tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214820361110770432011-01-30T15:12:45.966-08:00Song of the day style music blog featuring prog, metal, prog metal, and other good music.Matt Schrameckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354148901062290474noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521482036111077043.post-70582482431853601542011-01-30T15:09:00.000-08:002011-01-30T15:12:45.996-08:002011-01-30T15:12:45.996-08:00So, here's my first post. The song of the day is going to be an old favorite rather than a new discovery, so that I can just get the ball rolling with stuff I've already had time to digest and think about. <br /> <br /> <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VZTE4jIxERU?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VZTE4jIxERU?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="480" height="292.5"></object><br /> <br /> I love this song for a multitude of reasons. First and foremost, I enjoy their execution of the "Western" genre (blues/country kind of feel) without putting too much of a contemporary death metal spin on it. I say I like that not because Western is pleasant to listen to, but I think it shows some courage for a band that's at the forefront of Progressive Death Metal to make a track that is exclusively in this mode. <br /> <br /> In fact the song's lyrics allude to this idea. It seems to describe a group of musicians in a future time where [real] music is banished, and they are the remnants of times past but not forgotten. This is supposed to parallel the state of the music industry, popular music today, and the struggle bands like BTBAM have to go through to succeed. Their usual ventures into a clean breakdown with falsetto vocals, or a quick measure or two of accordion among other unorthodox metal sounds are clear and accepted by metal fans of all different styles. But to make a full length song in this style is just a little different.<br /> <br /> I also enjoy Paul Waggoner's singing, and have always liked Tommy's lead vocals clean.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/521482036111077043-7058248243185360154?l=ohmyguh.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matt Schrameckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354148901062290474noreply@blogger.com0