Just imagine.... this was the kind of music that was played all over the radio and TV back in the 80s. We had it so good when it came to music growing up in that decade.
My sentiments exact. Back before instant internet fame for talentless musicians with autotune vocalists. To be on the radio you had to have survived long enough to have put in your dues and EARNED the right to be on the air. This meant a combination of talent, dedication, and a bit of luck. Now it is mainly just luck.. everything else is done via computer.
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Next year will be 60 years that Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend been playing together with The Who. If Keith Moon & John Entwistle were still alive they would have ZZ -Top beat by almost 10 years lol.
dust hill and frank beard also were made cars from the same guyon account of the man didn't want to sell his own custom car the band even gave the man a blank check for it. lol or so the story goes. :)
I remember one time ZZ Top was on The Tonight Show, and after they played the camera cut to Johnny Carson before the commercial break and he had a long beard on. This song and Sharp Dressed Man are my two favorites by them.
My first concert was ZZ Top back in the late eighties when I was just a kid. Haven't missed a show since. Some of the most entertaining stage shows I've ever seen.
Why does nobody else think about think about thug thug thug from the illuminated that is oh my Lord that bass is a dude he's throwing that base in into the damn wall
Saw them live in all their bearded glory in the 80's & also saw them in the early 70's before they even had beards. Great show both times. "Waitin' For the Bus" & "Jesus Just Left Chicago" should be next, Jamel. One song flows into the next. Great rock turns into low down old-fashioned blues. Both from their 1st album. You'd LOVE 'em!!💙
Nope "Jesus just left Chicago" and "Waitin' for the bus" was form Tres Hombres, ZZ Top's Third album. ZZ Top's First Album was real cool though.I would say ZZ Top's first 3 albums were their best.
John Campbell oh ok 👌. I was thinking more along the lines of albums such as ZZ Top’s First Album ( title of album), Tres Hombres, Tejas, and Rio Grande Mud.
@@GJRight That's why I phrased it that way and didn't say, "You're wrong." There was also a 3 year gap before Dequello. That's an easy one between the early and '80s sound, though that sound was recorded until Tejas.
John Campbell Yes Sir! Most people today only know songs like “Cheap Sunglasses” and all the hits of the 80’s and beyond. I grew up with their beginning albums in the early 70’s and the rest of the decade. Again, most people only know them from Billy Gibbons and Dust Hill’s long beards and don’t know them when they were sporting cowboy hats and and Frank Beard had the long hair. Again, you’re correct with Deguello being released in ‘79, the point I was trying to make for Mr. Jamel was to explore music from their first album all the way up to Tejas. Good, good, old Texas Rock N Roll from that little old band from Texas!
@@GJRight Pre-Eliminator, I only knew Tush, La Grange, Cheap Sunglasses and Thank You. It wasn't until "The ZZ Top 6 Pack" came out (which excluded Dequello) that I got to know the early stuff. Then I had to sell everything. But I got this little CD LP replicas set "The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990" pretty cheap. I am happy again.
Yessah!! A little band with a big ol' sound that's been kickin it for a whole BUNCH of years! When you watch a live performance, you'll understand why. Can't wait!! Thanks for this, sir!
I saw them 4 times. '75, '77, '81 and '84. Each time was better than the one before. Rest well, Dusty. You entertained millions for years. You deserve peaceful rest.
If you do like southern rock and roll southern rock and roll that's just absolutely bone-jarring have you ever heard of a Blackfoot Blackfoot they've kind of song on their second album tom-cattin It's called Fox Chase Blackfoot oh my gosh to let me tell you that will mess you up
59 Now 23 when the first time I heard this tune . Best parties of my life . Still rocking to this and pissing off the neighbours . Thanks for the reminder of how lucky I was . Enjoy the channel .
Rough Boy video? I remember that video. Eliminator is turned into space car,correct me if I am wrong, Space Eliminator is getting a tune up and washing. I have to watch the video to be sure
Loving the reactions braddah. A quick one... 2 of the greatest guitar solos in the world are by ZZ Top. Interestingly enough on the same song. It's a long one but I highly recommend it. ZZ Top - I Need You Tonight Sadly, there is no official video, only the track, but it is so good that it doesn't need a video.
He has said this about several guitar players as he was deeply humble off stage. Then again, no one asked him in the middle of a solo behind his head. Not so humble on stage.
Thing is, Hendrix and Gibbons have the exact same playing style. The only difference, the type of accents, where to use them and when. Small details, but that small detail made their styles unique to everyone else amd each other. This made Hendrix highly respect Gibbons. There one other that plays this same style, but incorporates his own unique accent: Josh Homme.
Oh my gosh it's only love I haven't heard that in a while that's a good one there buddy I love that song Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers I'm bad I'm Nationwide Uno top-to-bottom I've heard all of ZZ Top from beginning middle and end it's kick ass if you like some bass from The Eliminator and also arrested for driving while blondes pretty pretty awful and if you're really Blues he's after the rain
If people if anybody like some southern rock and roll song at you probably haven't heard or haven't heard in awhile is block that's the name of the group Blaque fit bunch of rock and roll Southern Indian buddies they do a song that's called Fox Chase Blackfoot Fox Chase from the Tomcat I don't want to word oh my word
While not a blanket fan of all things ZZ Top I do love quite a few of their tunes. Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Doubleback, Gimme All Your Lovin..... jams. That said, I like their sound and would love to check out a show by them because they give off the vibe of putting on a rocking show.
"Look at those beards blowin' in the wind!" Ironically, the only beard *not* blowing in the wind was drummer Frank Beard's beard, since Beard never had a beard.
Back in 1993 I drove non-stop from LA to Austin listening to nothing but this album "Eliminator" and Def Leopard the whole way. Made the run in 21 hours.
There's hardly a more iconic symbol of the early years of MTV than the ZZ Top Eliminator car. A fixture in several videos-including “Gimme All Your Lovin',” “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs”-the fire-engine red 1933 Ford coupe was the culmination of guitarist Billy Gibbons' lifelong fascination with hot rods.
My favorite groups are Grand Funk Railroad, ZZ Top, Marshall Tucker band, The Allman brothers, The Doobie brothers, Chicago, and Pink Floyd, all old school I'm going on 67 years old we had the bestimes and best music back in the 70s 80s and 90s.
Drive down an open road, no traffic , at dusk and listen to this song at around medium loud with the windows open and tell me how good this song is at that moment.
I was surprised to learn *ZZ TOP* was a much older band than I thought. I first discovered them, and these videos, in the early 1980s, thanks to MTV. They were on the soundtrack to the movie *_'Easy Rider' (1969)_* several years before.
You are just too cool. Talk about groovin'... You're the best! still find it amazing watching you see something for the first time that I saw a hundred times as a kid... Good old MTV
I've always wondered how they went from small town Texas boogie to the biggest band in the US with a Pop image and then back to small town Texas boogie. The orchestration was amazing - the image was a huge part of it. The videos are amzing in that they almost tell a story when put together. But the little things, like the dusters, the keys, the car, the little movements in unison, the fuzzy guitars etc. Totally not in line with a hard core Texas blue band. God I love the ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZs
In a brilliant move, they left room for a sequel, as he sees the car driving off. The story picks up in the video for "Sharp Dressed Man," where the guy is now a valet. Establishing the car and the girls as iconic images of ZZ Top helped them wow the younger generation. The car was so popular that Gibbons had another one made to take on tour.
I saw ZZ Top one time at the Lakeland Civic Center (FL) in March 1986, don't remember which night. Jimmy Barnes was the opening act. Fuzzy guitars were in effect.
There is a great picture of them playing a High School prom, after they were famous. They had promised to play and by god they played. Best prom band ever.
This is classic ZZ Top smooth jam man. ZZ Top never needed to overpower you with loud and heavy guitar rifts, they left it to the rhythm to move your soul
Remember going to W H Smith with my dad, he brought this album on vinyl, I remember thinking the car on the front was the coolest thing I'd even seen. Got home mum was out he put it on his B&O stereo with speakers the size of fridges, turned it up to 11, sounded amazing. Still love this song and album 35yrs later.
Billy Gibbons...Jamal has a very unique guitar tone ...its sulfury...plus he is real groovy and funky in his rythum....luv your reviews ...your hilarious..and you have a good time...Peace💗
i'm sure some one already mentioned it, but Frank Beard is the guy (of course) without the beard......they always had an interesting tongue-in-cheek sense of humor......the"same three guys, same three chords" was actually a zz top quote......directly from early 80's MTV, when so many bands were trying to invent what a "music video" was sposed to be, and you never knew what genre of music would be played next....couldn't wait to get home from junior high (sorry, middle school) and see which of my favorite bands put out a new song/video.....lol
In Mtv's early years ZZ Top liked for their videos to show a short white boy fantasy story where they are benevolent muses providing the music at a time when many videos were just concert footage. As a young white boy at the time, I loved them. I even had a ZZ keychain like in the videos. Their earlier "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is probably their best, but I believe was too early for video. Thanks for the review; it brings back memories!
Love how these 3 men celebrated being and enjoying being men. For a similar feel, try The Fabulous Thunderbirds.... especially Ain't That Tough Enough.
ZZ Topp was a Texas blues band in the 80s and transitioned to this unique, MTV friendly, kinda electronic dance blues sound in the 80s. These 80s songs are basically blues songs, but with an electronic dance beat up under.
The original line-up was formed in Houston and consisted of Gibbons, bassist/organist Lanier Greig,[12] and drummer Dan Mitchell.[12] The name of the band was Gibbons' idea. The band had a little apartment covered with concert posters and he noticed that many performers' names used initials. Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is going at the top" which brought him to "ZZ Top."[13]
I enjoyed your reaction ! Wow released on the 23/3/83 in London ! and just 47 days later I changed my whole life and moved from the heart of Inner London to the very edge of South East London and still live in that house I bought for £ 27,400 or $35,000 nearly 37 years later.....
Good that you watched the official video for this one. “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Legs” from the same album are kind of a trilogy. Worth watching the official videos for them, if not all the ones that exist from ZZ Top. But do those two next. They’re kind of related.
Just imagine.... this was the kind of music that was played all over the radio and TV back in the 80s. We had it so good when it came to music growing up in that decade.
My sentiments exact. Back before instant internet fame for talentless musicians with autotune vocalists. To be on the radio you had to have survived long enough to have put in your dues and EARNED the right to be on the air. This meant a combination of talent, dedication, and a bit of luck. Now it is mainly just luck.. everything else is done via computer.
Great music videos too. Most told a story. My personal favorite was Take On Me from the AHA's.
I couldn't agree more!! Those were the DAYS...👏👏👏
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They have been together for 50 years; the longest lasting rock band with all of the original members.
Next year will be 60 years that Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend been playing together with The Who. If Keith Moon & John Entwistle were still alive they would have ZZ -Top beat by almost 10 years lol.
Joshua Masserant the who formed in 1964. It’ll be 57 years next year.
I think ZZ Top still have their original manager as well.
Joshua Masserant yeah, but almost don't count.....
One of my favorite bar-bet/trivia questions!
Every man and 10 year old kid wanted that car in the 80s. Just a huge icon!
I had that keychain, lol...
What do you mean in the 80's? I still want one!
In the 80's..... I still want one!
The keychain was the closest I got
The car is Billy Gibbons; "Eliminator". most famous of his collection of customs
I like Cadzilla better.
dust hill and frank beard also were made cars from the same guyon account of the man didn't want to sell his own custom car the band even gave the man a blank check for it. lol or so the story goes. :)
I mean they made it the centerpiece and namesake of their most successful album, featured it in all its singles etc...
the 'eliminator' was inspired by 'the california kid'.
The "ZZ Top Shuffle" when they be dancin along to the music is probably my favorite thing about this video.
That's what you call Texas Blues.
They are so good. They get their own genre.
The days when people wanted their MTV. Long time ago now.
Back when MTV was good.
Back when MTV played music and wasn't political.
@@eddavis9704 Is it still airing?
Like I said in another video by this guy...When "MTV" was MTV!!!!!
I would love more than anything to have the old original MTV back! That is what it was supposed to be!
I remember one time ZZ Top was on The Tonight Show, and after they played the camera cut to Johnny Carson before the commercial break and he had a long beard on. This song and Sharp Dressed Man are my two favorites by them.
I remember that too! 🎵🎶💖💖🎶🎵
My first concert was ZZ Top back in the late eighties when I was just a kid. Haven't missed a show since. Some of the most entertaining stage shows I've ever seen.
Brings me back in time. This album was HUGE. still love it. Sharp Dressed Man, Legs and others on that album are also huge hits.
That might be one of the most famous cars ever, it's called the Eliminator
Why does nobody else think about think about thug thug thug from the illuminated that is oh my Lord that bass is a dude he's throwing that base in into the damn wall
I saw ZZ TOP in concert three times and they sound just like their CD. Great music and great videos.
Saw them live in all their bearded glory in the 80's & also saw them in the early 70's before they even had beards. Great show both times.
"Waitin' For the Bus" & "Jesus Just Left Chicago" should be next, Jamel. One song flows into the next. Great rock turns into low down old-fashioned blues. Both from their 1st album. You'd LOVE 'em!!💙
I saw them in Memphis Tn..1989
Nope "Jesus just left Chicago" and "Waitin' for the bus" was form Tres Hombres, ZZ Top's Third album. ZZ Top's First Album was real cool though.I would say ZZ Top's first 3 albums were their best.
Finally getting a chance to see them this summer. Other times either out of town or other crap.
4:59 "What'd they do to the man?" I'm not sure, be he looks oddly grateful. 🤣
You’ve got to back further than that my brotha, back into the ‘70’s, they’ll blow you away!
Technically Cheap Sunglasses is 1979.
John Campbell oh ok 👌. I was thinking more along the lines of albums such as ZZ Top’s First Album ( title of album), Tres Hombres, Tejas, and Rio Grande Mud.
@@GJRight That's why I phrased it that way and didn't say, "You're wrong." There was also a 3 year gap before Dequello. That's an easy one between the early and '80s sound, though that sound was recorded until Tejas.
John Campbell Yes Sir! Most people today only know songs like “Cheap Sunglasses” and all the hits of the 80’s and beyond. I grew up with their beginning albums in the early 70’s and the rest of the decade. Again, most people only know them from Billy Gibbons and Dust Hill’s long beards and don’t know them when they were sporting cowboy hats and and Frank Beard had the long hair. Again, you’re correct with Deguello being released in ‘79, the point I was trying to make for Mr. Jamel was to explore music from their first album all the way up to Tejas. Good, good, old Texas Rock N Roll from that little old band from Texas!
@@GJRight Pre-Eliminator, I only knew Tush, La Grange, Cheap Sunglasses and Thank You. It wasn't until "The ZZ Top 6 Pack" came out (which excluded Dequello) that I got to know the early stuff. Then I had to sell everything. But I got this little CD LP replicas set "The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990" pretty cheap. I am happy again.
"That fool's tired." The implication was that he'd dreamt the whole thing. And then after, that he hadn't.
But he has the keys so was it a dream
Yessah!! A little band with a big ol' sound that's been kickin it for a whole BUNCH of years! When you watch a live performance, you'll understand why. Can't wait!! Thanks for this, sir!
Awww yeh.... memories of teenage years, driving with this blasting out of the car. Like most other teenage boys at the time.
You got to do "Blue Jean Blues" Billy makes the guitar just cry.
An interesting fact,the drummers surname is beard! The only one without one lol. That car or references to it appear in all their videos
Frank!!! Lol
mikexxx11 sure is xxx
True statement
I once tried to grow a beard in London,England which was not easy as I was in Lake Tahoe at the time.....
Well that saved me a comment. Was just stopping by to thrill people with that one :D
I think this was mid 80s? I know I was young and my mom would make me turn off the video on VH1 because ‘those ladies aren’t dressed for church’ 🙄😂
1983 2 be exact pal eliminator album.
I saw them 4 times. '75, '77, '81 and '84. Each time was better than the one before. Rest well, Dusty. You entertained millions for years. You deserve peaceful rest.
"Just got paid today\Jesus just left Chicago!" ZZTop. Trust me ...you won't be disappointed!!!❤✌
Please react to that. They ain't nothing but a little old blues band from Texas
Yes!!! And "La Grange"
Definitely
Heard it on the X is another must hear ZZ Top
Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers nasty dogs and funky Kings listen to the base bowling on Thug that'll blow your speakers out you can't Crank that
"Waiting for the bus".....blues/hard rock masterpiece!!!!
You must react to ZZ TOP's "SHARP DRESSED MAN".
My fave ZZ Top song for sure, among many close though.
Y? Zzz top sucks. I love Jamals videos either way though
@@matthewcullinane4655 Your opinion is invalid.
@@matthewcullinane4655 boooooo
It was 1980. Back when rock was king. I pity kids nowadays missing out on the GREAT music we grew up with! :)
Kenny Wayne Sheppard- Blue on Black. I guarantee you'll love that tune for sure..
If you do like southern rock and roll southern rock and roll that's just absolutely bone-jarring have you ever heard of a Blackfoot Blackfoot they've kind of song on their second album tom-cattin It's called Fox Chase Blackfoot oh my gosh to let me tell you that will mess you up
MTV back in the early 80's when it was actually a music video channel had this video of ZZ top.
Jamel him sleeping meant the whole vid was a dream. How bout some Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers?
"Woman In Love"
How about Free Fallin'- Tom Petty's and the Heartbreakers original masterpiece!😍🎵
Running down a dream!
Yeah, I think it was a dream.
Oh yeah!! Petty baby!!!
59 Now 23 when the first time I heard this tune . Best parties of my life . Still rocking to this and pissing off the neighbours . Thanks for the reminder of how lucky I was . Enjoy the channel .
“Tube snake boogie”, “Sharp dressed man”, “Sleeping bag”, pleeease! ❤️🤘🏼✌️
Yes! Yes! Absolutely!!!
...also, "Pearl Necklace", "Nationwide", there are so many..."Under Pressure" is my fav
Only ZZ Top would do tunes like that don't forget Tenfoot pole
Velcro fly
Back in the 80's. Some of the best years of my life. Love some ZZ Top. You gotta play Sharp Dressed Man.
would highly recommend a song called ‘Rough Boy’ by these guys a fave of mine 👍🏻👍🏻
Rough Boy video? I remember that video. Eliminator is turned into space car,correct me if I am wrong, Space Eliminator is getting a tune up and washing. I have to watch the video to be sure
Mine too.
I like "Stages" from the same era.
All over the radio and MTV back in the 80s. Hugely popular back then.
God you make me really feel old cuz I'm back when ZZ Top was playing Jesus Just Left Chicago I'm bad I'm Nationwide and dark sunglasses
Don't you mean "Cheap Sunglasses"
Yes my translator is picking up where I'm learning Russian
Lol I saw ZZ twice in the last 1.5 years. Still the best little band from Texas.
@@victorbradshaw9624 ah,ok
In that case, no harm done
Been a fan since 1973. Saw them in concert, followed ever since
ZZ Top is going on tour with Def Leppard this fall I believe. Should be a great show.
Yes I can verify. I heard a commercial here in Norfolk, VA for the same concert.
Nice! I'd rather see ZZ Top & Def Lep together than the Def Lep & Motley Crue tour
I was lucky enough to get to see them live about 10 years ago and they are still great!!!
Those goofy videos from the 80s are so fun. Keep doing them!
one of my ALL Time Favs Good Ol Southern Rock'n Roll
"Somebody had a long night"
Actually it was implied that the dude was dreaming that whole thing
Could've been dreaming because he had a long night. Lol
I love this song
Loving the reactions braddah. A quick one...
2 of the greatest guitar solos in the world are by ZZ Top. Interestingly enough on the same song. It's a long one but I highly recommend it.
ZZ Top - I Need You Tonight
Sadly, there is no official video, only the track, but it is so good that it doesn't need a video.
It was the 80,s. Maybe mid 80,s. I remember from my teenage years! ZZ Top was huge!
Jamal, I see folks requesting "Waitin For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" -- what you waiting for???
the bus
@@maidentallica Someone had to. :)
I was just thinking about that song!!🤔😁
yea,that
I saw ZZ Top with Nugent & Nazareth in 76..AWESOME show..
Who is the greatest guitar player of all time?
Everyone in the world: Jim Hendrix
Jim Hendrix: Billy Gibbons
He has said this about several guitar players as he was deeply humble off stage. Then again, no one asked him in the middle of a solo behind his head. Not so humble on stage.
Mark Knopfler and David Gilmour you mean.
Thing is, Hendrix and Gibbons have the exact same playing style. The only difference, the type of accents, where to use them and when. Small details, but that small detail made their styles unique to everyone else amd each other. This made Hendrix highly respect Gibbons. There one other that plays this same style, but incorporates his own unique accent: Josh Homme.
DammitCarl108 Excuse me but I think you meant SRV
@@habitualresistor9548 I see little in style in common between Jimi and Billy beyond the blues. And less with Josh.
ZZ Top "Tush"... easily one of the best rock and roll songs of ALL time!
I remember this video was huge back in the day on mtv.Time for some Muse reactions
Their CD one foot in the blues is great. Every song is great. Pure Texas blues.
Pic any song out on ZZ Top’s Album ( Tejas) . It’s Only Love, Arrested for driving blind, Pan Am high way blues. I believe that ZZ Top‘s best album.
Agreed.
1st album for me was their best.
Oh my gosh it's only love I haven't heard that in a while that's a good one there buddy I love that song Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers I'm bad I'm Nationwide Uno top-to-bottom I've heard all of ZZ Top from beginning middle and end it's kick ass if you like some bass from The Eliminator and also arrested for driving while blondes pretty pretty awful and if you're really Blues he's after the rain
If people if anybody like some southern rock and roll song at you probably haven't heard or haven't heard in awhile is block that's the name of the group Blaque fit bunch of rock and roll Southern Indian buddies they do a song that's called Fox Chase Blackfoot Fox Chase from the Tomcat I don't want to word oh my word
Jamal
Your reactions to ZZTOP has brought me back to my memories of my young adult years listening Top and other 80's music.
83 I think it was. Take a look at ZZ Top - “Sharped Dressed Man”.
Sharp that is. Freakin autocorrect tries to think for you.
Got to love that little old band from Texas
We need you to start digging in to Deep Purple as well, may I recommend Highway Star?
Oh hell yes
While not a blanket fan of all things ZZ Top I do love quite a few of their tunes. Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Doubleback, Gimme All Your Lovin..... jams. That said, I like their sound and would love to check out a show by them because they give off the vibe of putting on a rocking show.
"Look at those beards blowin' in the wind!"
Ironically, the only beard *not* blowing in the wind was drummer Frank Beard's beard, since Beard never had a beard.
That was always THE funniest irony about ZZ Top, 'were looking for a drummer, must be called Beard and not grow 1!:))
I love his facial reactions when the music starts playing, he is really feeling it ❤
React to "Sleeping Bag" by them
I haven't thought of that song in 30 years lol
@@cygnustsp I heard the song recently in the movie "I Tonya"
Back in 1993 I drove non-stop from LA to Austin listening to nothing but this album "Eliminator" and Def Leopard the whole way. Made the run in 21 hours.
Please react to the song nobody's fool by cinderella
Yes!
They had their hits all thru the 80 S. All of ZZ Top videos were comical. I remember it well.
Time for you to dig out seventies band, LITTLE FEAT, and REACT to song "Fat Man in the Bathtub" album: Waiting on Columbus
🎵🎶💖💖🎶🎵
Not a bad suggestion, both with a southern boogie flavor. "There's Fat Man, in the Bathtub, with the Blues"
Absolutely love Little Feat.... Dixie Chicken is my favorite! Hope Jamal checks them out!
@@immortalfae13 I also love Dixie Chicken, and Spanish Moon, be and Willin' 🎵🎶💖💖🎶🎵#LITTLEFEAT!!
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I think he should sit down to a big ol' bucket of "Dixie Chicken."
There's hardly a more iconic symbol of the early years of MTV than the ZZ Top Eliminator car. A fixture in several videos-including “Gimme All Your Lovin',” “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs”-the fire-engine red 1933 Ford coupe was the culmination of guitarist Billy Gibbons' lifelong fascination with hot rods.
React to zztop “Francine “.
Francine was written by Kenny Cordray, a Houston institution until he passed away in 2017.
The "Little Ol' Band from Texas". Rock legends.
My favorite groups are Grand Funk Railroad, ZZ Top, Marshall Tucker band, The Allman brothers, The Doobie brothers, Chicago, and Pink Floyd, all old school I'm going on 67 years old we had the bestimes and best music back in the 70s 80s and 90s.
Legs and sleeping bag are another two good ZZ Top songs. That car was beautiful in person. Saw it at a car show in the 80s.
This song played on MTV every 5 minutes back in the day. I request 'Heard It on the X'. That's some rock history you should know.
Drive down an open road, no traffic , at dusk and listen to this song at around medium loud with the windows open and tell me how good this song is at that moment.
You have me CRACKING UP at your commentary!!! ❤️ The 80s were great.
I was surprised to learn *ZZ TOP* was a much older band than I thought. I first discovered them, and these videos, in the early 1980s, thanks to MTV. They were on the soundtrack to the movie *_'Easy Rider' (1969)_* several years before.
1983. I was 11 and their videos were on nonstop MTV rotation. MTV...back then they actually played videos.
You are just too cool. Talk about groovin'...
You're the best!
still find it amazing watching you see something for the first time that I saw a hundred times as a kid...
Good old MTV
I've always wondered how they went from small town Texas boogie to the biggest band in the US with a Pop image and then back to small town Texas boogie. The orchestration was amazing - the image was a huge part of it. The videos are amzing in that they almost tell a story when put together. But the little things, like the dusters, the keys, the car, the little movements in unison, the fuzzy guitars etc. Totally not in line with a hard core Texas blue band. God I love the ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZs
ZZ Top always seemed laid back. Right in the groove no need to rush.
The songs that have an iconic riff or hook.
In a brilliant move, they left room for a sequel, as he sees the car driving off. The story picks up in the video for "Sharp Dressed Man," where the guy is now a valet. Establishing the car and the girls as iconic images of ZZ Top helped them wow the younger generation. The car was so popular that Gibbons had another one made to take on tour.
I saw ZZ Top one time at the Lakeland Civic Center (FL) in March 1986, don't remember which night. Jimmy Barnes was the opening act. Fuzzy guitars were in effect.
There is a great picture of them playing a High School prom, after they were famous. They had promised to play and by god they played. Best prom band ever.
That car became their trademark- It was featured in a bunch of their videos from this era, and on at least two album covers.
"Just Got Paid" Classic ZZ from '72. You won't be sorry.
This is classic ZZ Top smooth jam man. ZZ Top never needed to overpower you with loud and heavy guitar rifts, they left it to the rhythm to move your soul
That car is inside the rock and roll hall of fame now in Cleveland. Awesome!
Remember going to W H Smith with my dad, he brought this album on vinyl, I remember thinking the car on the front was the coolest thing I'd even seen. Got home mum was out he put it on his B&O stereo with speakers the size of fridges, turned it up to 11, sounded amazing. Still love this song and album 35yrs later.
zztop the GODFATHERS of Texas Blues Rock, SRV is the GodFather of modern Texas Blues
ZZ TOP .
Zig Zag rolling papers,
TOP rolling papers , hence
ZZ TOP
REST IN PEACE DUSTY HILL 🎶🎵🎶🎵
I love watching yours (and other's) "Reactions" ... nice to see y'all liking our Texas boys ZZ Top. 😃
Billy Gibbons...Jamal has a very unique guitar tone ...its sulfury...plus he is real groovy and funky in his rythum....luv your reviews ...your hilarious..and you have a good time...Peace💗
i'm sure some one already mentioned it, but Frank Beard is the guy (of course) without the beard......they always had an interesting tongue-in-cheek sense of humor......the"same three guys, same three chords" was actually a zz top quote......directly from early 80's MTV, when so many bands were trying to invent what a "music video" was sposed to be, and you never knew what genre of music would be played next....couldn't wait to get home from junior high (sorry, middle school) and see which of my favorite bands put out a new song/video.....lol
In Mtv's early years ZZ Top liked for their videos to show a short white boy fantasy story where they are benevolent muses providing the music at a time when many videos were just concert footage. As a young white boy at the time, I loved them. I even had a ZZ keychain like in the videos. Their earlier "Jesus Just Left Chicago" is probably their best, but I believe was too early for video. Thanks for the review; it brings back memories!
Ah. Getting into some of the music that helped shape my musical tastes. Been a ZZ Top fan since I was little.
Love how these 3 men celebrated being and enjoying being men. For a similar feel, try The Fabulous Thunderbirds.... especially Ain't That Tough Enough.
ZZ Topp was a Texas blues band in the 80s and transitioned to this unique, MTV friendly, kinda electronic dance blues sound in the 80s. These 80s songs are basically blues songs, but with an electronic dance beat up under.
The original line-up was formed in Houston and consisted of Gibbons, bassist/organist Lanier Greig,[12] and drummer Dan Mitchell.[12]
The name of the band was Gibbons' idea. The band had a little apartment covered with concert posters and he noticed that many performers' names used initials. Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is going at the top" which brought him to "ZZ Top."[13]
The groovin' is a signature move of theirs!
I enjoyed your reaction !
Wow released on the 23/3/83 in London ! and just 47 days later I changed my whole life and moved from the heart of Inner London to the very edge of South East London and still live in that house I bought for £ 27,400 or $35,000 nearly 37 years later.....
Good that you watched the official video for this one. “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Legs” from the same album are kind of a trilogy. Worth watching the official videos for them, if not all the ones that exist from ZZ Top. But do those two next. They’re kind of related.
1983. This is from their best selling album Eliminator. The official videos to Sharp Dressed Man and Legs are classics too.