Seven Days to the Wolves

[darnaguen]

I feel... strange. I waited for months and months and now I finally know.
"Hope for the best, expect the worst." That's what they say and maybe I should have done so.

Concerning AWE I kinda did expect the worst in the end, though.
But I still was disappointed when it basically fell flat on its ass because I know it could have soared if it had been done right. It could have become the stuff of legends like the LotR trilogy, but at some point of the production something simply went wrong I guess. Hard to say who or what is to blame.
It's definetely worth seeing, if only for Barbossa, Teague, the music and Johnny/Jack. But truth to be told, it mostly failed to deliver. It's a confusing mess that doesn't seem to be sure whether it wants to be avant-garde camp, serious historical drama, epic supernatural adventure or simply a Bruckheimer blockbuster produced by Disney. Or all of them at the same time.

I really really hate to say this, but in a way I feel the same about the new Nightwish.
I love Anette, I do. When it comes to personality and attitude, she's perfect. But while I know I can't say much based only on one full song and a couple of clips... I expected something more. For some reason I kept hearing a voice like Stine Mari Langstrand's (of Lumsk fame) in my head when I thought of the new singer. Meh.
The music is larger than life, of course. Those guys are brilliant musicians, Tuomas is a genius and they have the bloody London Philharmonic to back them up. But... Yeah.
They still have my full support, have no doubt, and I'm definetely not gonna join those "I want Tarja back, waah!!!!11eleventyone11!" wankers. I just expected to fall in love with her vocals in an instant, which I shouldn't have. And I know I'll get over this initial uncertainty soon enough.

(And yes, oh yes, the name of this song makes me laugh. Even though I'm pretty sure it's an allegory to the tabloid media. Which is kinda funny in itself.)

Comments

[shadow-wolfess.livejournal.com]

What allegory you mean? *is lost*
I feel a bit weird about the name myself, because...well because it`s somehow a bit pathetic to me and not-so-nightwish.

[darnaguen.livejournal.com]

Well, you know how we have a tabloid commonly known as Seiska here in Finland, right? Its whole name is 7 Päivää which, as you probably know, means "7 Days".
And if I understood anything at all of the lyrics, they're pretty bitter in a symbolic way. Many Finns at the forum immediately associated these two things.
And the wolves part? In this case I'd assume they refer to the tabloids and scandal-loving people who are shredding apart people's lives like a pack of vicious wolves.

Just a theory, of course.

[lumenlaulu.livejournal.com]

Nah, that is my theory also. Though I did not think about "Seiska" at first: the song made me think of Tuomas dreading some certain day, which will follow in a week, dreading, because he knows the tabloids, over-enthusiastic fans and everyone is going to go frenzy about something, like the letter which Tarja received after Helsinki gig or something else.

[shadow-wolfess.livejournal.com]

Might be. Everyone knows it`s kinda hard to interpret Tuomas' lyrics and after DCOW I don`t even want to try it anymore.
But maybe it would be too much of an honour, to write a song about how much he hates people of that kind..that's some Eminem-style.

[maiden-mist.livejournal.com]

I don't really get it. How can you tell this from a sample? *refering to 7 days to the wolves* I like the song very much, I like her duet with Marco.
I mean, what exactly did Tuomas want to express , in your opinion?

[shadow-wolfess.livejournal.com]

Are you asking me or Darna?

[maiden-mist.livejournal.com]

Both.

[shadow-wolfess.livejournal.com]

I`ve already said that I have no idea. And I can barely understand the lyrics.