General Poetry posted November 14, 2019


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No one believes me

Heavy Metal?

by Roxanna Andrews

My friends are quite horrified that I'm a
Heavy Metal girl.
They think I'm a bit of a squirrel.

One of my favorite group is called Sabaton,
Their Metal isn't too heavy,
Their song are about legendary

Battles. They are Swedish and all their songs
tell of an epic battle.
Hard driving and your cage rattle.

Two of my favorites tell of Sergeant York's
bravery as he saved the day,
It's title, '82nd All The Way'.

The other is called 'Bismarck',
the terror of the Nazi Navy.
Fifty tons of steel a testament to bravery.

Thought unsinkable, the allies tracked her down,
The British Navy sunk her and made her pay.
At the bottom of the North Atlantic she lay.

They are an interesting group to say the least.
Three guitar players with long hair,
head bang with flying flair.

Lead singer with a Scottish brogue and short Mohawk.
All dressed in camouflage,
their pyrotechnics and steel guitars leave audiences agog.

When I have my headset on and people ask,
'What are you listening to?'
I'm not sure what to do.

'Heavy Metal," I say sheepishly.
They never believe me.

 



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Head banging is throwing you head up and down and your hair flies, if it's long, which the guitar players have.

Sabaton- refers to a knight's foot armor.

Sabaton is a very interesting group. I haven't listened to a song yet that is dark or has bad language. They are often accused of glorifying war as all their songs are about battles or military persons. They don't discriminate. They sing of all countries, all wars, all nations, even the Crusades. The songs are really a tribute to the men and women who fight whatever side they are on.

I was at my chiropractor appt listening to them on my phone. My Dr came in and asked what I was listen to. I said, 'Heavy Metal.'

'NO! Let me listen.' So he put on my headphones, but he too felt they weren't too 'heavy.' I tried to post a video of 'Bismarck', but for some reason I can never get them to work. Sorry. You can go on Youtube and see them.

There are different types of 'Metal'.

There is screaming-hate that.
Death Metal-awful and hate that too.
Often has lots of bad language-hate that too.

I also am a huge fan of Skillet-Christian Heavy Metal
Jen Ledger-Christian Heavy Metal. She is the drummer for Skillet. Has a great voice and did a solo album.



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