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Bad Motor Scooter
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“Bad Motor Scooter” was the second track from the album Montrose by the band of the same name. It, along with “Rock Candy” was arguably the best known song by the band, Montrose, with lyrics penned by frontman Sammy Hagar. The song’s intro, a distorted electric slide guitar sound which closely emulates that of a revving motorcycle, became the defining component of the song. When the song was conceived before this guitar sound, the band and Ted Templeman were not impressed because they thought it was missing a “hook”, to make it stand out. Ronnie Montrose stumbled upon it while messing with a slide and fuzz box one day in the studio. Playing his guitar in Open D tuning, Montrose improvised what became the motorcycle sound — although Templeman and engineer Donn...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ Get on your bad motor scooter and ride ... The first thing in the mornin' we"ll be feelin' alright ... Up over to my place and stay all night ♫
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