🎶 Mixtape Monday: Katana 🎶

Reaganfan78 · May 25, 2021, 9:23pm

Better late then never, here’s my two pick for Katana,

TurokSonOfStone1950 · May 25, 2021, 10:00pm

Meatloaf

TurokSonOfStone1950 · May 25, 2021, 10:10pm

Sweeney Todd

TurokSonOfStone1950 · May 25, 2021, 10:25pm

No more
Into the woods

Green.Lantern · May 26, 2021, 9:23pm

If it was up to me, I’d have this song on every superhero’s playlist. It’s a fun song! Like, ideally Batman would have a button on his utility belt so this song would blare out whenever he leapt out of the shadows to beat somebody up, but that would probably be more fun than Bruce is allowed to have.

discordia57 · May 27, 2021, 2:31am

I love that you included Maiden @KingOfTheWickerPeople! If only the RHOF would include them. Grumble! That’s always been a favorite song of mine since I was a kid.

ejdias.95910 · May 27, 2021, 3:02am

Agreed, they are due their respect. I was disappointed to see them left out especially when they’ve continued musically both releasing and touring when others have long since stopped. It just fortifies that the music industry is a joke. Remember Jethro Tull over Metallica…dipsticks

discordia57 · May 27, 2021, 3:25am

Yes, especially since Metallica sights Maiden as a Huge influence, so Metallica are Hall of Famers but their influences aren’t?! That includes Motorhead, I don’t think they’ve ever been nominated! Though, I’ll say this, while they shouldn’t have won the Grammy over Metallica, that was Ridiculous! I am a Jethro Tull fan and feel like they’ve been shafted by the Hall too.

I agree @Green.Lantern. I love all the Classical this week, and @Reaganfan78, as a big “Green Hornet” fan, I appreciate the theme being added. I can totally see it working in a Tarantino “Katana Film” sequence. I have that record from my Grandfather’s collection.

PS: It took awhile for “Bat out of Hell” to grow on me, but now I really love that song/album @TurokSonOfStone1950. I wouldn’t have thought about it for this list, but it works, nice inclusion. RIP Jim Steinman.

D4RK5TARZ · May 27, 2021, 3:42am

Imagine being in the E Street Band and not being inducted when Bruce Springsteen was first inducted. They were added a few years later all because of a weird and misguided rule.

discordia57 · May 27, 2021, 3:43am

Great example @D4RK5TARZ.

D4RK5TARZ · May 27, 2021, 3:43am

Then there is Kiss. Love them or hate them, they belong there more than about 60% of the inductees since 2000.

discordia57 · May 27, 2021, 3:47am

I’m not a huge fan, but you’er right, they earned their place. They were hugely influential! They did finally get in because of Tom Morello’s campaigning, who has yet to be inducted with “Rage Against The Machine.”

D4RK5TARZ · May 27, 2021, 3:49am

I think inducting RATM is a bit touchy considering the current political climate. I imagine they will end up in the Hall of Fame the same year Tool goes in. I mean, we just now got Whitney Houston and Depeche Mode.

discordia57 · May 27, 2021, 3:58am

The President of the Hall, when there was backlash about Iron Maiden not getting in said that, “Those that are nominated, over 80 percent of them eventually do get inducted.”

discordia57 · May 27, 2021, 4:07am

I’ve been stumped about what song to include on this list, then it occurred to me, it was so obvious:

Perhaps too obvious, since it’s a love song in Japanese, and maybe that’s why I hadn’t thought of it, but it’s a great song, though I have no idea what they’re saying, I love it. From the Cult horror film “House,” which I highly recommend. It’s on HBOMax, one of the craziest/zaniest films I’ve ever seen!