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I'm currently sorting through my playlist and I'm amazed, not by its size – 90 tracks is a pretty small list for a music lover – but by the combinations! I have Eminem next to Makarevich, Kino, and Picnic (How could I not include "The Great Inquisitor" – a lover of complex arrangements?). The legendary Tupac (2Pac – a rap legend, in case anyone didn't know) is next to the legendary Beatles, Bee Gees, Deep Purple, basically, classic rock! Snoop Dogg is next to... well, something else... next to Russian rap battles and classics! Yes, I even have some classics, I just love playing Unreal Tournament with "In the Hall of the Mountain King" playing in the background. I forgot the name of the composer... it's Grieg! I remember, I used to get the whole club excited with it! I'd blast it in the hall, and as they say, let the rock begin! The dancing would start! I also remember how, before playing Quake, and later CS, people would come to the clubs and wipe their mouse (the ones with the wheel) with alcohol, and everyone knew there would be no slackers today.
Damn! I even have metal!
But metal is more interesting to watch than to listen to. What's the main thing about metal?
1. Long hair!
Without long hair, it's not metal anymore! But how can we know if the person singing into the microphone has long hair, or if they're always a Trillakan Sith, or whatever that hair-loving guy is called? And a bald guy can't make hair out of thin air, so it's not metal.
2. A stern look and a haggard face!
But how do we know if the person singing into the microphone is stern or not? Maybe they have an anime-like look and an emo face... they're deceiving us, comrades!
3. Herculean strength!
Try breaking guitars on every concert, on the speakers, or on the drummer, and also constant training, in the style of turning a drum into a tambourine, and turning the drummer into a shaman.
4. Guitar skills! In principle, this is not a mandatory component...
5. A harsh voice!
And we're being deceived again, a harsh voice can be created from a 9-year-old kid, skillfully using a voice changer, or better yet, a rapper, and that's it! With one wave of the hand, we turn a noob into a hardcore artist... ugh, that's not the right topic, but it basically fits.
6. And if it's gothic metal (damn!), like Sword of the Witcher, you also need to be able to wield a sword, otherwise, you'll just swing it and knock over half the filming crew and the cameraman! But how do we know if the guy was swinging a sword in front of the microphone when he was recording?
That's why metal is best watched at concerts or in music videos.