Disco de Golden Earring: “Something Heavy Going Down”

"Something Heavy Going Down" was recorded live in Leiden, Holland in 1984, as a "back home" concert after their return from their final US tour. The sound very relaxed and glad to be back home. The version of "Radar Love" on this album kicks serious amounts of ass. Seriously, it rocks HEAVY and blows the studio version out of the water. There's a great version of "Long Blond Animal" (although not quite as fast and heavy as on The Last Blast Of The Century album), a cool studio recorded song (the title track), and "Mission Impossible" has a couple of terrific guitar solos. "Enough Is Enough" is pretty good, too. The only thing that's a little dissapointing is "Clear Nite Moonlight", the studio version is better in my opinion.

Overall, "Something Heavy Going Down" is a terrific live album, and is worthy to stand with "Bloody Buccaneers", "Moontan" "Last Blast Of The Century", and "Millbrook USA".

If you enjoy Golden Earring or guitar rock this is one of their best albums. It's live, fast, and hard. A great CD to listen to on the highway, just watch your speed. If I had to recommend just one Golden Earring album this would be the one, but don't limit yourself they are all great.

This CD captures the band, Golden Earring, in their prime in the 80's doing all their most popular songs. A must have for this bands followers!

Golden Earring are definitely a fan's band. They put out a LOT of albums, but all anybody seems to remember are the songs "Radar Love" and "Twilight Zone". Fans of the band who dug deeper and checked out their other releases quickly discovered two things. 1: This is a good little rock band, with a lot more to offer than just a couple of singles. 2: They are awesome in concert.

The live renditions of the two "big hits" are far superior to the overplayed studio versions ("Radar Love" is played so heavy that it sounds like a completely different band). Plus, the opening track "Long Blonde Animal," is just plain fun. It's actually the reason I tracked this one down, and is worth the price of the disc alone.

This cd is either sold out or in short supply most places. Very limited crowd noise for a live cd. Radar Love a bit overdone but this is Golden Earring at their best.