Well, "cock rock" may or may not be the most appropriate label here. "Classic rock," more like. A bit o' the ol' "prog rock." Even an Aquanet-heavy whiff of "hair metal," perhaps. In some ways, a partial soundtrack to the years 13-19 of my life. Unfashionable nostalgia? No question. Guilty pleasures? You betcha. But presented here with a minimum of irony and as further proof that some things never go out of style. (Well, not for very long, anyway.)[Further proof: JOURNEY's "Don't Stop Believin'" as "Sopranos" swan-song. REO SPEEDWAGON's "Take It on the Run" as Holiday Inn jingle. NIGHT RANGER's "Sister Christian" in "Boogie Nights." STYX's "Come Sail Away" in "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut." ELTON JOHN's "Tiny Dancer" in "Almost Famous." ELO and QUEEN songs backing nearly every other ad currently on TV. And etc.]
Please left-click [HERE] if you miss the '70s and '80s (or, if you were born after 1989, if you literally missed the '70s and '80s).
TRACKLIST >>>
01 heart/crazy on you
02 ozzy osbourne/crazy train
03 ac/dc/you shook me all night long
04 rick derringer/rock and roll, hoochie koo
05 bon jovi/runaway
06 rainbow/since you been gone
07 george thorogood & the destroyers/i drink alone
08 eddie money/think i'm in love
09 billy squier/my kinda lover
10 nazareth/love hurts
11 van halen/ain't talkin' 'bout love
12 billy idol/white wedding
13 styx/blue collar man (long nights)
14 loverboy/working for the weekend
15 def leppard/photograph
16 blue oyster cult/(don't fear) the reaper
17 foreigner/cold as ice
18 pink floyd/comfortably numb
19 kansas/dust in the wind
