So this guy at work has Sirius in his service truck so we all listen to it and we listen to this channel called buzzsaw. Well its all 70's, 80's hard rock. So I am really enjoying it and trying to make some mental notes on songs that I really like. Most of them I can only figure out the name of the song but not the artist and since I can't just sit in his truck and listen to it to see what the artist is I make notes about song titles.
        SO........... I come home and sit down to search for "said" songs.................. And I come back with BILLY F***ING SQUIER for five of them. Now don't get me wrong, these in my opinion are really good songs but can I face my friends and tell them that I listen to Billy Squier and like him. And I am not talking like "the stroke" I am talking like real Billy Squier songs like "In the Dark" "Rock me tonight" "Lonely is the night". These are classic songs. It songs I listen to and go "Man, why didn't I ever here of this guy before now besides all the smart ass jokes about "the Stroke""  I consider most of my friends really open minded to music and stumble onto stuff that was huge when were were just gleams in our parents eyes or rugrats crapping ourselves.
       But the music quandry doesn't end there. I think alot of us have come to love Quiet Riot for such hits as "Cum on Feel the Noize" (misspelled for a reason). When I fell out of my chair when I found out a sad sad truth.............                   

                                  THOSE ARE COVERS!!!!!!!!!

          How can we be so naive!!! why didn't our older siblings smack us and say it was better when  so and so did it. By the way 2 of Quiet Riot's hits were cover of a band called Slade who was huge in the UK in the early 70's. Thats right, Cum on Feel the Noize was a hit for them in I believe 1973.  And it doesn't end there.
      I know alot of guys know of Joan Jet and Lita Ford. Well why didn't anyone tell me they were in a band together called "the Runaways"!!!!! Why didn't we get taught this in school. I feel deprived!!!!!! I don't know which way is up and wether the music I am listening to right now is original or just another cover cause half the bands can't write original tunes.............So YES! I listen to BIlly Squier and like it! And to me Quiet Riot is dead! Call me when you hit it big with your own original song!! that may not happen anymore but thats ok.  I am sure there will be more on the subject but for now of to check out some of my other favorite bands...........