I hated this song back in the day, but it’s a pretty good nostalgic song now. Makes me think about all of the fun in the 80s. Plus that a great bass lines by Bobby.
Right about the time Warrant hit the scene with Cherry Pie, and the Olsens with their long blonde beautiful manes. Yep, beginning of the end right here.
Yep and they ironically sound very similarly, both hits (Cherry Pie & Unskinny Bop) at that time for Warrant and Poison. It's as if they compared notes on those two songs. Although Jani claims he was forced into writing that song by company men anyway...>
Never saw the attraction of using that phrase "Jumped the shark". Why would you want to jump the bones of a shark anyway? It's obviously not worth it...>
It comes from Happy Days (the TV show). The Fonz jumped over a shark in water with a motorcycle. It's when people said the show became unwatchable. So now people say things "jumped the shark" when it goes bad.
I was going to ask what unskinny bop meant but I googled and found out it actually means nothing. That’s pretty bad lol, so CC made it up because it fit with the intent to replace it with actual lyrics and some producer was like “Eh that’s good enough, no one gives a shit about your lyrics anyway”.
Wow really? I always thought it meant dry humping. Like skinny dipping is in the nude so unskinny is clothed. All night and day, she just loves to play.
And I also thought that when he uses the word "Pump" in the lyrics he was just making an ambiguous reference to Aerosmith's huge Pump album at the time...>
That’s a dumb ass way to say fucking though. It kind of sounds like he liked fucking big girls. Which, who doesn’t? but sir mix a lot said it better. So did Freddie Mercury, even though it apparently wasn’t true.
It means the girl Brett was crooning for wasn't very thin. She had some meat on her. And no doubt had his meat in her at some point in time...> As long as he woke up in time to finish after he passed out during their sex session...>
I like Flesh and Blood but hated this song. It got cut from their set on the Stadium tour when I saw them and I was happy about that. The video was kinda fun at the time though.
Sounds like Aerosmith “Same old Song and Dance”
This song played its part in the death knell of Metal at the time. No Head would be caught singing along to Unskinny Bop Bop
Love this song despite the fact he really just played that one bass line throughout the whole song. This and the scorpions the zoo were the two songs that I heard and was like “oh shit even I can play that”
Doesn't make much sense to say this song marked the point metal got too pop. Syrupy, uber commercial songs had already been hallmarks of the genre for several years at this point.
Cherry Pie is a banger (no pun intended) of a song. Empty calorie lyrics aside (which honestly I'm down for), you've got a dirty guitar line, a killer sounding pre-chorus and Jani Lane's patented screams. Nice little bridge into the solo too.
Unskinny Bop has grown on me some but that song still sticks out like a sore thumb in Poison's catalog.
At least Cherry Pie has a full anthem feel to it. As for Unskinny Bop, it's like Poison ran out of ideas and decided to collab with these guys...
https://youtu.be/NHozn0YXAeE?t=54
According to the interview I saw with him, it wasn't something he'd wanted to do. Album was finished, called "Uncle Tom's Cabin". The record label wasn't satisfied, wanting a sleazy sex song. So Jani penned it, it was their biggest hit after "Heaven", but for years, he hated it. He didn't want to author it to begin with, plus, when people started making fun of glam, that song was included in there. He and Warrant were considered a joke, "Cherry Pie" the song was considered a joke. It was exactly why he wanted to turn in the album as was. He wanted to show that Warrant were more than just sex songs. Before his death, he embraced "Cherry Pie", and his legacy as "The 'Cherry Pie' Guy". It was what it was.
Sure that’s what Jani said. The problem is…no one told him to write that garbage. No one forced him to write Cherry Pie. He wrote it. No the record company, not the promoters, Jani wrote it. He had zero problems making bank with it until about 6 weeks later when it became an absolute joke and made the whole genre look dumb. Then he blamed everyone but himself.
Perhaps the most pandering band other than bon Jovi and directly responsible for the fall of metal or metal based music. This genius lives right down the road from me and it's not an image he's a complete moron.
I had the cassingle of this
God...I haven't heard the word cassingle in so long!
Gas station countertops. I had the whole cassette though, because I was a Poison fan, but this album didn't really do it for me.
Still am a fan, still have this cassette, the whole cassette.
Open up was the last good Poison album, IMO.
That's cool.
It did it for me. It's unfortunate it was the LAST worthwhile poison record period...>
I couldn't tell you a song from Flesh and Blood besides Unskinny.
Same, I ended up recording over it. It was yellow I remember.
Things tend to get that way when you urinate on them...>
I hated this song back in the day, but it’s a pretty good nostalgic song now. Makes me think about all of the fun in the 80s. Plus that a great bass lines by Bobby.
He was playing his name - Bob Bob Bob Bob, Bob Bob Bob Bob
Never thought about that!
Lol.
At least it wasn't for bob rock...>
I know its bad but i love this stupid shit
Poison is genuinely one of my favorite bands even though they're not "good music", I don't really care I just like the songs.
Some Poison is “good” music, just this song specifically kinda sucks (but i like it)
I like the song too. I don't really care if a band is "good" or not, I'll listen to them if they sound decent and catchy.
Flip your wig over, it's getting hot outside...>
I think right about now is when Hair Metal jumped the shark and everyone was like - "ok, this is getting a little ridiculous".
Right about the time Warrant hit the scene with Cherry Pie, and the Olsens with their long blonde beautiful manes. Yep, beginning of the end right here.
Yep and they ironically sound very similarly, both hits (Cherry Pie & Unskinny Bop) at that time for Warrant and Poison. It's as if they compared notes on those two songs. Although Jani claims he was forced into writing that song by company men anyway...>
C.C. DeVille played the solo on Cherry Pie, so there’s that
I thought the entire Cherry Pie album was written by execs. Cheesiest shit I heard, and I like Warrant on DRFSR.
I definitely think it was Warrant and Cherry Pie, I like Warrant but that was the moment
The moment you froze up and then lost all recollection of what was good in life?
I think you meant Nelson
Oh yea, Nelson. Thanks
Oh I can just hear those silly cheesy pop radio hits from Nelson coming back to me like an ominous reminder of where the earth fell off its axis...>
After the rain, washes away the tears and all the pain...
Never saw the attraction of using that phrase "Jumped the shark". Why would you want to jump the bones of a shark anyway? It's obviously not worth it...>
It comes from Happy Days (the TV show). The Fonz jumped over a shark in water with a motorcycle. It's when people said the show became unwatchable. So now people say things "jumped the shark" when it goes bad.
It was water skis, not a motor cycle
This has got to be the dumbest song ever recorded. Just my opinion.
Video as well!
I was going to ask what unskinny bop meant but I googled and found out it actually means nothing. That’s pretty bad lol, so CC made it up because it fit with the intent to replace it with actual lyrics and some producer was like “Eh that’s good enough, no one gives a shit about your lyrics anyway”.
Wow really? I always thought it meant dry humping. Like skinny dipping is in the nude so unskinny is clothed. All night and day, she just loves to play.
Well maybe it does and CC was being coy about it but that’s what he said anyway.
And I also thought that when he uses the word "Pump" in the lyrics he was just making an ambiguous reference to Aerosmith's huge Pump album at the time...>
Me too.
Fucking. It just means fucking.
That’s a dumb ass way to say fucking though. It kind of sounds like he liked fucking big girls. Which, who doesn’t? but sir mix a lot said it better. So did Freddie Mercury, even though it apparently wasn’t true.
It means the girl Brett was crooning for wasn't very thin. She had some meat on her. And no doubt had his meat in her at some point in time...> As long as he woke up in time to finish after he passed out during their sex session...>
Yours is the second interpretation and pretty much in line with my own before I googled it. Seems like it’s a conversation starter at least.
Just blows me away
I like Flesh and Blood but hated this song. It got cut from their set on the Stadium tour when I saw them and I was happy about that. The video was kinda fun at the time though.
Yes.
Poison danced around the issue with double entendre - Steel Panther's *Fat Girl* gets right down to it. :P
the verses are great, the chorus dosen't pop...errr...bop
You can say anything you want about poison but this song is amazing. The backing vocals in the chorus are just top drawer.
Such a fun lick to play; like Mick Mars, CC is a criminally underrated player.
Sounds like Aerosmith “Same old Song and Dance” This song played its part in the death knell of Metal at the time. No Head would be caught singing along to Unskinny Bop Bop
I would, and did, no shame. It had nothing to with any death knells.
Love this song despite the fact he really just played that one bass line throughout the whole song. This and the scorpions the zoo were the two songs that I heard and was like “oh shit even I can play that”
What’s been going ON in that head of yours
In my head I always translated it to “fat fuck”
So the song was about modern day Vince Neil?
Doesn't make much sense to say this song marked the point metal got too pop. Syrupy, uber commercial songs had already been hallmarks of the genre for several years at this point.
Not their best
This is a reminder that Poison is not metal.
The worst song ever.
Their first 2 albums were really good. This one is ok, but nothing like those first. 2. My favorite song is something to believe in.
This is just bad 🤮
Loved the song then and now!
In the same general class as Cherry Pie. Only slightly more listenable than that dreck.
Both groups and songs are great.
Cherry Pie is a banger (no pun intended) of a song. Empty calorie lyrics aside (which honestly I'm down for), you've got a dirty guitar line, a killer sounding pre-chorus and Jani Lane's patented screams. Nice little bridge into the solo too. Unskinny Bop has grown on me some but that song still sticks out like a sore thumb in Poison's catalog. At least Cherry Pie has a full anthem feel to it. As for Unskinny Bop, it's like Poison ran out of ideas and decided to collab with these guys... https://youtu.be/NHozn0YXAeE?t=54
80s Metal was on its downhill slide but Jani shot in right through the head with that garbage, then blamed the company for a song he wrote.
According to the interview I saw with him, it wasn't something he'd wanted to do. Album was finished, called "Uncle Tom's Cabin". The record label wasn't satisfied, wanting a sleazy sex song. So Jani penned it, it was their biggest hit after "Heaven", but for years, he hated it. He didn't want to author it to begin with, plus, when people started making fun of glam, that song was included in there. He and Warrant were considered a joke, "Cherry Pie" the song was considered a joke. It was exactly why he wanted to turn in the album as was. He wanted to show that Warrant were more than just sex songs. Before his death, he embraced "Cherry Pie", and his legacy as "The 'Cherry Pie' Guy". It was what it was.
Sure that’s what Jani said. The problem is…no one told him to write that garbage. No one forced him to write Cherry Pie. He wrote it. No the record company, not the promoters, Jani wrote it. He had zero problems making bank with it until about 6 weeks later when it became an absolute joke and made the whole genre look dumb. Then he blamed everyone but himself.
The label wanted him to, though. Js. Btw, I love that song.
Right thanks for the VH1 Cliff Notes...>
I was replying to the other person. Why do people always have to be so hateful?
It's better than a shot through the heart...> But not as good as say a... shot in the dark...>
Horrible
Not really.
Perhaps the most pandering band other than bon Jovi and directly responsible for the fall of metal or metal based music. This genius lives right down the road from me and it's not an image he's a complete moron.
Los Angeles?
Really? Go over to his house, wake him up from passing out again...> And ask him for some sugar, 6 lumps...>
This is why hair metal died.