The songs gutter ballet and when the crowds are gone are examples of this influence from that album as was the next savatage s release which even included opera in its title.
Gutter ballet meaning.
No tags suggest one.
The musical aspect seems obvious to me.
On october 17 1993 six months after the release of edge of thorns guitarist criss oliva was killed in a car accident.
What does savatage mean.
Again two videos were made for the songs when the crowds are gone and gutter ballet which received airplay on mtv.
Another sleepless night a concrete paradise sirens screaming in the heat neon cuts the eye as the jester sighs at the world beneath his feet it s a gutter ballet just a menagerie still the orchestra plays on a dark and lonely night.
You see them in front of you daily.
It s especially about how unfriendly the streets can be how confusing and how.
1987 gutter ballet 1989 streets.
Lead singer jon oliva told holland edition aardschok metal hammer in february 1990.
A rock opera 1991 and edge of thorns 1993 were also successful but more critically acclaimed than fight for the rock.
Gutter ballet is the sixth album produced by the progressive metal band savatage this was the second album created under the direction of producer paul o neill and was initially released in 1989.
The song is more or less the opposite of of rage and war both musically and lyrically speaking.