When your good host Abe told me that he was filling a blog with vintage metal videos he’d found on the You Tube I was super psyched! I’ve spent many an hour looking for similar stuff there. Then when Abe asked me if I’d like to help him troll You Tube for the good shit Iwas even more super psyched! Growing up in the UK I had no access to satellite or cable TV so apart from the odd dodgy video copied by a friend I saw virtually no metal videos at all, well I need worry about that no longer thanks to the magic of the internet and the dedication of Mr Lincoln Jnr.
So here’s my first find and what a scorcher it is. Prime Manowar! Maybe not vintage Manowar to the connoisseur but without a doubt one of my favourite Manowar songs from one of my favourite Manowar albums. Trust me if you’re getting ready to hit the town all you need to listen to are the first four songs from Fighting The World. Anyhoos back to the video, the song Blow Your Speakers is a scathing critique of MTV and it’s reluctance to play REAL metal videos, it savages MTV with a masterstroke of making an MTV friendly music video. Genius on so many levels…
Last year me and a friend made the trek to Germany to see Manowar but that’s another story for another time…
Death To False Metal Videos!
Hail and kill, etc, etc…
red5standingby
(your 21st Century Greensleeves UK correspondent)
