In the early 80's, you just couldn't go a day without hearing George Thorogood's classic "Bad To The Bone". A delicious mix of blues and hard rock that is still popular enough to warrant airplay 31 years later.
What I don't get is the concept portion of the following video. Concert footage aside, George is playing a marathon game of pool with no less than Bo Diddley, a music legend in his own right. I'm guessing the pool scenes are Thorogood's way of saluting the 1960 film, "The Hustler", with Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason, which begat a sequel, "The Color of Money" (Newman & Tom Cruise) that came out four years after "Bone" was released as a single. Neighborhood kids are gathered outside the pool room, quietly cheering on George. I guess these kids didn't know Bo.
A few years later, the producers of the "Problem Child" movies used "Bone" as the theme for Junior (Michael Oliver) in a number of scenes. Sorry, but being "Bad to the Bone" doesn't fit a juvenile.
Uploaded by EMI's VEVO channel:
2 comments:
The tune was also used in "Married With Children" whenever Al Bundy was getting serious about something.
The crowd would roar whenever it played!
I didn't realize it was released in '82, as I'd heard it constantly on local radio stations all through the decade.
Truly a timeless recording.
It still sounds, Buh Buh Buh BAD!
It's currently on VH1 Classic On Demand (check your cable system for availability), which is why I decided to post it.
After 30 years, I still don't get the whole point behind the kids in the video......
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