Considering how good he is and the fact that he's been with Blackmore, Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Impellitteri, Giardino, Joe Stump; I'd say that he indeed deserves much more recognition.
I was in the 8th grade when I saw this video on Headbangers Ball. Got my father to take me to buy the cassette. I'm 49 now and this album is still killer
I can remember my friend and I watching headbangers ball in the late 80s and seeing this video for the first time and our mouths both dropped watching this solo.
you clearly had no standards, i saw these tool in a reh instructional video and after realizing the overloaded reverb, delay and horrible tone, i saw an autistic moron drilling notes with no sense of rhythm and then getting completely stuck if he had to play a pentatonic, his dumb speed can only work with 6 note runs but dont throw him a melody because hes too inept to keep it even...
“Straight and Tall….” Holy fk I didn’t realize how incredibly strong Grahams delivery really was back then….one of my all time favorites … and I think this song is his best work… listen close boys they aren’t built like this anymore !!!! So damn good 👊👊👊
This song is awesome, each time i listen to it i cant help singing and Rocking my head to it and obviously not forgetting the air guitar also comes out to.
never compare anything to anything. Every form of music has an inspiration but still creates its own unique sound. We should all respect it, not criticize it.
After two years of guitar lessons, I started growing my hair long in PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL against the handbook which said boys' hair wasn't supposed to touch the ears or collar. Why? Because Metal was my tribe, not Christianity, which depicts its founder as having long hair anyway. So no, pipes are no excuse for looking like the Tribe of WHAM! and Pet Shop Boys...Oh, I'm a male so my hair isn't supposed to touch my ears or collar or I will look like a woman. That's what a PENIS is for. It goes into the groupies as long as they're 18.
A warrior? I guess with hat stupid Army haircut...If you're IN the Army/Service that's one thing, but Bonnet had been told SPECIFICALLY by his then-employer, Richie Blackmore, to grow the damn hair. He brazenly admits to sneaking out of a hotel room with a rear window and finding some Old Fart barbershop.
+Jman Rising Bonnett was MUCH older than the members of the band, perhaps old enough to be the father of some of them, and he went up there and kicked ass and took names in what was a GREAT album. Way to show those young pups, Graham! Thanks to you and the other members of Impelliteri for thegreat show I got to see back in the day, hearing this song live was a blast!
Bonnett was a good vocalist, and the fact the he was this short-haired guy somewhat older than the other band members was a unique shot in what otherwise was copycat hair metal. He's not even a shadow of his former self now, but this is one time when he shined. Albeit the past, I give credit where credit is due. Good job, Graham!
@@juliereminiec4937 What Happened to Grahams Voice? He aged 40 years, other than that he sounded fine (fine meaning incredible and outstanding and on point) every time I saw him in the past 20 and the guy saying he isnt a shadow of his former self is full of unique hot air that neither speaks truth nor reveals information.
Not even a shadow of his former self?? 9 years later since your comment and ten or so solo albums and Msg / Alcatrazz records later Graham Bonnet stands the test of time as a Golden Statue of his incredible self and his history stands as a shadow of pride. What a load of hot nonsense to call Graham washed up. Graham sounds and performs the same. I saw him perform three times decades apart and I can tell you that each time he nailed it. Go do your homework and dont assume.
Clearly the guy never saw or *heard* Graham perform live any time recently in the last 4 decades but even today. He is one of the all time greats for sure even today. An absolutely incredible performer@@jacksprat4037
Some of the hairstyles went too girly, like teasing and bleaching, but simply the absence of cutting naturally results in long hair, but Bonnet and his stupid Miami Vice wardrobe and his Army Recruiter haircut stood out like a sore thumb. He was a studio performer at best. Ronnie James Dio was right for telling Vivian Campbell to grow the Sacred-Heart-era mullet out or find another band. By Whitesnake, Campbell had grown his hair out. His replacement, Craig Goldy, had hair almost to his waist.
@@troyevitt2437Grahm was great live and had one of the best careers there is. Great album after great album. Women don't cut their hair. Short hair made him standout among the long haired hippie freaks. Who cares about a man cutting his hair? It has nothing to do with the music. I guess we shouldn't listen to Dio because of his short stature and dungeons and dragons lyrics. Miami Vice was huge in the 80's and I'm not seeing a Miami Vice wardrobe in this video. Any army recruiter would be blessed to look like Grahm Bonnet. Are you in any position to call someone girly with the way you obsess about long hair and wardrobe? I think you only like bands you are attracted to. You really were a bunch of closeted f#gs back then. You probably whacked off to DLR's assless chaps. Grahm isn't showing enough skin and curve for you.
Não existia ninguém que tocava tão rápido assim. Nem existe. Nem ele conseguiu isso no segundo álbum. Só esse primeiro album e a 1° video aula dele que estão fora do normal até os dias de hoje
Always loved his voice! My Dad had the Rainbow Down to earth Album on cassette! Listen to it when I was eleven years old and still listen to it to this day! By the way the tape is still running!
Love the James Dean of metal comment, lol, how true, so unique is our Mr Bonnet yet so fabulous, had the pleasure of seeing him recently live in Australia, incredible, still at this age.
@@juliereminiec4937 Each guitarist has their own unique timing. There is only one Yngwie and his bizarre sense of time. People saying "speed" have no idea of muscle physiology, picking style and interpretation of chords.
impellitteri is better than yngwie imo has nicer phrasing and faster plus can play with more variation instead of just neoclassical (im a huge yngwie fan saying this btw)
quintessential 80s metal rock singer with the Miami Vice look, Graham will alway be in my top 5 singers of all time, and the only one that looked like he stepped off of a Miami Vice set
As soon as he joined a band and made a masterpiece record he either got fired or left. Such a shame imagine what he and Blackmore could have put out in Rainbow
Maybe if he didn't go his whole career looking like the 3rd guy from WHAM! or Don Johnson from Miami Vice. Blackmore told him to lose the stupid haircut in Rainbow, but he sneaked out of a hotel room's rear window and found some Old Fart barbershop so he could pass Navy muster.
What blows me away is for years I dismissed this album from Chris because I didnt like Grahams vocals at the time. Only recently I listened to the whole album and went back in Grahams discography and I am very impressed. He is a tremendous singer.
@@mr.brenman2132 I absolutely 1,000% agree with you! However Graham gets tons of criticism for being "shouty" or "throaty." I love it! He has so much soul, but he gets a lot of flack too for the uniqueness of his timbre and approach. When I first heard him it was on Impellitteri's Stand In Line. The rasp in his voice took me a minute to get used to because of all the smooth sounding vocalists that were coming out of the woodworks at that time. So my comment is a bit subjective in that respect. Nonetheless, Graham is amazing and one of my all time favorites!
Great Guitar Solo. One of the fastest cleanest guitar solos I have ever seen. Chris Impellitteri played an amazing solo on this song. Would love to learn it!
Always loved this song and ultimately would become a huge fan of Impellitteri who have always delivered the most electrifying shred centric heavy metal. It is quite amusing to see short-haired Graham Bonnet surrounded by a bunch of long-haired rockers in the video though. But one of my favourite moments of this video is at 4:08 when you see the drummer happily grinning and drumming away. He looked like he was having fun. That gets me every time.
Here Everything's Better. I spent 4 SXSWs in Austin and shopped exclusively at H-E-B Have you seen the H-E-B meme showing Brisket as Hurricane/Emergency supply item? Only in Texas, or maybe large Ashkenazi communities, would BRISKET be an "emergency necessity", BWAHAHAHAHA!
this video was dedicated to yngwie malmsteen for sure lol.all the band was making yngwie malmsteen original moments kicks,hands solos moment crazy stuff.
Visually maybe. Chris Impellitteri might have needed to copy somebody those times. Not Graham Bonnet. By the time they shot the video Graham Bonnet had already played in Blackmore's Rainbow and had had Vai and Malmsteen in his band few years before. For him Malmsteen was just a bland Blackmore copy. Musically, it just sounds like Alcatrazz (Bonnet's band).
Standing like a statue waiting for the train In front of the cigarette vendor Slicking back his hair looking at the machine Reflecting like a mirror Pulling up his collar to avoid the breeze Of the oncoming bullet Taking inventory of the things he needs, He's checking out his wallet Standing before our eyes straight and tall Here comes your hero, stand in line, Straight as an arrow, stand in line The mother's son, as perfect as his pompadour A Spanish-American lover Heading from the East into West LA He has to dance La Bamba So sophisticated is the French cologne He borrowed from his father Just another pistol, waiting for someone To come and pull the trigger So let his bullet fly through the air... He'll take you home, stand in line, If you deserve him, stand in line Here comes your hero, stand in line, Straight as an arrow, stand in line That perfect stranger, stand in line IF you deserve him, stand in line Here comes your hero, stand in line, Straight as an arrow, stand in line
The most underated singer in rock history...
Camilo Sánchez and he hits those notes live too. Really impressive
Most underrated singer in music period, Bonnet can sing anything effortlessly
Considering how good he is and the fact that he's been with Blackmore, Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Impellitteri, Giardino, Joe Stump; I'd say that he indeed deserves much more recognition.
They don’t make a big enough ‘thumbs up’ for that statement, so I’ll just just “amen brother!”
Dear God you are SO RIGHT
I was in the 8th grade when I saw this video on Headbangers Ball. Got my father to take me to buy the cassette. I'm 49 now and this album is still killer
未だに色褪せない、かっこいいですね🎉
BLESSED ARE WE TO HAVE GROWN UP IN THE 80 Z, MAN, THERE WAS NO DEARTH OF TALENT IN OUR DAYS !!!!!
This song takes me back to riding in my Camaro blasting this on a hot Charleston SC summer night
One of the greatest singers ever! He Rocks like nobody!
To think like Dio started as a pop singer in Marbles.. produced by Barry Gibb
This guy has an increddibly powerfull voice.
once had
Still does. Graham Bonnett Band
Rob Rock is the BEST!
@@juliereminiec4937Still does at age 75.
Graham Bonnet from RAINBOW, ALCATRAZZ, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ANTHEM and more - Metal Master :)
I can remember my friend and I watching headbangers ball in the late 80s and seeing this video for the first time and our mouths both dropped watching this solo.
He really had a sick tone that would let you hear the velocity of that pick!
@@user-go5hv6dg3d yup
you clearly had no standards, i saw these tool in a reh instructional video and after realizing the overloaded reverb, delay and horrible tone, i saw an autistic moron drilling notes with no sense of rhythm and then getting completely stuck if he had to play a pentatonic, his dumb speed can only work with 6 note runs but dont throw him a melody because hes too inept to keep it even...
This song is so rad and the laugh coming out of Graham adds a sinister charm you can't help but love.
“Straight and Tall….” Holy fk I didn’t realize how incredibly strong Grahams delivery really was back then….one of my all time favorites … and I think this song is his best work… listen close boys they aren’t built like this anymore !!!! So damn good 👊👊👊
I try to aim for this older style sound
This song is awesome, each time i listen to it i cant help singing and Rocking my head to it and obviously not forgetting the air guitar also comes out to.
Such an underrated band.... and song, that solo is on another level...
Blown out so many 🔊 speakers with this song & album. So very underappreciated, save those with the clue. 🎸
never compare anything to anything. Every form of music has an inspiration but still creates its own unique sound. We should all respect it, not criticize it.
When you have a voice like that, you can look however you want.
Say that again!
There is a video interview with Richie Blackmore. Richie and Graham had quite a battle about Graham's short hair when Graham was in Rainbow.
like a tool with a gay haircut at 60, yeah, sure, rock on grampa...
After two years of guitar lessons, I started growing my hair long in PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL against the handbook which said boys' hair wasn't supposed to touch the ears or collar. Why? Because Metal was my tribe, not Christianity, which depicts its founder as having long hair anyway.
So no, pipes are no excuse for looking like the Tribe of WHAM! and Pet Shop Boys...Oh, I'm a male so my hair isn't supposed to touch my ears or collar or I will look like a woman. That's what a PENIS is for. It goes into the groupies as long as they're 18.
100%
Get me back to 80's...we need a time machine...
Yessss
OMG PLEASE CAN WE
Please take me with you, bro!
let go of the blow dude
Still great song in 2023.could listen to this all day.
The manliest voice ever. A warrior!
NO QUESTION!!!
your statement is an insult to men that love men
A warrior? I guess with hat stupid Army haircut...If you're IN the Army/Service that's one thing, but Bonnet had been told SPECIFICALLY by his then-employer, Richie Blackmore, to grow the damn hair. He brazenly admits to sneaking out of a hotel room with a rear window and finding some Old Fart barbershop.
@@dariorodriguezdeamerica 😄 what?
Bonnet KICKS ASS! UNDERATTED power house vocalist with BALLS!
The James Dean of Metal.
+Jman Rising
Bonnett was MUCH older than the members of the band, perhaps old enough to be the father of some of them, and he went up there and kicked ass and took names in what was a GREAT album. Way to show those young pups, Graham! Thanks to you and the other members of Impelliteri for thegreat show I got to see back in the day, hearing this song live was a blast!
Jman Rising now why didn't I think of that
LOL
after the car crash
That was awesome! I can only pitty the young generation now for not having the opportunity to feast their ears on real music like this one.
good!
Perfect Music!
Amazing.
Bonnett was a good vocalist, and the fact the he was this short-haired guy somewhat older than the other band members was a unique shot in what otherwise was copycat hair metal. He's not even a shadow of his former self now, but this is one time when he shined. Albeit the past, I give credit where credit is due. Good job, Graham!
Hmm, I saw him 2009 or 2010 and he was very fine, of course older but good.
What happened to Graham Bonnet's voice?
@@juliereminiec4937 What Happened to Grahams Voice? He aged 40 years, other than that he sounded fine (fine meaning incredible and outstanding and on point) every time I saw him in the past 20 and the guy saying he isnt a shadow of his former self is full of unique hot air that neither speaks truth nor reveals information.
Not even a shadow of his former self?? 9 years later since your comment and ten or so solo albums and Msg / Alcatrazz records later Graham Bonnet stands the test of time as a Golden Statue of his incredible self and his history stands as a shadow of pride. What a load of hot nonsense to call Graham washed up. Graham sounds and performs the same. I saw him perform three times decades apart and I can tell you that each time he nailed it. Go do your homework and dont assume.
Clearly the guy never saw or *heard* Graham perform live any time recently in the last 4 decades but even today. He is one of the all time greats for sure even today. An absolutely incredible performer@@jacksprat4037
The most underated singer and the most underated guitar player!!! Bonnet and Impellitteri
Is that Graham Bonnet?! That man is a fucking legend, such a great voice and never bought into trends always did his own thing.
exactly, a legend, like the yeti, and a great voice to keep silent at that
Some of the hairstyles went too girly, like teasing and bleaching, but simply the absence of cutting naturally results in long hair, but Bonnet and his stupid Miami Vice wardrobe and his Army Recruiter haircut stood out like a sore thumb.
He was a studio performer at best. Ronnie James Dio was right for telling Vivian Campbell to grow the Sacred-Heart-era mullet out or find another band. By Whitesnake, Campbell had grown his hair out. His replacement, Craig Goldy, had hair almost to his waist.
@@troyevitt2437Grahm was great live and had one of the best careers there is. Great album after great album. Women don't cut their hair. Short hair made him standout among the long haired hippie freaks. Who cares about a man cutting his hair? It has nothing to do with the music. I guess we shouldn't listen to Dio because of his short stature and dungeons and dragons lyrics. Miami Vice was huge in the 80's and I'm not seeing a Miami Vice wardrobe in this video. Any army recruiter would be blessed to look like Grahm Bonnet. Are you in any position to call someone girly with the way you obsess about long hair and wardrobe? I think you only like bands you are attracted to. You really were a bunch of closeted f#gs back then. You probably whacked off to DLR's assless chaps. Grahm isn't showing enough skin and curve for you.
Não existia ninguém que tocava tão rápido assim. Nem existe. Nem ele conseguiu isso no segundo álbum. Só esse primeiro album e a 1° video aula dele que estão fora do normal até os dias de hoje
Man gb kills on the song..sick stuff
Always loved his voice! My Dad had the Rainbow Down to earth Album on cassette! Listen to it when I was eleven years old and still listen to it to this day! By the way the tape is still running!
I love his really strong voice 😃
The perfect song to listen to at the DMV.
This song helps me when i was difficult. Greetings from Serbia (Vojvodina) :)
Chris Impelliterri was Gorgeous back in the day
Amazed to this day with GB. He has transcended and played with some of the greatest virtuosos.
Love the James Dean of metal comment, lol, how true, so unique is our Mr Bonnet yet so fabulous, had the pleasure of seeing him recently live in Australia, incredible, still at this age.
Ripping guitar solo and Bonnet is definitely one of the greatest singers on the planet!
He’s in his 70s and still sounds great!
He may be another Yngwie copy, but he does have his own sound. I always thought that whole albulm was excellent!
His sound might be due to its harsh picking sound. His pick attack is harder than anybody's. Yngwie's is softer. Both very precise and clean.
Alex Masi was a Yngwie knock off
@@juliereminiec4937 Each guitarist has their own unique timing. There is only one Yngwie and his bizarre sense of time. People saying "speed" have no idea of muscle physiology, picking style and interpretation of chords.
impellitteri is better than yngwie imo has nicer phrasing and faster plus can play with more variation instead of just neoclassical (im a huge yngwie fan saying this btw)
The common denominator between Yngwie and Impelliterri is Blackmore. Even in their stage moves can see that they are both disciples of Ritchie.
this is as great than as it is now great band great song bonnet under rated
Graham Bonnet single-handedly changed the face of rock forever with his moves presented in this video. blowmejosh
Awesome song and a great bunch of musicians
Epic song...very well written. Love the chorus 😎
Insane guitar solo
quintessential 80s metal rock singer with the Miami Vice look, Graham will alway be in my top 5 singers of all time, and the only one that looked like he stepped off of a Miami Vice set
wumpscut1 This is Bob Rock and his voice is still amazing
Felony Strutter Sorry, it is Graham Bonner.
I know I totally fucked up MY BAD
+Nick Nicolaus Actually Graham Bonnet. Typo?
Such a shame he’s not got the recognition he deserves.
As soon as he joined a band and made a masterpiece record he either got fired or left. Such a shame imagine what he and Blackmore could have put out in Rainbow
thank god for that!
@@theclawyaww3740 even rainbow doesnt deserve that bad...
Maybe if he didn't go his whole career looking like the 3rd guy from WHAM! or Don Johnson from Miami Vice. Blackmore told him to lose the stupid haircut in Rainbow, but he sneaked out of a hotel room's rear window and found some Old Fart barbershop so he could pass Navy muster.
Those are the strongest vocals in history
That is the fastest guitar solo I have ever seen
vrss1i1c yep blazing!!
Not the fastest, but Chris is one hell of a player, that's for sure!
Madden none faster
I heard more of it than I saw.. Quite a blur
@@madden7732 which solo do you think is faster?
Melodic and powerful band.
His voice is volcano 🌋. Amazing
So good
Amazing voice 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💪
Não consigo parar de ouvir essa música...boa demais...
What blows me away is for years I dismissed this album from Chris because I didnt like Grahams vocals at the time. Only recently I listened to the whole album and went back in Grahams discography and I am very impressed. He is a tremendous singer.
Graham is an acquired taste, to be sure...but once you appreciate his voice, it’s addictive, hehe... :)
or you got irreversibly deaf, thats too bad, this is a poor man’s velvet revolvers doing metal, and those guys sucked!
@@twillbanksHow is he an acquired taste? He's a phenomenal vocalist.
@@mr.brenman2132 I absolutely 1,000% agree with you! However Graham gets tons of criticism for being "shouty" or "throaty." I love it! He has so much soul, but he gets a lot of flack too for the uniqueness of his timbre and approach. When I first heard him it was on Impellitteri's Stand In Line. The rasp in his voice took me a minute to get used to because of all the smooth sounding vocalists that were coming out of the woodworks at that time. So my comment is a bit subjective in that respect. Nonetheless, Graham is amazing and one of my all time favorites!
@@twillbanks I've never seen that criticism but fair enough.
Grandissimo Graham Bonnet
Great Guitar Solo. One of the fastest cleanest guitar solos I have ever seen.
Chris Impellitteri played an amazing solo on this song. Would love to learn it!
more like guitar "autisting"
fantastic album and line-up! top!!!!!
Saw this on MTV when it debuted 😅
He can really sing!!! And that's the theme for 2020 at all stores..Stand in Line!!!
グラハム大好き❤今日ジャパンツアーラスト楽しみです。
God, such a classic song of the time period. Totally embodies the era, lol. Gotta love it.
the shallow agonizing death of glam circa 89 you mean
I will get this killer album. 😀👍🤘🎸
Aside from being a talented frontman, Graham is very humorous and maniacal in this video. Go Graham!
Pure Shredding Solo!
this song rules!!!
Awesome band! love bonnet! That is one sick fast guitar solo
Mama likey @GrahamBonnet!!!! perfect voice, perfect hair, perfect face just plain PERFECTION!!!
gracias por subir este video completo hace resto que lo esta buscando exelente
Underrated, your kidding may be the best hard rock singer
Temazo ochentoso!! una joya impelletieri!
Una puta mierda, maestro, sordo de nacimiento?
Cool song and great guitarist!
ESPETACULAR! AWESOME!
オジーオズボーンがギタリスト発掘の神!!みたいな、言われ方されるの~多いけど‼️グラハム ボネットも凄かったよ💯💯
イングヴェイやらスティーブ•ゥ゙ァイやらクリスやらたまげます💥💥
Where are the new generations of singers and rock musicians THAT CAN DO THIS?!?!!!
They're playing fortnite
Nothing like Malmsteen. Graham Rules!!
Always loved this song and ultimately would become a huge fan of Impellitteri who have always delivered the most electrifying shred centric heavy metal. It is quite amusing to see short-haired Graham Bonnet surrounded by a bunch of long-haired rockers in the video though.
But one of my favourite moments of this video is at 4:08 when you see the drummer happily grinning and drumming away. He looked like he was having fun. That gets me every time.
Stet Howland plays drums in this vid and has some great showmanship. Pat Torpey recorded the album and is of course a master himself. RIP.
@@churbay1 Thanks for correcting me there.
Que temazo que buena rola impelliteri energia y fuerza 👏💪
wow, there must be some totally AMAZING guitarists commenting here...
Cool 😎 song 🎵
Amazing band!
This is Fucking Awesome. I wish music now was this awesome.
Love this song!
Good solo
Tremenda voz se porta Graham
Impellitteri is an excellent guitarist, but Bonnet totally stole the show on this album. One of my favorites.
Fuck yeah, TURN THIS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still have this on vinyl:) Great song, and album, and I dig this video!!!!!
This song is always on my mind... during the pandemic trying to get in at home depot and Walmart 🙄 and H.E.B ....six feet apart 😜🤘🍻🎸
Here Everything's Better. I spent 4 SXSWs in Austin and shopped exclusively at H-E-B Have you seen the H-E-B meme showing Brisket as Hurricane/Emergency supply item? Only in Texas, or maybe large Ashkenazi communities, would BRISKET be an "emergency necessity", BWAHAHAHAHA!
Amo amo amoooo!!!
Bonnet at 2:20 cracks me up everytime with that little downward shake and the hop.
Or 4:09 Lol. The whole video is a meme 30 years after. It puts a smile on my face everytime.
Bonnet Rocks, Impellitteri Shreds, and that is a lot of White Marshalls.. wow!
Graham Bonnet kicking some major league ass on this one!
Shit how can he play so fast ??!! Great song !!
O MELHOR GUITAR DO MUNDO
Realmente, Impellitteri - Stand in LIne es de 1988, y Eclipse (Malmsteen - que incluye Making Love) es de 1990.
Se vengó el gordo entonces, porque impeliteri le robó black star... no sabía!
@@dariorodriguezdeamerica no sabia..¿con cuál canción le robó black star?
This song is the spiritual sequel to "I need a hero"
Graham Bonnet is the best thing about this. It’s been said before but yes….one of the most unsung singers ever.
Maybe if he hadn't insisted on looking like a Trust Fund Frat Boy douche-tard......
Chris is NO Yngwie clone! Phantastic player!
Aparte de ser muy buen guitarrista el vocalista tiene muy buena voz y exelente peinado....muy adoc....
this video was dedicated to yngwie malmsteen for sure lol.all the band was making yngwie malmsteen original moments kicks,hands solos moment crazy stuff.
Again guitar influences rainbow, van halen and malmsteen
Visually maybe. Chris Impellitteri might have needed to copy somebody those times. Not Graham Bonnet. By the time they shot the video Graham Bonnet had already played in Blackmore's Rainbow and had had Vai and Malmsteen in his band few years before. For him Malmsteen was just a bland Blackmore copy. Musically, it just sounds like Alcatrazz (Bonnet's band).
The entire album was a semi-tribute album to Chris's heroes. This song was dedicated to Yngwie.
thanks this will always be awesome- only wish they could have made one for Tonight I Fly, love that song also = Bonnet and Impelliteri FOREVER!!!
Standing like a statue waiting for the train
In front of the cigarette vendor
Slicking back his hair looking at the machine
Reflecting like a mirror
Pulling up his collar to avoid the breeze
Of the oncoming bullet
Taking inventory of the things he needs,
He's checking out his wallet
Standing before our eyes straight and tall
Here comes your hero, stand in line,
Straight as an arrow, stand in line
The mother's son, as perfect as his pompadour
A Spanish-American lover
Heading from the East into West LA
He has to dance La Bamba
So sophisticated is the French cologne
He borrowed from his father
Just another pistol, waiting for someone
To come and pull the trigger
So let his bullet fly through the air...
He'll take you home, stand in line,
If you deserve him, stand in line
Here comes your hero, stand in line,
Straight as an arrow, stand in line
That perfect stranger, stand in line
IF you deserve him, stand in line
Here comes your hero, stand in line,
Straight as an arrow, stand in line
Thank you random lyric man
KILLER 80 Z GUITAR WORK, FUCK YEAH !!!!