EDGUY: Entire 'Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown' Album Available For Streaming

[labrekk]

Welll it seems that it's finally with this album that I'm out of the Edguy ship. I heard it 3 times so far and save for a few songs, it did close to nothing for me. This is from a guy who enjoyed more or less all their albums before this one. The comedy/funny thing never bothered me that much, but maybe they went too far on this one, and even more as musically the songs don't really thrill me. Too bad...

 

[Justin G]

Edguy seems to have become one of those polarizing bands over the last ten years, much like Pain of Salvation.. either you love them, or are completely out on them. I'm in the former category, but I can understand the people who feel the latter.

That's a good comparison. Both are bands I used to really enjoy but whose new directions lost me as a fan.

 

[DuchessOfDork]

Helloween never went juvenile with their lyrics.

Uhhhhhh...... (FYI, this is my favorite Helloween song!)



Also, "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" is a play off of the Spanish word for "rabbit", "conejo", which is sort of like our version of "pussy".

Long story short, Helloween named their album "Pussy Don't Come Easy".

 

[PromisedLand]

I was going to say.. Rise and Fall, Dr. Stein, Heavy Metal Hamsters.

 

[Sir Exar Kun]

I was going to say.. Rise and Fall, Dr. Stein, Heavy Metal Hamsters.

Mrs. God..... Asshole.... Veritable laundry list of silly songs from Helloween.

Listen, anyone taking themselves too seriously with a cartoon freakin' PUMPKIN on their albums would need to get their head checked.

 

[Comic Book Dude]

Also, "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" is a play off of the Spanish word for "rabbit", "conejo", which is sort of like our version of "pussy".

Long story short, Helloween named their album "Pussy Don't Come Easy".

Yeah, this proves my point...it was done in a clever way. If it was Edguy, they would have actually named it "Pussy Don't Come Easy".

Helloween definitely have some light-hearted lyrics, no doubt, but they just didn't resort to the "What the fuck? Suck my cock!", "When I wank at the bank" type of deal that Tobias enjoys so much.

 

[DuchessOfDork]

Yeah, this proves my point...it was done in a clever way.

...was it, though? lol

I mean, they have a song called "Asshole".. and it's from their last album.

You're an asshole
Typical human being
You're a sucker
Sucking out energy
Asshole
Typical human being
You motherfucker
Stupid shit you make me flee

 

[Comic Book Dude]

...was it, though? lol

I mean, they have a song called "Asshole".. and it's from their last album.

Yep....Asshole is an angry song.

I just think Edguy skews juvenile, not necessarily funny.....just my opinion. It's like comparing Andrew Dice Clay to George Carlin and saying they're the same because they both use blue language...there is a difference.

 

[DuchessOfDork]

I'm gonna have to disagree. Asshole felt more silly than angry, to me. It reminded me a lot of Mr. Torture; funny, entertaining. Of course, I also find "Son of a Bitch" by Accept to be pretty hilarious. I just can't take people throwing out a bunch of cuss words all that seriously, but that's a GOOD thing to me!

 

[Comic Book Dude]

I'm gonna have to disagree. Asshole felt more silly than angry, to me. It reminded me a lot of Mr. Torture; funny, entertaining. Of course, I also find "Son of a Bitch" by Accept to be pretty hilarious. I just can't take people throwing out a bunch of cuss words all that seriously, but that's a GOOD thing to me!

"Son Of A Bitch" is funny, unintentional or not, even though I think it was supposed to be a very angry song. Sometimes the translation to English can lead to some unintentionally funny stuff....reading Japanese lyrics translated to English can be quite a hilarious trip.

Anyhow, I haven't decided yet on whether I'll pick up the new Edguy or not...each release from Mandrake forward has interested me less and less. Kinda sad, because I thought they were a pretty cool band.

 

[The Invisible Guest]

Yeah, that was the beginning of the end of my enjoyment of Edguy.

BINGO!

 

[PromisedLand]

Having spent a week with the new album, I can definitely say that the music is a welcome return to the early 2000s. The lyrics on some of the songs, not so much, but most of them are pretty good.

 

[Oblivion Ocean]

Personally I'd rather laugh WITH a band then at them. Manowar doesn't seem to be in on their own joke and that feels awkward. Edguy knows exactly what they're doing, which feels way more genuine.

Can we stop fighting about this and just agree that both Edguy and Manowar are equally ridiculous & unlistenable

 

[DuchessOfDork]

Can we stop fighting about this and just agree that both Edguy and Manowar are equally ridiculous & unlistenable

I'm not fighting, I'm just enjoying bringing up my favorite songs!

SPEAKING OF WHICH...

 

[Mardoch]

Can we stop fighting about this and just agree that both Edguy and Manowar are equally ridiculous & unlistenable

The difference being that Edguy was good, once.

 

[Metal_Camden]

I thought the album was fun. I'll absolutely take this Edguy over anything they have released in recent time. I put this in 3rd or 4th, after Hellfire Club and Rocket Ride. The lyrics are ridiculous on this album, but at least you forget how ridiculous they are when you're singing along to the good hooks!

personally enjoyed these the most:
Sabre & Torch
Space Police
Love Tyger
The Realms Of Baby Yaga
Rock Me Amadeus - (total WTF moment till you get to the chorus on the first listen - and then like, oh awesome) a very different track.
Do Me Like A Caveman
Shadow Eaters

so almost the whole album. Its been a long time since I could say that.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

The difference being that Edguy was good, once.

While Manowar has always been great!

 

[DuchessOfDork]

Rock Me Amadeus - (total WTF moment till you get to the chorus on the first listen - and then like, oh awesome) a very different track.

I love this track so hard. SO HARD.

 

[AngraRULES]

While Manowar has always been great!

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]