For My Sunday Song #454, we are talking the Season 1 theme song to Peacemaker…”Do You Wanna Taste It” by the Norwegian band Wig Wam. Imagine my surprise when I started watching Peacemaker on HBO and the theme song was this 2010 Wig Wam classic. I remember when this song came out and how much it grabbed hold of me and help solidify my fandom for Wig Wam. The song was the first single and was released on March 9, 2010. The album was ‘Non Stop Rock ‘n Roll and it was glam rock at its best.
The song was written by lead singer Age Sten Nilsen and Trond Holter and the song is basically about dreams of making it big. It is about leaving your dull, miserable life behind and going out and seek fame where you can live the best life with all its excesses. However, you have to remember what goes up, must come down. And living life to excess has its downfalls. It asks the questions, do you really want to taste that life because as quick as the fame comes, it will leave as fast and leave you a shell of your former self. Sometimes, a short cut to fame isn’t all it is cracked up to be.
Musically, the song is pure glam. Great guitar riffs, pounding drums and an energy that is contagious. It will suck you in and have you singing this song long after it is over. The chorus is one giant hook, gang vocals, catchy as hell and takes me back to the late 80’s when Glam was King!! How big could these guys have been if this album and song came out 20-25 year earlier. Now when I hear this song I can’t help but picture the entire Peacemaker cast dancing to this song in the opening title sequence. Crazy!!
Give the song a listen and let me know what you think. Does it take you back to the 80’s? If you like it, you need to check out more from Wig Wam as they won’t disappoint!! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great and Happy Sunday!
And for fun…here is the Peacemaker opening sequence…
“Do Ya Wanna Taste It”
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
Get it on, get it on top, make a move extreme
Make a pose, it’s a shortcut to your dreams
A float straight to the stars on that flying thing
Getting high, getting brave, getting snow blind
Game set to go! Pick a tune, chick harpoon in a world beyond
Get a beat, got a heat on a phony string
Tear your world apart, once the magic starts
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
What’s going up must come down
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
Baby, I’m losing ground
Blind to what you’ll soon become
The mirror lies, the whole world’s wrong but you
Dancing with your blinkers on
Throw your dog the invisible bone
Say I do, say I will, and put your jet in gear
Anything to get you out of here
Gotta go hit that ride to the setting sun
Pack it up, get ahead, I gotta leave this mess behind
Gotta cruise from the blues, got a life to find
What you need, there’s to read on the dotted line
Kill your self-control, welcome to the show
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
What’s going up must come down
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
Baby, I’m losing ground
Blind to what you’ll soon become
The mirror lies, the whole world’s wrong but you
Dancing with your blinkers on
Throw your dog the invisible bone
Poison to your mind
Devil in disguise
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
What’s going up must come down
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
Baby, I’m losing ground
Blind to what you’ll soon become
The mirror lies, the whole world’s wrong but you
Dancing with your blinkers on
Throw your dog the invisible bone
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
What’s going up must come down
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
Baby, I’m losing ground
Blind to what you’ll soon become
The mirror lies, the whole world’s wrong but you
Dancing with your blinkers on
Throw your dog the invisible bone
Writer(s): Age Sten Nilsen, Trond Holter
