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Musicfreak makes a good point on post#71. In the early '70's FM radio covered "Climbing" and "Nantucket Sleighride" thoroughly as they were solid LP's, went RIAA gold. All you here is Mississippi Queen on the oldies stations now. I've already blown my stack on the subject of dj playlists so will not comment on that. Mountain is still active now, put out a cd a couple years ago. The guy I miss is Felix Pappalardi, who was killed in '81, I believe. Speaking of Leslie West, there was a good story/interview on him featured in Goldmine magazine a few months ago. On the hobby front, their stuff still sells well 39 years after the group started. You don't see clean copies of their stuff anymore- same for Leslie's solo stuff and the 3 West, Bruce, and Laing efforts in the early '70's.
I think Sweet is a good choice for this thread. Ball Room Blitz can be heard in a dozen films. Here's the track list from the US version of Desolation Boulevard. One of my all time faves. I think this album, alone, should tell ya exactly what you need to know about this band. They were exciting. Looked great. Looked stupid. Played loud. And kept their sh|t together back in '74.
1. "Ballroom Blitz" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:06
2. "The Six Teens" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:05
3. "No You Don't" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:36
4. "A.C.D.C." (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:28
5. "I Wanna Be Committed" (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:13 (original length 4:04)
6. "Sweet F.A." (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest) – 6:15
7. "Fox On The Run (7" version) (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest) – 3:27
8. "Set Me Free" (Scott) – 3:59
9. "Into The Night" (Scott) – 4:25
10. "Solid Gold Brass" (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest) – 5:35 (with guitar overdub)
I agree with the first part; they were huge stars for a while.
I don't quite get the "cutting edge" part: Their general sound was new (and good, imo) but I always thought it was their overarching dullness that was their downfall.
Have you ever listened to anything beyond the "Doubt" album? There's so much more to them than that.
I don't know how a record gets released and becomes popular, but I know fame was NOT something Mike Edwards really wanted.
I highly recommend giving the album "Already" a listen. Really good stuff on that one!
Last edited by ShinyHappyLucy; 07-08-2008 at 12:09 AM..
Reason: Had to add something.
While Doubt featured some slow, almost ballad-like tunes, much of it, and almost all of Liquidizer, was way too upspeed and enthusiastic to be considered anything close to dull.
I have a lot of fast, upbeat music that bores me to tears.
But I don't own any JJ anymore. Honestly, I don't even remember specific songs (besides the hits, er, hit?), but I do remember that at the height of my interest in the band I found most of the songs dull - that's why my listened waned and I ended up ignoring them pretty quickly. I think I gave Liquidizer a listen but I don't remember it. My tastes had already moved on - really, the band is a distant memory for me. I'll take your word on the quality of Liquidizer, but I doubt I'll give it another shot.
EDIT: I just realized that Liquidizer came first. I have a vague memory of liking that one better than Doubt, although I was definitely one of the many who was onboard for "Right Here, Right Now" and whatever ther big ones were on that album...
I think Sweet is a good choice for this thread. Ball Room Blitz can be heard in a dozen films. Here's the track list from the US version of Desolation Boulevard. One of my all time faves. I think this album, alone, should tell ya exactly what you need to know about this band. They were exciting. Looked great. Looked stupid. Played loud. And kept their sh|t together back in '74.
1. "Ballroom Blitz" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:06
2. "The Six Teens" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:05
3. "No You Don't" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:36
4. "A.C.D.C." (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:28
5. "I Wanna Be Committed" (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:13 (original length 4:04)
6. "Sweet F.A." (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest) – 6:15
7. "Fox On The Run (7" version) (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest) – 3:27
8. "Set Me Free" (Scott) – 3:59
9. "Into The Night" (Scott) – 4:25
10. "Solid Gold Brass" (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest) – 5:35 (with guitar overdub)
Sweet was brilliant. They made some great, trashy (in a good way) pop singles in their early days. Along with Roxy, I guess a lot of people felt threatened by the whole glam thing in the early 70s, probably because of the way they dressed and portrayed themselves. But Sweet left the glam thing behind, took a harder approach and influenced a lot of 80s metal bands such as Def Leppard and others. Also Joan Jett and other pop-punk bands were influenced by Sweet.
Then with Level Headed they took on art rock and gave it a kick. Truly influential band.
I like how you presume I haven't "tried" early Roxy music. I have. I still can't stand them, no matter who they influenced.
I think a lot of Americans couldn't take to Roxy because of their aspirations to high art. Also, Bryan Ferry's voice is weird and has a strange quiver. It's an acquired taste, but one I've acquired quite well. I didn't discover them until about 1992 but now they are my #1 favorite band
Thier problem was they broke up. I saw them live at a sold out Madison Square Garden, does't get much better than that. Too bad they couldn't keep it together.
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