And IвЂ™m sorry, but it just isnвЂ™t вЂњFreak on a LeashвЂќ without the вЂњ DA-BOOOMM BAH BAH UHHHHMMMM NA NA EMA!!!вЂќ scatting part in the songвЂ™s breakвЂ“itвЂ™s like taking the вЂњbananasвЂќ part out of вЂњ Hollaback Girl.вЂќ WhatвЂ™s the point?ДonвЂ™t get me wrong, IвЂ™m all for an Unplugged revivalвЂ“or a KoRn revival, for that matter. Korn (printed and stylized as Kon) is the self-titled debut studio album by American nu metal band Korn.It was released on October 11, 1994, through Immortal/Epic Records.Before recording the album, the band was approached by Immortal/Epic Records after a performance at Huntington Beach, California.The band signed to their label because they did not want to 'sign away all of their creative. And while she does provide some nice harmonizing on parts, and the orchestration is pretty nice, thereвЂ™s really just no getting around that chorusвЂ“вЂњ SOMETHING TAKES A PART OF ME! / YOU AND I WERE MEANT TO BE! / A CHEAP FUCK FOR ME TO LAY! / SOMETHING TAKES A PART OF ME!вЂќвЂ“even Davis and Lee seem to realize this, respectfully going mute and turning away from the mic on the вЂњcheap fuckвЂќ part.

It is absolutely not the kind of song where you want to draw more attention to the lyrics than necessaryвЂ“in fact, itвЂ™s the exact sort of song where you want to distract from them as much as possible, which is what the band did on the original version, piling on the distortion, production tricks and generally incomprehensible singing from Jonathan Davis, as well as slapping on an eye-catching (and heavily acclaimed, at the time anwyay) music video to help out matters.Д«ut so confident is the band in the strength of this song in its bare-bones form that they even thought it wise to bring on fellow nu-metaller Amy Lee of Evanescense to help out with vocals (and make it seem more like an actual song, I guess). But to strip away all the shouting, the crunchy guitars and basically all the songsвЂ™ power to reveal the great songwriting underneathвЂ¦I think ill-advised is the word IвЂ™m looking for here.Д®specially for the song they chose to be the first single, the Follow the Leader MTV mega-hit вЂњ Freak on a Leash.вЂќ Not to say that вЂњ Blind,вЂќ вЂњ A.D.I.D.A.S.вЂќ or вЂњ Got the LifeвЂќ wouldвЂ™ve done much better, but вЂњFreak on a LeashвЂќ is justвЂ¦well, itвЂ™s a very, very stupid song. Now, to be fair KoRn are very arguably a great bandвЂ“especially for their place and timeвЂ“and certainly, they have at least two or three songs that will go down as stone metal classics. The reason KoRn is doing an Unplugged is probably for the same reason as about half the artists who have done oneвЂ“they want to prove that under all the distortion, under all the screaming and under all the heavy, heavy production, there are just some really good songs, maaaan (sorry, last time, I promise). While itвЂ™s understandable that the band should need a jolt to their system (or their fansвЂ™) to help re-ingratiate themselves into the sphere of commercially and artistically relevant rock bands, one which they left a good long while ago, KoRn going Unplugged makes about as much sense as DJ Shadow Unplugged, or Dragonforce UnpluggedвЂ“the Plugging In is more or less the whole point. Surprising, however, barely begins to cover the reuniting of the MTV Unplugged format with its fellow 90s MTV relic, nu-metal forerunners KoRn. And occasionally, yeah, there were some worthwhile surprises. Not that it was usually particularly revelatoryвЂ“I dunno if hearing an unplugged version of Stone Temple PilotsвЂ™ вЂњ Big EmptyвЂќ is really gonna give you a greater appreciation for the non-acoustic oneвЂ“but it was the one show on MTV that was always about the music, maaanвЂ“no visual pyrotechnics, no annoying VJs weighing in with their opinion, just a band/artist and their best songs. вЂњItвЂ™s going to be acoustic, but still heavy and very intimate.IвЂ™ve missed the MTV Unplugged format since it more or less fizzled out at the end of the 90s, Jay-Z and Lauryn Hill aside. Ever since I did the вЂQueen of the DamnedвЂ™ and more recently the вЂMTV UnpluggedвЂ™ I have wanted to be able to play those songs live,вЂќ Davis said in a statement. Much of the set list will focus on songs Davis has rarely (or never) performed in concert. 11 at the House of Blues in Las Vegas.ДЇor the trek, which primarily visits theaters, Davis will perform a variety of songs from KornвЂ™s catalog, along with covers and material from 2002вЂ™s вЂњQueen of the DamnedвЂќ soundtrack. 9 at Webster Theater in Hartford, Conn., and wrapping Dec. As a follow-up to this summerвЂ™s Family Values tour, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis will embark on a 24-date U.S.

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