The finale of "The Crimson Idol" is a whopper of a song, describing a broken and hopeless Jonathan, planning his great farewell, a final show where he is to commit suicide in front of thousands of fans using his guitar strings. The music begins as a solemn ballad, building to a crushing mid-section and settling back to a ballad. It rocks to all hell, and Blackie applies some clean and soulful vocals like he really hasn't done up until this point in his career.
There's real emotion here, and if you don't feel it you must be dead.
The finale of "The Crimson Idol" is a whopper of a song, describing a broken and hopeless Jonathan, planning his great farewell, a final show where he is to commit suicide in front of thousands of fans using his guitar strings. The music begins as a solemn ballad, building to a crushing mid-section and settling back to a ballad. It rocks to all hell, and Blackie applies some clean and soulful vocals like he really hasn't done up until this point in his career.
There's real emotion here, and if you don't feel it you must be dead.