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To: Salamander

Ya, I'd have to agree and say that that's worse. Way worse!

Maybe somewhere along the lines of "We're not gonna take it" to "We're gonna take it back" LOL


14 posted on 11/23/2006 3:47:41 AM PST by diverteach
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To: diverteach

Twisted Christmas

Bibliographic Data: 1 Compact Disc, 41 Minutes 52 Seconds, Razor & Tie, October 2006

Performer: Twisted Sister

Guest Artist: Lita Ford

Producer: Mark Mendoza

List Price: $18.99
In-store prices may vary. See your local store for the most up-to-date pricing.

Status: In Print

BINC: 8632472

UPC: 793018296427

Shelf Location: Multimedia Department > Holiday Music

Review: Holiday-themed albums need to either be pretty good, horrifically terrible, or completely original to cause even the jolliest head to turn. Twisted Christmas, a ten-track collection of yuletide classics from the band that once writhed atop a convertible singing the song "Burn in Hell" near the end of Pee Wee's Big Adventure, manages to achieve all three. Twisted Sister was always a group that would occasionally transcend their hair metal image with some truly majestic and powerful rock & roll, so it comes as no surprise that they filter the beloved Christmas carol through the same makeup-smeared sieve that brought the world "I Wanna Rock," "Wake Up the Sleeping Giant," and "The Prize." In fact, "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" sounds so much like a reimagining of "We're Not Gonna Take It," the listener can't help but become outraged at all of the injustice in the world. "Deck the Halls" sounds like a Ramones tune, "I'll Be Home for Christmas," featuring guest vocalist Lita Ford, could have launched a thousand lighters at any stadium in the late '80s, and the absolutely embarrassing "Heavy Metal Christmas" ("12 silver crosses, 11 black mascaras, ten pairs of platforms, nine tattered T-shirts, eight pentagrams, seven leather jackets, six cans of hair spray, five skullhead rings, four quarts of Jack, three studded belts, two pairs of spandex pants, and a tattoo of Ozzy") is almost impossible to turn off without seeing it through to its loathsome but charming end. ~ James Christopher Monger
Description: Group members: Joe Franco; Jay Jay French; Mark Mendoza; Eddie Ojeda; A.J. Pero; Tony Petri; Dee Snider

Recording Info: Audio Magick, West Babylon, NY




Track List:

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
White Christmas
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Silver Bells
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Deck the Halls
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Heavy Metal Christmas (The Twelve Days of Christmas)
[Untitled Track]


49 posted on 11/23/2006 9:02:33 AM PST by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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