Thursday, May 11, 2017

"Shot Of Poison" by Lita Ford

Born in London, Lita Ford hit it big early in the states as a member of The Runaways. The blond bombshell struck gold again as a solo artist in 1988 with "Kiss Me Deadly," which smooched its way to #12. Her creepy duet with Ozzy Osbourne did ever better, scaring its way up to #8. These tunes helped boost her record, "Lita," to #29.

Lita's follow-up 1990 record, "Stilleto," fizzled, but she managed a minor comeback hit jumping on the "poison" bandwagon in 1991. A lot of poison was in music in the late 80s and early 90s, both literally and figuratively. We had a band named Poison, songs called "Poison" by Alice Cooper and Bell Biv DeVoe, and now Lita Ford's "Shot Of Poison." It is a catchy tune that deserved better than #45. It would serve as her last charting hit.  

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