Misleading song or album titles.

The soundtrack to the animated movie “Heavy Metal” has two songs with the same title, and neither is actual Heavy Metal. Maybe they are basic hard rock at best…

Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal
Don Felder - Heavy Metal (takin’ a ride)


The only song I would say is true Heavy Metal is The Mob Rules by Black Sabbath.

The song Black Metal by Sacred Warrior isnt even close to any Black Metal band (not even first wave BM), and the lyrics dont have anything to do with it (or even condemning the genre) either.

On second thought… why did they even call the movie Heavy Metal? It has nothing to do with the music genre.

WildWorld wrote:The song Black Metal by Sacred Warrior isnt even close to any Black Metal band (not even first wave BM), and the lyrics dont have anything to do with it (or even condemning the genre) either.

I didn’t know about that song. I’ll check it out!

I forgot the movie was based off a comic book. 

Still was a missed opportunity to use real metal like Judas Priest.

The Hellion/Electric Eye would’ve been perfect for a scene during the outer space segment.

TZ75 wrote:Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal

That song to me is heavy metal. For that time.

It’s your one way ticket to midnight

deathisgain wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal

That song to me is heavy metal. For that time.

Idk… Iron Maiden and Judas Priest were the sound of metal in 1981. Hagar is too happy.

TZ75 wrote:

deathisgain wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal

That song to me is heavy metal. For that time.

Idk… Iron Maiden and Judas Priest were the sound of metal in 1981. Hagar is too happy.

Maiden and Priest were the sound of British metal in 1981.

Hagar, Van Halen, Y&T, Riot, etc, were more-or-less considered American metal for 1981.

Then of course you had American metal bands like Manowar, Virgin Steele, Savatage and Queensryche popping up soon after.

MagnusPrime wrote:

TZ75 wrote:

deathisgain wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal

That song to me is heavy metal. For that time.

Idk… Iron Maiden and Judas Priest were the sound of metal in 1981. Hagar is too happy.

Maiden and Priest were the sound of British metal in 1981.

Hagar, Van Halen, Y&T, Riot, etc, were more-or-less considered American metal for 1981.

Then of course you had American metal bands like Manowar, Virgin Steele, Savatage and Queensryche popping up soon after.

Well if you put it that way… 

Van Halen had some better and heavier rockers than solo Hagar. For example: Unchained, Romeo Delight and Atomic Punk. 

Seeing that this wasn’t a purely American soundtrack… I would have used more British metal. Look how heavy Sabbath’s Master of Reality was! And that was 1971. Bottomline, there was better choices back then. Even UFO and the Scorpions has some heavy rockers.

deathisgain wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal

That song to me is heavy metal. For that time.

Children of the Grave was real metal… and that was recorded in 1971. 

Ten years later in 1981, there was a difference between “happy” upbeat hard rock and heavy metal.

By 1980, there was all kinds of cool NWOBHM bands playing killer heavy metal. 

Hagar is and always has been fluffy hard rock. Sure he has a great voice… but that’s not the point.

Lounge Act by Nirvana has nothing to do with Lounge music!

Symbol of Salvation by Armored Saint isn’t really about salvation.

System Of A Down's "Steal This Album!"

Go ahead. See what happens.

MagnusPrime wrote:System Of A Down's "Steal This Album!"

Go ahead. See what happens.

I think many people did. And they were prepared to blame the band for instructing them to. 

The first time I heard Czech Rocking Carol by The Joystrings I was disappointed.

1. "Interstate Love Song" - Stone Temple Pilots

It's not a love song.


2.  "Battery" - Metallica

It's not about batteries at all.

3.  Cacophony - “Speed Metal Symphony”

It's not really speed metal, it's a neo-classical guitar work-out.


4. Kick Axe - “Heavy Metal Shuffle”

It's not really a metal song, more like funky hard rock.

Def Leppard: Die Hard the Hunter

Literally nothing about either Bruce Willis or Fred Dryer in this song.

Derp

Led Zeppelin - Black Dog has nothing whatsoever to do with dogs. Apparently it was named that because there was a black dog in the studio when they recorded it

It hasn’t been proven that any member of Def Leppard is a Pyromaniac.

Metallica is wrong…

There is no Justice For All.

Speaking of SOAD, Chop Suey has nothing to do with Chop Suey, Bubbles is about government oppression, and BYOB stands for "bring your own bombs"