For My Sunday Song #184, we will discuss the rocking track “Kickstart My Heart” off their 1989 album ‘Dr. Feelgood’. The song was from the band’s 1989 album ‘Dr. Feelgood’ and was the the 2nd single from the album. And it did well. It was on constant rotation on MTV and reached #9 on the US Rock charts. It helped propel Motley Crue even higher in their rise to the top.
The story of the song is really well known, so nothin new I can bring to it other than rehash it. The song title of “Kickstart my Heart” is famously documented as a result of Nikki Sixx overdosing the paramedics having to use the paddles on him to jump start him back to life. Of course, Steven Adler from Guns ‘N Roses disputes some of the accuracies of that statement. He claims he assisted in bring him back and not so much the paramedics. Either way, still scary that he died and was brought back (on more than once occasion I believe).
Nikki had written the song, but didn’t feel it was good enough for the album until the band’s former manager read the lyrics, he told him to take it to the band. And thankfully he did as it turned in to one hell of a rock anthem.
The song kicks off with some cool notes on guitar by Mick imitating an engine revving up shifting gears and then another cool riff comes through electrifying the song and taking it to another level with breakneck speed. The driving riff, bass and drums makes you feel like you are speeding down the road ready to crash in to everything. There is a break and change in tempo before ripping it again. There is a voice box used on the guitar (like a lot of 80’s rock songs did) and the band crushes it from beginning to end.
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