Creed - Weathered
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Artist: CreedEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-11-20
Music Label: Wind-Up
Soundtracks:
- Bullets
- Freedom Fighter
- Who's Got My Back?
- Signs
- One Last Breath
- My Sacrifice
- Stand Here With Me
- Weathered
- Hide
- Don't Stop Dancing
- Lullaby
Free Music Notes for Weathered
Free Music Review: "Been trading love for indifference, yeah it suits me just fine..."
Hit: 1 Stars
Stapp's lyrics describe "Weathered" pretty accurately here.
Now, for giving this CD one star, I realize many will give me a thumbs down automatically; but at least let me say this: I am not here to hate on the fans. If you like the CD, that's your perogative. I am not writing this to diss you guys/girls. What I am here to do is describe why I dislike this CD.
"Weathered" has been collecting dust for about 6-7 years now on my CD shelf. But, sometimes before I throw out older CDs like this: I decide to give them another listen with the hope that perhaps the CD would have grown on me somewhat. Nope, I discovered, with "Weathered" nothing had improved in the slightest.
When I said that Stapp's lyrics accurately described the CD, I was not kidding. It is evident that he is indifferent, especially when he sings. Now, the man can sing: but singing requires more then just sound emminating from one's vocal tract. Stapp seems to disagree though as he has absolutely zero passion. He sounds bored and monotonous on the songs - almost as if he was tired of singing his own music, especially the ballad-driven who's got my back? Monotonous singing is never a good sign. When an artist is bored with his own music, there is a serious problem. It makes the CD sound not only forced; but fake and empty. The emptiness makes the songs sound flat to my ears, making me tire of the vocals easily, especially when the vocals get repetitive to the point of annoyance. Perhaps, I may be allowed to go as far as saying that Stapp and Tremonti sound as if they just slapped together songs for a CD that would gain more cash. There is no passion in the vocals - or CD - at all.
Lyrical content is also very lacking - some of them are downright cheesy and embarrassing. Lyrics such as "so now you live on in the words of a song, you're a melody" or "I'm trying to find a reason to live, but the mindless clutter my path" combined with unpassionate singing make the songs sound absolutely ridiculous. The lyrics are just bad poetry and seem slapped together. If Stapp does not even try to make his own music with a small margin of seriousness, why should I take the band seriously? Let me not forget that a lot of the lyrics are cliche and stolen from other sources: "ashes to ashes and dust to dust", "give love to all", and "for you the bell tolls" are all phrases that we have heard before. Now I'm not insinuating that quotations/lyrics/inspirations from other sources are bad; but when you find the cliched lyrics in every song, it just gets tiresome. It gets very irritating to try to listen to.
But, that is only part of it. On many songs, hypocrisy is at an all time high. Stapp sings about loving unselfishly or to "give love to all", yet throughout the rest of the album, anything but love can be seen through their songs. What we get, on the coherent songs, is a right-wing Christian message bashed over the listener's head again and again in a self-righteous manner. Lyrics such as: "Unlike those who hide the truth I tell it like it is/If the truth will set you free/I feel sorry for your soul", "See the signs now", "Believe what you will/that is your right/but I choose to win/I choose to fight" and so on seem like condemnation rather than love. Now, I'm a Christian; but I absolutely hate it when anyone, in this case a "band", acts self-righteous and judgmental to anyone who does not believe in the same thing as them. Then they turn around and claim to be teaching others to "give love to all" (in the song Lullaby). This aspect also adds to the fakeness of the album, along with the monotonous vocals. It is both irritating and laughable at the same time, if that's possible. On one hand, the preachiness is just annoying; but the monotonous vocals and terrible lyric writing make me want to laugh with embarrassment.
If that was not bad enough there is the instrumentals, which all sound the same. The songs all seem to have the same chords played in the background, only slightly modified from one another. This also adds to the grating aspect. Tremonti and Philips seem bored while playing in the background as Stapp wades painfully through each song at the forefront. They're given nothing to do but play the same chords, albeit slightly modified, over and over again.
The sad thing is that I subjected myself to listen to "Weathered" a second time with some small margin of hope after putting it aside for 6-7 years. Now I remember why I stopped listening to it. Even sadder, is that Stapp's uninspired lyrics seem to state the obvious about the band. "I'll scream it from the mountain tops, pride comes before a fall," he yells in "Freedom Fighter". For a band that claimed "Weathered" was their "Joshua Tree" album-wise there's too much pride with a less than mediocre album (Weathered) as a result.
I guess the proof is in the pudding - or I should say - lyrics.
Weathered Poster
The multiplatinum kings of MOR nu metal have gotten a bit more aggressive and intense--to fine effect--on some of Weathered's 11 stellar, radio-friendly tracks. For those who prefer the soft side of singer/stud Scott Stapp and his cohorts, there are the melodic and soaring "Hide" and "Don't Stop Dancing." But more interesting is "Bullets," which finds Stapp raging before a surprisingly heavy and intense musical backdrop. Other highlights include the Seattle-sound throwback "Freedom Fighter," the Zeppelinesque "Who's Got My Back," and the disc's first single, "My Sacrifice." The effects-laden, passionate "Signs" contrasts nicely with the laid-back, world-weary title track and "Lullaby." Ultimately, Weathered gently expands the seemingly fail-proof formula. --Katherine TurmanAlternative Rock Music CDs
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