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Great 80's Videos ... Cinderella - Shake Me

Cinderella - Shake Me - 1986 - Here's an excellent song and video from Cinderella. "Shake Me" was the first single off their multi-platinum selling debut album, Night Songs, and it's probably my favorite Cinderella song. Shake it!


RANDOM THOUGHTS ... This song has it all: Great guitar riffs, awesome cowbell, and kick-ass vocals. A "foot-stomping rocker" if you will. Cinderella is one of my favorite bands from that era, I saw them live (with Poison, Dokken, and Slaughter on the Power To The People Tour in 2000) and they put on a great  show, doing all of the cool guitar tricks they display here in this video. And of course, Tom Keifer is a great singer, one of my favorite rock and roll voices. It captures the energy, so showing them playing the song live in the video works pretty good here, I think.

... Bands, and people in general, don't talk about "shaking" like they used to. Back in the day, there were songs about "shaking" everywhere you looked. I mean, you had "Shake Me" by Cinderella, "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC, "Shakin'" by Eddie Money, ... and I'm probably forgetting one or two. Well, I think we should bring it back. Try using the word "shake" at least once a day. Use it as a metaphor or as a literal description, it's up to you. Even if you have to force it, just squeeze it in somehow. For example: You see that girl? "Yeah, she was shakin'."  How's the car running? "Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-she was shakin'."  Should we get a pizza? "Shake it don't break it, baby."  Let's make this happen. The world would be a much better place.

... Cinderella's guitarists are famous for their guitar swinging and tossing, and that skill is on display (of course it is) here in this video! Lead guitarist Jeff LaBar shows us how to execute a flawless guitar swing at the 2:13 mark, and both he and bass guitarist Eric Brittingham can be seen doing the double-shot (yep, I'm just making up terms now...) starting at around 3:09. That's where they swing it around and when it returns to its original position they whip it back in the opposite direction. I'm no expert, but that's definitely a top 3 guitar trick. Short of setting your six-string on fire, there's not many other visual tricks you can do that are cooler than this one! It's killer, and definitely worth capturing on film.  

... How did I get tickets to the show? How else would I get tickets? I was sitting in my room, minding my own business, when these two twins started talking shit to me and a magic guitar fell out of my Cinderella poster, yada yada yada, I'm front row at the concert. What? You stood in line? Why would you do that? ...

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