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FuzzyKitten99
12-19-2007, 02:46 PM
So which do you like better? The electronical sounds of Manheim Steamroller or the real-instrumental and strong voices of Trans-Siberian Orchestra?
RecoveringKinkoid
12-19-2007, 03:44 PM
Hm. This was tough. I voted Manheim, but I hesitated several times.
lordlundar
12-19-2007, 04:43 PM
TSO! TSO!:D
Banrion
12-19-2007, 04:47 PM
Where is the "All of the Above" Option?? I love them both, and it is the only Christmas Music allowed in our house. I suppose if I was forced to pick one or the other it is probably Steamroller, but only by a very narrow margin.
Knightmare
12-19-2007, 05:34 PM
TSO.. they have those screaming guitars!
Kusanagi
12-20-2007, 02:27 AM
TSO.. they have those screaming guitars!

That was Metallica in a colab with them, wasn't it?
derangedperson
12-20-2007, 03:44 AM
That was Metallica in a colab with them, wasn't it?

Close...

TSO initially started as an offshoot of Savatage, but now it appears that the 'Tage is dead and TSO is the primary musical force. Jon Oliva, Savatage's vocalist and the brainchild of TSO, originally released Christmas Eve Sarajevo (you know it) on Savatage's 1995 album Dead Winter Dead and it did jack diddly, but when he released it on TSO's debut Christmas Eve & Other Stories a year later, it was a smash. So he put 2 and 2 together and realized that maybe it was time to hang up the 'Tage for the time being and work with TSO.

BTW, I voted for TSO. It is ALL about Old City Bar.
Geek King
12-20-2007, 06:55 PM
I vote yes. No fair making me choose. :cry:
Heksubah
12-21-2007, 02:11 AM
TSO all the way. I saw them perform on my birthday this year and it was a blast. I spent the next week with their songs stuck in my head.
Bella_Vixen
12-22-2007, 05:00 AM
People find it odd that I love TSO and canNOT stand Manheim Steamroller.
FuzzyKitten99
12-22-2007, 05:10 AM
People find it odd that I love TSO and canNOT stand Manheim Steamroller.

I feel this way too. I love great guitar playing, and I have real issues with electronical-style music. Mannheim sounds like "Close Encounters of a Third Kind" meets "White Christmas".
Heksubah
12-22-2007, 04:38 PM
People find it odd that I love TSO and canNOT stand Manheim Steamroller.

I don't. I'm the same way. *shudder* I hear Mannheim and I run.