I like the music here, but the vocals don’t really seem to fit it. It’s like someone took '80s industrial/synth-pop and '90s adult alternative and stapled them together. It does remind me vaguely of Garbage or Courtney Love in a way that I’m OK with.
I never get tired of Jeff Beck’s playing and Rod Stewart really can belt it out although he’s far from my favourite singer. I love the honky tonk piano in the intro, that cat can play! Excellent choice!
Since Canada Day just past how about…
Tragically Hip- Wheat Kings
I am not too familiar with Tragically Hip, and I didn’t know this song. On first listen I had a feeling there was some context I was missing, and a quick Google search later, I found I was right. For someone like me who had never heard of the case in question, it’s a little oblique, but still a well-written song, with some very effective lyrics. Wouldn’t have minded some kind of bridge, though.
We’re facing an unseasonable heat wave in my part of the country right now. It’s nearly 90 degrees outside today, and even with my AC blowing I can barely get the room below 75.
This song makes me feel the winter cold in my bones. The singer does a great job of contrasting the winter weather with the loneliness he feels inside. And even though I love driving alone late at night, I feel his pain at doing the same.
Time for another song about driving and contrasting the weather to the singer’s emotions, then.
Meat Loaf - Objects In the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are.
I’m down in Portland. I feel your pain.
Unless that’s your review of the Meat Loaf song I posted last week, I fear imma have to blame you for killing this thread. 
In case anyone doesn’t feel like reviewing that 10-minute doorstop, here’s a substitute I heard on the radio this morning.
I’ll admit: it’s just me–I don’t get the point of sampling (?) being dropped in the middle of a song. That said, despite “The Munsters,” I enjoyed this. A lot of energy, excellent drumming, the singer has a good voice. Their talking about Uma from “Pulp Fiction,” right? Doing the Batusi in the wig? Shh…I’m concentrating…oh, yeah, there she is. Oh, 'scuse me… .
I’ll be in my bunk.
A nice peppy little big band piece. Sounds like something that’d be right at home in a ballroom in the '30s. I could dance to this if I knew the two-step.
I would like to hear Jackson Browne sing this as it would be right up his alley. I like the slow build up of tempo and the lyrics are easy to visualize.
Great tune. I first heard it (like most people I guess) through Concrete Blonde’s version, which I think is probably the best song they did. I discovered the man himself later in life. Awe-inspiring lyrics.
Doesn’t seem to sound like what a motorcycle song should sound like but great vocals and incredible guitar work.
Nice mix of '60s electric blues and '70s funk. The intro reminds me of Blue Cheer’s rendition of Summertime Blues, and there’s enough vaguely familiar stuff in here that it wouldn’t surprise me to hear that any number of '70s rockers had been inspired by this track.
Shoot, I waited a month for this thread to resurrect itself, and as soon as I post it dies again. Is my taste in music so…? No. It’s the children who are wrong.
Let’s toss another one out there because why not.
Not at all, Smapti, I just didn’t have the opportunity to log in the last few days! I skipped the TS and listened to Mose instead. Classic 50s blues, great piano work, and I like the smooth jazz treatment. The version I know best was Muddy Water’s and I have to say I like both equally, for different reasons.
I love the rhythm and impact of the drums, and the singer’s voice is haunting. The whole song kind of feels like it’s building up to the guiar solo, which is good, but probably could have been longer.
:smack:Nice lyrics; especially on the 70th anniversary! It is definitely a product of its time but I’m pretty sure if you wrote that now the Twitterverse would probably explode.
Love the opening guitar riff, and the musicianship overall. Musically it feels like they’re aping Cream here, but the lyrics are dark. On the surface, it’s about a drill sergeant turning a new recruit into a killing machine, but even beyond that it feels like a BDSM anthem about a dom turning some naïve little thing into his slave. “Your ass belongs to me now” indeed.
Ah yes, the one album where the Priest went synth-based glam metal. Turbo as an album utterly sucked balls – except for this one, which IMO nailed the perfect groove. Priest fans who hate on this song just haven’t been playing close enough attention. 
(And thanks for posting the full-length album version, not the hideously cheesy video edit!)
For bonus points, guess which other band covered this song (although YouTube’s suggestions will probably give it away):
Nice funky bass-and-drums beat to open up, and the guitar is stellar by early '70s hard rock standards. Lyrically, the singer takes a pretty long time to make a simple statement; he’s gotten into a situation with a girl, and he’s got to get the hell out of Dodge quick. He regrets it, but he doesn’t feel like there’s any other way.
Didn’t float my boat. I had to go look up the lyrics because I couldn’t understand half of what he was saying.