Much More Music - Foreigner - "Hot Blooded" (1978)

I think it was in 1989 or 1990 when I first heard Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina" on a countdown program. As it was rising up the charts, following the success of "Wild Thing", it was revealed that it contained a sample of another song- which as it turns out was Foreigner's "Hot Blooded".

It wasn't several years later that I actually found a copy of the album Double Vision- I just started working for a radio station (99.5RT) in late 1994. One of the other jocks had a classic rock show, and I recognized "Hot Blooded" when they played it this one particular time, and then looked it up in the music library a few days after. To this day, the song is still on heavy rotation on my personal player.

There's been a renewed interest in the song because of this season's American Idol. In season 7, contestant Robbie Carrico chose this song for his performance on 70's night (unfortunately, he got cut on Results Night that same week).

"Hot Blooded" was also featured on an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, where the Mooninites were toying around with a Foreigner belt that granted the wearer super-powers based on their songs (the belt was later acquired by Carl).

The song was also featured prominently on other TV shows (on episodes of The Simpsons, Bones, Supernatural and WKRP in Cincinatti) as well as in movies ("Blades of Glory") and various commercials.

I couldn't find a video of "Hot Blooded", but there are several tribute vids on YouTube including one from ArmoredPanther, which is what we have featured on this entry.


Foreigner
"Hot Blooded" (1978)

Well, I'm hot blooded, check it and see
I got a fever of a hundred and three
Come on baby, do you do more than dance?
I'm hot blooded, I'm hot blooded

You don't have to read my mind, to know what I have in mind
Honey you ought know
Now you move so fine, let me lay it on the line
I wanna know what you're doing after the show

Now its up to you, we can make a secret rendezvous
Just me and you, Ill show you loving like you never knew

That's why, I'm hot blooded, check it and see
I got a fever of a hundred and three
Come on baby, do you do more than dance?
I'm hot blooded, hot blooded

If it feels alright, maybe you can stay all night
Shall I leave you my key?
But you've got to give me a sign, come on girl, some kind of sign
Tell me, are you hot mama? you sure look that way to me

Are you old enough? will you be ready when I call you bluff?
Is my timing right? did you save your love for me tonight?

Yeah I'm hot blooded, check it and see
Feel the fever burning inside of me
Come on baby, do you do more than dance?
I'm hot blooded, I'm hot blooded, I'm hot

Now its up to you, can we make a secret rendezvous?
Oh, before we do, you'll have to get away from you know who

Well, I'm hot blooded, check it and see
I got a fever of a hundred and three
Come on baby, do you do more than dance?
I'm hot blooded, I'm hot blooded

Hot blooded, every night
Hot blooded, you're looking so tight
Hot blooded, now you're driving me wild
Hot blooded, I'm so hot for you, child
Hot blooded, I'm a little bit high
Hot blooded, you're a little bit shy
Hot blooded, you're making me sing
Hot blooded, for your sweet sweet thing

Tabs

Here are the tab patterns to "Hot Blooded" in case you feel like rocking out to it. Cheers to Steve Throne who put this all together on Ultimate-Guitar.com!

Here's the main sections of Foreigner's "Hot Blooded"
It's not much but I'm pretty sure what's here is correct.
It's a pretty simple song but it absolutely rocks!
The main riff is just  Gsus4, G, C, Csus4

Intro and Chorus

hot blooded     check it & see
Gsus4  G            C     Csus4
E---3----3--3----------------------
B---3----3--3---------5--5----6----
G---5----5--4---------5--5----5----
D---5----5--5---------5--5----5----
A---5----5--5---------3--3----3----
E---3----3--3----------------------

I play it as barre chords, but after seeing the band in concert
(from lousy seats, mind you), I believe they play it in the open position,
which would look something like below.

E---3----3--3--------0--0----1---
B---1----1--0--------1--1----1---
G---0----0--0--------0--0----0---
D---0----0--0--------2--2----2---
A---X----X--2--------3--3----3---
E---3----3--3--------------------

The verse is a nice simple power chord progression - G,F,C
G             F        C        G
E--------------------------------------
B--------------------------5--5--------
G---------4--4----2--2-----5--5--------
D---5-----5--5----3--3-----5--5-----5--
A---5-----5--5----3--3-----3--3-----5--
E---3-----3--3----1--1--------------3--

Then, before the chorus is something like this, played a few times.
The last time it's played, there is a fast little riff which I don't have.

it's up to you    we can make a secret
rendezvous
D     C D      Em        C
E-----------------------------------
B---7-7-7-5-7------8--8------5--5---
G---7-7-7-5-7------9--9------5--5---
D---7-7-7-5-7------9--9------5--5---
A---5-5-5-3-5------7--7------3--3---
E-----------------------------------

That's all I have, although there isn't much else.  I used to see
a lot of people requesting this song so I hope someone can make use of it.
Also, I'm working from the live version of the song off the
"Records" greatest hits album, so there may be some differences.
Comments/suggestions are welcome.  Enjoy!

Check out more of Foreigner on their official website here, or on Wikipedia, here.

Check out more of the Much More Music Project- this blog's attempt to put together my personal views on favorite songs, along with lyrics to sing by, an embedded music video from YouTube, and even guitar chords, if you feel like playing along with it.

Cheers, everyone!

Did You Know? Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983)

You'll probably never listen to this song the same way ever again.

Did you know that "Total Eclipse of the Heart", the massive 1983 radio hit by Bonnie Tyler may actually have pedophilia elements?

True, the song sounds harmless enough- heck, the listening public loved it, and continues to play on hundreds of radio stations and mp3 players all over the world.

The song is completely overplayed in the Philippines, though, but the fact that Max Weinberg (music director on Late Night with Conan o'Brien, band leader for the Max Weinberg 7 and resident drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) played the drum tracks on "Total Eclipse of the Heart" just made it awesome for me once again.

But check this out: watch the video closely, and look at the various elements in it. It would seem that Bonnie Tyler (the singer) is floating around in a dream, going through a hallway with rooms- lots of rooms, with lots of boys- in a classroom, some with bright orbs for eyes ("bright eyes", indeed), others dancing around, etc.

As the song goes on, everybody is worked up to a dancing frenzy (at least some form of intetpretative dance, anyway), and then a teenage boy in underpants with giant wings growing out of his back (an angel, apparently), wraps his arms around a crying Bonnie Tyler.

Video concludes with a scene on the steps of a private school, and we see Bonnie Tyler's character is, apparently, a school teacher. She gets introduced to the boys in her class- seemingly harmless enough- until one of them grabs hold of her hand and looks at her with...bright orbs for eyes- "Bright Eyes" Boy from the dream!

So the dream was probably all about the schoolteacher's fantasies about her students- and that the events that transpired the night before probably wasn't even a dream after all!

Read more about "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on Wikipedia, here. In the meantime, check out the video provided below, and watch for yourself. Lyrics provided if you want to sing along- just in case. Of course, you'll probably want to read them all over again and you might actually find some hidden meaning behind the lyrics, now that you know what the video was all about. Again, that's Max Weinberg on drums.

Cheers everyone!

Bonnie Tyler
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (1983)

(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
and you're never coming around
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit nervous
that the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around) Every now and then I get a
little bit terrified
and then I see the look in your eyes

(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart



(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit restless
and I dream of something wild
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit helpless
and I'm lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit angry
and I know I've got to get out and cry
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit terrified
but then I see the look in your eyes

(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around bright eyes)
(Turn around bright eyes, turn around)

Other "Total Eclipse of the Heart" trivia you might want to know:

1. This song was written by Jim Steinman- same dude behind a lot of Meatloaf's songs, including the power ballad "I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)." Notice the tendency for surreal imagery, elaborate production, and a comparatively long running time- the song clocks in at 6:51.

2. The radio edit of the song takes away the third verse and fades the ending out earlier, chopping the song to a more radio-friendly 4:28.

3. The song was featured prominently in the 2001 movie Bandits. Cate Blanchett's character loves the song, describing it as "The ultimate haiku to the complexity of love." She soon finds out that Bruce Willis' character also loves the song, and so now they have a relationship of sorts going on, much to the dismay of Billy Bob Thornton's character.

4. In addition to Max Weinberg, another E Street Band member- Roy Bittan- also played on the song. Roy played the keyboards.

5. From Songfacts: A wedding band sings a surprisingly vulgar version of this in the movie Old School. It was performed by The Dan Band, which is a real group specializing in obscene versions of songs made popular by female singers. Here's a video of The Dan Band in action- their version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart".



Did You Know? is a continuing project of "My Thoughts In Stereo" to educate the music-listening radio audience. There's a lot more to your songs than you might actually know. And with more stories about your favorite songs, you might actually appreciate them more.

Cheers once again!

Much More Music: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll (1982)

Now not a lot of people know this, but Joan Jett's "I Love Rock N Roll" is actually a remake of an earlier song by The Arrows, which was released in 1975.

Nevertheless, we love Joan Jett's version (I couldn't quite say the same for Britney's take- sorry Britney). Joan's first recording of the song was in 1979, while she was still with her band, The Runaways. That version was done with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols.

In 1982, Joan Jett got herself a new band, The Blackhearts, and rerecorded "I Love Rock N Roll". It came with a black-and-white music video, and got huge airplay on MTV.

In March 2005, Q magazine placed Jett's version of the song at number 85 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks- in fact, if you're playing Guitar Hero on PS2, chances are, you've already played this song.

Recently, "I Love Rock N Roll" has been featured on American Idol season 7, when the crew headed off for Philadelphia, and the song, as it turns out, was one of the leg's favorite audition pieces.

So here's one of the greatest rock songs of all time, from one of the hottest chicks in rock n roll- even to this day as she goes around on tour, playing her music. Here are the lyrics and the chord patterns (from www.azchords.com) to "I Love Rock N Roll". Enjoy!

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
"I Love Rock N Roll" (1982)

INTRO:
------
Intro starts with drums and then comes this:
   E5         E5              A5        B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4-------------------3b4--

  E5         E5              A5        B5   E5
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2----7--7----
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0--0--0----

   E5
E----------------------------------|
B--------------15b17r15-12---------|  That's the whole intro.
G---9--9-------------------14-12---|
D---9--9---------------------------|
A---7--7---------------------------|
E---0--0---------------------------|


Here's what you play in the verses:
   E5                      E5
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------15b17r15-12--------
G|--9--9--------------------9--9-------------------14-12--
D|--9--9--------------------9--9--------------------------
A|--7--7--------------------7--7--------------------------
E|--0--0--------------------0--0--------------------------

  E5                      B5
E--------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------15b17r15-12--------
G--9--9--------------------4--4-------------------14-12--
D--9--9--------------------4--4--------------------------
A--7--7--------------------2--2--------------------------
E--0--0--------------------------------------------------

  A5         B5         E5         A5
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--2--2-------4--4-------9--9-------2--------------------
D--2--2-------4--4-------9--9-------2--------------------
A--0--0-------2--2-------7--7-------0--------------------
E------------------------0--0----------------------------

        B5
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
D--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
A--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E--------------------------|


VERSE 1:
--------
 E5                                    E5
I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
 E5                              B5
I knew he must've been about seventeen
   A5             B5      E5                  A5
The beat was going strong, playin' my favorite song
       [guitar stops]
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah,me
                                                     B5
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me,

singin:


[Here's how you play the first two choruses:]
   E5         E5              A5        B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4------------------------

  E5         E5              A5        B5   E5
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2----7--7----
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0--0--0----

   E5
E----------------------------------|
B--------------15b17r15-12---------|
G---9--9-------------------14-12---|
D---9--9---------------------------|
A---7--7---------------------------|
E---0--0---------------------------|


CHORUS:
-------
E5     E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
  A5                      B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5     E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
  A5                          B5         E5
so come and take your time and dance with me

VERSE 2: [play same as verse 1]
--------
He smiled so I got up and asked for his name
"That don't matter,"he said,"'cause it's all the same"
I said, "Can I take you home, where we can be alone?"
And next we were movin' on and he was with me, yeah,me
Next we were movin' on and he was with me, yeah, me
singin':


CHORUS: [play same as previous chorus]
-------
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so come and take your time and dance with me


GUITAR-SOLO/VERSE 3:
--------------------
[The first half of this verse is the solo. Make up your own
solo, I don't transcribe solos. It is played over the first
half of the verse chords. Here is the rest of the verse,
played like the second half of the verses:]

 A5                    B5          E5         A5
I said, "Can I take you home, where we can be alone?"
            [no guitar for the rest of the verse]
Next we were movin' on. He was with me, yeah me

and we'll be movin' on and singin' that same old song

yeah, with me singin:


The last chorus is played like this:
   E5         E5              A5        B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4------------------------

  E5         E5              A5        B5
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------| Then repeat
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4---| straight away.
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4---|
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2---|
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0-|


CHORUS:
-------
[no guitar for the first four lines]

I love Rock'n'Roll,
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so come and take your time and dance with me

E5     E5                          
I love Rock'n'Roll,                    
  A5                      B5           
so put another dime in the jukebox baby  
E5     E5                                 
I love Rock'n'Roll,                      
  A5                          B5       
so come and take your time and dance with

E5     E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,                    
  A5                      B5           
so put another dime in the jukebox baby  
E5     E5                                 
I love Rock'n'Roll,                      
  A5                          B5       
so come and take your time and dance with

E5     E5 [second guitar starts playing Fill 1, see below]
I love Rock'n'Roll,                    
  A5                      B5           
so put another dime in the jukebox baby  
E5     E5                                 
I love Rock'n'Roll,                      
  A5                          B5       
so come and take your time and dance with
                                  
E5     E5                          
I love Rock'n'Roll,                    
  A5                      B5           
so put another dime in the jukebox baby  
E5     E5                                 
I love Rock'n'Roll,                      
  A5                          B5         E5
so come and take your time and dance with me



The second guitar that comes in when you're playing the chorus
again and again in the end plays this: [simple, just one note]

FILL 1:

E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

If you're a huge fan of Joan Jett, go check her out here on her official website.

Much More Music: The Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (1977)

Yeah well, so I got myself a mellow side too :). I'm not exactly a huge fan of the Bee Gees, but I believe that "How Deep Is Your Love" is probably one of the best love songs ever written.

The song was written in 1977, and was supposed to be for Yvonne Elliman (another successful 70's performer). I'm not sure if it was the producers, or if it were the Gibbs brothers themselves that made the call, the song eventually ended up as part of the original motion picture soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever.

Good call- since the success of the movie fueled the song's success, making it stay at the Top 10 for 17 weeks (quite the record back then). "How Deep Is Your Love" is considered by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

"How Deep Is Your Love" has been remade by several artists, including Take That, and was, more recently, featured on American Idol Season 7 as one of the more favorite audition pieces, as the show was touring Philadelphia (just before Christmas, I think). In any case, here it is- along with a video, and some chord patterns should you wish to play along.

Enjoy!

The Bee Gees
"How Deep Is Your Love" (1977)

Intro:
D Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Asus4

D  F#m Em Bm
I know your eyes in the morning sun

Em     Bm    Asus4
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain

D  F#m     Em F#m
And the moment that you wander far from me

Em        F#m   Asus4
I wanna feel you in my arms again

G  F#m
And you come to me on a summer breeze

Em      Em6
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave

F#m  Asus4
And it's me you need to show

CHORUS:

D
How deep is your love

Dmaj7
How deep is your love

Gmaj7    Gm6
I really need to learn

 D     Amaj7
'cause we're living in a world of fools

B7
Breaking us down

B7      Em
When they all should let us be

Gm
We belong to you and me

D    F#m      Em  Bm
I believe in you

Em     Bm    Asus4
You know the door to my very soul

D  F#m     Em F#m
You're the light in my deepest darkest hour

Em        F#m   Asus4
You're my saviour when I fall

G  F#m
And you may not think


I care for you

Em      Em6
When you know down inside


That I really do

F#m  Asus4
And it's me you need to show

CHORUS:

D
How deep is your love

Dmaj7
How deep is your love

Gmaj7    Gm6
I really need to learn

 D     Amaj7
'cause we're living in a world of fools

B7
Breaking us down

B7      Em
When they all should let us be

Gm
We belong to you and me


BREAK:
D    F#m      Em  Bm
La La La

Em     Bm    Asus4

D  F#m     Em F#m

Em        F#m   Asus4

G  F#m
And you come to me on a summer breeze

Em      Em6
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave

F#m  Asus4
And it's me you need to show

CHORUS:

D
How deep is your love

Dmaj7
How deep is your love

Gmaj7    Gm6
I really need to learn

 D     Amaj7
'cause we're living in a world of fools

B7
Breaking us down

B7      Em
When they all should let us be

Gm
We belong to you and me

D    F#m      Em

CHORUS:

D
How deep is your love

Dmaj7
How deep is your love

Gmaj7    Gm6
I really need to learn

 D     Amaj7
'cause we're living in a world of fools

B7
Breaking us down

B7      Em
When they all should let us be

Gm
We belong to you and me

D    F#m      Em

D

-Fade-

CHORDS USED (Relative to capo)
EADGBe
D XX0232
G       320003 or 320033 or 3X0033
Amaj7 X02120
Dmaj7 XX0222
Gmaj7 320002
Asus4 X00230
F#m 244222
Bm X24432
Em 022000
Em6 022020
B7 X21202
Gm6 310030 or 310330

end

Check out the Bee Gees on their official website here.