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UCRs top 100 classic rock songs list brings us to #46: Judas Priest "LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT"
By 1980, more than a decade into their career, Judas Priest were ready to take on the world. With the release of their sixth album, the classic British Steel and the single "Living After Midnight" they were really delivering the goods.
The song packed a real one-two punch that woke up U.S. fans to the power of Priest. With its simple, almost Kinks-like riff, "Living After Midnight" was a perfect melding of metal and pop, in the best sense of both worlds. In just over three minutes, Judas Priest packed all the power of their metallic sound into a simple, direct pop track.
Leaving behind earlier, more complicated songwriting, the band turned in a riff, melody and driving beat that was irresistible to rock radio. Record buyers also got hooked, giving Judas Priest their first major hit. The album cracked the Top 40 in America and the Top 5 in their native England.
Judas Priest could be a lot heavier, no doubt, and at times even poppier (remember "Turbo Lover"?), but "Living After Midnight" was that perfect union of the two sides of the coin, giving us, perhaps, the definitive Judas Priest record and an obvious choice for inclusion on our list of the Top 100 Classic Rock Songs.
By 1980, more than a decade into their career, Judas Priest were ready to take on the world. With the release of their sixth album, the classic British Steel and the single "Living After Midnight" they were really delivering the goods.
The song packed a real one-two punch that woke up U.S. fans to the power of Priest. With its simple, almost Kinks-like riff, "Living After Midnight" was a perfect melding of metal and pop, in the best sense of both worlds. In just over three minutes, Judas Priest packed all the power of their metallic sound into a simple, direct pop track.
Leaving behind earlier, more complicated songwriting, the band turned in a riff, melody and driving beat that was irresistible to rock radio. Record buyers also got hooked, giving Judas Priest their first major hit. The album cracked the Top 40 in America and the Top 5 in their native England.
Judas Priest could be a lot heavier, no doubt, and at times even poppier (remember "Turbo Lover"?), but "Living After Midnight" was that perfect union of the two sides of the coin, giving us, perhaps, the definitive Judas Priest record and an obvious choice for inclusion on our list of the Top 100 Classic Rock Songs.
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