My Demands! + additional comments about Momento Mori

Intro comment 3/4:

Don't know if anyone's made this request, but I want to throw it out there. I would love to see Flyleaf put out a b-sides album. I think that if songs like Supernatural, Ocean Waves, Broken Wings and Sleepwalker were tweaked and rerecorded, Flyleaf could fill an album with unreleased music. They would just have to add a few cover songs, maybe from David Crowder, or something unusual, like "What I've Done" from Linkin Park. Those are my demands! I'm holding all the neighborhood cats hostage until my demands are met! ...hmmm... actually, I am willing to negotiate. Later, Leaf-lovers.

Added 3/6. Wanted to know if there are Flyleaf fans that would make similar comments to mine:

Momento Mori is my favorite album of all time. I've owned maybe 1000 CDs, but I haven't heard this combination of heavy rock, strong emotion and meaningful message done this well ever before.
I used to love Metallica, Led Zepplin, Pantera and Soundgarden, but their messages just don't speak to my soul. And even though there's some great Christian bands that can take you to Heaven and back, they don't always show the contrast with our world's deep darkness, nor are most this hard-edged.
Also, these lyrics could not be written without spiritual maturity, a philosophical mind, and world experience. They contain a lot of nuance and dual-meanings. I'm a big fan of the music, the heart and the mission of Flyleaf.

Tags: b-sides, christian, cover, crowder, dark, darkness, david, demands, emotion, emotional

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Comment by William Thaw on March 29, 2010 at 9:09pm: So on this hypothetical B-sides and covers record, what songs do people want to hear? I wanted to add that I would be curious to hear how Lacey would sound on a couple of Creed songs, "My Own Prison" and "One". Any other suggestions?

Comment by William Thaw on March 12, 2010 at 3:39am: Samuel, I'm hoping for the inspiration of the band. I guess that would be a long-shot. I'm sure the record label would keep the old recordings to save money, but that's not what we want. Am I right? We want some minor changes to the songs in a few spots that need improvement, and we want a fresh recording. Just like Tiny Heart! Anyway, what kind of book did you write?

Comment by Rainier Markus Wolfe on March 11, 2010 at 2:36am: I'm with you on this. A B sides/rarities cd compilation would rule balls, and they've definitely got enough freakin unreleased material to do it...

I'm assuming the reason why they haven't done it is simply because they don't have to. Stuff like that is usually done as an afterthought by the record company, with the only goal being to stack some more chips. I've been a part of this before as a matter of fact. My publisher decided to use a bunch of my unused work to slap together a short hack-job of a book. The chapters in question were stripped out of the final product, and it made me mad.

Then I got a check for the additional profit, and I became less mad.

See? Flyleaf are better than that. Better than me at least. (Though, that's not a terribly insurmountable task to most)

Comment by Jessica on March 6, 2010 at 7:23pm: oh lol, that is lacey. haha. :)

Comment by William Thaw on March 6, 2010 at 6:38pm: Jessica, you look just like Lacey. God willing, I'll be buying your albums in a few years. I have to say, maybe taking these cats in was a big mistake. :(