Sweet Rickenbacker.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:14 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viNIP-e2zTM

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:37 pm

Wow, now that is "clank".

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:54 am

Now that was good rock'n'roll.

JimK

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:30 pm

eh?? was that some sort of bad Spinal-Tap-ish joke?

godber · Post by **godber** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:35 pm

The Rickenbacker bass sounds like The Stranglers, the vocals sound like Terry Reid, the song sounds like changing the ink cartridge on an Epson Stylus.

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:49 pm

The irony is that Spinal Tap was BETTER!. Nice clank though.

eatswodo · Post by **eatswodo** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:57 pm

I was also struck by the sheer Tap-ness of the whole thing. Pretty dreadful - looked like a band who was trying really hard to establish some credibility after such gems as Little Willy and Wig-Wam Bam.

robbo63 · Post by **robbo63** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:31 pm

Never heard of them. The comments on YouTube showed that apparently anything can have a following. To each his own. The guitarist is hilarious. Was he an extra on Conan the Barbarian? Agree on the similarity to Stranglers bass tone (though Stranglers sounded better). The lyrics are very fitting.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:34 pm

Never heard of them?How about this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGpVLfdPV34

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:57 pm

Or this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qswKeWhjaUc&mode=related&search=

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:21 pm

Oh yeah, somehow or another "Ballroom Blitz" made it through my personal rock black out period. That was the period when I really turned heavily toward traditional folk music having become bored with rock. It seemed like there was nothing really new during that period, just stuff recycled from other, slightly earlier groups.

JimK

robbo63 · Post by **robbo63** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:06 pm

Ok, so I'll admit I've heard them. Just hadn't heard OF them. Had no awareness of the band despite hearing those tunes somewhere in time on the radio.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:56 pm

Now there's one band you either love or you hate.

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:32 am

"Now there's one band you either love or you hate"

Not me! I just can't be bothered with them.

brian_l · Post by **brian_l** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:28 am

That video reminds me of "Too Fast For Love" era Motley Crue. If you don't believe it, pull up the video of the Crue's "Live Wire" and notice the similarities. I happen to be a big fan of both the Crue and Sweet, so I really enjoyed this clip. Thanks for the link!