I Was Made For Livin' On A Prayer with Desmond Child

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Legendary songwriter Desmond Child has 70 Top 40 hits to his name, a GRAMMY, and a Songwriters Hall of Fame induction! He’s written huge tunes with Bon Jovi (“Livin’ On A Prayer”), Aerosmith (“Dude (Looks Like A Lady)”), Ricky Martin (“Cup Of Life”), KISS (“I Was Made For Lovin’ You”), Katy Perry (“Waking Up In Vegas”), Joan Jett (“I Hate Myself For Lovin’ You”), and Alice Cooper! And he’s sharing all the stories behind the songs, and explaining how Paul Stanley of KISS was instrumental in pivoting Desmond’s music career from that of bandmember to songwriter and producer. You’ll discover the songs he likes, the ones he’s not too fond of, and the few that find new life in new forms (can you say NFL Sunday Night Football theme?). Plus, Desmond talks about the time he met Michael Jackson, and why they never ended up writing together.

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0:13.2	All right welcome to talk is Jericho this is the part of thunder and rock and roll coming to you live from the Chicago airport
0:19.3	Doing everything I can to get you guys these shows on time and on track because I know you need them
0:24.8	I know you feed off them and I got a great rock and roll show for you today. How about these bands kiss?
0:30.0	Aerosmith Bon Jovi Alice Cooper the Scorpions Jones at you know what they all have in common
0:35.3	They've all worked with one of the most legendary songwriters in the music business ever
0:39.6	Talk about Desmond child and they'll hold it. They've all had huge hits with Desmond
0:43.5	Desmond is in the songwriters hall of fame. He's won crammy. He's also written hit songs for Ricky Martin
0:47.9	Yeah, I live in Levitah, Loki. That's his share just like Jesse James Katie Perry waking up in Vegas
0:53.0	How about rat loving you's a dirty job
0:55.8	So many amazing songs Desmond's gonna share some of the stories behind his biggest hits like Bon Jovi's living on a prayer
1:02.3	And you give level bad name Joan Jets
1:04.8	I hate myself for loving you
1:06.9	Aerosmith dude looks like a lady ragdoll angel
1:10.2	Desmond's also talking about how he went for funding his own band in the 70s
1:13.4	Become one of the most sought-after writers at all music and how it all sort of happened because Paul Stanley from kiss
1:19.1	Was a fan of Desmond's band. That's right. He wrote I was made for loving you with Paul heavens on fire
1:24.3	Who wants to be lonely? Let's put the X and sex you're gonna find out what Desmond's only
1:29.4	Song he wrote with Paul Stanley. He didn't like he wrote about 15 with them
1:32.1	We're gonna find out about the new album that Desmond just released
1:34.4	He and his band did their own version of some of the songs that he wrote and were made famous by other bands
1:39.1	I sang them himself and released it as Desmond child live
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