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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 11:17 PM
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The band Night Ranger. Even in retrospect, did they ever make any sense
whatsoever?
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 11:19 PM
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1. No
Then again, at that point in time, I was the weird kid listening to cowpunk and janglepop on college radio, so what do i know...
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 11:25 PM
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2. no but this song is pretty rockin....
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 12:07 AM
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5. I like that one too
One of my favorite power pop tunes from the 80s.
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shawmut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 12:00 AM
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3. I've never figured out what motoring means
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 12:06 AM
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4. In trucking that means that you are making good time.
Don't know if any of the guys in Nightranger had a CDL at the time. :D
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 12:49 AM
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6. Rock and roll doesn't have to make sense.
The Beatles and the Stones usually made no sense.

And much lesser bands like Night Ranger carried on the tradition, in their very inferior way.

Thankfully, you can still rock in America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoFB4-5MLN0
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 12:51 AM
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7. Well, since they explained that "Sister Christian" was about...
...the actual younger sister of the songwriter, named Chris, and about how, now that she was a teenager, "guys would be wanting to feel her up" (that's an exact quote, by the way), I'm not sure if "yes" or "no" is a more disturbing answer...
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