In Which Tom Keifer Releases New Music
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 12:02AM
Holy Glam! Out of the blue, Tom Keifer just released new music! Tom released two songs, "Solid Ground" and "The Flower Song" via his website and also his new Facebook page.
There weren't any YouTube clips of the song yet, so you'll have to go to Tom's website to listen. basically both songs sound like Heartbreak Station-era Cinderella. There's also a bit of a country twang as well (just a little, not too much).
It's interesting that Tom decided to release a couple solo songs instead of working on something with Cinderella, but I'm just happy for the new music. Maybe a solo album will actually see the light of day. It's been promised to us for years now. A couple months ago, Tom officially announced his solo record would be released (but I remain skeptical). Here's that press release from back in August:
August 20, 2012 -- Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Tom Keifer is finally releasing his long-awaited and highly anticipated solo album in the Spring of 2013 after entering into a partnership with Merovee Records (a joint venture with Worldwide Pants, Inc.). The as-yet-untitled collection of 14 new songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to driving hard rock. It embraces the blues, rock and country roots that have always been present in his unique sound that has generated the sale of over 15 million records worldwide.
The upcoming release is a raw, introspective look at the roller coaster ride that has been Keifer's life for the past 15 years. From being told that he would never sing again as a result of a partially paralyzed left vocal cord, to the emotional and personal battles that followed, his solo debut is a story of perseverance, a testament to the power of passion and will, when combined with a true love of music.
Cinderella will play the Monsters of Rock Cruise March 2013.
Reader Comments (31)
Completely agree about Still Climbing. Good album, poor timing.
Woke up this morning on the wrong side of bed
I got this feeling like a train's running through my head
Turned on my radio to the same old song
Some big mouth talking trying to tell us where the world went wrong
But all this talk of peace and love
It's only for the news
Cause everytime you trust someone
You end up getting screwed
The more things change
The more they stay the same
Everyone's your brother till you turn the other way
The more things change
The more they stay the same
All we need's a miracle to take us all away from the pain
Came to this morning I was feeling mighty used
Picked up the telephone but all I got's a major attitude
Turned on the tv to the same old news
Everybody thinks they got the answer to the same old blues
. . . Rock on Tom.
Not something Wrongney and the squares you're going to stupidly vote for would ever do.
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people living life in peace
You may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world
You may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will live as one
But I will say this: while presidents have lots of power, they have very little sway given the checks imposed on them by our system. They can nudge trends, even start them, but they rarely carry them through without the backing of social groups and/or bipartisan support of some sort (consider Reagan and Clinton). And it is usually the case that the former (social groups) inform the decisions of the latter (politicians) given that government is largely reactive to, and conditioned by, popular opinion.
That our confirmation biases often obscure those facts is also a given. And the micro-bursts of detritus that emanate from our media centers rarely do anything to champion the generally positive nature of such checks, political and social. Why? It doesn't sell or fit into narratives designed to sell false dichotomies.
I am prepared to be challenged on this, but: very little will change after the elections. The realities of leadership are such that both Right and Left will have to once again yield to compromises small and large. If they don't, they resist at their (and our) peril.
Now back to another spin of the turntable. I am done and probably already wrote more than anyone cared to read. Perhaps both/all sides can agree on that point.
Oh, one last thing: Lennon was capable of imagining a perfect world. Many of us are (even if what we construct differs from one person to the next). But creating that sort of place has, so far as I know, never happened. That is, in fact, the etymological basis for _utopia_.
Look, I get it about Presidents as figureheads. But you've got to remember, this election is about getting a more moderate Supreme Court -- this is critical to the protection of Women's Rights and reversing a lot of the f*cked up sh*t foisted on us by the whole Neo-Con Corporate Republican/Military Industrial Fear Mongering that keeps wasting our tax dollars.
Yes, the Democrats are in on it, too, but to a lesser degree and want to spend it more here at home. I'd much rather throw money at the 99% than keep wasting it on the NeoCon's War Machine. Pave the frickin' streets of the U.S. in Gold. That's my style of Patriotism. If we have to have a President, I'd rather hear Obama's B.S. than Squaresville Wrongney's, who's going to owe every right wing nut job a favor if he gets in, especially this kook, Ryan and will continue to screw The Great Unwashed AND The Middle Class at every turn, if by some bizarre circumstance, he actually gets in. Send these clowns packing now!
So Obama will eak it out, which is saying something considering a lot of those voting against him are doing it purely based on Racism and that the Republicans have only let him do so much. His re-election will be a mandate for the continued change he has promised and will continue to deliver, despite the perception of the contrary.
. . . and I will leave it at that.