For a Band that was started in one form or another to create music for the SEGA Genesis Game System, the
Sons of Angels did pretty well on their own, musically. The chemistry of guitar, keyboards and vocals is not as easy as just throwing a few musicians together in a room and saying : "Write something"…
It seems that's just what they did in 1990.
Songs on this album (I had access to the cassette) were identified by simple or one word titles : "Fly", "
Fight", "Cowgirl" and "
Lonely Rose" (to cite the simplest titles). However minimalist the names, the songs were something… amazing. When you listen to a song of any kind you know what you personally like but what about the general appeal to listeners in whole ? For
Metal and Rock fans, the beat and the lyrics mean a lot. Catchy rhythms and a pounding beat (listen to the opening of Cowgirl for an example) both give
Sons of Angels their wings. With a song range that encompasses the feel of the late 80's (Cowgirl, Spend the
Night), harder edged (
Fight, Would you die for me, Look out for Love), the 'Clubby' style (
Trance Dance, Rock and Roll Star) and the quintessential love songs of the 90's (
Lonely Rose, Could it be Love),
Sons of Angels adds one last song as a finale : Fly !
This last song on the album, the expected 'goodbye' anthem at a concert, showcases not only the musical dexterity of the band but is a running track that ends the album well. Fly could almost be called inspiring in the way it makes you feel. It conjurers up images of streaking through the air on a high speed collision course with the horizon.
The strangest twist on this band and its debut album is that only a handful of their songs got any attention in the mainstream outlets in the
United States. Cowgirl had a video.
Lonely Rose developed a clannish group of listeners and even 17 years after release I still hear it or find it attached to some tribute or montage on the Video sites such as "You-tube".
Could it be Love, delivered a truly special message as it carried the record label requirement for a love song on each album released ?
In the end,
Sons of Angels revealed a lot about the music industry as a whole and a standing testament to good music. Popularity is based on airtime, much like a fashion show. Skill and good rock are not beauty pageant contestants. If they were,
Sons of Angels would rank high on the walkway.
Lord Cain, 2008
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