But I never liked Priest's speed metal stuff even back in the day!
I'm a 120 to 140 bpm wuss.
Take this boy to a disco, make me feel good! (or:
How to ruin your LBO reputation with just one post.)
Ok, with all my heavy metal credibility now shattered forever: With Freewheel Burning I only admired, when it came out, the rapid velocity with which Halford sings/spits out the syllables in the middle part (at 1:54) - that is kind of hilarious -, but that ultra-fast stuff doesn't move me. Highway Star was my limit with Purple even as a teen, Rainbow's Kill the King was already way too fast for me.
Electric Eye's speed is still ok with me. Just about.
My favorite Priest song
was ruined by how rushed they did it live for a while, I could still shoot KK Downing for the way he speeds it up at the beginning!
They took all the grandeur and majesty out of it.