Turn the Page
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"Turn the Page" is a song written and recorded by Bob Seger.
The song was originally released by Seger in 1973 on his Back in '72 album. Seger's version never made the charts, but an evocative live performance on his 1976 Live Bullet album became a mainstay of album-oriented rock radio stations, and still gets significant airplay to this day on classic rock stations. He revealed at his concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin durring his 2006 tour that he had written the song in a hotel room in Eau Claire Wisconsin.
"Turn the Page" is about the emotional and social ups and downs of a rock musician's life on the road, against a slow tempo and a mournful saxophone part. It is generally considered one of the best of many such songs, on a par with Jackson Browne's "Load Out/Stay" and Journey's "Faithfully".
[edit] Covers
Waylon Jennings' covered the single (though not released) "Turn the Page" on the album of the same name (Turn the Page) in 1985, the first in which Jennings was drug-free in twenty years.
The song was later covered by Metallica, as the first single from their 1998 Garage Inc. album; drummer Lars Ulrich had heard the original song while driving across the Golden Gate Bridge. [1] Metallica's rendition is taken at much the same tempo as Seger's, but with a heavier feel; the saxophone part is replaced by a high slide guitar line from Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield played a guitar solo before the last run through the chorus. Metallica's music video for the song is about the life of a stripper who prostitutes herself while she is trying to raise a child; the prostitute/stripper is played by Ginger Lynn Allen. [2].
The song was also covered by Australian rock singer Jon English and the Dutch rock group Golden Earring
[edit] Unrelated songs
A song with the same name was also recorded by Blind Guardian, a German metal band, on their 2006 album A Twist in the Myth and by Canadian hard rock trio Rush on their 1987 album Hold Your Fire.
