I don’t know what it was about the 90’s, but I can think offhand of several movies that tried to be edgy and hip that had far better soundtracks than they deserved (and the movies sucked). Most notable to me were Hackers (for having Angelina Jolie), Mortal Kombat, and Cool World. In the former case I still regularly cue up “Connected” by Stereo MC’s, and “Voodoo People” by the Prodigy (incidentally, 2 Cellos has an interesting cover). Mortal Kombat wasn’t as bad a movie as panned, but had an out…
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A double dose of Sabaton today, from the album Heroes [http://infogalactic.com/info/Heroes_(Sabaton_album)] – The first bit is “Resist and Bite” – about the Chasseurs Ardennais of the Beligian Armed Forces, in WW2. The second is “To Hell and Back” – about Audie Murphy.…
This one, I’m torn. Granted, the rest of the stuff by Blur I found unlistenable, and no, I can’t forgive Starship Troopers for introducing me to Song2 via the trailers, but Song 2 simply rocks. When it comes to the sound of the guitars, I prefer the original. That said, having the lyrics delivered in a aggressive, in your face manner rather than the whiny bitchiness of Blur…. epic.…
OK – never heard of the band Eternal Champion, or the album The Armor of Ire, before Sky Hernstrom posted it to Google+. Catchy little number. Thank you.…
Since I’m in a musical mood today, the Didact recently reminded me of a favorite song [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2017/01/seems-fitting.html] that I can chalk up to my “Damn You John Ringo” files. While there are bits and pieces of Nightwish that sound vaguely like Celtic music turned rock, this acoustic Heather Alexander bit with bagpipes is one of the most epically bloody minded METAL songs you will ever hear, despite being a folk/filk piece, promising to the enemy nothing less than “ho…