![]() But compared to U2’s brooding religious erotica, “Rock n’ Roll” is camp trash, with Reeves Gabrels playing his guitar solos with a vibrator.* Possibly inspired by U2’s “With or Without You,” it shared with the latter a bass-driven, deep-crooned verse, a sudden dynamic shift in the chorus (triggered by the title phrase) and a simple, repeating chord progression-“Rock n’ Roll” just uses the first two chords, C and G, of “With or Without You”‘s cycling C-G-Am-F. The lead-off single of Tin Machine II, “You Belong in Rock n’ Roll” was Bowie’s most overt attempt at pop since “Never Let Me Down,” and it tanked, charting only (and poorly) in the UK, ignored by the rest of the world. But abandon from what?Īlan di Perna, “Ballad of the Tin Men,” Creem, 1991. With a band like Guns ‘n’ Roses, lyrically there’s a kind of abandon there. The whole weight of having gone through the apocalyptic vision of the Seventies, the greed and vanity of the Eighties: these are things that none of the younger bands knew about or experienced. I think the whole idea of talking about the feelings that you have between your mid-30s and mid-40s…there are endless experiences there. But in what you can give rock and roll, yes. You Belong In Rock n’ Roll (live, Oy Vey Baby, 1991).Īre there any new ideas left to be discovered in rock and roll?īowie: In rock and roll, no. You Belong In Rock n’ Roll ( Eleva2ren, 1991). You Belong In Rock n’ Roll ( Sacrée Soirée, 1991). ![]() You Belong In Rock n’ Roll ( Top of the Pops, 1991). You Belong In Rock n’ Roll ( Wogan, 1991). You Belong In Rock n’ Roll ( Paramount City, 1991). You Belong In Rock n’ Roll (single mix, video). ![]()
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