The album that got me into Priest. Bought this when it came out and I was hooked. Killer album from start to finish. 10/10
@ovelillas
8 ай бұрын
I thought I was the only one that thought Steeler is my favorite song on the album. What a closer!
@ericrobertson2024
8 ай бұрын
I "get" Steeler in the same way I never did Grinder ,and some of the less known tracks on Hell Bent & Point Of Entry I tried to like but just couldn't.
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
A big thanks to our friend, Ernesto Ramos, for joining us and bringing it on this episode! And thank you all for your comments here as well as during the live premiere! Cheers!
@ZRATAN69
8 ай бұрын
Thanks John ,and thanks to Johnny metal....u guys are doing a great job on your priest series..😎🙏👍💯✊🏻👏🎸🎼🥁🤩
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
@@ZRATAN69 You're welcome and thank you Ernesto! 🎸🎸☮😎👍
@logancollins7097
8 ай бұрын
Great show as always guys! Ernesto fantastic guest!
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
@@logancollins7097 Thank you Logan!
@GrabAStackofRocK
8 ай бұрын
Good morning fellas! Time for my Thursday morning tradition - watching PRIEST on My Music Corner.
@logancollins7097
8 ай бұрын
Rapid Fire time! Will be a great show gentleman
@jasonbala7858
8 ай бұрын
Awesome 😎 show thanks 😊
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Jason!
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Jason!
@GrabAStackofRocK
8 ай бұрын
Can't believe how fast this is going
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
Tell me about it!
@rexsmetzer
8 ай бұрын
Another great episode!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Keep up the good work!!! 👍🏼👍🏼
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Rex!
@rexsmetzer
8 ай бұрын
Sure John!!! :) I also enjoy your episodes with Tim on Y&T!!! :)
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
I can't thank you enough Rex! We're starting to get into my own sweet spot when it comes to Priest. I hope I can continue to deliver the goods!
@rexsmetzer
8 ай бұрын
Yea, I've really been enjoying these!!! I've actually went back & bought the older albums!!! You've done some videos a while back on Christian bans etc. that I've watched!!! :)
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
@@rexsmetzer Yes! I did a month long series on the Christian Parody band ApologetiX. I also did a series that never took off the way I wanted it to called Transformed Tuesday where I looked at albums of the Christian Faith that helped me in my walk. I still want to do a series on Mortification and Bride. Extol as well. Rich Mullins.
@pjones8404
8 ай бұрын
Great show about a great album. Well done gentlemen! 8.5/10
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Peter!
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
Many thanks to our own Professor of Rock!
@RockDaydreamNation
8 ай бұрын
The two John’s 👍🤘
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Mate! As always!
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Peter!
@GrabAStackofRocK
8 ай бұрын
Very few collectors can afford to have a working 8-track player let alone working tapes! I have no idea if my tapes will play.
@daveycretin664
8 ай бұрын
Another groovilicious, nutritious and delicious episode, gentlemen. The Boys from Birmingham enter a brand new decade with a more streamlined sound. A slightly more polished and anthemic sound began to really propel Judas Priest into true stardom. Apologies for perhaps not commenting on every single episode, but I’m now up to date and have seen them all. If memory serves, Jack Toledano’s daughter got him his British Steel pendant for Christmas, or his birthday, or maybe just because he friggin’ ROCKS! Looking forward to a bump in the road (?) next week. Hmm 🤔… Cheers from The Big Apple. 🍎 Rock Out and Prog On… … In each and every lexicon! Your pal and mine, ~ Davey Cretin, The Divine Destruction Device of CRETIN CLASSICS.
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Davey! Oh it's all good, thanks for watching the series! I think it was Christmas when Jack's daughter hooked him up with the pendant and yes Jack does rock! And you ROCK too! Next week? Yeah, you may be onto something.
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
Davey, I think I need to have you on for your beautiful choice of words! I've never had an episode described as nutritious and delicious. :) Seriously brother, thank you so much!
@allornadaaccordingtojack7601
8 ай бұрын
@@MyMusicCorner thanks John, and thanks Davey. I will need to have a reason to have you both back soon (the wheels are turning). Talk soon Guys!! That British Steel pendent was such a nice surprise. What did I get her in return? The Brittany Spears book, lmao.
@ericrobertson2024
8 ай бұрын
In Maiden,Slayer,Metal Church.I think of Smith, Hanneman,Kurdt as the Tipton...while Murray,King,Wells are more similar to KK... I've always preferred the more Tiptonish guitarists . lol
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
That's a fair point! When I think of Maiden, I got off the train after 7th Son. Found much appreciation for his ASAP solo album, and was bored to tears with No Prayer.
@ericrobertson2024
8 ай бұрын
@@MyMusicCorner Still never listened to ASAP..The Maiden albums since 2003 make the 3 most recent Metallica efforts seem like the Ramones in terms of song lengths...The difference for me is atleast the Metallica albums have slightly better songs...I'll still go back to Killers or Powerslave occasionally but imo comparing Maiden to the likes of Sabbath or Priest has been marred by the 2003 + onward cds.
@DonJoeBob
6 ай бұрын
I got way behind on this series and will still be playing catchup. I didn't chime in on the early episodes because I never got into those albums enough to vocalize my take on them. Like most folks, THIS is where I got fully introduced to Judas Priest and became a fan. Much like Ernesto, I had 2 older brothers to introduce me to stuff and I was 7 when this came out but didn't really listen until I was 9 or 10 (yeah I know, ridiculous). But this album put them in my permanent memory and by the time Screaming for Vengeance came out, I had to be get each album on release day. British Steel - I give it 8.5, the highs are so high (Rapid Fire, Breaking, Grinder, Living, Steeler). United is not my thing, Old and Rage are ok but bring the rating down a bit. Amazing album, one of metal's main building blocks in my book. Love what you're doing here, sorry I'm late to the party but it's never too late to analyze Judas Priest!
@ericrobertson2024
8 ай бұрын
Living and Law are 2 great tracks,whether radio/MTV agreed or not..Helps that the remainder is also strong... I'd place it 3rd favorite after Screaming + Stained... Perhaps Grinder is overrated,but there we have Steeler,Rapid Fire,etc which could've/should've been live staples/received airplay.
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Eric! I agree with you that Steeler and Rapid Fire should have been bigger and played more often.
@markkaminski4496
7 ай бұрын
There is a cd from 2007 out called Live in Concert 25th June 1980 @ The Rainbow Music Hall Denver CO. which had Living After Midnight , You Don't Have To Wise another of my top 10 favs Grinder & also my favouite Steeler, with that great guitar work from KK & Glenn.
@markkaminski4496
7 ай бұрын
The original lp version which I have along, with the remastered cd box set, Rapid Fire was the 1st track side 1& side 2 the 1st track was Living After Midnight then You Don't Have to be Old.... but when they did the 30th anniversay album live in full strangely You Don't Have to Be Wise was before Living... The story of the noise on Metal Gods was dropping a tray of cuttery 😊, another brillant review and this is in my top 3 of their albums with also my fav track Steeler 🤘
@JakesMusicState
8 ай бұрын
As much as I tire of hearing some of these songs on the radio, when I put this album on, it’s front to back solid. Even United doesn’t get skipped and that’s a really poppy song to me. I always think this album is overrated until I go back and listen to it. They made a solid album that hits all the right notes without being too heavy and without being too radio friendly. 10/10
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
BINGO!!!! More on this with Point of Entry!
@drewrose374
8 ай бұрын
Being a huge fan of Sin After Sin, Stained Class, Hell Bent and Unleashed, I was disappointed when I heard this! I was like why is Judas Priest sounding like AC/DC?!?! My friends loved this album since they were newly into the band and really didn't get into the early catalog. I didn't like the commercial direction, sing along styled songs and the straight played drums. I do like that style but I didn't like it in my Priest music. But I will say it grew on me over the years. I still have my vinyl copy that starts side 1 with Breaking The Law and side 2 with Living After Midnight, two songs I really never liked (except when seeing them live!) , I have a memory of my 7th grade Valentines Dance in '81 and the DJ playing Living After Midnight and my date wanted to dance to it! lol! but for me, Metal Gods, Grinder and the last three tracks You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise, The Rage and Steeler are KILLER!!! I will still give it a 8/10.
@LarryFleetwood8675
8 ай бұрын
The thing with Priest that may determine one's favorites, will be the period in the band's history one came on board, i.e. why many of the '80s albums are so disliked by some while hailed to high heavens by others depending on older or younger fans. Basically, Priest music has really been all over the place and covered most genres thus often revealed musical influences one normally wouldn't associate a metal band with, even reggae. They probably never truly got super fast until Painkiller, apart from the odd song here and there but they were like outliers and not the norm. I remember Kerrang's review of Screaming for Vengeance, the title track was a surprise to the reviewer because it stood out from the rest just like "Freewheel Burning" later did on the next album, the rest of those albums were more mid-tempo. A very melodic metal band for 23 years before the Ripper years.
@drewrose374
8 ай бұрын
@@LarryFleetwood8675 I agree, and when I got to HS freshman year 82/83 everything was Priest and Maiden so I started to get into the more commercial stuff. hell I saw them every tour since Point Of Entry! lol! plus I was getting into a lot of heavier bands by then too, but still a huge fan.
@LarryFleetwood8675
8 ай бұрын
@@drewrose374 That particular album and tour was my point of entry as well, so to speak...
@drewrose374
8 ай бұрын
@@LarryFleetwood8675 nice!
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Drew! Excellent review and I know a lot of fans who feel similar. Going later in the catalog, I have a friend who swears by those early albums. He bought Turbo in real time and took it back to the record store for a refund and got one because he thought Turbo sucked! 😃
@mangussdc4254
8 ай бұрын
Metal gods's solo is Glenn
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@edlimey
6 ай бұрын
With a new sound comes a new way of thinking. A new decade and Priest is looking forward not backward. No more classic rock, no more Woodstock. This way of thinking can't deal with the realities we face in the Industrial world. The first side of the record sounds like Sabbath's Iron Man run amok. "Pounding the world like a battering ram, forging the furnace...."Leaving a trail of destruction... Hammering anvils." This sounds like burnout in an industrial wasteland. Again, with Metal Gods--form follows function. The chugging guitars sound like chainsaws. I imagine a world like that future world in The Terminator. "From techno seeds we first planted, evolved a mind of its own...beyond the robot scythes." Grinder sounds like cattle going down the assembly line in a slaughterhouse. But it wouldn't be Priest without looking for a philosophical way out. And so they turn to Emerson's treatise on Self Reliance, which basically states... when surrounded by obstacles on all sides, look to your inner genius. Forget others' opinions, since you're part of nature and God is nature, God's infinite wisdom is within you. Only you know what is right. " I have my license. It came with birth for Self-Reliance on this earth. " The album cover with the razor-sharp metal blade stuck against the soft skin of human fingers--shows, the paradoxical dilemma man faces in this artificial concrete/steel jungle. Our mortal flesh must grind on a daily basis through the realities of an Industrial clash of civilizations that we must face every day. Breaking the Law sounds like a steelworker whose job has been offshored. "There I was completely wasting, out of work and down, it's frustrating as I drift from town to town." United is obvious. The Rage is obvious. "Like a tiger, in the cage..." Our soul, spirit, and desires are trapped in a metal box. Steeler is obvious tooo...When the slick talking suits come to tell you what's good for you-- don't trust them. "When you've come to, they'll have gone right thru you." The modern post industrial world is a reality we have to live with. No more hippies or religious communities that think they can live a simple life without modern technologies. You have to work a job in a factory, to support a company that supports a government that supports a mass military complex. Anything less is living with your head in the sand, and you'll be bombed out of existence. So that's how the new metal sound created by Priest in British Steel reflects the new reality we face.
@lance98541
8 ай бұрын
Priest fan since Sad Wings days here, but British Steel was a massive let-down when it was released. I like 4 songs, but I will always pass on the rest.
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Lance!
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
That's how I first thought of this one too but it started growing more on me as I was preparing for the episode. Thanks Brother!
@darcyska
8 ай бұрын
While British Steel carries on with some great production, there's too much of an emphasis on cliched rock hooks that would fit more on an ACDC album ('Old to be Wise' being a perfect example). There's a vocal and musical direction on here that could be seen as trying to appeal to the mainstream, and that could be true. It's certainly a bit brighter than some earlier works, but it doesn't swing hard in the 'cheap drinks and women,' direction either, so lyrically and sonically the album pinballs between a variety of motifs and never really lands on one. Still, there are some great tracks on here like "Breaking the Law," and "Rapid Fire." While tracks like "Living After Midnight," and "United" are fun ear-worms, there's just nothing that points to the song being by Priest. The album itself is fine, but just doesn't seem to track with the Priest I've been listening to so far. It's not hitting on the things the band can do best, and just feels a little like frozen yogurt trying to be ice cream. While I think I prefer the previous album to Steel, tracks like the ones mentioned and even "Steeler" make this one with some solid hits.
@lance98541
8 ай бұрын
JP really dumb down their songs for this album. It started on the Killing Machine, became even worse with British Steel, and then hit rock-bottom with Point Of Entry.
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Great points here Darcy! Excellent point among others on "Living after Midnight" and "United" being unlike Priest.
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
@@lance98541 Oh Point of Entry. Well. there will be a hot take on that one.
@ericrobertson2024
8 ай бұрын
@@JohntheMusicNut I thought Don't Go was an odd choice for a single,then 1988 ....Johnny B Goode made me forget that thought...Kiss,April Wine and Priest were 3 bands I always felt bad about criticizing but ...well lol
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
@@ericrobertson2024 The chorus for "Don't Go" works for a single I think but yes, there are better choices. Kiss. There's a band that made some interesting choices and a lot of them not for the better. 😀
@mangussdc4254
8 ай бұрын
here we go.... The reason why I believe JP are the best metal band ever hands down, is their versatility, their will to explore new directions and sounds, while other bands like i.e. Maiden, which i respect regardless, lack in that regard. In this perspective I applaud "BS" for channeling the band into a new era, in which a more commercial and direct sound and approach becomes the norm. At least for the next handful of albums. With that said though, the album is very overrated and a pretty significant let down. Honestly for me after the incontrollable power of "Unleashed." and the genius displayed over the first 5 studio albums in different ways, "BS" sounds like a huge step back. Not that is bad per se, but some of the best tunes, (Metal gods, Rapid fire, Breaking the law) will find their best glory and shine in the subsequent live releases. A couple of good and fun deep cuts like "You don't have to be old..." and "Grinder" (although the line "Grinder looking for meat " sang by Rob in this day and age gained some hysterical sub text) don't compare to the epic compositions of the albums before. Everything seems to be dumbed down, of course starting from a generic drummer that cannot even by far hold a candle to his last 2 predecessors, (or to his later to come replacement) but that actually looked and sounded like the duracell bunny on the fast songs and had no creative input whatsoever . Tom Allom at least managed to keep the guitar tone as "open" and dynamic as on "Unleashed.." which he also produced, and that's definitely a score. And while "Breaking the law" by now suffers from overexposure, "The Rage" fails to remain interesting after the intro and "United" is the version of "Take on The World" you ordered on Wish, there is THAT song, lurking in the setlist. Why? How? That dumb eenie meenie moo-thing paired to an over-the-cringe video with a lot of not too bright stereotypical long haired guys pretending to play cardboard guitars on a bus or something. I personally refuse to think that the brilliant minds that wrote "Dreamer Deceiver", "Sinner", "Exciter" and i could go on forever, decided that this song should not only be in their album, but also a single. More. A symbol, a staple that gets regularly played night after night still nowadays. There is one thing that is fantastic about "Living After Midnight" though. By now we all know that it is the last song on the live set, so it works wonders as a sign to leave and avoid post concert huge traffic! But, somehow, definitely the commercial approach, the dumbing down of the music and the lyrics proved the band right while they embarked their most successful, yet least exciting creatively, portion of their career between 1980 and 1984. This is of course my personal humble opinion as a huge fan of the band. I apologize for writing such a lengthy comment. My rate, 6.5 .
@JohntheMusicNut
8 ай бұрын
Great take here @mangussdc4254! I have run into several long time fans with similar opinions on British Steel. Your take on the song that shall not be named is similar to mine on "United". And yes, I have left at least one of their shows during "Living After Midnight" to beat the traffic. Cheers!
@MyMusicCorner
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely a great take here Manguss! And please, never apologize for long comments! Great insights are meant to be heard or read so keep them coming!
@ericrobertson2024
7 ай бұрын
Living is my 2nd favorite Priest track,behind Exciter..It indeed shows why Priest excelled far beyond most of the NWOBM bands.Raven,Praying Mantis,Motorhead,Venom,Maiden,etc simply didn't have the consistent hooks and power combo.
@GrabAStackofRocK
8 ай бұрын
I am with Martin, of the opinion that Allom/Holland wrecked their sound for almost a decade.
@LarryFleetwood8675
8 ай бұрын
Get real, there wouldn't even be a Judas Priest today if not for those '80s albums... lol
@GrabAStackofRocK
8 ай бұрын
@@LarryFleetwood8675 Tell Martin?
@ericrobertson2024
8 ай бұрын
@@LarryFleetwood8675 To me Priest made more good albums and songs in the 80s than any other band,Van Halen were probably the only band close to Priest's totals.
@allornadaaccordingtojack7601
8 ай бұрын
I respect Martin to death, but I disagree with his assessment that Invincible Shield is their best album since Hell Bent for Leather. There you go, there's a Contrarian's episode, lol.
@LarryFleetwood8675
8 ай бұрын
@@GrabAStackofRocK The '80s albums made them metal superstars, metal gods, they weren't that before so who knows they may not have been here today if not for that '80s success.
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