And then you look at the state of today's music. No epics to be found anywhere.
Sad times.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Epic Rock
Seems like the epic rock anthem was everywhere in the late 60s and 70s but then what happened to it? They had "Baba O'Reily", "Stairway to Heaven," and "Bohemian Rhapsody." (I know I'm missing others but those were the ones that popped into my mind, and therefore, typed first) Then came the 80s and....yeah. But for me as a budding youth absorbing music at every opportunity it was Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" and that absolutely EPIC song and video that still gives me chills and awesome memories (depressed Axl, Slash's "church" solo, and the climatic wedding). This is the complete package here. Guitars, babes, death, a rockin' orchestra.
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I would read this blog a lot more if it dealt with faux-conservative issues. Do you have any of those?
ReplyDeleteActually they have a whole genre called epic metal, but its more like dungeons and dragons epic. I listened to November Rain after Regina Spektar mentioned it in her song 'On the Radio', "that solos really long, but its a good refrain". I guess I missed the whole rock-n-roll thing because I don't get the magic of the song.
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