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So many good ones but I think this is the best. The mega hits they had were so overplayed, I got tired of them. For some reason, I could listen to 4 in the morning all day https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XVKZCYFuA ... l2ZQ%3D%3D
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"Sing Me Away"
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I've always been partial to Rumours In The Air.
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First song from them I've heard, Don't Tell Me You Love Me. Love the dual guitar solos.
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TooOldToCare wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:23 pm First song from them I've heard, Don't Tell Me You Love Me. Love the dual guitar solos.
Yeah, that's my favorite Night Ranger song, too, though "Sister Christian" is a classic as well.
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I'm also partial to the proto-"Sister Christian" song from Dawn Patrol, "Call My Name".
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KISStian wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:07 pm "Sing Me Away"
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TooOldToCare wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:23 pm First song from them I've heard, Don't Tell Me You Love Me. Love the dual guitar solos.
This and the timing of the video when MTV was just getting going makes it real memorable for me.
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Anything that isn't the Motorin' song. What's their most rockin' tune? Did they release one as a single? They're a little before my time.
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Try the one above.
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On the ballad side, Goodbye over Sister Christian all day.
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TooOldToCare wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:23 pm First song from them I've heard, Don't Tell Me You Love Me. Love the dual guitar solos.
Yeah they never topped this...
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TooOldToCare wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:23 pm First song from them I've heard, Don't Tell Me You Love Me. Love the dual guitar solos.
I was 12 when this came out on MTV and hadn't starting playing guitar yet.
The Brad Gillis solo blew me the fuck away...I was in awe..
As i started getting into guitar and progressed over the years, of course I learned that Brad's solo is more 'flash' and Jeff's solo was more technical...
But to this day, when DTMYLM comes on, I always have to crank Brad's solo and it takes me back to that time..
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the_man_incognito wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:15 pm
TooOldToCare wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:23 pm First song from them I've heard, Don't Tell Me You Love Me. Love the dual guitar solos.
I was 12 when this came out on MTV and hadn't starting playing guitar yet.
The Brad Gillis solo blew me the fuck away...I was in awe..
As i started getting into guitar and progressed over the years, of course I learned that Brad's solo is more 'flash' and Jeff's solo was more technical...
But to this day, when DTMYLM comes on, I always have to crank Brad's solo and it takes me back to that time..
There are very few tunes from that era that I still crank, and this is one. Used to play it acoustically when I was doing solo patio cover gigs, minus the solos of course.
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Love Song
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cowpins wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:37 pmLove Song
Gettin’ Better is good, too.
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DemonFilth2001 wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:46 pm
cowpins wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:37 pmLove Song
Gettin’ Better is good, too.
Aren't those Tesla songs?
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Don't Tell Me You Love Me would be almost any bands best song, and if you wanna pick from one of the many schmaltzie tracks (is this a word, schmaltzie?) I'd go w/ When You Close Your Eyes.
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Reason to Be.

As for their ballads, I always loved Restless Kind
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Eddie's Comin' Out Tonight
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Rocker4Real wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:54 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:46 pm
cowpins wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:37 pmLove Song
Gettin’ Better is good, too.
Aren't those Tesla songs?
Ah fuck. Ok, I'll go with that We Built This City song.
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cowpins wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:27 pm
Rocker4Real wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:54 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:46 pm

Gettin’ Better is good, too.
Aren't those Tesla songs?
Ah fuck. Ok, I'll go with that We Built This City song.
Oh...I see now.
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cowpins wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:27 pm
Rocker4Real wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:54 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:46 pm

Gettin’ Better is good, too.
Aren't those Tesla songs?
Ah fuck. Ok, I'll go with that We Built This City song.
Jane is a good little tune as well
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Tenacious_Dio wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:14 pm Eddie's Comin' Out Tonight
Probably my choice as well. Lots of good songs on those first 3 albums
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sirthx2 wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:01 pm Don't Tell Me You Love Me would be almost any bands best song, and if you wanna pick from one of the many schmaltzie tracks (is this a word, schmaltzie?) I'd go w/ When You Close Your Eyes.
Yeah WYCYE is like a less wussy Sister Christian.
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For deep cuts, how about "Wild and Innocent Youth" from the Out of Bounds soundtrack?

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They have so many great ones, but I’m partial to When You Close Your Eyes.
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Win - Don’t Tell Me You Love Me
Place - When You Close Your Eyes
Show - anything from Somewhere In California (their best album front to back, IMO)
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uwec95 wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 5:57 pmGoodbye
I can tell I'm getting old (58 in Sept) and reflective on life, kids, and tough shit we all deal with when a rock ballad makes me melancholy and feel like a wuss thinking about the past.
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