![]() ![]() Knowing that he was a Special Ops paratrooper made an impression on me and meant he was perfect for this song. I'm a real wild, wild child Gonna meet all my friends Gonna have ourself a ball Gonna tell my friends Gonna tell them all That I'm a wild one Ooh, yeah, I'm a wild one Gonna break it loose Gonna. I’ve known Ice for forever, since back in the Rust In Peace days, and we’ve been friends for a little while – not as close as I’d like us to be, but good friends. When I found out about this special-ops division of helicopter pilots who go in under the cover of darkness to carry out their missions – whether that’s rescuing people or clearing out the bad guys – it was perfect. “Then, one day, a while after that, a friend of mine was telling me about this helicopter division that’s based in Kentucky, right above where we live in Franklin. There was no reason to give that guy any further so I abandoned the idea. I wanna be a wild one Ooh yeah I'm a wild one Gotta break it loose Gotta keep it movin' wild Gotta keep it swingin', baby I'm a real wild child I'm a real wild one And I like wild fun In a world gone crazy Everything seems hazy I'm a wild one Ooh yeah I'm a wild one Gotta break it loose Gotta keep it movin' wild Gotta keep it swingin', baby I'm. ![]() But when I started looking into the Night Stalker, the crimes that he had committed were so heinous that I couldn’t write about them. I thought it could be cool to have a song about that period, and how sketchy it could be for young people who were hitch-hiking up and down the freeway. I hitch-hiked a lot when I was a kid, and going up the Pacific Coast Highway could be scary stuff when they had the Hillside Strangler out there. ![]() See the Great Wild Angel / riding thunder and roar. “Night Stalkers actually started out as a song about the Midnight Rambler and Night Stalker. See the strange magic woman, / see the child on her knees, / see the planets whirling / with time. ![]()
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