Heartland

Yes, it's a question - are Rob Halford and Tony Blair a couple? At least both of them will come (and perform, not sure, will they do it together) today in Tallinn.
I'll see. At least one of them. Guess which one.

At least after Tony falls out of political favour, Rob will still have a very successful business to fall back on.

pikkrong wrote:Yes, it's a question - are Rob Halford and Tony Blair a couple? At least both of them will come (and perform, not sure, will they do it together) today in Tallinn.
I'll see. At least one of them. Guess which one.

So, this little theory of yours is gathering more steam I see...


"I'm your Turbo Loverrrrr!"... but a well-meaning Blair fails to get the "metal" hand-gesture right...

Now facing one another
The stand-off eats at time
Then all at once a silence falls
As the bell ceases its chime
Upon this sign the challengers
With shrieks and cries rush forth
The knives fly out like bullets
Upon their deadly course
Screams of pain and agony
Rent the silent air
Amidst the dying bodies
Blood runs everywhere
The figure stands expressionless
Impassive and alone
Unmoved by this victory
And the seeds of death he's sown

Sworn to avenge
Condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade
All fear the Sentinel

pikkrong wrote:Now facing one another
The stand-off eats at time
Then all at once a silence falls
As the bell ceases its chime
Upon this sign the challengers
With shrieks and cries rush forth
The knives fly out like bullets
Upon their deadly course
Screams of pain and agony
Rent the silent air
Amidst the dying bodies
Blood runs everywhere
The figure stands expressionless
Impassive and alone
Unmoved by this victory
And the seeds of death he's sown

Sworn to avenge
Condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade
All fear the Sentinel

Hate to say it Indrek, but your poems have really gone downhill recently...

Do you prefer my earlier period:

There I was completely wasting
Out of work and down
All inside it's so frustrating
As I drift from town to town
Feel as though nobody cares if I live or die
So I might as well begin
To put some action in my life

Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law

So much for the golden future
I can't even start
I've had every promise broken
There's anger in my heart
You don't know what it's like
You don't have a clue
If you did you'd find yourselves
Doing the same thing too

Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law

You don't know what it's like

Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law

?

pikkrong wrote:Do you prefer my earlier period:

Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law

?

Would this be from the days of fingerless motorcycle gloves...?



I throw down the Gauntlet Of Metal to you now, and dare you to buy yourself a pair of these beauties!

You'll note the url...

Is that like Home-base?

Anyways, I prefer Gahhhhhl's mouse

Is that like Home-base?

Anyways, I prefer Gahhhhhl's mouse

Double trouble?

Slightly. t'internet chucked me off HL, so I thought me post hadn't got through.

Obviously it had

That's not SG & Richie behind Our Tony is it...

Mrs. Snowey wrote:That's not SG & Richie behind Our Tony is it...

@ Zuma: it's not just me then

Tony blair going for the Bradford vote

Made me smile, nice one!

Well, I have to say I felt some kind of nostalgia when they (I mean - Judas Priest, not Tony&Rob) played their songs from 80s but I was quite bored by anything from 90s or later. I think those songs were not worse, Priest did them with the same passion and professionalism but I'm obvisuosly not able to get into any heavy metal tune which has no nostalgic value from my teenage years
I was waiting for Love Bites which they didn't do. So I left the gig disappointed.
But I have to say that Halford is a funy b*gger - he seems to take heavy metal as it's woth, not too seriously (but with professionalism)

pikkrong wrote:I'm obvisuosly not able to get into any heavy metal tune which has no nostalgic value from my teenage years

I have to agree. Metal died in 1987.

pikkrong wrote: But I have to say that Halford is a funy b*gger - he seems to take heavy metal as it's woth, not too seriously (but with professionalism)

And he comes across as a very nice man indeed.

When did RH come out? These days, if I see a picture of him from around the time I was a Metal fan I'm amazed that the coin never dropped. But then again, I was only about 12 or 13... I do remember though that there were rumours about it circa Turbo which, as a word, is apparently "code" for a certain sexual practice.

Mr. Wah wrote:

pikkrong wrote:I'm obvisuosly not able to get into any heavy metal tune which has no nostalgic value from my teenage years

I have to agree. Metal died in 1987.

Well, Metallica's "...And Justice For All" was released in 1988, wasn't it? And since 1990s Die Krupps and Ministry has turned to metal - in a good way. And there's always Motörhead
And the new Sisters, aren't they the best metal band ever?

Mr. Wah wrote: do remember though that there were rumours about it circa Turbo which, as a word, is apparently "code" for a certain sexual practice.

I heard about Halford's confessions about his sexuality quite recently - maybe 15 years after I had given up listening to Priest. Well, these days I don't give a s**t about someone else's sexuality but in my teenage years I wasn't so open and it could disturb me.

pikkrong wrote:

Mr. Wah wrote:

pikkrong wrote:I'm obvisuosly not able to get into any heavy metal tune which has no nostalgic value from my teenage years

I have to agree. Metal died in 1987.

Well, Metallica's "...And Justice For All" was released in 1988, wasn't it? And since 1990s Die Krupps and Ministry has turned to metal - in a good way. And there's always Motörhead
And the new Sisters, aren't they the best metal band ever?

and I think Typ O Negative had something to say as well. so I meant that classical (old school) heavy metal which doesn't attract me anymore.

Wot about Paradise Lost?

boudicca wrote:Wot about Paradise Lost?

Now there's a band who could have ruled but totally lost it

Brideoffrankenstein wrote:

boudicca wrote:Wot about Paradise Lost?

Now there's a band who could have ruled but totally lost it

You don't mean that!

I must say, some of their lyrics are sheee-ite (so I suppose when they started singing clean vocals you could actually hear how bad the lyrics were), but apart from that, they do a fab Depeche Mode on steroids.

Haven't heard anything after "Host" tho'... maybe they've gone down the sh!tter since. But "One Second" is a brilliant album - somehow situated between metal and synthpop, really cleverly done . And Draconian Times is pretty effin' neat as well .

boudicca wrote:"One Second" is a brilliant album - somehow situated between metal and synthpop, really cleverly done . And Draconian Times is pretty effin' neat as well .

My fave would be "Icon" or "Shades of God" - not heard anything after "One Second" but I'll always have a soft spot for 'em (and Gregor when he had long hair )