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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I just listened to save me and while, again, it's not my kind of thing musicially speakin, the high pitched vocals near the end were actually very much like cornell's. certainly more than Stapp could ever pull off.

    Oh yeah, Save Me is by no means a good song, no wonder it was an out-take from the album, but the vocals own virtually everyone in the business! That note goes on forever, and then it goes even higher! I dunno, it just impresses the hell out of me :)
  • JamnPearl
    JamnPearl Posts: 204
    It's the only cd i've listened to since Tuesday. So much better than One Day Remains in every possible way. My favorites are Blackbird, White Knuckles, Ties That Bind, Come To Life, Buried Alive and Coming Home. I really enjoy every song on the album.

    You can actually hear the bass in this album and it really pays off. Phillips has improved a lot as well, much more creative in his drumming than ODR.
  • A Surprise Left
    A Surprise Left Posts: 743
    This album hasen't come out in Australia yet but I've heard most of the songs online. ODR was a very good rock record but this is a vast improvement, at least going by what I have heard so far. I highly doubt any band has put out a better song than the title track this year. Its epic and it is moving in a very real sense. What is impressive is the first part of the solo section (that goes for about a minute) is actually Myles, than Tremonti comes in and does his bit.

    While I love Tremonti's section I found Myles' solo to be more soulful and have a bit more feeling to it. How many lead singers (who are not in three piece bands) are capable of pulling off a solo like Kennedy can? Wind-Up actually tried to get Creed back together but the band told them to get stuffed and joined Universal records. It seems Tremonti and co finally have put out an album that lives up to the promise that "My Own Prison" showed, before they started spewing out shit like "Don't Stop Dancing" and "Lullaby".
    The wind is blowing cold
    Have we lost our way tonight?
    Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

    Feels like were all alone
    Running further from what’s right
    And there are no more heroes to follow

    So what are we becoming?
    Where did we go wrong?
  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    snooze fest.
    d'oh!!!!!!

    http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    A Surprise Left wrote:
    It seems Tremonti and co finally have put out an album that lives up to the promise that "My Own Prison" showed, before they started spewing out shit like "Don't Stop Dancing" and "Lullaby".
    My Own Prison (the song, rather than the album) was the only thing Creed ever did that approaches tolerable. I think it's just because Stapp didn't seem to be trying to sound like Eddie in the chorus. Sure, plenty of people have been influenced by him but Stapp just sounded like a drunken frat-boy singing PJ karaoke, badly.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Gossard_Is_God
    Gossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    Ive come to realise the only thing wrong with Creed was Scott Stapp, the rest are amazing musicians
    Pearl Jam - London Astoria 20/4/06....One hell of a night :)

    Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!

    Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing

    Wembley 2007 :D
  • JamnPearl
    JamnPearl Posts: 204
    Gossard_Is_God wrote:
    Ive come to realise the only thing wrong with Creed was Scott Stapp, the rest are amazing musicians

    Truth!
  • pj10alive42
    pj10alive42 Posts: 381
    I like what I'm hearing...personally I loved Creed when I heard their first

    album...Ode and Torn are great fucking songs...I don't care who you are,

    but they are. But the shit they tried to pass off as good rock after that

    initial album...well you know...it was abhorent. Anyways, Alter Bridge is

    bringing me back in...and for the guy that said Mark was a better rhythm

    guitar player than lead shredder...I laugh at you...LOUDLY!!!
    I'm trying to drink away the part of the day I cannot sleep away...
  • pj10alive42
    pj10alive42 Posts: 381
    brain of c wrote:
    snooze fest.

    What does this post mean? Are you sleepy? Try 8 hours tonight and a cup of coffee tomorrow...maybe then you wont be so snoozy/unaccepting of other people's opinions
    I'm trying to drink away the part of the day I cannot sleep away...
  • Champagne Breakfast
    Champagne Breakfast Posts: 1,526
    Agreed this blackbird is a great album and alter bridge is a great band.
    Let me say if you like AB's records..you MUST see them live.
    They kill it. It's too bad people sometimes think Creed when AB is mentioned because they truly blow Greed I mean Creed out of the fackin water.

    Myles is an unbelievable talent. Wait to you see him play guitar and sing at the same time. Not sure how he does it. I gotta chance to have a few drinks with Myles and Tremonti after the NYC show last week and they are extremely nice guys. To me this a unique, refreshing, and solid rock band.
    PJ - 36
    EV - 5
    (**Letterman'02, Irving Plaza, Storytellers, Beacon, ACL, Spectrum 3&4, Bridge School '10**)

    "Constant recoil,..sometimes life don't leave you alone."
    Let's connect on twitter - @Jeffgorra
  • darthvedder88
    darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    I got their first album when it came out and thought there were good songs on it, but wasn't really blown away by it. I saw them live at X-Fest in Noblesville, IN this past month, and they were awesome!! So I went out and got "Blackbird" and yeah, it's tits!!
    "Darth Vader would say 'Impressive'."

    -Eddie Vedder

    6/24/06 Cincinatti, Ohio
    6/14/08 Manchester, Tennessee

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