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Rating: Slaughter: Goliath's brain in David's body. A belligerent war machine, very folkloric, equipped with a mouth that spits petrifying hairspray, rotating studs, inhuman leather armor, and lion cub roars. After so many years, I too find myself being a defender and despising the parodistic "hair metal" of these times but, if I think about it, a band like this, with an album like this, becomes an excellent excuse to joke about the tough glam of the years gone by. Not that, in my humble opinion, they should be thrown out entirely, but this is just not it.
These suburban Kiss, this brigade threatening like a horny Blackie Lawless, this brutally sweetened gang of number one ruffians, these Manowar (for the scenic part) of rock hailing from Las Vegas bet a lot on themselves and, at least back in the day, managed to rake in a nice sum and a decent fame with the 1990 debut "Stick It To Ya" and the subsequent support tour with Kiss. Then they decided to go overboard two years later, buoyed by so much sponsorship, with this "The Wild Life" that indeed has a lot of wildness. Among the roars of motorcycles that seem like "oh my god they are coming!", inappropriate heavenly sounds, country remakes like a cowboy sitting on a rocking chair, hat pulled over his eyes, and boots resting on the railing, the gentlemen come out with an album not exactly nice, but not devoid of entertaining moments either. Among the main flaws to be noted, there is a production that calling tacky is an overstatement, a voice and pronunciation unabashedly lowbrow (almost smelling foul), and the closing ballad that seems like a mockery. "All the days gone by, do you remember when we were the best friends!" with bells ringing in celebration over a karaoke-style piano chorus.
On the positive side, there's the classic glam rock push, aggressive and tough of Reach for the sky and The wild life, combined with the party (a bit ruffian) rock of songs like Out for love, Dance for me baby, Hold on and more. These four stage-hungry beasts know how to play, even well, however, they have serious expressive limits: they haven't invented anything unlike many bands that have practiced the same genre and with the second album have become established.
As far as I'm concerned, they can be considered a meteor that, still fiery, is wandering through the universe shot at millions of light-years. But well, better see and observe them from afar. Up close, they just seem like an exasperation, an early form of parody of the genre. Rolling Stone gave this album three stars. I would give it two and a half simply because they were truly convinced of what they were doing. But DeBaser doesn't know half measures and hence a solid two like an egg. Rotten.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Reach for the Sky (05:30)
You can run but you can't hide
It's just another day in the rat race
It seems like you're fallin' behind
So tell me whatcha gonna do
So you're feelin' down and out
And it seems like you got no future
Never knowin' what you will find
So tell me whatcha gonna do
Just reach for the sky
There's nothin' that you can't do
Just open your eyes
The lights will shine on you
You'll reach for the sky
How far do ya have to climb
To stand on top of the mountain
When it seems all ya do is slide
Now tell me what this means to you
(Oh what this means to you baby)
Maybe we can run away
And hide behind our tears
Paradise is on its way
Just open your mind up
I'll rid you of all your fears
04 Days Gone By (04:34)
Oh yea
Its so good to see you now
its been so long since we've been together
you kept in touch somehow
you always found a way to be there
yea
i wish that i could stop the hands
of time between us
all the days gone by
do you remember when
we were the best of friends
all the days gone by
you know that memories
never fade
as your watchin all your days go by
they go by
oh yea
lookin back on younger years
thats what are hopes and dreams
are made of
Oooooo
all the laughter and the tears
its the feelin of love that make us
Oo Oo yea
I wish that i could stop the hands
of time between us
all the days gone by
do you remember when
we were the best of friends
all the days gone by
you know that memories never fade
as your watchin all your days go by
Oooo all of the feelins
that we had before
but thru the years
Ooo those were the times
Ooo yea
alright
whoa
the memories we share
you cant erase them from your mind
all of the days gone by
you know that memories never fade
as your watchin all your days go by
they go by (they go by)
they go by (they go by)
they go by (they go by)
they go by
memories never fade
as your watchin all your days go by
oh
05 Dance for Me Baby (03:20)
Let the good times roll, oh yeah
You're gettin' out of your day job--feelin' so good
'Cause you're on your way to a rock 'n'
roll show--dressed to kill
But don't just stand there with
your hands on your hips
Sayin' my, my, my
Come on and dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
Why don't ya dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
'Cause if there's one thing that I want
It's just another thing that you might need
Why don't ya dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
So ya end up out in the parking lot after the show
And you're lookin' for your friends
You wonder which which way did they go, man
So don't just stand there with a smile on your face
Sayin' why, why, why
Come on and dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
Why don't ya dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
'Cause if there's one thing that I want
It's just another thing that you might need
Why don't ya dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
So now you're backstage and ya want
your picture in a magazine
And then the band comes out of the room
Sayin' what do ya mean
So if ya read right between the lines
Yes, this really happens all the time
Come on and dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
Why don't ya dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
'Cause if there's one thing that I want
It's just another thing that you might need
Why don't ya dance for me baby
Won't ya show me a little action
07 Move to the Music (04:37)
(Mark Slaughter, Dana Strum)
I'm in the mood
It's time to go out tonight
You're feeling good
Pulsating, going faster than the speed of light
I feel it touch me
Oh, don't ya know
That it's never loud enough for me
(CHORUS)
You've got to move to the music
You've got to live on rock 'n' roll
You've got to move to the music
Don't ya know it's good for your soul
Out on the town
Saw this girl she looked so fine
I'll tell ya now
Oh I love it
When I feel her body movin' close to mine
I feel it touch me
Oh, don't ya know
That it's never loud enough for me
(CHORUS)
Can you feel it
(CHORUS)
08 Real Love (03:39)
I lie awake in the morning light
No one to hold
Another sleepless night
'Cause it's over now that you've left me
Oh so lonely
Oh, I hear it calling
Oh, I hear it calling
Real love won't somebody show me
Real love isn't anyone true anymore
Real love won't somebody show me
Real love where are you
All through my lifeI've been feelin' down
Searchin' to find
I'm lost and not found
There's gotta be someone
Someone who understands me
Oh, I hear it calling
Oh, I hear it calling
Real love won't somebody show me
Real love isn't anyone true anymore
Real love won't somebody show me
Real love where are you
Oh, I hear it calling
Oh, can't you hear it calling
Real love won't somebody show me
Real love isn't anyone true anymore
Real love won't somebody show me
Real love where are you
09 Shake This Place (03:36)
(Mark Slaughter, Dana Strum)
Ya know I'm headin' on out
Gonna take a little ride on the town
With my 350 runnin' hot
Nothin's gonna bring me down
I look over and over to make sure the man's not on my trail
So, I put my foot on the gas--hammer down to the nail
[CHORUS]
Ya know the weekend has arrived
Got a six gun at my side
We're gonna shake this place
'Cause that's the way we want it
Shake this place when you're goin' too far
Shake this place, gonna push it to the limit
And we're never gonna stop
You know my juices start flowin' and the good times start to roll
I've got my mind wide open and I'm gonna stick around for more
I look over my shoulder, let me tell ya what I did see (uh-huh)
Two of the opposite sex, hot and nasty lookin' at me
[CHORUS]
I see the sun comin' up, put the sunglasses on my eyes
I'm gonna stay up through the day 'til the day turns back into night
[CHORUS]
11 Hold On (03:55)
Mark Slaughter, Dana Strum) Now that the party's over My head spins round and round I'm gonna get my feet back on the ground I know that you are out there somewhere Thinkin' 'bout what we've done 'Cause I'm wonderin' where your heart is This feelin' can't be wrong [CHORUS] Hold on, baby hold on I can't go on baby without you Hold on, baby hold on After all that we've been through I can't go on baby without you Hold on, baby hold on You said that we were special Like no other kind I can't believe what we both left behind I wish that we could be together I just can't let go 'Cause I love you more than ever More than you'll even know [CHORUS] Tossing, turning, dreaming of you Every day of my life [CHORUS]
12 Do Ya Know (06:25)
Ya never say
What's on your mind
Just tell me honey
Lay it out on the line
Anytime night or day
Just call me up
And I'll be on my way
The clock strikes midnight
I don't know where you are
The clock strikes, it's alright
Just tell me honey
Don't push me too far
Desperately I gotta know
If you want me
Just let me know
Desperately give me an answer
Can't ya see
I'm here for you
Oh please don't run away
Don't run away
Ya know it's things like this
I've been misunderstood, oh
And by the strange looks, babe
Ya don't believe in me like you should
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