In hommage to the tracks on Appetite for Destruction, over the next 12 days
leading up to the Grammy Awards Auction (Feb. 6), I’ll profile (and
poke fun at) others, like Guns N' Roses, that ascended to musical royalty and then became
fodder for this blog.
Track 1: “Welcome to the Jungle” ... Dedicated to Christopher Cross
The second greatest metal song of all time according to VH1, "Welcome to the Jungle," climbed to No. 7 in the Billboard charts and cemented the hard-partying GNR as the new bad boys of rock.
Known less for his groupie preferences and hotel room trashing, Christopher Cross also exploded onto the national scene with the release of a debut album albeit in 1979. Behind the strength of singles like “Saili
ng,” “Ride Like the Win” and “Never Be the Same,” Cross (and his self-titled album) made history becoming the first artist to receive all of the “Big Four” Grammy Awards (Best Record, Song, Album and New Artist) in 1981.
While there’s a part of me that has trouble even mentioning Cross and GNR in the same blog, the fact is that when the album with the pink flamingo hit (yeah, never got his infatuation with the bird), it hit big and for 18 months or so Cross was the baddest cat in the jungle.
Ladies loved him. Adult contemporary radio swooned. And the world had a more sensitive Jimmy Buffett.
Keep in mind that as we moved into the 1980s, people were fed up with Disco. Bon Scott was on the “Highway to Hell,” Led Zeppelin disbanded and only a year prior Cross had been fronting a cover band, Flash.
And as if his pick-up lines hadn’t already been bolstered (“How about you and me get out of here and go back to my place to check out my Grammy awards?”), Cross had to one-up himself scoring an Oscar for Best Original Song with “Arthur’s Them (Best That You Can Do).”
His sophomore effort, Another Page, faired OK by Cross standards thanks to the top 10 hit “Think of Laura.”
But then it was time for Cross to do a little “sailing” of his own … into the sunset. His third album, Every Turn of the World, in 1985 produced zero top 40 hits.
Tomorrow (Jan. 27, 2009): “It’s So Easy" ... Dedicated to the Boy Bands
51st Annual Grammy Awards Live Charity Auction
When: Feb. 6, 2009
Where: Los Angeles, Calif.
Auction Time: 8pE/5pP
What's The Deal?: The items assembled represent over 70 years of
music history from
early jazz greats to rock 'n' roll legends. The auction features the
generously donated collection of producer Andy Budde, with an extensive
amount of Rolling Stones and Beatles memorabilia. Also up for bid are
stage-played guitars from David Bowie and Eric Clapton, as well as
Frank
Sinatra and Elton John signed recording contracts and memorabilia from
Bob Dylan. A 20% buyer's premium will be added to the hammer price on
individual
lots $50,000 and higher, and a 25% buyer's premium on all individual
lots of $0-$49,000. There will be an additional 3% buyer's premium
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