My Top 1000 Songs #976: Once Bitten Twice Shy

[I've been writing up my Top 1000 songs on a daily basis--you can see them all in descending order by hitting the All My Favorite Songs tag.]

Leading off Ian Hunter's self-titled solo debut, "Once Bitten Twice Shy" kicks off his post-Mott The Hoople period in style. It's a great example of a slow, frustrating work-up building to delightful release. I mean, nothing wrong with the verses, packed with rock star horniness, but you're mostly like, c'mon man, let's get on with it, and then you hit the ...