[1980-1984 Best Songs]
Billboard Top 100, 1983, #90 [unavailable on iTunes]
A shout-out to my good friend Kevin, for filling my high school days with all the glam-rock, hair metal, head-banging 80s cheese I could ever want.
Was any of it good? Looking back: not much. Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, Cinderella, RATT, Poison, Slayer, Judas Priest, and of course Def Leppard.
The volume of bad songs matched the volume of the hairspray.
Which is why Photograph is so surprising. It's got winner hooks, lyrics that aren't completely ridiculous or misogynistic, and a Pop-inspired sound I wanted to hear long after we all got haircuts (yes, even Kevin).
Billboard Top 100, 1983, #90 [unavailable on iTunes]
A shout-out to my good friend Kevin, for filling my high school days with all the glam-rock, hair metal, head-banging 80s cheese I could ever want.
Was any of it good? Looking back: not much. Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, Cinderella, RATT, Poison, Slayer, Judas Priest, and of course Def Leppard.
The volume of bad songs matched the volume of the hairspray.
Which is why Photograph is so surprising. It's got winner hooks, lyrics that aren't completely ridiculous or misogynistic, and a Pop-inspired sound I wanted to hear long after we all got haircuts (yes, even Kevin).
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