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Post by Michaela Italy on Jun 20, 2013 15:04:09 GMT 2
I know very well that if I should pick up just 1 song of all Europe‘s production, then I would go for "Open Your Heart" WOT version... After having being hooked by the video of TFC, Open Your Heart has been my second song from Europe that I've listened to. Well, it was the video actually, so OOTW version...that cable running on the ground and Joey so heartbroken, I definitively fell for him and this band, but when I bumped into the live version from the concert in Sweden 1986 in which the WOT version was there, I even got the more hooked if only possible: that mix of sweat, passion and beauty altogether while singing the famous lines in my signature below plus the "maybe the sun will continue to shine, maybe the rain will continue to fall, maybe you want to leave me behind, maybe you change and give me a call". It has been a magic moment and in that single moment such an emotion went through which it will stay in my heart forever: I'll NEVER EVER forget that sweated angel! So my selection here is: 1. Open your heart 2. Dreamer 3. Scream of anger 4. Stormwind 5. Wasted time All the others are really equal to me and very good songs indeed. Because I am forced to choose one I'll go for: 6. Dance the night away How strange, I have to drop the title track...but the whole album is a masterpiece!!!
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Post by Eva Tomorrow on Jun 20, 2013 17:05:48 GMT 2
I discovered this gem after TFC, it has one of the best EUROPE's ballads for me: "Open your heart", amazing songs which earning quality over the years, ... My choice is: 1. Stormwind 2. Scream of Anger 3. Open your heart 4. Aphasia 5. Wings of Tomorrow 6. Dreamer Michaela dear, I will return to see the live version to "Open your heart" in Sweden 1986. I don't remember all these details ...
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Post by ent on Jun 20, 2013 17:33:36 GMT 2
And here’s my selection: 1. Stormwind 2. Open your heart 3. Treated bad again 4. Aphasia 5. Wasted time 6. Dreamer I’ve left out two monuments such as Scream of anger and Wings of tomorrow, but as some of you have already said: it’s a hard choice (and this is the sacrifice that hurts the less). @ Guesswho: I agree that the moment and the mood are two important factors when we are asked to make a choice. Probably next week I would choose something different. But this is me today. @ Michaela: I understand your feelings. Open your heart is a beautiful ballad, very emotional and spontaneous. It speaks to the heart. However, if we talk about Joey’s sweat , I must confess I have totally different feelings (but that might just be a limitation of my closed and heterosexual mind). Incidentally, something I didn't know before, the song 'Scream of Anger' was originally titled 'Black Journey Through My Soul' (according to Wikipedia, that is). Another interesting information that maybe not everybody knows is that the music was written by Marcel Jacob during the short period he joined Force (but I don't know if he wrote it alone or together with JT).
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Post by Stein on Jun 20, 2013 17:44:36 GMT 2
Another interesting information that maybe not everybody knows is that the music was written by Marcel Jacob during the short period he joined Force (but I don't know if he wrote it alone or together with JT). Joey and Marcel wrote the music together and Joey wrote the lyrics.
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Post by watercolourgirl on Jun 20, 2013 19:06:40 GMT 2
And now the results! This is the situation: 1. Seven doors hotel: 11 votes 2. Memories: 11 votes 3. Paradise bay: 8 votes 4. Words of wisdom: 8 votes5. In the future to come: 6 votes 6. The king will return: 6 votes 7. Children of this time: 6 votes 8. Boyazont: 6 votes9. Farewell: 2 votesSo the first four songs pass directly on phase 3 :cheers:and we say farewell to…Farewell (for the moment ‘cause we’ll find it again in phase 2). We have then 4 songs for two available places . The bitter fight is among: "The king will return", "Boyazont", "In the future to come" and "Children of this time". To try to break the tie I ask to Tomorrow, Watercolourgirl, and Shaiyela (you are the ones that have voted three of those four tracks) to indicate your favorite two. Sorry to give you this terrible responsability but... so, what's your verdict? (take your time, of course) "Children Of This Time" was easier for me to pick as I really like the guitar in it. But now it's between "Boyazont" and "In The Future To Come"....tough choice.... Okay Ent (and thank you for the greeting ) -- my two: "Children/Time" and "Boyazont". It came down to Norum's playing for me...
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Post by gemaim on Jun 20, 2013 21:16:50 GMT 2
It's been really really hard because this is the Europe's record where all the songs haver their place. From mypoint of view is the best of their album as a unit, as a complete piece. In some albums there are songs that for me are clearly "pad songs". There are a few songs that I dont like, even there's a song that I hate. But in Wings of Tomorrow everything matches like puzzle, theres nothing in excess. So, here we go: 6. Dreamer 5. Lyin Eyes (I love that verse: I wish you'd die, I wish you'd break down and cry, the definitive no-love song) 4. Aphasia 3. Scream Of Anger 2. Dance The Night Away 1. Open Your Heart. I fill so bad leaving Stormwind, Wasted Time, Wings Of Tomorrow, Treated Bad Again out... I'm gonna have a beer.
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Post by ent on Jun 20, 2013 23:03:09 GMT 2
my two: "Children/Time" and "Boyazont". It came down to Norum's playing for me... So it seems it's all in the hands of our newest member Sahiyela! (However we can already say goodbye to "In the future to come" since it is not in her selection)
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Post by EuropeMagnum on Jun 20, 2013 23:22:15 GMT 2
1. Wasted Time 2. Scream of Anger 3. Wings of Tomorrow 4. Open Your Heart 5. Aphasia 6. Stormwind that's it!
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Post by EuropeMagnum on Jun 20, 2013 23:34:30 GMT 2
i'm too late for the first album, nevertheless my choice would be: 1. Seven Doors Hotel 2. Children of This Time 3. Memories 4. Boyazont 5. Farewell 6. Paradize Bay P. S.: "Words of Wisdom" SUCKS! HO - HO!
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Post by Mark-David on Jun 21, 2013 0:35:32 GMT 2
Incidentally, something I didn't know before, the song 'Scream of Anger' was originally titled 'Black Journey Through My Soul' (according to Wikipedia, that is). Yes, it's true, even though it sounds more like "Black Journey for My Soul": As for my six choices from Wings of Tomorrow... Well, that's a tough one! It was a tough choice between "Treated Bad Again" and "Aphasia" for the final spot, but in the end I had to go with my website and forum's namesake. 1. Stormwind 2. Scream of Anger 3. Open Your Heart 4. Aphasia 5. Wings of Tomorrow 6. Wasted Time Nice selection, Stein, I like your thinking
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