... cheesy 80's pop ballads." They also did a cover of Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper." Ville explained, "You could say that Romeo and Juliet are the hero and heroine in our music - that's why we chose to cover (Don't Fear) The Reaper. I heard the original for the first time on the soundtrack ... Love Songs Vol. 666 definitely accomplished this goal. With their heavy guitar riffs and Ville's melodic, dark, high-pitched voice, the album became an instant success in the Finnish music world. HIM had finally fabricated a new type of music, waiting to be called "Love Metal." Although...

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... Love", Can Revolved around the Pain of Two people who wished to be together, But Couldn't Be. This Kind Of Obsession is most Clearly demonstrated in Shakespere's Sonnet 73 "How Like a Winter My Absence hath been", which I Will Now recite: "How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! What old December ... and Tragic Love - Known as "Unrequited Love". Unrequited Love, An Obsession in itself, Occurs when One member Of a relationship is deeply in Love, and the Other is Completely unaware, or unacceptin...

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... in the 80's, like Harry Chapin's "Remember When the Music." Music awakened people to what was "hip" or "unhip" in the world around us. Major issues aside from the war were written about including; a growing disillusionment of government ideology, advances in civil rights, increased influence of the women's movement, and a heightened concern for the environment. Many of the "radical" ideas of the 1960's gained wider acceptance in the 1970 ... Also it could be a protest against the rampant capitalism that was becoming increasingly evident in the 60's and 70's. Late artist Harry Chapin sum...

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... 's A Child Called It, Dave suffers from a childhood of complete despair and endless child-abuse. From being starved for ten consecutive days and stabbed in the stomach, to being forced to eat the feces from his baby brother's diaper and spoonfuls of ammonia, all beneath the wrath of his mother, Dave is left feeling hopeless. His father, whose job as fireman kept him away too often ... a white mother. Without a source of support at home, James feels very alone and confused. To further escape from painful reality, I created an imaginary world for myself. I believed my true self was a boy w...

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