Favorite "Wild" Songs #4 - "Wild Side"
@teamfreak16 (43421)
Denver, Colorado
October 26, 2017 4:27pm CST
It's yet another music theme started by @FourWalls that I am using: songs with "wild" in the title. I am at #4: "Wild Side" by Motley Crue.
The lead track on Motley Crue's 1987 album, Girls, Girls, Girls, "Wild Side" is a flat-out rocker, a fantastic piece of 80's metal. It's also, as Wikipedia puts it, a song with no actual guitar solo, a rarity in 80's metal, as well as being one of the few songs from the band that utilizes tempo changes.
Released as a single, "Wild Side," written from the point of view of a gang member, failed to chart. Oddly, to me, because it is superior to the title track, which landed on four charts in three countries.
I've mentioned this before, but except for a couple of songs, and their album, Shout at the Devil (which I think is really good,) I am not really a Motley Crue fan. However the few songs of theirs that I do like, I seem to really like them.
Such is the case with "Wild Side." I've linked to the very energetic video, which depicts the band performing the song in concert.
Enjoy!
(Info verified by Wikipedia)
Music video by Motley Crue performing Wild Side. (P) 1987 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Masters 2000 Inc
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
26 Oct 17
Not even with the LA connection?
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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27 Oct 17
Well, they are loud aren't they? Trying to expand my appreciation for the 80's hair bands by giving this a listen. Video was wild! According to a source I read the band wrote this as tribute to their lives in Los Angeles, in addition, Nikki Sixx was seeing a Catholic school girl at the time and used the Lord's prayer as partial inspiration to write the tune. Pretty cool 
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Oct 17
I read that too. I should have included it, but I am trying to keep these a little shorter.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Oct 17
@dgobucks226 - Having something in reserve for responses is definitely one reason. Plus, most people aren't going to want to read a long discussion about music that they care nothing about.
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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27 Oct 17
@teamfreak16 I do the same! You can't put every little detail in there. Too much analysis causes paralysis 
Plus, I get to fill in a blank in my responses to your very interesting posts
Plus, I get to fill in a blank in my responses to your very interesting posts 1 person likes this
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
27 Oct 17
surprising how revolutionary the lack of guitar solo actually is
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Oct 17
Rare for 80's hair metal. Every song had a guitar solo, even the ballads.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 Oct 17
Like you, a couple of their songs are okay but the rest, naaaaa. But the lead singer is a hottie 
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 Oct 17
@teamfreak16 Yes, I am not good with all of their names.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Oct 17
Who, Vince Neil? He's not a bad looking guy.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
27 Oct 17
Hm. Odd it wasn't more popular because I always liked "Wild Side" better than say "Girls, Girls, Girls"
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Oct 17
Yeah, I never understood the popularity of "Girls, Girls, Girls" myself.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
27 Oct 17
@teamfreak16 Yeah that one actually irritates me :/ though it would make an awesome name for an all girl Motley Crue tribute lol
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