Back in my school days, Valentine’s Day was a time for exchanging cheap perforated Valentines cards and inedible Necco hearts, and punishing the unpopular kids by “forgetting” to give them anything. (I was perhaps one of those unpopular kids.) If you were really lucky you got a mixtape from a girl, and I did get a few in my day, even if they were from girl-space-friends and not girlfriends. What was disturbing was the presence of “Every Breath You Take” on said mixtapes, given it’s the kind of love song that John Wayne Gacy might write. Even Sting himself says it’s a paean to controlling someone:
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Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott told The Irish News that while he’s honored to tour with the likes of Styx and REO Speedwagon, don’t expect to see his band on the road with any of the bands who shared chart space with it during the Hysteria era. “We refused to go out with Poison or Winger or Warrant or any of those shite bands,” he said. “It’s a real pity that a lot of the newer bands we’ve dug over the years haven’t actually dug us. But that’s just music, man.” Those “newer” bands include Stereophonics and Manic Street Preachers, just to give you an idea of Elliott’s internal timeline and, uh, general assessment of what isn’t “shite.” Well! Let’s see what is and isn’t “shite” in your eyes, readers. I picked my favorite songs from each of the artists Old Joe disses–as well as one from his own band, and one from each of his U.S. touring partners this summer. Which do you prefer?
File under “reasons that you should order pizza only from places you trust”: “When I was in college (Illinois State) Winger played our basketball shed – when they were done with the show, Kip made his way to ‘sorority row’ where he picked one (Tri sigs) and went in with a polaroid – orgy madness… More »
Allyson at Bring Back Glam reports from Rocklahoma: “While waiting, I heard ‘Headed for a Heartbreak’ and [Winger] closed with ‘Seventeen.’ Kip changed one of the verses to ‘She’s only 35.’ The crowd seemed pleased.” More »
Allyson at Bring Back Glam reports from Rocklahoma: “While waiting, I heard ‘Headed for a Heartbreak’ and [Winger] closed with ‘Seventeen.’ Kip changed one of the verses to ‘She’s only 35.’ The crowd seemed pleased.” More »
