A poor man's KISS
A poor man's KISS
I would suggest that maybe he had been to a King's X show but in '87 it's hard to sayOriginally Posted by klothos
Like I said in my first post when I started this thread, I had Dr.Feelgood and I thought it sucked. Maybe I need to listen to it again with a fresh set of ears, but I honestly thought it was crap. Yeah that Beatles bit, the title track, and maybe Kickstart My Heart were the only memorable tracks but I seem to remember hearing horns (or fake horns using keyboards) on some tracks. I just couldn't help thinking how cornball the album sounded.
Well, one thing that does impress me about this band is that they obviously are Beatles fans, and Rock & Roll in general. They never really intended on being "heavy metal" but more of a slightly younger version of Aerosmith. That's really what they were, a heavier, raunchier version of Aerosmith.
Cannot stop listening to Girls, Girls, Girls. Hell of a Rock And Roll record. There's a short track titled "Nona" that sounds very Beatlesque with strings and all. Good album.
Outside of a couple of songs I'm not a fan. I tried too. I listened to a handful of their albums and it just didn't resonate with me so I moved on.
Yer top ten Crüe songs:
Wild Side
Live Wire
Bad Boy Boogie
Helter Skelter
Shout At The Devil
Knock 'Em Dead Kid
Peace Of Your Action
Ten Seconds To Love
Bastard
Goils, Goils, Goils
Tonight (We Need A Lover)
Looks That Kill
Starry Eyes
City Boy Blues
Piece Of Your Action
Shout At The Devil
Merry Go-Round
Too Young To Fall In Love
Save Our Souls
Without You
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off
C'mon And Dance
Dr. Feelgood
Looks That Kill
My top 6 are solid; the rest fluctuate.
1. Hooligan's Holiday
2. Power To The Music
3. Too Young To Fall In Love
4. Wildside
5. City Boy Blues
6. In The Beginning/Shout At The Devil (combined into 1 track)
• 10 Seconds To Love
• Girls, Girls, Girls
• TNT/Dr. Feelgood (combined into 1 track)
• Looks That Kill
Danger
Kickstart My Heart
Too Young To Fall In Love
Red Hot
Live Wire
In The Beginning/Shout At The Devil
Ten Seconds To Love
City Boy Blues
Public Enemy #1
Looks That Kill
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Anyone notice how horribly off key Vince Neil sounds on the song "Too Fast For Love?" God he's awful. I mean it's cringe inducing. What makes that song cool is: a) Mick Mars (I can't stop gushing about him. He put this band on his back and carried them), b) the snotty, cocky, attitude of the song, c) the gang chorus.
Have you viewed their full concert from this tour filmed on October 15, 1987:
Set list is great and it's a good GirlsX3 show.
I fixed that.
I've never been a fan of this type of rock, with very few exceptions. That said, one of those few exceptions is Maiden, who imo are so far ahead of everyone else it seems laughable to me that there's a debate??
Comparing the skills of Crue to Maiden is like comparing Benoit David to Jon A. imo.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Who is comparing Crue and Maiden? That's like comparing ELP to Renaissance.
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off
I'm a sucker for the first two albums. I thought they were pretty great. After that it was hit and miss for me. Still - gotta love the crue.
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