Holy Soldier - Why Don't You Look Into Jesus?
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Holy Soldier - Why Don't You Look Into Jesus?
The other day I was playing One Way (The Songs Of Larry Norman) and one song just grated on everyone's nerves (we were all cleaning house at the time), and it was this one.
In my opinion, this is just an awful rendition that just drags on and on and does not achieve the grunge or blues feel they were going for.
Here's the original, and I love it so much more!!!
In my opinion, this is just an awful rendition that just drags on and on and does not achieve the grunge or blues feel they were going for.
Here's the original, and I love it so much more!!!
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They are both fine songs separately from each other. I like both. H5 just went a different direction from the original.
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Murdock is one of the few who enjoyed Promise Man. Underrated album.
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I agree with MurdockH.M. Murdock wrote:Murdock is one of the few who enjoyed Promise Man. Underrated album.
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I would agree completely. Been listening to it off and on since it came out. There might be gaps of time between, but I always eventually listen to that album again.H.M. Murdock wrote:Murdock is one of the few who enjoyed Promise Man. Underrated album.
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yeah the original is way better. Let's not even bring up dc Talk's version of "I Wish We'd All Been Ready"
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I like the HS version. I like most of the songs on the tribute better than the originals. I'm also a fan of pseudo-Holy Soldier's Promise Man and Larry Norman.
I think Deepfriar got it: the songs are so completely different musically that it almost stops being an apples-to-apples comparison. If they had tried to do a straight cover it wouldn't have worked.
It's a terrible house-cleaning song though. Try it again in a different context.
I think Deepfriar got it: the songs are so completely different musically that it almost stops being an apples-to-apples comparison. If they had tried to do a straight cover it wouldn't have worked.
It's a terrible house-cleaning song though. Try it again in a different context.
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Loved 'Promise Man' and thought HS did an excellent job with it.
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I agree Adam absolutely dreadful. In my mind there are only 2 HS albums and that's the first 2. Anything else is not Holy Soldier.
I like the Larry Norman version better too.
I like the Larry Norman version better too.
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MikeInFla wrote:In my mind there are only 2 HS albums and that's the first 2. Anything else is not Holy Soldier.
Agreed.
Like I said I like Promise Man, but I think I'll call that band "pseudo-Holy Soldier" from now on.
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MikeInFla wrote:In my mind there are only 2 HS albums and that's the first 2.
That bass intro to "When the Reign Comes Down". Wow.
Yep, that first album just sells me every time I listen. In my top 10 greatest Christian metal albums of all time.
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The original is better. I love the first two holy soldier albums and I just try my best to pretend this abomination of an album never happened!
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Yeah bro the bass is amazing. Melodic rock the way it should be done those first two albums. No glam rock band apart from maybe Dokken have done it as well as these two albums.Adam wrote:MikeInFla wrote:In my mind there are only 2 HS albums and that's the first 2.
That bass intro to "When the Reign Comes Down". Wow.
Yep, that first album just sells me every time I listen. In my top 10 greatest Christian metal albums of all time.
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It's Temple of the Dog!!
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I just listened to the HS version of the song. It was okay, not that great.
I like the original better but they are very different approaches.....
I like the original better but they are very different approaches.....
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I love everything Holy Soldier / Steven Patrick has put out. Yes, the style is different on Promise Man but to me it’s great music. Eric Wayne fits the style perfectly.
I think the song ‘Sand’ is my favourite song on the album.
I think the song ‘Sand’ is my favourite song on the album.
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I don't really like grunge, so I didn't appreciate HS's version much at all. To make matters worse, their first two albums were sooooo good, that it felt like a real come down. But, I think it's all in the name. If, like others have said, they had changed their name, I think the album would have been much better received.
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