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The Steel Horse Archives: Mr. Big, “To Be With You” (1991)

Jeff Vrabel August 17, 2009 13

MR. BIG Song Title: “To Be With You” Album: Lean Into It Release Date: March 26, 1991 Why You Remember Them: Much like the poor suckers in Extreme and the Goo Goo Dolls, Mr.

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The Steel Horse Archives: Warrant, “Cherry Pie” (1990)

Jeff Vrabel August 10, 2009 15

This week in the Steel Horse Archives, Jeff Vrabel takes us back to 1990, and a time when the boys in Warrant were dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking, and rich

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The Steel Horse Archives: Tesla, “Love Song”

Jeff Vrabel August 3, 2009 13

TESLA Song Title: “Love Song” Album: The Great Radio Controversy Release Date: Feb. 1, 1989 Why You Remember Them: This song was a decent enough hit, but it was the band’s 1990 Five Man

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The Steel Horse Archives: Cinderella, “Somebody Save Me”

Jeff Vrabel July 27, 2009 12

Jeff Vrabel officially cracks open the Steel Horse Archives this week, and -- what's this? Cinderella comes crawling out!

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The Steel Horse Archives: Prologue — Step Inside, Walk This Way

Jeff Vrabel July 20, 2009 13

Jeff Vrabel was a hair metal cowboy, and on a steel horse he rode...and he's here to relive those Aqua Netted days with a new series that looks back on the glory days of

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Popdose Flashback: Tone-Lōc, “Lōc-ed After Dark”

Jeff Vrabel February 2, 2009 4

Tone-Lōc – Lōc-ed After Dark (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) There’s no way around this: Tone Lōc’s 1989 debut, Lōc-ed After Dark, is COMPLETELY ADORABLE. The elementary, dubious and occasionally tortured rhyme scheme (“lax-adaiscal’

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Listening Booth: Guns n’ Roses, “Chinese Democracy”

Jeff Vrabel November 19, 2008 22

Guns n’ Roses – Chinese Democracy (Geffen, 2008) purchase this album (Best Buy) Unless you’ve spent a lot of time in the company of William Shatner, Chinese Democracy will likely be one of the

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Songs for the Dumped: Volume Fourteen

Jeff Vrabel February 14, 2008 6

Ladies, here’s a little-known fact about many guys: If you break up with them, but then don’t leave, they will very possibly assume that you weren’t the SLIGHTEST BIT SERIOUS about the breaking-up thing,

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Songs for the Dumped: Volume Thirteen

Jeff Vrabel February 13, 2008 8

There are few things more entertaining on planet Earth than watching a guy who’s recently gone through some sort of emotional distress. I once stopped by a buddy’s place after having to put my

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