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Living Colour - Love Rears It's Ugly Head (Patreon)

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2025-07-13 15:00:09
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Vernon Reid has a unique style, but displays a good rock'n'roll blues style here in this song!

I was born in the wrong era. Period.

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Bill W

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Vlad the Maidiac

Well... You don't know where BAND-MAID music is coming from, and why is it not a problem for anyone, I wonder? This song is really great, and that's enough for us. A masterpiece is a masterpiece. The Earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens, right?

Bill W

When "Cult of Personality" came out in 1989 (on the radio. The album was released in '88) most of us had never heard anything like it before. Certainly not on mainstream radio. It was loud, angsty, aggressive, chaotic, but mostly because it was undefinable. Was it rock? Heavy metal? Punk? Funk??? Nevertheless, reached #13 on the Hot 100. To give you an idea of other stuff on the radio, I found a chart from late 5/89. Here's some songs that were at the top as it descended from its peak position: Paula Abdul - "Forever Your Girl" Guns n Roses - "Patience" Bette Midler - "Wind Beneath My Wings" Bobby Brown - "Every Little Step" Bon Jovi - "I'll Be There For You" Debbie Gibson - "Electric Youth" Madonna - "Like A Prayer" Another song that had similar energy was "Epic" by San Francisco band Fath No More. It combined the West Coast thrash and punk with East Coast rap. Kind of a West Coast version of Anthrax + Beastie Boys. It came out a year later made the Top 10. All before Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Korn...

P in D

What a wonderful reaction ... where do I start? I really was unsure how this would turn out. Ironically I grew up on mostly jazz and Motown ... and played saxophone through high school. This all started with your request to learn about more "guitar greats" ... in your first reaction to Nuno Bettencourt in early February I believe. I love the sad face thumbnail BTW ;) . Yes, Living Colour is still around and playing. Glover and Reid still sound the way they do here. The band had a really special way of dealing with sensitive subjects like the inner city housing crisis (Open Letter to a Landlord) or homosexuality even in the 80's (Bi). They had a way of making taboo subjects sound cool. Unfortunately they never reached the pinnacle they deserved. At the time the American recording industry was more interested in killing rock than promoting it ... especially from such a creative non-traditional source like a black heavy metal band ... They were known as a "black" band because that was how record executives wanted it. They were mostly seen on shows at the time like Arsenio Hall and Showtime at the Apollo hosted by Sinbad. While they did get a couple of shots at mainstream shows it is really interesting to watch black audiences react to them ... it was like they did not know what to make of them because of the way they were marketed. In the meantime for the most part, white audiences loved them. As I said in my line up, I don't care if they are purple ... they are just a great band that put out some incredible music. They did end up writing an actual ballad on a subsequent album called "Nothingness" ... and if you have not listened to "Cult of Personality" with an adult brain you should check it out. It really is an iconic 80's song but the subject matter is timeless as many people reference even politics of today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0 Please see my description in the DISCORD ;) .

P in D

BTW, the actress in the video is Cynthia Bailey long before she gained fame in The Real Housewives of Atlanta. I know someone is going "she looks familiar" ... so there you go ;) .

David Cousins

I first heard of Living Colour in the summer of 1989, when it was announced they were going to be the opener for the Rolling Stones. The song Cult of Personality was played on FM radio frequently at that time. When their second album came out, I immediately bought it. The song Type was the first single, and I love that song. I'm Canadian and for some reason our radio stations do not or will not play Living Colour. I remember requesting one of their songs and was flat out told no. There are other artists who won't get played as well. I do hear them on satellite radio, thankfully. So, you like the singer? His name is Corey Glover, who also was in the film Platoon. Another rabbit hole for you to explore, sadly not a very deep one.

Bill W

Btw.... Athena in AEW (formerly Ember Moon in WWE) uses the Plush song "Athena" for her ring entrance!!!

Bill W

Who are some other artists that don't get played in Canada?

P in D

I think the EU got a different version ... at least it was mixed differently. I never really looked into whether or not they were popular there.

David Cousins

It has been years since I listened to airwave radio, satellite radio listener now or streaming. Ted Nugent, Dire Straits(Money for Nothing), some heavy metal artists (could be individual songs or their entire catalogue). Most are for political or cultural reasons, it is Canada Afterall.

Kevin (WhirlwindMediaStudio)

On “Cult…”, Vernon shows off his Coltrane influence. On “Love Rears…”, his Hendrix influence is on full display. Check out Jimi’s “Red House”, “If 6 Was 9” and “Machine Gun” for the obvious references. And, Corey’s vocals here prove how under appreciated his talent is.

Vlad the Maidiac

I had a lot of friends who were in love with this style of music. At the time there were quite a few bands like this. The most popular was, of course, Red Hot Chili Peppers. But there were others which my friends were really crazy about. Faith No More for sure, and then some side projects of the guys from there. For my part, I was never a fan of this style. I don't like the message. I listened to RHCP a lot, probably like many of us. But I never really liked them. It was one of those tortuous situation when you don't like the music, but since there is nothing else to listen to, you listen to it. I had an album of Living Colour, I think on a cassette tape. So, I also listened to it quite a lot. Love Rears Its Ugly Head was on that album, but the rest, as I already said, did not really stick to my brain. This style of A-Rock (if there is J-Rock, then we can talk about A-Rock as well, right?) is filled with negative emotions. Each time I listen to almost anything of this sort, the gates to some sort of personal hell open before my face. That's the reason why I was so happy to find Japanese music in 2010. Much healthier inner world you find there.

Vlad the Maidiac

How lucky we all are that we don't have to rely on physical media anymore, and also on radio and TV. When the online music shops appeared, and MP3 files could be shared freely on Internet, it was a real revolution in music industry. Each one of us now decides for himself/herself, what we listen to.

Bill W

Ok. I know in later years "Money For Nothing" always got a (censored) treatment in the US. When I was young, heavy metal didn't really have much a presence on the radio at all. There was a radio station called Z-Rock, (or maybe it was a syndicated show), but it was on a weak station you had to fine tune on your dial and hope the wind was blowing your way. I'm sure other stuff didn't get played just because of lack of demand. I never felt like I wasn't allowed to decide what I listened to. If the radio sucked, I turned it off and popped in a cassette. Granted, alternative choices are much easier to locate and access now, rather than scanning for underground radio or digging through the bins in record stores, picking peoples' brains for recommendations.....

j3ffc

I saw LC on that RS tour and they kicked ass.

2horses in a man costume

Interesting! I'm also Canadian and heard Cult of Personality quite a bit in its time. Maybe it was on MTV or Much. I still listen to a bit of terrestrial radio, mostly in the car or at work. One station has 3 request segments daily during the week. I once requested "Bodhisattva" and was also told flatly no. Apparently the PD had it on a "strictly don't play" list. At least the on-air folks are communicative, there, but he still couldn't give me the reason. As you say, probably cultural sensitivities.