Rock Opera
- Both have a long established tradition of terrible lyrics.
- Both, at their best, are often unoriginal. They recycle clichés we've heard before and fans are in awe of the ornamentation around those clichés and the way they're linked together.
- Both are best practiced by performers that are somehow larger and louder than life.
- Experiencing both (if you're into this stuff) you know what's coming next and it only makes it better.
I could go on - hair, costumes, make-up - all over the top. Is anyone still reading?
Chickenfoot, lyrically and in many other ways, is a mess, but an exquisite one. Hagar, at the age of 61, while he doesn't attempt an F above high C, anymore, still has mind-boggling tone, phrasing, and diction. Satriani, steps back from the July 4th pyrotechnics he's known for and becomes an ensemble player with almost no equal. If you have the privilege to catch these guys live, you'll get to appreciate how he summarizes all that is multi-tracked on the album in his live performance. Michael Anthony provides an omnipresent depth, pumping out classic hard rock bass lines, and Chad Smith steps away from his signature inner syncopations of RHCP, to this cast-iron back of the beat, pedal work, and sharp, precise upper register stuff. Ensemble work doesn't get much better than this.
Other reasons I might like this album are that I can't hear any Auto-Tune, and there isn't an iPod app' that makes it any better. -- Hugo Munday
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