Jack Russell's Great White, 'Love Don't Live Here'

Jack Russell's Great White has another new song out. This one is called "Love Don't Live Here." The song is from the album He Saw It Comin' which is due out January 27. I actually have the chance to see the CD release party and concert at the Whisky in Los Angeles early next month. I'm still on the fence and haven't decided if I'm going to go or not, but it's a possibility. Here's the new track. What do you think?

Comments

[Him]

What's holding you back, Allyson? Sounds like a great opportunity . . . even as an article.

[stu]

these days bands tend to drop new songs from the setlist real quick, so it may be the only time to hear the new stuff live.

[Kixchix]

I would assume that this "party" would run you a pretty penny to get to LA for Jack Russell.

I'd prefer to hear David Coverdale & Whitesnake do this type of song versus Jack. Guess I want the song blown up and made grander as David has done back in day.

Never a huge GW fan besides a few songs.

[Allyson]

Kix - I'll already be in the area for another reason, hence the opportunity. It's more about timing than anything else. - Allyson

[Shawn]

If the opportunity presents please attend.. would love to get your first hand perspective of the Jack Russell experience from someone we trust. Gotta at least hit the Rainbow for a Lemmy :)

[Kixchix]

Awesome then. Hope it all works out to make for a great trip

[Metalboy!]

You should totally go, Allyson, especially since you will be traveling there, anyway.

Plus, as HIM and Shawn point out, it could make for a VERY interesting article / review of the man and the event with all the texture only a journalist such as yourself can capture.

Acknowledging KixChix observations regarding Jack Russell and Great White's limited appeal, there ARE two songs by them to rival any of the genre, "Rock Me" and "Stick It"!

[Metalboy!]

FYI, to all BBG!ers, regardless of whether you care to examine it or not, I posted several Best of 2016" lists in comments under Allyson's "Top 5 of 2016" post of approximately 9 days ago in which she and Christian listed their 5 favorite albums of 2016.

Needless to say, I took it as an opportunity to go overboard, I posted my list of "Top 11 Favorite Albums of 2016", my "Top 11 Favorite Songs of 2016" AND my take on the "Top 11 Favorite Albums of 1986" plus dozens of "Honorable Mentions".

I welcome any and all comments and/or additions, subtractions or trollifications or, even better, more Lists! Enjoy!

[Gary]

I gotta go with "The Big Goodbye" as my all time favorite Great White song. Also, is it just me, or does Jack Russell not sound like Jack Russell on most of the verses in this new song???

[Him]

I hear you, Gary. Of the recent releases, this is the best. But he sounds like he was processed and sped up vocally! For me, "Rock Me" stands as their ultimate slab of stadium-seeking grandeur (and I have said as much previously). Imagine this though: swap him in on the Coverdale/Page album. What would that have been like?

This song, in other hands (other times), has a lot of potential. But it sounds tinny and small, whereas the best of this (the one we remember) band sounds full and rich (even if occasionally cringey). And I don't put that down to the absence of a certain guitarist. I put it down to the state of music and the state of JR's capabilities, both vocally and financially, at present.

Even through a veil of "what could have been", I want to like what JR is doing. So perhaps a live treatment would sound better. But I doubt even this song would get that treatment given the forces that be and what is expected of a legacy act slinging his once-weres in less than stellar venues (and some good ones, granted) these days.

But I remain consistent: forced to pick, I pick him over the other band. And I mean that as no offense. I simply can't "hear" GW without JR. That's my problem though.

[stu]

i'll take "livin' in the U.S.A." as the best GW (original) song out there. since 2012 i have seen both GW and JR three times each, and they are both fun if you want to relive the '80s.but that seems to be what the show has become, a nostalgia act. i think the two entities are better separate, it gives you twice as many chances to hear bands keep ian hunter's name alive.

[Metalboy!]

With you on Ian Hunter, Stu! I had the chance to see Hunter a couple of years ago when he played one of only three dates in the U.S. that year, this one at The Stephen Talkhouse located on the tip of Long Island in Amagansett. He is a GENIUS!

p.s. Still, "Stick It" is THE Best Great White Track, slightly edging out "Rock Me", though both are pure slabs of the finest in Glam Metal! Watch the video on YouTube! It completely kicks a*s!