The Last Bass Outpost

But I never said a bad word about our Axis Allies! There's a saying in Germany according to which "Germans love Italians, but they don't respect them. With the Italians it's the other way around." 

But all my favorite Italian songs are somehow non-rock:





Most people here will know this from Laura Branigan, but he wrote it:



Now where's my assless chaps? Eric Adams ain't Luciano Pavarotti, but he does more than alright here:



All of Middle of the Road's early 70ies bubble gum hits (I have a soft spot for) were penned by an Italian songwriter team who had discovered the Scottish outfit on an Italian cruise liner as a Top 40 ballroom covers band (and obviously heard something):

I had been watching some rock videos of a singer from a country which will go unnamed.  Because I'd rather not say anything negative about it.  What I will say is that I actually know a lot about it.  I've studied it a lot.  Years ago I knew some people from there pretty well.  For a while, I was even beginning to get somewhat of a grasp on the language.  Long story short.  The singer from Country X was really good.  But once I started listening to her band, it became evident that they weren't so good.  It was a case of people having some talent, but not able to get cohesion or any kind of groove.  I began to realize that it was actually difficult to find any good rock music from that country.  For the record, it is now just as hard to find good rock music in my own country.  BTW, the unnamed country I mentioned is not European. 

What happened is by coincidence I began getting You Tube suggestions from Italy.  I've always liked Lacuna Coil.  But these were rock bands I had never even heard of.  Still, they were pretty good.  It began to help give me a greater appreciation of Italian rock, even if that may not be their most recognized genre. 

I had never heard of that saying about Italy and Germany.  However, that fits in with what I know, even if World War II is not my specialty.  If I have a specialty at all, it would be the American Civil War. 

Italy may not be perfect.  But no one is.  It's just my opinion, but I think Italians can rock harder than a number of other nationalities I could name.  Rock on, Italy.   

its because the sound of a boat motor is surprisingly similar to the rumble sound that in heat males make as a challenge. so the bulls attack motor boats thinking they are rivals

Thankfully, I've only been on boats on the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers--with an occasional lake here and there. 

The lady in red would be welcome to any Christmas event.  But no thanks to a hippopotamus.  That's true that they seem to be way more dangerous than a lot of people realize. 

Ok, this wins the contest hands down, brilliant version, will listen to it all year!

As fate would have it, there is a late entry. 

Still waiting for the real rock songs from Billboard.

People are not happy about it and that's putting it mildly. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7846491/Rock-fans-blast-Billboard-list-ten-rock-songs-decade.html