the way it is written makes you want to jump up and down with a fat smile on your face. Metal can be anything really, just play it really fast or in a really low tuning or a combination of both with a lot of really technical riffs and some brutal vocals, and it's metal! This a very vague and not too accurate description of metal, but you get the idea! It is more important that you know what it isn't!

I have been told countless times that metal is for dumb people and that there is nothing to it at all... Well folks, you're all wrong! I would like to say that metal musicians are some of the most technically skilled musicians there are. They can play real fast and real slow, they can do it all in pretty much any time signature, they plays notes that "normal" musicians would never think of playing together AND make it sound good!

So, is metal strictly a genre for people who are anti-Christ? Just recently I was browsing in Look & Listen (www.lookandlisten.co.za) and was amazed when I stumbled upon a CD called "Scandinavian Metal Praise". Initially I was a little hesitant, but decided to give it a listen. WOW!  I have never heard such amazing, hair raising praise and worship! Double bass, epic guitar riffs (just the way the Scandinavians like it), guitar squeals, along with an angelic female voice. The combination making for an absolutely epic CD to listen to, you get your metal fix whilst praising the Name of God! Songs like Worthy Is The Lamb, metalized! \m/ Give it a listen on GrooveShark.

image source

This is merely one band that has done this, however there are many many bands who classify under the Christian metal genre for their lyrics.

I will post a blog soon with some more details on metal, for those who are uneducated in the genre. All I say is, don't hate it til you've tried it! Just google Christian metal or metal and you will get more than enough links to some quality music!

\m/

Read more