Delusion-Elle

Sometimes I don't get bands. Really. Sometimes they go off and change styles so drastically that I'm turned off. Other times they stick to the same formulaic bullshit. Well, not bullshit, but you know how it is: there's nothing new or innovative or creative about the latest stuff they're pushing out. I understand that it's hard to get that right balance of new and old within the ultimate balance of "do *I/WE* like it" versus "will the fans like it". For the most part, the bands I listen to keep their signature sound, but they do add new elements and somehow keep their songwriting fresh. BUT EVEN THEN. THERE ARE THINGS I DO NOT GET. Like, Kamelot, my numero uno band in the whole wide world. I just do not get one BIG BOTHERSOME thing...

If anyone can tell me WHY Kamelot would split this song into four separate tracks (other than to get moar Last.fm scrobbles), PLEASE TELL ME. Because this song is fantastic as a 9-minute long track (even if the way the person who put them together in the following clip isn't the greatest because in iTunes it DOESN'T HICCUP AT ALL). =______= THAT RIFF. IN THE FIRST PART. WHEN THE GUITAR FIRST COMES IN. UNICORNS. THAT IS LIKE. MY THEME MUSIC. And the second part is just like wow super lovely ballad. Then parts three and four get all BADASS. Bädåss. (Which if pronounced "properly" sounds nothing like "badass" BUT LOOK AT HOW BADASS IT LOOKS NAO.)

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS YOUNG, A BOY WITH BOLD AMBITIONSSSSS. [...] THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I COULD WATCH MYSELF WITHOUT... BEING... DISGRAAAAAAAAAAACED.

Though, to be honest, the badassocity of parts three and four do not compare with this muthaphuckin' MASTAH OF BADASS (that kind of reminds me of March of Mephisto):

WAAAAAAAAAAAKE MEEEEEE, REVOLVE IN MAH WOUNDZ, LAY DOWN YOUR ENEMYYYYYYYYYYY.


Buuuuuuuuuuut Martin found an interview with Kamelot where they mention hitting maybe possibly Vancouver in their second round of North American touring and hooooooooly yessssssss. THEY'D BETTER COME, GODDAMMIT. IF THEY COME, THEY WILL BE FORGIVEN FOR SPLITTING "Poetry for the Poisoned" INTO FOUR DIFFERENT TRACKS. FOR SRS.

I don't even know where I was going with this post, I just wanted to post something to procrastinate from studying for Math. Yes, I am a bad person. Quite bad. Qvite. :P