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03-08-2003, 11:41 PM | #1 |
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The incredible vision of Sweet
I'm reaching out for something
Touching nothing's all I ever do Oh, I softly call you over When you appear there's nothing left of you Now the man in the back Is ready to crack as he raises his hands to the sky And the girl in the corner is ev'ryone's mourner She could kill you with a wink of her eye Oh yeah, it was electric, so frightfully hectic And the band started leaving, 'cause they all stopped breathing Oh yeah, it was like lightning, everybody was frightening And the music was soothing, and they all started grooving It's it's a ballroom blitz, it's it's a ballroom blitz It's it's a ballroom blitz, yeah, it's a ballroom blitz Sweet, 1975 |
03-08-2003, 11:51 PM | #2 |
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How many have you drank tonight, Sheppsie?
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03-09-2003, 01:34 AM | #3 |
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Damn, as relevant today as it was when I was in Junior High.
Gee, I wonder if I still have that 45 ...
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03-09-2003, 09:46 AM | #4 |
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I'm just saying, if they were in the 80s rather than the 70s they might have opened for Great White.
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03-09-2003, 11:19 AM | #5 |
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(*looks at watch*)
They should be about due for a reunion tour. Past due, actually...
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03-09-2003, 11:40 AM | #6 |
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Unfortunately there will not be a Sweet reunion because the lead singer died a few years ago.
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03-09-2003, 11:47 AM | #7 |
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(Now with more details) ... Sweet lead singer Brian Connolly died of liver failure about 7 years ago, drummer Andy Scott died of complications of leukemia in 2000.
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03-09-2003, 01:15 PM | #8 |
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That doen't necessarily stand in the way of a reunion tour ... there are lots of acts with dead band members still on the tour circuit. Esp. those 50s doowop groups that tour under the original name when there's only one original member left in the lineup ...
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03-09-2003, 01:29 PM | #9 |
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Like the Temptations
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03-09-2003, 06:23 PM | #10 |
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03-10-2003, 06:17 PM | #11 |
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Interesting story (by which I mean 'boring,' but your're gonna read it anyway.)
I heard "Love is Like Oxygen" on the radio, thought it was ELO. Station advertised the Rock Line, where you could call in and ask questions about rock. Guy knew immediately that the song was Sweet, not ELO. Got their Best Of CD the next week. Even more "fascinating", the station was based in Dubuque, Iowa (town motto: thou shalt not rock). Station was gone in a couple months. Too bad, that was my most favorite station ever. Oh, and the CD was excellent too. :p Last edited by Bitman; 03-10-2003 at 07:01 PM. |
03-10-2003, 07:03 PM | #12 |
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So I gotta ask something that's been bugging me -- Was Sweet a manufactured band? The just sound too polished .. and the style is completely unlike anything I've heard from a band that does everything themselves. Maybe I should just check AllMusic..
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03-10-2003, 07:11 PM | #13 | |
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03-11-2003, 11:02 PM | #14 |
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Power pop...gotta love it. Big synths, funky rhythms. Sweet always reminded me of 10cc. Overproduced? Sure, but I've got mp3's of Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run, Love is Like Oxygen and LIttle Willy (okay, Little Willy was pretty lame).
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03-14-2003, 04:29 PM | #15 |
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Since you mopes couldn't come up with anything interesting, I'll reply to myself.
I looked up Sweet at All Music guide, and discovered that they were indeed overproduced (NOT the same as crappy.) Apparantly they sucked in their earlier incarnations, but when they signed with RCA, they received a team to write music for them. Most of their hits are from that team. |
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