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The music video to "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was directed by Marty Callner. It starts out with a forlorn Bret Michaels in bed with a young woman, they both look unhappy. He gets up, does the heavy sigh that is at the start of the song and walks away to play the acoustic guitar, the video then goes into video clips of the band's tour.
Vocalist Bret Michaels allegedly wrote the band's most successful single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", in response to a failed love affair with a Los Angeles stripper. Poison had been playing at a cowboy bar called The Ritz in Dallas, Texas. After the show, Michaels called the woman at her apartment and heard a man's voice in the background.
Michaels was inspired by the breakup to write "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", explaining that the rose represented his fame and success, whereas the loss of his relationship represented the thorn. The song was released as a power ballad single in December 1988, and is regarded as "the ultimate '80s anthem about heartbreak".
Bret Michaels first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison who have sold over 45 million records worldwide [1] and 15 million records in the United States alone. [2] The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its ...
The singer, known as the lead singer of the rock band Poison, whose hits include “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” and “Nothin’ But a Good Time,” performed at CCMF that happened June 8-11 in ...
The album's new cover songs include "Sweet Home Alabama" originally recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd and "Margaritaville" originally recorded by Jimmy Buffett and among the newly re-recorded Poison classics is the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" featuring the "Queen of Country Music" Loretta Lynn. [7]
The CD contains 20 tracks in total which includes 10 tracks of stories from Michaels talking about the songs. Track listing. Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - (New solo version) "Steel Bar Blues" - (from the album A Letter from Death Row) "Walk Away" - (New track, also later released on the studio album Freedom of Sound)
"Right Now, Right Here" [6] and "Open Road" which Bret performed live on Nashville Star were also released as singles. [7] The album also includes a new country version of the #1 smash hit Poison song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", [8] a duet version of "Raine" (feat. Edwin Mccain) and two unreleased demos; "Future Ex Wife" and "The One You Get".