Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
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Free Music Review: Not the best Crue album, but a solid effort
Hit: 4 Stars
Motley Crue hit it big and gained a legion of fans with their classic sophomore album "Shout at the Devil" (1983). The band's third album "Theatre of Pain," (1985) solidified the Crue's place as one of rock's premier acts. 1987 saw the Crue continue to rule the rock world with their fourth album, "Girls Girls Girls."
Although "Theatre of Pain" was a multi platinum success and yielded two hit singles, ("Smokin' in the Boys Room," and "Home Sweet Home,") it was not the band's best work. Indeed, after two classic albums "Too Fast for Love" (1982), and "Shout at the Devil," "Theatre of Pain" seemed relatively lightweight and half-hearted in comparison.
"Girls Girls Girls" saw the Crue reinvent themselves to small degree. The band didn't abandon their sound, but they did tone down the glam a notch and opt for a meaner look and sound. The band embraced an image of Harleys and leather in place of spandex.
While "Girls Girls Girls" is still very much a pop-metal album, it is more aggressive and muscular than "Theatre of Pain."
After their first two classic albums, the band went on cruise-control with "Theatre of Pain" and "Girls Girls Girls." Be that as it may, "Girls Girls Girls" was still a return to form after the half-baked "Theatre of Pain." The entire album is better written with less filler, the band is tighter, and the overall performance is superior. Bassist Nikki Sixx came up with his best collection of songs since "Shout at the Devil."
One reason the sound of the Crue worked so well is the contrast between vocalist Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx. Neil is sunny and lively, while Sixx is dark and downbeat. The chemistry produces music that may seem superficially lighthearted but has a darker undertone. "Girls Girls Girls" highlights this interplay maybe more so than any other Crue album. Mick Mars's solos, while not brilliant, have a lot of soul and life. Drummer Tommy Lee, who is the most musically gifted musician in the Crue, gives the songs an extra shot of adrenalin.
Much like Guns N' Roses debut "Appetite for Destruction" (1987), "Girls Girls Girls" is a testament and a diary of living a life of drugs and debauchery in the sunset strip of LA in the 1980s. And while "Girls Girls Girls" doesn't quite pack the punch of "Appetite For Destruction," it comes in close at second place.
The album opens strong with the classic "Wild Side," one of the Crue's best songs. Immediately the tone for the album is set as rich images of life in abject poverty are brought to your ears. The albums raunchy title track is catchy, if not dated. Sixx's drug dependency confessional, "Dancing on Glass" is one of the Crue's more underrated songs. While at times the Crue seem to try a little too hard to sound dangerous, "Dancing on Glass" sounds genuinely lived in. "Bad Boy Boogie" is good, but not great, and is more-or-less filler. "Nona," an instrumental tribute to Sixx's grandmother, who raised him, is hauntingly beautiful.
The fast paced "Five Years Dead," "All in the Name of..." and "Sumthin' for Nothin'" aren't the strongest songs in the Crue's catalogue, but are good, and keep up the momentum. The infectious sing-along hooks keep these three from being just another batch of generic 80s hair-metal songs.
"You're All I Need" is, for me, the album's highlight and is one of the Crue's finest songs. Beautifully written, if it had had generic power-balled lyrics, it still would have been a great song. But rather, it's a song, told in first-person, of a man who kills his girlfriend-so he can have her forever and no one else can. The contrast between the disturbing lyrics, and the beautiful melody, makes this one of the Crue's most intriguing songs. It also features one of Mick Mars best solos, which is the perfect touch.
A cover of Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" stays more-or-less true to the original and is a good way to round out the album.
The remastered addiction of this CD includes several bonus songs. Instrumental rough mixes of "Nona," "Girls Girls Girls" and "Wild Side" shows the songs in progress and should be of interest to fans. A live rendition of "All in the Name of" isn't really necessary, but will be of interest to dedicated fans. Of the bonus material, the real highlight in the lush balled "Rodeo." Absent from "Girls Girls Girls" upon its release, it was unheard by the general public until the 1999 reissue. "Rodeo" could have been a big hit had it been released back in 1987. It is easily one of the most memorable songs from the 1987 sessions.
All in all, "Girls Girls Girls" contains a couple really good songs and a fair amount of filler. But even if it does contain a fair amount of filler, the filler is still pretty good. And while "Girls Girls Girls" may pale in compassion to some of their other work-"Too Fast For Love, "Shout at the Devil," "Motley Crue" (1994), it's still a fine album that should please most fans of the band and of 80s rock in general.
Free Music Review: Girls Girls Girls
Hit: 4 Stars
OK, so Mötley Crüe never pretended to be anything more than a Glam Rock band. They didn't pander to commercial interests like Bon Jovi. They didn't try to validate themselves as musicians like Queensr˙che. They didn't go grunge like Bang Tango. Their egos didn't explode like Guns N' Roses (well, not quite as much). And they never, ever toned down their behaviour like Skid Row. Through it all, they remained the quintessential Glam band, always setting the extreme standards for others to follow.
With a title like `Girls, Girls, Girls' this was never likely to be a serious album, and it's not. However, it is also vintage LA Glam Rock - unapologetically sleazy and ultimately disposable. The band had spent months in the studio on their previous album and were unhappy with the over-polished result. For this album, they hit the studio and did the lot within three weeks. It brought back their edge, smudged their make-up and dirtied up the sound well and truly. It also meant `Girls, Girls, Girls' sounds decidedly underdone in places.
First track "Walk On The Wild Side" rocks like a maniac, in the best traditions of Van Halen and Aerosmith. Mick Mars' guitar swaggers through the song, with probably the most Metal sound he's ever pulled from six strings and an amplifier. Vince Neil is his streetwise best with his glimpse of the seedy side of LA life and lines like "East LA, midnight/Papa won't be home tonight/Found dead with his best friend's wife". It's probably about as real as Mötley Crüe ever get.
Then it's back to the teen fantasy these grown men were living with "Girls, Girls, Girls". Basically, it's big dumb rock with hairspray and copious sex thrown in. The dumb obvious chorus shout of "Girls, girls, girls" will still have you singing it too, despite the utter cliché of it all - it's sexist but sexy escapism. "Bad Boy Boogie" is just what it says, grooving in a way AC/DC might have done had they been born and raised in Los Angeles. "All In The Name Of Rock" isn't what it seems. It's about underage sex and groupies with a bouncy Rock And Roll feel to it and, despite the sleazy subject matter, it's delightfully catchy. If you enjoy it, you need to say ten Hail Marys and a couple of How's Yer Fathers and subject yourself to hours of self-flagellation for punishment.
The Crüe were quite keen on chemical stimulants at the time this was recorded. "Something For Nothing" touched on the subject, along with prostitution and more groupies. It also has one of the best riffs Mick Mars ever played and you really get the feeling that life must be so tough for a Rock star...
"You're All I Need" is the compulsory Power Ballad. It's a sad account of teen love ending in murder due to the cheesy old "if I can't have you, no one will" line. Oddly, it almost seems like Vince Neil was feeling what he was singing. It has all the right ingredients for an 80s weepie: piano, acoustic guitar, big power chords and a wailing solo, soaring vocals, and the quiet/loud/quiet dynamic. Yet, it sounds strangely similar to Twisted Sister's version of "Leader Of The Pack".
If you want filler, you've got it. "Nona" is pretty dumb, as the entire lyrical content of the song is "Nona, I'm out of my head without you". Repeat ad nauseam over a cello and acoustic guitar. "Five Years Dead", a song about being in prison, isn't terribly bad, it's just not very good either. There's a live version of "Jailhouse Rock" tacked on the end of the album for no good reason other than to pad the album out. It's revved up a bit more than the original, but it's ultimately pointless.
`Girls, Girls, Girls' is probably three songs short of an amazing album, but the highlights here put to shame just about every other band of the Glam genre short of Guns N' Roses. This album's quick recording session helped Mötley Crüe regain their streetwise edge and restored some of their earlier fire. It didn't turn out quite how the band had expected but it set them up perfectly to record `Dr. Feelgood' two years down the track, perhaps the last great album of the Glam era.
Free Music Review: The Crue's Masterpiece....
Hit: 4 Stars
Motley Crue's 1987 album, "Girls, Girls, Girls" is by far one of their greatest albums ever. The album is louder and heavier than their previous album, 1985's "Theatre of Pain." The riffs Mick and Nikki came up with for this album are just unbelievable, Tommy's drum beats have never been better and Vince's vocals are phenomenal. The album consists some of Motley Crue's greatest songs to date. From the beginning of the album to the end, the album is undoubtably fantastic. The opener, "Wild Side" is an excellent opener to the album and is definately a Crue classic that'll make you rock all night long. It's extremely heavy and the lyrics are great. The song is wild as in the title. Then we go to the next song. THE SONG OF 1987! It's the Crue's very own "Girls, Girls, Girls." This is probably Motley Crue's greatest song of their career and is definately a Crue anthem. The lyrics are genius and the riff Mick came up with for this track is excellent. This album gives you two Crue classics back to back. What else could you ask for?
If you want to rock the night away then "Bad Boy Boogie" is the perfect choice. This song is sort of a "Wild Side" Part II. It's heavy, and is a great rocker. The next track is "Nona" which is a short instrumental piece with some lyrics that Nikki Sixx dedicated to his grandmother that passed away just before the album's release. It's a pretty emotional tune that can make the sensitive people cry. Then go to "All in the Name of..." which is another semi-anthem. The chorus line goes like, "All in the name of, All in the name of...ROCK!" It's the perfect song for any rock fanatic. With the closing track, the Crue paid their respects to the "King" himself by recording a live version of Elvis's "Jail House Rock." The live version they did of this is great. There is a lot of power behind this live tune. Vince did a great job on singing the lyrics and Nikki, Mick and Tommy did a great job re-creating the riffs and beats.
This album should be the first album you buy to start your Motley Crue collection. It'll really get you into the Crue fever. It's loud, heavy and is a MASTERPIECE! Rock on Motley Crue!
Free Music Review: Girls, Girls, Girls (***1/2)
Hit: 4 Stars
Motley Crue-Girls, Girls, Girls ***1/2
Written, recorded, and released while the whole band was addicted to heroin, coke, and booze, Girls is Motleys cheapest album. It is the albums sloppiest sounding record to date, and the production suffers greatly from eighties cheese, and yet there is something enduring about this.
The lords prayer is turned into the coolest blasphemy on the albums opener 'Wild Side.' It's one of Motleys as well as rocks best bad boy songs. Nikki Sixx nailed the lyrics on this one. 'Girls, Girls, Girls' the albums title track roles next and keeps things going with some of Mick Mars best guitar playing as well as some of Vince Neils greatest vocals. 'Dancing On Glass' is one of Motleys unsung classics much like 'Piece Of Your Action' or '[...].' 'Bad Boy Boogie' and 'All In The Name Of...' go hand in hand as both cheesy yet totally rockin' blues numbers. 'Five Years Dead' can get old but still pulls through. 'Somthin For Nothin' has a stolen Joe Perry Project riff, and actually sounds like something they would have wrote as well. 'You're All I Need' was a swing and a miss, as was the pointless 'Nona.' 'Jailhouse Rock' a live cover of the Elvis classic is to me more blasphemous then 'Wild Side.' It is horrible to say the least.
Reissues are cool when they add bonus tracks, but these seem pointless. Instrumental tracks to the hits, okay...so what? The never before released track should have stayed that way. Thought the video the include for the title track will please die hards.
The album is a decent rock album for the occasional spin but nothing to write home about. It has enough classics to make it worth owning and it is epecially fun before a Crue show when your in the parking lot.
Free Music Review: A huge improvement over "Theatre of Pain"
Hit: 4 Stars
In 1987 the Crue released the follow up to through break through release "Theatre of Pain". Girls, Girls, Girls, has much stronger songwriting than its precessor did. With concert staples Wild Side and Girls, Girls, Girls, being the finest examples of Nikki's great songwriting. Other highlights include All in the Name of, and the live cover of Jailhouse rock. Girls,Girls, Girls is a great rebound from the flawed "Theatre of Pain" and it was their last stop before superstardom with 1989's Dr. Feelgood.