"SPICE" is pretty much the American "Best Of Sweet" CD collection minus the later crap, and some good stuff and blatant ommissions injected here and there.
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 April 2004 01:52 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 April 2004 01:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 29 April 2004 01:53 (twenty years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 29 April 2004 01:55 (twenty years ago) link
I've still never figured out the whole Desolation Blvd. saga. I should pick up a copy of the UK version sometime.
I hate the Cubs, but I occasionally listen to their broadcasts on WGN and at least once a game they play that intro to "Fox on the Run" as segue music when they come back from commercial; that big synthesizer riff. I love them for that.
― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 29 April 2004 01:57 (twenty years ago) link
And yeah, the U.S. Desolation Blvd. from 1975 is basically most of U.K. Sweet Fanny Adams from 1974 with one track from U.K. Desolation Blvd. ("Solid Gold Brass"), one track from those sessions I think previously unreleased until then ("I Wanna Be Committed"), and the single version of "Fox On The Run".. basically.Otherwise, the U.K. version of Desolation Blvd. is completely different. Even the version of "Fox On The Run" is different and sounds like an earlier version. I don't think there has ever been a more warped track list changing from UK to US on any album than on Desolation Blvd..
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 April 2004 02:05 (twenty years ago) link
That said, Repertoire has done a good job of the European issues, for the most part.
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 April 2004 02:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 29 April 2004 02:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Daniel DiMAGGIO (Daniel DiMAGGIO), Thursday, 29 April 2004 02:26 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 April 2004 02:37 (twenty years ago) link
― retort pouch (retort pouch), Thursday, 29 April 2004 02:55 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 03:07 (twenty years ago) link
― william (william), Thursday, 29 April 2004 04:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 April 2004 04:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:55 (twenty years ago) link
― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 29 April 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 April 2004 16:55 (twenty years ago) link
Fox on the Run ROXX0R as well, sounds like everyone else has already touched on the other high points. Great band, totally funny with their sexually confused image as well.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:10 (twenty years ago) link
― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:35 (twenty years ago) link
"I'm A Man" > "Blockbuster" > "Critical Mass" > "Jean Genie" > "Muckraker"
― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:37 (twenty years ago) link
"Ballroom Blitz" was my most beloved 45 when I was seven, and I had great taste. I liked to play along, imitate the drumbeats using my mom's knitting needles and a little round cushion, until the time I accidentally poked a hole through the cushion's vinyl covering while trying to imitate the really fast part.
Classic!
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:46 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:01 (twenty years ago) link
I think AC/DC, the band, were just fucking around with the interviewer when they said they named themselves after the Sweet song, since a) they formed a year before the song was released (but possibly under a different name, but I don't think so), and b) AC/DC is a common term amongst electric engineers and is not something specific to rock music. This all increases my respect for AC/DC, the band, in my opinion.
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:27 (twenty years ago) link
Apologies if there's already been a thread about the January BMG reissues, but I just bought Sweet Fanny Adams and it's fantastic. I own nothing else - what should I get next?
― ewmy, Monday, 23 May 2005 09:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 23 May 2005 10:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Monday, 23 May 2005 10:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Total classic, of course.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 23 May 2005 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Allright, allright, allright, allright!Rebel rouser, rebel rouserHigh speed king worship everything'Bout the rebel rouser, rebel rouserJuvenile jive, gotta be a rebel rouserGotta be a rebel rouser!Gotta be a rebel rouser!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 November 2006 03:28 (seventeen years ago) link
How I was oftentimes yelled at by some of my classmates, way back in secondary school (that's mid-70s, huh), for playing 'way too many Sweet songs' while Dj-ing at the school discos...
Secondly, one of the record shops in my hometown at present has several very low-priced Sweet compilations but I haven't so far bought any of them.Which might change tomorrow :)
― tiit (tiit), Sunday, 19 November 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tripp lamkins (trippl), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link
e.g.So you think you'll take another piece of me to satisfy your intellectual greed?Do you want action?I was suicidal cos you were my idol,Baby, baby, baby bring me to my kneesDo you want action?
"Action"
All alone without a telephoneInto the night!
"Into the Night"
Although Rebel Rouser above is obv. "in the style of" B. Gillespie.
Doesn't mean Sweet aren't great though.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Friday, 2 February 2007 23:49 (seventeen years ago) link
I turned a lot of friends on to Sweet when I made an alternate soundtrack to Velvet Goldmine. Has it really been ELEVEN years since that movie came out?? Some of the later songs that sound like an unholy marriage of Queen and ELO got under my skin, and I finally ordered a copy of Level Headed, and can't wait to get it.
Mr. AMG Erlewine - "...It was one part of an ambitious sonic mosaic where Sweet tried a little bit of everything, cloaking it all in a neo-prog aesthetic. If it was hard to hear the candy crunch of early Sweet on "Love Is Like Oxygen," it seems like "Little Willy" in comparison to the rest of Level Headed, where the group runs wild in the studio. Throughout the first half, they indulge in catchy pop, dressing it up with mild psychedelia, elongating melodies with breezy harmonies and studio swirl. This is just a teaser for the second side, where they delve deep into album rock weirdness, trying on classical-inspired art rock with "Anthem No. 1" and "Anthem No. 2," waltzing along with the Europop "Lettres d'Amour," and livening the proceedings with "Strong Love," a horn-spiked disco tune."
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Admittedly I don't know much else by Sweet but surely Ballroom Blitz is one of the best songs ever. Also, it's awesome for singing at karaoke.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Just wrote this yesterday morning: Lost Classics: Sweet - Sweet Fanny Adams (RCA) 1974
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 27 July 2009 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
S: "Wig Wam Bam", "Fox on the Run", "Ballroom Blitz" - all classics
― o. nate, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
is there anyone who prefers the synth-free, album version of "fox on the run"? because the single version is sooooo much better.
― MORBID RANGEL (D-NY) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 00:52 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJS_eio4DTc&feature=related
Sweeeeet!
― JasonC, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― do you feel me? somebody, feel me (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Been on a deeply enjoyable Sweet kick lately.
“Wig Wam Bam” is the most joyfully addictive badass jam ever. I love how nonsensical it is but how precise & sharp the rhymes are, like a playground chant.
I’ve dangled a toe in the post-Connolly stuff but god it’s a a slog, nowhere near as enjoyable. I’d much prefer to stay in that glorious run through the 70’s.
When those hits hit, they are fkn MAJESTIC. Like a sequinned satin freight train. :D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 December 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
All accurate.
"Minne-HA-HA."
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 December 2018 05:44 (five years ago) link
Mr Veg reminded me of Krokus’ cover of Ballroom Blitz ... it’s a v amusing novelty on the one hand ...but to get boring for a second, I have to say that musically it’s so depressing to hear that song covered with zero joy & completely devoid of swing. It sounds like the drummer is being dragged along behind them whapping on wet cement. (And yeeesh they really were NOT an attractive band, were they. File under the Accept category of listen but do not look) https://youtu.be/_fPjQZwhrOESorry for Krokus detour!!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 December 2018 07:30 (five years ago) link
Both Sweet and Slade had really great drummers, which is not insignificant, I feel.
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Saturday, 15 December 2018 12:13 (five years ago) link
Agree
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 December 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
Man... I've come to the conclusion 'Ballroom Blitz' is the best rock song ever recorded
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
Well, I'm gonna big up "The Six Teens" if no one else is.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 22:23 (five years ago) link
I know everybody is all about the US version of Desolation Boulevard, but I have to say the s/t album (possibly US-only?) w/"Little Willy" and "Blockbuster" kicks major ass too.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 04:56 (five years ago) link
Wig Wam Bam is my jam
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 04:59 (five years ago) link
Ha, I'm co-DJing a '70s Rock night this evening, and I just popped in here to say exactly what I already did two posts up.
That S/T album is straight fire.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 July 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
no idea what you are referring to by "s/t album", which does not show up on wiki or discogs
― Οὖτις, Friday, 12 July 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
This one:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/The_Sweet_album_cover.jpg
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 July 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
The spine on mine is worn where the title should be.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 July 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
Also has "Wig Wam Bam" and "Hell Raiser". Probably a USA-only release.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 July 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
ah, yeah I have a similar, later comp that's p much the same track listing. those early singles are great.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 12 July 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
this one: https://www.discogs.com/The-Sweet-Hell-Raisers/release/3493205
only difference is the totally unnecessary addition of two of their early bubblegum singles (which are v bad)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 12 July 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
wall to wall jams
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 July 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
Silly post script: I was cueing up "Hell Raiser" last night when my DJ partner told me the bar was suddenly having to close for the night because somebody messed up the toilets.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 13 July 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
Ah man, apparently Steve Priest has passed on:
Very sad to hear that Steve Priest of (The) Sweet has passed away. Genuinely one of my all-time pop heroes. Embodied the essence of Glam: effeminate, but menacing. The original Stormtrooper In Drag.And had possibly the best title of any autobiography ever: Are You Ready, Steve? pic.twitter.com/CfTxatSm5c— Simon Price (@simon_price01) June 4, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
RIP
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 June 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
aw 😕
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 June 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
RIP Steve ;_;
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
I still maintain Sweet circa Give Us A Wink, second row center, was one of the best concerts I have ever experienced. RIP, Steve.
― Album Moods: Rambunctious; Snide (Dan Peterson), Friday, 5 June 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
What were things that Priest sang lead/co-lead on? He's credited as "bass guitar, lead vocals" on Desolation Boulevard.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 June 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link
I will never tire of "Fox on the Run." I was hoping to post a good movie clip on Facebook--it's used in both Dazed and Confused and Mindhunter (probably other films, too)--but couldn't find anything.
― clemenza, Friday, 5 June 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
And had possibly the best title of any autobiography ever: Are You Ready, Steve?
Didn't know that--that is indeed great. I hope Andy followed up with Andy? and Mick with Mick?
― clemenza, Friday, 5 June 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
On the US version it’s only “No You Don’t” according to Wiki. (xp)
― Album Moods: Rambunctious; Snide (Dan Peterson), Friday, 5 June 2020 01:08 (four years ago) link
Thanks! Up 'til now I had thought Connolly was one of those Robin Zander 'man of 1000 voices'* types and sang everything.
*Not that he wasn't, mind you!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 June 2020 01:17 (four years ago) link
You…You talk about just every band.
― Capital Radio Sweetheart (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 October 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link