Decent song, but there's nothing ethereal about D major, G major, and C major. In fact, three out of every every four rock songs you've ever heard are rooted in one of those chords and if you feel like you've heard Straight Up before, it's because you probably have. Anton Newcombe is a total hack-job that tried to make a career out of boosting every Stones, Dylan, Allman (et cetera.) song that he could from the 60's/70's and putting his own lyrics over it. He should have been a rapper. Ironic that this song is about freeing yourself and realizing your potential. If the mentally ill junkie had taken his own advice way back, it wouldn't have taken two decades for the general public to hear his band for the first time.
Lol @ "ethereal chords"
Decent song, but there's nothing ethereal about D major, G major, and C major. In fact, three out of every every four rock songs you've ever heard are rooted in one of those chords and if you feel like you've heard Straight Up before, it's because you probably have. Anton Newcombe is a total hack-job that tried to make a career out of boosting every Stones, Dylan, Allman (et cetera.) song that he could from the 60's/70's and putting his own lyrics over it. He should have been a rapper. Ironic that this song is about freeing yourself and realizing your potential. If the mentally ill junkie had taken his own advice way back, it wouldn't have taken two decades for the general public to hear his band for the first time.