Love is a Battlefield vs Boys of Summer

[DulceLabs.com]

(Apologizes if this is old news to many here -- just thinking those who didn't know may find it interesting. (

 

Was listening to an 80's station and "Love is a Battlefield" came on. I don't know how I missed it before, but I said to my wife "Is it me, or does the backing track sound like "Boys of Summer?".

 

So I took to the Google and found this:

 

From Wikipedia:

"In an interview with Knoxville.com, Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar's guitarist and husband, says that Henley came in the studio while he was in the process of recording the song "Love Is a Battlefield" using an up tempo beat, and asked Giraldo if he could steal the sound for use in his song, "The Boys of Summer", to which Giraldo gave his permission.[8] Both "Love Is A Battlefield" and "The Boys of Summer" rely heavily on the Linn LM-2 drum machine."

 

 

 

I don't know how this escaped me for so long.. I know both these songs really well and never made the connection.

 

[Baldwin Funster]

No wonder i dislike them both. Now i have a clue as to why. I like henley and benatar just not those tracks.

[RABid]

Hmmm. Never noticed that. I like both songs and we used to play Boys of Summer.

 

[Moonglow]

Hmmm. Never noticed that. I like both songs and we used to play Boys of Summer.

Same situation here. Gonna have to give LIAB a closer listen. Thanks for that interesting back story DulceLabs.