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White Label Wednesday: Judas Priest, âTurbo Loverâ

Started by popdose · 1 year ago

Meet the rarest of beasts: the heavy metal dance mix.

After the “disappointing” sales figures for Judas Priest’s 1984 album Defenders of the Faith (it merely went platinum), CBS Records gave the band the kind of visionary direction that has made the majo ... Continue reading »

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jesse
1 year ago

Great band...great song

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drcastrato
1 year ago

agreed. well, at least the chorus is great. it's no "Metal Gods," though.

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RoyBatty
1 year ago

Great band...crap song

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JohnHughes
1 year ago

This song was like a big, roaring Suzuki of validation for me when it came out, since all my friends - ALL my friends - were heavy metal lovers, HATED synthesizers and drum machines, and Priest was thier big fave. They also teased me mercilessly for loving Frankie Goes To Holly wood ("fag" was a word casually thrown around).

Then this single came out, among other things. Ah, sweet, tasty, crunchy, chocolaty validation.

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CarlosRamirez
1 year ago

OK David, now you've topped yourself! I'm a life-long Priest fan and I didn't even know this existed!

Next thing you know, you'll be posting a Arthur Baker remix of a WASP song!

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DwDunphy
1 year ago

Okay, so adding to the s&m styling and suggestiveness, titles like "Ram It Down", "Leather Rebel" and "Rock Hard Ride Free" and an overall demeanor that crossed from macho to mucho! on more than one occasion, now we have the DANCE MIX.

Yet we did not see the writing on the wall in the '80s. Talk about blinders on!

By the way, I heard some stuff from their upcoming "Nostradamus" album. Uh... Um... Yeah...

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GrayFlannelSuit
1 year ago

That's unfortunate. Angel of Retribution did have some solid tunes on it.

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GrayFlannelSuit
1 year ago

Priest sure had their share of shitty videos. Witness the glories of "Breaking the Law" and "Freewheel Burning" for starters. Of all the bands I loved growing up, only Rush had consistently worse video representation.

And this song is saved by the pretty solid hook, despite the glossy production.

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matthew fudge
1 year ago

let us not forget that priest worked with stock aitken and waterman, though they had the decency to never release the results

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