Saxon - 'The Power And The Glory'

Posted over 4 years ago
1983 and a "Golden Age" for NWOBHM. Saxon's fifth album & the first I bought of theirs. Heard the songs on WCWP 88.1, a college radio station that played metal on weekends, a godsend. The tracks kick off with a song relating to the Falklands conflict that was going on between UK and Argentina, over some islands off the coast of Argentina. More sheep than people resided there, and probably still. That covers the same titled 1st track. "Redline" is pure escapism, gettin' out on the road, free & easy. "Warrior" doesn't leave much to the imagination, Thin Lizzy had a song by the same title, and Iron Maiden had just done "Invasion." But it's a decent song. Next came "Nightmare" which is very well constructed, with the lyric "Where were you?" I know I've been there, "alone in the night!" And on to "This Town Rocks" which is all it implies and more. "Watching The Sky", supposed to be the most commercial song on the release, has an ET fix, followed by "Midas Touch" which touches upon the tale of King Midas, somewhat. And finally, "The Eagle Has Landed" recounting the Lunar Landing on 7/20/69, and hard to believe but I was actually about two weeks old on that date, wow. Great song with the traditional Saxon build-up. An epic track, not unlike their earlier song "Dallas 1 PM" about JFK's assasination back in 1963. "A giant step for mankind . . ." indeed!

Comments (2)

  1. brittanybf says cool, they're touching on all kinds of topics in their songs. what does NWOBHM stand for?
    Permalink posted 01/11/2008
  2. missedexit says Sorry, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Thanks.
    Permalink posted 01/11/2008

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