What are you listening to right now?

This song has been a regular in my playlists since I first heard it in an episode of Miami Vice. Not a rerun, that's how old I am.


Do you know the awesome video? It's got all the elements of "band romanticism" that I tought it was all about when I was a kid. Them, packing up after a hot, sweaty gig in a smokey club, like a gang of brothers - where to now? Where are we gonna lay our heads before we move on? And an impromptu performance on a wet street.


The "Rock Soldiers" video is also fantastic - as are the song and the lyrics. But the only video I can find can only be played on YT, since the uploader somehow set it like that.

Man, I love that whole album. One of only a few I have on vinyl. "Calling to You" is another favourite of mine.
 
Do you know the awesome video? It's got all the elements of "band romanticism" that I tought it was all about when I was a kid. Them, packing up after a hot, sweaty gig in a smokey club, like a gang of brothers - where to now? Where are we gonna lay our heads before we move on? And an impromptu performance on a wet street.


The "Rock Soldiers" video is also fantastic - as are the song and the lyrics. But the only video I can find can only be played on YT, since the uploader somehow set it like that.

Man, I love that whole album. One of only a few I have on vinyl. "Calling to You" is another favourite of mine.

Haha I do know that video - if I had thought about it a little more, I would have posted the video instead of what I posted.

I used to play drums professionally, and I remember a big, half page ad in EC Rocker (a weekly publication which had an active Musicians Wanted section, where you could occasionally find really interesting gigs), Ace was looking for a drummer to replace Anton Fig (the drummer in this video, also played in The Worlds Most Dangerous Band for a long time)...I think that was around 1990? I was very young, not really ready for a gig like that, but called the number anyways, and was told when the auditions would be - it was apparently going to be a big cattle call style audition, but as fate would have it, I got hired for a tour before the audition date, and blew it off.
 
Do you know the awesome video? It's got all the elements of "band romanticism" that I tought it was all about when I was a kid. Them, packing up after a hot, sweaty gig in a smokey club, like a gang of brothers - where to now? Where are we gonna lay our heads before we move on? And an impromptu performance on a wet street.


The "Rock Soldiers" video is also fantastic - as are the song and the lyrics. But the only video I can find can only be played on YT, since the uploader somehow set it like that.

Man, I love that whole album. One of only a few I have on vinyl. "Calling to You" is another favourite of mine.

Great song and great video. Personally I prefer Russ Ballard's version (also the songwriter).

 
If you're wondering "where's my rock & roll?", then check out The Black Moods. Just discovered this great band from Tempe, AZ.

 

Bruce is right when he says they played too fast... but they swing it. And Eric is brutal.

Edit: I hereby RETRACT my statement about being "too fast". Faster? Yes. Hella faster... but man do they pull it off.
 
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Bruce is right when he says they played too fast... but they swing it. And Eric is brutal.

Edit: I hereby RETRACT my statement about being "too fast". Faster? Yes. Hella faster... but man do they pull it off.

I saw this tour and I marveled at how "glam" Gene's make-up looked, haha. A far cry from, "The Demon."
 
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