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I\u2019m so excited about this. I love this song SO MUCH. It\u2019s got all the components of a great rock song. I can hear the sharpening of pitchforks as I await the slew of \u201cwHaT aB0uT b0hEMiAn rHaPS0dY\u201d and woe betide anyone who dare approacheth, attempting to sing the praises of Stairway to Heaven<\/em>, Don\u2019t Wanna Miss a Thing<\/em> or anything, anything<\/em> by Biffy Clyro. When I say that Stay<\/em> is the ultimate rock song, I mean in terms of the ingredients that have gone into it \u2013 you can stand down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You know it\u2019s going to be good when there\u2019s a strut-worthy introduction. The sort which turns turns you from stressed London commuter to fan-blown, leather-trouser-wearing frontman whilst walking down Marylebone Road in the dark in January. Giant really don’t get enough credit. They just happened to come along right as hair metal was having its face rubbed in the dirt by grunge and so never really got off the ground. Stay <\/em>is from the band\u2019s second album, Time to Burn<\/em>. The first, Last of the Runaways<\/em> (1989), contains similar masterpieces, notably It Takes Two<\/em> and I\u2019ll See You in My Dreams<\/em>. There\u2019s no bravado, no stupid outfits, nor does a fog of drugs and chaos suspend itself over the heads of Giant like it did those of the bands rolling, crazed and wild, off the Sunset Strip in the late 80s. Whether or not Giant were melodic rock or hair metal made no difference, as it was all destined to be swallowed by the rise of Pearl Jam and the globalisation of Nirvana. It doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t still a shame that a new decade of music threw out the baby with the bathwater and a band like Giant never stood a chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m so excited about this. I love this song SO MUCH. It\u2019s got all the components of a great rock song. I can hear the sharpening of pitchforks as I await the slew of \u201cwHaT aB0uT b0hEMiAn rHaPS0dY\u201d and woe betide anyone who dare approacheth, attempting to sing the praises of Stairway to Heaven, Don\u2019t … Continue reading Giant: Stay (1991)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":994,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Dann Huff did not need to go that hard. Providing not only a blistering solo but also having the perfect rock voice – equal parts power, range, rasp. \u201cWon\u2019t you stay till the end\/Don\u2019t walk away tonight<\/em>\u201d – this moment when the drums drop out before the vocals return on the upbeat in the last chorus. It’s the most satisfying part of the song, culminating at the end with the backing vocals, Huffy\u2019s high note and the solo. Sublime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n