So so underrated! Great white as a band was so understand mark Kendall was a badass player . Still is . His bluesy and gritty style combined with great melody is just so pleasing to listen to! He also had THE best tone ! Incredible player one of my favorites
"Bette Davis Eyes" -Kim Carnes, "Red Red Wine" -UB40, "I've Done Everything For You" -Rick Springfield, "Iko Iko" -The Belle Stars, "Queen of Hearts", "Angel of the Morning" -Juice Newton, "Sweet Jane" -Cowboy Junkies, "You Can Leave Your Hat On" -Joe Cocker, "Sea of Love" -The Honeydrippers (Robert Plant), "Don't Leave Me This Way" -Communards, "Self Control", "Gloria" -Laura Branigan, "Obsession" -Animotion, "Puttin' On The Ritz" -Taco, "The Greatest Love of All" -Whitney Houston
I love Mickey Thomas version of Dream A Little Dream from the film of the same title. The Pointer Sisters did a good cover of summer in the city from the Karate kid 3 ost. Howard Huntsbury also smashes it with a cover of Higher And Highet on the Ghostbusters 2 ost. All from film soundtracks that released in 89. Love your work prof. Much respect from Manchester England. KEEP ON ROCKIN!!
I saw Tesla at the Miami Arena about 1989 or so. My friend and I intentionally did the opposite of what I normally do and sit as far and high up in the nosebleeds as possible. It was only Tesla right, and I wanted to know what it was like up there. One thing I'll never forget is at some point the 2nd guitar player, 1 of 2 in the band walked right off the stage and onto the concrete floor (about 10 feet) and hit HARD! He was of course plugged in and cranked up so that made it sound like he could have been dead! I don't remember the houselights going off but I remember the band was backstage for at least 10 minutes before the "primary" guitarist (curly blonde hair dude) came out with an acoustic and just played and scatted. He was singing but nothing in particular, vocalizing so we figured it was a good sign the guy who fell was not dead! After that the other 4 came out to thunderous applause and finished the show, WELL! 🙏🎸🎶☮️🎵
*Rock me* is a song that if you listen to it _just once_ then it is stuck in your head for the rest of the day...just an _amazing hook!_ ...but Living Colour's *CULT OF PERSONALITY...* That tune's got *_ENORMOUS HOOKS!!_*
I was 15 when this song was out, and I couldn't go anywhere without hearing this on the radio! Still love this song as much as I did back in '89. Amazing video, Professor! You never disappoint!
@@ProfessorofRock You're very welcome! I never miss any of your uploads! I am so jealous of you! You have had the privilege of interviewing some of the most iconic, legendary artists in our lifetime! I would love to do what you do here on RUclips, and be able to talk about great music, listen to great music, and interview the amazing artists who wrote, and performed that great music! I am a proud member of Generation X (hence my username, Jen X...my name is Jennifer, and I was born in the Generation X generation!) and I believe wholeheartedly that my generation had the best music while we were growing up. I worked at a record store during college, from 1993 to 1996, and it was the BEST part time job I ever had! I would give anything to go back to those days, and live them all over again! Thanks for all that you do, and keep bringing us amazing music from those magical times in our lives! Your show is literally our own personal time machine! Stay safe, Professor! 😁
@Greg's Retro Channel 2 Just reminded me- Anthrax also covered "Got the Time" which had been a minor hit for Joe Jackson, more commonly known for his "Steppin' Out" Funny enough, Jackson's original is pretty heavy, just without the distorted guitars of Scott Ian and Danny Spitz.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy was everywhere. Such a huge song. Great White definitely made it a song for the masses. Ian Hunter is amazing. A completely underrated artist. So many great albums and he is still putting amazing material, some of the best he's ever done. Saw Mott the Hoople 2 years ago and they were brilliant. Another well done video. Thanks, Adam.
Wow, I didn't know ex-GN'R guitar player Izzy Stradlin gave to Great White the idea to cover "Once Bitten Twice Shy". It's really a story I discover today.
I LOVE GREAT WHITE! I was stationed overseas on a tiny base in the middle of nowhere and the USO brought Great White there 2 weeks after I was transferred. I was so upset. They have one of the greatest catalogs of Hard Rock!
Such a beast of an album...every song is great....every song! Beast of a band too! Also Mark! What can I say about you! You make kids wanna be guitar players!
I was in the Army in summer of '93 and won 2 pair of tickets for Great White at a local club. So my wife and I, along with another couple go. He was a drummer in a band so other than getting drumming advice throughout, it was a great show. The seats were front row and as it turned out right next to the "route" that the band took on and off the stage. So anyway after they played my buddy wanted to get a drum stick signed so we all lined up at the exit. It was summer time in Ga. and the humidity was 112% there as a rule. So as they come off stage the crowd starts closing in I found myself pressed back to back with Mark Kendall. He was sweating like " enter your favorite sweating bad clique here" and I swear it was like someone just laid a wet towel over my shoulder lol. Now I am a music fan. A rock fan. I AM a Great White fan ...a true head banger!....and up until that second I was thinking how cool it was to get that close to the band in that setting. But as a man,to suddenly and unexpectedly to be drenched in the sweat of another man...I was more 🤢🤬!!! They were all like you should have got him to autograph it! Took me awhile to " recover" my Great White love after that. They still tease me about my Great White souvenir lol.
Another killer interview professor!!! And your 100% right, when you worked for your own money, the music was so, so special, you did listen to EVERY SONG!!! Keep knocking em outta the park man..So great to see someone who LOVES MUSIC as much as me.... and yes TESLA is awesome live
I had been playing for 5-6 yrs and was much more of a shredder until Great White’s Once Bitten and Twice Shy came out, I learned both of them and it was my introduction to Blues. I love Marks playing. It is a cross between 80’s rock and straight up blues that just works.
Start of my senior year of high school great song Guns n Roses my favorite band. I remember that song and video well. Izzy a class act great guy. A fellow Hoosier
Ok Professor, I've seen 3 of your videos and decided that the RUclips algorithm was right about me when they suggested your channel. Music is my greatest passion, always has been. I love being analyzing lyrics and music and the rock and roll stories and trivial things that wouldn't concern anyone else except someone similar. I just spent 20 minutes of my life watching you chat with the former guitar player from a band that was popular in those magical years of discovery. Discovering Dylan and Hendrix, huge Zeppelin and Rush fan, but also the Pop music of the late 70s early 80s like Motley Crue and Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Beatles, Sinatra, eclectic tastes in music. I think it's because my first album was "Grease" . Listening to the soundtrack to the movie a hundred times on a little record player that resembled a suitcase until I wore it out. I loved it so much I even bought a 45 of Physical, the Olivia Newton John single . I had my mom promise not to tell anyone that I liked her and Elton John, Billy Joel lest they think me uncool right? 😂 I'm 49 and I'm trying to get back into music after a season of letting music take the backseat for too long. I bought a guitar in September and I'm getting my chops back, listening to more music and letting it take over my head again. I accepted a life with very little music involved because life happens. Health stuff in my case but I'm doing great. I had a back surgery and I have emphasema but I'm really doing better than 98% of the world, I've got it made right now. I'm not walking, but I intend to walk. I play guitar from the bedside. I've been listening more cause I can but I don't have anyone to talk to about it, shoot the breeze about bands like the cult , great white, Tesla (I saw the poor guitar player walk right off the stage at the Miami Arena in around 89, the band didn't play for 10 minutes but 1 guitar player vamped until the 2nd guitarist was ok) I'm surrounded by people who are culturally unable to relate to my music so I found this gratifying, it's like being in a conversation without the ability to interject or participate. I like learning little trivial things as I've said, I've always loved stories, Dr Seuss served a purpose at one point in my life. Songs can be little 3 minute stories right? Janis or Kris, will you tell us the story about Bobby McGee again? 😂 Anyway I've talked enough but I liked the Bob Seger - Night Moves video and I really like you. If you'll keep em comin', I've almost always got a half hour to put toward learning something about music, especially with you at the helm as curious as I am at least. Nice goin' Professor 🎸🎶☮️🙏
Great episode Professor! Thanks for sharing the history behind this great song! Great Whites version has always been my favorite, I'm sure glad they recorded their version of it!
How many times have I wondered if you would ever do anything about Tesla? Quite a few. They were always amazing live. I saw them every chance i could. Not only an incredible singer but the guitar work was mind bending live. I remember telling my older sister (music teacher) about the way the guitar players would play different things that fit together (counterpoint) and that they each had different styles but complimented each other perfectly and she looked at me like i was nuts. Next thing i know she sat in my car and listened to Mechanical Resonance from end to end. All she said was we need to see that live. Not only where they talented, they had artistic integrity. They didn't do all that dim the lights crap, they didn't leave the stage and wait for the encore like they needed their little curtain call, they came out and rocked from start to finish and left it all on the stage. Hell I saw them when Tommy left and they continued the tour because they felt they owed it to their fans. Next thing i know it's in a fine arts theatre because they didn't sell enough tickets for the arena and as soon as we sit down Jeff walks out and tells us that they aren't going to use tape, but they only gave one guitar so Frank is going to play his part and do his best trying to cover Tommy's too. The true fans appreciated that show more than any concert i have ever seen.
Soooooooooo many memories related in this classic Great White is easily one of my top 5 all time favorite bands !! PS I also have a Gibson es335 it's a 1979 sunburst color that my Uncle used to play in some of the local honky tonks around our area .. man I absolutely love this song and group!!!
I saw Great White open for Whitesnake in the summer of ‘88. Great concert in Dallas. Rockin’ night in a Trans Am to boot. I was 18 and free from any worries. Great concert, Great night. Great White. Yum.
@@curtisgood3054 yep, that was at Reunion Arena, and I may have just turned 19. I was born in 1969. I am from Washington State, but my brother was living in Garland and I moved there about 9 mos after I graduated and stayed for 20 years almost.
Alan; I love how you display those classic vinyl album covers on the rack in the frame of your shoot. Always different and always noteworthy artists of Rock. You have a great collection! I've got a box full of 'em somewhere around here. LOL Probably next to that other box with all of the 8 track tapes and the quadraphonic 8 tracks we played in the car while out cruisin' and boozin'. This is the best channel to relive those great rock and roll memories. Thank you for being our guide to the stories and events surrounding the greatest era of music history. Playin' that Rock and Roll!
There are MANY great songs on this album. OBTS isn't one of them. And yes, I agree, HOBL IS the best song. Then there's Mista Bone, Move It, Heart The Hunter, and Baby's On Fire. All killer songs. This album is listed on Amazon for 87 bucks. I will have to dig out my copy.
Another song that came out while I worked at a record store. My boss was a huge Ian Hunter fan and was thrilled to hear somebody doing one of his songs. I knew Ian was the singer in Mott The Hoople, but really wasn't familiar with anything beyond All The Young Dudes. It was funny hearing my boss say how nice it was to hear somebody covering an Ian Hunter song and the rest of the staff stared at him blankly. He referenced Mott The Hoople and got the same stares. This album sold well, but the single was a huge hit. I think the b-side was a non album track so I expected to move a few more copies for that, but a lot of the people buying ithe single was either the top 40 crowd or older customers who remember it from Mott The Hoople.
Hey Professor! We we're just talking about Tesla in your live stream last week! Glad they got some time on your channel! Great band! Keep up the great work and I'm glad your feeling better!
This was a catchy hit & helped many discover the genius of Ian Hunter. His You're Never Alone With A Scitzophrenic album is a must own. Cleveland Rocks ! 🎸
@David Ellis - I was at the Cleveland Agora Monday night, June 18, 1979 when they recorded the tracks for _"You're Never Alone With A Scitzophrenic - Deluxe Edition"._ Cleveland Rocks was the Friday 5:00 PM kick off to Drive Time on WMMS 101.7. Cleveland - Born and raised (Well, okay; mostly in Bedford, a suburb thereof).
I’m a Great White fan. In early ‘91I used to work straight midnights and would lay out by the pool of the apartment complex I lived at. I’d bring my portable CD player with me, along with a Great White, Tesla, and Poison CD. I’d fall asleep listening to music, when the CD would stop, I’d change CD’s and then flip over. Those were great times! I still listen to those bands occasionally.
I love that everyday that this channel covers all genres of music that I grew up with and love and it's about time that great white gets some love a great melodic hard rock band
I must have played this song on ten at least a thousand times back in the day. One of my favorite albums. Thanks for covering this. Nostalgia overdose ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
As a (bad) bedroom guitar player I appreciate you letting the guest talk about his gear a little. I know a lot of folk are listening like 'what the heck does he mean low output pickups and rolling off volume' but for me it's interesting to hear how the sound was achieved. It's not the first time you let the gear setup come out in your videos, suspect you might play a bit yourself. Rock on, professor!
One of the best sing a long choruses from the 80s without a doubt! I loved it then and still do! Great stuff as always, Professor! I hope all is still going well with your recovery too. Take care and God bless, my friends.🙏. Rock On!!!!!!!!!
“...Twice Shy” is a near-perfect album for me! Instantly takes me back to an epic summer between Grade 10 and 11. Incidentally, if you like “modern” takes on Ian Hunter / Mott songs, check out the DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ (Joe Elliott’s excellent side project). They’ve got 3 albums and some live concerts.
Ah, this is a time I remember well. This is the summer right before I turned 22. I was about to go back to a university (got into one right after high school, but it didn't turn out so well for a sheltered small-town kid who didn't have anyone there to say, "hey, maybe you shouldn't do that shit!") and worked at a place where I was pretty tight with my co-workers at the pizza joint where I worked as a delivery driver. And we all had similar tastes as far as music went. Funny story: Right around the time I was about to turn 22, one of the girls at the Domino's I worked for mentioned her birthday was about a week before mine. And she said, "You better give me something good for my birthday!" I had a bit of a crush on her, and didn't realize she was joking. I was scrambling for ideas, and ended up giving her flowers. It didn't lead anywhere (she already had a boyfriend), but she was genuinely surprised I had thought to give her **something**. She did give me a nice card with a very sweet message written inside when my birthday came around. But was Great White really a "glam metal" band? Yeah, they had the right look, and in their early years they sounded a bit metal-ish. But where they really found their voice was the point where they shifted to bluesy hard rock. And that is how I have always seen them, even at the time ... Twice Shy came out.
"Save Your Love" and "Mista Bone" are my Great White favorites. I was 18 in the summer of '89, and I DO remember "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"'s popularity well.
Your videos calm a very hectic soul. The way you talk feels familiar like that one college prof who made college ok. Appropriate given the name of the channel. Thanks bro. Shit's real hard right now but you make it a lil softer. And louder. Edit: you're also older than ya look if you recall that album.
@@ProfessorofRock I'm turning the sadness into sonic beauty by writing music, so there's always an upside. Thanks for the reply, man. Keep up on the videos, best of their kind on RUclips by far. Also glad you're fully back to health!
I really like how this guy is so happy to discuss his particular style with regard to the technical end of his guitar playing. You can tell he loves exploring what the instrument can do and how he approaches his contribution to that song and his band. Thank you for letting him explain it without cutting him off like interviewers often do. You’re the best, Professor!
dude is genuine and just cool! He nailed it about living color. I thought the same thing. And you were right about the sing-along onTwice shy, it was actually time to get rid of the glam metal anyway we were all tired of it. Rock on Prof!
I remember it well!! I grew up with these guys in Whittier California. Jack Russell actually grew up in my neighborhood. I knew him as a youth. What a great time in my life. I’m a lifelong fan of the band. Too bad they can’t patch up their relationship. Life is short. No need to throw it away guys.
I love both bands and bought both albums on CD for the songs Once Bitten, Twice Shy and Love Song when they first were released. I was 16 back then (48 now) and I still have those albums. It was a great year to get my drivers license because I had so much rad music to cruise to!
Once Bitten Twice Shy is probably one of the only songs where the cover version/versions are better than the original - I think Great White did a phenomenal interpretation of this tune and made it a hit 🔥
I like this channel. A professor worth my time, finally receiving an education i believe in.
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Another great video, I still play the first 2 albums of theirs all the time, great vocals, and great guitar. I hear a lot of blue's from their music, and I love the blue's influence.
I remember that tour. Badlands, Jake E. Lee's band, opened the show. Tesla was amazing and Great White brought the house down with a cover of Immigrant Song.
Back in the day my band covered this song and my late, great, best friend lead guitarist used to have a bit of a snace routine to this song. It was silly but people loved it and joined in with us usually.
Man... ROCK ME, HOUSE of BROKEN LOVE, MR. BONE are all underrated, badass songs with some really incredible guitar licks. This band has seen some rough times and their better songs slip through the cracks And Britney Fox: Long Way to Love is a great song. Thanks for not picking the usual Girlschool, Professor 😎
indeed this song is an awesome cover i love this song but i also love the guitar work on house of broken love the guitar work is phenomenal yeah mark is an amazing gutiar player love greatwhite
I remember this song and the video! Had no idea so many others had recorded the song. I must say, I like this version the best. Neat interview. Enjoyed it! ❤️💜💚
I remember watching this dude during sound check as I sat in the front row completely exhausted from working all day. My mind wandered, wondering what the show was going to be like when the sold out Kent State University crowd showed up. Here's a shout out to, Opie, their legendary road manager. A show starting a minute late is not a breach of contract! LOL!
I remember riding with my Dad in his work truck and this song came on the radio. He knew I liked it so he cranked it up loud and drove a little faster than normal down a curvy road. Little things like that just stick in my head now that he's gone. I can't listen to this song now with out thinking about that couple of minutes when my Dad was the coolest guy in the world to a twelve year old.
The first Great White album I ever bought was Recovery: LIve. They did great covers of "Immigrant Song" and "Rock and Roll" - along with great renditions of "I Don't Need No Doctor" and "Money (That's What I Want)".
I believe you are thinking of The White, who were THE first Zeppelin tribute band, and whom I managed for a time. They were endorsed by Page & Plant, and were very well known in the U.S.
Back in '89 and into '90 this song was almost played to death on the local radio channel of my town. Though a great song from a great band I can't hardly listen to it even to this day because it seemed it was played I swear 3 times an hour. I still remember this song getting played 3 times in a row on the radio back then in my hometown.
What I've always found interesting is that Ian Hunter, who wrote "Once Bitten Twice Shy" for his first solo album, also wrote "Ships," which was on his fourth album. It failed as a single for him, but of all people, Barry Manilow took it to #9 in 1979. Also on that fourth Hunter LP was "Cleveland Rocks," which was covered later by Presidents of the United States and made famous via The Drew Carey Show. Hunter was never able to secure that one big solo hit himself, but luckily others picked up his tunes and made them hits.
Tesla and Great White.... My two favorite bands! I saw their co-headlining tour in 89 and each of them many times since.. Through all the ups and downs. I truly hope Jack and Mark can reconcile some day...
The "Love Song" video clip you showed was actually shot while they were on that co-headlining tour with Great White before their hometown fans at Cal Expo. I was there and also had seen them a few months before on that Poison tour. Somehow I never connected that Bobby Brown was in the Once Bitten Twice Shy video despite being quite obsessed with a few of those ladies as a 14 year old.
A band I was in use to do this song as well as Rock Me. I remember having such a hard time getting Mark's sound even close. He's one of my big musical influences, so I wanted to do it justice.
I really love Great White’s music catalog. There is some really great playing /singing / writing on those albums ... like Tesla & Cinderella they are NOT hair metal !
I agree they’re a blues hard rock band with maybeeee I tad oh hair metal thrown in very rarely . Heck they were probably the least “glam metal bar “ out of all the “glam metal bands lol. Awesome band
I was never a big Great White fan until a friend gave me a copy of Great White covering Led Zeppelin. I always liked Rock Me... and they didn't play it to death on the radio. Professor, now we want videos on Tesla, Love and Rockets, and Faster Pussycat!
GREAT WHITE!!! ...in my humble personal opinion, the greatest rockin' blues band of all time! great memories to! ...& as a former rhodie, i was on that tesla/great white tour... & i could listen to mark play all day man! (bring jack back!) god bless ya brother & thanx!
@@ProfessorofRock yeah man, & thanx for all u do for us! ...& MORE GREAT WHITE please!!! i absolutely love those guys! i still listen to em, especially the later more blues inspired albums that came after this one... & thanx again professor!
I saw Great White play live back in the day, and it was awesome. They sounded amazing live. I remember Mark stepping over the stage monitor to play on a little piece of the stage that was right in front of me, and the idiot standing next to me grabbed his foot as it was coming down. As Mark stumbled forward before he caught his balance, the headstock of his guitar was coming straight at my head. I thought that would have been a cool rock n' roll death, stabbed through the head by a guitar mid solo!
I had the sheet music for once bitten twice shy. I actually learned how to play the piano part. My two favorite bands from the 80’s- Tesla and Great White! This has to be, IMO, has to be the best! 89 happens to be my favorite year of glam/ hair metal music! This brings me back 😊
Not my kind of song, but I enjoyed the story behind the song and this band's recording of it. And, after listening to it again, I must admit I like the vocals to it. Thank you, Professor!
This was one of my favorites that year. I was babysitting my little cousin for the summer and we sang that song all the time. He was 2 and sang the chorus.
Adam your contents just get better and better! 🔝🤩🤟🏻 I loved this song when it came out, and it still gives that same joy, easy-going feeling of my teenage, everytime I listen to it! (it's obviously on my faithfull 10gb usb stick, which provides me with all the music I need on my car...). 😉😎👍🏻💖
Both, Once Bitten and Twice Shy were great albums from them. My favorite song from them though is Stick It. I hope you were about to talk to him about that song. I'd love to hear about it.
That album was so damn good. I was stationed in Zwiebrucken West Germany and I wanted the cd as soon as i heard it....the base BX didnt have it....I bought that CD out in town at a german music shop....Great White had 3 awesome albums in a row....such an underrated band.
How did dude not know it was huge hit in 75? Mick Ronson plays perfect solo as always. Bowie's long time guitarist co producer in the Spiders From Mars up to Pin Ups. Highly recommend "All the Young Dudes" album. "All the Way From Memphis" was a rocking boogie Ian Hunter track from late 70's. Great choice for a cover. How about expose' on the English Band The Sweet? They were doing stuff in 1973 totally lifted by Motley Crew and the 80's bands. Except the 4 part harmonies. Nobody not even Queen came close to Sweet's vocals.
I went the Cleveland Music Hall to see the Hunter - Ronson Tour in 1975. He just finished " Lounge Lizard". The stage went dark. We saw a figure walked up to the mic, the spotlight shined, and said, "Ellow" - Everyone stood straight up, hands in the air clappin'. The place went nuts! Great White was the only cover, in my opinion, who ever did the song justice.
I never really thought of Great White as a metal band so much as a rock band. Some of the very best ballads of all time. Probably my favorite is a toss up between "Save All Your Love" and "Angel Song."
I've seen Great White 5 times. They're one of the best LIVE bands you will ever see. I've also seen Tesla 4 times. They're awesome live too. The first time I saw Great White, I won a pair of tickets off 96 Rock in Tucson. They had just come out with Once Bitten. The hit was Rock Me, and they were giving a pair of tickets to anyone who could call in and tell them the name of the band. Several years earlier, they had a song called Face The Day that I had recorded off the radio and I recognized Jacks voice. The DJ couldn't believe that I knew the band. It was great. I was the only winner that week. See that kids, doing your homework pays off.
For my money, “House of Broken Love” is the definitive Great White song. The bluesy guitar playing and tone is to die for.
I agree. I get chills every time I hear it.
Once Bitten and Twice Shy are both perfect records. Hooked and Psyco City are both great too.
Agree. House of Broken Love is my favorite Great White song.
Definitely...She Only is excellent also.
Mark Kendall is seriously underrated as a guitarist. Guy is amazingly talented.
& a great pool player. he played in our weekly 9-Ball tournaments here in Sherman Oaks.
So so underrated! Great white as a band was so understand mark Kendall was a badass player . Still is . His bluesy and gritty style combined with great melody is just so pleasing to listen to! He also had THE best tone ! Incredible player one of my favorites
This channel has introduced me to so many good songs that were released before I was born, that I've never heard before/somehow missed. Thanks man 👍
You're very welcome!
What are the best cover songs from the 80s?
"Bette Davis Eyes" -Kim Carnes, "Red Red Wine" -UB40, "I've Done Everything For You" -Rick Springfield, "Iko Iko" -The Belle Stars, "Queen of Hearts", "Angel of the Morning" -Juice Newton, "Sweet Jane" -Cowboy Junkies, "You Can Leave Your Hat On" -Joe Cocker, "Sea of Love" -The Honeydrippers (Robert Plant), "Don't Leave Me This Way" -Communards, "Self Control", "Gloria" -Laura Branigan, "Obsession" -Animotion, "Puttin' On The Ritz" -Taco, "The Greatest Love of All" -Whitney Houston
If Van Halen covered it, then that cover was awesome.
80's? Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go by Soft Cell. Both covers. Or sticking with synth, Always Something There to Remind Me by Naked Eyes.
I love Mickey Thomas version of Dream A Little Dream from the film of the same title. The Pointer Sisters did a good cover of summer in the city from the Karate kid 3 ost. Howard Huntsbury also smashes it with a cover of Higher And Highet on the Ghostbusters 2 ost. All from film soundtracks that released in 89. Love your work prof. Much respect from Manchester England. KEEP ON ROCKIN!!
Laura Branigan. Self Control.
I saw Tesla and Great White right before lockdown. They were both great and still on their game
I don’t think Great White has Jack Russel anymore though. Tesla is extremely underrated. I missed seeing them because one of the members was sick.
Tesla was my favorite in the 80s and still is today. Not sure why they weren't more popular. Their first three albums are incredible.
@@beerleaguer2 All of their albums are really good. I love their raw sound. They have a covers album that is pretty good too.
I did not know anything about Tesla when they opened for Def Leppard in 1988/89. But before it was over I walked out of there a huge Tesla fan!
I saw Tesla at the Miami Arena about 1989 or so. My friend and I intentionally did the opposite of what I normally do and sit as far and high up in the nosebleeds as possible. It was only Tesla right, and I wanted to know what it was like up there.
One thing I'll never forget is at some point the 2nd guitar player, 1 of 2 in the band walked right off the stage and onto the concrete floor (about 10 feet) and hit HARD! He was of course plugged in and cranked up so that made it sound like he could have been dead! I don't remember the houselights going off but I remember the band was backstage for at least 10 minutes before the "primary" guitarist (curly blonde hair dude) came out with an acoustic and just played and scatted. He was singing but nothing in particular, vocalizing so we figured it was a good sign the guy who fell was not dead!
After that the other 4 came out to thunderous applause and finished the show, WELL! 🙏🎸🎶☮️🎵
I Love covers, and this was an amazing cover! Mark Kendall is a great underrated guitarist!
Agreed!
They also covered, Angel City with "Face the day". Another great song!
I don't understand why there aren't way more subscribers to this channel!
We're getting there. Thanks for helping us.
I recommend this channel to every Rock n Roll fan I know.
*Rock me* is a song that if you listen to it _just once_ then it is stuck in your head for the rest of the day...just an _amazing hook!_
...but Living Colour's
*CULT OF PERSONALITY...*
That tune's got
*_ENORMOUS HOOKS!!_*
That's always been my favorite song. Hoping to Great White/Firehouse at the Picktown Palooza-Pickerington, Oh. in July.
I was 15 when this song was out, and I couldn't go anywhere without hearing this on the radio! Still love this song as much as I did back in '89. Amazing video, Professor! You never disappoint!
Well thank you for watching!
Same but 1975. Loved the song. Hunter's first solo might be why I just assumed it was the next Mott the Hoople song.
@@ProfessorofRock You're very welcome! I never miss any of your uploads! I am so jealous of you! You have had the privilege of interviewing some of the most iconic, legendary artists in our lifetime! I would love to do what you do here on RUclips, and be able to talk about great music, listen to great music, and interview the amazing artists who wrote, and performed that great music! I am a proud member of Generation X (hence my username, Jen X...my name is Jennifer, and I was born in the Generation X generation!) and I believe wholeheartedly that my generation had the best music while we were growing up. I worked at a record store during college, from 1993 to 1996, and it was the BEST part time job I ever had! I would give anything to go back to those days, and live them all over again! Thanks for all that you do, and keep bringing us amazing music from those magical times in our lives! Your show is literally our own personal time machine! Stay safe, Professor! 😁
Did not know Once Bitten Twice Shy was a cover song until right now‼️👍🤪🍺
Very cool. Go check out the original .
Really????!!!! 😳😮😮😮. Check out Mott the Hoople, “Roll away the Stone” and “All the Young Dudes”, ( written for them by David Bowie) . Great band!!!
All The Young Dudes album. Bunch of great songs.
Ian Hunter wrote it.
@Greg's Retro Channel 2 Just reminded me-
Anthrax also covered "Got the Time" which had been a minor hit for Joe Jackson, more commonly known for his "Steppin' Out"
Funny enough, Jackson's original is pretty heavy, just without the distorted guitars of Scott Ian and Danny Spitz.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy was everywhere. Such a huge song. Great White definitely made it a song for the masses. Ian Hunter is amazing. A completely underrated artist. So many great albums and he is still putting amazing material, some of the best he's ever done. Saw Mott the Hoople 2 years ago and they were brilliant. Another well done video. Thanks, Adam.
You're welcome. It was everywhere! Thanks for watching and commenting. Always nice to hear from you!
@@ProfessorofRock likewise my friend.
Wow, I didn't know ex-GN'R guitar player Izzy Stradlin gave to Great White the idea to cover "Once Bitten Twice Shy". It's really a story I discover today.
I LOVE GREAT WHITE! I was stationed overseas on a tiny base in the middle of nowhere and the USO brought Great White there 2 weeks after I was transferred. I was so upset. They have one of the greatest catalogs of Hard Rock!
I didn’t think it was possible for me to appreciate Izzy any more than I already did.
Such a beast of an album...every song is great....every song! Beast of a band too! Also Mark! What can I say about you! You make kids wanna be guitar players!
I was in the Army in summer of '93 and won 2 pair of tickets for Great White at a local club. So my wife and I, along with another couple go. He was a drummer in a band so other than getting drumming advice throughout, it was a great show. The seats were front row and as it turned out right next to the "route" that the band took on and off the stage. So anyway after they played my buddy wanted to get a drum stick signed so we all lined up at the exit. It was summer time in Ga. and the humidity was 112% there as a rule. So as they come off stage the crowd starts closing in I found myself pressed back to back with Mark Kendall. He was sweating like " enter your favorite sweating bad clique here" and I swear it was like someone just laid a wet towel over my shoulder lol. Now I am a music fan. A rock fan. I AM a Great White fan ...a true head banger!....and up until that second I was thinking how cool it was to get that close to the band in that setting. But as a man,to suddenly and unexpectedly to be drenched in the sweat of another man...I was more 🤢🤬!!! They were all like you should have got him to autograph it! Took me awhile to " recover" my Great White love after that. They still tease me about my Great White souvenir lol.
Another killer interview professor!!! And your 100% right, when you worked for your own money, the music was so, so special, you did listen to EVERY SONG!!! Keep knocking em outta the park man..So great to see someone who LOVES MUSIC as much as me.... and yes TESLA is awesome live
Yep, Great White did it best.
Mark is no doubt one of the best Rock/Blues players around.
As young guitarist we always had much respect for him.
I had been playing for 5-6 yrs and was much more of a shredder until Great White’s Once Bitten and Twice Shy came out, I learned both of them and it was my introduction to Blues. I love Marks playing. It is a cross between 80’s rock and straight up blues that just works.
Start of my senior year of high school great song Guns n Roses my favorite band. I remember that song and video well. Izzy a class act great guy. A fellow Hoosier
Ok Professor, I've seen 3 of your videos and decided that the RUclips algorithm was right about me when they suggested your channel. Music is my greatest passion, always has been. I love being analyzing lyrics and music and the rock and roll stories and trivial things that wouldn't concern anyone else except someone similar. I just spent 20 minutes of my life watching you chat with the former guitar player from a band that was popular in those magical years of discovery.
Discovering Dylan and Hendrix, huge Zeppelin and Rush fan, but also the Pop music of the late 70s early 80s like Motley Crue and Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Beatles, Sinatra, eclectic tastes in music. I think it's because my first album was "Grease" . Listening to the soundtrack to the movie a hundred times on a little record player that resembled a suitcase until I wore it out. I loved it so much I even bought a 45 of Physical, the Olivia Newton John single . I had my mom promise not to tell anyone that I liked her and Elton John, Billy Joel lest they think me uncool right? 😂 I'm 49 and I'm trying to get back into music after a season of letting music take the backseat for too long.
I bought a guitar in September and I'm getting my chops back, listening to more music and letting it take over my head again.
I accepted a life with very little music involved because life happens. Health stuff in my case but I'm doing great. I had a back surgery and I have emphasema but I'm really doing better than 98% of the world, I've got it made right now. I'm not walking, but I intend to walk. I play guitar from the bedside. I've been listening more cause I can but I don't have anyone to talk to about it, shoot the breeze about bands like the cult , great white, Tesla (I saw the poor guitar player walk right off the stage at the Miami Arena in around 89, the band didn't play for 10 minutes but 1 guitar player vamped until the 2nd guitarist was ok)
I'm surrounded by people who are culturally unable to relate to my music so I found this gratifying, it's like being in a conversation without the ability to interject or participate. I like learning little trivial things as I've said, I've always loved stories, Dr Seuss served a purpose at one point in my life. Songs can be little 3 minute stories right? Janis or Kris, will you tell us the story about Bobby McGee again? 😂
Anyway I've talked enough but I liked the Bob Seger - Night Moves video and I really like you. If you'll keep em comin', I've almost always got a half hour to put toward learning something about music, especially with you at the helm as curious as I am at least. Nice goin' Professor 🎸🎶☮️🙏
Great episode Professor! Thanks for sharing the history behind this great song! Great Whites version has always been my favorite, I'm sure glad they recorded their version of it!
This group and Warrant is so cool. Three chords and the truth my friend.
Check out our Warrant videos. We interviewed them.
Exactly. Warrant and Great White were on the classic rock side of things.
How many times have I wondered if you would ever do anything about Tesla? Quite a few. They were always amazing live. I saw them every chance i could. Not only an incredible singer but the guitar work was mind bending live. I remember telling my older sister (music teacher) about the way the guitar players would play different things that fit together (counterpoint) and that they each had different styles but complimented each other perfectly and she looked at me like i was nuts. Next thing i know she sat in my car and listened to Mechanical Resonance from end to end. All she said was we need to see that live. Not only where they talented, they had artistic integrity. They didn't do all that dim the lights crap, they didn't leave the stage and wait for the encore like they needed their little curtain call, they came out and rocked from start to finish and left it all on the stage. Hell I saw them when Tommy left and they continued the tour because they felt they owed it to their fans. Next thing i know it's in a fine arts theatre because they didn't sell enough tickets for the arena and as soon as we sit down Jeff walks out and tells us that they aren't going to use tape, but they only gave one guitar so Frank is going to play his part and do his best trying to cover Tommy's too. The true fans appreciated that show more than any concert i have ever seen.
Soooooooooo many memories related in this classic Great White is easily one of my top 5 all time favorite bands !! PS I also have a Gibson es335 it's a 1979 sunburst color that my Uncle used to play in some of the local honky tonks around our area .. man I absolutely love this song and group!!!
I saw Great White open for Whitesnake in the summer of ‘88. Great concert in Dallas. Rockin’ night in a Trans Am to boot. I was 18 and free from any worries. Great concert, Great night. Great White. Yum.
I’m from Dallas. What venue was that concert at, Reunion Arena? It sounds like I’m 1 year younger than you.
@@curtisgood3054 yep, that was at Reunion Arena, and I may have just turned 19. I was born in 1969. I am from Washington State, but my brother was living in Garland and I moved there about 9 mos after I graduated and stayed for 20 years almost.
RIP All who passed away at The Station night club I will never forget 🙏...
I'd never heard of Mott the Hoople until 1990 when Bruce Dickinson covered All the Young Dudes on his first solo album.
THE Bruce Dickinson?
@@MaxStax1 Yes.
@@MaxStax1 From Iron Maiden
Alan; I love how you display those classic vinyl album covers on the rack in the frame of your shoot. Always different and always noteworthy artists of Rock. You have a great collection!
I've got a box full of 'em somewhere around here. LOL Probably next to that other box with all of the 8 track tapes and the quadraphonic 8 tracks we played in the car while out cruisin' and boozin'.
This is the best channel to relive those great rock and roll memories.
Thank you for being our guide to the stories and events surrounding the greatest era of music history. Playin' that Rock and Roll!
House of Broken Love is the best song on this album in my opinion.
There are MANY great songs on this album. OBTS isn't one of them. And yes, I agree, HOBL IS the best song. Then there's Mista Bone, Move It, Heart The Hunter, and Baby's On Fire. All killer songs. This album is listed on Amazon for 87 bucks. I will have to dig out my copy.
Another song that came out while I worked at a record store. My boss was a huge Ian Hunter fan and was thrilled to hear somebody doing one of his songs. I knew Ian was the singer in Mott The Hoople, but really wasn't familiar with anything beyond All The Young Dudes. It was funny hearing my boss say how nice it was to hear somebody covering an Ian Hunter song and the rest of the staff stared at him blankly. He referenced Mott The Hoople and got the same stares.
This album sold well, but the single was a huge hit. I think the b-side was a non album track so I expected to move a few more copies for that, but a lot of the people buying ithe single was either the top 40 crowd or older customers who remember it from Mott The Hoople.
A few more learned his name when Drew Carrey's show used Cleveland Rocks for the opening credits. Though, I'm sure it was a cover as well.
Hey Professor! We we're just talking about Tesla in your live stream last week! Glad they got some time on your channel! Great band! Keep up the great work and I'm glad your feeling better!
This was a catchy hit & helped many discover the genius of Ian Hunter. His You're Never Alone With A Scitzophrenic album is a must own. Cleveland Rocks ! 🎸
Ian Hunter solo is vastly under appreciated . Thanks for watching.
That was a damn good album by Ian. I still recall the album cover in my mind!
@David Ellis - I was at the Cleveland Agora Monday night, June 18, 1979 when they recorded the tracks for _"You're Never Alone With A Scitzophrenic - Deluxe Edition"._ Cleveland Rocks was the Friday 5:00 PM kick off to Drive Time on WMMS 101.7.
Cleveland - Born and raised (Well, okay; mostly in Bedford, a suburb thereof).
I’m a Great White fan. In early ‘91I used to work straight midnights and would lay out by the pool of the apartment complex I lived at.
I’d bring my portable CD player with me, along with a Great White, Tesla, and Poison CD. I’d fall asleep listening to music, when the CD would stop, I’d change CD’s and then flip over.
Those were great times!
I still listen to those bands occasionally.
I remember that Tesla/Great White co-headline. I caught the show in Detroit with Badlands opening.
Yes it was a good show. Thanks for watching.
I was at that same show
I love that everyday that this channel covers all genres of music that I grew up with and love and it's about time that great white gets some love a great melodic hard rock band
I must have played this song on ten at least a thousand times back in the day. One of my favorite albums. Thanks for covering this. Nostalgia overdose ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Once Bitten Twice Shy is a song that puts me in a good mood. Thanks for the video and the research you did on this song!
Your interviews are always gold. Thank you.
As a (bad) bedroom guitar player I appreciate you letting the guest talk about his gear a little. I know a lot of folk are listening like 'what the heck does he mean low output pickups and rolling off volume' but for me it's interesting to hear how the sound was achieved. It's not the first time you let the gear setup come out in your videos, suspect you might play a bit yourself. Rock on, professor!
One of the best sing a long choruses from the 80s without a doubt! I loved it then and still do! Great stuff as always, Professor! I hope all is still going well with your recovery too. Take care and God bless, my friends.🙏. Rock On!!!!!!!!!
“...Twice Shy” is a near-perfect album for me! Instantly takes me back to an epic summer between Grade 10 and 11.
Incidentally, if you like “modern” takes on Ian Hunter / Mott songs, check out the DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ (Joe Elliott’s excellent side project). They’ve got 3 albums and some live concerts.
Ah, this is a time I remember well. This is the summer right before I turned 22. I was about to go back to a university (got into one right after high school, but it didn't turn out so well for a sheltered small-town kid who didn't have anyone there to say, "hey, maybe you shouldn't do that shit!") and worked at a place where I was pretty tight with my co-workers at the pizza joint where I worked as a delivery driver. And we all had similar tastes as far as music went.
Funny story: Right around the time I was about to turn 22, one of the girls at the Domino's I worked for mentioned her birthday was about a week before mine. And she said, "You better give me something good for my birthday!" I had a bit of a crush on her, and didn't realize she was joking. I was scrambling for ideas, and ended up giving her flowers. It didn't lead anywhere (she already had a boyfriend), but she was genuinely surprised I had thought to give her **something**. She did give me a nice card with a very sweet message written inside when my birthday came around.
But was Great White really a "glam metal" band? Yeah, they had the right look, and in their early years they sounded a bit metal-ish. But where they really found their voice was the point where they shifted to bluesy hard rock. And that is how I have always seen them, even at the time ... Twice Shy came out.
"Save Your Love" and "Mista Bone" are my Great White favorites. I was 18 in the summer of '89, and I DO remember "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"'s popularity well.
Your videos calm a very hectic soul. The way you talk feels familiar like that one college prof who made college ok. Appropriate given the name of the channel. Thanks bro. Shit's real hard right now but you make it a lil softer. And louder.
Edit: you're also older than ya look if you recall that album.
I'm sorry to hear this. Hang in there, my friend. We'll be here for you every day. Thanks for watching. Sending light and peace!
@@ProfessorofRock I'm turning the sadness into sonic beauty by writing music, so there's always an upside. Thanks for the reply, man. Keep up on the videos, best of their kind on RUclips by far.
Also glad you're fully back to health!
@@scottmatznick3140 Thank you for your kind words! Almost there. Hope to hear from you again. Keep creating!
I really like how this guy is so happy to discuss his particular style with regard to the technical end of his guitar playing. You can tell he loves exploring what the instrument can do and how he approaches his contribution to that song and his band. Thank you for letting him explain it without cutting him off like interviewers often do. You’re the best, Professor!
dude is genuine and just cool! He nailed it about living color. I thought the same thing. And you were right about the sing-along onTwice shy, it was actually time to get rid of the glam metal anyway we were all tired of it. Rock on Prof!
Interview with Love and Rockets 1:37 - that's on my Christmas wish list, Professor.
I remember it well!! I grew up with these guys in Whittier California. Jack Russell actually grew up in my neighborhood. I knew him as a youth. What a great time in my life. I’m a lifelong fan of the band. Too bad they can’t patch up their relationship. Life is short. No need to throw it away guys.
Too bad Mark didn’t even mention Jack the co-founder of the band an voice.
I love both bands and bought both albums on CD for the songs Once Bitten, Twice Shy and Love Song when they first were released. I was 16 back then (48 now) and I still have those albums. It was a great year to get my drivers license because I had so much rad music to cruise to!
Came on to say just that. Love the slow build, melodic, blues/rock nature of that song. "Save all your love" is a fantastic rock Love ballad too.
The song rocked and got you moving! Back then and still today!
"Wasted Rock Ranger!!!!" That's a song that needs more exposure!
I preferred Rock Me over Once Bitten, but this is a great story. You’ve done another great video, Prof.
This was great !!! I loved Mark’s guitar sound !!👍🎸🤠
Once Bitten Twice Shy is probably one of the only songs where the cover version/versions are better than the original - I think Great White did a phenomenal interpretation of this tune and made it a hit 🔥
I like this channel. A professor worth my time, finally receiving an education i believe in.
Another great video, I still play the first 2 albums of theirs all the time, great vocals, and great guitar. I hear a lot of blue's from their music, and I love the blue's influence.
I remember that tour. Badlands, Jake E. Lee's band, opened the show. Tesla was amazing and Great White brought the house down with a cover of Immigrant Song.
Back in the day my band covered this song and my late, great, best friend lead guitarist used to have a bit of a snace routine to this song. It was silly but people loved it and joined in with us usually.
Man... ROCK ME, HOUSE of BROKEN LOVE, MR. BONE are all underrated, badass songs with some really incredible guitar licks. This band has seen some rough times and their better songs slip through the cracks
And Britney Fox: Long Way to Love is a great song. Thanks for not picking the usual Girlschool, Professor 😎
indeed this song is an awesome cover i love this song but i also love the guitar work on house of broken love the guitar work is phenomenal yeah mark is an amazing gutiar player love greatwhite
My late husband's two favorite bands....RATT and Great White....shame he passed before this album came out 😓
I remember this song and the video! Had no idea so many others had recorded the song. I must say, I like this version the best. Neat interview. Enjoyed it!
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One of my favorite bands of the 80s. Jack Russell had an iconic voice
Love Great White. Saw them in concert opening for Whitesnake. Good stuff.
I remember watching this dude during sound check as I sat in the front row completely exhausted from working all day. My mind wandered, wondering what the show was going to be like when the sold out Kent State University crowd showed up. Here's a shout out to, Opie, their legendary road manager. A show starting a minute late is not a breach of contract! LOL!
Professor, you have taught me another new bit of information. I did not know this song was a cover.
Great Stuff💥🎶🎸🤘I was 17 in 89 England loved my rock and Great White😎
Thanks for watching!
I remember riding with my Dad in his work truck and this song came on the radio. He knew I liked it so he cranked it up loud and drove a little faster than normal down a curvy road. Little things like that just stick in my head now that he's gone. I can't listen to this song now with out thinking about that couple of minutes when my Dad was the coolest guy in the world to a twelve year old.
Great White was also a fantastic Zeppelin tribute band, but I wouldn’t call them glam
The first Great White album I ever bought was Recovery: LIve. They did great covers of "Immigrant Song" and "Rock and Roll" - along with great renditions of "I Don't Need No Doctor" and "Money (That's What I Want)".
I own Great White Zeppelin one night live
I believe you are thinking of The White, who were THE first Zeppelin tribute band, and whom I managed for a time. They were endorsed by Page & Plant, and were very well known in the U.S.
They were hair metal but so was glam. It all got grouped at the end of hair metals long run.
Yeah Great White's singer does Robert Plant better than Robert Plant or David Coverdale.
Back in '89 and into '90 this song was almost played to death on the local radio channel of my town. Though a great song from a great band I can't hardly listen to it even to this day because it seemed it was played I swear 3 times an hour. I still remember this song getting played 3 times in a row on the radio back then in my hometown.
I can't stand it either.
What I've always found interesting is that Ian Hunter, who wrote "Once Bitten Twice Shy" for his first solo album, also wrote "Ships," which was on his fourth album. It failed as a single for him, but of all people, Barry Manilow took it to #9 in 1979. Also on that fourth Hunter LP was "Cleveland Rocks," which was covered later by Presidents of the United States and made famous via The Drew Carey Show. Hunter was never able to secure that one big solo hit himself, but luckily others picked up his tunes and made them hits.
Another awesome video. You Rock!
Was a big Great White fan. Love this song and album and video
Tesla and Great White.... My two favorite bands! I saw their co-headlining tour in 89 and each of them many times since.. Through all the ups and downs. I truly hope Jack and Mark can reconcile some day...
I like Great White a lot back in the 1980's. Great band.
Fly By Night album in the background ! 🦉
I was waiting for someone to recognize that!
@@ProfessorofRock
Your tribute video to Neil Peart a year ago was wonderful ! 👍🏼
The "Love Song" video clip you showed was actually shot while they were on that co-headlining tour with Great White before their hometown fans at Cal Expo. I was there and also had seen them a few months before on that Poison tour. Somehow I never connected that Bobby Brown was in the Once Bitten Twice Shy video despite being quite obsessed with a few of those ladies as a 14 year old.
A band I was in use to do this song as well as Rock Me. I remember having such a hard time getting Mark's sound even close. He's one of my big musical influences, so I wanted to do it justice.
I really love Great White’s music catalog. There is some really great playing /singing / writing on those albums ... like Tesla & Cinderella they are NOT hair metal !
I agree they’re a blues hard rock band with maybeeee I tad oh hair metal thrown in very rarely . Heck they were probably the least “glam metal bar “ out of all the “glam metal bands lol. Awesome band
Cinderella certainly looked the part of "hair band" during Night Songs. They ended up a more blues influenced hard rock band, imo.
I was never a big Great White fan until a friend gave me a copy of Great White covering Led Zeppelin. I always liked Rock Me... and they didn't play it to death on the radio.
Professor, now we want videos on Tesla, Love and Rockets, and Faster Pussycat!
GREAT WHITE!!! ...in my humble personal opinion, the greatest rockin' blues band of all time! great memories to! ...& as a former rhodie, i was on that tesla/great white tour... & i could listen to mark play all day man! (bring jack back!) god bless ya brother & thanx!
Thanks for watching. and commenting.
@@ProfessorofRock yeah man, & thanx for all u do for us! ...& MORE GREAT WHITE please!!! i absolutely love those guys! i still listen to em, especially the later more blues inspired albums that came after this one... & thanx again professor!
I saw Great White play live back in the day, and it was awesome. They sounded amazing live. I remember Mark stepping over the stage monitor to play on a little piece of the stage that was right in front of me, and the idiot standing next to me grabbed his foot as it was coming down. As Mark stumbled forward before he caught his balance, the headstock of his guitar was coming straight at my head. I thought that would have been a cool rock n' roll death, stabbed through the head by a guitar mid solo!
That album was the first CD I ever bought. Listened to it over and over again, my dad got sick of hearing it. Lol
Very cool memory!
I had the sheet music for once bitten twice shy. I actually learned how to play the piano part. My two favorite bands from the 80’s- Tesla and Great White! This has to be, IMO, has to be the best! 89 happens to be my favorite year of glam/ hair metal music! This brings me back 😊
Another cool one, and I went and checked out Zenni Eyewear, too. I liked what I saw, and may start getting glasses I need from there now. Nice! :-)
I remember that Great White video...just gorgeous girls all the way through it.
Not my kind of song, but I enjoyed the story behind the song and this band's recording of it. And, after listening to it again, I must admit I like the vocals to it. Thank you, Professor!
This was one of my favorites that year. I was babysitting my little cousin for the summer and we sang that song all the time. He was 2 and sang the chorus.
I was introduced to Great White with the song “Rock Me.” Loved the video, too!
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Adam your contents just get better and better! 🔝🤩🤟🏻 I loved this song when it came out, and it still gives that same joy, easy-going feeling of my teenage, everytime I listen to it! (it's obviously on my faithfull 10gb usb stick, which provides me with all the music I need on my car...). 😉😎👍🏻💖
Both, Once Bitten and Twice Shy were great albums from them. My favorite song from them though is Stick It. I hope you were about to talk to him about that song. I'd love to hear about it.
I'll have to check as I don't recall. I will look back on the transcription.
@@ProfessorofRock It's from their first album in 1984 and the first song I heard from them on the radio, on an album rock station in Dallas.
@@ProfessorofRock That one was before your time Professor. They also did a killer cover of The Who classic, Substitute.
Love the Paul Newman The Hustler poster in Ian’s background
That album was so damn good. I was stationed in Zwiebrucken West Germany and I wanted the cd as soon as i heard it....the base BX didnt have it....I bought that CD out in town at a german music shop....Great White had 3 awesome albums in a row....such an underrated band.
Bought my copy at the PX in Bremerhaven….. they had it in stock…. LOL… greatest of times I had were in Germany during the 80’s!!!!!
How did dude not know it was huge hit in 75? Mick Ronson plays perfect solo as always. Bowie's long time guitarist co producer in the Spiders From Mars up to Pin Ups. Highly recommend "All the Young Dudes" album. "All the Way From Memphis" was a rocking boogie Ian Hunter track from late 70's. Great choice for a cover. How about expose' on the English Band The Sweet? They were doing stuff in 1973 totally lifted by Motley Crew and the 80's bands. Except the 4 part harmonies. Nobody not even Queen came close to Sweet's vocals.
I went the Cleveland Music Hall to see the Hunter - Ronson Tour in 1975. He just finished " Lounge Lizard". The stage went dark. We saw a figure walked up to the mic, the spotlight shined, and said, "Ellow" - Everyone stood straight up, hands in the air clappin'. The place went nuts!
Great White was the only cover, in my opinion, who ever did the song justice.
Keep 'em coming professor!!!
I never really thought of Great White as a metal band so much as a rock band. Some of the very best ballads of all time. Probably my favorite is a toss up between "Save All Your Love" and "Angel Song."
I've seen Great White 5 times. They're one of the best LIVE bands you will ever see. I've also seen Tesla 4 times. They're awesome live too. The first time I saw Great White, I won a pair of tickets off 96 Rock in Tucson. They had just come out with Once Bitten. The hit was Rock Me, and they were giving a pair of tickets to anyone who could call in and tell them the name of the band. Several years earlier, they had a song called Face The Day that I had recorded off the radio and I recognized Jacks voice. The DJ couldn't believe that I knew the band. It was great. I was the only winner that week. See that kids, doing your homework pays off.
Thanks for this story Adam. I always wondered if that was Bobbie Brown on the back of Jacks bike. She's so hot in this video.