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My Ruin recorded our cover of "Mean Street" by Van Halen for our album "A Southern Revelation" in 2011. Mick & I have been huge VH fans since we were both very young. Eddie Van Halen is one of his guitar heroes and "Fair Warning" is one of our favorite albums.
Back in the early 2000's we did a cover of "Unchained" live but we never recorded it. When we decided we wanted to record a cover for our 2011 album, "Mean Street" made the most sense to us. I asked Mick to sing back up vocals with me to give it a nod to the original. We were living in LA at the time and lyrically it represented how we were feeling.
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lyrics
MEAN STREET
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At night I walk this stinkin' street
Past the crazies on my block
And I see the same old faces
And I hear that same old talk
And I'm searching for the latest thing
A break in this routine
I'm talkin' some new kicks
Ones like you ain't never seen
This is home
This is Mean Street
It's our home
The only one I know
And we don't worry 'bout tomorrow
Cause we're sick of these four walls
Now what'd ya think is nothing
Might be something after all
Now you know this ain't no through street
The end is dead ahead
The poor folks play for keeps down here
They're the living dead
Come on down
Down to Mean Street
They're dancing now
Out on Mean Street
Dance, baby!
It's always here and now, my friend
It ain't 'once upon a time'
It's all over but the shouting
I've come to take what's mine
We're searching for the latest thing
A break in this routine
Talkin' some new kicks
Ones like you ain't never seen
This is home
This is Mean Street
It's our home
Only one I know
(This is home)
See, a gun is real easy
(This is Mean Street)
In this desperate part of town
(This is home)
Turns you from hunted into hunter
(This is Mean Street)
You go and hunt somebody down
But hear me now
(This is home)
Somebody said, "Fair Warning, Lord!
(This is Mean Street)
Lord, strike that poor boy down!"
credits
from
Rock Love & Red Lipstick,
released February 14, 2020
Produced by Mick Murphy & Joel Stooksbury
Engineered & Mixed by Joel Stooskbury
Recorded @ Soundtrack Black Studio | East. Tennessee
Mastered by John Lousteau @ Studio 606
Rovena Recordings | Circa 2011
Vocals - Tairrie B. Murphy
Guitar, Bass, Drums & Backing Vocals - Mick Murphy
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Written by Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen,
Michael Anthony & David Lee Roth 1981
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