Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton
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1982 Housekeeping
Sammy Hagar
Standing Hampton
Genre: 80s Rock
4.5 out of 5
Highlights:
There’s Only One Way to Rock
Baby’s On Fire
Can’t Get Loose
Heavy Metal
Sweet Hitchhiker
Requisite 80s cover: “Piece of My Heart”. Is it unnecessary? Yes. Does it do ANYthing to update the Joplin version? Nope. But it’s where it belongs. At. The. End of the record. It’s the singalong at the end of the concert. Smart move.
I will forever have a razor in my heart for Sammy.
My band played his Cabo Wabo contest at Molly Malone’s in, I think, 2004 or so.
We crushed it.
We filled the room.
We played one of the best concerts of our lives.
Some older rocker played after us. He had fewer people there and his set was mediocre.
He won.
He was a friend of Sammy’s.
So, fuck Sammy Hagar.
That said. He also wrote “I’ve Done Everything For You” and it’s one of my favorite songs ever, even if I can’t stand the Montrose version.
But he replaced Dave in VH and, despite what anyone wants to believe, Dave was as important to that band’s success as EVH. They were a decidedly different band after that.
BUT, they also crushed more than a couple records with Sammy.
Did you know Sammy made a ton of money investing in fire sprinklers?
This guy.
One of the greatest success stories in the history of America.
“Baby’s On Fire” could easily be a VH song and Dave would sing the shit out of that.
“Heavy Metal” is the title song for the animated movie by the same name because of course it is. It was co-written by Jim Peterik because of COURSE it is.
Was this recorded at Sound City? It has that crisp, perfect separation that came from that board. There’s not a poorly produced cut on this album. And Keith Olsen who co-produced Working Class Dog, produced this. And it sounds like it. Olsen is another hero of the era that no one talks about.
Ok, Sammy, all is forgiven. (But we shoulda played Cabo. You’d’ve loved us)
https://music.apple.com/us/album/standing-hampton/1440905937
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