Once upon a time in the land of Black Horse there was a boy who would go every Thursday{payday} to supp at a place of delicious food called,'The Big Bite'.Soon after,as was his habit,he would drift over to the record store and buy two record Lp's.
Before he added these two jewels to his crown,this boy would play them in the 'New' section of what he called ,'The Game'.
The Game was a simple device.By means of random employment(cards...or later on,a spinning wheel) he would select an album side from his ever growing collection.After hearing this,'side',he would play a side of one of his,'New' Lps.
In this fashion,he{and/or his welcomed guests} could hear a great variety of contemporary music.
To add to the fun of this rousting adventure,the boy soon added treasure to his game.By chance,you could win a dollar,five,ten even twenty.An ever growing change jar-with sometimes an even greater amount-was eventually added to the mix.
Fun was had by all.
As a sub text,a game within the game was added:'Guess Whom The Artist Was'.There was no reward for this joust,except,perhaps,bragging rights.
One of the masters of this,'Guess The Artist,'match was this boy's cousin,Frank.Frank was a guessing warrior.He was without equal...except for one group:'Cheap Trick'.
Cheap Trick was Frank's Kypnonite.His blind spot.It got to be that his last guess was always a desperate,'Cheap Trick'{That is when Frank could even recall the group Cheap Trick within the framework of his mind}?
On the other hand,the boy was a great fan of this rock/pop group,Cheap Trick.He had all of their Lps.Knew all of their tunes.He especially liked to wallow in Cheap Tricks earlier-grittier-style of playing.He did not start out being the master of this Frank brain fart band.It just happened.
Now,here's the rub.Here's the morale to the story.
GodSmack is this boy's Achilles heel.GodSmack is this boy's Frank's brain fart.GodSmack is this boy's,Cheap Trick.
...And,I am this boy.
Not that there is anything wrong with GodSmack,or their,'Oracle' production,in particular.In fact,just the opposite.
There are several really good tunes on,'Oracle'.'Whiskey Hangover' first and foremost amongst them..also,the cd opener,'Crying Like A Bitch',ditto for,'Love Hate Sex Pain'.
Perhaps the best song on this album is,'War And Peace',but that is just me.
GodSmack is good heart pounding guitar thrashing,man's man rock & roll.
You'll head bang to it's every mans lyrics every time you listen to them bustin' their cliche' ridden rock on your local modern rock,alternative radio station.
But,if you are like me..you might just be going...'Cheap Trick'???
B+
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