Liking It

[plumtreeblossom]

Why didn't anyone thump me on the head and and say "You need to listen to Trans-Siberian Orchestra?" I've known their name for years and only just this week bought one of their earlier CDs (Beethoven's Last Night). I haven't finished reading the liner notes, but now all I want is to see it staged. I love it in the same way I love the JCS original concept album, the kind you know end to end and sing drunkenly with your theatre friends until beaten bloody. It's that, crossed with Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell crossed with Danny Elfman on the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack crossed by Andrew Lloyd Webber's tortured twin.

I'm all over it. :-)

Comments

[jmspencer.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Beethoven's Last Night...

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Now I want to get more.

[guxx.livejournal.com]

How can you compare Meatloaf to Danny Elfman?

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

There's a singer on the album whose voice sounds very much like Danny Elfman (I had to check to make sure it wasn't him). The Meatloaf compares it only to the specific album Bat Out Of Hell, which is a concept album with similar theatrical elements, and different from his other music.

Concert at Mohegan Sun

[bex77]

Hey, Mare...thanks for the music tip. Cool stuff. FYI - the TSO is playing at Mohegan Sun's arena on Dec. 29...maybe you should gather a posse to go down there. Seats aren't that pricey - $36 or $46.

Concert at the Fleet

[bex77]

After further research, they are at the Fleet Center Dec. 30! Tickets aren't too bad there, either. Might make a good outing...