Shnazz - Shnazz is a Hawaiian rock album filled with hard rock sound. Yet almost 4/10ths of this album is filled with typical love songs people may have heard all before. Of course 100% of the songs written on this album are original material yet some of the concepts to them are not. One example is Suburban Twilight which is about having a carefree lifestyle while in the suburbs. Another song is Bad Boys which is a song about a girl who loves bad boys. While nothing too special, Shnazz is your typical hard rock album.
Suburbanite Twilight is a song about having a carefree lifestyle while living in the suburbs. The song deals with living carefree while in the suburbs. The song has a carefree vibe similar to Avril Lavigne - Here’s To Never Growing Up. Some people will agree that the song itself is a nostalgia trip.
The suburban life is free and easy. Or so we’re told otherwise. It may not be realistic for some to live the suburban lifestyle. Growing up in the suburbs was alright. Some will admit it was nice. Some people lived in the suburbs all through high school and college. In fact, it is not uncommon for most people to live out their entire lives in the suburbs.
Living a carefree lifestyle and partying in the suburbs is where it’s at. It’s where we party down every night. It's about being young and wanting to be young forever while living in the moment by having fun while living in the suburbs.
However there is life outside of the suburbs. There is a whole world to explore which extends beyond the horizons of the suburbs. Lyrics to the last portion of this song highlight that.
Ask anyone who has left
Surely they’ll tell you it’s best
There’ll will be people you miss, that’s for sure
But there’s a whole world out there
for you to explore
Love To Rock has a vibe of rebellion due to its hard rock edge. Love To Rock is similar to Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock, Avril Lavigne - Here’s To Never Growing Up, and KISS - I Wanna Rock. Roger Holland composed the entire song himself.
The song takes place in the year 1964 when Roger Holland was a child. He was watching the Ed Sullivan Show on television. Even as a child, he knew he would not be a conformist by just being an average citizen conforming to societal standards. He won’t just be an average citizen in society.
He realizes his dream is to become a rockstar. He loves his dream as he now lives his dream. He loves the loud huge crowd as the stars shine birth under heavenly light. Radiant laser beams flash on stage.
A small portion of the lyrics show a sense of nonconformity. For example, “Even though a child/I saw there and then/that I never would read Wall Street/I never would buy stock/‘Cause I realized I love to rock”
Bad Boys is a song about a girl who loves bad boys. The concept of this song is nothing too original nor anything special.
The song begins with the girl heading on her way out the door. She slams the door as she runs out to meet her boy. Of course this boy is a bad boy. She proceeds to blow him a kiss. He whips his Harley motorcycle into action. She claws on tight to him. Her arms are around his leather jacket as she sits on his seat beside him. She has her arms glued to the guy that treats her like dirt and she loves it.
She loves being treated like dirt. She is blind to the dangers of an abusive relationship. He owns a piece of her heart. The boy is well aware of what is going on inside of the relationship.
People have heard it over and over again. She likes the bad boys. She loves when the boy she is dating starts treating her mean. She loves his leather attire. It seems that all that boy does is treat her mean. Both of them are aware of this.
The song also highlight the boy’s acquired taste for leather attire in the lyrics. Leather is reference at least a couple of times throughout the song. For example, “Arms ring his leathers and old dirty colors” “Buy a Harley/wear leather/get down and start treating her mean”
Can You Still Come Back is a mournful love song about wanting your lover to come back to you. You wonder if you will seem them again.
I rate this album, 3/5***.
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