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Tommy Shaw - Girls with Guns HQ
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2012
- Lyrics:
I'll tell you now
And I won't tell you twice
Where, when, and how
I got some bad advice
I never thought I could handle
A girl with guns
And let me tell ya
You can bet that I'm not the only one (oh no...)
Stand tall, don't think small
Don't get your back against the wall
Shoot straight, I can't wait
Aim for the heart and fire away (No! )
I've come around
I understand today
She's the target now
I'm gonna have my way
Everybody says,
"Don't go messing with a girl with guns"
They don't need you
They couldn't love you
They couldn't be any fun (Noooo)
Stand tall, don't think small
Don't get your back against the wall
Shoot straight, don't wait
To Fire away...
An innocent bystander
Who forgets to look both ways
Who never tries to understand her
Won't feel the heat 'til it's too late (So I tell you)
Stand tall, don't think small
Don't get your back against the wall
Shoot straight, don't wait
To fire away (no, no, no)
Stand tall, don't think small
Don't get your back against the wall (aaahhh...)
Shoot straight, I can't wait
Aim for the heart and fire away (uhhhhh...)
Stand tall, don't think small
Don't get your back against the wall (I'll tell ya')
Shoot straight, Don't wait
To fire... away...
(All right! )
(Give it to me! )
(Come on! )
(Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh... ! )
(Eeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeee...)
I've never understood why this song was not popular. This is 80's gold.
It was a top 10 hit on rock radio and featured on Miami Vice ... by far his most successful song as a solo artist.
It was popular.
I don't know where you lived but it was super popular when it came out. Always on the radio. Maybe it was a regional thing.
Can't believe this wasn't a bigger hit than it was. Such a catchy tune.
Considering that he’s a great guitarist, the nauseating keyboards are quite disappointing!!
Worked well in an episode of Miami Vice.
I agree! The thing was, the 80's had *so* much excellent competition, even the "bad" songs from the 80's are masterpieces.
This song was stuck in my head since I got up this morning. The 80s were the best. A hell of a lot better than 2021. Am I right? Or am I right?
rose tinted glasses loser
You're right!!!!!
You are right.
You are right! I was born in 1977 and I agree, I can't get into today's music!
Revisiting this in 2023 to see how 2021 was looking in retrospect! haha
*80s were the best!!!*
I never understood why this wasn't more popular when it came out. What a gorgeous wall of noise.
It got very little radio airplay. Mostly only the AOR stations played it. And even that wasn't much...
@@Deborahtunes Styx pissed off a lot of radio stations, refusing to do interviews or PR performances because their manager didn't want to "over publicize" the band. Backfired in almost every way, including when both Tommy and Dennis went solo.
@@johnpauljones9310 ~ Except this wasn't Styx, it was just Tommy, who made himself readily available for interviews while having his solo career.
It wasn't Styx's idea to not do press releases/interviews. That was their old manager Derek Sutton. He did it because the press had always been so disrespectful to the band.
Unfortunately not doing interviews and such, pissed off some very important people in the music industry back in the 70's. One of them being a man named Jann Wenner, who still has a lot of sway in the RRHOF. That's why Styx hasn't been inducted. Wenner despises the band...
@@Deborahtunes You literally made my point. LOL
@@johnpauljones9310 ~ My point is, radio had been refusing to play Styx's songs, regardless of how many interviews they did, or didn't do. The music industry has disrespected the band at least since their A&M days...
This song was used in the first season Miami Vice episode "The Glades" for the scene of Crockett and Tubbs in the black Ferrari cruising through the Everglades on the Tamiami Trail. And when they arrive at their destination in the Glades, they indeed meet up with a girl with a gun, so the song was quite appropriate!
@@AC.198 Glad you liked my summary!
I just watched that episode. Brings back good memories.
@@kyle47922 It's one of my favorite episodes. The first season of Miami Vice was so exciting because it was a very new style show. Something completely different from what we'd been seeing on TV.
John Pankow was in that episode...
I remember hearing this on MIami Vice and fell in love with it. Still a GREAT song today and should have got more play than it did. Shaw rocks!!!!!
S01E10
@@OmarLopez-yr8bs Glades
Every time I hear this song, I think of Miami Vice.
My goal would be to blast this touring the Everglades!
Glades
I miss this era of rock..........
You and me both I miss when MTV played music videos. What they play now sucks it should not be called MTY it should be called reality tv.
I really miss the 80s!!!!
You and me both.
We didn't realize it at the time,but we grew up in a decade as famous as any previous generation.it was a great time to have lived ,and be young
@@captainzumafishing772capta9 , I was 16 in 1986.
And a "one take" one hit wonder video to boot! One of the best hyper-sythasised tunes from my youth. ROCK ON 80's!!
Ha. I love how you dubbed it "hyper-synthesized." That's such a perfect descriptor. The song is in your face and quite happy with itself, isn't it? I feel like when those keyboards kick in even Dennis DeYoung would be like, "Ooh... tone it down a notch." lol
Synthesizers were used a lot in the 80s. Damn I miss it. What a great time to grow up in
Allegedly no video edits. Completely shot on one take
Did anyone notice that the whole video was one single shot? And filled with awesome cliche: rehearsal hall setting with mirrors around the edges, random hot girl sitting on a speaker or whatever seat dancing, shot in B&W... Classic.
Talented singers don't need big budget videos.
I can remember that being a big deal when the video first aired. Cool!
Been too long for me to see/hear this song. Finally, I find that high-fast syth' tune. Now I want a candy bar.🍬🍫
You've made good points, sir!
Something that had never been done (as far as I know) back then.
I have been trying to remember and searching for this video since seeing it on mtv one time in the 80s and loving the one shot concept used. I couldn't recall the artist or title but did a search today for "one shot videos". There are quite a few I had to go through before finally landing here. What a relief! Shakatak, Steve Perry and Split Enz also did one shot videos the same year but don't compare visually or musically imo. I didn't even know this giy had been in Styx...
1984. I loved this song first time I heard it. I bought the album at a Strawberries record store years later. Sadly the record store as well as the 80's are no longer with us. I agree with everyone: this song should have been a greater hit.
I had it on a single!
First heard this great song watching the Miami Vice episode 'Glades' while Crockett and Tubbs were driving down 'alligator alley'. Brings back great memories down in South Florida!
Yeah true. It was a great scene !
I was 17 or 18 years old working an overnight top 40 radio show the first time heard/played this song. Damn that livened up the night!!! Loved it then, love it still!
I've meet Tommy a few times. He is such a nice person. He is so talented. He is also a wonderful person.
Et ça me plait toujours autant en 2023 !! 👍👍
Watching Miami Vice series from the 80's and this was on there. Quality👌
What a great song. Should have been a hit on rock radio.
I only remember hearing it a handful of times back then, but it sure as hell stuck in my head all these years.
I saw him on this tour and got to meet him. Such a nice dude. I still have my autographed LP.
What a freakin’ GREAT song! The 80s in one little tune🤘😁👍
I loved that episode of Miami Vice, with the helicopter shot of the Ferrari on the Tamiami Trail and Alligator Alley. Just awesome with this song in the background!
Man, Tommy hits that high E note at the end like it's nuthin'.
Thats a whoop ass song! I love 80's music!
I bought the cassette when this was first released. I think it's still here somewhere. I just can't throw stuff away. Memories of youth.
You rock Tommy Shaw!
Yes he does. :)
This video was done in one shot. Amazing. I really miss the 80s
--- this song popped into my head for the first time in close to 40 years --- 11JUN22
Hard to believe it's been that long. Kinda depressing too, lol!
Soon as I hear this I think of Sonny and Rico driving to the Everglades to look for Bramlett. Brilliant 👌👌
ROLL TIDE !! Tommy Shaw is from my home state of Alabama.
This Synth INTRO...IS...GLORIOUS...Most CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED...SOLO ARTIST AND TUNAGE...EVER !!!!!
... and as I proceeded into my teen years I became more aware of these Girls With Guns that Tommy was talking about.
I usually run into this song every couple of years and it still sounds good today!!! The 80's had great music!!!
Distinctly remember this from a Miami Vice episode. Now that's pretty 80's!
+bkh91171 AGREED !!!
remembering this playing on the radio.
Glades
Imagine if Styx didn't break up in the 80s and this was a Styx song. Boy, Dennis DeYoung would be having a TON of fun with that synth part.
Tommy Shaw voice that is piercing through your heart and soul
Love this song!
Song played on 11/30/1984...Season 1. Episode 10..Title of Episode....Glades...Miami Vice
I'm Japanese, and I used to listen to this song on MTV a lot back then, and it just makes my body move.
Just saw Styx last night at the River Spirit Casino, and OMG, Tommy can still belt out the songs!! Forever a Styx fan!!
One bundle of a talent Shaw is.
very cool !!! miami vice brought me here...
Me to ;-)
That makes me the fourth now. Could barely make out the words. barely caught the words "back against the wall"
me too ;d
I got most of the words without even trying. Did you try googling the lyrics? Or getting your ears checked/cleaned?
why?
疾走感溢れる名曲。
当時もっと評価されても良い曲だった。
今でもドライブプレイリストの中の1曲。
Tommy Shaw was a lead singer for Styx, but only 4 song, including my favorite, Renegade. Others are: Mademoiselle, Blue Collar Man (All Night), and Too Much Time On My Hands.
David Tosh he sang more than 4 including crystal ball, snowblind, and fooling yourself on top of the ones you mentioned
Long Nights!
Man, I miss the 80s!!!!
Love Tommy! He has the most beautiful voice! Great song/album. 💛
Guitar Legend. Still rockin hard, saw him last week at Star Lake Pavilion.
Tommy's having a ton of fun with this song :)
This never gets old 👍👍
It's like, how much more 80s could this be? And the answer is none. None...more 80s
Kevin Jokipii nice creative job working ‘tap’ in there , and spot on
Adding fluorescent colors to the video LOL
"You can see your face...in both sides..."
The 80's-ness goes to ELEVEN!
Love the Tap!
What a great blast from the past!
Rocking out 80s style
this is the good 80's music
I remember the first time I heard this song it was on an episode of Miami Vice.
The episode was Season 1 "The Glades". One of my favorites.
such a fun upbeat song
This song caused a bunch of damage to an unnamed professor's house at U of D. As a student housesitter first encountering this tune in 1984, we in quick succession 1) blew out his speakers, 2) flooded his basement, and 3) almost burned down his deck. We didn't mean to, of course. It was just that, well ... the '80s ruled!
Rediscovering this song in 2022 after a recent urge to binge-watch Miami Vice after all these years and it was featured in an episode. This was one of my favorite 80's songs and think it should have been a bigger hit then. Wonderful open sound and voice, and love that little piano bit in there. I think I'll get up and dance to it now. :D
First time I heard this..my brother had this blasting on his stereo.. .I was hooked...it was the synthasizer opening notes that did it 😋
Haven't heard this song in years.
entered Billboard Sept 29, 1984 ..reached #33
What a CRIME!..Should have been at least a TOP 10!
@@waynedodgin7449 I agree and it would have been if it had Styx attached to it.
I've had a crush on Tommy since I was little and still love him to this day. Granted I'm only 19 but hot damn he's still amazing. This is one of my favorite songs/videos. I can't listen to this without smiling. It's just impossible.
Yeah he is great and you should have seen the original version of this video….totally different…loads of color, edits, effects, models and video cliches…the label put it together, Tommy called it brilliant but just wrong so he rejected it and this was done instead in what he felt was the straightforward spirit of the song.
Not having seen the original, I think that description is pretty accurate. This video is perfect as-is.
Classic song!! Loved it back then, love it now!! Thanks for posting it!!
just barely caught this on a really obscure 1988 episode of Miami vice at my dad's house or I would never have heard of it groovy synth riff though
Glades
1984 episode, season 1, episode 9 - glades
@@jgordon1145 Love that episode (as I do most episodes of that awesome show); "We just wanted to go fishing, dammit!":-).
it's all about the haa at the end, I swear the most gorgeous man on the planet!
SUPER. Soundtrack Miami Vice epizod Glace
33 years ago I used to roller skate to this at the rink with actual skates because roller blades hadn't even been invented yet.
Connie Bauer roller blades have been around since the mid 70s. I had a pair for dry land hockey training in 1977 and they had been around a while then. Both Bauer and Winn-Well made them.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Roller rinks! Frequented every weekend! Fun Spot was where i went in Belleville, Il. The band Always played Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4! Wow, how memories remind us of who we were and let us stay there comfortably. Only two things never die. MUSIC and the Love for it!
I absolutely love this song lol
Why was this not a huge hit?
The pop market at the time was absolutely flooded with thousands of songs exactly like this.
@@Midlanflyguy And yet it still stood out, Rex.
Probably because in 1984 at camp ohio cabin 5.a rich bully spoiled twat kept playing this song!!!
Damn I remember buying the cassette for My Midget, Still driving a Ragtop, now a vintage XKE with a '22 in the doorwell . . . .
I've been looking for this song for a dog's age. I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm dancing at me desk while working. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I rememmber this song ...GOOD OL DAYS😍
My dad had always played this song before he left. Good song with bad memories
great energy
The lead synth riff is just mmmmmmmmwah chefs kiss
Absolutely!! I agree!! I love this song :)
great song
This song was featured on Miami Vice season 1 episode 9 "Glades" from '84. Hadn't heard this great tune in 20+ years and forgot about it until watching episode today. That memory brain cell is still alive- woot!
Shot all in one take, well done.
Another 4gotten 80's hit! It was time 4 Tommy to go solo!
Just saw this young fella last Thursday. Still adorable. I remember when they first played this video, I went flying across the room to go sit in front of the tv. I always wanted to be Mrs Tommy Shaw. I outgrew him and never met him, so that's not happening. I'm like Godzilla compared to him. Oh well.
OMG, i remember hearing this back in high school. and falling in love with it. (even though i really didnt like STYX.) lol i know that has no bearing on THIS song...just sayin' ;) this song was just so damn fun and brought back great memories
G?AWD, I LOVE THIS SONG!!!
Very fun song.
Fiiii hi hiiirrree awaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy!!!! Can’t think of a better tune!!!! Thanks Tommy!!!!
I have had this song stuck in my head since it came out, I could not find it....I started to think it was just like Lord of the New Church "Come Dance With Me" that it was some song I made up in my head, seriously thought I was going crazy, so glad I finally found it.
song 582 on my favorites listing
per-fec-tion!
Happy Birthday Tommy Shaw!
Like so many others, this song just sticks in the brain! That's 'cause 80's music was awesome! Not like today's schlock!
That drummer is a beast. I looked him up: His name is Steve Holley, and he played in Paul's McCartney's band Wings.
LOVE THIS haaaa. Tommy is one of the greatest in rock and roll. EVER. Actually this entire ALBUM is pretty great.
Drummer is a Beast✌
Tommy Shaw
"Girls With Guns"
Girls With Guns
A&M Records, 1984
One camera took this PV ! It is so cool.
Tommy is always cool for me ♡
Yes!
Got the original 45. Love it.
This Video is SO MUCH FUN to just watch
Love the great energy form entire Band.......
Also another GEM:
"Concealed Weapons" J. Geils Band
"Stranger In Town" TOTO
"Dancing in the Ruins" BLUE-OYSTER
.......Kristina.........
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Something tells me they didn't get this the first few tries, that's why Tommy is so happy at the end.
The idea was the video is shot in one continuous take with no editing.
well the take is great,but they aren`t playing it,they are runing the track,I think we all know that.
I'm glad Tommy got over the 80s fad, and came back to playing good rock and roll.
love this song....kev/indianapolis
Cool as all get out after 40 years 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
the happiest dance song EVER !!