![]() Poison were one of the definitive party bands of their era, and yet their biggest hit is “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.” For Poison, it’s more true than it is for anyone else. They’re the weepy-eyed lighters-up ballads that followed. For so many of the bands from the high glam-metal era, the biggest hits weren’t the party-time rockers that established the bands. You let everyone know that you’re a person with deep feelings, who feels things deeply. Then, when you’ve got people on your side, you pull out the acoustic guitar and you get sensitive. You establish yourself as the king of the party, the debaucherous demon among debaucherous demons. The party will pick up again in a minute, but Michaels just has to take a moment to collect himself. Instead, he’s here to reflect on the wages of that life and on the one who got away. But right now, Bret Michaels does not feel like that guy. Michaels and his bandmates whoop and mug and stunt in front of massive crowds. He looks good.Īs we pan in on Michaels’ face, we see scenes playing out in slow motion, on corroded film-stock - flashbacks from Michaels memory. It’s our first time seeing Serious Bret Michaels. Today, we are getting Serious Bret Michaels. Michaels holds an acoustic guitar, and he doesn’t look too unnatural doing it. There’s a whole lot of scruff on Michaels’ face, and his beautifully backlit blonde hair fans out underneath big sunglasses and a black cowboy hat. On this day, Bret Michaels has a silvery necklace and painted-on jeans and a black tank top that shows off his extremely basic tattoos. On the cover of their 1986 debut album Look What The Cat Dragged In, Poison were so painted and sprayed and teased-out that plenty of people were wondering who these hot chicks on this album cover wore. When they broke out a few years earlier, Michaels’ band Poison had been the most made-up band on the makeup-heavy Sunset Strip scene. In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.īret Michaels isn’t wearing makeup - or, at least, he isn’t ostentatiously wearing makeup.
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