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My Sunday Song – “Who’s The One” by Winger

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For My Sunday Song #471, we are going to discuss “Who’s The One” by Winger from their 1993 album ‘Pull’. An often overlooked album. By 1993, the music landscaped had completely changed for the 80’s glam metal scene. Gone were the bands I’d had grown up loving and replaced by Grunge, but that didn’t stop bands from putting out albums. In fact, for one band, Winger, it might have produced its best album to date. The band was down to three members with Kip Winger, Rob Morgenstein and Reb Beach. Released on May 18, 1993, ‘Pull” showcased a very mature Winger and a band that wasn’t going to be stopped creating and putting out their best material (even though this was their last album for years to follow).

I have a lot of favorites on here and the final track from pull might be #1. This one was written by Kip Winger and Reb Beach. It seems to have some socio-political leanings towards it as well as a crisis of faith. It feels as the song is about a complete lost of faith in religion and the government. There are is an utter darkness to the lyrics with lines like “When all the colors begin to fade” and “What will be your savior now / Dragon or machine”. The Dragon usually means drugs and the machine is quite possibly the government. Both depressing saviors.

There are so many religious lines and so many lines about guns and armies. This is 1993 and the U.S. was involved in Somalia which was a horrific event. This could all stem from his thoughts on that political matter. I don’t really know, but I do know the lyrics carry a lot weight. The video for the song, gives you a good idea of all the crap we were dealing with at the time.

The song is an acoustic ballad that is my all time favorite ballad by the band. Kip’s vocals with the acoustic guitars are a perfectly blend of melodies and harmonies between a voice and an instrument. He also is feeling the song as he sings as he pulls a lot of emotion in to it. It is one of the most beautiful songs the band has ever done. The chorus is a huge payoff as the percussion done by Rob also adds some beautiful flavors to the song. But it is the emotion coming off those acoustic guitars where you feel that weight of the lyrics. If a song can be perfect, this would be as close as you could get. What a way to go out, leave me wanting more.

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Winger – ‘Pull’ (1993) – Album Review

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By 1993, the music landscaped had completely changed for the 80’s glam metal scene. Gone were the bands I’d had grown up loving and replaced by Grunge, but that didn’t stop bands from putting out albums. In fact, for one band, Winger, it might have produced its best album to date. Beavis and Butthead might have made Winger a laughing stock, but us diehard fans, didn’t take stock in that farce. No, we continued to follow the band’s music and if we hadn’t we might’ve missed out on the band’s heaviest and most daring album.

The band was down to three members with Kip Winger, Rob Morgenstein and Reb Beach as keyboardist Paul Taylor had left the band. He wasn’t the only one to leave as producer Beau Hill was out as well. In his stead were Kip Winger himself along with the help of Mike Shipley who had recently worked on Def Leppard’s Adrenalize album. Released on May 18, 1993, ‘Pull” showcased a very mature Winger and a band that wasn’t going to be stopped creating and putting out their best material (even though this was their last album for years to follow).

The opening track, “Blind Revolution Mad”, starts off with an acoustic guitar with a very dark overtone. Kip was singing in richer, deeper tone that came across as eerie and meaner. The song keeps building slowly with each line and you feel an intensity that is about to be unleashed. The first chorus is ready to explode and the song goes full on gangbusters. It is bombastic, energizing and electric. The guitar riffs are shocking, the drums are destructive and when Kip lets loose, his energy is set forth upon the world. A brutal and glorious song.

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