About Accept, David Reece and ballads

I’m not a big fan of Accept. I do like their music, but it’s a long way to go to the fan status . However, Amamos la vida is one of the songs that I will always keep burried somewhere deep into my heart. It’s because of the memories it brings back to me…

I remember listening this song while climbing a peak with my friends, on heavy rain, with a large backpack on my back and with an improvised  rain coat covering me and the backpack. Under all this I had a walkman playing rock music and from all the songs that I listened at that moment, Amamos la vida remained strongly marked in my head; for me Amamos la vida will always mean heavy rain in the mountains when there’s nothing dry on you,  cold, best friends and then a hot cup of tea at the chalet…

That’s Amamos la vida for me…

However, a few days ago I gave a Hammerfall CD to my buddy drummer and got an Accept CD to listen in my car. I must admit I didn’t know a few of the songs there, like for example Mistreated, which is a lovely ballad, not quite Accept, but OK, a rock ballad typical for those times.

But my ear told me something’s fishy there, that’s not Udo, man, who’s the guy singing this?!

Again, I am not a fan of Accept, I didn’t know about the fact that Udo and Accept split at one moment because the band wanted to pursue a more “commercial” path. Well, seems that David Reece replaced him for only 1 album, sounds to me an interesting replacement, however, again, turning the band into something else.

You know, it made me think to Iron Maiden and Blaze Baley, but David Reece is better here, probably because he was allowed to sing like himself. Hmm, I’m mean…

So, to conclude, here’s Accept with David Reece and Mistreated

and Amamos la vida.

By the way, what’s that thing with Mistreated? Everybody felt the need to make a song named Mistreated or I’ve been mistreated or similar?! I think I know at least 3 already…

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