Artist: Corey Hart Video: From YouTube.
Here we have one of the great songs of the year. An awesome, inspiring message delivered with earnestness and passion. Never Surrender, baby! Timeless.
Corey Hart peaked in 1985 with this epic, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. But did you know that he continued to record hits well into the late 90's, charting dozens of top 40 singles in Canada? I certainly did not.
“Never Surrender” is a tour de force, an urgent directive of how to react when you reach your lowest point. The music is pretty good too. Great sax solo, instruments, whatnot.
The video is entertaining and provides more than its share of unintentional comedy. Corey gazes into the camera often and with great intensity. Hitchhiking through the cold streets of Toronto, exchanging furtive glances with call girls, and getting chewed out by a shopkeeper for who knows what. And then, taking the stage for a live performance and absolutely killing it.
In other news, I finally was able to post another poll. I guess we’ll soon find out if anyone is still out there.
