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Will To Power
"Will To Power"
© Epic Records
Year of Release: 1988
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track listing
Dreamin'
Searchin'
Baby I Love
Your Way/
Freebird Medley
Somebody Told Me
Fading Away
Say It's Gonna Rain
Zarathrustra
Show Me The Way
Strangers
Anti-Social
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Will To Power
"Will To Power"
What do two of the biggest songs in Rock history have in common with the music group "Will To Power" ? Before there were today's "mash-ups" there
was the medley of two of the biggest hits in Rock: Peter Frampton's "Baby I Love Your Way" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." This medley
reached #1 in 1988, during the end of the Eighties decade of dance influenced Rock/Pop. The outcome of the medley may have been considered "lame" to
many die hard rock fans, yet the medley was nothing of their originals: They were more melodic, more soothing, and to some, quite boring.
Will To Power was a "dance-pop" group formed in the mid-1980s. They released only three albums, yet it was their debut that put them on the map
with the "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird" medley. Will To Power consisted of Bob Rosenberg, Suzi Carr, and Dr. J. (Actually, it was Rosenberg's
project. He would originate band members for all three of the Will To Power albums.) Rosenberg and Carr provided the main lead vocals on the debut
album. (Carr had co-written songs for Miami Sound Machine's Primitive Love album.) Although Will To Power never achieved any other future hits
as the medley, they did achieve popularity on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play with two other songs from the debut, "Say It's Gonna Rain" and
"Fading Away." They both reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Let's start with the opening track, "Dreamin'" -- It's a basic 1980s dance rock track. The next track, "Searchin'" is almost like
Roxy Music, yet they were the influence for another popular 1980s band, Duran Duran. They, along with other 80s acts such as Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Paula
Abdul, and even the young Mariah Carey come to mind on the next three tracks: "Somebody Told Me," "Fading Away," "Say It's Gonna Rain." The
energetic next track, "Zarathustra" is definitely a club dance rock mix, and has no relation to the 2001 Space Odysey of the title.
"Show Me The Way" (not the Peter Frampton song of the same name) has a definite R&B Soul feel, just as the early Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston
Taylor Dayne, and the likes of these Pop Divas. "Strangers" returns back to the basic Pop/Dance (not as encouraging as other tracks here, preferably
this one is the least one to listen to). The last track, "Anti-Social" is another hit-or-miss Pop/Dance track; it almost sounds like Yaz's
"Situation" yet the Yaz song is far better than this one.
The debut Will To Power is considered a "hit-or-miss" album. The kind of music found here is 1980s Pop/Dance/Club mixes/tracks. Most of this
music was considered "bad"; other names referring to the term bad (insert here --> lame, sucks, yawn, the list goes on...) Yet there are some tracks here
that could easy be "hits", the album as a whole is near-miss. The standout track is the Free Baby" medley, and tracks such as "Dreamin',"
"Searchin'" and the energetic "Zarathrustra" are other good tracks to listen to. Bob Rosenberg went on to record two more albums under the
Will To Power name, yet they did not reach as much success as the debut. The "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird" medley made Will To Power famous
for just one song. Although this song was a fairly good song, the die hard Rock fans most likely hated it, as they disliked the "lame" 1980s Dance/Pop
trends back in the day.
The three albums by Bob Rosenberg/Will To Power were: Will To Power (1988), Journey Home (1990) and Spirit Warrior (2005). All three
albums are available on Amazon.com, at prices ranging $15 and up. Suzi Carr was the female vocalist on the debut, Elin Michaels was on Journey Home,
and on Spirit Warrior, Rosenberg collaborated with various female singers, such as Expose's Gioia Bruno, Donna Allen, and Wendy Pederson. I'm sure
there are Eighties compilations with the "Free Baby" medley on them, but as for hearing more music on Will To Power, you'd have to cough up $15 or
more. Whether the three albums recorded are worth the dollar amounts you would paid for, or not. There is no main website for Bob Rosenberg, nor for the
band Will To Power, athough their basic information can be found on
Wikipedia.
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