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You Can’t Stop Rock N’ Roll: 35 Articles on Rock Music

Posted on June 17, 2010 Written by ripitup

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This is the list of all the posts about rock and rockers I have published online so far. The musicians featured includes but is not limited to Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Poison, Kiss, White Lion and more.
Twisted Sister, You Can't Stop Rock N Roll
Twisted Sister, You Can’t Stop Rock N Roll. Image via: Image from: img.maniadb.com

You can’t stop rocknroll is the title song of the Twisted Sister album You can’t stop rocknroll. Having been an avid rock fan since I was  11, I always loved songs that celebrated my favorite music genre ever. As you grow up, you grow more flexible with music preferences. You can feel more relaxed about genres and that you wouldn’t be caught dead listening to ten years ago. Still, the core remains the same and it is rock n roll. Since it is a way of expression and celebrating life, parties and good fun (you guessed right, I am not exactly a Nirvana fan), I wanted to collect all my rock related posts under one roof post.

The nature of the article varies: Some include videos, lyrics and info, some list fun facts from the colorful world of musicians.

  1. 7 Entertaining Rock Facts: Featuring Kiss, Twisted Sister, Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Idol
  2. 6 Rock Songs That Feature Harmonica: Songs by Poison, U2, Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams
  3. 6 Rock Songs on Cheating: 1 Bryan Adams, 4 Bon Jovi and 1 KISS
  4. 6 Fast Bon Jovi Songs That Feature The Word Love
  5. 9 Def Leppard Facts
  6. Bryan Adams’ Dirtiest Songs: 4 Fast and Non-Romantic Songs by Bryan Adams
  7. 7 Interesting Facts About Jon and Bon Jovi
  8. 10 Interesting Facts About Famous Rock Musicians
  9. Vh1’s Top 100 Hard Rock Songs vs.. Your Favorites: A Rock Poll
  10. Seven Cover Songs That Rock
  11. 10 Awesome Metallica Songs- Favorites of a Rock Addict
  12. What Do You Mean You Haven’t Heard of Metallica?
  13. Five Songs You Adore From Musicians You Don’t Normally Care About
  14. 25+ Rocknroll Songs That You Can Dance to
  15. Top Three Cover Songs: Alient Ant Farm, Warrant and Ugly Kid Joe
  16. Fun Rock Poll for Rock Fans
  17. Rock N Roll Mischief: 10 Dirty Rock Songs
  18. Bon Jovi Were Born to be Followed
  19. Jon Bon Jovi Hosts Snl
  20. 2010: Terrible Year for Rock ‘N Roll
  21. 10 Great Rocknroll Songs-All About Sex
  22. Stories Behind Songs
  23. Inspiration to Get Your Ass in Gear When You are Working to Reach Your Dreams
  24. 3 Movies, 3 Rocker Portrayals: The Crow, The Doors and Rent
  25. DEF LEPPARD: oh, yeah!!!
  26. Roxette Swedish Pop-Rock
  27. White Lion: It’s ok if your date loves Mike Tramp more than you…
  28. Guns N’ Roses
  29. BON JOVI-ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH
  30. Look what the cat dragged in: POISON
  31. Rock to get over break-ups
  32. Good Morning, Mr. Tyler. Going Down?: On everything Aerosmith
  33. 4 Good Movies with Awesome Soundtracks: Shoot ‘em up, Jerry Maguire, Reality Bites and Vanilla Sky
  34. BodyRockers Album Review: BodyRockers
  35. Alice Cooper Album Review: Thrash

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Album Review: Alice Cooper, Trash (1989)

Posted on May 5, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Alice Cooper, Trash
Alice Cooper, Trash album cover. Released in 1989. Image via images.uulyrics.com/cover/a/alice-cooper/album-trash.jpg

I knew about and liked Alice Cooper for a long time before I found the album Thrash. When something is really fun, I remember everything about it. That’s the way my memory works. I bought Trash in 2005, in Norway. As much as I enjoy all of Alice’s songs, this album was made for me- with its perfect guitar riffs and solos and the fun lyrics, with the right cool vocals to match.  You can dance to this album and if you can catch up with the songs, I guarantee you’ll be down at least a couple of pounds down once the tracks finish playing. Since I love each and every one of the songs, I described evewry one of them seperately and included a part of the lyrics. Enjoy!

1) Poison: Any rock fan has to know the song Poison surely?  It is how us late rock boomers (meaning those who were born in the late 80s and had to discover rock on their own. Thanks to VH1 and later the internet) Cooper. Great Karaoke song and a great way to see how long that breath of yours can last.

“One look could kill
My pain, your thrill
I want to love you, but I better not touch (Don’t touch)
I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (Too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You’re poison runnin’thru my veins
You’re poison, I don’t want to break these chains”

2) Spark in the Dark: This is just sexy, saucy, naughty and just fun.

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwGsM_XKDUc[/pro-player]


“Come around midnight
We’ll be crawlin’on the floor
Burnin’with the fever
And yellin’out for more
But don’t you write it in your diary, baby
Don’t blab it on the phone
Cuz if your mom and dad find out
They’ll skin me to the bone
Now we don’t need instructions, baby
Don’t you be afraid
It takes a little friction
That’s how our love is made
From a little spark in the dark”

 

3) House of Fire: passion, passion and more passion. Hell, yeah!


“House of fire
House of fire, yeah
Let’s build a house of fire, baby
Not one of wood or stone
Walk thru my door of desire, baby
Come on in and make it your home
Don’t need a window to watch you, baby
Don’t need no roof overhead
Don’t need no key to unlock ya, baby
I’ll use my lovin’instead
I won’t tire
Take me higher
Building a house of fire, baby
Buildin’it with our love
We are buildin’a house of fire every time we touch
House of fire”

 

4) Why Trust You: mistrust, spite and anger. They have never been more entertaining. Boy, Alice Cooper rocks. More than ever.

“You come to me all teary-eyed
With your big tall tale way up to the sky
Begging on your knees for another chance
But everybody knows that’s a song and a dance
There used to be a time when you were the best
You had the fastest tongue in the west
Ya gave a look and a line like nobody else
You’d try to sell the Bible to the devil, Himself
You sadistic little liar
You’re walking on the wire you’re bluffin’up with nothin’
And the bills are gettin’higher
Why trust you”

5) Only My Hart Talkin’: Funny how our groupie-loving bad boys can go romantic better than other genre singers. Screw pop. I mean really. Why would you need a supposedly tear-jerking song when Alice can sing you an electric ballad? Slow in the right places. And faster in all the right ones too.
“Anybody’s dream can fall apart
Anybody’s mask can break
Couldn’t tell you how I wanted you
Enough to make you want to stay
I never said the words out loud
I guess I couldn’t get’em straight
Baby, give me one more chance
Before you walk away
It’s only, only, only my heart talkin’ “

 

6) Bed of Nails: And romance is over and passion,lust and mischief are back. “No one else gets that deep inside you, As I do, baby”.   I am just quoting. Love this song.

“Yeah, we’re gonna fight
We do it every night
Baby, when you scratch
You know I’m gonna bite
You can make me die
I can make you cry
Opposites attract
That’s the reason why
No one else could make you feel
Like I do, I do, I do
No one else gets that deep inside you
As I do, baby
Our love is a bed of nails
Love hurts good on a bed of nails
I’ll lay you down and when all else fails
I’ll drive you like hammer on the bed of nails”

7) This Maniac’s In Love With You: I am totally in love with this album. I adore every single track in it. But I just adore some songs more than the other. This is one of them. Perfect for dancing your butt off to and so cute too. It is so much better when a guy knows what an s.o.b. he is. I am just kidding. But if he is calling himself a maniac, he probably is.

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsDPIYHRfYU&feature=related[/pro-player]

“I used to be so in control
But reality is losing its hold
Now I don’t know where to begin
Just look at the state that I’m in
My mind is in total decay
I’m coming to take you away
There’s nothing more that I can do
This maniac’s in love with you
Your biggest fear has just come true
This maniac’s in love with you
This maniac’s in love with you”

8 ) Trash: And the cute guy is again replaced by the dirty-chick loving regular Joe. Trash is the girl that all guys fantasize about. I wouldn’t get all thrash for Cooper but for some specific rockers, I just might. Below is the audio track.

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wca1aKR8G6Y[/pro-player]

” It ain’t the way you crawl across the Cathouse floor
It ain’t the way you curse me when you slam the bedroom door
It ain’t the way you sweat me for a handful of easy cash
It’s just the way you love me when you turn to trash
Trash
It’s not the way you dress when you socialize, oh those eyes
It ain’t the diamond rock or that Rolls you drive
You can walk the streets with all your uptown flash
But when you hit the sheets you just turn trash
You’re such trash”

9) Hell Is Living Without You: It was time we got romantic once again. One of my favorite slowish rock songs. Well, it is slower than the other songs…right until Alice feels the need to express himself more loudly and passionately. Just terrific. Who gives a crap about Always (Bon Jovi- I love that band-my favorite band actually- but Always is The most overrated Bon Jovi song ever) when there is this song?

“Hell is living without your love
Ain’t nothing without your
Touch me
Heaven would be like hell
Is living without you
Nights get longer and colder
I’m down begging to hold ya
On my own and I feel like hell”

10) I am your gun: And the naughty rocker is back. Another hard-rock song to boogie to. Love this song. Yeah, if any of you is a teenager, don’t listen to this song while your parents are around.

“And if you see me on the street
And you’re burnin’from the heat
There’s a fire down below
You be the target on the bed
I’ll be shooting hot lead
Let me take control
You’re scared little girl in this big, bad town
So easy to sink, so easy to drown
Pull my trigger, I get bigger
Then I’m lots of fun
I’m your gun
I’m your gun, gun, gun
Bite my bullet
Push and pull it
Tell me I’m the one
I’m your gun
I’m your gun, gun, gun”

10 /10. As perfect as glam+hard rock get. If you are a fan of great electric riffs and an ultra-energizing 10-song-album with only 2 songs that barely give you a time to rest, this album is THE ONE. Long live Alice Cooper!

 

 

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White Lion: It's ok if your date loves Mike Tramp more than you…

Posted on June 16, 2009 Written by ripitup

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-Sweetie,it is OK if you love my Mike Tramp more than you love me…
Mike Tramp
Mike Tramp

A couple of years ago, I finally had the chance to see White Lion live.I always liked them- and yes,just like most of the world I had become a fan with “When the children cry”. I love that song. So the song was followed by the quest for all the albums White Lion. And although I will always love Def Leppard or Whitesnake or Bon Jovi more; I was forever grateful for the chance of having seen these guys live.The quote above belongs to my high school mate/ the boyfriend of close friend.The three of us went together and fell in love with the show.I am the ultimate glam metal (whatever tag you give it-The genre that includes KISS and Poison and Warrant…you get the point ; ) fan and the other girl adored White Lion and appreciated the whole genre.We practically had to drag her boyfriend/my friend who later said he was in love with the band/and of course Mike Tramp too.

The classics were sung and it was a hell of a concert. Although,there was a point where Mike Tramp kinda made me laugh. You see he was kinda full himself and made fun of Def Leppard and Bon Jovi-in the sense that they were glam-rockers.And what kind of does White Lion do exactly?They do carry elements of hard rock and such but then so does Def Leppard and Bon Jovi. Does Mike remember how his band looked in the 80s? Here’s a little reminder:

White Lion.Not glam-rocky at all :p
White Lion.Not glam-rocky at all :p

So glam bands wore make-up and wore tights and shit! Who cares? They rocked! They made fun songs and put on great shows.Even band members themselves are kind of embrassed of their period.Jon Bon Jovi actually avoids watching any of their 80s videos at all costs.And who can blame him.Leopard tights???Black leather pants with white sneakers??? (Look at guitarist Richie Sambora, for instance-In&out of love video). But come on!! At least they don’t go bashing other bands for it.And mind you; Mike tramp was wearing a tight pink t-shirt on the stage-which is not exactly very hard rock either. But we do love him.He’s a great front-man and the band is great.And they do have what it takes to impress even the glam-rock haters…

Haven’t seen them live yet? You sure are missing a lot.

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Look what the cat dragged in: POISON

Posted on June 15, 2009 Written by ripitup

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Poison in their glam days-not that they have completely left it : )
Poison in their glam days-not that they have completely left that phase: )
Poison was founded in the early 80’s by drummer Ricky Rockett and front-man Bret Michaels (the second guy from the left).
I am sad to admit that I have discovered them only about 8-9 years ago; but have been one of their biggest fans ever since.They offer everything I look for in a band: Great rock sound,lovely vocals,amazing guitar riffs, good lyrics…They also look the part.You might think that hair-metal phase is over but I’m glad Poison did not join the “fashionable” musicians who cut their hair and had a wardrobe make-over one by one.Today Poison wear much less make-up and this is not necessarily a bad thing but other than that, they still kick ass.
I haven’t seen them live yet but I am dying to.
You see, I grew up with Poison. Forget about the grunge age,the supposedly dead old school rockn’roll and fashion-wise frowned upon clothes.I love my jeans torn and ripped.I love leather,mini skirts and leopard skin patterns on my clothes.I adore red lipstick and electrifying guitar rips.I love my men with long hair.I have a soft spot when it comes to rockers. I wish I had the talent,the luck and the guts to try and become a rock star.I don’t.However learning to sing and learning how to play the guitar are on the top of my list. And although I am grateful the Internet made it much more easier for us to reach songs,I will kinda miss the time when I first discovered them and made it my mission to find all the songs they have ever recorded.Mind you,we had entered the new millennium and people worshipped computer-generated music and considered rock lovers/headbangers about to be extinct.Not that most people you run on the street today don’t think the same and throw you weird looks.But that’s why we have the rock concerts.Nothing like a great gig in town to for my kind of people surface and rock with our fav. musicians…
California,2000. I have spent this amazing time in Santa Barbara and found my love as far as places on earth go.I have seen a lot of places after that but California remains my first love.It also did wonders at helping me discover new bands.As much as I adored Bon Jovi,liked Guns n’roses and enjoyed some modern rock (Goo Goo Dolls,Third Eye Blind,etc…), I longed for faster,harder rock.It hadn’t helped matters that Bon Jovi had softened their sound and come up with songs like “Thank you for loving me” and “Say it isn’t so”- from the Crush album whose half had crushed me…)Anyways,so I buy these two records called Monsters of Rock 1 & 2.I met Poison, Alice Cooper,Ratt,Great White,Whitesnake…OK, before you start telling me I was too freaking late and where the hell I was when these people came out…OK,well-I wasn’t born!!!!!!! I had the misfortune of being born in 1984. I didn’t get to know rock until mid 1990s and after that it was all about Pearl jam or Metallica for people. But then I travelled to California and realized once more that rockn’roll was a hell lot more than just a phase for me.
So the records had the most popular hits of course. But I shan’t be judged for falling for all of them.Every rose has its thorn is a gem and Alice’s Poison is amazing (I have heard of these on VH1 for sure but hey,I was reminded once more to go record-hunting). And then my long quest began.Some of the record shop assistants didn’t know who they were and some were shocked by my age.My friends teased me on the “weird” bands I listened to all the time.But who gave a shit? I was having a great time with my Whitesnake and Poison records.And it turned out,those hits were not even that good next to all the other great stuff they had done.
While I discovered that the men I believed to be so hot turned out to be ugly after the massive haircuts they got,I was also thinking:If rockers follow fashion-instead of creating it-the world is even a shittier place than I thought.I loathed people trying to dictate what I could or could not wear.I still have jean mini skirts and own a black leather jacket.Why?I look hot in them! Who cares it was popular 10 years ago or will come back in another 10?
So I was so pleased to see Bret Michaels‘ on MTV cribs one day.His hair was still long,he was wearing black leather pants,a black t-shirt,one of his trademark hats and the silver that completed a rebel’s look.He was in his mid-40s,looked damn great and hadn’t joined the flock of short-haired 0h-so-updated musicians.Yes,I know they all resembled each other back in the day.But it doesn’t matter how many people you follow or how many follow you-it’s all about whether or not you are doing it because you like it.Then,it just looks natural.
Poison in the 21st century
Poison in the 21st century

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