♫La Grange♫♫Sharped Dressed Man♫♫Gimme All Your Lovin‘♫♫Cheap Sunglasses♫Got Me Under Pressure♫♫Legs♫ ♫Tush♫
― Mike Dixn, Sunday, 23 February 2014 01:09 (ten years ago) link
What do you mean, "even if"?
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 23 February 2014 01:18 (ten years ago) link
Been spinning a CDR of Tres Hombres & Fandango! in the car changer this week. The live stuff on the latter owns so hard. Really wish the rest of that show had been issued.
― Interior. Ibiza Bar (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 March 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Saw them this week, they're total pros, with a polished "the big hits, plus 3 new songs" setlist and the goofy stage moves you'd expect. They project the videos for Sharp-Dressed Man and Legs when those songs are played, and they bring out the fuzzy guitars for Legs. Kind of wish they played a couple more of their 70s jams, but overall this was a really entertaining show.
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
nice to hear, I'm probably gonna go see them in August.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
did they do I Gotsta to Get Paid
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
Yeah. That plus Chartreuse and Flyin' High were the ones they did off La Futura.
― good and relaxing like akon dont matter (intheblanks), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
Gonna borrow that Billy Gibbons pic for pics of dudes without beards who normally have beards
I'll bring it back over here when I'm done.
― pplains, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
http://blog.chron.com/thetexican/2015/06/zz-top-to-literally-play-la-grange-in-la-grange/#22138101=0
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 4 June 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
http://www.zztop.com/2015/billy-f-gibbons-launches-solo-project-the-bfgs-album-perfectamundo-due-out-this-october/
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
I'm actually really excited to hear that. I won't even make the obvious joke about Eliminator being Gibbons' first solo album...oh, damn.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I've heard bands mixing "1950s Latin" with ZZ, Zep---can imagine Gibbons' crew doing it better, or at least as well. Looking fwd to this, thanks.
― dow, Sunday, 2 August 2015 02:58 (nine years ago) link
so what's worth hearing that came out between Eliminator and La Futura
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
never listened to El Loco before, what an odd record - kinda spacey and laid back, almost gentle
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 22:36 (eight years ago) link
Rhythmeen from '96 is worth looking into.
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 22:50 (eight years ago) link
still rockin that clean+chorused guitar sound, tons of processed vocals, there's just a lot of space in the mix, odd rhythms
xp
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 22:50 (eight years ago) link
Afterburner - This one isn't as fat and dry sounding production wise as Eliminator. It's kinda like Genesis when you get to Invisible Touch, synth technology is heading out of the warm old analog into colder sounding samples and way too much digital reverb. The songs are not quite as good either.
Recycler- The album title is pretty honest. The songs are a bit more bluesy. "My Head's in Mississippi" is a good tune. It's sill way too shiny production wise.
Antenna- Sounds weak, there may be a song I missed, but I didn't like it enough after a couple of listens to even bother it again.
Rhythmeen- CD length kinda kills most of their records. I'd think it would work pretty good as a 35 minute album. They get back to basics but there is still scifi in the production.
XXX- Kinda weak. Better production than Antenna
Mescalero- This one is the one I would say to check if you dug La Futura. This thing is dirty and nasty, probably one of their rawest albums. There are some good tunes on this one and again would have been better at LP length.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
I feel like a single or even a double disc compilation of their RCA years (Antenna through Mescalero) could be pretty good. But I've never been able to get all the way through the albums to really know what would go on it.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 10 December 2015 01:24 (eight years ago) link
OK, I actually checked the albums out on Spotify and came up with a 20-song playlist that covers just the RCA albums; here it is:
https://open.spotify.com/user/burningambulance/playlist/3yVE9fSnWQTVTUf486n4qq
1. Breakaway (from Antenna)2. Fuzzbox Voodoo (from Antenna)3. Girl In A T-Shirt (from Antenna)4. PCH (from Antenna)5. Deal Goin’ Down (from Antenna)6. Black Fly (from Rhythmeen)7. What’s Up With That (from Rhythmeen)8. Vincent Price Blues (from Rhythmeen)9. She’s Just Killing Me (from Rhythmeen)10. Poke Chop Sandwich (from XXX)11. Fearless Boogie (from XXX)12. 36-22-36 (from XXX)13. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (from XXX)14. Belt Buckle (from XXX)15. Two Ways To Play (from Mescalero)16. Alley-Gator (from Mescalero)17. Piece (from Mescalero)18. What Would You Do (from Mescalero)19. What It Is Kid (from Mescalero)20. Que Lastima (from Mescalero)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 10 December 2015 02:12 (eight years ago) link
while freaking out about how bad the new Danzig covers album is I started A/B'ing his versions with the originals to highlight the contrast and man, "Rough Boy" is such a beautiful record. Every aspect of it is just lovingly tailored the goal of establishing this gorgeous wistful head-rush groove. Incredible.
Danzig's version must be heard to be believed. A/B just the opening drum figures and then tell me that's not Glenn himself on the skins, there's no way a real drummer would suffer that to survive the mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9haef8Wlcg
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 10 December 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link
U dont say
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 December 2015 04:04 (eight years ago) link
tyvm for the spotify list!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 10 December 2015 12:40 (eight years ago) link
Mescalero- This one is the one I would say to check if you dug La Futura. This thing is dirty and nasty, probably one of their rawest albums.
agreed.been playing the hell out of this in the last few weeks.
― mark e, Thursday, 10 December 2015 13:09 (eight years ago) link
some time long long ago i briefly mixed up zz top and steely dan, and the result is that still now i can't quite shake the notion that zz are secretly boho hipster intellectuals
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 10 December 2015 13:12 (eight years ago) link
i can't quite shake the notion that zz are secretly boho hipster intellectuals
Reading interviews with Billy Gibbons will only make this feeling stronger.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 10 December 2015 13:15 (eight years ago) link
Good interview here---wish there were a bit more music, but it's live in the studio, results mixed yet tantalizing (gotta get off my ass, check album:http://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2015/11/26/457294147/latin-roots-billy-gibbons-adds-a-cubano-twist-to-the-blues
― dow, Thursday, 10 December 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/zz_top_fan_recreates_the_tres_hombres_gatefold_meal_and_then_eats_it
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 January 2016 19:58 (eight years ago) link
Bill Ham, the band's manager from their earliest days till 2006, dead at 79.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:40 (eight years ago) link
Hill said he couldn’t recall how the band got started: “It was the ’60s, man.”
The True Story of the Fake Zombies
― Edward Bax, Friday, 24 June 2016 06:16 (eight years ago) link
Did anybody here know ZZ Top are putting out a live album next month? It's called Greatest Hits From Around The World, and here's the tracklisting:
1. Got Me Under Pressure – New York2. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers – Las Vegas3. Cheap Sunglasses – Paris4. Waitin' For The Bus – Chicago5. Jesus Just Left Chicago – Chicago6. Legs – São Paulo7. Sharp Dressed Man – Los Angeles8. Rough Boy (with Jeff Beck) – London9. Pincushion – Berlin10. La Grange – Dallas11. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide – Vancouver12. Tube Snake Boogie – Rome13. Gimme All Your Lovin' – Houston14. Tush – Nashville15. Sixteen Tons (with Jeff Beck) – London
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 02:19 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, Amazon recommended it to me (alongside every other new classic rock album). My question is, where's the rest of the Fandango! concert?
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 03:48 (eight years ago) link
Cool. Wonder if that will show up on my Release Radar.
― Nobodaddy's Fule (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, special guest: Jeff Beck, among other possible high points---http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7503736/zz-top-live-greatest-hits?utm_source=twitter
― dow, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 00:33 (eight years ago) link
Oh yeah, and Billy F. Gibbons wrote the intro to new edition of Ed Ward's Mike Bloomfield bio (w much input from ilm's own Edd Hurt, as Ward emphasizes in acknowledgements).
― dow, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 00:40 (eight years ago) link
Live album is solid. They're playing LA next month - think I should go.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 08:51 (eight years ago) link
BG on his favourite records: http://thequietus.com/articles/20920-billy-gibbons-zz-top-favourite-albums-interview he's friends with Keb Darge apparently!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 10:57 (eight years ago) link
That's a pretty cool article. Good for him to keep looking for new records.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 23:49 (eight years ago) link
The official video for "Rough Boy" is...strange.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_4ULKpkLNc
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2016 00:07 (eight years ago) link
I only bring it up because I'd somehow never seen it before last weekend.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2016 00:08 (eight years ago) link
My question is, where's the rest of the Fandango! concert?― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:48 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:48 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yes
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V9m_sEDzJw
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 27 August 2017 22:26 (seven years ago) link
been a 'top day today, and have loved every minute of it.mescalero is such a good album.shivers all over the place when the guitars let loose at the end of 'tramp'.
― mark e, Sunday, 22 April 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
tejas is a fun album
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
to be fair ..all of their albums are fun.that's kind of the 'top way and why i have enjoyed today so much.
― mark e, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
ten dollar man is my favorite song about paying someone to kill your wife. the riffs are pretty good too
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
i think that's what it's about? idk
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
blimey.i guess i should pay more attention.for me its the riffs and grooves.
― mark e, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:47 (six years ago) link
that song is 100% groove
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
"breakaway" on antenna still probably my platonic ideal of the zz top track
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 April 2018 08:18 (six years ago) link
"A Fool For Your Stockings" just came up on Pandora, one of their best Blues.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 26 April 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link