The Power Station epitomizes the term “supergroup.” Sparked in 1984, when a temporary break in Duran Duran’s touring schedule became an extended hiatus, the group brought together John Taylor and Andy Taylor (no relation) of that seminal eighties pop band along with the accomplished, and dapper, vocalist Robert Palmer. Filling out the line-up on skins was Tony Thompson of Chic. The Power Station is best known for the high-voltage single “Some Like it Hot,” along with a rendition of the T. Rex classic “Get it On (Bang a Gong),” which in many senses usurps the power of the original. Audiences also remember Power Station from their role in the critically acclaimed soundtrack to the immensely popular film Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Their electric contribution, “We Fight for Love,” follows the theme of the film in its moving tribute to the unbreakable current between parent and child. The jolting refrain “We fight for love!” only matched in shocking urgency by the first verse, “I am a mountain, surrounded by your love / You are a mountain that dreams are made of.” If that were Power Station’s only contributed wattage to the canon of late-twentieth century music, their blinding light would still not be dimmed.
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