On Your Knees
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| On Your Knees | ||
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| Studio album by Great White | ||
| Released | 1982 | |
| Genre | Glam rock | |
| Label | Enigma Records | |
On Your Knees is the Enigma Records re-issue of the independently released "Out of the Night," by the American hard/glam rock band Great White in 1982. It features different artwork, and was made available only on cassette and LP. The songs do appear on the US cd issue of "Recovery: Live!"
The band sought to cash in on misogyny in popular culture. The cover for "On Your Knees" implies that a woman is giving fellatio to a male identified with Great White. Lest one miss the point, the title track's lyrics spell out the band's view of women:
Knockin' down your door/ pull you to the floor / 'Cause you need it, so bad / Takin' what I choose, never gonna lose / I love to drive the young girls wild / Gonna drive my love inside you / Gonna nail your ass to the floor /Down on your knees
For scholar Lisa J. Sloat, the title track advocates and justifies rape: the unwilling female eventually is made to enjoy her assault [1]. Indeed, nearly every Great White album helps to illustrate a male fantasy of heterosexual conquest. For albums such as "On Your Knees," Great White is often identified with cock rock.
[edit] References
- ^ p. 293
Sloat, Lisa J. "Incubus: Male Songwriters' Portrayal of Female Sexuality in Pop Metal Music," pp. 286-301 in Jonathan S. Epstein. Youth Culture: Identity in A Postmodern World. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. 1998.
