the david koresh story - coming to a stage near you!

a pretty wild intro actually - especially when you consider it leads into what is essentially a fun show song!

as I sit through the first listen, at first I feel like it's just wrong that it's being considered a "pop" song by the musicians but then again, the longer I consider it- the more I sorta love the idea that it's trying to break over the edge of dramatic storytelling music into a more commercial mainstream audience oriented world. and I applaud the effort.

the musicianship is stellar across the board. great beat for the style - it drives the tune along - tho at times I wish the drums stood a little hotter in the mix - not always - jst a few times when it seems like the flow would be better served by more leading man kitting. the bass is about as perfect as it can be to be honest. it follows sometimes, it leads at other times and sometimes it just holds open the door for everything else.

the guitars are all just all anybody could ask for - the players had fun - they got to be star and they got to groove and they got to be voices as important as the singers - what with the frills, extended noodling masquerading as rhythm keeping and all that while just sounding great and being fully rep'd in the mix so you could hear each and every note. some pretty damn hot stuff happening there ...

the piano seems to be very underestimated in the mix, almost an afterthought in performance at times but thesong would lose so much of it's showy texture if it weren't there. it's the unsung hero of the song - as good as could be imagined. and all with no complaints about getting second tier billing. the perfect role player.

the vocals .... well, the vocals .... for what this song is trying to do - which is to entertain me - nothing more, nothing less ... it's a broadway hit. a crossover pop charting hit. the drama is fabulous. the expression is audaciously adept. the dynamically driven vocal arrangement is met equally by the wonderfully flowing lyrical promise of the story. which is scripted with ease and accessibility throughout. the lead vocal is pretty much flawless like the top billing star it thinks it should be and the supporting cast is a lesson in accentuating the positive and lifting the team higher and higher with it's energy and creative drive.

the vocals are just great. tho I did wonder for a second if somebody was trying a little too hard to recreate a bit of uncle albert's past.

all in all, just an incredibly enjoyable piece of music. I now have decided I want to actually go to the theatre and see the show and after that, I will buy the single and look at the rest of the soundtrack cus if it's as good as this, I'm loving it. this is what fun music is all about. not silly jokes and not stupid cliche songs that fall apart after a dozen listens. this one is one you can return again and again to. and likely - it'll stay fresh and easy to hear time after time.

tattered stage curtains be damned - take a bow kids.