Over The Top

Album: Second Hand Life (2007)
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  • Turner wrote this with Steve Johnstad and guitarist Karl Cochran. Johnstad, who is also known as Zeus, has worked with acts like House of Lords, EZO and Loudness out of Japan, and Le Roux.
  • "It's a pure bluesy rocker with a great riff," Turner noted in the track-by-track comments. "The song is about a personal relationship between two people and one person is always exaggerating situations hence the title, 'Over The Top.'" >>>
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    DeeTheWriter - Saint Petersburg, Russia Federation

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