You're rock candy, baby. You're hard, sweet, and sticky!

[jandrok]

Let's face it, those old Montrose albums weren't much lyrically, but ol' Ronnie could lay down a mean and nasty riff that would just hit you in your junk. The man could just flat-out PLAY.


Lord! Oh, yeah.
When you need a friend through thick and thin
Don't look to those above you.
When you're down and out, ain't no doubt
Nobody wants you.

But you're rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky.
Rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky.

When you're seventeen reachin' for your dreams
Don't let no one reach it for you.
Pull up your pants,
Stretch out take a chance.
If it can be done, you can do it.

[chicagojoe]

1. That band rocked, but they blew the whole wad on the first album.

[jswordy]

3. Same old story: Huge first-time hit breeds inner tensions

Think Boston, and lots of others.

[chicagojoe]

4. Gotta say, though, it was the ONLY time Sammy Hagar

DIDN'T suck.

[jswordy]

7. Disagree...go get "9 on a 10 Scale" and listen to ...

"Young Girl Blues."

Perhaps his best song ever. And totally underground, since the LP did not receive airplay at all.

Oooh baby, I love you
It's Saturday night
Don't it feel like a Sunday in some ways
If you had any sense
You'd maybe go away, for a few days
And be that as it may
You can only say, you're so lonely
You are just a young girl
You're working your way thru the phoneys
And coffee on, well millstone?
It's a sad light unfading
And you're soft to the touch
Ooh not too much, baby
They say it's degrading
Your friends they are making
A pop star or two every evening
And you know it seems backward,
They can't see the patterns they're weaving
Your skin's so light
You'd like maybe to go to bed soon
So just close your eyes
If you're to rise up before noon
And high heels and car wheels
Yeah,the losers, they are groovin' yeah
Ohh, your dreams, strange things
Images are moving, all around
Young girl blues
It's Saturday night
Don't it feel like a Sunday in some ways
If you had any sense
You'd maybe go away, awww baby for a few days
And be that as it may
Well you can only say that I'm so lonely
And you are just a young girl
You're working your way
Just a young girl
Young girl blues
Young girl blues
Watch out for the phoneys
I say, you are just a young girl, ooh yeah
You are just a young girl, ooh yeah baby
You're just working your way
You're just working your way
Through the phoneys, yeah
You've got the young girl blues
You've got the young girl blues

Awesome lyrics...even better sung by Sammy.

These lyrics are frequently terribly mangled and misquoted on online lyrics services. It's another LP without a lyric insert.

[jswordy]

2. Misheard lyrics...

http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/montrose.shtml

I grew up hearing this song millions of times, as "Hot sweet and sticky."

Montrose. Yes!

[jswordy]

5. Likewise, "pull up your pants" was heard by me growing up as...

"Pull off your pants," which is more contextual, I think.

There was no album liner with lyrics...I have the LP to this day.

Misheard lyrics says it is "Put up your hands" ... which to me is even more out of place, in context.

*shrug*

[chicagojoe]

6. Yeah, I still have the vinyl, too.

Actually, it's the second one I bought. Wore out my first copy!
This thread brought back a cool memory: Montrose and Black Oak Arkansas at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, circa 1976.

[jswordy]

8. "Looooooord have mercy on my soul!"

;)

Never got to see BOA, did see Hagar as an opener for Nugent in St. Louis in '78. Still have the stub. Ted jumped from a 5-stack of Marshalls all the way to the floor...about a 20-25 foot leap, hitting licks on the guitar the whole time. Landed perfectly. Say what you want, he was in shape back then. It was a helluva show.

Sammy was an underground musician between Montrose and Van Halen. In that time, his fans had to be hardcore cuz he got almost no air play at all, if any.

[jandrok]

9. When electricity came to Arkansas.

BOA was a great band. Their drummer, Tommy Aldridge, went on to play in Pat Traver's band, which references a thread I did earlier today about Travers. Jim "Dandy" Mangrum was the prototype for David Lee Roth, down to the spandex pants and the long, blonde locks. BOA was a refreshingly filthy band.

I hate Nuge's politics, but I'll give him his due as a 70's rock powerhouse. He was a showman all the way around. "Double Live Gonzo" is a great concert album.

[Enraged_Ape]

10. One of the greatest rock albums of all time

The prototype for Van Halen. A true classic. I NEVER get tired of listening to it.

[Deja Q]

11. Hmmm. The 1970s were big for half-nekkid men on the covers...

:scared: Just see where the lead is lookin'...