King James & Rex Carroll Band reviews at Angelic Warlord

I just updated Angelic Warlord to include reviews of upcoming albums from King James ("The Fall" re-issue) and The Rex Carroll Band ("That Was Then, This Is Now"). Following are the links:

http://www.angelicwarlord.com/reviews/k/kingjames10.html
http://www.angelicwarlord.com/reviews/c/therexcarrollband10.html

I also completed a fairly significant news update as well (on the sites home page).

Next week look for reviews of new albums by XINR and Stairway. Pastor Brad ("Break Out"), Dead Moons Grey ("DMG") and Legacy should follow shortly thereafter.

Thanks,

Andy

One thing I miss on these two reviews was the more in-depth examination of the lyrics. I always appreciated that in past reviews.

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One thing I miss on these two reviews was the more in-depth examination
of the lyrics. I always appreciated that in past reviews.

I always try to include a lot of detail about lyrics in my reviews by neither CD came with lyrics. The packaging to the original version of "The Fall" did come with lyrics but they are impossible to read, even with a magnifying glass.

I forgot to add that deciphering and transcribing lyrics is one of the more time consuming aspects of writing reviews- and the time involved literally doubles when you do not have a lyric sheet to work with.

The two reviews I will be adding next week - the new Stairway and XINR - will have a breakdown of the lyrics.

The Dead Moons Grey CD does include lyrics in the packaging but "Break Out" by Pastor Brad does not.

That's one of the things I hate about albums - no lyrics. It's just really annoying to have a really good song in your head but you can't work out a couple of words....

Something like.......

"The pain in all this agony just bring my soul to BLANK"

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Lyric sheets are a necessity.

Thanks again for your reviews Andy. Another top class job.

Fundy

Andy, I've just got my copy of The Fall out and the lyrics are crystal clear, I'll type them up for you....

Fundy

THE FALL
Falling thru a hole in my mind
tell me exactly what is my crime
need you yeah I´m under stress
help me help me out off this mess

streetwise, vandalized, lust between the lines
I am compromised, baiting for a bite
Jesus, show me where I need to go
betrayed, underpaid, will I ever know

Why must I bear this cross, groan under the weight
down, yes I´m fallen down, is it ever to late
need to fell your touch, too weak to help myself
fell so lonely - ease my pain
fading slowly - down the drain

take my worries I can´t get ahead
I´m still falling, hanging by a thread

NEVER IS FOREVER
Jack’s in the box he’s ready to jump down
pop goes the weasel to the ground
the dreams keep coming and the nightmares stay
when I needed you, you went away

never is forever
there’s no goin’ back
what could I do

You never leave when I say goodbye
the pain of emptiness inside
if tears would bring you back I’ve an ocean full
just with that you could’ve stayed

FRENZY
What’s up with society
racist redneck wannabes
politics can’t find the cure
can the human race endue

locked up behind closed doors
hidden from all view
media plays in all the mind games
leaving out all the clues

we the people have to say
we the people have to say

what is the truth – feed us no lies
help us to remember – the soul never dies

searching for our sanity
spirit speaks of peace
hatred a commodity
waiting for release

SWING OF THE STREET
tell me your story now don’t be discreet
i know your occupation swing of the streets

You walk away hear your mother cry
listen to her pray Jesus saves

john wants to take you home his kids in bed
tonight you’re all alone and the streets are dead

addiction to this flesh you wish it would die
for what you’re giving away no money should buy

SPREADING OF LOVE
how many times have i told you before
I’d be there just to let you down

you must know everywhere I go
it’s you I’m thinking of
am I too late for your

spreading love ain’t easy
to turn away so easy
giving up made easy
don’t turn you fool you need me

am i a jerk for believing
life after deat, the preacher claims
am i one receiving
another promise that cannot be explained

PALE BEYOND THE DOOR
now what have I done
i am much too young, trading
innocence for pain
will not let me be
giving misery
sucking my life away
lying on my bed
death is in my head
attack me to the core
lever’s in my brain
day begins to wane
pale beyond the door
no remorse
no recourse
i don’t want to
i don’t want to die
everything i love
everything i am
taken away from me
desire gone to fight
obfuscate the light
blackness all i see
what will it mean when i am gone
nine years of living, now my living’s not for long
there was no time to say “I’ll see you again my friend”
someday we’ll be together where love will never end
i am but a shell in a living hell
slowly turning numb
becoming more obtuse
in the end i lose
my life at last undone

THE CALLING
is your number up, roll the dice and play
count your lucky stars that it’s not today
fear the judgment call, calling your name
good intentions made, they’re all the same

living for a reason, same old way
tomorrow isn’t promised
so you live for today

i hear you calling, keep me from falling
i rear you calling for me now

how can i ignore when the signs are real
closing up the door to the spirit you feel
listen to the heart, hear it in the voice
it’s never too late for you to make a choice

rake me over the coals
i can’t take it no more
pick the pieces up
lying on the floor

A VISION
dreaming of a better place
where there’s no return
waiting to see your smiling face
a lesson learned

do you know what it feels like
do you know my shame (the pain)

stuck in the middle – nobody knows
there’s barney rubble – go fred go
pick a side – choose the one
right or wrong – nothing’s done
everybody knows – living too fast
who is strong – who will last
can’t get enough – of a good thing
pinch me now – it’s a bad dream

feelings, people really don’t care
if they hurt me
losers are last on the page
of sympathy

BORROWED TIME
when faith is near
logic set on fire
daft people fall
just ignore it all

I am not pointing a finger
but the shoe fits us all

we live on borrowed time
it’s not ours to own

think that we’re promised
yet another day?
there is no reason
to church it all away

we built ‘em bigger and better
then the flatter they fall

and still we mortgage our future
never learn form the past

HEAVEN IS FOR EVERYONE
Break down the barriers
Listen thru the walls
Secrets of the ages
Will have to tell it all

Faces they change, and life, it goes on
A dirty deed is done and nobody's home

Heaven is near, calling you here
Heaven is for everyone

Gone but not forgotten
I hear He's coming soon
A critic of the master
Plays a different tune

I was thinking more of the Rex Carroll Band lyrics. I already have the original of The Fall.

That was what I missed to in the reviews of Rex Carroll Band and King James.
I always read the parts of the lyrics you have written in a review.

Fundy,

Thanks for typing up the lyrics! This is a great
help. I plan to update the review later this afternoon with a
breakdown of the lyrics when I get back from work.

From the news update

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*MY DIGRACE is back in the studio working on the follow up to its 2009 debut Rise. The group is hoping for a release by the end of the year.

Very cool indeed!

That is good news!


I have my preorder in for the Rex Carroll CD. I want to hear some of the King James CD before I rebuy it. I know--it's been remastered, but I like the way it sounds now.

I've also got the new Since October preordered. I wish I could find a Disciple preorder, and I'll have my summer jams bought.

I think I am one of the few people who just thought that King James' "The Fall" was only ok. I dig a couple of the songs on the disc but I get kind of bored if I have to listen to the whole album all the way through.

I just uploaded a revised version of "The Fall" review with a breakdown of the lyrics to half the tracks (which is the number that I usually do). Once again, Fundy, thanks for the help! I even offered an extra word of thanks at the end of the review.

My main concern, as always, is that I am correctly interpreting the meaning behind the lyrics- always try to be as accurate as possible but you never know.

Hi andy, no trouble.

Hi gary, I'm with you on that. I much prefer their first album to The Fall, and apart from a few songs I get bored of it quickly.

Fundy

The Rex Carroll Band CD is a "must have" CD for me.
I'm not sure to order the King James CD.
If the CD sounds the same as the first CD there's no need to order this version.

Fundy wrote:

Hi gary, I'm with you on that. I much prefer their first album to The Fall, and apart from a few songs I get bored of it quickly.

Nice to hear I wasnt the only one.

I really like "The Fall" with it's Alice In Chains vibe. However, I prefer their debut and would have loved to hear more in that vein.

Preordered the Since October CD.

You never know if the debut King James CD ever will be rereleased.

I have the S/T King James album and love it, but I haven't heard "The Fall." Is there enough of a difference to go after the re-issue instead? Or should I just concentrate on getting the original release?