10-31-2015, 12:05 AM
(10-29-2015, 03:51 PM)danfromnj Wrote: "Forget About the Blame" is a unique song - it doesn't even really sound like typical TSO - probably because it is a remake of a non-TSO song. It is ok for what it is, but it sounds like a regular AOR rock song. The two versions are identical, except for the vocal tracks. I actually prefer Robin's vocals on this, but I am guessing that they will service the Lzzy Hale track to radio.
They are now calling the Robin-sung version the "Sun Version" and the version that Lzzy Hale sings on the "Moon Version".
Paul explains it this way: "TSO has also added a new logo, which is a combination of two phoenixes from western mythology. A phoenix is something that rises out of the ashes from something destroyed by evil, to build something stronger. It's done in the yin-yang shape of the oriental philosophy, which is, basically the balance of life and looking out at things from the other perspective. We combined those two images. Greg Hildebrandt did the actual drawing for us, and that's going to be in the center of the CD.
Which is why the one song, Forget About the Blame, we have a male singing and we have a female singing it. Each brings to it their own unique perspective. We decided that, Robin Borneman, great singer from Holland, whose been with us a couple of years would sing it, but I needed a female to bring the female side of it. Lzzy Hale, from Halestorm has a great voice. She's just a great rocker, a lot of emotion. It goes back to the whole yin-yang thing. Where one side represents the sun, the male, the masculine side. The other side represents the moon, the feminine, the more sensitive side. "
I finally heard this song - it's a cover tune? It definitely doesn't sound like TSO but it's a good song. Kudos to whoever wrote it.
The whole sun/moon thing? Someone is putting too much thought into all of this! lol