God, I remember listening to Hanoi Rocks back in the 80's and nobody had heard of them....a band's career cut to short....they had some classic songs, underrated before Razzle's death!
There was rebirth Hanoi Rocks in 2001-2009. Did you miss it? They did 3 good records: Twelve Shots on the Rocks (2002), Another Hostile Takeover (2005) and Street Poetry (2007).
However, this singer don't think he sound bad himself at all cos he went on with 3 new guys and continue singing using Santa Cruz name after 3 other members left the band. What a joke.
It's so bittersweet to watch this video, these guys were great together. But this cover warms my heart deeply. For some reason I'm appreciating this song differently now. I knew how genius it was back in time but now I can listen to even more subtle music things . I always need to take a deep breath when this songs starts.
This reminds me back in 82 83 84, I went to the capital center in Washington DC and seen iron maiden open up for Judas priest, I remember being so excited about this music and I'm a drummer and a guitar player these guys are my hero they are a throwback to the '80s.
Ah man..Imagine how the internet would be freaking tf out if these guys got back together, huuuge shows and bet the tickets would be sold out in seconds only if they would come back together
It is so easy to see the "hook" in Archie's mouth for America... Someone along the way told him he "was" Santa Cruz", and the music has suffered... It's just too fucking bad... These guys could be as big as they want to be, BUT NOT in America... the 15 minutes of fame will ruin them... And the record companies will exploit them... Old ways of becoming American rock Gods are dead... I wish these guys would just go back to their roots and rock, and rock hard... In Finland. Like I posted in another video before, America would ruin these guys... Well, it seems to have happened... Peace.. JLG...
Great job! Awesome work! - Just one item. Band needs to participate in background vocals for support to fill it up with more body. Loved it! Great choice for song to cover!!! Great taste in song selection!
Took too much of this, had too much of that But with you I never got enough I thought there'd never be love in my life And that's sad 'cos when I think what I could've had It makes me feel so bad I smoked a lot of sky, I drank a lot of rain Anything to ease my pain But now your touch is all it would take And that's a shame 'cos I can never come home again And you're a million miles away I'll never get a chance to hold you So my message is the wind I pray that it gets through to you Loving you was so easy And leaving you was so very hard And now I'm living in this ocean of blue In the corner of a prison yard I should have listened to you Now you're a million miles away I never get a chance to hold you Please don't be thinking of me Please don't be thinking of me Please don't be thinking of me Please just forget about me
Good job! This should have a whole lotta love more views! Got a quick glimpse of the audience. Where was this taken? Am I the only one that thinks the guitar player (sorry I forgot your name) looks a lot like Steve Clark or does everyone else know this & I'm late. Thanx for sharing this with us. Edit = Apologize "Bass" even though it's still a guitar.
Hey Sally, this clip is from a show called SuomiLOVE where top artists perform songs dedicated to ordinary ppl on whatever occasion: love, hardships won etc. hence the mixed audience. I don't follow the program regularly, but it's rare to hear classic rock on the show, a pleasant surprise for sure, and probably dedicated to a huge Hanoi Rocks fan sitting in the audience.
Well I don't really feel those emotiones of this song here as it was every time when Hanoi Guys has performed this, specjaly back than in the 80's. However those guys are talented and it c'd be good if thay c'd hang up with Mike Monroe, thay c'd lern a lot from this amazing Guy!!! Btw; the lead singer s'd lern correctly the lyrics to this song as it was a few whiles there when He has sing mistakely... Rest in peace Razzle, the Angel of the diamond ray's... never forgotten, always deeply in heart... [*] ♡ [*]
He basically says "Clap your hands" in Finnish, since the band is performing originally a Finnish bands song in Finland. You probably get that Santa Cruz is also Finnish XD
Nice to see someone stuck in the same time warp as myself lol, things were just better & yeah g'n'r ripped them off not the other way around, sorry man but it's just true lol
I don't know if that automatically makes him the most talented, but to be quite honest that was a really engaging and impressive rendition, really enjoyed it. Fantastic pianist!
Are you kidding me? This is one of the best covers. Most bands change everything about the song when they cover it. At least they had the respect to Hanoi Rocks to leave it as original as possible. And it’s not easy to cover the sax solo when no one plays it. You should at least give them props for trying.
