i pretty much agree with you, industwtrust.
its supposed to be a jokey party album and as far as that is concerned i think it pretty much lives up to expectations.
its not really a ministry album anyway. just a bunch of songs butchered by Al and friends.
not all the songs are succesful jokes but whatever.
i can imagine listening to this at a party and everybody having fun hearing it.
nobody ever said this was supposed to be an innovative and relevant piece of music like LORAH or even Psalm, stop treating it like it was! same goes for the trilogy.
You had me until you said “trilogy”. Maybe you’re right about how this album should be perceived. I’m still listening to it, so i’ll try listening to it again under that light. But as far as the bush trilogy goes, you already know where some people stand with those albums, and I highly doubt that’s going to change anytime soon if ever. But we’re talking about this cover album, not the three bush albums.
Let me put it this way… cover albums are dicey affairs, at best. You have to bring something to each song, and you have to pick songs that are open to interpretation. And Al and co. have done that here. It’s just a shame that they see everything through a “thrash” lens.
And just for the record, I like the cover of “It’s A Wonderful World,” derivative as it is. Although 3 versions are unnecessary, the cover, along with that juicy one-minute country a-cappella cover of “Stigmata,” is an appropriate death rattle for a dinosaur that once roamed the land and pwned at will.
Listened to it more at work today. I enjoyed a little more of it, but not too much. Was never a fan of many of these songs in the first place, but it’s interesting to hear thrash take on them, didn’t even have to be ministry - could’ve been anyone. I’m very lukewarm with “it’s a wonderful world” - why there’s three versions, I don’t know and it’s quite frankly stupid. Might as well just consider this an ep, since half of it was already recorded and done long ago, almost. I got a kick out of Bang a Gong though. Not much going on here, I can appreciate the “having fun” element, but the music is surely mediocre at best.
It’s as if Al caught flack for bashing bush repeated and think “i’m just going to release an album with covers and just not give a shit” - and it shows that not much care went into it - intentional or not, fun or not fun - it’s still mediocre.
you know, when I first got TLS I really didn’t like it, but it quickly grew on me ('cept for “Roadhouse” and “Dick Song”)
There is NO WAY THIS IS GOING TO GROW ON ME. It truly is bad!! Al doesn’t even sing on the new covers. He took out that sweet bass intro on lay lady lay. I quote catgoat
wtf?
does anyone else hear a “heavy” version of “Like A Virgin” in the first five seconds of “Bang A Gong.”
“Space Truckin’” sounds like it could be on the most recent Lard album (70’s rock…)
“Under My Thumb” sounds like a holdover from 12 inch or twitch or something I’d say with Sympathy but there is distortion guitar (you don’t say) in it unlike sympathy
just a really feeble effort i’m just disapointed all the way around…well not all the way around i like the cover art
Late,
grmpysmrf
If the live version from a few months ago is any indication, they left it off because it was awful.
Early word was that “The Light Pours Out of Me” was going to be on there too, but it ain’t.
It doesn’t help that I already hate most of the original songs to begin with. Songs like Black Betty and Radar Love are just so excruciatingly bad. The most tolerable song, aside from Supernaut, is Under My Thumb, only because I like the Stones. Still, it’s an impossible album to get through.
I would’ve been more optimistic if this was a collection of post-punk/obscure new wave covers, but Al’s just not in that place any more. It’s butt rock covered by nu metal, not very engaging to me.
Sound-wise, probably the worst offender on these last two releases is the lifeless electronic percussion Al’s using. These kits are so flat sounding, and sometimes get almost completely drowned out by the guitar noise. To think I actually spoke positively of these drums when I first heard TLS. I think it just took a few listens for reality to set in.
I like The Light Pours Out Of Me a good bit too, and figure it to be a shame that they didn’t put that on either. But either way, I already have animositisomnia so who cares? Wouldn’t save the cover album either way.
i pretty much agree with you, industwtrust.
its supposed to be a jokey party album and as far as that is concerned i think it pretty much lives up to expectations.
its not really a ministry album anyway. just a bunch of songs butchered by Al and friends.
not all the songs are succesful jokes but whatever.
i can imagine listening to this at a party and everybody having fun hearing it.
I don’t want to be at that party. This album would drive anyone who doesn’t WANT to like it, b/c it’s (kind of) Ministry, far away.