Chapter 1678: 1678
"Amazing! Awe! Awe!"
This is the title of the music review David wrote for the "Los Angeles Times" on October 29th. As a professional writer for "Rotation", the editor-in-chief of "Rotation" told David early that this issue of the magazine has been left behind. A space for at least two pages to publish his music reviews. David knew this clearly, but he couldn't contain his excitement. He wrote a short review at the first time, published it in the partner newspaper "Los Angeles Times", and then promised to write a full and Professional music reviews are published on "Rotation".
David uses a series of the simplest words and the simplest symbols to express his inner excitement - in fact, even so, David still feels that this is not enough to describe his love for the album "Rainstorm".
"It's an album that goes down in history, rivaling 'Thriller', 'Abbey. Road'!" was the first sentence of David's music critic, who called "The Storm" The album was placed on a par with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and The Beatles' "Abby Road," which are widely regarded as two of the greatest works in music history. This shows that David's admiration for "stormy rain".
"The third album is very important for rock bands, not only because of the production of two albums, the band's creative inspiration will enter a bottleneck, and talent is often easily limited. Many bands start their downhill journey from the third album. ; At the same time, because of the polishing of the two albums, the creation of the band has entered a mature stage. If breakthroughs can be made, more outstanding works will often be created.
The Beatles, for example, whose third album, A. Hard. Day's. Night, not only started the Beatles' miraculous journey in America, but also reached the creative peak of Paul and John. The same is true for Glory to Death. The album "Rainstorm" embodies all Hugo's inspiration and creativity for the band and rock, breaking the shackles of traditional rock and new metal rock and opening up a new world.
It's an album that's good from beginning to end, without any weak track. The climax, surprise, and shock continue to flash, making people addicted to it. The tough, tough, changeable, melancholy, confused, lost, and elusive temperament that the whole album exudes undoubtedly complements the name of the album, showing the wind and rain on the road of glory to death bit by bit, sometimes There was another extremely gentle whisper, which made people feel that they were so easy to get close to.
This album once again felt the forge ahead and bold innovation of glory to death. They boldly integrated classical, electronic, pop and other elements into the style of rock, so that they can be displayed in the same song, but let them People take it for granted, as if music should be made like this by nature, and that kind of natural moving awakens the most primitive love for music in the depths of the heart. It can be said that this piece of "Toasty Storm" represents not only the popularity of this era, but also the huge self-breakthrough of the band, and the revival of the rock spirit.
In this album, Hugo Lancaster fully displayed his talent, he composed extremely beautiful and beautiful melodies and arranged them in wonderful permutations; he wrote extremely poetic lyrics, And they have a hearty and sincere interpretation of them. All of this makes "Rapid Rain" have a very distinct personality, imprinting the characteristics of this rock band deeply into the music, making rock and roll full of vitality again.
Suddenly, it reminds me of the Beatles' first concept album in music history, "Sgt. Pepper's. Lonely. Hearts. Club. Band". This album may not be the Beatles' best album, but it is the most important in rock history. Because after this, rock and roll entered a new era, and there was no law to follow, which completely changed the development trajectory of music.
'Rainstorm' may not be Death of Glory's best album - it is now, but may not be in the future - but what is certain is that this album conveys a new musical concept of Death of Glory: Simplified It does not mean abandoning traditional techniques, on the contrary, it means learning to use the most cumbersome, superlative and exquisite techniques to interpret the simplest, truest and most beautiful melody. Technology is never the point, spirit and thought are.
Through this album, the belief in rock and roll will be sown again.
If it is said that the first music of the album 'Blizzard' is wonderful, and the overall quality even surpasses the once insurmountable peak 'Bathing in the Morning Light', and becomes the album that surpasses 'Never Mind', which bloomed brilliantly in 1996; then What made 'Rainstorm' truly go down in history is the ingenious recording method of Glory to Death.
Glory to Death regards itself as an underground band wandering and singing on the road, performing its own ditty in the noisy and ordinary life, every detail of the noise becomes the most wonderful existence, and clearly conveys every detail in my mind. The singing scene, each outdoor recording studio, and the creative background of each song are outlined, allowing the audience to enter the world of glory to death and truly become a musical symbol in their music, wandering along with the ups and downs of the melody.
This terrifying recording method breaks almost all the shackles of the traditional recording studio, and ingeniously shows the essence of the rock band, and makes the noise also become a part of the accompaniment with a superb arrangement skills. Glory to Death has never been an idol, but this time, they have fully displayed their grassroots attributes, the spirit of always walking on the road and running around, giving them fresh vitality.
In a trance, I seem to have seen with my own eyes the underground band that traveled across the United States and sang while traveling, setting off a rock storm and sweeping the North American continent.
Glory or death. This is the spiritual core of Glory to Death, the key to the radiance of their music, and the reason why they can become 'great'. This is a great rock band, no doubt about it.
Digression, at the end of the album, Glory to Death brought a surprise, which slowly flowed into the heart like a clear spring, calmed down the restlessness and excitement of the soul, and could not help but savor the feeling and disappointment on the tip of the tongue. This is glory to death, this is only glory to death, the unique and irreplaceable glory to death. "
David's music review published in the "Los Angeles Times" caused a thousand waves. He did not analyze each song of the album in detail, but stood at the height of the entire album. a brief comment. Between the lines, you can clearly feel his admiration, and even worship, for "stormy rain".
David used almost all the words of praise, and gave the highest evaluation to the death of glory, which triggered a chain of discussions, and the topic of the "surprise" in it, led to countless conjectures. After going back, many people began to listen to the album seriously, but surprisingly, almost no one found this so-called surprise.
At the beginning, many people speculated that David was talking about the album's last song "Waiting. On. The. World. To. Change", which is widely believed to be used by Glory to the Dead. The song changed the history of rock and roll, boldly proclaiming its historical place and musical determination. Using this song as the ending makes a lot of sense.
There are even many comments that have begun to study "Waiting for the world to change", and many meanings have been derived from this song, and they have carefully interpreted the intention of Glory to Death to create this song, and the lyrics written by Hugo. It really makes me cry.
It was not until more than two months later that the news spread one after another, and people realized that their ideas were fundamentally wrong. It turns out that there is a hidden track in the album "Rapid Rain", and what is even more commendable is that this hidden track only exists in 300,000 copies. In other words, only listeners who bought the 1/300,000th copy would be lucky enough to hear this hidden track.
After the news was confirmed, the whole market was fried in an instant. The 300,000 copies became a limited edition overnight, and some even tried to buy it for $10,000. An album that's only $15 worth $10,000? I heard that a few deals were successful, but more fans were reluctant to hand over the collector's edition in their hands.
After that, with the passage of time, the historical status of the album "Rainstorm" has gradually been proved, and the 300,000-piece limited edition has become more and more popular, even if the so-called hidden tracks have been released later. , but it still does not prevent this album from being hot in the collection market. In 2015, at an auction, a collector's edition of "Wind and Rain" was submitted to the trading column, causing avid fans and collectors to chase after it, and finally completed at a transaction price of 250,000 US dollars. The transaction shocked the entire market.
Although it is impossible to predict the grand occasion twenty years later, after the publication of this music review by David of the "Los Angeles Times", it still caused a heated discussion, and everyone focused their attention on the album "Rapid Rain" .
"Without a doubt, this album is definitely the best album of Glory to the Dead and one of my favorites, I was blown away from the first second I heard the melody. Full marks 10, this is never an easy score, and I haven't given this score to any album yet. But this time, I'm going to make an exception."
David gave "Rainstorm" a 10 out of 10, and it's a perfect album. As for David's point of view, the first batch of music critics who came out first actually expressed their approval.
Following "Almost Famous" and "Bathing in the Morning Light", "Rapid Storm" once again won overall praise. The third album bottleneck of the rock band, Glory to Death was easily broken with a high-headed posture, and the other two competitors in the final duel. Woolen cloth? Music critics are also sharpening their knives, waiting to express their opinions and find their own sense of existence in this ultimate confrontation.