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White Lion - Mane Attraction Audio CD

A fair review of the White Lion "Mane Attraction" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all White Lion reviews here, or go back to the White Lion tabs.

White Lion Band: White Lion
Title: Mane Attraction
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Media: Audio CD

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I'm Lion Down Dazed: Inconsistent But Has Some Excellent High Points
If there's a heavy metal equivalent to John Lennon's "Imagine," then it's White Lion's "Lights and Thunder. First, let me say something positive about this cd. " It starts out with a classic, brutal, and trilleriffic Vito Bratta intro. It's got an awesomely rhythmic power-chord mainline. And then you hear the song's message, which is as memorable and hopeful as Lennon's: "There won't be no hell below, and there won't be no God to follow; no religion, no confession, no deceiving; I will take you up on higher, take you to the sky and let you see so you believe; there will be no crying; Would you like to live forever, family and friends together? Come inside and see tomorrow, where happiness replaces sorrow. You can live in harmony with those who were your enemy. You can do just what you want to ; no one here will ever hurt you. There'll be time to wonder. There'll be lights and thunder. " This song ranks as one of WL's best ever. It became an opening song on tour, and Mike Tramp uses it to this day in his revamped WL band. "Broken Heart" is a new recording of the 1985 classic from the Fight to Survive album. I'm not sure why they revisited this song. In my cynical mode, I would say the record company knew they had a weak record and were looking for a single, any single. I might also say WL revisited a song that never quite got the attention it truly deserved. You'll have to decide. "Leave Me Alone" is a solid song with a circuit-tripping Bratta solo, and "Love Don't Come Easy" is an excellent ballad that could have crossed over into any genre and still been a hit. The same could be said about "You're All I Need. " Both of these songs are testaments to Tramp's ability to write hit ballads and make it look easy to do so. Some bands would sell their right arms to be able to write songs like this cd after cd. "It's Over" is a great bluesy-rocker that would make Whitesnake and their fans happy. It's in that tradition and holds up very well. Now, let me get to the negative. Once you get through the first half of this cd, you'll be trying to figure out what in the heck WL and the record company were thinking with the second half of the record. Only bands that are very, very good can get away with extremely varied song selections on their albums. (The only similar case to this one that I can think of is KISS's "Revenge. ") Unfortunately, White Lion's Mane Attraction is such a botched that it literally did the band in. No on -- literally no one -- would record or sign them afterwards. And it's very unfortunate, because the first six songs on the cd are by themselves nearly a very strong cd. But WL ruined themselves trying to flesh out a full cd. They were seven very good songs close to sticking around. "Warsong" is a half-hearted attempt at an anti-war, get into the soldier's head song but goes back and forth between a weird hard-rock, pop bridge without out one, non-cliche or believable set of lyrics. "She's Got Everything" is good musically as far a the song goes, but the lyrics are terrible and absolutely ruin what could have been a good song. We're painfully slowly taken through a party, picking up a girl, driving to her place, going up the stairs. This is unintentionally as anti- a hooking-up song that I've every heard. If it was this slow and tiresome, you'd never even go out to dinner. Here's an example of the lyrics: "She took me upstairs, laid me on her bed. When she got undressed, I just lost my head, `cause there was twenty years of woman, there were more than I could heed; she was ready, ripe, and willin'; I just knew she'd taste so sweet. YUCK! "Till Death Do Us Part" is a tired, exhausted ballad about getting married that's so bad that I predict no one will ever say their nuptials to it. "Out With The Boys" is about looking and calling for some guy named Johnny who's "doing things that you shouldn't do, even though I been calling and calling and calling for you. " It moves form the relation of a near-suicide to a rousing chorus about being young, wild, and, above all, being "out with the boys, out to make some noise. " In other words it's okay to be wild and crazy even if you kill yourself doing so?? I don't get it. "Blue Monday" is a jazz instrumental with some keyboard thrown in that, though technically well-done, makes no sense or point and simply does not belong on this album. It's like Judas Priest or Iron Maiden deciding to do some John Coltrane. Or maybe it's just me. One more positive: "Farewell To You" ends this album on a high note. This is an extremely catchy tune, a we'll-see-each-other-again-soon type of song that makes you believe it. And excellent ending to a very inconsistent cd. In conclusion: Maybe you shouldn't listen to me. This cd has received rave reviews, but maybe there's something to a minor group of die-hard White Lion fans who continue to tell you that this cd isn't their best. Whatever the case, you get at least seven excellent songs here that beat some bands best cds entirely.
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