I’m an old Texas woman, 58, love ZZ Top! Lil ol band from Texas are awesome! I respectfully ask that you react to Allman Brothers Whippin Post and Soulshine! You won’t be disappointed I promise! Trust me on this! New sub
ZZ Top was on of my first concerts I ever went to and they were just as nasty as they were back in the 70's. Played a lot of old stuff that would just punch you in the face with some downright nasty guitar licks. Amazing band.
My brother in law helped RK and Billy build the "master of sparks" , It was a large round roll cage with a seat in the middle . At night we would go out to Jack Rabbit rd. out off Highway 6 just northwest of the city limits of Houston and watch them strap people inside the steel ball , put it on the back of a Ford flatbed , go about 70mph and push it off . And yes , it was the master of sparks .
“Well I’d be riding on that bus till I Cadillac “.....always loved that line. Must admit being a blues lover having first heard these guys on AOR in the early seventies. I always loved their blues interpretations with that Texas funk added for flavor.
ZZ Top is almost painfully good stuff, innit? 😃 Your new set up: I love that it gives you room to move, as the music requires.💃 I don't so much like the straight on vs the quarter angle you had. We could see you face better before, and lordy your face is expressive. Straight on, the glare on your glasses, and shade of your hat hide your eyes. We want every drop of those feels. 😍
My favorite thing about pretty much any zz top reaction everyone gets to moving and anyone that knows blues gets some kinda stank face.......that proves what kinda power they have as a band
I guess I've been spoiled. Growing up listening to 🎵 music from the 60's and 70's, l've not moved away much from that genre. I expect the 🎶 music I would buy or listen to be as good or at least be able to compete with that era. I like Chris Stapleton, but other than him, there have been very few. I'm not a musical snob, it's just what I'm accustomed to. Glad to see young people listening to and appreciating it. 💕 love your reactions!
Mexican Blackbird, La Grange, Gotsta get paid, Just Got Paid Tush, Hot Blue and Righteous, Blue Jean Blues, I'm Bad I'm Nation Wide, Heard it on the X, and I cannot believe no one has recommended Toobe Snage Boogie yet 😬
That little band from Texas did turn a little more mainstream in the 80s, but turned back to the great stuff (cause even their worst song is still the good stuff). Check out Gotsta Get Paid where they took a local Houston rappers song and gave it the ZZ Top treatment.
@@raymondproseus6923 We don't get to pick what introduced us to ZZ Top, or most bands, really, any more than we get to pick our parents. I have no problem with any artist doing some "mainstream" stuff to pay the bills. Michaelangelo may be most famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but sculpting was what he loved to do. He painted because it paid better.
Growing up in S. Texa, San Antonio actually. ZZ Topp was our Texas blues. Dusty had a short shaggy beard, barely covering his face. They wore cowboy boots, Jean's and usually a western style button up shirt. Check out their Fandango Album Cover. Then they changed their Texas image and went where the money was MTV and mainstream with the new radio friendly songs , LEGS, Cheap Sunglasses, Nationwide. To me those songs were sing along songs. Not guitar picking and bass lines you hear in their early stuff. When they were a little ole band from Texas. With their 80's stuff, the had to use backtracking in the live shows, because they were overdubbing Billy's guitar for the rythm and the lead to sound right as the studio version. If you've seen a ZZ Topp concert, and they're playing Legs or any song after they went mainstream, the song is played exactly the way the record is recorded. Just saying! I'm not saying the sold those of us out. The boys busted their asses and made a financial decision anyone including me would make. But to me their early stuff is raw and real!
I'm here in New Orleans with Jesus, We're working from one end to the other and all points in between. TCB'ing. Yea you right. Give their cover of Sam and Dave's "I Thank You" a listen. I know you'll enjoy it.
I saw these cats at the Beacon Theatre in NYC a few years back....They still got it...plus Billy Gibbons the singer/guitarist came into the bookstore in the City I work at. He apparently bought a book on relationships. But Billy ....every girl crazy bout a sharp dessed man ;)
Loved the reaction, man I grew up on this, leaening to play ZZ Top stuff was awesome!! I was 14 when it came out, and in Houston where they came from. Good stuff!
Netflix has a great docu on the band... from their teens and early stuff to how that sound was made. 'They turned the blues into party music'. Best description.
Thanks for the In Search Of reference, was a great show, enjoyed the reaction. Would suggest checking out Robin Trower, blues/rock guitarist, Day of the Eagle, Bridge of Sighs or Too Rolling Stoned.
Tres Hombre came out in 73 and was recorded in Memphis TN. with the help of a small little record co out of Muscle Shoals Al. that had that Muscle Shoals Blues sound that is famous around the world in the music community. Check out the documentary on TH-cam about Muscle Shoals Blues. It's long but great. 👍
Saw ZZ Top three times in the 70's and 80's, the '77 show was the best one, they just took over and had fun. They played these songs at all three shows. And the '77 show was the best one.
Without Blues there wouldn't be Rock. I remember doing a book report on Robert Johnson and the Mississippi delta blues in highschool in the early 90s. Love that music, without out you wouldn't have The Beatles The Who, The Rolling Stones Aerosmith , AC DC and every rock group after them.
One of the best blues songs you will ever here is by ZZ TOP, Sure got cold after the Rain fell, 1970, it's a beautiful blues song, i believe that you will love it!!
Can I just point out that Jimi Hendrx said his favorite gutiar player was Billy Gibbons (who used to play for him in the studio in the mid to late 60s)?
BOBBYLEE FROM TEXAS, when this album came out I was in Weatherford, Texas in High School, everybody had this 8 track in the cars and album in the House. That little ole band from Texas , yes sir .
Amazing group, great choice! Love later ZZ Top stuff, but the early songs were dope. My initial experience with their music: was shopping for 8 track tapes (around 1973, yeah, I'm old), and thought the name / cover looked interesting, so purchased "Rio Grande Mud". Turned out the label was wrong, it was actually the music from "Tres Hombres", which I never regretted, as it became one of my favorite albums of all time. Have also seen them twice in concert - 1st time 1975 as opening act for Blue Oyster Cult - the thing that amazed me at the time, was that they had the "cowboy off the ranch look" with the big hats, and were playing this amazing bluesy rock. Also saw them last fall on their 50th anniversary tour, still rocking it out (and with the sunglasses look, they're either trying to avoid the stage lights and/or hide the look of their age). Read that they are each worth about $70M, so I think they've done all right.
Totally enjoy ZZ Top! Funky blues :) I must say that I think it is cool that you are changing up your "area" but i did miss seeing your facial expressions. It was a bit blurry...maybe the green? Anyways, thanks again for a great song and response :) !
Drama. I toured with ZZ in 1976 for a few weeks on the World Wide Texas Tour during Christmas Break in Texas. Man, you need to check out Netflix to see that tour. Listen to Tush and Blue Jean Blues.
Been listening to this for a long time and you can tell this is vinyl. The remix crap you hear on the radio doesn't give you the true sound that was intended for the LISTENER
Clearly It would have been the next bus, not the one Jesus left on 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 duh! I'm special!!!!!
DramaSydETV We love ya anyway brother Mike 🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🎙🎧🎙🎧
But if you been waitin' on the bus all day, you woulda seen that one too, right?
The boys done took you to church.
Check out "Blue Jean Blues" ..,
When Jimi Hendrix says someone else is the best guitarist he ever saw we should listen. Enter ZZ Top.
Billy Gibbons has never played a bad note in his life...ever
I prefer their older stuff like this to their eighties stuff.
Because you have taste
Absolutely! When I introduce people to their 70’s stuff they are blown away.
Agreed.
Craig, no harm intended, but this is the older stuff, this is a decade older than what you are talking about,, figel
"You don't have to worry, cause takin' care of business is His name...."
Tuff right
All this funk and blues coming from 2 dirty looking bearded guys & a drummer without a beard whose last name is Beard. LOL
Funny story about those beards. Watch the Documentary on them on Netflix. You wouldn't recognize Billy or Dusty when they were young. Prebeard.
Love them both. Waitin' for the bus is some of the meanest rock n roll there is. If you haven't done it you have to do "Just got paid"
The blackest white boys in rock n' soul. Thick funkified fresh fire! Mercy!
nice
Stay with 1970’s ZZ Top, it’s their best work. Many great song choices to react to.
I’m an old Texas woman, 58, love ZZ Top! Lil ol band from Texas are awesome! I respectfully ask that you react to Allman Brothers Whippin Post and Soulshine! You won’t be disappointed I promise! Trust me on this! New sub
ZZ Top was on of my first concerts I ever went to and they were just as nasty as they were back in the 70's. Played a lot of old stuff that would just punch you in the face with some downright nasty guitar licks. Amazing band.
Same here in Charlotte, NC tour w/ Cheap Trick....Great Show
So much blues it sounds funky, yes try"blue jean blues","I thank you","heard it on the x" ZZ Top rocks period.
These two songs became one because of an editing mistake and they decided they liked it. Happy accidents!!
Oh Yes, ZZ TOP - Fool For Your Stockings, Brown Sugar, and Blue Jean Blues 🔥🔥🔥
Love the old 70s ZZ Top classics. Tres Hombres, great album!
Had on 33 today....thank you
1 of my favorite vinyl 33 1/3..
I bet if you hear "La Grange" by ZZ Top, you'll say I've heard this. One of the most familiar guitar licks in rock history.
I'm crazy about ZZ Top, but hadn't heard this one before...thanks so much for this one!
Their 70's albums are pretty great if you are into bluesy rock
Wow! That's crazy. Lol
You've never heard the LaGrange album (Tres Amigos)? It's Billy's best work imo.
Sorry Michelle, if you're crazy about ZZ, you HAVE heard this before. You ain't crazy.
Michelle! Girl! You need to get INTO it! So much goodness! 😎👊✌️
this music colored the background of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus Just Left Chicago is nasty, always one of my favorite Top tracks
My brother in law helped RK and Billy build the "master of sparks" , It was a large round roll cage with a seat in the middle . At night we would go out to Jack Rabbit rd. out off Highway 6 just northwest of the city limits of Houston and watch them strap people inside the steel ball , put it on the back of a Ford flatbed , go about 70mph and push it off . And yes , it was the master of sparks .
That's why Billy Gibbons was Jimi Hendrix Favorite Guitarist.
Nobody believes me when I say that. Can't remember where I read that at. Do you?
And Terry Kath
Myth. He supposedly said the same thing about Clapton, Rory Gallegher and others. Myth.
“Well I’d be riding on that bus till I Cadillac “.....always loved that line. Must admit being a blues lover having first heard these guys on AOR in the early seventies. I always loved their blues interpretations with that Texas funk added for flavor.
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide, and Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings. Both by ZZ Top
ZZ Top is almost painfully good stuff, innit? 😃
Your new set up: I love that it gives you room to move, as the music requires.💃
I don't so much like the straight on vs the quarter angle you had. We could see you face better before, and lordy your face is expressive. Straight on, the glare on your glasses, and shade of your hat hide your eyes. We want every drop of those feels. 😍
thanks for the feedback, this isn't the final destination, this was a tester, i like some things some things i do not, i'm gonna keep working it!!!
@@DramaSydETV Amen to every drop of what Karen D wrote.....oh yeah!
Again, and again...never enough....Vibe
My favorite thing about pretty much any zz top reaction everyone gets to moving and anyone that knows blues gets some kinda stank face.......that proves what kinda power they have as a band
SAW THEM TOO in the "70's"!!! AWESOME THREE PIECE BAND!! 🔥🎸🐐😁🔥🎸🐐😁
I guess I've been spoiled. Growing up listening to 🎵 music from the 60's and 70's, l've not moved away much from that genre. I expect the 🎶 music I would buy or listen to be as good or at least be able to compete with that era. I like Chris Stapleton, but other than him, there have been very few. I'm not a musical snob, it's just what I'm accustomed to. Glad to see young people listening to and appreciating it. 💕 love your reactions!
Mexican Blackbird, La Grange, Gotsta get paid, Just Got Paid Tush, Hot Blue and Righteous, Blue Jean Blues, I'm Bad I'm Nation Wide, Heard it on the X, and I cannot believe no one has recommended Toobe Snage Boogie yet 😬
Tube Snake Boogie
you forgot brown sugar
Cheap sunglasses, Pearl neckless, Party on the patio, Heads in Mississippi
Broke out this 33 today...all good... my neighbors down the street on their porch loved
That little band from Texas did turn a little more mainstream in the 80s, but turned back to the great stuff (cause even their worst song is still the good stuff). Check out Gotsta Get Paid where they took a local Houston rappers song and gave it the ZZ Top treatment.
Yeah, even the mechanized stuff is pretty good.
I grew up on their 80s stuff; mainstream or not, it holds a special place in my heart.
@@raymondproseus6923 We don't get to pick what introduced us to ZZ Top, or most bands, really, any more than we get to pick our parents. I have no problem with any artist doing some "mainstream" stuff to pay the bills. Michaelangelo may be most famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but sculpting was what he loved to do. He painted because it paid better.
Love the reaction - when they asked Jimmy Hendrix who was the best up and coming guitar player he said "Billy Gibbons" nuff said!
6:02 "and all points in between" sung in imitation of the way bus station announcements would have sounded back in the day.
Growing up in S. Texa, San Antonio actually. ZZ Topp was our Texas blues. Dusty had a short shaggy beard, barely covering his face. They wore cowboy boots, Jean's and usually a western style button up shirt. Check out their Fandango Album Cover.
Then they changed their Texas image and went where the money was MTV and mainstream with the new radio friendly songs , LEGS, Cheap Sunglasses, Nationwide. To me those songs were sing along songs. Not guitar picking and bass lines you hear in their early stuff. When they were a little ole band from Texas. With their 80's stuff, the had to use backtracking in the live shows, because they were overdubbing Billy's guitar for the rythm and the lead to sound right as the studio version. If you've seen a ZZ Topp concert, and they're playing Legs or any song after they went mainstream, the song is played exactly the way the record is recorded. Just saying!
I'm not saying the sold those of us out. The boys busted their asses and made a financial decision anyone including me would make. But to me their early stuff is raw and real!
I'm here in New Orleans with Jesus, We're working from one end to the other and all points in between. TCB'ing. Yea you right. Give their cover of Sam and Dave's "I Thank You" a listen. I know you'll enjoy it.
ZZ Top was my 1st concert at age 11 in 1986. I got hooked on their 80's jams and then got even more hooked on their 70's jams. Truly phenomenal band.
Many years ago they played in a small club where I live, Port Neches, Texas. I've loved them since. Keep on with your true that reactions.
SAW THEM LIVE 3 TIMES,
ABSOLUTELY KICK ASS 🔥🔥
I saw these cats at the Beacon Theatre in NYC a few years back....They still got it...plus Billy Gibbons the singer/guitarist came into the bookstore in the City I work at. He apparently bought a book on relationships. But Billy ....every girl crazy bout a sharp dessed man ;)
These are my favorite ZZ Top songs, it doesn’t get any better than this.
I just saw a documentary of them on Netflix. Loved it!!!
Such a great song, that groove is nasty. Love me some ZZ
'Goodness Gracious, C'mon man!'....haha, hysterical...love it
ZZ TOP Live at Rockpalast 1980! An hour of the funkiest blues you will ever hear.
Loved the reaction, man I grew up on this, leaening to play ZZ Top stuff was awesome!! I was 14 when it came out, and in Houston where they came from. Good stuff!
You just opened Pandora's box!
I love seeing people discover (the enormous genre of all subgenres) classic rock!
Oh my god! Your reaction is exactly how I reacted the first time I heard this jam.😀
Thank you for your service, we need you right now! ✌️
Netflix has a great docu on the band... from their teens and early stuff to how that sound was made. 'They turned the blues into party music'. Best description.
Thanks for the In Search Of reference, was a great show, enjoyed the reaction. Would suggest checking out Robin Trower, blues/rock guitarist, Day of the Eagle, Bridge of Sighs or Too Rolling Stoned.
There is so much blues it’s funky!!!
You damn right it’s funky brother!
Saw them live a few times in the seventies, only band ever to sound like their records on stage
Tres Hombre came out in 73 and was recorded in Memphis TN. with the help of a small little record co out of Muscle Shoals Al. that had that Muscle Shoals Blues sound that is famous around the world in the music community. Check out the documentary on TH-cam about Muscle Shoals Blues. It's long but great. 👍
Great reaction !! Thanks for the jam!! Took me back to another space and time!! Peac and love to all people. Be safe and healthy!!
Their first three albums are kick ass blues! Thanks for playing them brother
Can’t go wrong with any ZZTop hit! They make you feel good!
🤘🎸 Billy Gibbons 😎
ill be ridin on the bus till I Cadillac...that line. this groove. damn.
I. COULD drop on turntable but I be here
love that, the transition, the anticipation...
Glad you took the time on this one. Thought you might like this trip.
Saw ZZ Top three times in the 70's and 80's, the '77 show was the best one, they just took over and had fun. They played these songs at all three shows. And the '77 show was the best one.
Yes agreed!
These boys had some serious funk and groove to their hard rockin' blues. The albums "Fandango" and "Deguello" both contain some fantastic grooves.
Ooooh they are so fun to see live! They still rock it like in the old days .
ZZ Top will always take you for one hell of a ride!
Just a kick ass killer track. Pure and simple!
Man, you are digging in the gems of my youth. So much more to discover
William Fredrick Gibbons ladies and gentlemen!! The GOAT!!
Nice reaction! Glad you’re able to appreciate all forms of music, after all, music heals the soul!
Play some of this in Church and I might even show up on Sunday.
Without Blues there wouldn't be Rock. I remember doing a book report on Robert Johnson and the Mississippi delta blues in highschool in the early 90s. Love that music, without out you wouldn't have The Beatles The Who, The Rolling Stones Aerosmith , AC DC and every rock group after them.
Stanktified guitar break right there!
One of the best blues songs you will ever here is by ZZ TOP, Sure got cold after the Rain fell, 1970, it's a beautiful blues song, i believe that you will love it!!
Welcome to Texas "White Boys" Funk ! Can yu hear all the old blues musical influence?
It starts funky Chicago and finishes straight Delta blues
Another favorite of mine, thanks for doing this Drama!
and to quote, "them boys is funky."
Can I just point out that Jimi Hendrx said his favorite gutiar player was Billy Gibbons (who used to play for him in the studio in the mid to late 60s)?
Lovein till this day...have safe trip
That's charisma!
Just wanted to say...… HEY! and Have Mercy!
Blues is the only music that gives you more from Less.
1:55 Best description of ZZ TOP I've ever heard. Its all about the VIBE
BOBBYLEE FROM TEXAS, when this album came out I was in Weatherford, Texas in High School, everybody had this 8 track in the cars and album in the House. That little ole band from Texas , yes sir .
Jimi Hendrix admired Billy Gibbons guitar playing
Yep, they would show each other licks.
Curt Marsh There’s a lot of this period of Billy’s sound on Jimi’s ‘Cry of Love’ album. It’s pretty clear he thought highly of him.
Love your reactions!
“In search of” classic! Love that comment! Keep keeping on bro
Amazing group, great choice! Love later ZZ Top stuff, but the early songs were dope. My initial experience with their music: was shopping for 8 track tapes (around 1973, yeah, I'm old), and thought the name / cover looked interesting, so purchased "Rio Grande Mud". Turned out the label was wrong, it was actually the music from "Tres Hombres", which I never regretted, as it became one of my favorite albums of all time. Have also seen them twice in concert - 1st time 1975 as opening act for Blue Oyster Cult - the thing that amazed me at the time, was that they had the "cowboy off the ranch look" with the big hats, and were playing this amazing bluesy rock. Also saw them last fall on their 50th anniversary tour, still rocking it out (and with the sunglasses look, they're either trying to avoid the stage lights and/or hide the look of their age). Read that they are each worth about $70M, so I think they've done all right.
The one and only ZZTop one of the best bands ever
My old man turned me on to this album when I was a teenager
Totally enjoy ZZ Top! Funky blues :) I must say that I think it is cool that you are changing up your "area" but i did miss seeing your facial expressions. It was a bit blurry...maybe the green? Anyways, thanks again for a great song and response :) !
Great big sound from "a little ole band from Texas." 3 people is all it has ever been and the same 3 guys is all it will ever be.
ZZ top wrote all there songs about woman. They are the real deal and try "My blue jeans" . So much blues and soul. Rock on!
Love the New Look 👀, they gettin down with the get down 🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🎤🎸🎤🎸🎙🎤🎸🎙
That GROOVE just rite lol!!!!!!
Love that bass
HEY MAN! For real, listen to the rest of the album, it gets so fucking psychedelic and heavy!
Excellent reaction!
Drama. I toured with ZZ in 1976 for a few weeks on the World Wide Texas Tour during Christmas Break in Texas. Man, you need to check out Netflix to see that tour. Listen to Tush and Blue Jean Blues.
Been listening to this for a long time and you can tell this is vinyl. The remix crap you hear on the radio doesn't give you the true sound that was intended for the LISTENER
It is two songs that play together.