NEAL MORSE BAND: The Great Adventure - January 25 2019

[ytserush]

I don't have a problem with Neal's lyrics because I just put them in the same category of other myth-inspired Prog. Fairy tales are fairy tales. The only issue I have with his work (aside from the drums being bashed without any sense of subtlety) is the melodic sameness. I could listen to a random playlist of all of his Prog solo works and I would think they were all off the same album.

Great way to look at it and might have been doing this on some level anyway.

[Score2112]

I don't have a problem with Neal's lyrics because I just put them in the same category of other myth-inspired Prog. Fairy tales are fairy tales. The only issue I have with his work (aside from the drums being bashed without any sense of subtlety) is the melodic sameness. I could listen to a random playlist of all of his Prog solo works and I would think they were all off the same album.

Agree 100% re: drums .

[awebert]

Other members (Portnoy + Gillette) have infused Neal's melodies with metal, it's not really my thing but it's not too long a slog through the pots and pans banging to find another of those pretty melodies again. Not to mention the shared vocals are a boost, and Eric Gillette's voice is much "better" than Neal's acquired taste one so he justifiably gets the heavy lifting.

If Spock’s beard and old time dream theater were to have a love child this would be it. I like it

[Flightwave]

I never have been scared of anything involving Neal.

Same here. As a prog head and a Christian I love his music .

[BravadoNJ]

i'm an atheist and i have no problem with Neal's religion or his lyrics.
at the end of the day we're all our own individual selves.

[LeFrog]

I don't have a problem with him singing about god per se, what irks me is more the exalted way he calls out to him at times, or the superlative way he refers to him (the prince of the power of the air, the king of angel armies...)

[miamiscot]

Neal is very passionate about what he's writing/singing. I wish more artists were.

[Mstove]

i'm an atheist and i have no problem with Neal's religion or his lyrics.
at the end of the day we're all our own individual selves.

Same. There have been times where it is heavier handed than I'd like, but I don't have any issue with someone writing about what they believe passionately. The last few albums have been fantastic.

[moecurlythanu]

I don't have a problem with him singing about god per se, ... or the superlative way he refers to him (the prince of the power of the air, the king of angel armies...)

The prince of the power of the air is not a reference to god.

[LeFrog]

The prince of the power of the air is not a reference to god.

All right maybe it's the holy ghost but it doesn't change my point

[aith01]

All right maybe it's the holy ghost but it doesn't change my point

No, it's not that one either. It refers to something else entirely.

[LeFrog]

No, it's not that one either. It refers to something else entirely.

Then I'm seeing religion in Neal's lyrics when I shouldn't. That's a first!

[Splicer]

No, it's not that one either. It refers to something else entirely.

Farts?

[Yodelgoat]

Think darker... Darker than farts... If that's possible...

[Splicer]

Think darker... Darker than farts... If that's possible...

Yeah, yeah, Satan.

I wish I were a musician. I'd call myself Meal Norse and put out an album called The Prince of Darkness Gives Power to Those Who Believe...or Not

[Yodelgoat]

"That Queensryche album, Operation Mindcrime is darker than an Ozzy Osborn fart..." - I like it.

[BravadoNJ]

in the 5th listening, i am leaning towards this album being better then it's younger sibling.

[LeFrog]

in the 5th listening, i am leaning towards this album being better then it's younger sibling.

I'm around the 5th listening as well. It's definitely a lot of music to take in. My first impression was not so good but I'm warming to it. I don't see it topping Similitude in my book, but I guess it all depends how much metal leanings and all-out prog extravaganza you expect from these guys. There's definitely more of this on the new album.

[Progatron]

Don't try to lay no boogie woogie on the kings of rock 'n roll....

[miamiscot]

The prince of the power of the air is not a reference to god.

The Devil is the Prince Of The Power Of The Air!!!

[LeFrog]

Don't try to lay no boogie woogie on the kings of rock 'n roll....

Yet another set of controversial religious lyrics

[LeFrog]

The Devil is the Prince Of The Power Of The Air!!!

I finally got that thanks to you guys. It didn't seem obvious to me at first. Is that expression invented by Neal or common in the US?

[Flightwave]

Darker than farts...

Sounds like a Devin Townsend song.

[miamiscot]

I finally got that thanks to you guys. It didn't seem obvious to me at first. Is that expression invented by Neal or common in the US?

Ephesians 2:2

[LeFrog]

Ephesians 2:2

OK. I knew my religious instruction was a little lost on me.