Music video by Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noize". From the 1983 album Metal Health. Watch another video from the same album on my channel Quiet Riot "Metal Health" here: https://odysee.com/@MetalRock...
Oh man… when I was a kid I really wanted to like Quiet Riot but they only had like a couple good songs (this, Metal Health, Condition Critical. maybe “Don’t Wanna Let You Go”.) But those good songs were pretty good.
Good point. I just read that Quiet Riot had a rivalry with Van Halen before they each got record deals. Funny to compare them: Eddie Van Halen was a great songwriter as well as an amazing guitar player, but Quiet Riot didn’t have the equivalent (especially after Randy Rhoads left pre-Metal Health.)
Man, if they’d had him, it would have been totally different. He never got a chance to really show his lyrical ability, but the rest was there for sure.
Sure… but to be honest, I rarely enjoy the entire output of most metal bands. Finding one which had consistently composed great songs is a bit of a challenge, despite the very talented interpreters and shredders from the genre. What you describe could be sort of a common disease.
Much of Black Sabbath I find hard to stomach, for instance. On the other hand, I really like a couple of their albums.
I rather find that Iron Maiden is probably one of the more consistent bands with its output, actually. You either like them or you don’t, and that’s a good thing by itself because it shows that, regardless of musical taste, they know their trade. Its not an easy thing to be consistent.
With Black Sabbath, I have a lot more problems because they have entire albums which are, for me, quite terrible from a song writing perspective. I don’t mean a couple of songs, I mean from start to finish. If I pick one record I haven’t listened to yet, I just have no idea if I’m going to like it or not.
With Quiet Riot I agree. They have records which honestly kind of suck.
I personally think Iron Maiden peaked around Number of the Beast (1982) and Piece of Mind (1983). One of the reasons I liked them was because their lyrics were about interesting things. But even the albums after I stopped listening to them, I can appreciate that they involve some good songwriting. (ofc YMMV)
Oh man… when I was a kid I really wanted to like Quiet Riot but they only had like a couple good songs (this, Metal Health, Condition Critical. maybe “Don’t Wanna Let You Go”.) But those good songs were pretty good.
Yeah, they’re such a great band that can’t write songs for shit. Everyone in the band can play/sing very well, and that’s it.
You’d think that a band forming would figure out they need a serious songwriter in the mix to last.
Good point. I just read that Quiet Riot had a rivalry with Van Halen before they each got record deals. Funny to compare them: Eddie Van Halen was a great songwriter as well as an amazing guitar player, but Quiet Riot didn’t have the equivalent (especially after Randy Rhoads left pre-Metal Health.)
Man, if they’d had him, it would have been totally different. He never got a chance to really show his lyrical ability, but the rest was there for sure.
The compilation album Quiet Riot: The Rhandy Rhoads Years is supposed to be good, but I haven’t listened to it yet.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ZcLvLiG2zt4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Randy_Rhoads_Years
Sure… but to be honest, I rarely enjoy the entire output of most metal bands. Finding one which had consistently composed great songs is a bit of a challenge, despite the very talented interpreters and shredders from the genre. What you describe could be sort of a common disease.
Much of Black Sabbath I find hard to stomach, for instance. On the other hand, I really like a couple of their albums.
Iron Maiden is the obvious example. But agreed that it is difficult to consistently write great songs.
I rather find that Iron Maiden is probably one of the more consistent bands with its output, actually. You either like them or you don’t, and that’s a good thing by itself because it shows that, regardless of musical taste, they know their trade. Its not an easy thing to be consistent.
With Black Sabbath, I have a lot more problems because they have entire albums which are, for me, quite terrible from a song writing perspective. I don’t mean a couple of songs, I mean from start to finish. If I pick one record I haven’t listened to yet, I just have no idea if I’m going to like it or not.
With Quiet Riot I agree. They have records which honestly kind of suck.
Never understood the love for Iron Maiden until I saw a live concert on late night community television once.
I honestly wouldn’t take a dump on any of their studio work; but live? it’s a totally different beast.
I personally think Iron Maiden peaked around Number of the Beast (1982) and Piece of Mind (1983). One of the reasons I liked them was because their lyrics were about interesting things. But even the albums after I stopped listening to them, I can appreciate that they involve some good songwriting. (ofc YMMV)