'Love On The Rocks'

While working late into the evening last night, I was clicking around, looking for something different to listen to in the background. This was completely mindless listening - I needed something that required no attention because I would be focused on work but still enjoy the music. I ended up on Poison's Open Up and Say... Ahh! album.

I have no idea if I have stated it here before, but that album is one of the top 10 most important of my life. Poison was my glam gateway in the 80s. I was only 8 or so when Open Up came out, so being a big fan soon opened me up to other acts like Motley Crue, Def Leppard, the whole gambit.

In a lot of ways, Open Up is just the perfect 80s glam release: it is fun, the songs are memorable and yes, there's a huge power ballad too. My mom immediately loved "Fallen Angel" when that song was a single. I thought the video for "Nothin' but a Good Time" was the best thing ever.

These days, I don't listen to Open Up all that often because I have heard it probably a million times. When I do choose to give it a play, I tend to gravitate toward the B-sides. I think "Love On The Rocks" is one of the best songs Poison ever recorded. At just over three minutes, it is the perfect length. It is raunchy and crunchy and has a nice riff. The chorus gets stuck in your head. Here's the band doing the song live, way back in 1990.