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Occasionally, I can’t quite think of anything to say. It irritates me, to say the least -- although my verbal constipation is probably not half as annoying for those around me as opposed to the occasions when I do tend to speak. It’s especially bothersome when I’m attempting to review something. Take Diablo Swing Orchestra’s second album, Sing Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious for example.
It is beyond belief.
Words escape me.
(Un?)fortunately, I am a huge fan of vintage B-Movies, so when my vocabulary abruptly departs and takes off on a vacation, I often resort to my encyclopaedia of useless information and quote a movie. In the case of Diablo Swing Orchestra’s Sing Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious, a classic moment from Jack Hill’s Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told from 1968 popped in my head. Specifically the moments before and during the death of Schlocker (a shyster of an attorney, played by Karl Schanzer).
At this point, Schlocker is attacked by his assailants, going down screaming…
Etc.
And those, ladies and gentlemen, are the wholesale words I use to describe Sing Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious. You’d figure the epic fusion of goth metal and big bang would make more of an impact. Granted, the synth / metal / swing sounds prove to be a nice and a wonderfully odd change of pace from the norm. In the beginning that is. Suffice to say, the charm doesn’t last all that long and soon, the album simply sounds like what might happen if Danny Elfman and Keith Emerson sat down together and wrote a big band score for another Tim Burton animated musical feature.
Fans of the first Diablo Swing Orchestra will no doubt enjoy it, though and probably the fans of Danny Elfmans work. There might even be a Keith Emerson admirer out there that will enjoy it, too.
As for me, I grew tired of it within a matter of minutes.
It is beyond belief.
Words escape me.
(Un?)fortunately, I am a huge fan of vintage B-Movies, so when my vocabulary abruptly departs and takes off on a vacation, I often resort to my encyclopaedia of useless information and quote a movie. In the case of Diablo Swing Orchestra’s Sing Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious, a classic moment from Jack Hill’s Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told from 1968 popped in my head. Specifically the moments before and during the death of Schlocker (a shyster of an attorney, played by Karl Schanzer).
“Now see here. This won’t do. This has gone quite far enough, ladies. Beyond the bounds of prudence -- and good taste! I don’t know what you people are up to here, but I’m going to have to call in the authorities. Now, there are laws, criminal laws, I--”
“No, wait this isn’t right -- there are proper procedures!,”
And those, ladies and gentlemen, are the wholesale words I use to describe Sing Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious. You’d figure the epic fusion of goth metal and big bang would make more of an impact. Granted, the synth / metal / swing sounds prove to be a nice and a wonderfully odd change of pace from the norm. In the beginning that is. Suffice to say, the charm doesn’t last all that long and soon, the album simply sounds like what might happen if Danny Elfman and Keith Emerson sat down together and wrote a big band score for another Tim Burton animated musical feature.
Fans of the first Diablo Swing Orchestra will no doubt enjoy it, though and probably the fans of Danny Elfmans work. There might even be a Keith Emerson admirer out there that will enjoy it, too.
As for me, I grew tired of it within a matter of minutes.
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