4/15/2023 0 Comments Hanoi rocks up around the bendI didn't care for it back then and it still doesn't do anything for me today. Hai Kixmiller: I listened to the album twice today. Graham Watt: Best production that a Hanoi album had, but the song writing was below par compared to the earlier tinny sounding records. I had tickets for their Christmas dates in December, but Razz was killed two weeks before the tour. He sat on the drum riser at the end and said "I'm fuckin' knackered, now". Razzle stood at the front of the stage smashing a tambourine and headbanging like a maniac. On stage for almost two and a half hours and finished with an encore of The Stooges' Lookin' At You featuring Rat Scabies on Drums and Roman Jugg of The Damned on keyboards. Blame Vince or blame the drinks.ĭavid Heaton: I saw them on this tour at The Powerhouse in Birmingham. It’s so sad that this went on to be their last for about two decades. It’s still a great pleasure to listen to this album, but I just cannot rank it on par with Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks and Back to Mystery City. The retitled rehash of Don’t You ever Leave Me from Hanoi’s first is competent, yet redundant for a fan like myself who worships every record released by the Finns before this. My personal favourite is track number three, I Can’t Get It. In the wake of Quiet Riot’s Slade remake, hair metal treatment of old rocking songs appeared as the easy route to many a rocker. The fact that it starts with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s hit Up Around the Bend screams hunger for easy chart success. It comes across as a bit institutionalized. It sure is sonically superior, courtesy of Bob Ezrin’s slick production, but that’s also one of its weaknesses. Maxwell Marco Martello: Hanoi Rocks’ “make it or break it” album is my least favourite of their classic period. Vince f***in' Neil has never apologised to the rest of the band, according to Andy McCoy. Unfortunately, Razzle was killed within months of it's release. This major label debut should've launched them into the big time. "The album marked Hanoi at their overall peak, perhaps less charming than on, for example, '82's Self Destruction Blues, but brimming with confidence, surrounded by good help, thick, muscular, adequately in tune with their essence to refrain from dishing what could have been an overflow of heavy metal." ( Martin Poppoff (opens in new tab))ĭavid Heaton: Great album from one of the best live bands I've ever seen. "The record was paced well, shot like a cannon with joyous lead single Up Around The Bend, written by Creedence Clearwater Revival (lone alternate choice: Bad Moon Rising by the same band), spilling into the hard rock of High School, eventually into the torrid and florid traditional balladry of Million Miles Away and Don't You Ever Leave Me (a remake of a track from the band's '80 debut) and back out again with the hard rock of Boiler and Cutting Corners. The song has been covered by artists such as Elton John, who recorded a version of the song early in his career, and Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, who covered it on their 1984 album, Two Steps from the Move."In terms of combining the attitude, gang shouts, punk energy, and classic rock burn of the band, things couldn't be better - Monroe sounds phenomenal, the McCoy/Suicide guitar team comes up with some great riffs and even better trade-offs, and the Yaffa/Razzle rhythm section keep it all chugging." ( AllMusic (opens in new tab)) The song's lyrics have Fogerty telling of a gathering "up around the bend" on the highway and inviting the listener to join in. The song opens with a prominent, high-pitched guitar riff played by John Fogerty. It was also a major hit in the UK, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. It was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies. Released as a single, with "Run Through the Jungle" on the flipside, the double-sided single climbed to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1970. The song was composed and recorded only a few days prior to the band's April 1970 European tour and was included on the album Cosmo's Factory. "Up Around the Bend" is a song recorded by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, and written by the band's lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter John Fogerty.
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