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uncertaindrumer · 06-11-2005, 01:12 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by titan9) Yeah, as I've said about a 1000 times now(but who's counting?

), it will be interesting to see what direction Stapp goes in musically. Is he going to go and do real soft music? Or will he do a fair blend of soft and harder Rock stuff? I'm hoping he does a blend. I can tolerate a few ballads, but not on every song. Of course, if Stapp does release a CD full of ballads, I'll still buy it because I still respect the guy as a vocalist and lyricist. I just hope that Stapp doesn't abandon his Rock roots.

Ya know, soft songs CAN be good. But it doesn't have to be silly, overused, stupid chord progressions from beginning to end. For instance, Stairway to Heaven is a pretty soft song (for Zep at least), and yet no one would complain! The problem is that when a rock band goes soft (i.e. WAWO, OLB, and even AB's ILM, BW etc.), and they do it with no creativity and nothing unique, it looks--and usually is--just a sales booster. So yeah, I love rock songs, but soft songs are viable if they are good.

06-11-2005, 01:12 PM	#14
uncertaindrumer USER INFO » Status: Wound Up Posts: 1,255 Joined: Dec 2004 Currently: Offline	Quote: (Originally Posted by titan9) Yeah, as I've said about a 1000 times now(but who's counting?), it will be interesting to see what direction Stapp goes in musically. Is he going to go and do real soft music? Or will he do a fair blend of soft and harder Rock stuff? I'm hoping he does a blend. I can tolerate a few ballads, but not on every song. Of course, if Stapp does release a CD full of ballads, I'll still buy it because I still respect the guy as a vocalist and lyricist. I just hope that Stapp doesn't abandon his Rock roots. Ya know, soft songs CAN be good. But it doesn't have to be silly, overused, stupid chord progressions from beginning to end. For instance, Stairway to Heaven is a pretty soft song (for Zep at least), and yet no one would complain! The problem is that when a rock band goes soft (i.e. WAWO, OLB, and even AB's ILM, BW etc.), and they do it with no creativity and nothing unique, it looks--and usually is--just a sales booster. So yeah, I love rock songs, but soft songs are viable if they are good. __________________ Titans baby, Titans.