Loverboy will always be one of those bands that hipsters, who are the emptiest of all music/film fans, love to hate, especially since the singer has stated on MTV & elsewhere that “Nirvana killed my career”, which, taking into account how Nirvana will probably never have another negative thing about them (did they ever have anything “negative” written about them?), completes the association in people’s minds that Nirvana and Loverboy are polar opposites, which could not be further from the truth. (It’s only rock n roll, man)…
Loverboy were a huge presence on early MTV, they were positioned perfectly to have exposure on the brand new (in 1981) network, but, like Nirvana, if they hadn’t had the material, they’d have been forgotten quickly. Loverboy are actually one of the big success stories, along with Duran Duran, of the first few years of MTV.
Anyway, my point about the song: Working For The weekend is a bona fide Great song, and is in fact a part of “The Pantheon” of great rock n roll songs. It comes in right behind Gimme Some Lovin’ by Spencer Davis, (afa songs about trying to get something going after work, trying to feel good, and get thehh by taste of the workday out of their mouths, goes, (and just ahead of Crawling From The Wreckage by Rockpile/Dave Edmunds/Graham Parker).
Loverboy will always be one of those bands that hipsters, who are the emptiest of all music/film fans, love to hate, especially since the singer has stated on MTV & elsewhere that “Nirvana killed my career”, which, taking into account how Nirvana will probably never have another negative thing about them (did they ever have anything “negative” written about them?), completes the association in people’s minds that Nirvana and Loverboy are polar opposites, which could not be further from the truth. (It’s only rock n roll, man)…
Loverboy were a huge presence on early MTV, they were positioned perfectly to have exposure on the brand new (in 1981) network, but, like Nirvana, if they hadn’t had the material, they’d have been forgotten quickly. Loverboy are actually one of the big success stories, along with Duran Duran, of the first few years of MTV.
Anyway, my point about the song: Working For The weekend is a bona fide Great song, and is in fact a part of “The Pantheon” of great rock n roll songs. It comes in right behind Gimme Some Lovin’ by Spencer Davis, (afa songs about trying to get something going after work, trying to feel good, and get thehh by taste of the workday out of their mouths, goes, (and just ahead of Crawling From The Wreckage by Rockpile/Dave Edmunds/Graham Parker).