That’s pretty neat to me, it makes me feel powerful as a girl. Normally you would think that it’s the girl who’s the “child”, but since it’s Lzzy who’s singing, it seems as she wants a boy’s “innocence”. She’s still the girl, but the roles are kind of different, turned in a way. The song is more of the bitchy type, if you know what I mean.
The lyrics are not all that mushy and all about love. You really hear it in the mid of the song, after the bridge, “Child don’t follow me home”, I got chills the first time I listened to that. Lzzy’s got an amazing voice (her actual name is Elizabeth Hale, but her stage name is Lzzy). The song was actually co-written by Ben Moody, which is the co-founder, and previous member of Evanescence (ironically, I’ve listened to this for a while, and checked out just now about the song, and there his name was… funny how things like that happen to me). The song was released on their self titled album (Halestorm) in 2009.
The band was founded by the siblings Lzzy(her actual name is Elizabeth, but her stage name is Lzzy) and Arejay Hale (thereof the name Halestorm). But then, if there's a place in your internal musical atlas that's not too sophisticated for simple, innuendo-ridden love songs, then I would highly recommend giving it a shot.Well, Hello! Today’s song, and first artist for this challenge, is “Innocence” by the American rock band Halestorm. Chances are, if you aren't into the comparables, you should skip this. The song structure is generic, the lyrics, often repetitive. It has all the traditional genre characteristics (or pitfalls, depending on your opinion). Make no mistake: this CD is not Sputnik's box of juice. The band simply wouldn't be interesting without LZZY. On some songs, his play stands a few hairs above the generic ("Innocence"), but he's no Jason Todd or Allison Robertson.
Lead guitarist Joe Hottinger has a fine delivery of power chords and thirty-something-second solos- radio-rock's bread-and-butter. If, by this point in the review, you've noticed that I've focused almost exclusively on LZZY's vocals and the album's lyrical content, it's because the rest of the content is unspectacular. She's up-and-down, even a bit raspy on the verses, but returns to her power-rock, supercharged roots for the chorus. When her voice tears a hole through the beat in "Innocence" (at around 2:14), it's visceral, but it's "Love/Hate Heartbreak" that shows off LZZY's range better than any song on the album. A tempting revisit to a departed relationship, LZZY backtracks "do you close your eyes with her/and pretend I'm doing you again like only I can?" She clearly appeals to her innate, powerfully self-aware sexuality, but her delivery is too sad to really buy it. "Bet U Wish U Had Me Back" is a fine example of this. Much of the album's intoxication comes out of the fact (or personal opinion) that LZZY is (or seems to be) brutally honest in her vocal delivery. People are weird, more so in their privacy, and this can be naughty fun. Having received heavy radio play (or so I've read on Wikipedia), the song acknowledges that attraction, as love's antecedent, has no respect for social norms. Lead single "I Get Off" is an ode to voyeurism, but the song has an odd charm to it- a strange intimacy, even. They signed with Atlantic in 2005, but would tour extensively for 3-4 years before releasing their first full-length LP.Ī staple of the genre, sexual energy permeates the songs in a delightfully-overbearing manner. The band formed in 1998 when pre-teen siblings LZZY (vocals, guitar) and Arejay Hale (drums), along with their father (bass, temporarily), started playing and writing rock music. It’s actually easier to think of Halestorm as female-fronted version of all those narcissistic, radio-friendly, cock-rockers that have spent their last few summers opening up for Motley Crue. Where does Pennsylvania's Halestorm fit? Talent-wise, somewhere in the middle, but it's tough to think of them in comparison to most of the typical "girl-rock" bands, an idea I don't think necessary at all nowadays. Fronted by the charismatic natural Rock vocalist Lzzy Hale, the band has risen from supporting act to headliner in no time. One of Hard Rock’s most electrifying acts over the past five years has been Red Lion, Pennsylvania’s Halestorm. It's a conclusion foregone, death and taxes, Saw sequels and "American Idol." DecemHalestorm shatter The Space at Westbury, NY 11-25-14. Well, not completely, but it sure feels that way sometimes. Review Summary: No revolution to be found on the Pennsylvania quartet's self-titled debut, but lead singer LZZY's electricity lends an endearing charm to a been-dying-so-long-it's-gotta-be-dead genre.Ī gimmick.