![]() ![]() If you need a dose of 1980s rock that doesn’t go off the deep end with synths and gated drums, reach immediately for “Trinidad.” If nothing else, Money got more mystical and David Crosby-like than he ever did before or since: “There once was a story/ From a thousand yesterdays/ I read it in this ancient book/ When the old man passed away.”ĥ. 63 hit.īy the island theme alone, “Trinidad” may seem like an attempt to land another “Two Tickets to Paradise”-style hit, but thankfully, it doesn’t chew the scenery in the process it’s merely grounded, driving rock. “Every time I turned around he was threatening to break my arms off.” Luckily, “Shakin’” didn’t devolve into jealous violence, but a No. ![]() “She had a boyfriend who was super jealous and a karate expert,” he told Rolling Stone. 14.ĭespite a number of outside writers in his body of work, Money was no mere vessel for other peoples’ material he’s credited as co-writer on “Shakin’.” The infectious, Tom Petty-sounding anthem is perhaps most notable today for its video featuring Prince’s protégée and Purple Rain co-star Apollonia Kotero - she does the “shakin’” in question. Despite the slightly dated synths, this mid-tempo ballad had some serious legs, with Money’s spirited version peaking at No. 78, but the song grew in the public eye when it got two remakes by major artists - the first by Santana’s Gregg Rolie in 1985, the second by Money. “I Wanna Go Back” was a modest hit for them at No. Like “Heaven in the Back Seat” a few years later, “I Wanna Go Back” also came from a little-known source: It was written by the Oakland rock band Billy Satellite, who recorded one self-titled album for Capitol Records in 1984 before fading away. “I Wanna Go Back” ( Can’t Hold Back, 1986) ![]() “It was supposed to be a horn part, but the horn player never showed up, so I had to do it with my mouth.”Ĩ. “I hate singing ‘Na na na na na na na na na,’” he told Rolling Stone. ![]() 9, “Walk on Water” helped keep Money’s career momentum up for another few years, but he had trepidation about performing it live. Everything about “Walk on Water” is soaked in era signifiers: Money’s chest-beating vocal, canned harmonies and skyscraping hook all add up to a sound that remains unabashedly 1988. Money stayed the course with an increasingly commercial sound via this 1988 hit, written by Sammy Hagar’s one-time keyboardist Jesse Harms. 58 on the Hot 100, but it hardly matters: “Heaven” remains goofy, high-energy fun.ĩ. The lyrics are knuckle-dragging (“She’s got what I want/ I got what she needs/ Me and my baby and the mirror makes three”), the sound is frozen in early-1990s amber and it stalled out at No. band Romeo’s Daughter on the 1988 soundtrack to Nightmare on Elm Street V, Money covered “Heaven in the Back Seat” for his 1991 comeback album Right Here. “Heaven in the Back Seat” ( Right Here, 1991)Ī lovably sleazy locker-room anthem written for U.K. In honor of the late Money and his string of sturdy, timeless rock hits, here are his 10 greatest songs, ranked.ġ0. 13) at 70 after a short battle with esophageal cancer. Today, we mourn the loss of the proudly meat-and-potatoes, bar-rocking legend, who chose to keep both feet planted in the humble and suburban, even as he came within spitting distance of No. Eddie Money Diagnosed With Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer ![]()
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