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Originally Posted by SleazyDream
2. Discuss you love of bands like Bon Jovi and Heart.
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Here's the thing - I like to rock. I like to rock hard. These bands rock hard. I hear you snickering, but I am undeterred.
It all goes back to when I was a wee lad. My old man was a rocker and he instilled rocking in me at a young age. When I was 7 or 8, he turned me on to Kiss. I used to fall asleep at night listening to his 8-track of Dynasty, which is still one of my favorite albums. Anyway, I rocked hard in the 80s, which was the time of cock rock - Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Cinderella, etc., etc.
While many of those bands have fallen apart, bands like Bon Jovi and Heart are still rocking. In the past two years, I've seen them both live. And yes, in addition to still being able to shred, Nancy Wilson still looks mighty good.
While I'm not terribly keen on their recent work, I'll stand by the hard-rocking virtue of Heart songs like Barricuda, Bebe Le Strange, and Crazy on You, which quite possibly has the greatest intro ever written. Ditto for Bon Jovi gems like Runaway, In and Out of Love and You Give Love a Bad Name.
While my musical tastes are eclectic to say the least - Zeppelin, A Tribe Called Quest, Johnny Cash, White Stripes, J5, etc., if anyone wants a comprehensive history of cock rock or wants to debate the best power ballad of all time, my door is always open.