STYX released another single from The Mission today.
"Radio Silence" seems very much in the structure and story of "Man in the Wilderness"
from The Grand Illusion of 40 years ago. The story of bitter
loneliness and perserverance retold in the metaphor of being on a ship in space (transcription mine):
Clear blue skies above
And all I feel is love
In this dream
Sand, water, the earth beneath my feet
I feel complete
I wake in darkness
Remembering the fear
I'm really here
So far away
Lost, helpless
For words I never say
Until this day
The two songs seem so similar in fact, I half-wonder what they would sound
like when played at the same time.
It bothers me to use a metaphor like "going the extra mile" to talk
about a story set in space, but Styx did a great job of really communicating
the story through sound. For example, there is a low noise that runs through
the track tha resembles a motor or some kind of electromechanical system —
that really added dimension and drew me further into the story.
Well done!
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