Episodio 236: Loudness Soldiers of fortune. year 1989. English Version

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00:00:32 - Rock, Pop, Blues songs that will make you remember moments of your life.

00:00:57 - Loudness is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarists Akira Takasaki and drummer

00:01:03 - Minotaka Higuchi.

00:01:06 - They became the first Japanese heavy metal band to be broadcast in the United States, and in almost all of Europe, having even reached the top 100 on the Billboard charts.

00:01:16 - Akira Takasaki, greatly influenced by Ingve Malstein on his tour of Japan, is considered one of the best rock guitarists.

00:01:26 - Soldier of Fortune is the band's eighth studio album, and the first with American vocalist Mike Vessera.

00:01:33 - It is the third loudness album produced by Max Norman after Thunder in the East in 1985 and Lightning Strikes in 1986.

00:01:42 - Norman brought a brilliant and truly inventive American sound to the recording, which together with the cachier songwriting and melodic approach, resulted in a fantastic melodic hard rock album.

00:01:55 - The album is co-produced by Fates' warning producer Roger Probert.

00:02:00 - Despite good critical reception and strong label support, the album failed to chart in the US.

00:02:08 - Vocalist who recorded the album, vocalist Michael Vesera, was the first non-Japanese member to the band, he recalls, I love that record.

00:02:17 - It was great, all the songs are great.

00:02:20 - Akira's guitar work, everything was amazing.

00:02:25 - He was doing well and we were having a lot of fun.

00:02:28 - They had been looking for a singer for quite some time and all the music was recorded for that.

00:02:34 - When I came in, we put all the lyrics and melodies together.

00:02:39 - Another one of my favorites is the attitude song, Soldier of Fortune, and it sums up what the band was trying to do at the time.

00:02:47 - It was supposed to that we were going to tour the US, but the management had been abusing their power and we found out we were broke.

00:03:00 - This album is the singer's favorite saying, that was a magical moment, the whole thing.

00:03:06 - I was a kid from Connecticut, and next thing I know I'm in Japan, on all the TV shows and magazine covers.

00:03:13 - It was crazy.

00:03:15 - I just thought that record was amazing and loved it all the time.

00:03:22 - This song is fast, featuring elaborate riffs and guitar solos from Akira Takasaki as well as beautiful backing vocals and great support work from Masayoshi Yamashita and the late

00:03:32 - Minotaka Higuchi, on bass and drums respectively.

00:03:40 - One of the best songs created by the band of all time.

00:03:45 - The lyrics talk about a soldier who wants to conquer the world, rocking until the band, maybe a message of what the band wanted to do, wanting to conquer the American and

00:03:53 - European market, since they were very popular in Japan.

00:03:59 - It has a very catchy riff, very Van Halen, a song directly aimed at the FM of the moment, especially in the United States, but the result was not what was expected.

00:04:39 - And we belong to the light of those billionaires we know

00:04:46 - We're still in fire, break the chain

00:04:49 - Living our heart of a hurricane

00:04:52 - This innocent child is no more

00:04:57 - Together, forever

00:05:00 - And let's rock it up

00:05:03 - I cannot let no more

00:05:08 - Soldier of fortune, giving you the warning

00:05:13 - The whole world's watching, let it rest

00:05:18 - Soldier of fortune, burning up the tortoise

00:05:24 - We are the rebels, let it rest

00:05:28 - Soldier of fortune

00:05:38 - In the streets, broken dreams Don't matter, we'll find the means

00:05:46 - Fighting to win them all the time I need it, I feel it, the heat of a million eyes

00:05:57 - Oh, let me out be honest, oh

00:06:02 - Soldier of fortune

00:06:05 - Giving you the warning

00:06:07 - The whole world's watching, let it run

00:06:13 - Soldier of fortune

00:06:16 - Burning out the forces

00:06:18 - We are the rebels, let it run

00:06:22 - We are the rebels

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00:06:57 - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

00:07:27 - With each other, it's all steady, right now

00:07:31 - Right now

00:07:41 - Sounds like a box out loud

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