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Theme Thursday – Workout Tunes
This theme Thursday is going to be a little shorter than normal due to my work requirements. I have a lot of homework and little time to do it. I am going to revolve this week’s theme around music to listen to while exercising, specifically while doing cardiovascular exercises such as running, biking, or elliptical.
Running is something that I have to do as part of my job, but in order for me to have an effective run I have to do it to good tunes or it’s just not getting done. it may seem silly and a bit of metal thing, but it’s just the way I am with exercise and music…it’s a package deal. I have actually walked up to a treadmill before and realized my batteries were dead so I left and went home. Listening to music while keeping fit is a must for me.
Tonight is a good example of what I mean. I had to run, I didn’t want to because it was the end of a long day and around 8pm, but the music motivated me. I limited my run to about 30 minutes and toward the end when I felt like stopping, another song came on to motivate me. So if you exercise because you like to or you have to, then this playlist I am about to talk about might help you out…until it gets old and needs updating. Here is what I listened to this week in order.
1. 1,320 – Megadeth
2. Faster - Within Temptation
3. The Sage, The Fool, The Sinner – Helloween
4. The Last Fight – Bullet For My Valentine
5. Destroyer of the Universe – Amon Amarth
6. Warlord – Cavalera Conspiracy
7. Insurrection – Trivium
8. Northpole Throwdown – Children of Bodom
It’s short and sweet this week. If you like to workout or have to, what music do you like to keep you going? Have a great week!
Song of the Day – The Sage, The Fool, The Sinner – 9 Mar 11
I think my iTouch likes Helloween; it seems to play them on random quite a bit. I was tempted to move on and find another song of the day, but Helloween has a way of making any topic sound peppy. For example:
A tramp found dead, in the street, just made the news
Forensics report read ‘drug abuse’
Found a warehouse slip in his sleeve
Marine corps major down-at-heel
The above, is just the first verse of a peppy-sounding song that is not peppy in content. It’s a snap your fingers to the music Helloween song. I like Helloween for that. Today’s song comes off the 7 Sinners album which is a real good album start to finish. I am glad Helloween is back in my life after such a long absence. I hope you had a great day. See you on Friday for the week closeout!
Song of the Day – Long Live The King – 7 Feb 11
It’s always easy to please me musically on a Monday. I usually stay up late on Sunday so it’s my own fault for not really getting a smooth start to work. Today’s song of the day picked me up because despite what Helloween sings about it seems so chipper and upbeat. Today’s song of the day is:
Long Live The King by Helloween off the 7 Sinners album.
The double bass is a great into to the song. Its one of the faster ones on the album. In fact I can’t really think of one bad song on the CD….It’s that good.
7 Sinners is a great Helloween album. It sucks I missed them in December, hopefully they will come back around since they are a European band. Maybe they will make another pass.
I hope you have a great week.
Song of the Day- 21 December 2010
Tick Tock everyone, the days left until Christmas and the New Year continues to march upon us.
The SOTD for 21 December 2010 is “Time” by Helloween, from the album ”Better Than Raw”.
There must be a million songs that have “Time” in the title, or some variation of time. It is pretty annoying most of the time. This one I am not so aggravated with.
Have a great day.
Album Review – Helloween – 7 Sinners
I became a fan of Helloween around 20 years ago when I first heard the track “I Want Out” off the Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II. I think it was Pink Bubbles Go Ape that came out not too long after that and then I pretty much lost track of Helloween. I still reminisced of the Keeper of the Seven Keys, both parts I and II, but I didn’t get any Helloween albums until earlier this year when I picked up the Dark Ride (2000) and Better Than Raw (1998). I was backtracking to see how Helloween had been doing and I am glad I picked up those particular albums. They are both excellent and from what I read about the band, most fans seem to feel that The Dark Ride is their best effort. That pretty much put me 10 years behind the Helloween power curve.
Because of my Interest in The Dark Ride and Better Than Raw, I was elated when I found out 7 Sinners was about to be released so without question, I downloaded it. Now you have my Helloween history, here is my review.
This album is excellent to say the least! With Helloween you never really know what to expect, but there is really nothing wrong with this album. It’s heavy, fast, metal, sing-along, groovy, and fun to listen to all the way through. I like the guitar solos with this effort. I would even recommend this to a new Helloween listener. This album is everything Helloween has ever been and still sounds new and fresh. 7 Sinners will be on my rotation for a good while. Helloween’s question of the album is Are You Metal? Well, or course I am.
With 7 Sinners you get a solid hour of metal. Some of the tracks that stuck out for me are:
Are You Metal?
Who is Mr. Madman?
World of Fantasy
Smile of the Sun
If A Mountain Could Talk
I give Helloween – 7 Sinners 4 1/2 of 5 Devil Horns
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SOTD – 10 Nov 2010
Even thought I have the pleasure of a day of leave today, it wouldn’t be complete without a song of the day. This song goes back to 1998 from a German band called Helloween. Today’s song of the day is:
Time by Helloween off the Better than Raw album
Have a great hump day 
