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Originally Posted by Wpnfire
One of Joey Belladonna's parents is Native American/Indian, and I think he came up with the idea for the song. So 'Maiden ain't got nothing on a song about Native Americans sung by someone with Iroquois heritage.
"A.D.I." stands for "Arabic douchebag intro", as in, that melodic sitar (I'm pretty sure it's a sitar, but it's not credited anywhere) bridge that plays at the beginning of that track... And if you want to know why they called it that, well, this is the same band from which members (guitarist Scott Ian, and drummer Charlie Benante) would go on to form S.O.D., who made this song:
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Thanks for both of those snippets of information. I wasn't aware of either.
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Even though you didn't like Dopesmoker, it pleases me that you recognize this because a lot of people do not, and it's one of the reasons it's bashed quite heavily. The lyrics aren't meant to impress, but merely serve as the description of the journey for which the music is the backdrop. It's like a soundtrack/concept album hybrid with heavy-as-**** atmosphere that reeks of epic grandeur and weird, rhythmic lyrics. It still sounds like no other album on this planet.
And if you want to get into the lyrics, it's a highly romanticized song about weed and stoners, that the band created their own subject matter specifically for. The ultimate song about weed and stoners basically.
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I recognise that it's a very popular album, and I also realise that just because it's not for me does not make it crap.It's kind of the same with Om. Mine is not the only barometer of taste, far from it, and while I have bashed Frownland's albums quite a lot this year (and there may be more to come) I do try to see the angle people are coming from when they rate these albums so high. It certainly wasn't torture or anything close to it, it just left me with very little to write about it as it's basically pretty much the same all the way through. Interesting concept though.