Tuesday
Feb242015
You Can't Stop The Hands Of Time
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 12:02AM I'm working my way through YouTube, searching for the strangest clips that feature our favorite 80s rockers. Today's clip is a real winner. A young Mark Slaughter, reflective - nearly pensive - looking back at the days gone by. This video is so weird it rivals those dumb Matthew McConaughey Lincoln commercials.
Ok, ok. To be fair I'm pretty sure that montage is the long-form intro to the video "Days Gone By" but still. Awkward.
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I never originally had it on VHS but I bought a copy of it on DVD.
I haven't watched it in a while but I'm 99.9% sure that's what this is from.
It's a great DVD to own, any Slaughter fan would be pleased to have it.
Aside from that, Slaughter had a good run. They changed a bit in the 90's but lots of bands did. Not a fav of mine but not a bad band by any means.
And, Jason, I can think of one drummer who's pleased with Elias' choice to whack away at the skins for Blue Man Group... Coltan Chaney, one of THE most entertaining drummers that ever lived, who kicks a*s every night Slaughter currently hits the stage!
As far as this clip goes, unfortunately, Mark Slaughter comes off as disingenuous. Why? If you watch and listen to him carefully, he's reading cue cards, cue cards that are stupidly written, I might add.
More on point, I appreciate it when other people do the light-lifting on casual (and snide) observations by the resident guru of factual information.
Here's a fact: can't really stand much of their later output and have to wade through their early stuff as well. But they are and were talented. Slaughter continues to do lucrative work behind the scenes and in voice-over, and he is a nice guy in person as well.
And, well, in terms of bona fides relating to BBG!, their involvement in the Vinnie Vincent Invasion (with Mark stepping in after the cheesetactular and near perfect performance by Fleischman on the first outing) marks them as elder if but lesser statesman of the last gasps of the 80s era, before things started to get recycled and packaged and affected.
"Too bad the love of their craft was absent for all of them" seems like a bid for depth. But the auction is over. I will give you this though, bkallday: (1) Kelly's tragic death did have an impact on them as a band and on their overall sound (a factor in my opinion above about their latter works); and (2) though you are throwing stones in a glass house given past pleas for favorite bands and singers, Slaughter's voice is a mere echo of what it was (though, to be fair, his was largely a studio voice even back in the day).
So let's be respectful: not every band can "go out on top." And to all those opposed, Hmm . . . well?
I've never seen or heard a note of the BMG outside of the commercials they used to be on. But I'd be willing to bet that whatever they do is just as "legendary" as anything Slaughter has done in the past 20 years.
Slaughter is an 80's Rock & Roll band, which is more stock and trade here, so it's gonna be a stretch to equate these two acts, Jason.
And I forgot why I really love Strum and Slaughter, HIM... two words: "Love Kills"! Too bad it seems they can never play that live... I'm going to assume because reclusive Rock and Roll oddity, Vinnie Vincent won't legally allow it.
And you noticed something of note too, Jason: bkallday misses the point of a lot of comments on here. I agree with you. Making a living is usually a priority for people, musicians or otherwise. The members of Slaughter are doing just that, even with lower draws, less concerts, or other musical pursuits.
Oh, bkallday, you always make me smile (your use of the abbr. "p.c" is priceless, like your use of the term "feminist," in it strained application). You throw down gauntlets like they are Skittles. Always happy to obliged another fan of metal music. So I can and will "deal with it," though I can't speak for Jason and the putzes. I will not try to change you or your fact-pinions, though I will gently rib (no pun intended) you every chance I get and as time allows. And I will call it like I see it as well. No rancor or bad tidings. You might not believe this (and I am sure you don't care), but I really do look forward to my weekly dose of bkallday wisdom. All the best . . .