I always wind up turning to music when I’ve had a bad day. Sometimes it’s a concert DVD, and sometimes it’s just turning on the computer and letting Windows Media Player shuffle until it hits the right song.
So, I present the top 10 songs that I turn to when I’ve had that truly rotten day… (more…)
Artist: Poison
Album: Native Tongue
Even though I usually like more blues-flavored rock, Native Tongue never really thrilled me. If you read this blog regularly, you know that I sometimes have trouble with albums when they don’t deliver exactly what I was expecting. (It took me months to forgive Keep the Faith for not being another New Jersey.)
Artist: Poison
Album: Look What The Cat Dragged In
I always found this to be an oddly inspirational song. When the drums kick in during the intro, it sounds like anything but an inspirational song, and that’s not exactly what Poison is known for.
Artist: Poison
Album: Open Up And Say …Ahh!
Now, this song is classic hair metal. Couple up a good hook with a lot of mildly sleazy lyrics, and you get this. Poison was always the best at putting out this type of basic party rock. As a matter of fact, I can’t get through a party at my place without at least some Poison getting played at some point.
Plus, there’s nothing like the first verse of this song when’ you’ve had a bad week at work. I know that I personally love listening to this song, especially when I get to the end of a long day. It’s just so full of promise–hey, the weekend is coming, and it’s going to be fun. This is one of my personal favorite escape songs.
I also love the guitar work in this song. In a lot of ways, hair metal doesn’t get the respect it deserves. This is especially true when it comes to getting credit for the musical skills that were necessary to create a lot of these songs. The solo in this song is perfectly timed and paced. It never manages to feel overwrought or dragged out, but it still manages to bring its own distinct feel to the song. And the hook at the beginning is one of the purest examples of guitar-driven rock I’ve ever heard.
Def Leppard and Cheap Trick have announced that they are extending their tour. (The rest of the article is at Blabbermouth.net.)
So far the only tour dates that have been announced are on the West Coast. Hopefully they add more on the East Coast, because I missed all of the ones within easy driving distance the first time around because I had family or church stuff already scheduled. Honestly, my brother and my church have terrible timing when it comes to events. I missed Bret Michaels the last time he came through solo, for basically the same reasons.
(To make matters worse, it always seems like they have concerts here when I’m on vacation. It’s one thing to take a trip to Atlantic City for a concert at Boardwalk Hall. It’s another thing entirely to have to drive home from Atlantic City in the middle of my vacation for a concert.)
I’m looking forward to hearing more on this. It’s been awhile since I’ve gotten to go to a concert, though I may get to see Stryper in the next couple of weeks.