1) a Hungarian hard rock band … Read Full Bio ↴There are four bands named Pandora's Box:
1) a Hungarian hard rock band formed in 1980
2) a Jim Steinman studio group, formed in 1989
3) a Philippine nu metal heavy metal band featured in the MusikMAX BICOL compilation CD.
4) a Psytrance duo from Argentina producing darkish sounds.
1)In 1979 Gyula Vikidál left the legendary band P.Mobil and entered Dinamit. A year after Sándor Bencsik "Samu" (lead guitars) and István Cserháty "Pityi" (Hammond organ) left P.Mobil as well and formed a new band named Pandora's Box after the title of a Procol Harum. The
other members were singer Varga Miklós, drummer István Szabó and bassist József Sáfár "Öcsi" who used to play in the band V'73.
Their first single was released in 1981 entitled Halálkatlan/A bolond. In 1982 they released their first album under the title P.Box with the tracks: Másnak szól, Egérszerenád, Éjféli szekér, Dödöle, Hölgyválasz, Szupergép, A levél, Nekem ne mondd, A bolond. That year they gave a big concert at Budapest Sport Arena together with the famous bands Edda and Karthago.
In 1983 Miklós Varga left the band to be the singer of a Swedish-Hungarian band called Safari. Meanwhile the band Dinamit broke up, so it was obvious to choose Vikidál Gyula as the new singer.
They soon released their second single which contains one of their biggest hit A zöld, a bíbor és a fekete written in honour of the great guitarist Radics Béla who tragically died in 1982.
In the August of 1983 the greatest Hungarian rock opera István A Király written by Szörényi Levente and Bródy János in which the two singers played the two main caracters, and gained great success with it.
Their next album entitled Kő kövön contains the following songs: Soha nem elég, Ingajárat, Maradj a vonalban, Fantomlány, Valami Rock and Roll, A zöld, a bíbor és a fekete, Engedj, Az ideges, Vágtass velem (Kő kövön), and the next year the band was invited to play together with the bands Iron Maiden and Motörhead in Budapest.
They released their third album Ómen in 1985, but with two new members, Zselencz "Zsöci" László on bass from Edda and Pálmai Zoltán who also played in the bands P.Mobil and Hobo Blues Band. Ómen contains the following songs: Ómen, Bukott angyal, Éjszakai Vágta, Szűz a máglyán, Árulók kapuja, Átok és ígéret, Pandora tánca, Névtelen hős.
Vikidál Gyula left the band to be an actor and play in musicals, and in 1987 Bencsik Sándor "Samu" died suddenly, the circumstances to his death are still misty.
After 13 years Cserháty István recalled the band in 2001 with new members singer Koroknai Árpád, guitarist Sándor József "Günter", bass player Ferenczy Tibor and drummer Bodó Tamás. The new album was released in 2002 entitled Reményre Ítélve wich contains the following tracks: Múlt és jelen, A szerelem ára, Fantomlány (az eredeti dal újrafeldolgozása), Nekem az éj, Legyek az első, Semmi nem lesz jobb, Álmodj!, Hódítás, Milyen legyen?, Óriás és törpék, Van -e még?, Várj még!, Az én filmem, Árnyék. They were invited to play together with Deep Purple and Europe in Hungary.
They also released a DVD filmed in 2001's Sziget Festival in Budapest, which contains 4 songs in English as bonus tracks.
On the 4th of August 2005 they released their last album Pangea, with the songs Veled múljon el, Csak az ég, Pangea, Ezer év, Láss az én szememmel, R'n'r az égig, Szél, Másik srác, Dőljön le a fal, Jégkorszak and Még egy perc.
Sadly soon after the release of their last album Cserháty István "Pityi" died on the 21st of August 2005. He had been suffering from cancer since the beginning of the year, he spent a long time in hospital and left it for some days only to record the Hammond parts on the new album.
After his death the band gave some concerts with Krisztián Szabó on keyboards, but could not cope with the lack of "Pityi" who used to be not only the keyborad player but the manager and boss of the band as well. They gave their last concert on the 11th of November 2006 in Budapest then closed Pandora's Box forever.
Information translated from the Official Site http://pbox.hu.
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2) In 1989, Jim Steinman gathered a group of female singers and formed the one-album band Pandora's Box. Band members were Ellen Foley (who had already played Wendy in 1977's Neverland workshop production and sung with Meat Loaf in Bat Out of Hell), Holly Sherwood (former Fire Inc.), Elaine Caswell, Gina Taylor and Jim Steinman himself.
The album was released along with a video, directed by Ken Russell, for "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (later covered as a hit by Céline Dion), but a planned tour was scrapped. The album was not released to the United States originally. Sales for the album were modest, though Steinman continues to be very proud of it. Many fans and critics consider it one of his best works. The track "Original Sin" was recycled and featured prominently in the musical show Tanz der Vampire. The album's final track "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be" was re-recorded for the MTV movie of Wuthering Heights starring Erika Christensen.
In 1994, singer Taylor Dayne covered a slightly reworked version of "Original Sin" on the soundtrack of the movie version of The Shadow. Meat Loaf also covered "Original Sin" on his 1996 album Welcome to the Neighborhood.
3) PANDORA's BOX is a heavy metal (nu metal) band based in Naga City, Camarines Sur in the Philippines.
PANDORA’S BOX is composed of:
* Arnel Astrera, Cedric Boňaga and Jerwin Malapitan on vocals
* Derek Buquid on bass
* Bon Quinto on drums
* Michael Canonizado on guitar
* Raymond Azul on guitar
* John Paul Mayores on keyboards
Songs included in MusikMAX BICOL compilation CD:
- In Sepia
- The Tryst... In the Seduction of (n)
I've Been Dreaming Up A Storm Lately
Pandora's Box Lyrics
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We've got all the time in the world.
That's good,
That's nice...
I've been dreaming up a storm lately
Over and over again
And now I can't stop, can't stop...
Been dreaming about mirrors.Millions of mirrors.
To blindness and then death.
Oh and the mirrors kept getting larger.
They kept growing... swelling...
They kept spreading out And now I can't seem to stop them.
They're still growing and I can't seem to stop them.
I have to keep filling them up,
I have to keep feeding them
And they're still getting larger!And larger!!!
The mirrors have become vast and beautiful
And very, very hungry.
Hungrier than I've ever been.
Too hungry.
I no longer have any control over what they show me or what they see.
They decide themselves what they would like to reflect.
They won't obey me!!!
They create a reflection and then I have to go out and find the real thing that matches it.
And almost always when I put the real thing in front of the mirrors
It's not nearly as beautiful as the reflection that came first.
And at that point I have to destroy the real thing
And go out looking again until finally
I find another real thing,A thing that does match what's inside the mirror
and which is truly worthy of the beautiful reflection that came first.
But I almost never find it.
And the mirrors get even hungrier.
Pretty soon now they're going to devour me.
They're going to swallow me up Piece by piece,Bit by bit, shiver by shiver, tremble by tremble,Sliver and sliver and splinter by splinter...
But you can help me, please.
They want you, please.
They've given me your image.
Before I ever saw you they gave me you image.
Please.I'd like to make you one of my reflections
And feed you to the mirrors.
Please.
They only need one more to fill them up
And if it were you I feel that they would be satisfied.As I would.
Please.You have such a beautiful reflection...
Don't ever waste it.
Now....
YOUR PLACE OR MINE ?
The opening line in the song "Ah, come on, come on, let me tell you all about it, we've got all the time in the world," suggests an urgency in the lyrics. The dream sequence is often used as a metaphor for our subconscious mind, and this song is no exception. The lyrics describe the dream sequence in vivid detail, with a recurring image of mirrors reflecting people to death. The dream mirrors are vast, beautiful, and very hungry. The hunger of the mirrors is powerful and enough to devour the singer, piece by piece.
The mention of the "real thing" that matches what's inside the mirror is a metaphorical representation of identity, substance, or validation. The singer feels that they have to go out and try to match this image, or they will be devoured by the mirrors. In the end, the singer pleads with the listener to be a part of the reflection, to feed the mirrors and satisfy their hunger. The closing line of the song, "Your place or mine?" is an unexpected turn from the dream imagery, indicating a shift from subconscious thoughts to more superficial ones.
Line by Line Meaning
Ah, come on, come on, let me tell you all about it.
The singer is eager to share their story.
We've got all the time in the world.
The singer is not in a rush and has plenty of time to share their story.
That's good, That's nice...
The singer acknowledges the listener's response but is still focused on their story.
I've been dreaming up a storm lately
The artist has been having vivid and intense dreams.
Over and over again And now I can't stop, can't stop...
The artist is experiencing repetitive dream patterns that have become uncontrollable.
Been dreaming about mirrors.Millions of mirrors.
The singer's dreams involve an overwhelming number of mirrors.
An endless army of mirrors out of control, reflecting people to death.
The mirrors in the dream are reflecting people until they die.
To blindness and then death.
The process of reflection in the dream leads to blindness and eventually death.
Oh and the mirrors kept getting larger.
The mirrors in the dream are growing in size.
They kept growing... swelling...
The mirrors in the dream continue to grow rapidly.
They kept spreading out And now I can't seem to stop them.
The mirrors in the dream are expanding uncontrollably.
They're still growing and I can't seem to stop them.
The mirrors in the dream are still growing and the artist cannot control them.
I have to keep filling them up, I have to keep feeding them And they're still getting larger!And larger!!!
The singer must continue to satisfy the mirrors' hunger, which only causes them to grow larger.
The mirrors have become vast and beautiful And very, very hungry. Hungrier than I've ever been. Too hungry.
The mirrors in the dream are now overwhelmingly beautiful and famished.
I no longer have any control over what they show me or what they see.
The singer has lost control over the mirrors in the dream.
They decide themselves what they would like to reflect. They won't obey me!!!
The mirrors in the dream now control what they reflect and do not listen to the artist.
They create a reflection and then I have to go out and find the real thing that matches it.
The mirrors in the dream create a reflection that the artist must then search for in reality.
And almost always when I put the real thing in front of the mirrors It's not nearly as beautiful as the reflection that came first.
The reality of the reflected object is often less beautiful than the mirrored image.
And at that point I have to destroy the real thing And go out looking again until finally I find another real thing,A thing that does match what's inside the mirror and which is truly worthy of the beautiful reflection that came first.
The singer destroys the disappointing reality and continues to search for a new object that matches the idealized mirror image.
But I almost never find it.
The artist rarely finds an object that meets the mirror's standards.
And the mirrors get even hungrier.
As the artist fails to satisfy the mirrors' hunger, they grow even more famished.
Pretty soon now they're going to devour me.
The mirrors in the dream will soon consume the artist.
They're going to swallow me up Piece by piece,Bit by bit, shiver by shiver, tremble by tremble,Sliver and sliver and splinter by splinter...
The mirrors in the dream will consume the singer gradually and painfully, leaving them shattered into pieces.
But you can help me, please. They want you, please.
The artist urges the listener to help satisfy the mirrors' hunger by offering themselves as an object for reflection.
They've given me your image. Before I ever saw you they gave me you image.
The mirrors in the dream have already provided the singer with an image of the listener.
Please.I'd like to make you one of my reflections And feed you to the mirrors. Please.
The singer pleads with the listener to consent to being an object for reflection in the dream to satisfy the mirrors' hunger.
They only need one more to fill them up And if it were you I feel that they would be satisfied.As I would.
The mirrors in the dream only require one more object to be satiated, and the singer believes the listener would fulfill that need.
Please.You have such a beautiful reflection... Don't ever waste it.
The artist compliments the listener's physical appearance and urges them not to waste it.
Now.... YOUR PLACE OR MINE ?
The artist makes a suggestive invitation to the listener, perhaps as a means of satisfying the mirrors' hunger.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JIM STEINMAN
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