Wide Awake was first released as the title track of the 2017 album Wide Awake. It is about waking up and seeing the real situation after being fooled by illusion and deception. It is a slow rock track that focuses mostly on Sara‘s voice during the first part but blows out into the usual
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Soul Shaker is the latest video from Motion Device. It uses imagery from Alice in Wonderland and of heavy rock music to convey the idea of freedom of the mind. It is a great, honest, rock track where the bass, guitar and drums make a simple statement in sold rock themes without pretention and
The Machine is the latest video from Motion Device. It is about being lost in a desolate wasteland, searching for a way to fit in, finding constructions that constantly change and feel strange. It is the second track from their Wide Awake double album, starting with a softer theme for the first verse, then
Unbroken is the new video from Motion Device. It’s about going for what you want regardless of others trying to knock you down. It has a great 60s style blues mixed with 70s heavy rock feel, with Sara singing in a style reminiscent of Grace Slick taken one step further and with a healthy
Alive is the new video from Motion Device and the lead video from their new album Wide Awake. As the opening track of the album it serves as an introduction to the album and to the band’s musical philosophy, with rock we are alive. It starts off as a melodic slower rock song but
Doves + Snakes is the new video from Motion Device. and is on their 2016 album Eternalize. It is told in dream-like images that could be a dream, or a drug trip, or a vision quest, or something similar; it tells of contrasts, doves that soar and try to help, and snakes that hurt
Kickstart My Heart was originally recorded by Mötley Crüe for their 1989 album Dr. Feelgood and as a single. It is about getting thrills to make your heart going, though the song was written as a result of Nikki Sixx taking a drug overdose and having his heart restarted by an injection of adrenaline.
Wind of Change was originally recorded by the Scorpions from their 1990 album Crazy World and was released as a single the following year. The song is about a 1989 visit to Russia by the West German group and it tells of Glasnost, Perestoika, and the fall of the Soviet state with a healthy
Children of the Grave was originally recorded by Black Sabbath for their 1971 album Master of Reality and as a single. It is about fighting for peace through Non-Violent Direct Action, and particularly fighting against the nuclear threat that was constantly present during the ’60s, 70s, and 80s. Motion Device here give a heavy
Ballroom Blitz was originally recorded by the Sweet as a single in 1973. It tells the story of a violent brawl at a rock concert and was based on a real-life incident that happened to the band in Scotland. This version is heavier, and longer, than the original with a magnificent instrumental section that