"The Warrior" (Or Apocalyptic Cats)--The Vinyl Voyage Video of the Day
The other day, I added "The Warrior" into rotation. Had the song on a 45 rpm single. You know the song: "Shooting at the walls of heartache. BANG! BANG! I am the warrior!" The song was released in 1984 and peaked at #7 on the Billboard charts. Not a terrible song, to be sure. Very 80s. The video, however, is atrocious. It's like an apocalyptic Cats : dancers in ragged tights dance-fighting in an alley. I've seen various renditions of this over the years at high school orchesis performances. At one point in the video, Patty Smyth's hair changes into a bizarre Bride of Frankenstein doo. Why? Who knows. She battles too, but stops in time to lip-sync the important lines in song. The video is so bad, it's actually fun to watch: After Sammy Hagar left Van Halen, supposedly Eddie Van Halen asked Patty Smyth to front the band. Could you imagine Van Halen doing a rendition of this song? On the Vinyl Voyage you can hear an eclectic mix of...