Well, I am a little ashamed to admit that 11 year old me generally didn't think girls should sing rock songs. I mean, I liked some Olivia Newton John songs I heard on the radio, and will even admit that when Helen Reddy sang "I am a Woman" in 1972 I sang along. It was catchy, shoot me. Our shitty AM radio station where I grew up would occasionally play rock songs, and for what seemed like an eternity, "Devil Gate Drive" got special treatment and was played over and over and over. I really liked it. I remember my mum turning off the radio - that just made it better. I mean, it wasn't B.T.O. but she had a growl and she was killing it. I don't think I ever really thought of it again after that brief period of time. Sure, like a lot of other kids when she showed up as Leather Tuscadero on Happy Days it was like, "Ooh." In hindsight I think this pushed her into the realm of caricature and used up any rock credibility she has accumulated. This may ex...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget