{"id":2448529,"date":"2019-09-10T15:25:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T21:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=882513"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T21:25:04","slug":"see-david-hasselhoffs-new-video-for-open-your-eyes-cover-with-stooges-james-williamson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/see-david-hasselhoffs-new-video-for-open-your-eyes-cover-with-stooges-james-williamson\/","title":{"rendered":"See David Hasselhoff\u2019s New Video for \u2018Open Your Eyes\u2019 Cover With Stooges\u2019 James Williamson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/david-hasselhoff-open-your-eyes.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/david-hasselhoff\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-hasselhoff\" data-tag=\"david-hasselhoff\">David Hasselhoff<\/a> has unveiled a cheekily dramatic rendition of the Lord of the New Church\u2019s 1982 song, \u201cOpen Your Eyes.\u201d The track will appear on the singer\u2019s album titled after the tune, set for release on September 27th via Cleopatra.<\/p>\n<p>Hasselhoff stays faithful to the original\u2019s foreboding melodies and lyrics that warn of political corruption and manipulation and the impending fallout, which still resonate today. He urgently gesticulates throughout the clip, which highlights the gravity of the song\u2019s themes, but also does so with a knowing wink. While the visual highlights the cautionary aspects of the song, Hasselhoff isn\u2019t overly serious, flashing smiles alongside melodramatic flourishes.<\/p>\n<p>Performing in front of a wall of TVs showcasing white noise-laden images and flash the word \u201cLies,\u201d Hasselhoff sings with an earthy tone over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/james-williamson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-williamson\" data-tag=\"james-williamson\">James Williamson<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-stooges\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-stooges\" data-tag=\"the-stooges\">the Stooges<\/a>\u2019 menacing guitar. \u201cViolence rules within our nation\u2019s midst\/Well, ignorance is their power tool,\u201d he sings. \u201cYou\u2019ll only know what they want you to know\/The television cannot lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 13-track <em>Open Your Eyes<\/em> features an array of covers, including the Jesus and Mary Chain\u2019s \u201cHead On\u201d and Echo &amp; the Bunnymen\u2019s \u201cLips Like Sugar.\u201d In addition to Williamson, Hasselhoff also pairs with Todd Rundgren, Ministry, Charlie Daniels and several other artists on the forthcoming set.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/david-hasselhoff-open-your-eyes-video-watch-882513\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Hasselhoff has unveiled a cheekily dramatic rendition of the Lord of the New Church\u2019s 1982 song, \u201cOpen Your Eyes.\u201d The track will appear on the singer\u2019s album titled after the tune, set for release on September 27th via Cleopatra. Hasselhoff stays faithful to the original\u2019s foreboding melodies and lyrics that warn of political corruption [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 14:17:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}