Sinner's Swing!

[Vivian Campbell]

Originally posted by UGS


I'd say Dave was at his peak lyric-wise on Fair Warning.

VH1, Fair Warning, and ALAE represent Dave at the height of his genius.

The chorus in this song is awesome too.

[academic punk]

I would love to hear a Vegas rendition of this with Ed's cenrtal riff being played by the horn section.

I happen to be serious.

[blueturk]

Originally posted by Big Troubles
No way. Listen to Everybody Wants Some again.

Great fun to hear "Everybody Wants Some! " on the radio around these parts and see if the DJ stops the song before Dave offers to pay the lady in question. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't!

[Dave IS VH]

"Sinner's swing" is a great song, but doesn't get the props it deserves.

I have to agree, "Sinner's swing" wasn't the first VH song fuck was use, it was "Everybody Wants some!", When Dave said "I'll pay for it what the fuck!".

[DLR7884]

Originally posted by DlocRoth
Dirty Movies is better than Sinners Swing.

"Dirty Movies" is the most underrated VH song.

DLR7884
Nobody seems to like that song....what the fuck?

[nosuchluck]

Dirty Movies rocks!
cant choose between that and Sinner's Swing though...

[academic punk]

Originally posted by DLR7884
"Dirty Movies" is the most underrated VH song.

DLR7884
Nobody seems to like that song....what the fuck?

Dirty Movies is good, but I never quite liked the chorus, either melodically or the rhyme (Pictures on the silbver screen/greatest thing you've ever seen). If you loisten to the rest of the songs lyrics, the rhymes are pretty inventive. that "greatest thing" is just lazy.

[DLR7884]

I don't care about the chorus....the lyrics are a bit lazy....I agree with that.

DLR7884
That song is pure DLR though.

[academic punk]

Also, as far as sequencing, this is my preference for songs (and order of songs) on FW:

Mean Streets
Sinner's Swing
Dirty Movies
Hear About It Later

Unchained
So This Is Love
Push Comes to Shove
House of Pain
One other song, of a decent length (One Foot out the Door has a smokin' solo, but the song as a whole defines filler)

I take the view that FW is VH's version of the Stones Exile on Main Street - it has a similar fucked up aggression and underlying tension and hostility/disillusionment, as well as the most diverse set of songs and styles on any VH album, while all along remaining true to VH's mission and vision.

House of Pain was on the original Gene Simmons demo - it owuld've fit in very well on FW, maybe even better than it did on 1984.

and I just prefer the swequencing of going from mean streets, and punching it up a notch to sinners swing, then have that slow build-up to dirty movies, and another slow build-up to hear about it later. etc.

i/m babbling.

[VHdamaco]

in a choice between ditry movies and sinner's swing, it's sinner's swing all the way.

it's just so aggressive and that solo is just fucking wicked. not to mention the lyrics ar egreat as well.

dirty movies is good, but it lacks that fuck you attitude that sinner's swing gives off.



quick question though that doesn't have to do with any of these songs (i didn't feel like starting a new thread on the issue), i bought DD and after looking at the back of the case i was curious about one thing, how many fuckin people is that in the arena? i'm guessing @ least 500,000 heads. anyone have a estimate?

[academic punk]

I've always wondered if that shot was from when the opened for the Stones in '81 or maybe the US Festival.

it's worth starting a new thread about.

[VHdamaco]

Originally posted by academic punk

it's worth starting a new thread about.

as you wish

[UGS]

Didn't VH play the US Festival in 83?

[UGS]

House of Pain was on the original Gene Simmons demo - it owuld've fit in very well on FW, maybe even better than it did on 1984.
i/m babbling.

Good call. House of Pain would go nicely on Fair Warning. Not that I have a problem with it being on 1984, but it deffinetely has the right groove, feel, and darkness to be comfortable on FW.

[VHdamaco]

yes they did.

but that concert was at night and was supposed to have the largest crowd vh had ever played to... anyone remember that number right off hand? my copy of the us festival is currently mia in my shit-all-over-the-place room