- Flush (song)
Song_infobox
Name = Flush
Artist =Mötley Crüe
Album =Generation Swine
Released =June 24 ,1997
track_no = 3
Recorded = 1996
Genre =Hard rock
Length = 5:03
Writer =Nikki Sixx ,Tommy Lee , &John Corabi
Label =Elektra Records
Producer = Scott Humphrey, Nikki Sixx & Tommy Lee
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prev = "Afraid"
prev_no = 2
next = "Generation Swine"
next_no = 4"Flush" is a song by the American hard rock bandMötley Crüe , released on their 1997 album "Generation Swine ".Written by bassist
Nikki Sixx , drummerTommy Lee and singer/guitaristJohn Corabi , "Flush" was originally written and recorded as "Kiss the Sky," a version that was included on the 1999 and 2003 reissues of the album. Lyrically, Sixx claims that the song is anti-suicide.Lee, Tommy, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx and Neil Strauss. "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band", Regan Books, 2002. ISBN 0-06-039288-6] During the recording of "Kiss the Sky," returning vocalistVince Neil was having difficulties getting the melody down, so the band called in Corabi to teach Neil the song. It was a session that Corabi felt was awkward."Flush" was played live by the band during their tour to support the "Generation Swine" album. While performing the song, the band would play footage found by Lee of people committing suicide, including footage of
Budd Dwyer 's public suicide in1987 . [Oct 28 1997. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/motleycrue/articles/story/5925213/motley_crue Motley Crue] .Rolling Stone . Retrieved onJanuary 2 ,2007 .]References
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