================================================ Subject: Re: Passing on article From: "Alexis M." To: Date: Sun 30 Dec 2001 16:31:35 -0800 ================================================ Wow. You mean there is a Creed review actually PRAISING Creed? Who would have thought it possible.... Sounds too good though, a bit overblown IMHO. Maybe it's just the overwhelming amount of adjectives he uses..... Alex On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 02:39:46 -0500 Creed - 7M3 - Live writes: > The Real Heavies > James Hunter > 3.5 stars (doesn't look good, but it's usually the highest rating, > they > hardly give out 4's even) > > On Weathered, Creed's lucid powerhouse of a thrid album, the > orlando, > florida trio emerge as masters of hard-rock atmosphere. As > Soundgarden > proved with superunknown, there are a million little intricacies to > pulling off what sounds like big enormous rock. and creed are all > over > them: weathered is rock of unusual focus and arrest, a beautifully > distressed dance of sustained style and unapologetic emotion. > > on songs such as "who's got my back" and "my sacrifice" the current > single, creed (now without brian marshall) issue exhilirating blasts > of > sculptured guitar. mark tremonti's playing and scott stapps > gorgeously > able tenorbaritone cohere with sriking symmetry and synchronicity. > ironically, for a band known by its critics for its overblown > romanticism, what's remarkable about Creed's album is its rich > restraint. stapp remains a man who could sing for the stage, so long > as > he could wear leather pants. but he and tremonti don't rely on > particularly catchy melodies or cheesy monster riffs; they just talk > to > each other - with a connected confidence. > > creed take nothing lightly for granted. on "stand here with me" > stapp > sings his earnest lyrics as if he might be cross-examined on the > import > of every word. his voice cuts against an edgy, restless bed of > tremonti's guitar notes before the guitarist changes his rhythm, > and > stapp sings, "so now you live on in the words of a song/you're a > melody," as the music gets more frenetic. where other bands may > have > lightened up their tone by their third album creed keep exploring > the > intricacies of their own heavy-rock calibrations (salma note: ummmm > yeah > they did???). Timea nd again on the album - as the title tune rocks > out > slyly, or during the harmonic churning of "hide" - creed obviously > take > pleasure in their command of these details. > > weathered crests with "dong' stop dancing," a song that begins with > stapp declaring how "wicked" and murky life sometiems is. tremonti > starts up with the creed equivalent of strumming - a bunch of > slightly > metallic sounding chords swiftly voiced, accumulating a spectacular > sonic rush. on the choruses, stapp implores - and you really have > to > hear it with the music - "children don't stop dancing/ believe you > can > fly." it's a post-post metal gospel song for a post-post cold war > world, > a totally credible soundtrack in the grand rock tradition of > viruosity > and romance. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp