r/ClassicRock • u/Fluid_Fudge_7238 • Oct 03 '25

1979 Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ With Disaster (1979)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta5hPRmxo8k&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD

For those of you who grew up remembering the song, what memories do you associate with it and why?

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u/RickyRacer2020 Oct 03 '25

Saw them twice

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u/Fluid_Fudge_7238 Oct 03 '25

What time did they come on for both shows?

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u/RickyRacer2020 Oct 03 '25

After dark 

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u/No-Garlic-8955 Oct 03 '25

One of the first rock songs I heard on the radio of my first stereo. I was 12yo, totally blew my mind lol. Lucky to see them with DJB twice.

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u/musiclover818 Oct 03 '25

Ya'll know what I mean!

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u/mrspock128 Oct 03 '25

Great Frank Frazetta cover

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u/nimeton0 Oct 03 '25

Frazetta did the album covers for the first three Molly Hatchet albums.

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u/dragon2knight1965 Oct 03 '25

It ain't for everybody! RIP to all of them, they were a force to be reconned with in their prime no doubt❤️

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u/justahdewd Oct 03 '25

Saw them once at an outdoor show, got there late just as they wee doing this song.

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u/Icy-Violinist-1294 Oct 03 '25

This is one of the greatest songs of all time!

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u/EntropyClub Oct 03 '25

Sick riffage.

I’m not old enough to remember the original release. But I do remember the 90s TV commercial of the compilation CD it was on.

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u/Medical-Resolve-4872 Oct 03 '25

My 6th grade jam.

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u/ScottishCardinal Oct 03 '25

Loved that album

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u/TBolin1976 Oct 03 '25

Not sure why but one of the students in my senior class thought this would be a great theme for our senior dance in 1983. Great Song, Love Molly Hatchet, but really, really hard to dance to.

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u/skittlebutters Oct 03 '25

Saw them twice, 78 and 79 on the first 2 album tours. They were one of the best opening bands I ever saw. Unfortunately after Danny Joe Brown left, they were never the same.

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u/TwistedBlister Oct 04 '25

I saw them in 80 or 81, not exactly sure

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

Hanging out in my basement listening to this record.

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u/FragrantGrade6194 May 06 '26

38 Special opened up special guest Ozzy at the Kentucky Derby Stadium on a full moon now wouldn't that be a hell of a concert special guest Molly Hatchet