6710. The Firm - All the King's Horses

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From: Mean Business; Year: 1986; Genre: Rock
For wotever reason I was drawing a total blank for the song I wanted to choose today. So, I just randomly picked a letter and went with one from a band that I'd only picked one from thus far.
Here's wot I went with: one of the lead singles off of famed supergroup The Firm's second and final album. All the King's Horses really doesn't stand out all that much from the upper echelon of mainstream rock of the time period. That said, it is a great track and shows the talent of the four larger-than-life musical legends that made up The Firm.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My song pick 7 years ago today: Pearl Jam - I Got Id

My song pick 8 years ago today: Crash Test Dummies - In the Days of the Cavemen

My song pick 9 years ago today: Muse - City of Delusion

My song pick 10 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away

My song pick 11 years ago today: Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000

My song pick 12 years ago today: Rush - The Anarchist

My song pick 13 years ago today: Audioslave - Cochise

My song pick 14 years ago today: Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos - Media Vita in Morte Sumus

My song pick 15 years ago today: Stahlhammer - Der Zerbrochene Traum

My song pick 16 years ago today: Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette

My song pick 17 years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

My song pick 18 years ago today: Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
 

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