Aloha !

I think many of you will vote Yay simply because of it being from These Days, but I'm going to give this a try anyway. Because although These Days is rated as a masterpiece over here (and in my opinion a bit overrated as well) this song is often mentioned as one of the weaker songs on the album. Why?

In my opinion it's one of the better songs. It's got a good build up, it's got very strong vocals, it's got good guitar work and some gimmicks like a slide guitar solo and dual vocals after that slide guitar solo. Richie even takes the lead on it for a little while. So what's wrong with it? It's catchy and in my opinion is one of the highlights from These Days. This is a perfect song to be played real loud in your car on a sunny day on the highway.

The only thing that I can think of that's not good about it is that the band was never able to make it sound good when played live on the 1996 tour.

Just compare this: (1995, Johannesberg)

to

This: (1996, Yokohama)

Jon's vocals failled a bit on the 1996 tour and the overall band playing became a bit sloppy. When it was introduced in 1995 it was killer though, and the "c'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" part of the song is very cool in a stadium. I don't think Jon would be able to nail it live nowadays but I'd like to hear what it'd sound like nowadays. Not because it's a song from These Days, but simply because I like the song a lot.

So what do you think? Is it really that bad?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan