Pretty Reckless Takes A Hard Edge Approach To "Take Me Down"

The Pretty Reckless have one smoke fueled singer in Taylor Momsen. The details she weaves for "Take Me Down" are smothered in back porch devil may care goodness. Being at life's crossroads never sounded so fraught with luscious temptation. You see, Mom's worried that her darling will burn up in the Mississippi sun in pursuit of rock 'n' roll glory. Just one of the numerous musical highlights "Take Me Down" has up its highly loaded sleeve. For starters, if you're going to sing about a highly weather beaten road of exploration, you might want for that road to come complete with an easy to follow series of chord progressions. This tune puts the pedal down and is content with the cruising speed its operating in. No small credit belongs to lead guitarist Ben Phillips whose strumming essentially gives "Take Me Down" the celestial lift it needs to be great. It's never far from center of attention and the results pay off in spades. The close treats us to a little drum showmanship thanks to Jamie Perkins who puts the exclamation point on this song, no questions asked, no prisoners taken either. Moving right along to the lyrics themselves, Taylor sounds totally committed to a life of rock rebelliousness. Her exact words are: "Don't care what happens when I die. As long as I'm alive all I wanna do is rock, rock, rock. Nice the girl knows what she wants and is dedicated to the fine art of getting it. The chorus stands out as being one of those kick up your heels propositions in which you've got a cold one in one hand and the mic in the other. This crazy lady scrawls gods names on her walls for crying out loud. She truly strikes me as fitting the description of someone hardcore in focusing on the life she leads. At the chorus there's Ben demonstrating his powerful guitar chops. Bassist Mark Damon ain't too shabby in plying his end of the trade either. Say you've got a full gallon of gas and are headed off to the beach, lake, or other fun spot to lollygag. By the time you hit the shores, "Take Me Down" will have helped that trip shuffle along that much easier. It's a number you'll likely enjoy very much if all you've got on are tank tops and cut-offs. Taylor has pipes guaranteed to cut through any clutter you can dream up. Tempo keeps on an even keel. That serves the song well. Many highly weighted decisions dot this landscape. You'd hate for any part of it to get bogged down in the mire. We're definitely talking sunny weather jam here. In short "Take Me Down" functions beautifully as a fast charging rock pick me up.