. Who, for example, does not remember the reactions to the Star Wars prequels - a phenomenon where original and resuming time falls approximately in the same context? Two decades of silence have been a long time, a painful thing missing more and more to raise a cult and nostalgic romanticizing - a cult that is clouded by no new signs of life more and can be fed more and more by the eternal homage to the ancients. During this time the fans are dreaming of a return that can be any coloring colorful in its own dazzling colors. But then the dream becomes a reality! And it follows the great disillusionment if this reality does not exactly match their own individual ideas.
In the case of Genghis Khan, the "comeback" solely by the absence of half of the original cast and the former engine Ralph Siegel takes place under truly difficult conditions - apart from the now not to change new historical environment -, it might be advisable to troupe of then compare times, point by point with the troops today. Is that what with "7 lives" and the new accompanying show "Legacy of Genghis Khan" now before us, really so much worse?
Already the first few bars of the entry-level model "Temujin" (content funnily enough also a kind of "prequel" to "Genghis Khan") beam a musically and lyrically on the spot back to the year 79. Bold, captivating, immediately catchy and despite slow modernization with great recognition factor produced, login 'DK 2007' with bang back to how any sensible fan would have wished it: fresh, zeitgeist resistant and uncompromising! How could it then also differently expected from a group whose success has always been the sometimes more, sometimes less successful preparation of the self-created stereotypes? This again but sat since each skillfully established precedents style elements of disco, pop, folk and a touch of exoticism together - to turn to create your own distinctive, sometimes even unintentionally comical style, the one sure is not allowed: to be taken seriously! And now it came to this style (which very probably excursions include into the margins of Mitklatsch-Schlager, you think of songs like "Loreley" or "We are all in the same boat") meet again without generating a mere copy. With titles like "Temujin", "Burning Taiga", "In Mongolia," "The Horde Genghis Khan gold'ne" and "The Devil can wait" this is my opinion, very well done! Except for a few muted electric guitars, a little more meaningful front beat and maybe a little less Geigenflirren are here fortunately barely audible 'forced modernization' to be heard. If 'comeback' means recovery, the purists of this item would actually be delighted - but the modernists then attack probably would prefer to remixes of cover band "Rocking Son".
The main criticism to this very tradition-conscious numbers: Probably because they wanted to be limited with the new concept of accompanying Show aware exclusively on the successful Mongolian cliché, one does not reach the thematic diversity of the original project and also moves musically mainly in less willing to experiment direction. Therefore, the increased density of the "'Hu-ha"' s, '' Ho Hey '"s and" "Lei-lei-lei"' s. The familiar outline of world history to contemporary issues associated with matching costumes and choreography - this block of the old recipe for success in vain today.
But come the only trips to other stylistic realms actually a fatal gaffe: the dripping false folk tearjerker "Doswidanje" and "Like fire in the Wind", in which the Komponistenduo Weindorf is not afraid to reveal his musical roots at inappropriate art site are for real fan simply difficult to bear style breaks! Sorry, but there is this half a star deduction for all their love.
The other half star deduction you must calculate for the admissions of the old songs in the 2nd half of the album. Instrumental largely succeeded because of love for the original left with little changes, but sometimes you miss the old vocal momentum. Especially at "Moscow" 2007 really energetic chorus acts obediently dahingeleiert. Pity! Maybe missing the full choir simply Steve and Leslie - The latter, of course, most notably in '' Rocking Son '", where now the Wolfgang solo part at least respectable overcome than in' 'Moscow'." However, bottom line, I would prefer the original recordings the new at any time.
The impressions are everything so ambivalent in particular. But with some distance and suppression of all factors for which those responsible can not, the judgment must be more differentiated. As skillful remake the brand 'Genghis Khan' - or of that for which many of them times like now have remembered most likely - is "'7 lives'' over long distances succeeded surprisingly, even if it as compared to individual albums of the best time "Genghis Khan" or '' Rome '' expected to fall. The successful new compositions, there is the old feeling again immediately. Looking at the gustatory derailments with good will as part of the tradition (I say only: "Dudelmoser", "Himalaya", "We love you" ...), perhaps may say: Yes, even the trash belongs to the cult! Split has a project of this design has the music lovers, then as now. It remains to be seen whether the appropriate response can actually degenerated into a flash in the pan or whether the comeback DK 2007 gets a chance to compete in today's market. In the booklet Wolfang proclaimed desire '"New memories'' may '' occur ''. There is nothing to add, except perhaps: Huh! Hah! Lei! Lei! Lei!
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