HOW ABOUT YOU
Taking a well-worn blues chord progression, the band finally lets loose on this infectious stadium rocker and makes a valiant attempt to rescue the album from the pits of synth-pop hell that was "She's Got Motion". I've gotta say that, despite lyrics that are as forgettable as your mother-in-law's date of birth, I've always enjoyed this tune. It's a great driving tune that grabs you from the opening guitar/vocal riff and doesn't let go until the final BOOM-BOOM.
STANDING ON THE EDGE
There's nothing inherently wrong with this song at first listen. But when you realize how out of place it would have sounded on any of the band's first three albums, you realize just how far the trolley has strayed from the tracks. Even on One On One (which was where, in my estimation the band began sacrificing parts of them for the "greater good"), this song would have stuck out like a sore thumb.
That's not to say that "Standing On The Edge" is a horrible song; it's just not the Trick we came to know and love with the savage, gutteral rock that graced their stunning debut effort, nor the much slicker, but no less stunning In Color or Heaven Tonight. Even those who jumped on the bandwagon during the At Budokan/Dream Police days could tell the difference.
Even so, a decent song that tells not of dream police coming in the night, but, rather, a beautiful woman with "laser eyes". On a side note, I've listened to the song for decades, but damn if I can make out a single word in the second verse.
Probably for the better, I suppose.
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