Hit that like button if you would be so kind :) ....Thanks for watching... we are 150 miles apart we record our reactions remotely so maybe not a slick as others!...We like to discover new artists and music and are happy to try any style and genre.!.. We are a couple of Brits reacting and reviewing music and checking out your requests. Thanks for watching :)
This song is about being high on adrenaline. It also according to some people has a refference to the time when Nikki overdosed and was dead. A peramedic, who just happened to be a Motley fan, refused to give up on him and placed to shots of adrenalin straight into his heart, bringing him back again.
This ticks me off. This is an absolute CLASSIC! What ticks me off is that it means I am getting really old... sigh. I miss the 80s. Poison, Ratt, Judas Priest, Accept, Scorpions, Van Halen, AC/DC... and on and on and on....
@Brutally Honest Canuckistani I feel your pain too. At least we can relive it each Monday when we do "Metal Head Monday's"!! We have all of those Bands to come. Thanks for watching
@@BritPopsReact Awesome. Have a great day, fellow ol' fart! :P PS, tack Lee Aaron - "Metal Queen" onto your list if you haven't heard it before. One of the early lady rockers. Well worth the listen (music video recommended.) Ciao!
Check out "Wild Side" and "Same ol situation" Official music videos filmed at various concerts. Then you understand the hype of this band in the 80's and 90's.
Played a lot of times all over the world during hockey-games. Love this band. I grew up with Motley Crue and partied like there was no tomorrow. Hahahaha
Takes me back to my high school days in the 80’s. 🤘😎🤘The ladies from The Warning made a cover of this song and they killed it. Check it out whenever you can or react to it if you like.
Great reaction guys, yea its a fun song you're right about it sounding a bit like Ballroom Blitz I never caught it at the time. Also no auto-tune.. wasn't invented yet. But that sound you heard is a voice box was invented back in the 30s or 40s but not really used much until Peter Frampton whom got really popular in the 70's early 80s did it on a song called "Show me the Way".. Its essentially a tube that runs from the guitar amp to the singers mouth.. you actually have to play the right notes and feed that sound into your mouth to get the singers mic to pick it up.
@John Foxton I've been listening to all 3 to compare. All 3 have similarities, higher register male voice, fast tempo prob all 3 are 160-180 bpm, crunchy quick guitar. So indeed can compare with Hellraiser too.
@Gill Thank you for the great comment and all the fun facts, we like those here. Come back soon and we will be back with another oldie for the next Metal Head Monday
I believe that's Sam Kinisondriving their car! Miss him he was a great comedian. They are legends for good and not-so-good things. 😅 This is definitely one of their biggest hits. Have you ever heard Aerosmith's Dude Looks Like A Lady? Steven Tyler was inspired to write it when he walked up a person in a bar thinking it was a good looking woman with long blond hair. When he got closer he realized it was Vince Neil of The Crew!😅😂
@jenell56 Well, that was fun!!! Hope you had a great time revisiting the 80's and also your travels, sounds like a great time. We should do more and we will try, but this is Metals Monday onto the next band and see if they can do the same to us non-metal heads. Who could be up next!! Until next Monday.. Party on dudett
Listening Warning ⚠️ Be wary when listening to this song in a fast car with a loud stereo and a manual transmission on an empty road! You may experience a police interaction, a ticket, possible jail time, potentially serious injury or even fatality.
Played on parties, when the mood called for something loud and energetic. Not a band I was or am too crazy about otherwise. But quite a few of their songs are quite catchy, admittedly.
"Custom-built bike doing 103" (miles per hour!!) Billy Idol and some members of Motley Crue used to drag race their bikes! The paramedic who revived Nikki Sixx was a Motley Crue fan and literally kickstarted his heart with shots of adrenalin! The person commented on another reaction video for this song. Crue's early stuff was great too, really raw and fun - "Too Fast For Love"! Mick Mars is a bit of a Frankenstein but he sure can play those power chords!!!! The use of the "talk box" attached to his guitar in this song was unusual and very cool at the time! Glam-metal/Hard Rock, aye!
@Damien Maynard Brilliant, great comment and that's the one "talk box" i could not dig it out of the grey cell. Of course this song is about "Kick starting his heart" complete passed me by. Have a good one.
You're gonna have some whiny little brats claiming that this isn't METAL. You can't relegate music history to what you think it is. It is what it is. There was nothing sonically heavier than a Mötley Crüe concert. Maybe some that played faster, but that doesn't really make it any more Metal, lol. They'll wanna say that there is no growling or screaming. Hmmmm, well that sure as Hell doesn't help explain Iron Maiden. And numerous others that have legit vocalists.
I grew up during the 80's and was more into Depeche Mode, Frankie etc, I was never really a rock fan so I barely knew anything about the Crue (I think I knew Girls, Girls, Girls and thought it was catchy enough) but otherwise had no interest. Ever since watching The Dirt movie I've developed a new and wholly unexpected appreciation for their music. This song and Dr. Feelgood are definitely amongst my favourites.
@Jamie Ross I(BP2) am with you on the type of music that I was listening to and following at the time, so Motley and the boys all passed me bye. I caught up with the headlines of Tommy Lee and Pammy and so on but never really gave them a thought on the music front. I read book by Nikki Sixx and was amazed they made any songs at all. I will check out the movie. Cheers
@@BritPopsReact Oh you absolutely should, the movie is great! All the cast are fantastic in their roles, especially MGK who KILLS it as Tommy Lee. Don't forget to report back and let us you know what you think 🤘👍
It's Poodle Rock fun in the same way Kiss and Alice Cooper are. Just a bit too show biz and contrived to convince in the way, say, Motorhead do. And it's yet another song where I can hear "She's Got The Look".
Gota love 1980's pop rock . I still have my spandex somewhere . Even my mother liked this stuff. Simple middle of the road 4 4 beat jack Daniels music ;-)
You picked the wrong song again. lol I was never into those hair metal/glam bands, or what I often refer to as shouter bands. Fortunately, three young Mexican sisters were, and performed an awesome short version cover of this song! Check it out. The video is titled 'KICKSTART MY HEART - MÖTLEY CRÜE COVER - THE WARNING'. They also did a cover from another band I didn't like, but they did, also with a great result. They covered the band TS in a song titled "We're Not Gonna Take It" (not the The Who song by the same name). Both are worthy of a reaction!
@iNsTaNtpUdDiNhEaD Maybe we need to change our channel name to that "We picked the wrong song again" To be fair we thought it was great!! We will return to The Warning soon, but we like to go all over the place too. Thanks for watching
I have known motley crue since junior high school in 1992, because my sister likes to listen to rock songs so I get used to it, Next please react to steelheart " She,'s Gone" or Yngwie Malmsteen "Rising Force". He is a legendary guitarist from Sweden who he also collaborated with guitarist Steve vai
So there I was from giving you a like & i had to say that i went to see Crue in London on their "Coming home" final tour. They came back since, Vince is fatter.😆
I know very little about Mötley Crüe and nothing about this song. I did like the song. Very upbeat, good instrumentals. Lyrics seemed to go well with the video. I really liked your reaction. At several points, you were both smiling and nodding your heads to the beat, and I found myself tapping the beat out on my phone. So, I thought the score was spot on. Of course, when you guys mentioned the drug over doses, the medical side of me wanted to do some research. I know I read somewhere that Nikki Sixx said that he had at least a half dozen OD's. But, the one I have mostly centered on is the one when he was pronounced "clinically dead" for 2 minutes following an OD of heroin. I think that I have discovered 2 storylines, and I don't know which one is the truth. It doesn't really matter, but this is what I found. According to Nikki Sixx, he has claimed he wrote "Kickstart" about one night in 1987 when he took so much heroin that his heart stopped and an EMT pronounced him dead, before two shots of adrenaline right into his heart woke him back up. According to Loudwire (May 15, 2018), Steven Adler, former drummer with Guns N' Roses, tells the story of what happened to Nikki Sixx and the heroin OD as follows: ...the conversation turned to the drummer revealing a bit of history about the Crüe song 'Kickstart My Heart,' which was inspired by Sixx's heroin overdose in the '80s in which he was declared legally dead, but eventually brought back to life by the paramedics. Adler recalled, "That 'Kickstart My Heart' song, he wrote is about the paramedics, who took that syringe and did that 'Pulp Fiction' thing to him. But they didn't do that; they didn't do that. I dragged him into the shower with a broken hand and a cast on my hand, I rolled him in, I put the cold water on him in the shower and I started slapping him in the face with my cast. And next thing you know, the purple in his face just disappeared. And then, right then, the paramedics came in and they grabbed him out of the shower like a rag doll, dropped him in the living room and they just pumped his chest with their hands. And that was it. But he got a hell of a good song out of it. It is entertainment, after all." I have no idea which of these 2 stories is fact. My initial thought is that if Nikki Sixx wrote a book and a biopic about his life, and that of of the other members of Mötley Crüe members, he must know what happened. Or does he? He WAS on heroin, at the time. Mötley Crüe's partying and drug-fueled ways almost shattered the band. But, their managers pulled an intervention, leading to all going into rehab, except for Mars, who cleaned up on his own. Moving along, Nikki Sixx has said in Distractify (June 9, 2020) that Mötley Crüe has been banned from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF). The rumors came from comments made from Sixx to "British rock weekly Kerrang" in 2019 about whether or not there would be a reunion for the band. Tommy Lee responded "[he] didn't know, but maybe if they got into the RRHOF or something, we could dust off a couple of our old classics." Nikki said that was "moot" because the RRHOF said they "would never get in [the RRHOF] because of how we acted [trashing hotel rooms, drugs, alcohol, etc], so that's kind of it." Of note, from doing prior research on my own, the RRHOF has been highly criticized for the way they go about the induction process. Artists/bands are supposed to be measured in terms of their influences and significance. There are many artists, who don't seem to feel that the 24 members selection committee, who are not disclosed to the general public, may not actually consider these things, by excluding certain artists and bands. Of musical significance, Mötley Crüe was ranked 10th on MTV's list of "Top 10 Heavy Metal Bands of All Time" and 9th on VH1's "All Time Top Ten Metal Bands". The group were inducted on the Rockwalk in Hollywood, CA. The center honors artists/bands, who have made a lasting and important contribution to music. IMO, the RRHOF should consider these things about Mötley Crüe. Their biopic, The Dirt, was released in 2019. They released 4 new songs as part of the film's soundtrack. The soundtrack reached #10 on the Billboard 200. This song, "Kickstart My Heart" became a staple and fan favorite at Crüe concerts throughout their touring history. I know I am joining the party late, but wanted to share this bit of info with others. Anyone who wants to add to or correct any of this info, please feel free to do so. I'm going to skip forward a few videos, when I return, without any research (I think). Have a great Tuesday. 🙂
Wow, now it's me getting behind with replies!!! You do a great job in researching every topic thrown your way. I may have a favour to ask you when you are feeling better and only them..if you find time can you pop an email over our address is in the description. I did read his book and wow that was a very tough read, no idea how he managed to remember the half of it, but for reading the inner thoughts and daily life of a drug addict is not an easy bedtime read. Motley Crue really sort of passed us by and I may have been bigger with the US fans and also the MTV kids over here. Again, one of those bands that I maybe passed by due to the image and the stories but that was a good fun toe tapper. I don't think I would have liked to have been invited to a night out with Motley Crue and Gun's n Roses. In the book, he did mention that both bands were trying to out do each other in the partying stakes. I guess the party stops when someone drops, not my cup of tea. You take your time and rest up and catch up when you can or not there will be something around. I think you may enjoy the one scheduled for the 16th..don't worry about a big reply. Just enjoy the artist and what they have to offer. Catch up soon.. All the best BPR
@@BritPopsReactNo, you are not late in replying. I just posted that comment a few hours ago. And, also a comment on the BlackPink song, too. I am the one running so late. I would not have been someone partying with Mötley Crüe. I may reference Jack Daniels whiskey, but I've only sampled a very little bit of it. I did go to the Jack Daniels distillery and bought several bottles of their Tennessee Whiskey. The master distiller was there that day and I got him to autograph several bottles as gifts to friends and family. Even got my son a bottle personalized with his name and an autograph. He has been known to partake in a shot (or two), but he's kept that unopened bottle as a collectible. But, I digress. The drug scene is something that I could never indulge in. Losing control of my senses is not something that appeals to me. Not judging others, that's just been my experience. I would love to read the book that Nikki Sixx wrote and/or see "The Dirt". I almost ordered the book, but it's over 400 pages in length. The book and movie are on my list of things to do later. Where is your e-mail address located? Let me just say that I'm not on Instagram or Twitter. But, I do have a g-mail account. Is that what you are referring to? I'd be happy to assist on any project you guys have for me. As you can see, I love to research many things. This short narrative on Mötley Crüe only took a few hours of research time. Maybe, 2½-3 hours total. I could have gone deeper, so keep that in mind. It might take me more time on your project, depending on the subject. Researching info on artists/songs has been a great distraction to other things going on in my life. Just point me in the direction of how to contact you and let's get a line of communication established. I'm on my way out for an appointment, but I'll be back later this evening. Thanks for your reply to my comment. Enjoy the rest of your day. 🙂
@Debbie Lewis I share your same journey on the drinking, not my thing and never has been. It's the same with the other stuff too, not into any of it, I used to smoke and gave that up 3 years ago with the help of vaping, so I for one would always recommend that to anyone trying to give up as it really helped me. 400 pages, that should be a hours work for you, you devour information!! The Heroin Diary's is not really a book, more a collection of journal entries. I keep forgetting you are on a phone, we post all the song details and links in the "Description" which is in accessed using a drop down arrow below the video. But no worries we can catch up on that another time, it's just something I have going around inside my head, but it can wait or I will just do a best effort and you can give me feedback, what's the worst than can happen? Well, I think I am all caught up with replies for today and things are going well. I put out one just for you for tomorrow.🙂 Enjoy.....13 hours time
@@BritPopsReactKudos to you for putting those cigarettes down. Having worked in a medical center, I have seen first-hand the way cigarettes can harm people. I've never smoked, but I'm aware of how hard it is to stop. Just stay the course. In time, the human body is capable of healing itself from the damages that smoking has caused. 🙂
@C4duke Nope, but we enjoyed it, they probably sit exactly in our comfort zone and that why they did well. Did you get to check out the great SKA band we reacted to? th-cam.com/video/QG04MYSn1gA/w-d-xo.html They guys look like fun!!
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Hit that like button if you would be so kind :) ....Thanks for watching... we are 150 miles apart we record our reactions remotely so maybe not a slick as others!...We like to discover new artists and music and are happy to try any style and genre.!.. We are a couple of Brits reacting and reviewing music and checking out your requests. Thanks for watching :)
This song is about being high on adrenaline. It also according to some people has a refference to the time when Nikki overdosed and was dead. A peramedic, who just happened to be a Motley fan, refused to give up on him and placed to shots of adrenalin straight into his heart, bringing him back again.
Motley Crue is the band to go to if you want a good time. I love them. Next you need to try Girls, Girls, Girls.
@Viliana Vasileva
Motley Crue is also the band to go to if you want a "Bad" time!!
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This ticks me off. This is an absolute CLASSIC! What ticks me off is that it means I am getting really old... sigh.
I miss the 80s. Poison, Ratt, Judas Priest, Accept, Scorpions, Van Halen, AC/DC... and on and on and on....
@Brutally Honest Canuckistani
I feel your pain too.
At least we can relive it each Monday when we do "Metal Head Monday's"!!
We have all of those Bands to come.
Thanks for watching
@@BritPopsReact Awesome. Have a great day, fellow ol' fart! :P
PS, tack Lee Aaron - "Metal Queen" onto your list if you haven't heard it before. One of the early lady rockers. Well worth the listen (music video recommended.) Ciao!
I do get that ~|~~
Check out "Wild Side" and "Same ol situation" Official music videos filmed at various concerts. Then you understand the hype of this band in the 80's and 90's.
Played a lot of times all over the world during hockey-games. Love this band. I grew up with Motley Crue and partied like there was no tomorrow. Hahahaha
@Anders Magnusson
Oh yes, they partied very hard indeed.
Thank you for watching and hope you enjoy our channel
Takes me back to my high school days in the 80’s. 🤘😎🤘The ladies from The Warning made a cover of this song and they killed it. Check it out whenever you can or react to it if you like.
@ABJ Busti
Thanks you for the comment,
We will do more from The Warning soon.
Check out how it started. Live wire official video. NJ Seaside CRAZY memories 🤘👊😎
Great reaction guys, yea its a fun song you're right about it sounding a bit like Ballroom Blitz I never caught it at the time. Also no auto-tune.. wasn't invented yet. But that sound you heard is a voice box was invented back in the 30s or 40s but not really used much until Peter Frampton whom got really popular in the 70's early 80s did it on a song called "Show me the Way".. Its essentially a tube that runs from the guitar amp to the singers mouth.. you actually have to play the right notes and feed that sound into your mouth to get the singers mic to pick it up.
@John Foxton I've been listening to all 3 to compare. All 3 have similarities, higher register male voice, fast tempo prob all 3 are 160-180 bpm, crunchy quick guitar. So indeed can compare with Hellraiser too.
@Gill
Thank you for the great comment and all the fun facts, we like those here.
Come back soon and we will be back with another oldie for the next Metal Head Monday
@John Foxton
Well, I can tell you now, there is no way BP1 would have heard of "Hellraiser"
@Gill
Impressive comparisons, we need to watch you 😎
I believe that's Sam Kinisondriving their car!
Miss him he was a great comedian.
They are legends for good and not-so-good things. 😅
This is definitely one of their biggest hits.
Have you ever heard Aerosmith's Dude Looks Like A Lady?
Steven Tyler was inspired to write it when he walked up a person in a bar thinking it was a good looking woman with long blond hair.
When he got closer he realized it was Vince Neil of The Crew!😅😂
That’s funny you guys mentioned that it kind of sounded like ballroom blitz. They were big fans of the sweet
These boys knew how to par-TAY! Great little rocker and took me back to the 80's travelling around the US. Girls, Girls, Girls next please :))
@jenell56
Well, that was fun!!!
Hope you had a great time revisiting the 80's and also your travels, sounds like a great time.
We should do more and we will try, but this is Metals Monday onto the next band and see if they can do the same to us non-metal heads.
Who could be up next!!
Until next Monday.. Party on dudett
This song is responsible for my first speeding ticket!
@STEVE ROBINSON
Yes, we can understand why.
It still sounds great today!!
Never associated Ballroom Blitz with that riff until now. I will never un-hear it. There should be a mash up of the two songs!
@Amanda s.
Thank you for the comment and we now know at least one person listened to something we said!!
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Listening Warning ⚠️ Be wary when listening to this song in a fast car with a loud stereo and a manual transmission on an empty road! You may experience a police interaction, a ticket, possible jail time, potentially serious injury or even fatality.
That’s be beautiful
ya been there wore the t shirt out lmao 196 mph is not a smart speed but the song will take you there lol
I was born in 95 I grew up listening to this shit! its my soul
@Rainbow Workshop
It could have been worse, you could have had "STEPS" English band, really not good.
Thanks for the comment!!
Played on parties, when the mood called for something loud and energetic. Not a band I was or am too crazy about otherwise. But quite a few of their songs are quite catchy, admittedly.
@Ulrich von Bek
Sometimes, you just want something catchy and fun to get the party started, these guys know how to party!!
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"Custom-built bike doing 103" (miles per hour!!) Billy Idol and some members of Motley Crue used to drag race their bikes! The paramedic who revived Nikki Sixx was a Motley Crue fan and literally kickstarted his heart with shots of adrenalin! The person commented on another reaction video for this song. Crue's early stuff was great too, really raw and fun - "Too Fast For Love"! Mick Mars is a bit of a Frankenstein but he sure can play those power chords!!!! The use of the "talk box" attached to his guitar in this song was unusual and very cool at the time! Glam-metal/Hard Rock, aye!
@Damien Maynard
Brilliant, great comment and that's the one "talk box" i could not dig it out of the grey cell.
Of course this song is about "Kick starting his heart" complete passed me by.
Have a good one.
It's an amazing track. 👍👍
Great song. 👌👌
Amazing performance. 🎸🎸
From Basque Country with love. ❤️
Visca Barça FOREVER. 🔵🔴🔵🔴
Cool score guys ....nice one👍
Glad you enjoyed it
You're gonna have some whiny little brats claiming that this isn't METAL. You can't relegate music history to what you think it is. It is what it is. There was nothing sonically heavier than a Mötley Crüe concert. Maybe some that played faster, but that doesn't really make it any more Metal, lol. They'll wanna say that there is no growling or screaming. Hmmmm, well that sure as Hell doesn't help explain Iron Maiden. And numerous others that have legit vocalists.
@LYNX-R-US
We enjoyed it and we are sure others did too.
Thanks for the comment
Mötley crue wildside
I grew up during the 80's and was more into Depeche Mode, Frankie etc, I was never really a rock fan so I barely knew anything about the Crue (I think I knew Girls, Girls, Girls and thought it was catchy enough) but otherwise had no interest. Ever since watching The Dirt movie I've developed a new and wholly unexpected appreciation for their music. This song and Dr. Feelgood are definitely amongst my favourites.
@Jamie Ross
I(BP2) am with you on the type of music that I was listening to and following at the time, so Motley and the boys all passed me bye.
I caught up with the headlines of Tommy Lee and Pammy and so on but never really gave them a thought on the music front.
I read book by Nikki Sixx and was amazed they made any songs at all.
I will check out the movie.
Cheers
@@BritPopsReact Oh you absolutely should, the movie is great! All the cast are fantastic in their roles, especially MGK who KILLS it as Tommy Lee. Don't forget to report back and let us you know what you think 🤘👍
It's Poodle Rock fun in the same way Kiss and Alice Cooper are. Just a bit too show biz and contrived to convince in the way, say, Motorhead do. And it's yet another song where I can hear "She's Got The Look".
@donepearce
We think we found our level of Metal and it's "Poodle" It look good fun though.
Another good spot on "Roxette"
Gota love 1980's pop rock . I still have my spandex somewhere . Even my mother liked this stuff. Simple middle of the road 4 4 beat jack Daniels music ;-)
@Druid Hugger
Thanks for the great comment.!!
You picked the wrong song again. lol I was never into those hair metal/glam bands, or what I often refer to as shouter bands. Fortunately, three young Mexican sisters were, and performed an awesome short version cover of this song! Check it out. The video is titled 'KICKSTART MY HEART - MÖTLEY CRÜE COVER - THE WARNING'. They also did a cover from another band I didn't like, but they did, also with a great result. They covered the band TS in a song titled "We're Not Gonna Take It" (not the The Who song by the same name). Both are worthy of a reaction!
@iNsTaNtpUdDiNhEaD
Maybe we need to change our channel name to that "We picked the wrong song again"
To be fair we thought it was great!!
We will return to The Warning soon, but we like to go all over the place too.
Thanks for watching
@@BritPopsReact great suggestion for your new channel name! I thought the song was great too. I’ve heard it before, but it’s been a while!
I have known motley crue since junior high school in 1992, because my sister likes to listen to rock songs so I get used to it, Next please react to steelheart " She,'s Gone" or Yngwie Malmsteen "Rising Force". He is a legendary guitarist from Sweden who he also collaborated with guitarist Steve vai
@julia
Hello and thank you for popping in.
We will be back with more soon, not sure where we will go next.
Sweet were one of Nikki Sixx influences, you have a good ear.
Good reaction I have a request man you should react to the song FBN Youngin "Your Fault" that would be cool hes at 9.33k 💯🙏🏽l
So there I was from giving you a like & i had to say that i went to see Crue in London on their "Coming home" final tour. They came back since, Vince is fatter.😆
@Gary Holloway
😆 Thanks for the comment and for watching
I know very little about Mötley Crüe and nothing about this song. I did like the song. Very upbeat, good instrumentals. Lyrics seemed to go well with the video. I really liked your reaction. At several points, you were both smiling and nodding your heads to the beat, and I found myself tapping the beat out on my phone. So, I thought the score was spot on.
Of course, when you guys mentioned the drug over doses, the medical side of me wanted to do some research. I know I read somewhere that Nikki Sixx said that he had at least a half dozen OD's. But, the one I have mostly centered on is the one when he was pronounced "clinically dead" for 2 minutes following an OD of heroin. I think that I have discovered 2 storylines, and I don't know which one is the truth. It doesn't really matter, but this is what I found.
According to Nikki Sixx, he has claimed he wrote "Kickstart" about one night in 1987 when he took so much heroin that his heart stopped and an EMT pronounced him dead, before two shots of adrenaline right into his heart woke him back up.
According to Loudwire (May 15, 2018), Steven Adler, former drummer with Guns N' Roses, tells the story of what happened to Nikki Sixx and the heroin OD as follows:
...the conversation turned to the drummer revealing a bit of history about the Crüe song 'Kickstart My Heart,' which was inspired by Sixx's heroin overdose in the '80s in which he was declared legally dead, but eventually brought back to life by the paramedics.
Adler recalled, "That 'Kickstart My Heart' song, he wrote is about the paramedics, who took that syringe and did that 'Pulp Fiction' thing to him. But they didn't do that; they didn't do that. I dragged him into the shower with a broken hand and a cast on my hand, I rolled him in, I put the cold water on him in the shower and I started slapping him in the face with my cast. And next thing you know, the purple in his face just disappeared. And then, right then, the paramedics came in and they grabbed him out of the shower like a rag doll, dropped him in the living room and they just pumped his chest with their hands. And that was it. But he got a hell of a good song out of it. It is entertainment, after all."
I have no idea which of these 2 stories is fact. My initial thought is that if Nikki Sixx wrote a book and a biopic about his life, and that of of the other members of Mötley Crüe members, he must know what happened. Or does he? He WAS on heroin, at the time.
Mötley Crüe's partying and drug-fueled ways almost shattered the band. But, their managers pulled an intervention, leading to all going into rehab, except for Mars, who cleaned up on his own.
Moving along, Nikki Sixx has said in Distractify (June 9, 2020) that Mötley Crüe has been banned from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF). The rumors came from comments made from Sixx to "British rock weekly Kerrang" in 2019 about whether or not there would be a reunion for the band. Tommy Lee responded "[he] didn't know, but maybe if they got into the RRHOF or something, we could dust off a couple of our old classics." Nikki said that was "moot" because the RRHOF said they "would never get in [the RRHOF] because of how we acted [trashing hotel rooms, drugs, alcohol, etc], so that's kind of it."
Of note, from doing prior research on my own, the RRHOF has been highly criticized for the way they go about the induction process. Artists/bands are supposed to be measured in terms of their influences and significance. There are many artists, who don't seem to feel that the 24 members selection committee, who are not disclosed to the general public, may not actually consider these things, by excluding certain artists and bands.
Of musical significance, Mötley Crüe was ranked 10th on MTV's list of "Top 10 Heavy Metal Bands of All Time" and 9th on VH1's "All Time Top Ten Metal Bands". The group were inducted on the Rockwalk in Hollywood, CA. The center honors artists/bands, who have made a lasting and important contribution to music. IMO, the RRHOF should consider these things about Mötley Crüe.
Their biopic, The Dirt, was released in 2019. They released 4 new songs as part of the film's soundtrack. The soundtrack reached #10 on the Billboard 200.
This song, "Kickstart My Heart" became a staple and fan favorite at Crüe concerts throughout their touring history.
I know I am joining the party late, but wanted to share this bit of info with others. Anyone who wants to add to or correct any of this info, please feel free to do so.
I'm going to skip forward a few videos, when I return, without any research (I think). Have a great Tuesday. 🙂
Wow, now it's me getting behind with replies!!!
You do a great job in researching every topic thrown your way.
I may have a favour to ask you when you are feeling better and only them..if you find time can you pop an email over our address is in the description.
I did read his book and wow that was a very tough read, no idea how he managed to remember the half of it, but for reading the inner thoughts and daily life of a drug addict is not an easy bedtime read.
Motley Crue really sort of passed us by and I may have been bigger with the US fans and also the MTV kids over here.
Again, one of those bands that I maybe passed by due to the image and the stories but that was a good fun toe tapper.
I don't think I would have liked to have been invited to a night out with Motley Crue and Gun's n Roses.
In the book, he did mention that both bands were trying to out do each other in the partying stakes.
I guess the party stops when someone drops, not my cup of tea.
You take your time and rest up and catch up when you can or not there will be something around.
I think you may enjoy the one scheduled for the 16th..don't worry about a big reply.
Just enjoy the artist and what they have to offer.
Catch up soon..
All the best BPR
@@BritPopsReactNo, you are not late in replying. I just posted that comment a few hours ago. And, also a comment on the BlackPink song, too. I am the one running so late.
I would not have been someone partying with Mötley Crüe. I may reference Jack Daniels whiskey, but I've only sampled a very little bit of it. I did go to the Jack Daniels distillery and bought several bottles of their Tennessee Whiskey. The master distiller was there that day and I got him to autograph several bottles as gifts to friends and family. Even got my son a bottle personalized with his name and an autograph. He has been known to partake in a shot (or two), but he's kept that unopened bottle as a collectible. But, I digress.
The drug scene is something that I could never indulge in. Losing control of my senses is not something that appeals to me. Not judging others, that's just been my experience. I would love to read the book that Nikki Sixx wrote and/or see "The Dirt". I almost ordered the book, but it's over 400 pages in length. The book and movie are on my list of things to do later.
Where is your e-mail address located? Let me just say that I'm not on Instagram or Twitter. But, I do have a g-mail account. Is that what you are referring to? I'd be happy to assist on any project you guys have for me. As you can see, I love to research many things. This short narrative on Mötley Crüe only took a few hours of research time. Maybe, 2½-3 hours total. I could have gone deeper, so keep that in mind. It might take me more time on your project, depending on the subject. Researching info on artists/songs has been a great distraction to other things going on in my life. Just point me in the direction of how to contact you and let's get a line of communication established. I'm on my way out for an appointment, but I'll be back later this evening.
Thanks for your reply to my comment. Enjoy the rest of your day. 🙂
@Debbie Lewis
I share your same journey on the drinking, not my thing and never has been.
It's the same with the other stuff too, not into any of it, I used to smoke and gave that up 3 years ago with the help of vaping, so I for one would always recommend that to anyone trying to give up as it really helped me.
400 pages, that should be a hours work for you, you devour information!!
The Heroin Diary's is not really a book, more a collection of journal entries.
I keep forgetting you are on a phone, we post all the song details and links in the "Description" which is in accessed using a drop down arrow below the video.
But no worries we can catch up on that another time, it's just something I have going around inside my head, but it can wait or I will just do a best effort and you can give me feedback, what's the worst than can happen?
Well, I think I am all caught up with replies for today and things are going well.
I put out one just for you for tomorrow.🙂 Enjoy.....13 hours time
@@BritPopsReactKudos to you for putting those cigarettes down. Having worked in a medical center, I have seen first-hand the way cigarettes can harm people. I've never smoked, but I'm aware of how hard it is to stop. Just stay the course. In time, the human body is capable of healing itself from the damages that smoking has caused. 🙂
@@BritPopsReactOh! And, the offer to help you guys is still out there. Just let me know. I probably have a lot more free time than either of you. 🙂
PLEASE REACT TO EXO BEST VOCALS 2020
The cover of The Warning is better... ;)
Featuring the Late Great Sam Kinison as the driver. This song is the best way to get a speeding ticket!
Lol Motley Crue is not Metal 🤣
@C4duke
Nope, but we enjoyed it, they probably sit exactly in our comfort zone and that why they did well.
Did you get to check out the great SKA band we reacted to?
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They guys look like fun!!
@@BritPopsReact I will now!