Pretty Maids: "Rodeo" (live video)

I was born and raised on the street
I grew up in a jungle of stone
I felt the madness of people
But I fought my way up alone

Cause I saw the new horizons
The future and the flame
I walked my own directions
For fortune and fame

Don't leave it behind
Go for it and maybe you'll find
Cause something is waiting for you
Just keep on believing
And make it through

Life is a rodeo
Somebody makes it
Somebody don't
And even though
You feel like loosing
Don't ever let it go

And sometimes when I came to a crossroad
Should I stick to the left or the right
When there was more than just one way to go
Then I chose to head for the light

I found myself on the outside
And I faced the chance to get in
Now I left the moments of twilight
Prepared to win

Τον Απρίλιο του 1987 κυκλοφόρησε ο δεύτερος δίσκος των Pretty Maids υπό τον τίτλο "Future World" με το εναρκτήριο και ομότιτλο τραγούδι να ταράζει τα χωρικά ύδατα της heavy metal κοινότητας. Το 2017, στην επέτειο της τριάντα ετών η μπάντα περιόδευσε παρουσιάζοντας "ζωντανά" ολόκληρο τον δίσκο. Το αποτέλεσμα το ακούμε / βλέπουμε στο live album "Maid In Japan - Future World Live 30th Anniversary" που κυκλοφόρησε προ ημερών...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Pretty Maids are alive and kicking and set to release an exciting new live album, DVD and Blu-ray - “Maid In Japan - Future World Live 30th Anniversary”. This is a special release which sees the Danish hard rockers offer a full performance of their classic album “Future World”, originally released in 1987.

This was the band’s first major breakthrough release in the metal community and arguably the band's most popular album. The release will be available on CD/DVD, Blu-ray, and Vinyl. To celebrate FUTURE WORLD’s 30th Anniversary, over the course of 2017-18 Pretty Maids hit the road to play the album in its entirety to mark the release of this landmark album in their discography.

The band decided to record and film a live performance of the album in Tokyo, Japan where the band was set to play on two nights in November of 2018. "After all, the decision to record it in Japan was kind of obvious since Japan has been one of our strongest markets since the ‘80s by all means, and we never filmed any live stuff there,” says singer Ronnie Atkins.

"I remember both the concert we did while being there as absolutely great fun with a very loud and enthusiastic crowd. I mean, it is always a pleasure performing in Japan since it’s a fantastic and very dedicated audience, always have been. And so it was on those two nights in November 2018." At the moment, the band is not planning to play the “Future World” album again in its entirety, so this is a very special release which all Pretty Maids fans should own!»

Band: Pretty Maids
Country of origin: Denmark
Location: Horsens, Midtjylland
Formed in: 1981
Genre: Melodic Heavy Metal
Years active: 1981-present

Video: "Rodeo"
Album: "Maid in Japan"
Type: Live album
Release date: April 20th, 2020
Label: Frontiers Records
Format: CD, Vinyl, DVD, Blu-ray

Track listing:
01. FW30 (Intro)
02. Future World
03. We Came To Rock
04. Love Games
05. Yellow Rain
06. Loud ´N´ Proud
07. Rodeo
08. Needles In The Dark
09. Eye Of The Storm
10. Long Way To Go
11. Mother Of All Lies
12. Kingmaker
13. Bull’s Eye
14. Little Drops Of Heaven
15. Sin-Decade

Bonus on DVD and Blu-ray:
↣ The videos:
⬥ Little Drops Of Heaven
⬥ Mother Of All Lies
⬥ Nuclear Boomerang
⬥ My Soul To Take
⬥ A Heart Without A Home
⬥ Kingmaker
⬥ Face The World
⬥ Bull’s Eye
⬥ Last Beauty On Earth
⬥ Serpentine
⬥ Will You Still Kiss Me (When I See You In Heaven)
↣ Balingen Documentary
↣ Japan Documentary
↣ Interviews with Ronnie Atkins, Ken Hammer, Chris Laney, Rene Shades

Line-up:
Ronnie Atkins - vocals
Ken Hammer - guitars
Rene Shades - bass
Chris Laney - keyboard, guitar
Allan Sørensen - drums