It’s starting to make sense - Lex is an 80’s baby, loving the variety of sounds, instruments, and creativity. And Brad has a 70’s soul, diving into the lyrics, the meaning, and emotions. You are both so awesome!!!
May be on to something man, maybe in her past life she was one of the metal heads that got to close to the flames. She seems like a natural born headbanger. Brad reminds me more of us 70's kids.
Ratt had probably the most vague innocuous lyrics of any band. But I didn't care, they always put me in a good mood when I listened to them 😁. Hedonistic Glam Metal 🎸 at its finest 👍
Good point. I loved Duran Duran back then......Go try and make sense of Simons lyrics. I would read them and think "What the hell is this guy thinking?"
I've never paid attention to lyrics. They literally don't matter. You could switch any songs lyrics to talking about taking a dump in the bathroom. As long as they sing they song the same way and the beats are the same then the song will still be just as good.
@@WheresWaldo05 Hi. Musician here, 35 years of playing drums. I hear you. Until I fell in love with Rush, where the drummer wrote the lyrics, they meant nothing to me either. Your comment reminded me of an MTV video from the early 90s. Eric Clapton performing a slowed down, purely acoustic version of 'Layla' on Unplugged. When Clapton plays the very first note, half the audience erupts in cheers. And when - 16 bars or so later EDIT: a bit longer than 16. Clapton was always a show off 🙂 - he SINGS the the first line of the song, the OTHER half erupts (it's a good song). You, my friend, are firmly in the first group. Some ppl love tone and rhythm, and some love poetry. If you haven't already, you should give jazz a shot. Much much more focus on the music. Finally: As long as David Lee Roth sounded the same as the album, I couldn't have cared less about the 'message', I just saw singing as another instrument. Caring about the song and what I was doing to elevate the message came much later. Seven Bridges Road by The Eagles being a good example. Be well. 🤘🤠🤘
Listen to "Lay it down", that riff is so iconically Ratt. Actually trying to play it on a guitar is damn near painful with it's long stretches. Yet Warren DeMartini plays it it with such ease, definitely one of the the most under-rated guitarist of the 80's.
...I do love that riff, also "Your in Love".. another good one is "Way Cool Jr"...also "Back for More"...time to pull "Out of The Cellar ", out of the cellar...good times brother
One of my all time favorite riffs. Just something about it, that even today gets to me. You are right about the stretches. I like to use it as a warm up.
Can't upvote this one enough. Most guitarists I've known consider Lay It Down one of the coolest 80's guitar riffs ever. It deserves every bit of that reputation. Drop D tuning, almost blues-like chord choices, and a sexy swing rhythm to hold it all together. It's soooooooo badass. Edit: Not to mention a SCORCHING Warren Di Martini guitar solo!
@ Chris Capablanca , Jake E Lee is my favorite of Ozzy’s guitarists. Being sandwiched between Randy and Zakk gets him overlooked. Love him in Badlands as well.
Artist: Ratt Album: Out of the Cellar Released: 1984 The 80's maybe had the biggest onslaught of musical flavors, so much different music was developing all at a similar time. Don't feel bad about being confused, if I hadn't went through it in my teenage days I wouldn't be able to make heads or tails out of those days either. It was a very creative decade for sure and the funny thing about it is I'm not sure most of us realized it at the time. The 80's gets knocked around for being "corny/cheesy" but a lot of influence's came out of it and still lives in sound and spirt in the newer music of today.
but this "hair metal" sound was finished before 1989-90. so to her question "why does this sound 90s to me"? it simply shouldnt. ratt would only have been popular when it was. circa 1983-88.
Well said. I was in my senior year in high school in 84... 80s & 90s had some really really good music coming out. I miss those hair bands. I look around now and the only thing that comes close nowadays is probably Nickleback. It all started going south after Nervana...
@@TANTRUMGASM true enough that i was off by a couple years. but also fair to support my premise that this track, and the genre in general, does not sound 90s at all.
Ratt king of the hair metal bands. Motley Crue might have been bigger, but Ratt was just more solid, and consistent, and absolutely legit. I was more speed metal and thrash, but I respected them.
Brad, the be brutally honest, heavy metal lyrics are often deep...but 99% of the time, hard rock lyrics mean nothing. They are thrown together to sound cool and it's usually about sex/girls.
Life Changing story with this song. Everyone has those, "Where were you when..." moments. Well, When I was 17, I had a bad ass Chevy Fleet side truck in High School. This song was playing on my Alpine 'cassette player' while I was making a left turn, crushing the Mall. Without looking, I floored it and spun my 50s Firestone Super Sports and then looked to where I was headed. I couldn't slam my breaks fast enough when I say this little kid and his Dad in front of me. By the grace of Gad, my life changed that day without injury to anyone. My truck stopped close enough for his father to put his hand on the hood. I slammed it in park and got out in tears. I have never forgotten that day. EVERY time I hear this song, I change it and thank God that I learned a valuable lesson without physical cost.
Please react to some Dokken, also 80's glam/heavy metal and they had one of the best guitarrists of all time George Lynch, such a melodic and interesting player with a guitar tone so sweet you may have a heart attack, in a good way ;) If you decide to react to them here's some tips along the way. Ballads: "Alone Again" "Walk Away" Fast paced and/or kickass 80's glam/heavy metal: "Tooth and Nail" "Kiss of Death" "Unchain the Night" "Into the Fire" "Lightning strikes again" "The Hunter" As a bonus I'll throw in "When Heaven Comes Down", it's much darker and sinister than the rest of their songs but god damn is it beautiful and melancholic and the guitar solo is one of my favorites of all time.
RATT was HUGE in the 80's...one of the greatest rock bands of the era....they were a major player bitd. Their hit songs are classics today. They helped define the 80's rock scene. Great party band.
they were kind of "first wave LA hair do band", along with Motley Crue, but I always thought Ratt was better...who else might you put in the "First wave Hair Do band".?.maybe Twisted Sister? although they were from NY...then you had the second wave like "Brittany Fox, Autographs...maybe "Faster PussyCat"...it is all a bit blurry for me now...I used to have a better handle on it
My very first concert when I was 13 was Ratt with Blackfoot and Helix in 1984. That was it for me, it’s all about Metal since. Great reaction, oh and the actual video for this is pretty awesome
"Give it All",....."Scene of the Crime",....."No Surprise",....."What's it Gonna Be",...."Slip of the Lip",...."Morning After",....Never Use Love",......"Your in Love",....."Nobody Rides For Free",.....ect
Good tune. Part of the hair metal stuff of back then. It's 80s stuff. They sounded kind of advanced for their time. They were one of the better hair metal bands I could listen to. They had a pretty crisp, clear sound and some pretty thumping bass lines.
@@inklanois "Hair" was about having alot of hair, and forming a band to get laid. Most of it was bad. "Arena" was about playing good music and rocking out to an arena full of people.
The singer for Ratt was good friends with Metallicas drummer in the 80s. He asked if Metallica would collaborate with Ratt on a record. James hetfield said nope.
Ratt and roll ! They started here in San Diego under the name " Mickey Ratt " they used to play keg house parties and all the small clubs around town. once they moved to LA and started playing the clubs there they changed the name to RATT and got signed, straight up 80's hair metal band.
We used to draw the Ratt logo and the Twisted Sister logo on our notebooks and the chalkboards at school. Out of the Cellar was probably one of the first albums I ever bought. Good times.
I have the ts bone logo tattooed on my butt...along with dee's handprint and sig. I wasnt an 80s babe but i was there in the post 90s early oughts dregs when all the gods were fat and sad. ...still fun for me as a goo dancer et all
I like how you have it tuned down a half step from the original recording. It makes it sound more organic, less processed, and more like a normal singing range
This was released in 1984, and the soundscape of southern California was being fought over by dozens of bands across all flavors of rock, like Metallica, Megadeth, Motley Crue, Ratt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Talking Heads. There are so many more that I can't think of off the top of my head, but there are a ton.
She always smiles when guitar solos start. Eddie Van Halen is rated #1 in guitar magazines. David Lee Roth is the original singer for Van Halen then Sammy Hagar (from Montrose). You two are great like watching you listen to Rock n Roll.
Remember being with my friend Rob at his house in.Sherman Oaks when I first heard and saw this album. Funny how music can take you right back to that moment in time.
Straight up 80s. But this fell in the category where girls were into it. Def Leppard, Bon Jovi. "Edgy" rocker hair bands. As a teen boy it was nice to see some "metal" that didn't attract only long hair dudes.
I'll back Lex here. I am a music first listener, but the melody from the vocalist is a huge part of it. Even the sounds of the words matter. I don't necessarily listen for the context or meaning of the words at first, but how the chosen words sound with the melody. For example, if they would have sung the words Run Around, it would feel different there, but Round and Round just feels right. Now I think those words also play more into the meaning which I believe is centered on the cat and mouse game being played between a two people in the dating scene. Lex seems to love the 80's rock/metal. Born in the wrong decade. It was an amazing time.
Yes! you guys finally got around to some "Ratt n Roll"! Prob my fave 80's metal band. Round and Round is a great song, but it isn't even their best one. Lay It Down is prob their best, imo. Love Robbin Crosby and Warren DeMartini on the guitars!
These guys sold millions of albums throughout the 80’s, and played to massive audiences in stadiums. Until the grunge era kicked in, and made all the hair metal bands look like a joke.
Lex, I would love to sit down and play 70s and 80s rock that would keep you dancing and bopping your head forever! Its gotta be a bummer sitting next to "bump on a log" Brad, who obviously hates everything that's not rap.
Hey Brad & Lex🤘🤘 in the 80"s 2 band's that came out in the Thrash scene was Exodus & Testament and they still are putting out great albums today and just get better by the years.1 song I'd introduce you guys to from Exodus is the mosh pit anthem called The Toxic waltz that's a mosh pit favorite ☠ and from Testament electric crown or souls of black🤘 These bands are awesome live and hope you can make it to there concerts. Rock on Metalheads🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘☠☠☠☠
oh snap! ROUND AND ROUND!!! got some serious 80s goin now! If i could suggest, listening to the song fully the first time without worrying about the meaning, most metal/rock is meant to just take you there. Just jam the fk out, then if you like the song dig deeper, thats what I do anyway. I know its harder when u have to pause and provide content. love the show!
I can’t believe you guys even found this song. I’m an 80s child. Good stuff if you graduated HS in 1985. Loved it back then. Still like it but have graduated to harder stuff.
This era early 80s was torture for us metal heads back in the 80s lol. We were listening to Slayer, Exodus, Venom, Merciful Fate, Testament and we were getting this stuff rammed down our throats LOL Bubble gum metal we called it.
Ratt's 1st album or rather EP was released in 1983 & Metallica's 1st album was released in 1983. The thrash guys like Metallica were against the glam groups like Ratt, Motley Crue, etc
Funny if i were to go back in time and had MEtallica listen to LEx and Brad comparing them to MEtallica, Jason Hetfield would shoot himself dead but now i Can see a lot of similarities in this song as MEtallica gone SAAAAFFFF now.
Ratt was one of those bands where the lyrics were never very deep (like Queensryche or Savatage or Iron Maiden). But to me, "Round And Round" was about a couple that wanted to be with each other; but things always got in the way; so they were always going round and round. With RATT, this was the song that put them on the map - then Wanted Man (on the same album). They became one of the biggest (hair) metal bands back then, rising up quickly. I have to say I love watching Lex - how she always gets into it, and how, when she hears things, she always has something to say - so she's listening, hearing. And I love it. Brad is more stoic - analyzing slowly - and surly. You two make a wonderful match, especially with reaction videos, because you both come at it from very different takes. And it's great.
I'm sitting here thinking...I remember when this came out and I bought the vinyl album. And about that time Lex says "I thought this band was very old." And I'm like...who's old? Oh, snap, it has been awhile since this came out, hasn't it? Doesn't seem that long ago to me.
