Album Rant-View #2
Megadeth – The World Needs a Hero
While not as bad as the shitfest that was Manowar’s “Gods of War,” (Minus the Song King of kinds, which was pretty awesome.. Minus the shitty middle Part) “The World Needs A Hero“ deserves mention on the mediocre albums list.
First off, this album isn’t as bad as Megadeth’s infamously bad “Risk.
Quick review of risk: Insomnia is the best track on there… by far; I mean Breadline sounds a fucking country song, most of the rest sounds REALLY mainstream… that’s bad in metal. Pretty bad when the second best on the album is 52 seconds long and consist of about 3 Chords and the words Crush ‘Em over and over… ok, maybe not the second best, but the rest sucks pretty bad
So that this album is better than Risk is like saying vomiting is better than diarrhea. Which is actually questionable seeing as diarrhea is over quickly, whereas vomiting, that taste can stay with you for a while and the smell too. But then Again diarrhea usually happens more than once, and is sometimes painful. Yes, this paragraph IS full of happy thoughts.
So… let’s just start now.
1.
Disconnect
Not a necessarily a wretched song, but not a great one. It’s bland. It’s very generic. There’s nothing great as far as riffs, no spectacular solos. The song just kind chugs on. The guitar is basic, the bass is generic, and the drumming just seems to be there to support the song. Dave Mustaine (Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter/Guy Kicked out of Metallica and is always so pissy about it) doesn’t do much of interest vocally, and seems to be about as interested in this album as you’ll be listening to it after a while. Not very interested at all. The whole album feels very similar – Half-assed.
2. The World
Needs A Hero.
The intro may sound unique to those new to Megadeth. It features what I like to call The SUPER PALM MUTE. Well, it’s not unique. It was done on another Megadeth song, “Train of Consequences.” And it was much better on that song I might add. Plus Dave must be dreaming, thinking he gets calls from the White House, NATO, and the UN… silly Dave.
Phone calls something of a theme on this album. And they suck. They’re cheesy, lame, often hard to hear, and the song would be better off without them.
3. Moto
Psycho
Every album has a Moto Psycho. It’s that one song that sounds good when you’re listening to it, but is overall forgettable, and won’t come to mind when someone asks “What’s the best on the album?” It’s all right, but not super special. The riffs are decent, the solos are, ok. Everything is just ok… except Dave’s vocals. They’re ok, until he uses the damn voice effect. They’re somewhat annoying then. Oh and the lyrics are cheesy as hell. Doesn’t matter, you’ll forget it when the next song starts.
4. 1000
Times Goodbye
Begin soft part of the album now…
…This song is a whiney bitch fest.
The tides of change pulled us apart /I feel
a familiar pain /It seems like years since we've loved /Or
even liked and that's a lonely way to be
;_;
L ;_; : ( ;_; L ;_; : (
Sad Dave… real sad.
Anyways, there are more fucking phone parts. A lot of them
And they kill whatever parts of the song were good.
And furthermore, if you’re girlfriend calls you
and basically said, “Hey, I’m leaving you. By the way, I’ve
been cheating on you for a while. Yeah, remember that time I said I was going
out of town for business? Well, I was actually fucking the guy I’m
cheating on you with,” you’d have some choice words for her, right?
No, not Dave Mustaine. All
he can come up with is “You know what, you suck!”
That’s a GREAT comeback.
The solo is nothing special either really. All of this
is sad, because this sad is among the best songs on the album.
5. Burning
Bridges
The intro is sort of haunting actually.
One of Dave’s strong points is he’s pretty
good at writing a good creepy, haunting intro or melody. Looking Down the
Cross, Bad Omen, My Last Words, Trust (Which is off another average Megadeth album, Cryptic Writings, which I like better than this
album.), and in a twisted way Use the Man (It might just be the sound of the
song Needles and Pins, but it always reminds me of in the classic horror
movies, when the killer has a hostage or a dead body and they’re doing
something fucked up to them, something like cutting them open or something, and
they’re listening to some song that doesn’t fit on the radio, and
you can hear it echoing through their cavernous lair. Think the original
Jeepers Creepers.), Poison was the Cure… and guess what… all of these
songs do it better.
But it’s still rather haunting. Then this riff
comes to a grinding halt and the real song begins. And we have something of
another bitch fest. But not as bad as 1000 times Goodbye and Dave has always
been a bit of a bitch. Notably, this is one of the few songs where you could
come under the impression that Dave gives a shit. Vocally that is, the guitar
is just ok.
6. Promises
Another haunting song. It’s actually kind of nice musically, if
you’re into ballads. Violins kind of override everything but the drums.
Lyrically, the song is a little corny, but it’s not that bad. Even more
irritating is that some times it seems that, if the song was one of those
children’s toys with the shape blocks and the holes, the song being the
holes, and the lyrics being the shapes, Dave would be trying to fit a circle
block into a square hole. The lyrics don’t fit into the song right. But
still, the song is decent nonetheless. The solo… there isn’t much
of one actually. It just kind of sounds like chords with some
little additions and changes to trick you into saying, “Hey, a
Solo!” The violin seems very much the main attraction. If you like
soft songs, you may be interested in this. If you’re one of those
“Violins don’t belong in metal, metal should just be crunchy
guitars, fast riffs, and badass solos!” assholes, then just pass this
song over. And Dave almost seems to give a shit again!
7. Recipe
for Hate... Warhorse
…and then the sot part of the album ends…
Angry ass drum intro. Then “Recipe For Hate”, a mostly bass/speech track, similar to
“Dawn Patrol” from Rust in Peace, starts with vocals from a very
pissed off Dave. And it sounds like he gives a shit again. Every time I hear
him pissed off like this, I have this thought that he went into a dark room and
thought about Metallica for a few hours until he was REALLY pissed off. He
lives in the past like that. Then the drums speed up. Then Warhorse starts. Seems a little bitchy. This song is considerably better than
most of the rest of the album. Including a solo. Dave
REALLY seems to give a shit! Now, on most other Megadeth
albums (Except “Risk”, “Cryptic Writings”, and maybe
“So Far, So Good… So What?”) This
song might be considered filler, but on this album, it’s one of the best
songs on here.
8. Losing my
Senses
Let me put it this way. I started writing the review
for “Dread and the Fugitive Mind” before I remembered this track.
And I was listening to this album. And that song had just ended. It’s
that forgettable. The riff IS very different from much of the album though.
This one is a below mid-paced song that attempts to be
deep, but just isn’t. There’s a lot of fills. But really,
you’ll never remember this song unless you’re listening to it. The main solo is kinda
sucky.
9. Dread and
the Fugitive Mind
I actually like this song. It’s catchy, and one
of the better songs on the album. The verse parts sort of remind me of
“Sweating Bullets,” another favorite of mine, but without sounding
TOO similar.
10. Silent
Scorn
A 1:42 instrumental. It’s kinda
boring, not a lot to it. It’s decent for what it is, a short slow
instrumental. Until that fucking horn comes in. FUCK YOU HORN!
11. Return
to Hangar
…FUCK YEAH! Here’s a trip back in time! Or a sequel to one. This song is NOTHING compared to the
original “Hangar 18”, but still, it’s probably the best song
on here. And it’s far more violent. Dave could do more vocally. The one
time he SHOULD give a shit, he doesn’t. The solos are decent, and just
like the original, this song is a solo-fest. The story
also builds on Hangar 18’s story of UFO Conspiracies in Hangar 18 of Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio , (It is speculated
that an alien aircraft was brought there from Roswell in 1947. Supposedly, the
aircraft and alien bodies were brought there aboard a B-29 and placed in Hangar
18.) In this one, the aliens have come back to life and killed everyone inside
before leaving.
12. When
More proof Dave lives in the past.
He plays the riff he wrote for Metallica’s
“Call of Ktulu.” He also used part of the
original name he had for it (When Hell Freezes Over). Not the first time he
used a riff he used for Metallica. (For “The Mechanix”,
he used his riff from Four Horsemen, and he used this riff on Hangar 18.) Infact, the main song sounds sort of like “Am I
Evil?” by Diamond Head, which Metallica covered, to some degree of
success. The song is probably about them.
He’s a bitch, and WOULD write a song about wanting to kill them.
He’s a bitch. He’s a great musician, but he’s a fucking
bitch. And an asshole. He starts shit with everyone
he’s ever met. Ever. Someone needs to just give
him a fucking hug to shut him the fuck up goddamnit.
…If you like “Call of Ktulu”
and “Am I Evil?” you’ll probably think this is allright. Because that’s what it is. Allright.
Not a masterpiece. Just allright.
And bitchy. And Mostly stolen
riffs. You can actually sing “Am I Evil?” to this fucking song. In
fact, just go download “Am I Evil?” It’s better.
You might as well pass it up until you have a pretty
full Megadeth collection. They have better albums (Rust
In Peace, Countdown to Extinction, Killing is my Business… And Business
is Good, The System Has Failed, Ect.), and this one
is mediocre as hell.
Tracks to defiantly look up:
Return to Hangar, Recipe For
Hate… Warhorse, Dread and the Fugitive Mind
Then, If you feel generois:
Disconnect, The World Needs A Hero, 1000 Times Goodbye, When and Promises