The incredible vision of Sweet

Undertoad · 03-08-2003, 11:41 PM

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

elSicomoro · 03-08-2003, 11:51 PM

How many have you drank tonight, Sheppsie?

wolf · 03-09-2003, 01:34 AM

Damn, as relevant today as it was when I was in Junior High.

Gee, I wonder if I still have that 45 ...

Undertoad · 03-09-2003, 09:46 AM

I'm just saying, if they were in the 80s rather than the 70s they might have opened for Great White.

wolf · 03-09-2003, 11:19 AM

(*looks at watch*)

They should be about due for a reunion tour. Past due, actually...

Undertoad · 03-09-2003, 11:40 AM

Unfortunately there will not be a Sweet reunion because the lead singer died a few years ago.

Undertoad · 03-09-2003, 11:47 AM

(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.

wolf · 03-09-2003, 01:15 PM

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 ...

elSicomoro · 03-09-2003, 01:29 PM

Like the Temptations

CodeBlue40 · 03-09-2003, 06:23 PM

Bitman · 03-10-2003, 06:17 PM

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

Bitman · 03-10-2003, 07:03 PM

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..

Griff · 03-10-2003, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bitman
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..

If by manufactured you mean crappy, then yes.

Elspode · 03-11-2003, 11:02 PM

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).

Bitman · 03-14-2003, 04:29 PM

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.

03-08-2003, 11:41 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	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

03-09-2003, 01:34 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Damn, as relevant today as it was when I was in Junior High. Gee, I wonder if I still have that 45 ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-09-2003, 11:19 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	(looks at watch) They should be about due for a reunion tour. Past due, actually... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-09-2003, 01:15 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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 ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-09-2003, 06:23 PM	#10
CodeBlue40 Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 21	__________________ I'm in a world full of naked women and daisies! Nothing can harm me now!

03-08-2003, 11:51 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	How many have you drank tonight, Sheppsie?

03-09-2003, 09:46 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm just saying, if they were in the 80s rather than the 70s they might have opened for Great White.

03-09-2003, 11:40 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Unfortunately there will not be a Sweet reunion because the lead singer died a few years ago.

03-09-2003, 11:47 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	(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.

03-09-2003, 01:29 PM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Like the Temptations

03-10-2003, 06:17 PM	#11
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	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
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	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..

03-11-2003, 11:02 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	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). __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-14-2003, 04:29 PM	#15
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	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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