For My Sunday Song #430, we are talking Steelheart’s “We All Die Young”. It is the first song off their 1996 album “Wait”, but that is not where you know it. You probably know it from the 2001 movie “Rock Star” with Mark Wahlberg. It was a song sung by the band Steel Dragon in the movie. Miljenko Matijevic did the vocals for Mark on this song which makes sense as he did them with Steelheart and he co-wrote the song with Kenny Kanowsk.
The song deals with mortality and how fragile life is since we know that death is basically inevitable. The knowledge of that can be isolating and lonely as well as crush your dreams if you let it overpower you. The challenges in life can be overwhelming and take its toll on you if you let it.
The song starts with a slow build and is 80’s style hard rock song even though this was actually 1996. Miljenko’s vocals are freaking insane. Not too many singers can hit the high notes like he can. It is impressive to say the least. The song is not a high energy rocker, but more slow burner with some heavy ass drums and wicked guitar playing, but nothing comes close to outshining Miljenko’s screams and falsettos. A truly killer song.
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