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52 RATS SEASON FINALE: WAY COOL JUNIOR
Due to overwhelming fan response, Team Def has decided to give the 52 Rats series a proper send-off – featuring the pride of San Diego, hair metal pioneers Ratt!
BACKGROUND: For the young people out there, this is the music yr parents listened to in high school. And yes, they used to do that to their hair. That hole in the ozone layer? That was their fault.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I was a passing Ratt fan in my youth. I found a lot of hair metal to be silly Vaudeville routines, but Ratt had a bit of an edge in having some good guitar hooks that, as a budding young guitar player, I wanted to figure out. I wouldn’t call them an influence, but I do like a few of their songs.
Now, on with the Ratt Glam Slam!
1. Round and Round
Their first hit. With added Milton Berle. In drag.
BONUS MATERIAL: An all-new Ratt album is reportedly expected before the end of this year. O, why not? If Dokken can do it ...
Out of the cellar,
This is dF
BACKGROUND: For the young people out there, this is the music yr parents listened to in high school. And yes, they used to do that to their hair. That hole in the ozone layer? That was their fault.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I was a passing Ratt fan in my youth. I found a lot of hair metal to be silly Vaudeville routines, but Ratt had a bit of an edge in having some good guitar hooks that, as a budding young guitar player, I wanted to figure out. I wouldn’t call them an influence, but I do like a few of their songs.
Now, on with the Ratt Glam Slam!
1. Round and Round
Their first hit. With added Milton Berle. In drag.
2. Wanted Man
Note that they did this video two whole years before Bon Jovi started doing his rockinrolls cowboy schtick.
3. Lay It Down
With added scary clowns. And 1983’s Playmate Of The Year. Obviously. Apparently Ratt invented having Playboy models on hair metal album covers.
4. Body Talk
Not the official video, but the song set to gratuitous non-nude footage from the Playboy Channel. Not their best song, but I figured![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
puffdoggydaddy might appreciate this version more.
Note that they did this video two whole years before Bon Jovi started doing his rockinrolls cowboy schtick.
3. Lay It Down
With added scary clowns. And 1983’s Playmate Of The Year. Obviously. Apparently Ratt invented having Playboy models on hair metal album covers.
4. Body Talk
Not the official video, but the song set to gratuitous non-nude footage from the Playboy Channel. Not their best song, but I figured
puffdoggydaddy might appreciate this version more.BONUS MATERIAL: An all-new Ratt album is reportedly expected before the end of this year. O, why not? If Dokken can do it ...
Out of the cellar,
This is dF