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THE NEAL MORSE BAND: THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM

Neal Morse

 

Symphonic Prog

4.18 | 507 ratings

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M27Barney
1 stars Well, where do I start? Neal Morse - says - "I want to preach about my born-again xtian god-delusion, again". "H'm haven't you done that to death already?" says a.n. other - "I'll tell you what - I will base the concept on a well known xtian allegorical tale - Bunyan's The Pilgrims Progress!". "I wouldn't call it that - it won't sell - give it a proggy name". "Good idea" muses Morse, "I'll call it 'The similitude of a dream' - How's that?" "OK"...... Well , I listened to CD1 and the lyrics didn't twist my melon until - "Breath of Angels" - I had to turn it off immediately! I gave it a second chance - and got as far as CD2 - before his preaching got to me again. The musicianship is awesome , the prog music equally the best around at the moment. - Oy! Morse why didn't you include an edition with an instrumental CD for me to enjoy? I will re-capitulate and go-over my review - in terms of it's musical content - and Like I said - Had the CD come with an instrumental version - the instrumental Cd would receive a the maximum score - like I said the musical content and musicianship CANNOT be bettered by any prog act at the moment! The religious context of the CD would be acceptable - if it was applied in a yes-like vague spiritual haze of strange lyrics - like Tales from Topographic oceans - a prog epic about the teachings of an eastern religious guru. But the lyrics are appalling and cloyingly preachy (Again). If Mr Morse had a sense of fun / history - perhaps he could produce a CD about a gang of U.S. youths and call it "The battle of Gettysburg" or something similar - or an epic about the White-Europeans land-grab and their massacre of the earlier Indian cultures! BUT..... I'm afraid his narration, is of a man, - sick of earthly delights - realises that real life only happens when you're dead but has no actual proof that this is the case - just his smug - I KNOW!!! YOU FOOLS! attitude. Well he would have got more interest from me - if he has told a tale about a similarly deluded pilgrim, wandering about Manchester with a bomb in his back-pack for 2.5 hours before taking 22 men, women and children with him into oblivion because "HE KNOWS" that he will get 36 virgins in his city in the sky. Neal - give it a rest!
M27Barney | 1/5 |

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