An Open Challenge to Black Label Society
For all you pussies who don’t know WTF (“Who the Fuck?”) BLS is, check this out. You better sit down first:
Awesome, no?
Look Zakk, don’t hate. I’m a fan. I’ve been a fan since Pride & Glory. Can I get a “Machine Gun Man”? Hoo-yah!
But here’s the deal. As it stands, there’s only one person on the planet with a more rocking voice than you, and I think you know who it is:
Beth Hart, “Immortal”
Awkward as it is to admit, you’ve been bitch slapped by a girl. Beth just totally owns your ass right now. There is nothing in rock lore, your impressive discography notwithstanding, that even begins to approach the level of ferociousness that Beth summons during this live performance. And dig this, she was just crusin. She wasn’t even trying to put her feet down on the beat-down, she was just doin her thang. And in the process, she totally out-rocked every male rocker prior or since. And that’s the good news. The bad news is, if she was trying to set a record…I don’t think you boys would have a chance.
Still…there’s you, Zakk. You, with your untameable mane, your insanely masculine voice, and your vocal savagery which, I dare say, approaches the level with which Beth doth rock. But up until now, it merely approaches.
Zakk, I emplore you: The only way you can definitively earn your way to “Immortal” status is to try, frightful as it may seem, to cover Beth Hart’s “Immortal”. It is THE standard by which all else are measured, and which all else continually, predictably, fall short.
If you’re up to it of course.
Sincerely, Counterfeit Dog
Duuuuuuuuude! How can you even compare them? Beth hart is some kind of slightly rocked out facsimile of Carol King and BLS all that is good about metal. I cannot even wrap my head around your comparison. Wish I could see it but no, not possible.
I submit that the full awesomeness of Beth’s voice has overwhelmed your senses. Like staring at the sun.
I also submit that you missed the point of this post which is, effectively, a song request. I listen to Beth perform “Immortal”, but my brain hears BLS covering it. Seriously, don’t you think they’d kick the door right off the hinges?
Listen to it again, but this time, try to imagine Zakk singing it. And then think how awesome that’d be!
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just let your life shine
now’s the time
what you’ve been given will do just fine
just let your love come through your song for the people
listen to the voices of your soul
they’re tryin’ to tell you
what you already know
are you trying ot be immortal
my life’s a bitch while you’re livin’ on the bubble
thought I saw right but now I think I’m seein’ double
are you tryin’ to be immortal
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BLS should cover this song. Period. It needs to happen, and I’m trying to facilitate it happening.
Zakk…are you reading? Do. This. Song!