Featured Unknown/Underrated Song: Bob Seger's "Hollywood Nights"

This great from Detroit has one of the most interesting stories.  He of course became a superstar, but in the beginning, he was anything but.  He toiled for ten years before being recognized with his breakout album Night Moves in 1977. 

Even after 1977, some of his songs weren't as successful as they should have been.  In 1978, Seger released this one, which stalled at #12.  That makes it perfect for this popular category, which features songs that never made the Top 10 but should have.

 

 

"Hollywood Nights"

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

 

Lyrics and Music by Bob Seger

 

 

She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast
He was a midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes,
so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home He was too far from home

She took his hand and she led him along that golden beach
They watched the waves tumble over the sand
They drove for miles and miles
up those twisting turning roads
Higher and higher and higher they climbed

And those Hollywood nights
In those Hollywood hills
She was looking so right
In her diamonds and frills
All those big city nights
In those high rolling hills
Above all the lights
She had all of the skills

He'd headed west 'cause he felt that a change
would do him good
See some old friends, good for the soul
She had been born with a face that would her
get her way
He saw that face and he lost all control
He had lost all control

Night after night, day after day, it went on and on
Then came that morning he woke up alone
He spent all night staring down at the lights of LA
Wondering if he could ever go home

And those Hollywood nights
In those Hollywood hills
It was looking so right
It was giving him chills
In those big city nights
In those high rolling hills
Above all the lights
With a passion that kills

In those Hollywood nights
In those Hollywood hills
She was looking so right
In her diamonds and frills
All those big city nights
In those high rolling hills
Above all the lights
She had all of the skills