Is "Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights" REALLY as violently misogynistic as

[eyepaddle]

I think it is?

Does anybody know the story on this? I'm not that hip into Pat Travers info, so I could be wrong, but it seems to me that lyrically, that song is pretty disgusting.

A related question: did Pat Travers ever have any other hits, or is he one of those acts that gets mentioned a lot, but not really heard all that much?

[Bunny]

1. I've heard the song, but never really paid attention to the lyrics.

Maybe you could post them, and we could have a look-see?

[eyepaddle]

3. Oops! I've just been hearing that tune for so long I forget that maybe not everybody else has!

Which kind of speaks to the "part II" of my OP!

"BOOM BOOM, OUT GO THE LIGHTS
as performed by Pat Travers

No kiddin'
I'm ready to fight
I've been lookin' for my baby all night
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! RIGHT HERE! Out go the lights!

No kiddin'
I'm ready to go
When I find her boy don't you know
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! WHAT IS IT? Out go the lights!

I thought I treat my baby fair
I just found out she don't want me here
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! COME ON! Out go the lights!

- solo -

I never felt this mad before
When I just found out she don't want me no more
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! COME ON! Out go the lights!

No kiddin'
I'm ready to fight
I've been lookin' for my baby all night
If I get her in my sight
Boom boom! ONE MORE! Out go the lights!

Take it home!!"

[bluesbassman]

2. It's actually a cover of a Little Walter tune, and no

I don't think it's misogynistic. Like a lot of blues tunes, it's more about frustration. Kinda like life. :)

Travers had a string of popular tunes in the late 70's & early 80's.

1976 "Makes No Difference" (promo single to debut album)
1976 "Stop And Smile"
1977 "Stevie"
1977 "Rock & Roll Susie"
1977 "Gettin' Betta"
1977 "Life In London"
1978 "Heat In The Street"
1978 "Go All Night"
1979 "Boom, Boom (Out Go The Lights) – Live!" (UK single)
1980 "Is This Love" (US single)
1980 "Snortin' Whiskey" (US single)
1980 "Evie" (Holland only single)
1980 "Crash And Burn"
1980 "(Your Love) Can't Be Right"
1981 "My Life Is On The Line"
1981 "New Age Music"
1982 "I La La La Love You"
1982 "Rockin'"
1982 "I'd Rather See You Dead"
1984 "Women On The Edge Of Love"
1984 "Killer"

Edited for dates. bbm

[nomorenomore08]

6. "Snortin' whiskey, drinkin' cocaine..."

:evilgrin:

[Throd]

4. Pat kicks ass.

"Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights" is more a vehicle for audience participation and guitar shreddery.

[Iggo]

5. Me and my sis were in high school when that song was popular.

I thought the speaker in the song was going to kill the woman.

My sister chuckled, winked, and looked at me in that way she knew how and said, "That ain't what it's about."

[nomorenomore08]

7. Perhaps, but if so it's no worse than a lot of other old blues standards...

Think of Robert Johnson's ".32-20 Blues" or Mississippi John Hurt's "Nobody's Dirty Business" - gonna-shoot-my-baby kind of stuff.

[bluesbassman]

8. Rock too. Hey Joe, Down By The River are two off the top of my head.

Still being done Eminem and Rihanna just did a pretty gritty tune.

Love the Way You Lie
http://youtu.be/ZGT6AKt3eYM

[SteppingRazor]

9. And country. Johnny Cash may have one of the most graphic...

Delia's Gone

Delia, oh, Delia Delia all my life
If I hadn't have shot poor Delia
I'd have had her for my wife
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

I went up to Memphis and I met Delia there
Found her in her parlor
And I tied to her chair
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

She was low down and trifling
And she was cold and mean
Kind of evil make me want to Grab my sub machine
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

First time I shot her I shot her in the side
Hard to watch her suffer
But with the second shot she died
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

But jailer, oh, jailer Jailer,
I can't sleep 'Cause all around my bedside
I hear the patter of Delia's feet
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

So if you woman's devilish, you can let her run
Or you can bring her down and do her
Like Delia got done
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone


But that's just the tip of the iceberg. The murder ballad is a common theme in both country and blues, and with those genres as its main antecedents, rock is the same.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

10. Frankie and Johnny were lovers.

Stagger Lee.

"Frankie" is a girl's name you don't see anymore. Frankie Carter Randolph started the Harriss County Democrats.