Poison - Open Up & Say Ahhh
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Free Music Review: Jr. High Memories flood back with this album!!!
Hit: 4 Stars
Fun, good old rock music. Nothing complex about Poison's music, just a party on an album. Not for all music fans, listen before purchasing!Free Music Review: Nuthin' but a good time...
Hit: 3 Stars
Back in the '80s, Thrashers had mortal enemies in the form of Glam Rockers, and one of the biggest and easiest targets was Poison. Hairspray, make up, spandex and a penchant for happy Pop songs mislabeled Metal by a clueless press made Poison cannon fodder for the bullet belt, mullet and obscenely tight jeans brigade. Poison didn't really give a damn, just carrying on their merry way, and selling millions of records.
`Open Up And Say...Ahh!' is a good exercise in the art of filler songs. Filler songs are like those gap filler products you can buy for fixing cracks in your walls - they match the wallpaper and you don't really notice them. There were four singles released from this album, a 40 percent strike rate for a ten song album and while they were all reasonably successful, the rest was filler, and pretty bloody bland and formless filler at that.
First though, the good bits. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is the power ballad which all other power ballads aspire to be. It is weepy, cheesy and catchy, and surprisingly wasn't written by Willie Nelson. It has a solo to die for, and to cry to, making a nonsense of all the criticism levelled at guitarist CC DeVille's playing ability. This is a white trash anthem to broken hearts and lost loves, perfect for singing with newly found beer buddies.
"Your Mamma Don't Dance" is an ancient Kenny Loggins song given the Glam treatment. It's harmless Poppy nonsense, about teen antics and a girlfriend's uncool parents. "Nothin' But A Good Time" is an '80s version of the same song, but the teens have grown up, and want a weekend escape from the daily grind of life. "Fallen Angel" is a too cheerful treatment of the pitfalls of a small town girl trying to make it in the big city. These four songs have more hooks than a fishing tackle shop and more Pop melodies than the Spice Girls mustered in an entire career. Poison always knew their musical limitations, and pushed their abilities right to the limit. Bret Michaels might not have had the strongest voice in the Glam scene, but he knew it, and made the most of what talent he did have.
And then, the filler. Oh dear...but you can hardly blame the poor wee Poison boys, because all their heroes had made careers of padding out a couple of songs and calling it an album. Just check out pretty much any studio album by Kiss or Van Halen or even Mötley Crüe, and you'll find half-hearted, underdone tracks aplenty. The song titles give it away- "Back To The Rocking Horse", "Look But You Can't Touch", and "Love On The Rocks" don't promise much, and deliver exactly that. There's the odd decent moment, like a fun melody in the chorus of "Look But You Can't Touch", but moments don't make songs. Poison manage to hit every cliché listed in the 1980s Glam Rock handbook, and add a few of their own. None of it is terribly cerebral, but then it's not supposed to be.
The vinyl album version of `Open Up And Say...Ahh!' had a brilliant gimmick on the cover, in the form of a three dimensional tongue stuck to the painted up cat woman on the album cover. Looking back now, the cover is somewhat ridiculous and over the top, but that matched Poison's music, and the lifestyle provided by a mega-million selling album. CC DeVille's heroin addiction and Bret Michael's appetite for shagging models and groupies are both well documented, and perhaps those excesses stopped the band ever reaching the same heights again. `Open Up And Say...Ahh!' remains a dirty little secret, kept in the closet by many a Rocker who steadfastly denies ever owning it.
Free Music Review: Open Up and Say ... AHH Not Bad!
Hit: 3 Stars
Up there with Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and other bands of the era, Poison helped create the greatest decade of rock music ever made. Although not the best Poison album Open Up and Say ...AHH! is still a worthwhile purchase. Their most covered song by pub bands Every Rose Has It's Thorn, a slow love ballad is on this album which most people either love or hate. The other huge hit Nothin' But A Good Time, on this album is a sensational rock song. Most of the other songs on here are pretty good too. I would also recommend buying their album Flesh & Blood as well for sensational songs like Unskinny Bop. If you like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, AC/DC and similar bands then you have to listen to Poison as well. The cover booklet also contains lyrics and photographs of the band.
Free Music Review: Party on Wayne, Party on Garth
Hit: 3 Stars
This is not brain surgery! They were looking for "nothing but a good time" and they wanted you to have fun with them. Once you go past the makeup and silly clothing, you get a party record. Is that not what rock n roll music was to be? You have two camps of rockers "I want a woman, so lets go party!" and "I want to change the world with my music." We all know which one of these are Poison! I think it is time to bring back the original album cover guys.Free Music Review: Simple?
Hit: 3 Stars
Yes. Poison is simple, and cheesy, and silly and shallow, and all of it.They are also fun. They're a good party band, and this is a good party disc. Don't expect Queensryche or Iron Maiden or Motorhead. Expect an 80s party, and you'll be happy.