One of my favorites to play.

I definitely get the allure of ZZ Top. The Rev was a huge influence on a lot of us, and they epitomized the power trio.

Here's the admission though: I was horrified (and still am) by what they evolved into - a pile of MTV-driven pop pablum. They started out as one of the most dangerous bands in the World, Billy with Pearly, singing about Mexican hookers and piles of drugs, but by the early '80s they were furry-guitar-sporting beard cultivators with music designed for nothing other than moving units. I quit listening after Tejas, maybe a bit of Deguello.

To me, this will always be ZZ Top...

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Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings is killer! The whole Fandango album is one of my most favorite rock albums to listen to.

But I have to admit that from the Eliminator album, songs like Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin', and Legs are great party songs that gets the ladies jumping and excited... which makes me, uhm, excited too... :sneaky:
 
syscokid said:
Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings is killer! The whole Fandango album is one of my most favorite rock albums to listen to.

But I have to admit that from the Eliminator album, songs like Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin', and Legs are great party songs that gets the ladies jumping and excited... which makes me, uhm, excited too... :sneaky:
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A couple of those videos weren’t tough to watch either.
 
gball said:
I definitely get the allure of ZZ Top. The Rev was a huge influence on a lot of us, and they epitomized the power trio.

Here's the admission though: I was horrified (and still am) by what they evolved into - a pile of MTV-driven pop pablum. They started out as one of the most dangerous bands in the World, Billy with Pearly, singing about Mexican hookers and piles of drugs, but by the early '80s they were furry-guitar-sporting beard cultivators with music designed for nothing other than moving units. I quit listening after Tejas, maybe a bit of Deguello.

To me, this will always be ZZ Top...

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Yeah, I agree for the most part. I still like some of the newer songs though, the basic straight ahead rockers. Sharp Dressed Man, ignore the videos, etc and take the songs as they are. The ones with the dugga-dugga-dugga in the background are just dance music crap to me.
 
gball said:
I definitely get the allure of ZZ Top. The Rev was a huge influence on a lot of us, and they epitomized the power trio.

Here's the admission though: I was horrified (and still am) by what they evolved into - a pile of MTV-driven pop pablum. They started out as one of the most dangerous bands in the World, Billy with Pearly, singing about Mexican hookers and piles of drugs, but by the early '80s they were furry-guitar-sporting beard cultivators with music designed for nothing other than moving units. I quit listening after Tejas, maybe a bit of Deguello.

To me, this will always be ZZ Top...

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I gotta agree with ya here! I grew up in the MTV video days and saw Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin ( my favorite from the Eliminator album however!) and later on, Stages, Double Back Again and Pincushion ( a great track from Antenna) more times than I can count. But the classic era for me will always be from Rio Grande Mud to Tejas, with Fandango being an awesome album behind the "required for all to own" Tres Hombres. They were raunchy, loud, hard driving and unstoppable in that era.
 
Clockworkmike said:
I gotta agree with ya here! I grew up in the MTV video days and saw Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin ( my favorite from the Eliminator album however!) and later on, Stages, Double Back Again and Pincushion ( a great track from Antenna) more times than I can count. But the classic era for me will always be from Rio Grande Mud to Tejas, with Fandango being an awesome album behind the "required for all to own" Tres Hombres. They were raunchy, loud, hard driving and unstoppable in that era.
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Another “feature” of ZZ Top’s albums are they were the easiest to find in your album collection. Always on the right side end :rolf:

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