Stratovarius - Maniac Dance

This is "Maniac Dance" by Stratovarius.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• stratovarius
• timo
• tolkki
• maniac
• dance
• kotipelto
• gods
• of
• power
• metal
• jens
• johansson
• guitar
• solo

[franciscosaldivar]

70 people can't do the maniac dance

[TheBlacknemesis666]

70 personas moriran en 45 segundos LoL!

[Camaron47]

Thumbs up if the singer sounds like Niklas Isfeldt from Dream Evil

[jasamheadquake]

@anerio4321 at the first few listens, yeah I was pretty annoyed at the "bobbing" in the beginning, and I did use the album as a dust collector... till like a year and a half ago, when I just thought "hmmmm, I never gave it a full spin" and since I was in a pretty good mood (when I'd do many things that I wouldn't normally do) I just let it play in the background.. I was surprised how interesting this album is! well, just my personal experience, doesn't mean everyone will feel the same :)

[anerio4321]

@jasamheadquake Yes, I give that to you. But I like when they make different stuff, the only thing is that this one didn't feel right

[jasamheadquake]

@anerio4321 yea... I understand your reasons, they are backed up with good ideas. yet, I've gotta add that it's really hard to please the masses... lol just put yourself a bit in their position - if they had kept doing their classical happy-strato stuff, fans would be like "ohh it's just ANOTHER typical/regular Strato album"... and when they do something totally different, like this, then it's like "noooo we want Strato back, give us good power metal"... so it's a pretty tough job ;)

[jasamheadquake]

@darkwolfie01 it's okay man, at least you said "to me..." and "...I like to listen to.." and that's what most sane listeners will appreciate. well, at least I do. I think it's much more fair to put it this (your) way, than to say "this song is shit, it's just stupid pop metal" (as I read in one comment). thumbs up for your coment, even though it's about disliking this song :)

[jasamheadquake]

@Xdarksorrow yep, you're just another typical headbanger who only listens to riffs and solos - but my man, you've gotta realize one thing - metal songs are about lyrics too, they've got meanings... it's a very personal song, and yeah, it kicks ass.. you remind me of my friend who's also a "riff-lover"... it's not bad, it just shows that you'd listen to anything as long as it's catchy - and that's MUCH MORE "poppish" than this "pop metal styled" song, as you said it :)

[anerio4321]

@jasamheadquake I know it does and the reason for the song. It still sounds forced, rushed, out of place. It's understandable when you know the reasons behind, but the music itself... doesnt appeal to me.

[jasamheadquake]

@anerio4321 it all makes sense, actually... it ain't lame, it's just a bit more bundled than the rest of their stuff. "maniac dance" is a metaphor for Tolkki's manic depression and bipolar disorder.. since I'm suffering from it too, it's not hard for me to imagine how he feels - at one moment he might be ecstatically triumphantly happy - but in the next second he's feeling so depressed like he wants to die.. so "dance" here is just a metaphor for bipolar disorder characteristics

[NENGOSO2011]

Puto el que no le guste esta rola de Stratovarius esta bien verguera manita arriba si tu si le das a la del video

[TheNalimwu]

Fuck genre, just listen