trans siberian orchestra

What is your favorite cd by them and why?

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I saw them and there cool, i'd be more enthuestic, but i was in horrible mood when i saw them.

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All of their Christmas stuff is good, Spider. Stay AWAY from their concept recording of a show called "Beethoven's Last Night". It has some greta intrumentals, but the whole thing is done with these AWFUL rock voices that I just cringe at the actual "plot" songs. The woman especially, ugh. The song "Vienna" isn't that bad, though, if they had had a better singer to do it.

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Woah! Conflicting opinions. Which to believe?

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I'm not sure I can make a coherent case for why I like it in terms of content or quality. What it comes down to, is that I like so sing along with some of the more complex numbers in the car. And the Flight of the Bumblebee makes me smile. Pretty shallow reasons, eh? But truthful.

I agree about the female vocals. I always skip them.

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Sometimes the reason for liking a CD has just as much to do with the memories it evokes. Beethoven's Last Night does that for me. It reminds me of a good time.

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I LOVE Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I'm actually going to see them this December...the 27th I think it is, at the Garden.

I don't have Beethoven's Last Night (yet...) but I do have the three Christmas CDs. I actually was listening to The Lost Christmas Eve on the train today.

I think of the three, my favorite one would have to be Christmas Eve and Other Stories. I like The Christmas Attic but I find that I have a hard time listening to it straight through. It's more as if there are certain songs on it that I like (Christmas Canon, The Snow Came Down) but I just don't like ALL of them. Whereas on Christmas Eve and Other Stories, while I have my favorites (A Star to Follow, Old City Bar, Ornament, O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night), there really isn't anything on that CD that I ever want to hit "skip" on. For The Lost Christmas Eve, I don't know that one as well as the others but I'd have to put that in second place so far. I've only listened to it twice but I love, love, love Christmas Canon Rock even more than I liked Christmas Canon (I'm a sucker for Pachelbel.) However, like I said I have to listen to it some more to decide how much I can get into it but I found it thoroughly enjoyable so far.

Now, if you want to get specific and talk about songs, my favorites are:
Old City Bar
Christmas Cannon Rock
The Prince of Peace
Ornament
A Star to Follow
The Snow Came Down

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I do, John. That was my era, too. I stuck with Metallica and left the others behind.

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I am probably going to pick on one of the Christmas albums today. Ooooo......I am so happy.

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