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Post by doug61 on Mar 10, 2021 12:11:44 GMT
I also like The Sweet, a band who could have been so much more had they not got into bed with "chinn/chapman". Had the potential to be a great rock outfit and Mick Tucker was an astonishingly good drummer. I still give the "Desolation Boulevard" vinyl a spin occasionally. Oh yes. A lot of love for Sweet round these parts. I know what you mean about Chinnichap but some of their Sweet songs were iconic Impossible not to love... The Ballroom BlitzTheir problem was that they didn't have a recording contract as such, just a management contract with ChinniChap that made them effectively unable to do anything without permission. Some fantastic songs though, although again it's a myth that both wrote them, it was just Chapman I think with Chinn being the one who dealt with all the business(could be the other way around). The Sixteens may be my favourite. |
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Post by johnnyoi on Mar 10, 2021 18:57:37 GMT
I’d forgotten how good the sixteens was.Haven’t heard it for some time.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 11, 2021 16:17:51 GMT
Seeing as we were talking about Dave Thompson on the Glam books thread here he is reviewing a 37 track Sweet comp titled... Sweet Originals: The Best 37 Glamrock Songs Ever (1998)...and which gets to the contradictions inherent in their career...
The title sets itself up for one hell of a fall, and the ongoing need for a decent Sweet box set is never going to be assuaged by this. But it is what it says on the tin, a 37-strong collection that, OK, they're not all the "Best Glam Rock Songs Ever," but maybe a dozen of them are, and the remainder should at least be invited to the awards ceremony.
A dizzying spin through the band's entire RCA catalog, a mass of A-sides, B-sides, album cuts and what-on-earth-were-they-thinking cuts jostle for your attention.
Slide, if you will, from the sophisticated stylings of "Love Is Like Oxygen," into the arms of the band's execrable cover of "Paperback Writer."
Cringe through their version of "Tom Tom Turnaround" (at least New World sounded like they cared when they sang it), then leap into the tempestuous grip of "Wig Wam Bam."
No chronology is at play here, nor any sense that the songs were programmed for seamless continuity. Rather, it's just wigwam-bam-thank-you-ma'am from start to finish, and you stagger out at the end wondering precisely how many different bands Sweet thought they were. The answer is, of course, as many as they thought they could get away with. So, if you like your metal laced with bubblegum, and your classic hits smeared with anodyne covers, Sweet Originals is the box for you. But it's not the box that it ought to be.
www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-originals-the-best-37-glamrock-songs-ever-mw0000546436 |
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 11, 2021 17:11:16 GMT
Underground Overground Womblin' Glam Timmy Purr has this amazing DVD including a fantastic live set from German TV (MusikLaden) Oh Boy... could they ROCK!!
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Sweet
Mar 11, 2021 18:06:10 GMT
Post by personunknown on Mar 11, 2021 18:06:10 GMT
There's two Sweet threads, can you merge them LE?
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Mar 11, 2021 18:33:49 GMT
Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 11, 2021 18:33:49 GMT
There's two Sweet threads, can you merge them LE? Thanks PU - didn't realise. It's all one thread now Thanks again Meanwhile, back to Sweet... Here's the opening track from Sweet Fanny Adams (1974) written by Andy Scott which is almost speed metal in parts and shows their hard rockin side... Sweet - Set Me Free (1974) |
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Post by personunknown on Mar 11, 2021 19:59:31 GMT
I'd swear that was Deep Purple if I was hearing it for the first time.
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Dec 10, 2021 12:37:07 GMT
Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 10, 2021 12:37:07 GMT
Snidy interview but Brian takes in good spirit...
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Post by zeopold on Dec 10, 2021 19:45:18 GMT
BC in his prime ranks among the coolest frontmen.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 14, 2022 6:09:40 GMT
Sweet (Andy Scott) - Lady Starlight - Promo Clip (OFFICIAL)
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Post by jsm on Nov 8, 2023 1:39:30 GMT
Underground Overground Womblin' Glam Timmy Purr has this amazing DVD including a fantastic live set from German TV (MusikLaden) Oh Boy... could they ROCK!!
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One of the songs from that set - 'No You Don't'
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