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A moment of madness from Helloween (lasting three years)
There's a strange sort of pattern in that the songs with the most unlikely titles somehow turn out to be my favourite ones on an album. Kamelot has "A Feast for the Vain". Sonata Arctica does it all the time with things like "Weballergy" and "The Boy Who Wanted to Be A Real Puppet". And I'm sure Iron Maiden was deliberately attempting to invoke this effect when they decided to name their latest single "The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg". However, this particular song's title is so awful that I'm hesitant to even mention it so early on because I'm sure it would instantly put anyone off even giving it a second glance.
The other thing that will put anyone remotely familiar with the band off this song is that it was written in 1991 when the band had run out of 80s and Michael Kiske had decided they were going to try to become a pop group. Shortly after this slight change in musical direction they released two albums that were probably most politely described as 'misguided'. After this led to... a small amount of unrest in the band, they eventually booted him out and called Andreas Deris in as an emergency rescue vocalist instead, and a large number of fans were left trying to forget that the band that produced the classic "Keeper of the Seven Keys" albums had gone on to release something that resembled a Beatles best-of compilation.
But I promise it's one of my favourite songs from the Kiske era, which makes it a complete mystery why it never made it on to any albums. Not enjoyed in the same way as any of their other material, exactly, because it's unmistakably rock-pop - but it's unfathomably catchy (like barbed wire). And the guitar part underneath it is wonderfully complex if you listen. Though the chorus is a bit dodgy, the lyrics probably make a good point, but they're slightly obfuscated by imaginative English and I'm certain that some of the accompanying written words aren't what's being sung unless Kiske discovered a way of pronouncing "wars" with an M at the beginning. And that single cover that's used as the background... well, there's no comment I can make. You'll just have to see for yourself.
Artist: Helloween
Album: None! It was only ever a single B-side
Song: Well... it's called Shit and Lobster
Visuals: ??!!
The other thing that will put anyone remotely familiar with the band off this song is that it was written in 1991 when the band had run out of 80s and Michael Kiske had decided they were going to try to become a pop group. Shortly after this slight change in musical direction they released two albums that were probably most politely described as 'misguided'. After this led to... a small amount of unrest in the band, they eventually booted him out and called Andreas Deris in as an emergency rescue vocalist instead, and a large number of fans were left trying to forget that the band that produced the classic "Keeper of the Seven Keys" albums had gone on to release something that resembled a Beatles best-of compilation.
But I promise it's one of my favourite songs from the Kiske era, which makes it a complete mystery why it never made it on to any albums. Not enjoyed in the same way as any of their other material, exactly, because it's unmistakably rock-pop - but it's unfathomably catchy (like barbed wire). And the guitar part underneath it is wonderfully complex if you listen. Though the chorus is a bit dodgy, the lyrics probably make a good point, but they're slightly obfuscated by imaginative English and I'm certain that some of the accompanying written words aren't what's being sung unless Kiske discovered a way of pronouncing "wars" with an M at the beginning. And that single cover that's used as the background... well, there's no comment I can make. You'll just have to see for yourself.
Artist: Helloween
Album: None! It was only ever a single B-side
Song: Well... it's called Shit and Lobster
Visuals: ??!!
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