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Angeline said:
Lovely. I know the music well (but not Milstein) from listening to classical music with my dad. That's all I heard--classical, opera, operettas--until my sister and I overwhelmed the house with rock and roll lol.

To my ear it sounds infused with Jewishness or maybe it's Eastern European-ness...
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Well, he's both Jewish and Russian. Whether those things determine his sound is unclear to me. However, many of the greatest violinists have been Jews. There does seem to be some sort of affinity there.
 
AlwaysHungry said:
Well, he's both Jewish and Russian. Whether those things determine his sound is unclear to me. However, many of the greatest violinists have been Jews. There does seem to be some sort of affinity there.
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Without claiming any particular expertise other than family traditions and history, I think the portability of the violin as well as its versatility as an instrument had quite a bit to do with it. That and the fact that Jews in general were excluded from some professions and from owning land (particularly in the "old countries" and in the old days) and because studying was very traditional in Jewish culture, enforced by that venerable institution the Jewish mother. Also explains why a lot of Jews are drawn to medicine and similar professions. That's shared to some extent with Asians, for some of the same reasons. Plus Jewish mothers and Asian tiger mothers have a lot in common. ;)

I'm sure someone will come on and call me full of shit. I probably won't deny that.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE6Ejekw57Q

Heaven And Hell ~ The Devil You Know

The final Heaven And Hell lineup album with Ronnie James Dio, this one is, for me, what doom metal is meant to be, and an exemplary showing of heavy metal in general. None of the gurgling, grunting, shrieking, shouting, inscrutable, often pointless growling of almost all new generation heavy metal. Instead, it has the clean vocals of old school heavy metal, clearly and superbly delivered by one of the titans of metal vocals; the venerable Dio a man who turned dragons and the questing knights who slay them from solely the property of the realms of fantasy books and D&D games to the source of headbanging power.

With guitar work that sings with plenty of soul and more than a healthy dose technical skill thrown on top of it, it's also a delight for those metalheads who want to hear a precision musical set as well, giving instances where Tony Iommi shows off what he's learned over the decades of blowing eardrums and minds with his heavily down-tuned Gibson SG.

The boys definitively show that you don't need speed to have aggression, and they do it with enough iron-fisted style to put a smile on any long haired rocker's face. Geezer's walking, talking, rumbling basslines are at times simple, at times threatening artillery barrages. Vinny Appice keeps the drums fairly straightforward, while keeping the juggernaut feeling of an unstoppable advance.

I would specifically recommend a few songs, starting with Bible Black; my favorite from the album and the single released for it. A good and heavy tune for writing on a mean day. Atom and Evil, the opener, is another good one in that vein, with an eerie wailing quality to the vocals on the verses that give it a nice vibe. The album picks up speed and jumps into straight up heavy metal with Eating the Cannibals, another one I would highly recommend, especially if you want to give up and move.

All told, the album is solid metal from bulkhead to bulkhead, and solid metal done *just* right. The product of passion for the music being played instead of passion for the money it will produce. Something all too often missing in today's metal scene. Dreams of being rock stars for the fame and fortune is all well and good, but it simply doesn't make music as well as dreams of making great metal for people that love it. It's clear to see in this album which road was taken.

If you like Black Sabbath or Dio, even a little, give this album (or at least a few of the songs) a listen. You won't be disappointed. I know I wasn't. I listen to it quite often when I write, when I draw, when I do nothing at all. With riffs like the ones in Follow the Tears, how could I not?

wD
 
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