Really, eh, HRMG!!! I fought for years with my mom about metal. I tried explaining lyrics to her, but all she heard was the crap people like Tipper Gore ranted about. I couldn't keep any metal in the house. I used to record stuff off the radio onto cassettes and then tape them to the back of my dresser. When she found my Black Sabbath tapes she went bonkers! The funny thing was that I wrote a huge paper in university on the parallels between heavy metal and late-classical period music, 16 pages including musical exerpts, and got an A+. The reason I loved Priest so much was that they never 'sexualized' women in a demeaning way. It was always about music, rockin' out and ridin' free!! I love their lyrics, to me they are some, if not THE most powerful metal lyrics out there.
4 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS TILL THE BEAST ARRIVES IN TORONTO, BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:29:40 PM)
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
Me too Metalgodess!! Going to Catholic school and being a metalhead at the age of 12 was not a good combination, since I was the one they always pointed at when they talked about "devil music"! Then in high school during jean and t-shirt days, I ALWAYS wore my Priest t-shirts. Got quite the look from a lot of my teachers at first, but then they just got used to it, LOL!
As for JP and spirituality, I know that Rob is very spiritual. I'm sure the boys danced with the devil a bit during their heyday, but they never sold their soul to him. They are all good men, IMO and their musical message has always been a positive one.
metalgodess wrote:
Right on, Hellrider. I've had to defend being a good Catholic girl and loving metal to too many people. It gets annoying after a while LOL.
hellrider 31038 wrote:
I HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST
I KEEP IT TO MYSELF
I've had to defend being a good Catholic girl and loving metal to too many people. It gets annoying after a while LOL.