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It could be worse, my favorite 2 christmas albums are Roland00 Send a noteboard - 14/12/2017 03:25:38 AM

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This song came out in 1968 when I was 15. I was blasting it on the stereo one day when my father came home early from work. I still remember the back door opening followed by,

MICHAEL!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS CRAP????


It could be worse, my favorite 2 christmas albums are Kamelot's Epica and The Black Halo which are two concept albums that are tied together. These two albums are part of my yearly ritual in the time of December.

Yes these are two are Christmas albums but unless you listen to them from beginning to end...but during the story if you hear just part of the two albums you would say WTF if someone tells you these are Christmas stories.

If you are not familiar Mookie, Kamelot's Epica and The Black Halo Albums are two CDs that are concept albums that as a Power Metal Rock Opera telling / retelling with some modification the story of Goethe's Faust...At the very end you learn the story is actually a stage play telling the audience this did not actually happened but is instead a Morality Play that happens at the end of the winter festival before the coming New Year, in other words chairó for

Hold on now /
Don't leave don't let it go /
Dance away the waltz of life /
Right or wrong /
The seed we never sow /
That's our loss /
Our sacrifice /

What does the winter bring /
If not yet another spring /

Edit: So my point is if your dad or mom walked into midway in the story you are hearing a story about a guy selling his soul to Mephistopheles, or the story about the "devil / angel" trying to corrupt the man.

This message last edited by Roland00 on 14/12/2017 at 03:26:47 AM
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Pope Francis must be declared a heretic and burned. Tom - 09/12/2017 03:14:16 AM 1642 Views
Oooh, theodicy. Legolas - 09/12/2017 03:28:21 AM 784 Views
Well, God "hardened Pharaoh's heart" a couple of times. *NM* Ghavrel - 10/12/2017 09:22:05 AM 441 Views
That’s a much better song too *NM* Tom - 10/12/2017 02:05:04 PM 523 Views
That was just so he could murder all their sons and prove he is awesome. random thoughts - 11/12/2017 09:24:16 PM 755 Views
Never heard that one. The Trainspotting song “Temptation” is much better (Crowded House sucks) *NM* Tom - 10/12/2017 02:02:37 PM 480 Views
Auto-da-fé, what's an auto-da-fé? It's what you oughtn't to do but you do anyway! *NM* Roland00 - 09/12/2017 03:55:47 AM 503 Views
Revelation 22:18, 19 damookster - 09/12/2017 07:02:55 PM 693 Views
Does it have to be fire? I do not like the smell of burnt human flesh. Is it okay with the council Roland00 - 09/12/2017 11:55:31 PM 647 Views
Only fire can purify the stain of heresy. *NM* damookster - 10/12/2017 01:21:58 AM 533 Views
We have to burn you for blasphemy by comparing Francis to Christ Tom - 10/12/2017 02:04:04 PM 678 Views
I just find this deeply ironic that is all *NM* Roland00 - 10/12/2017 08:35:26 PM 466 Views
I'll search for an Italian transcript later, but... Larry - 10/12/2017 03:10:06 PM 882 Views
It's not subjunctive per se. It's a negative imperative, damnit. Tom - 11/12/2017 02:11:53 AM 698 Views
I hadn't seen this post before I posted... TyrReborn - 11/12/2017 04:46:07 AM 657 Views
It's been 23 years since my last Latin class Larry - 11/12/2017 04:48:54 AM 831 Views
My mother and a family friend priest drove by today... TyrReborn - 11/12/2017 04:38:49 AM 698 Views
It's because it's *not* a translation issue, and Francis is deceiving the faithful. Tom - 11/12/2017 05:46:27 AM 657 Views
And what the fuck is wrong with this website? I didn't indent numbers and I used 1, 2, 3, 4 Tom - 11/12/2017 05:47:42 AM 788 Views
Incidentally, the numbers showed up accurately in my response while quoting, so who knows? *NM* TyrReborn - 11/12/2017 07:12:44 AM 496 Views
For the record, I'm not saying you're wrong... TyrReborn - 11/12/2017 07:11:59 AM 688 Views
You know, now that I think about it, Job isn't a good reference. TyrReborn - 11/12/2017 07:21:13 AM 807 Views
Tom is correct, but let me make the argument that the Pope is right Roland00 - 11/12/2017 08:49:35 PM 998 Views
If it is not a translation problem (and it isn't), then the Pope is changing the words of Christ Tom - 12/12/2017 03:43:50 PM 671 Views
I've read that "heresy" comes from words meaning 'to cut' or else to 'seize or take away' Cannoli - 12/12/2017 03:56:19 PM 719 Views
Re: If it is not a translation problem (and it isn't), then the Pope is changing the words of Christ TyrReborn - 12/12/2017 06:24:58 PM 706 Views
The vicar of Christ doesn't get to change the words of Christ. damookster - 11/12/2017 08:12:22 AM 778 Views
Fair enough. *NM* TyrReborn - 11/12/2017 05:44:46 PM 437 Views
but he is infallible ???? random thoughts - 11/12/2017 09:22:02 PM 691 Views
The Pope is only infallible in certain situations. TyrReborn - 11/12/2017 10:40:28 PM 695 Views
Link not working for you? *NM* random thoughts - 12/12/2017 12:44:23 AM 480 Views
Yes, and thankfully he wasn't making a proclamation ex cathedra. Tom - 12/12/2017 01:09:25 AM 697 Views
I mean...I love me some theology... Jeordam - 11/12/2017 10:56:34 PM 767 Views
The problem is that I don't think he was thinking at all Tom - 13/12/2017 06:22:14 PM 637 Views
No arguments here Cannoli - 12/12/2017 03:51:59 PM 719 Views
Well, I needed to at least mention the Orthodoxy-Catholicism split Tom - 12/12/2017 05:01:54 PM 771 Views
Can't you just depose him. The Shrike - 13/12/2017 05:49:59 PM 658 Views
I could, but where's the fun in that? Tom - 13/12/2017 06:20:18 PM 760 Views
Because he would have to live with being deposed. The Shrike - 13/12/2017 07:05:35 PM 668 Views
As Stalin said, Нет человека, нет проблемы Tom - 13/12/2017 09:06:44 PM 687 Views
Like fire / Hellfire / This fire in my skin / This burning / Desire / Is turning me to sin *NM* Roland00 - 13/12/2017 09:21:16 PM 527 Views
How about we just send him to Avignon. The Shrike - 13/12/2017 11:31:25 PM 708 Views
If we send him in a soundproof box so all he can do is waive endlessly, sure! Tom - 14/12/2017 12:32:04 AM 722 Views
Schrodinger's Pope(s)? *NM* Roland00 - 15/12/2017 10:01:35 PM 430 Views
That would be fun. No one would know if he's alive or dead. *NM* Tom - 16/12/2017 03:50:13 AM 412 Views
Waive endlessly? Larry - 18/12/2017 03:06:39 AM 840 Views
It's the consequence of writing this in between contract revisions Tom - 18/12/2017 02:52:15 PM 888 Views
I've had that happen before, minus the contract legalese Larry - 20/12/2017 03:43:50 AM 701 Views
music to burn heretics by... damookster - 13/12/2017 10:44:51 PM 811 Views
That is truly obscure Tom - 14/12/2017 12:39:43 AM 668 Views
It could be worse, my favorite 2 christmas albums are Roland00 - 14/12/2017 03:25:38 AM 661 Views
Sounds like your father was a wise man *NM* random thoughts - 14/12/2017 12:54:20 PM 447 Views
And he's still going nearly 50 years later... Simon - 16/12/2017 02:32:41 PM 1488 Views
That’s amazing. He’s still crazy. *NM* damookster - 16/12/2017 03:31:36 PM 407 Views
Agreed. *NM* Simon - 01/01/2018 01:59:14 PM 983 Views
I'd like to thank everyone who replied to get the folder on fire. It adds a je ne sais quoi to it. *NM* Tom - 19/12/2017 05:10:02 PM 428 Views
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