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Johnny Thunders - LAMF
Artist - Johnny Thunders
Title - Hurt Me
Year of Release - (1984); 1994 / 1997 on CD
Record Label - New Rose Blues / Castle
Genre - Rock (acoustic)
In the early '80's, Johnny was in serious danger of losing any of the credibility he had left. He was constantly in a smack-induced haze, putting on crappy performances and rarely putting out anything worth listening to. In 1984, things began to change...
New manager, Christopher Gierke, picked Johnny up and salvaged him from the wreckage his career had become. Though never 100% free of his addictions, Johnny began to fight them. With Christopher's help, Johnny's fading star began to rise again...albeit at a slow and steady pace.
"Hurt Me" is just Johnny and his acoustic guitar - pure solo. That's it. He sings with an aching passion that he had never shown before. Songs like "Too Much Too Soon," "I'm A Boy I'm A Girl," and "Hurt Me," take on a completely different character. Sung by a man who had been through it all, these versions haunt the listener. His voice pierces you with a sadness and longing that he had never been able to express with his Les Paul TV and Marshall stacks.
The tracklist is somewhat predictable, although there are many gems here he would almost never play live. As he sobered up, his skills would get better and better. "Illegitimate Son of Segovia" is a great instrumental - one of his best actually.
If any of you reading this want to give Johnny a try, this may not be the best place to start: There is not another record like this in his catalog and his trademark guitar lines aren't anywhere to be found. However, if you do happen to grab this, you'll hear the heartache that was hiding behind all of those one-liners and obsceneties he usually spit out from the stage.
"Hurt Me" is Johnny trying to start over. No extras, no backup singers or musicians, no overdubs. It's raw...almost a rebirth. It is him playing for himself and no one else.
I would love to throw this CD at all of those people who never gave JT a chance and just pawned him off as some has-been Rock 'N' Roll junkie. He was so much more than that - and "Hurt Me" is absolute proof.
We really miss you, Johnny.
Title - Hurt Me
Year of Release - (1984); 1994 / 1997 on CD
Record Label - New Rose Blues / Castle
Genre - Rock (acoustic)
In the early '80's, Johnny was in serious danger of losing any of the credibility he had left. He was constantly in a smack-induced haze, putting on crappy performances and rarely putting out anything worth listening to. In 1984, things began to change...
New manager, Christopher Gierke, picked Johnny up and salvaged him from the wreckage his career had become. Though never 100% free of his addictions, Johnny began to fight them. With Christopher's help, Johnny's fading star began to rise again...albeit at a slow and steady pace.
"Hurt Me" is just Johnny and his acoustic guitar - pure solo. That's it. He sings with an aching passion that he had never shown before. Songs like "Too Much Too Soon," "I'm A Boy I'm A Girl," and "Hurt Me," take on a completely different character. Sung by a man who had been through it all, these versions haunt the listener. His voice pierces you with a sadness and longing that he had never been able to express with his Les Paul TV and Marshall stacks.
The tracklist is somewhat predictable, although there are many gems here he would almost never play live. As he sobered up, his skills would get better and better. "Illegitimate Son of Segovia" is a great instrumental - one of his best actually.
If any of you reading this want to give Johnny a try, this may not be the best place to start: There is not another record like this in his catalog and his trademark guitar lines aren't anywhere to be found. However, if you do happen to grab this, you'll hear the heartache that was hiding behind all of those one-liners and obsceneties he usually spit out from the stage.
"Hurt Me" is Johnny trying to start over. No extras, no backup singers or musicians, no overdubs. It's raw...almost a rebirth. It is him playing for himself and no one else.
I would love to throw this CD at all of those people who never gave JT a chance and just pawned him off as some has-been Rock 'N' Roll junkie. He was so much more than that - and "Hurt Me" is absolute proof.
We really miss you, Johnny.
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