by Gary Graff, Detroit |
June 26, 2009 5:10 EDT
'BREAKING THE LAW'
Tipton: We used to meet up at various houses to write, and we just broke into that riff one day and the song wrote itself. We wrote that song in about an hour, I think. Rob just started singing, "Breaking the law, breaking the law," and before we knew it we had a classic Priest song.
Halford: It was a time in the U.K. when there was a lot of strife-a lot of government strife, the miners were on strike, the car unions were on strike, there were street riots. It was a terrible time. That was the incentive for me to write a lyric to try to connect with that feeling that was out there. We never went into a room and said, "We've got to try and get this punk attitude into our music," but it certainly seemed to capture some of that anarchy in its projection, musically.
Downing: A lot of people remember that song for the video that we did with Julien Temple all those years ago, which was quite groundbreaking. It was one of the first conceptual videos ever-certainly in metal, at least.
Breaking The Law - Judas Priest
Tipton: We used to meet up at various houses to write, and we just broke into that riff one day and the song wrote itself. We wrote that song in about an hour, I think. Rob just started singing, "Breaking the law, breaking the law," and before we knew it we had a classic Priest song.
Halford: It was a time in the U.K. when there was a lot of strife-a lot of government strife, the miners were on strike, the car unions were on strike, there were street riots. It was a terrible time. That was the incentive for me to write a lyric to try to connect with that feeling that was out there. We never went into a room and said, "We've got to try and get this punk attitude into our music," but it certainly seemed to capture some of that anarchy in its projection, musically.
Downing: A lot of people remember that song for the video that we did with Julien Temple all those years ago, which was quite groundbreaking. It was one of the first conceptual videos ever-certainly in metal, at least.
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