Tobias Sammet comments on each song on the album Rocket Ride (2006):
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Sacrifice
- Longest song on the album, some people wonder why it is opener,
I wonder why it shouldn't be the opener. It got all the Edguy elements,
it's very powerful and got anthem like melodies, great guitar riffs and
epic melodies. It is the evidence that we haven't turned into a comic
rock band or a slap-stick band, it is a serious track like ten tracks
of the twelve on the album that proofs that we haven't turned cartoon.
(Last comment is referring to the interview which these comments are
taken from, read the interview here)
Rocket
Ride - It is a fast song. It is the opposite to the opener, while
Sacrifice is produced with a up to date sound Rocket Ride is produced
to give it a more of an eighties sound.
Wasted
Time - It's a mixture and a very catchy song as well. It is like
it has got some traditional elements but the sound is very up to date.
Reminiscent to Scorpions and has got some Rudolf Schenker guitars. It
more power metal, but again I don't really know what the differences are.
(Last comment is referring to the interview which these comments are
taken from, read the interview here)
Matrix
- A very modern song and it used to be a Dio kind of song when
we wrote and arrange it. We played in the studio to Sascha and he totally
changed it and made his own demo of the song and it was like Edguy meets
Rammstein. It sounded very weird but still with an Edguy bombastic feel
and the album is so strong and could be diversified it we put it on the
album.
Return
To The Tribe - A state of the art song, its meat and potato Edguy.
Up tempo with anthem like melodies and high pitch vocals where I sings
a part of the guitar melodies.
The
Asylum - A traditional Edguy song as well, it is the second epic
on the album with a long running time. To me its the bombastic version
of Dio.
Save
Me - It is the only ballad on the album. I think a classic Edguy
ballad just produced in a very modern way, thanks to Sascha. The hook-line
and the chorus are very old style Edguy, but modern with the way it is
produced, the drum sound and the guitar sound is very modern, it something
similar to that you can hear on TV. It is the only song that would do
well as a second single, but that is up to Nuclear Blast to decide.
Catch
Of The Century - A classic mid-tempo track that is one of my favourites.
Favourites change from week to week but Catch of the Century has always
been one of my favourites. The good thing about it is that is a very strong
unit, if you take the vocals, the performance and the lyrics, its got
an impact and its got an attitude with the whole song. It talks about
being ignored down by a woman that you want to be ignored by. A very strong
attitude in the song and the topics may appear quite stupid but it is
real good topic I think, the lyrics as they are written are quite entertaining.
Out
Of Vogue - Very unfashionable, very old style, Jens wrote it and
I love it. It is so un-trendy, so old-fashioned and still it is very aggressive
and has got a great hook-line and is a good song.
Superheroes
- The title track of the EP. A normal mid-tempo track and the most
commercial track on the album along with Save Me.
Trinidad/Fucking
With Fire - These where made as bonus tracks but turned out so
great that we said that we should put them on the album. So Trinidad became
an alum track and Fucking With Fire became a bonus track on all editions.
These are basically the only cartoon-ish songs where everybody thinks,
oh its so funny, but they where meant to be bonus tracks and this time
we had the guts and the balls to take them as a real songs on the real
album. So there is nothing so cartoon-ish about the whole album I think.
(Last comment is referring to the interview which these comments are
taken from, read the interview here)
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