#137/1302
April 17 1986
Judas Priest
Turbo Lover
Genre: Phoned in Metal
2 out of 5
Lowlights:
Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days
Was Screaming for Vengeance JUST 4 years ago?
Look, people get older. They run out of aggressive youth energy. I get that. I have experienced that myself. I can’t blame that for happening. And, hey, you gotta feed the beast.
The music industry is sort of insane.
You have a catalog of records that thousands of people love. You could fill a concert night up of just those tracks.
But, how do you keep people interested in you so that they pay attention when you do something and have a reason to come out to see you in concert? You can’t do jukebox nostalgia tours forever and, besides, if you do that, you are giving up this space to all the hungries that are nipping at your heels, while emulating everything you created.
What a fucking pain in the ass.
“Guys, we gotta come up with something to move units and get asses in the seat at MSG. T-shirts need to be sold.”
I know its callous but it’s the nature of the beast. Motley Crue talked about it in The Dirt.
They were right.
This is a phoned in record that fulfills a contract and gives a reason to tour.
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