Am I The Only One Who Liked W2MN?
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I liked it most the first time I heard it, especially for the nostalgia when the original was referenced. But other than that I hate that it wen't for more of the Weird Al type parody thing with both the lyrics and sound, especially considering how good Under My Bed was and knowing that was the original direction the album was gonna go. There are a few good songs but it could have and should have been a completely different album.
Also, am I the only one who thinks the picture on the booklet, where it looks like the WTMN cover except aged was supposed to be the cover instead of the one with the real Alice ?
Also, am I the only one who thinks the picture on the booklet, where it looks like the WTMN cover except aged was supposed to be the cover instead of the one with the real Alice ?
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Whenever I hear him singing he wants to give her "something to remember me by" I can't help thinking..gonorrhoea!RemarkablyInsincere wrote:So you're saying that you like "Something To Remember Me By" more than "Only Women Bleed"?AlongCameASpider27 wrote:I LOVE Nightmare 2...for me personally, it has his best ballad, I love Something to Remember Me By....
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W2MN is a great album and I think why a lot of people give a snub is because it's compared to the first.......Don't!!!! look at it as it's own separate entity.
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That would be easier if it weren't for all of the musical tie-ins, like I am Made of You (which is literally made of the Steven melody), Nightmare Returns, the Underture, and to some extent Under the Bed.evil syd wrote:W2MN is a great album and I think why a lot of people give a snub is because it's compared to the first.......Don't!!!! look at it as it's own separate entity.
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W2MN really should have been called 'Love It 2 Death' or 'KiIIer'...it's just that good.
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Goes to Hell 2. Which was a drop off from the first Nightmare just like W2MN.
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Totally. It's a really good song other than that one part.
I really don't like concept albums in general so this one kind of started behind the eight ball with me. There are some good songs here, but even some of those have flaws, imo.
What I like:
The Congregation (It's great minus Rob Zombie's spoken portion)
When Hell Comes Home
A Runaway Train
I'll Bite Your Face Off (A good song with a weak title and chorus. Much better live)
Last Man on Earth
The Underture (It's just neat. I'd like to hear some full length versions of Alice songs done in this style.)
Not sure about:
Ghouls Gone Wild. It's pure fluff, but it's catchy. I think I would have a higher opinion of it if it was on a Halloween themed EP along with songs like Keeping Halloween Alive and Nobody Likes Me instead of an album like W2MN.
What Baby Wants. I'm old and I have no clue who Keisha is, but the song is catchy and I think it works in a weird way. It would have been cool to have Devil in a Blue Dress placed on this album just prior to this song instead of on Breadcrumbs.
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I love W2MN, i don't think it is really a "welcome to my nightmare" sequel (though could have been with some tweaking and more horror) but its a great album.
Tracks i love:
I am Made of You - Epic.
Caffeine - great rocker always makes me think of nightmare on elm street
The nightmare returns - fluff but its cool
Under the bed - on my MP3 player it is listed as track 4 in the album and works great! why this was left off is anyones guess. crazy
A runaway train - (or the dunaway train as we call it) great rocker
Last man on earth - brilliant vaudville track that really expands the album (kinda like some folks)
Disco bloodbath boogie fever - brilliant funny and superb when john 5 kicks in on the final third.
When hell comes home - brilliant dark and brutal
What baby wants - great slice of macabre pop rock
Underture - brilliant.
average - Congregation (good solid rocker), I gotta get outta here (good track that is an underwhelming last track)
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Ghouls gone wild - decent track but not for this album. its a B side plain and simple
I'll bite your face off - just run of the mill , a bit dull and not good enough for the album
Something to remember me by - dull as dishwater. I dont know when alice forgot how to write ballads but boy is it evident on this song! (actually i do, Brutal Planet)
Tracks i love:
I am Made of You - Epic.
Caffeine - great rocker always makes me think of nightmare on elm street
The nightmare returns - fluff but its cool
Under the bed - on my MP3 player it is listed as track 4 in the album and works great! why this was left off is anyones guess. crazy
A runaway train - (or the dunaway train as we call it) great rocker
Last man on earth - brilliant vaudville track that really expands the album (kinda like some folks)
Disco bloodbath boogie fever - brilliant funny and superb when john 5 kicks in on the final third.
When hell comes home - brilliant dark and brutal
What baby wants - great slice of macabre pop rock
Underture - brilliant.
average - Congregation (good solid rocker), I gotta get outta here (good track that is an underwhelming last track)
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Ghouls gone wild - decent track but not for this album. its a B side plain and simple
I'll bite your face off - just run of the mill , a bit dull and not good enough for the album
Something to remember me by - dull as dishwater. I dont know when alice forgot how to write ballads but boy is it evident on this song! (actually i do, Brutal Planet)
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100% i have no idea why they went full camp instead. a bizzare choice indeed. i remember getting it and before id opened it i told my mate how disappointed i was with the cover and what i would do with it.....then i open it and boom there it is! exactly what i would have done to it!Also, am I the only one who thinks the picture on the booklet, where it looks like the WTMN cover except aged was supposed to be the cover instead of the one with the real Alice
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I love it.
His best since 'Dragontown'.
His best since 'Dragontown'.
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Speaking as an ex-teacher, I can confirm that it really is!!
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I don"t like it.
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Wanted to like it but the vast majority of it was silly fluff. My rocker friends thought it was horribly lame. I couldn’t argue the point.
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I really like a lot of it. Obviously, it's not my absolute favorite, that would be a very strong statement to make. But I think it's quite good.
I don't know if the things I'm thinking are normal thoughts or not!
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Winner winner chicken dinner.revinkevin wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:18 pmGoes to Hell 2. Which was a drop off from the first Nightmare just like W2MN.
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I snub it because I think it's a very terrible album. It's fine that you like it, it's all just personal taste - no right or wrong. What is wrong is stating it is its' own separate entity. If Alice wanted everyone to think of it that way, it would have a different title, artwork and none of the musical tie-ins. No Alice very much wanted the fans to think of WTMN when buying and listening to this album.
IMO, it's among his worst records, maybe only the dreadful Along Came a Spider is beneath this.
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W2MN is one of Alice's best post 70s albums and it, and the return of Ezrin, promised so much for the future. No, it isn't perfect, but as a whole it's probably his best since at least 'The Last Temptation'.
Unfortunately everything that was great about W2MN was abandoned for 'Paranormal' and 'Detroit Stories'. Such a disappointment.
Unfortunately everything that was great about W2MN was abandoned for 'Paranormal' and 'Detroit Stories'. Such a disappointment.
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I think it has about 5 really decent songs on it. The rest is pretty much filler. The makings of a great record. I also thought the bonus track 'Under The Bed' should have been on the actual album. Great Desmond Child era sounding tune.
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Couldn’t agree more with all thatWhile Heaven Wept wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:07 amI think it has about 5 really decent songs on it. The rest is pretty much filler. The makings of a great record. I also thought the bonus track 'Under The Bed' should have been on the actual album. Great Desmond Child era sounding tune.
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I prefer it to the original although I’d agree that the cover is rubbish
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Anybody else prefer Neil Smith's "Evil Voodoo Moon" to "I'll Bite Your Face Off"? It would have been interesting to have had a cover closer to the original, but with better production values.