TheRustonRifle#7

"Baby, I'm a prisoner oh chained by love. It's so easy to see I could never be free; I'm a prisoner chained by love." [Wah, wah] chained by love."

Don just rhymed so well with simple lyrics that just work. 

"It's so easy to see I will never be free" will remain in your brain forever after hearing this song only once. That's what I mean by timeless hooks. 

Dokken is very similar to Journey. Cheesy looking videos, but timeless tracks that never lose their luster no matter how old the songs get. 

Checkout this cover of the classic "Alone Again" by a woman named Karly C. It's pretty good. I like singers who actually respect the artist they are paying tribute to. It's modified slightly but still works due to the power of her vocals. 

Major props lady for exposing young kids to Dokken who never heard their stuff before. Power ballad mastery at it's best. Sweet! 

What I liked about the Karly C. cover is this: It puts the emphasis on the words "Without You" instead of "Alone Again" like a romantic breakup vs a nomadic like existence that Don's vocals evoke to me in that number. Also, it still works even without Lynch's guitar work. 

"Now, the tears they fall like rain... Without you." 

That's a very tender emotion pain & yet she makes that pain strong, visceral, & nothing to be ashamed of. Cool. Like a badge of honor & rite of passage experienced by us all no exception.