Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Mötley Crüe: Theatre of Pain - Home Sweet Home

Of all of the eighties hair bands - Mötley Crüe may be the gold standard.  And among their records, this one is highly significant - to me, at least.  It contains the song, no - actually it's more like an anthem to me, called Home Sweet Home, which may have been the first power ballad released by a hair/metal band.  And I also recall reading somewhere that back in the day - it was the all-time most-requested video on MTV.   I also can almost remember still now by heart the exact alphanumeric play location on the pre-CD, 45's-only Jukebox up at Cec's on the Square in East Troy, WI.  Might have be J-17.  Right below Mel McDaniel's Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On and left a few titles of Bob Seger's Like a Rock.  I was at a pal's 50th birthday party over the weekend and those summers water skiiing during our twenties up at East Troy came up.  Actually, those old jukeboxes that played A and B side 45's were the ultimate Wayback Machines.

2 comments:

  1. Great album!! I was just listening to my copy of 'Shout At The Devil' and thinking it was time to write a blog post about the Crue. Ya beat me to it!!

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