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What do we think is the better song here? I’m choosing these two as I think they kind of flank Poison’s bigger hits but suggest slightly different bands, at different times. BTTRH with a foot firmly in ‘80s’ Poison, sounding better than many of their other singles and certainly album tracks. A song I could see Warrant (the superior songwriters) comfortably doing. On the other hand is LLAT, with its fuller sound, Rikki finally with some welcome decent drumming at the start and a clearly more mature sound - a foot firmly in the ‘90s’ Poison camp. LLAT a sign of things to come, BTTRH a sound of the bygone 80s.

Which is your favourite and why?

Great question.
Went with “Back to the Rocking Horse”
I loved this back in the day.
Should’ve been the single after Every Rose

life tragedy dog stomps rocking horse

Love Rocking Horse. No idea why, just one of those songs that makes me happy when I hear it. Tragedy is ok, but nowhere near as good

And BTW, questions like this are why I will never stop coming to this site

LLAT may be my favorite Poison song ever.

Never heard either of these songs.

So I flipped a coin and voted for the 2nd choice!

Needs a "Poison is for f@gs!" option.

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 12:52 pm LLAT may be my favorite Poison song ever.

Agreed. A true shame the band has not revisited the song live.

Both pretty solid tunes, but I gotta go with "Life Loves a Tragedy" here.

Indy_Rob wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 6:46 pm LLAT is possibly Poison's best song and to my knowledge they've never played it live. Total wasted opportunity.

That is truly outrageous.

I remember on that latest Rikki interview he mentioned it was his favourite.

ParaDime77 wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 3:42 pm

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 12:52 pm LLAT may be my favorite Poison song ever.

Agreed. A true shame the band has not revisited the song live.

Add me to this list as well.

Life Loves A Tragedy is one of those Poison songs that makes me wonder who wrote it because it sounds way more sophisticated than anything Bret ended up writing on his own. I'm gonna guess it's a CC song.

It's a great song.

LitaStrauss wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 6:30 am Life Loves A Tragedy is one of those Poison songs that makes me wonder who wrote it because it sounds way more sophisticated than anything Bret ended up writing on his own. I'm gonna guess it's a CC song.

It's a great song.

Lyrically, yes. But I think Bret was in the zone on this record and Native Tongue. Except for Unskinny Bop Bop Bop Bop of course.

As for the music, it’s actually Journey Anyway You Want it and a little Stone Start Me Up. The guitar players out there will understand.

Probably my favorite Poison album track.

Life Loves A Tragedy is a fantastic tune.

It should have been a single - shame they will never play it live (did they ever?)

IMO, Rocking Horse was a better tune than ‘Your Mamma Don’t Dance’ (which surprisingly was a top10 hit for them).

windycitycane wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 10:01 am Life Loves A Tragedy is a fantastic tune.

It should have been a single - shame they will never play it live (did they ever?)

IMO, Rocking Horse was a better tune than ‘Your Mamma Don’t Dance’ (which surprisingly was a top10 hit for them).

Any poison song on the first 3 records is better than “mama don’t dance” other than poor boy blue

The lame “cover a 70s classic” trend was the worst

windycitycane wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 10:01 am Life Loves A Tragedy is a fantastic tune.

It should have been a single - shame they will never play it live (did they ever?)

--- I don't think they ever did. ---

IMO, Rocking Horse was a better tune than ‘Your Mamma Don’t Dance’ (which surprisingly was a top10 hit for them).

Your Mama Don't Dance was awful. I'll never understand why they'd release a cover song during the height of their popularity. Still insane that they continue to play it live.

Your Mama Don’t Dance is a fucking SHITE song