Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    Some suggestions so far....
    
    Kashmire
    The Immegrant Song
    Running with the Devil
    An Ode to Harry (MOD)
    
    
    Dark Helmet
    

    Hi DH,
    
    The following are songs I think are a MUST for a laser/light show:
    
    Cathedral - Van Halen
    NM156 or Screaming in Digital - Queensryche
    Heatseeker - AC/DC
    Welcome to the Machine - PF
    
    Buck

    Fade To Black - Metallica
    Money - Pink Floyd
    Fever - Priest
    
    

    
    Holy Diver - Dio          
    All the Fools Sailed away - Dio
    Speak English or Die - SoD

    
    Red Barchetta - Rush
    Rock of Ages - Def Leopard
    Cocaine _ Eric Clapton
    
    Kat

    
    Fade to Black - Metallica
    Revolution Calling - Queensryche
    Crazy Train - Ozzy
    
    They didn't give you any credit?  Have I ever shown you how to rig
    a primo car bomb?  I'll tell ya, it only costs about three dollars
    and it works a hell of alot better than Draino.  Agagagaaaa killem
    all & let God sort em out...  And F**k Evening Magazine!
    
    HITMAN

    
    
    Shame on the Night - Dio
    
    although that may be a little heavy..
    
    Kashmir too...
    
    F.

"Knockin' At Your Back Door" (intro) - Deep Purple
"Dee" - Ozzy/Randy
"Foreplay" - Boston
"Difficult To Cure" - Rainbow

cat

    
    
    	"You Can't Kill Rock'n'Roll"  Ozzy Osbourne
    	"Smokin' in the Boys Room"    Motley Crue
    	"Midnight Maniac"	      Krokus
    
    	Tig~~~
    

    
        Peek-a-Boo - Devo
    
        Evil Eyes - Dio
    
        Actually, alot of Dio stuff would work well.
    
                                                       GTI
    

    
    Whats that song by ELO (I think its called WaterFall) Its a
    Instrumental. ABC Sports had it as a theme song,,,
    
    
    
    jim
         

    Not metal, but that song "Radioactive" by (mind goes completely
    blank, group with Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page) might make a good
    laser show. 
    
    Second on the Deep Purple stuff from Perfect Strangers ("Knocking
    at Your Back Door" and others).  How about some old Purple, something
    like "Sweet Child in Time" for a slow tune, "Highway Star" for a
    faster one.
     
    For something a little wilder, try "Peace Sells..." from Megadeth,
    or "Blackened" for Metallica.
    
    One of my personal favorite all time tunes which might work is "21st
    Century Scizoid Man" from King Crimson.
    
    gh

    
    Re.12
    
    >>Not metal, but that song "Radioactive" by (mind goes completely
    >>blank, group with Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page) might make a good
    >>laser show. 
      
    If memory serves me right the band was called The Firm (the first
    album's worth a listen). The track you mention comes off the second
    album (?) and I can't remember the name of that.
    
    __________
    
    On another tack,
    
    This depends on who you are playing for.  In my experience, a good
    bit of boogie never goes amiss. Let's try something like THE live
    version of Freebird around which you could wrap one hell of a light
    show.
    
    I'll have a look through  the record collection tonight to seek out
    other tracks that might work with non-metallites and with a good
    light show.
    
    Keef.

    
    		how 'bout..
    				In the Evening...Led Zep.
    				Mr.Crowley....Ozzy
    				Can't Get No Satisfaction....Devo
    				School.....SuperTramp
    				
    						JAM

> In the Evening...Led Zep.

Good one! 

Another good one might be the middle section of the live version of 
"Whole Lotta Love", where Jimmy is playing with his Theramin. Or the
live version of "Dazed and Confused", where he used the bow. Both
are pretty spacey....

Now that I think of it, the live version of "The Rain Song" is a pretty,
slow song that would work well also.....

cat

    
      Time keeps on searching....into the future. ( name? )
      By Steve Miller.
                                  
      Oh....Frankinstien!  Edgar Winter...synchronized with the machine
      gun effects...woooooo!!  Or is that Hocus Pocus ( sp?)
    
      All old, but classics!  
      
      /ski         

    
        Speaking of machine guns:
    
        Come Back - J. Geils
    
        (I think this would be f***in' great with lasers!!
    
        RE: Steve Miller
    
            The song is "Fly like an Eagle"
    
                                                       GTI
    

    How about something really excellent like 
    
    2001 A Space Odessy?
    
    Kat

    How about something by Jean Michel Jarre?
    
    Flip
    
    Argh, Oh my Gawd, the lights have just gone out!

    
    You are all probably going to boo me outta here for this but
    
    Pump Up the Volume by Marrs would be a cool tune to do a laser show
    too. 
    
    Did we say this had to be metal?
    
    Kat

    ....or the one about the planet Dune!
    
    
    Flip

    re -1 To Tame A Land

    
    You Dropped a Bomb on me by the Gap Band.
    
    You guys I know I'm getting carried away with this stuff but that
    would be a tune absolutely written for a laser show.
    
    Kat

    But Bill said No Floyd...          
    
    How about "Five to One" or House upon the Hill (wasn't that what
    they called that section of Celebration of the Lizard?) by the Doors.
    
    ...then after the laser parts over you can come out and drop your
    pants!  ;^)
    
    Seriously, I think those would be good tunes for this sort of thing.
    
    How about "Let there be Rock" by AC/DC, or Godzilla by Blue Oyster
    Cult.  There's also a huge number of songs by Yes which would be
    very good for this, but many are long.  Speaking of long, the live
    version of Dazed and Confused is pretty wild (also one of my favs).
    Other good ones would be "Lightning Strikes Again", "Breaking the
    Chains", or "Tooth and Nail" by Dokken.  If you're looking for classic,
    how about "Crosstown Traffic" by Hendrix.  Actually as far as strange
    graphic images, you might think about some songs by Cream ("Tales
    of Brave Ulyses" comes to mind...).
                                                                       
    Say Bill, Do you want something people will recognize or just something
    good?  Is there a certain time (song length) which you are targeting?
    
    gh 

    EXCELLENT... Excellent... ex-cell-ent! ! !
    
    
    		*  In The Evening
    
    		*  Kashmir
    
    		*  Houses of the Holy (choice!)
    
    		*  Ocean(?)
    
    The last one starts out:  "Down by the seaside, where the boats
    	go sailin' , -- sailin'".
    
    
    <--<T<<

    No Floyd, huh?
    
    It would be a challenge.  I don't know anyone who could make a video
    or an animated piece that would do justice to PF!
    
    <--<T<<

>    		*  Ocean(?)
>    
>    The last one starts out:  "Down by the seaside, where the boats
>    	go sailin' , -- sailin'".
    
The song you're thinking of is called "Down by the Seaside" from
the Physical Graffiti album. "The Ocean" is a different song, from
the Houses of the Holy album.

While we're at it - how about the really great space-intro to 
"In the Light" from Physical Graffiti - very Pink Floydish, without
actually being PF.

cat

    Wow!   Great Ideas metalheads....
    
    You really have my mind on overload thinking of some images to shoot
    for.  Keep it up and I'm sure that we can put together something
    that will blow Lowell into the next century!
    
    	I like the ideas of the instrumentals, never gave them much
    thought.  The non-instrumentals are just as good (if not better
    in some cases.).
    
    	The Type of Crowd I want to appeal to is your typical college
    crowd.  Picture  a couple of thousand students all waiting for the
    biggest bash weekend ever.  The Laser Show is going to be during
    the spring carnival that Lowell has every year.  My goal is to make
    these sad excuses for partiers get so rialed and psyched up that
    they they won't come down until the Carni is over.   I WANT A RIOT!
    I think that metal isn't done justice on campus.  I hope to change
    that.  Pink Floyd although a fantastic imagry really doesn't have
    the ballz that I need.   (Some does, like "One of these Days...",
    so if you want still suggest them, who knows.)  I can't use things
    too offensive like SoD "Speak English or Die" ( I'd love to, but
    I would be lynched by the hundreds of Non-English speaking students.)
    
    I have given it some thought though.  I need that Heavy Metal powerful
    guitar (like Eruption) to reach the POWER that I want to achieve.
    I'm seriously considering EHM also.  I might even have the word
    "MOSH" appear in Lasers just to see if anyone will take me up on
    it.  I also want a mix of stuff people will recognize (mostly) and
    the best of the stuff people won't (Non-Metalheads that is...)
    
    
    Keep the ideas coming in.....I'm going to have to start soon on
    my list.   It will probably be broken up into 4-8, 15-30 second,
    pieces.  Remember this is to push Metal into the spotlight (Laser
    light) for 2 Minutes.  I need the best examples.

    Thanx....
    
    Dark Helmet!!

    
    
    Neon Knights ..Black Sabbath

                
                Boston - Don't Look Back
                
                Killer guitar opening . . .
                
                

    
    
    
    	The Confessor - Joe Walsh
   
    Tig~~
    

    Would Freebird (the long live version) work?
    
    Keef.

RE: <.33>
    
    Cat...
          
> While we're at it - how about the really great space-intro to 
> "In the Light" from Physical Graffiti - very Pink Floydish, without
> actually being PF.
  

    YEAH, Yeah, yeah!!!
    
    That would one make one BiTcHiN' intro to some really fantastic
    Lazar Show!  Can you imagine some real eerie powerful lazar sun
    rays that would extend past some pastel-like clouds and some random
    lightening bolts that stuck almost unnoticed in the "horizon", all
    the while this ZEP tune is blasting away.  It would be some AwSoMe
    beginning to something real BaLsY that will bring instant attention
    and respect for anyone who is in view of this magnificent display
    of courage and grittiness.
    
    cudos to cat for this idea...
    
    How about it?. . .
    
    <--<T<<
    
    BTW, thanx for this note, it's really making me think graphically!
    

    
    Who made who.......AC/DC
    
    
    A good song for a college crowd getting ready to party
    Same old Song and Dance......Aerosmith
    
    Grab yourself a cooler lay yourself low
    
    Kat

People - 

Keep in mind that you're only gonna hear about 30 seconds of each song.
So you need a song with high impact. Or just a section of a song - maybe
an intro or a break. In other words, the live version of 'Free Bird'
is OUT!

cat

    How about Lynches solo section of "Paris is Burning" from Dokkens
    first?
    
    gh

    I'm gonna have to listen to Physical Grafitti again to make a final
    descision but "In the Light" sounds like the perfect intro.   These
    ideas are great!  I was thinking of doing a 15 second segment on
    just screaming (I'll look into the Best Scream note) what do you
    think about it.  Help me think of a climaxing exit to this.....
    
    I was thinking of a mushroom cloud with Ozzy's ending to "Thank
    God For the Bomb".  Do you know of any other explosions that would
    suffice....
    
    	Songs that have the word "Rock" usually go over big with large
    crowds.  Also things that would go good with the whole idea of a
    laser.  Like "Shoot to Thrill" Ac/Dc,  "Lighting up the Sky" VH,
    and "When the Lightning Strikes" Aerosmith.
    
    	Just to give you an idea on what I can incorporate.  There will
    be a main graphics display for animation and such and there will
    probably be lasers shooting over the crowd with a fog machine so
    that they will show up better.   
    
    	You people are the greatest! Thanks for all the great ideas.
    I'm printing them all and will try and listen to all the suggestions
    a couple of times again I'll make the list of what I'm going to
    use in two weeks.  (I have to start working on the animation soon,
    there goes the weekends......)
    
   
    Bill (Dark Helmet)
    

    
    
    
    	Green Manalishi (<-sp?) - Judas Priest
    
    	

How about the ending of "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" as an
exit to the program - it has those series of cannon blasts that you could
coordinate with laser 'fireworks', then a big splash right when he
yells the final "FIRE!".

Killer ending....

cat

    
        Oh, Alan - you're a genius!!  That sounds perfect!!
    
                                                       GTI
    

    RE: <.43> 
    
    This is getting good!
    
    It's really feeling inspired, y'know "In the Light"/Genesis...
    ..."<mushroom cloud>"/Revelation.  You've just about got it all
    together -- sounds like a real exciting project, good luck!!
                                
    
    			     ** la Programme **
    
    
    			intro		"In The Light"
    
    			act I		"<rock*rock*rock>"
    
    			act II		"<scream d� la scream>"
    
    			Final�		"<explosions & mushroom>"
    
    			coda  		"Great Gig in the Sky"
                              
    			encore		"<	>"
    
           
    I think this deserves an encore, but I know you're strapped for
    time.  
           
    I kinda included PF's "Great Gig In The Sky", cause I think that
    just the ending part of this song, y'know where the lady is finishing
    her "wailing" and it's more like sighing; well, this part would
    be a ChOiCe "cathartic" release after all the energy that this show
    will expound. . .    It will truly be a satisfied audience.               
    
    <--<T<<                     

    Oh YEAH!!!!
    
    For Those About to Rock is PERFECT!!!
    
    GH 

    
    
    
    
    	How 'bout the drums from that Phil Collins/Genesis song,
    
    	I can feel it comin'..................Hold On!
    
   	HOLLYWOOD.........................Big Bam Boom!
    

    Yeah I was thinking of a creation and destruction theme to this.
    
                            Visual               Audio
     
    intro		Darkness              In a deep, ominous voice...
    					      The first line from
    					      Genisis..."In the begining
    					      god said let there be light"
      						(or something like that.)          
    					      Then Silence....to be
   						broken by.
    
    intro part 2       Large Starburst        The explosion (Sonic Boom)
    					      from PF's "Get your hands 
    					      off my Desert"

    intro part3        Break up of starburst  intro to "In The Light"
		       images of creation.
    		       Slow and Psychadelic.
    
    Then I'll kick into some POWER rock.  The images and the songs will
    follow an evolutionary cycle.  Maybe Godzilla (for dinosaurs) or
    a killer instumental.  Go through the development of man and finish
    it off with the scream of Ac/Dc's "FIRE" leading into OZZY's nuclear
    explosion from "Thank God for THe Bomb."  Start and end this puppy
    with a bang.....(and lots of fuel in the middle....)
    
    Bill (Dark Helmet) 
    		       

    
    
    Fight Fire with Fire .. you know Metallica, has a bomb explosion
    on the end of it..  off of the Ride the Lightening album.
    
    
    F.

    RE: <.50>
    
    	So now all you need is fuel for the fire.
    
    	Lemme think...
    
    			"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"  VH
    
    			more, later. . .
    
    (Now that we know your format, it'll help in producing suggestions)

    For VH I was thinking of "Everybody wants some..."  That song cranks
    but "Aint talking about Love" might fit in easier....
    
    Dark Helmet....
    

    I think that it would be tough to do a live band....
    
    It has to be in perfect sync. with the lights and music..
    
    It's an interesting idea though and I would love to do work with
    a band and see what comes of it. I couldn't for the one in Lowell,
    but maybe in the future. (I have to save my pennies to buy my own
    set of equipment.  approx.  $10,000 with the Argon Laser and the
    computers to run it.)
    
    
    Dark Helmet