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I can thank my little sister for this one; she was an Osmonds fanatic. She talked our mother into buying the new 45, "Crazy Horses", and she couldn't wait to get home to hear it.
The disappointment on her face once she heard the opening screech breaks my heart to this day. I know the pain of having your favorite band go in a direction that you can't stand, much like losing a longtime girl- or boyfriend.
On the other hand, I loved "Crazy Horses". That hard no-nonsense drumbeat and the wailing guitars with that sneering synth screech totally connected with the direction my tastes in music were headed.
Interestingly, listen to the horn section, a close variation of that horn riff will appear a few years later in Alice Cooper's song "Welcome To My Nightmare". Alice also pays direct homage to the Osmonds later on that LP in the song, "Department Of Youth", with the lyric:
The disappointment on her face once she heard the opening screech breaks my heart to this day. I know the pain of having your favorite band go in a direction that you can't stand, much like losing a longtime girl- or boyfriend.
On the other hand, I loved "Crazy Horses". That hard no-nonsense drumbeat and the wailing guitars with that sneering synth screech totally connected with the direction my tastes in music were headed.
Interestingly, listen to the horn section, a close variation of that horn riff will appear a few years later in Alice Cooper's song "Welcome To My Nightmare". Alice also pays direct homage to the Osmonds later on that LP in the song, "Department Of Youth", with the lyric:
The YouTube video linked above is lip-synched, though done very well.We're the department of youth.
We've got the power.
And who gave it to you?
Donny Osmond!
What?!
