Edguy - Fucking With F*** - Live review
| Band: | Edguy |
| Album: | Fucking With F*** - Live |
| Style: | Power metal |
| Release date: | May 2009 |
Disc I
01. Catch Of The Century
02. Sacrifice
03. Babylon
04. Lavatory Love Machine
05. Vain Glory Opera
06. Land Of The Miracle
07. Fucking With Fire
Disc II
01. Superheroes
02. Save Me
03. Tears Of A Mandrake
04. Mysteria
05. Avantasia
06. King Of Fools
07. Out Of Control
Heavy metal / Power metal
Nuclear Blast
Germany
Length: CD1 47:46 / CD2 50:20
Edguy have grown over the years from being a young metal band, to one of the best power metal bands in the world, to a band with a frontman with a huge ego that thinks anything with the Edguy name on it will be lapped up like gold dust. Fucking With F*** is certainly no gold dust.
This is a double live album recorded in São Paulo, Brazil and showcases absolutely no good side of Edguy at all. The band have recently put out two bland, mediocre albums, but Fucking With F*** was recorded after the Rocket Ride album. It contains a lot of songs from that album, but also frustratingly the songs from the better albums are the blandest ones from them.
The band play well, although Tobi's vocals do seem to waver in a few places, and certainly before the end of the hour and forty minute marathon his voice does start to become terribly tedious. This is not helped by in between each song he is making the audience cheer and follow his lead and all the other tricks that have been done by Rob Halford and many before for years and years. It's always good to hear the audience, and they are certainly in fine voice here, but Tobi never sounds comfortable on stage. He always sounds desperate to keep the noise rolling for the live recording, as if the louder they shout the more sales the album will rake in. Power metal is supposed to be fun with all the sing-alongs, but it seems like each song the audience are being hounded into doing something.
If an Edguy fan was set the task of writing up a live setlist, it would look nothing like this. Normally you can say Album X is still one that will please the fanatics, but even the most hardcore Edguy fans will probably have a hard time making themselves like Fucking With F***. There is simply too much of it. One disc would have been enough with less fooling around with the audience and just a selection of the strongest songs.
Okay, so there are some good songs on here such as "Babylon" and "Tears Of A Mandrake", but have a look at this list of songs and try not to wonder why they missed out some of your favourites. Looking over the last few years, it seems Edguy have moved away from power metal into bland mediocrity, and this is most evident on this live recording here.
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662  |
"look at this list of songs and try not to wonder why they missed out some of your favourites" they missed none of MY favorites 
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
What a stupid pathetic album title btw
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.09.2009 at 18:12 That was the first thing I thought when I saw this title.
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
I like the tracklist, only my fav songs... but Im not getting close to this, hate live albuns.
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18285  |
Jejeje.. Looks like I'm not the only one who dislikes to overuse the F word.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| floydiac Posts: 29  |
I actually liked the album, though the vocals to get a tad much. Tobi's manner on stage is the same as it is at any other concert. I think the tracklist is grand, and all this ego stuff is crap. They are doing their own thing musically, and their larger than life persona is supposed to be humerous.
---- !WARNING! May talk shit !WARNING!
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Galluskas on 02.09.2009 at 21:50 Seems like the fanboy got his panties in a knot. The Gamma Ray dvd had a decent title nothing wrong there. But calling your album Fucking With F*** is just juvenile pathetic and not even humourous, unless you think jokes about fucking, piss and shit are the epitome of humour. I don't like power metal in general that's true, but that has nothing to do with it. I DO like US Power and even a lot of Edguy's old stuff. But me not liking an album title has nothing to do with that. By the way you blew your head off just now it seems like you're the one who needs a sense of humour.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Fat & Sassy! Elite Posts: 3857  |
Written by Galluskas on 02.09.2009 at 21:50 I am nominating this post for the Fail of the Week Award... We have one of those right? >:[
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| Thryce Retired Staff Elite Posts: 4346  |
Written by Galluskas on 02.09.2009 at 21:50 You want to know what's even more pathetic? Writing "F*ck" when you mean "Fuck". If you want to swear, do it properly or not at all. Just in case you haven't noticed, this isn't MTV. On topic: "Fucking With F*** - Live" is indeed a non-humorous album title. End of story. Roll credits.
---- Your favorite band sucks.
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| Elio Red Nightmare Posts: 4920  |
*coughs* Hello fucking everybody, my fucking name's Elio and I'm fucking here to say the fucking title doesn't fucking sucks. Fuck. It is so fucking fun to say fuck. Why don't you fucking people get some fucking humor?
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
Hey, all you cool guys here, i have a message directly from Tobias   live with it, anti-flower metal crusaders 
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| Bocata Calamares Posts: 38  |
The first thing I thought when I heard this was "This guy really needs to visit a psychologist". But well, most of the people (and bands) who are successful at a young age start behaving like little kids when they grow older. Take a look at Children of Bodom nowadays and you'll understand what I'm talking about. Btw, I don't care about the title as long as the music is good.
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| silenius Posts: 527  |
Written by Galluskas on 02.09.2009 at 23:06 everyone can express whatthey feel, they dont have to give a flying rats ass about what youre point of view is, if you ask me, its a pathetic name for an album and no, i dont hate power metal, pretantious fucks i hate, but not power metal, so pull that big stick out of youre as and deal with the opinions other people have.
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
The problem is, boys from Edguy dont mean it at all unlike some other bands...but some people here are too serious for funny bands...
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Ellrohir on 02.09.2009 at 23:43 Although they try to be funny they are not funny. Please a song such as Lavatory Love Machine is totally not funny. Loads of bands try to be funny but as it turns out they are musicians and not comedians. And this espcially refers to Germans." There is a universal riddle/joke which holds a lot of truth to it. "Question: What is the thinnest book of humour in the world? Answer: The German book of humour."  Zimmershole, however, now they ARE funny.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Fat & Sassy! Elite Posts: 3857 |
Looks like SOMEONE was embarrassed by their ridiculous posts. :/
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.09.2009 at 23:47 in your eyes maybe...
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Ellrohir on 03.09.2009 at 00:22 Not only in mine Actually, in the eyes of many people, and I am also talking about people who like this sort of power metal.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
Well, be it then...but for me Edguy are fine, their music is fine and title of this album is fine...end of discussion
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Ellrohir on 03.09.2009 at 00:26 Looking at the title over and over again, it doesn't even make sense on semantic level.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
I believe this "F***" stands for "Fire"...and try to argue with me on that 
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Ellrohir on 03.09.2009 at 01:04  it can also stand for "Fans"
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
But i dont know many Edguy fans who have problem with this DVD
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| insanity.peppers Posts: 193  |
I love Edguy. They don't themselves seriously. Fans don't take them seriously. The only people who do are the people who hate them. But live albums usually suck so I'm not touching this. Thanks mr reviewer!
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| Daggon Underpaid M.D. Posts: 1689  |
Written by Elio on 02.09.2009 at 22:52 Shhh, they will hear you, remember the staff doesn't like the F word, they will come for you  On topic: I lost confidence in Edguy a long time ago, nothing like their first album, THAT was Power Metal. They just lost their touch, at least IMO. BTW, I found the name hilarious, yes, I'm simple as that. @Ellrohir: You made my day with those pics hahaha 
---- "Les vers savent qu'ils n'ont pas d'ailes, c'est pour cela qu'ils se cachent sous terre"
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Wow Baz, you seem to be really sour lately...or do you just keep getting bad albums?
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237  |
Written by Doc G. on 03.09.2009 at 09:52 Hahaha, I wondered if anyone would think that. The last reviews are just the ones that I'd had lying around for a while, I'm all up to date now. My next reviews will be generally positive (with the odd exception). I don't know how many people actually know about the reviews queue we have going, but you can see the upcoming albums I have in my hands to review here.
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
Written by Needled on 03.09.2009 at 13:24 i asked the same...
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| VPeter Posts: 1450  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.09.2009 at 23:47 I have to agree with you there. Edguy once again stereotypes that Germans have a terrible sense of humor. The band name already is terrible "Edguy" really?
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