Hanoi rocks mental beat lyrics5/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ( not for release label use! UK subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment) recorded at: Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and The Record Plant ( New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States remixed at: Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada recording of: High School writer: Bob Ezrin and Andy McCoy Tuotanto Oy, Love Kustannus Oy and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. “Mental Beat” is quite a cool song too.Recording engineer: Lenny DeRose, Robert “Ringo” Hrycyna, Jay Messina, Rod O’Brien and Tom Swift ( engineer) producer: Bob Ezrin bass guitar: Sami Yaffa ( bassist) drums (drum set): Razzle ( of Hanoi Rocks) electric guitar: Andy Lyden and Nasty Suicide electric guitar : Andy McCoy guest keyboard and guest background vocals: Bob Ezrin background vocals: Andy McCoy, Razzle ( of Hanoi Rocks), Nasty Suicide and Sami Yaffa ( bassist) lead vocals: Michael Monroe ( Lead singer of Hanoi Rocks) remixer: Lenny DeRose, Bob Ezrin, Robert “Ringo” Hrycyna and Rod O’Brien phonographic copyright (℗) by: A.A.B. It was originally recorded in calypso fashion as a joke but the band decided to record it as a rock song, good decision in retrospect. Maybe certain drugs can influence creativity, lol. Then there’s the one single from the album, “Malibu Beach Nightmare,” which Andy McCoy wrote while smoking hashish. Plus it’s the best song for appreciating Sam Yaffa’s bass skills. Maybe it’s me but I do hear a slight influence of the famous Sweet song, “Ballroom Blitz” on it. For example, after riding the mid tempo “Until I Get You” which has been said to typify the band’s seventies glam rock style, I get pounded with “Sailing Down the Tears.” Now that I have had a moment to think, if I have to pick a favourite, it’s going to be “Tooting Bec Wreck.” This is more up tempo for me and works on so many levels. I can’t say a bad thing about the rest of the album and it has been difficult for me to pick a favourite track. Now let’s go to the positives and there are many. Again, I don’t hate the song but it is at a level below the others on “Back to Mystery City.” Then again, Michael Monroe wrote the song when he was seventeen and has since said that he hated the lyrics. ![]() ![]() Hanoi Rocks tries to introduce a calypso feel to the song but it doesn’t quite work. There are a number of good ones so I’ll start with the one I’m least impressed with, “Lick Summer Love.” It’s not a terrible song, nor even a bad one but it doesn’t move me either. The short instrumental opening, “Strange Boys Play Weird Openings” could have been called “Strange Boys Play Weird Closings.” it’s inter-changeable.īefore I get further obsessed with the order of the songs, let’s look at the songs themselves. So, I ask myself, would my listening experience have been different if I had listened to the album in the correct order? My answer: I don’t think so. The actual first track on the album is the last one on Youtube and vice versa. ![]() The weird thing was that Youtube has this album backwards. It might have taken a couple of listens but I can say now, “I like it.” On the other hand, it’s been fun delving into their backlog of albums, even this one. It took me a couple of listens before I finally was able to get into Hanoi Rocks’ 1983 release, “Back to Mystery City.” At the time, I hadn’t heard of them and it would be another year before I actually did when they played a small club in New Jersey. ![]()
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