Brian Conolly - The ONLY rocker who could pull off yellow slacks and shirt with a vest sweater and still look cool. The 70's were the best. So glad I was a teen back then.
You could have made Brian wear a monk's habit, covered him with kitchen rags or washcloths on the floor, put a chamber pot on his head, and a rubbish bag for a shirt, and he would have looked damn good all the time...enough to make any male fashion magazine model jealous...❤😂
Sweet was a great band who deserves much, much more accolades then they get. You couldn't find a better drummer than Mick Tucker , plus all four had lead voice qualities. Just a great band . One of my favorites as a youth , and they still are.
@sMansGuitars Chapman and Chinn wrote ' Sugar Sugar' (later done by ' The Archies' cartoon band) for them I think and Sweet thought it a step WAAY too far for who the band really was (after little willy 🙄🙄🙄🙄) - I bought their singles for the B sides mainly ( still have them) Burn on the Flame was just the best th-cam.com/video/Ql-qofNdtbE/w-d-xo.html
52 years ago. Who's still listening in 2019? (now 2020!) (now 2021) (now 2022) (now 2023) (now 2024) Loyal Sweet fans will listen to this song for Decades.
Brings tears to my eyes to think that 3 out of four of this legendary band are no longer with us. I went through several records due to being overplayed. What a fun and great band. Great time to be alive.
This was the first record I ever bought. I was 10 maybe. It was a "45" with Man from Mecca on the "B" side. Still have it. It's got a crack in it so it pops every time the needle hits it. Still sounds better than some of today's crap.
I've been obsessed with The Sweet since I was 13, I'm pushing 56 and more obsessed than ever. Ridiculously underrated and underappreciated they live on in my heart and mind forever. You guys have etched a deep groove in my mind forever. Good night Brian & boys with all my love.
Some things are good immortalized. ^^ I am two generations younger, and have rocked to this music since I was in my preteens. :P Also- the video-game community has featured this song, so...time for a musical renaissance!
It's amazing that we can remember every word to every song we've listened to since we were 5, but we can't remember why we went in the kitchen. AmIRight? 😊 Anyway. sometimes I'll wake up with words to songs from when I was very little in my head, and this was the one I woke up with this morning. 😊 Thank you Sweet and TH-cam!
Totally agree Liz, I was 13 and know every word. But last week went in my garage to get a box. Buggered if I could remember when I got there. Lol. Old age I guess.. well 60 now, but feeling 13 still.. lol. X
I was LITERALLY 5 when I first heard this song. It had special meaning to me since my name is William. I just now found out that the band Sweet did this song plus other songs from my childhood. Memory is a strange thing
9/9/2023. My parents educated me about glam rock. They've always said that Sweet was one of the greatest bands of the 70's that nobody talks about. I love glam rock!
I saw them a couple of when they played the colleges. They ditched the commercial Chapman/Chinn stuff and played some of the best rock I've ever heard. Great band.
Theres a few modern bands that are capturing the 60s/70s pop style in their music. The Lemon Twigs are one of my favourite bands of all time and they're just kids, their new album is coming out in August
I have been enjoying this song since it first came out,and yes,I also wish the "music" today sounded like this.It is sad,that out of all of the different types of music we had,true rock and roll,was the one we lost.
@Mango Roxx I grew up listening to everything from Hank Williams,to Alice Cooper.Loved Johnny Cash,and Iron Butterfly equally.Still enjoy some of the music today,but sure do miss the music from back then.
We play Sweet at all family events. Everyone gets up to dance to Little Willy and Ballroom Blitz, my 87 mom leads us all on the dance floor. Our brother Roger just passed a few weeks ago and we all danced to Sweet in the parking lot at the funeral luncheon. He always kept us rockin....Love and miss you Rog!!!
And sex around every corner. Seriously people were having sex all over the place. Women were on the pill and if you caught anything all you needed was a shot. People didn't even talk or tell each other their names they just did it and split.
This song came out when I was about 10, just love it. I found it here on TH-cam about 2 months ago and decided to play it for my 2 grandkids who are 3 and 1. They loved it! We dance around the house and they’ll say, “Play it again, Grammy”! Such great memories!😃
Because of TH-cam I’m reliving my childhood! The 70s were the best time to grow up. With our current world turning upside down, it’s nice to escape and remember a simple, happier time.
My first favorite band when I was 6 or 7 years old, used to catch them on top of the pops in Holland as my Dad was stationed there in the Air Force in the early 70's, still listening to this day at 57, what a great band with a ton of great songs.
Always loved this song then in 2000 my grandson William was born and we called him Will or Willy. Well needless to say I've been singing this to him for the last 21 years. When I came across this video I got so excited and immediately sent it to him. He is serving in the United States Marines overseas and I'm always sending him things to keep him smiling and this certainly put a smile on his face! Thanks for the memories of my teenage years and for what your song means to me and my grandson!
Your story reminds me of this one, about a Marine with nine months or so left in his hitch. His mother sends him a postcard that "It's just like being pregnant again, nine more months and my baby will be home!" Naturally, her baby didn't get the postcard until after it'd been a day on the unit notice board! : )
This was one of a very few songs by The Sweet that got a decent amount of airplay in the US. I was in kindergarten in Detroit in 1973 when it was popular. My teacher bought the 45 and gave it to me.
Even though they had some success , this band was definitely underrated and somewhat ahead of their time . All the hair bands of the eighties and Def Leppard and Motley Crue owe these guys something if not a mention. I mean Sweet laid the groundwork for them.
raydeen1 Thank You ! Glad to know that. I wish I knew more . Life only holds so many hours. Read the story of Sweet. If it hasn't been done it would make a good film . Brian Connolly the lead singer really had a tough life but then again , he made his mark and for a brief period he got to sing and front a great band .
BigKing Bud Check out Louis Jordan and discover where Johnny B . Goode came from---- sort of . The great like Chuck Berry take their influences and repackage them with their inner psyches at work . It is only in retrospect,' which comes from being on the planet a long time, do we see it AND I am glad Zep won that Taurus lawsuit .
some success lol efff sake man your sleepin they made queen what they were lol its not glam rock they used glamrock as a stool to get them selves noticed cant you see even Jamaican music co co,pappa joe to get there music noticed.
I saw Sweet in concert back on June 4, 1978 in Providence, Rhode Island when I was 16 years old! Sweet was one band in a line up of 6 rock bands to perform on that day! Ticket price for the general admision show was $20.00 for a 12 hour show that also included the rock bands Foghat, Foreigner, Nazareth, The Atlanta Rhythm Section, and Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)! Simply spectacular show, and the 1970s was an simply great time to be a teenaged rock and roll music fan! And as for Sweet, they were totally Sweet!
Flashback to 1972, it brings back so much memories. The Sweet ran on every school party. I don't believe that you can listen today's music still after 50 years...
You litraly cannot beat this kind of music, just so uplifting no matter what mood your in.. Wish time travel was a thing ud see me in the middle of the crowd 😊
I was born in 63. I still listen to this at every opportunity. And most of the bands I grew up with. 60s & 70s were the BEST!! You had so many different genres back then.
yeah man!!! born in 1963 also!!! We grew up at the best time late 60's 70's and 80's WOW!!! everybody just got together and had fun everyone got along, this world today i just dont get it
When I was 5 years old this song came on the radio and it Rocked! My favorite song for years. My name was William and I wasn't taken shit from Nobody!!! Long live the Sweet!
And i was one of those who would not listen to "that kinda" music back then. Thought it was so NOISY compared to anything i heard up to then! My (younger) sister had all the tapes and the posters out of "Jackie" comic.. We stuck the posters to the ceiling (because all the walls were hung with large religious pictures in heavy frames. Not to be moved. In case the wall fell down with them.) Everything was grand until the selotape wore out on an A3 size poster of.. a popstar, possibly David Essex? And one dark night he fell down from the ceiling, on top of one of us while we were asleep. Oh the screams! 😱
This was the first Sweet song I heard, when I was about 9. It was their first big hit here in the US. They played it a lot at the skating rink. Now my 28 year old daughter loves it and thinks it's hilarious. It's a very addictive song!😎
Do you remember that this song (in the U.S.) didn't come out until about April '73? I didn't realize before it was already a hit in the U.K. the previous year.
@@robmcgowan4034 not sure why it was a hit the year before in the UK. According to Wikipedia, the song was released in the UK May 1972 and the States September 1972. Makes no difference to me, it was a great song and I really enjoyed it and the memories.
Just knew from my son that Steve Priest just passed away ...RIP...you are the best bassist in galaxy and the Sweet was the best glam rock in rock planet ,now the 3 men gonna meet and join together again in heaven..Brian ...Mick...and Steve RIP ...Hat off to you all in good memories you gave good Rock and Roll.
God bless them all. Surely one of the best rock bands that this country has ever produced. Been a part of the Punk Rock generation I never really got Glam Rock but I recognise Real Genius when I hear it and the Sweet had it in spades, iconic looks, masterful musicians, great vocals and outstanding songs that really did Rock. R.I.P Brian, Steve and Mick ❤❤❤
Those decades had a lot of great songs, I agree, but at the risk of being called a heretic, Little Willy isn't one of them. It's pretty corny even by early 70s standards. Sweet had much better singles.
Love this band. I remember when this was still on the top 40. Loved them all through my life, all the way through "Level Headed" One of the greatest glam rock bands ever!
RIP steve priest, there must be some party going on up there with the amount of singers we have lost, so sad Steve was so funny and a brilliant singer xx
Such a great song. The sweet was much bigger in America than the critics would have you think 🤔 . Everyone born from 1950 to 59 knew exactly who they were and loved them. Desolation Blvd is one of the best pop rock albums ever.
My sister bought this 45 when I was about 8 0r 9. I used to sneak in her room and play it when she wasn't home. I later inherited the record. I'm a writer and I named a character Willy because of this song. Man, I love so many of their songs but this was my introduction. The whole band is criminally underrated, particularly Mick Tucker, who was as good as it got.
OMG! Welcome to the 70's! So much fun!! Put on headphones and dance! Gone much too soon but never forgotten Rest in peace Mr.Brian Connolly and Mr.Mick Tucker
Rest in power Steve Priest. I was able to get his book "Are You Ready Steve" personally autographed with my name in it. I hoped that I'd get to see him in concert with his band when they were touring; it wasn't meant to be. When the band's Facebook page mentioned that Steve was moved from the hospital to a facility "better suited for his needs," it sounded like his health was failing--it already had been. Love to Brian, Mick and Steve.
Pointless in comparing them to other bands. Sweet were Sweet. They lived in their own musical world which will never die.
You gotta love their style
Dam right there
I love to blast this song while I ride my Harley-Davidson down the road.
You are so cool 👺
With your little willy aye
I do the same thing, but in the comfort of a 5 litre RS6.
Sweet is cool! 1972 I was five.
10 😂
6🎉
Just started my first job at 15
19
@@thorserehrmann8927 also - so great music
I'm 64 and still listening. Merry Christmas 2024
Right there with you! I am 57. Best memories!
Im 66 still love it
Happy New Year everyone!
Seldom did a group have four members that all had interesting and fun personalities like Sweet....Something very special always about The Sweet.
You can't beat glam rock. These were fabulous. 60s and 70s unbeatable
You can beat it but depends on your taste
it is just noise
Fun noise🎉
Brian Conolly - The ONLY rocker who could pull off yellow slacks and shirt with a vest sweater and still look cool. The 70's were the best. So glad I was a teen back then.
Me too we had the best years in the 60s and 70s
We used to call them (vest sweaters) Tank Tops. Really common in the 70s and then they just seemed to disappear.
And the guitarist and bassist are the only one who could pull of hot pants and pigtails 😅
You could have made Brian wear a monk's habit, covered him with kitchen rags or washcloths on the floor, put a chamber pot on his head, and a rubbish bag for a shirt, and he would have looked damn good all the time...enough to make any male fashion magazine model jealous...❤😂
@@silviazanicotti5054 I'm bi, and they were dead sexy.
One of my favorites.
1998年当時中３の自分は体育祭のチアガールやってて、70年代音楽にもはまってたからこの曲でみんなでチアした思い出のつまった曲。この曲を聴くだけで当時の校庭の匂いや温度、友達の笑い声、応援団の熱い声援、全てが甦ります。
Sweet was a great band who deserves much, much more accolades then they get. You couldn't find a better drummer than Mick Tucker , plus all four had lead voice qualities. Just a great band . One of my favorites as a youth , and they still are.
Idk man, Francesco Paoli seems to put a lot more in to drums than Mr Tucker.
@sMansGuitars Chapman and Chinn wrote ' Sugar Sugar' (later done by ' The Archies' cartoon band) for them I think and Sweet thought it a step WAAY too far for who the band really was (after little willy 🙄🙄🙄🙄) - I bought their singles for the B sides mainly ( still have them) Burn on the Flame was just the best th-cam.com/video/Ql-qofNdtbE/w-d-xo.html
This was one of the songs I butchered growing up .😅
0@sMansGuitars
The good old days 😂 when Jimmy Saville was on the prowl, Gary Glitter and then you have this pure cancer 😂😂
52 years ago. Who's still listening in 2019? (now 2020!) (now 2021) (now 2022) (now 2023) (now 2024) Loyal Sweet fans will listen to this song for Decades.
I was born in 1994 and I love The Sweet!
Still listening in 2019.
Alan Finlayson me,,every time I come back from work👌👌👌
I just loved the B sides👍
@@Pete90125 im still listening
Brings tears to my eyes to think that 3 out of four of this legendary band are no longer with us. I went through several records due to being overplayed. What a fun and great band. Great time to be alive.
I have the same feelings, when I listen to the great music or read stories of Sweet. They were the greatest and underestimated.
One of my favorite bands to skate at the old skating rink. Such great times.
skate to
This was the first record I ever bought. I was 10 maybe. It was a "45" with Man from Mecca on the "B" side. Still have it. It's got a crack in it so it pops every time the needle hits it. Still sounds better than some of today's crap.
Very possible that Brian May and Freddie Mercury got a lot of their musical inspiration from Sweet.
I've been obsessed with The Sweet since I was 13, I'm pushing 56 and more obsessed than ever. Ridiculously underrated and underappreciated they live on in my heart and mind forever. You guys have etched a deep groove in my mind forever. Good night Brian & boys with all my love.
golden earring was also in that group too.
Give us a wink !!
AMY JO FISCHER my fave band when I was in junior high!
The mid 70s was a great era for music and Sweet were the best of the UK glam rock bands around at that time.
Some things are good immortalized. ^^ I am two generations younger, and have rocked to this music since I was in my preteens. :P Also- the video-game community has featured this song, so...time for a musical renaissance!
It's amazing that we can remember every word to every song we've listened to since we were 5, but we can't remember why we went in the kitchen. AmIRight? 😊
Anyway. sometimes I'll wake up with words to songs from when I was very little in my head, and this was the one I woke up with this morning. 😊 Thank you Sweet and TH-cam!
Totally agree Liz, I was 13 and know every word. But last week went in my garage to get a box. Buggered if I could remember when I got there. Lol. Old age I guess.. well 60 now, but feeling 13 still.. lol. X
Elizabeth Clothier
Music does that to all of us,lol
I was LITERALLY 5 when I first heard this song. It had special meaning to me since my name is William. I just now found out that the band Sweet did this song plus other songs from my childhood. Memory is a strange thing
I would have been 6 years of age when 'Little Willy' was a hit in the UK. I always get great joy from listening to my childhood favourites !
Such a true comment...
Those hot pants are ace,he was a really funny ,intelligent and such a great bloke.Great record Sweet!
9/9/2023. My parents educated me about glam rock. They've always said that Sweet was one of the greatest bands of the 70's that nobody talks about. I love glam rock!
One of their best hits of the 1970s❤
I saw them a couple of when they played the colleges. They ditched the commercial Chapman/Chinn stuff and played some of the best rock I've ever heard. Great band.
And Glam rock loves YOU (and all of us)! Let's do the Al Green thing and stay together. Without the grits :D
Glam Rock before it was called Pop Rock lol
🤩
Probably showing my age, but God dang I wish pop music could sound like this again. Sweet is as fresh sounding now as they were back in my youth!
I totally agree. At least you can understand what they are singing......
Theres a few modern bands that are capturing the 60s/70s pop style in their music. The Lemon Twigs are one of my favourite bands of all time and they're just kids, their new album is coming out in August
Yep
I have been enjoying this song since it first came out,and yes,I also wish the "music" today sounded like this.It is sad,that out of all of the different types of music we had,true rock and roll,was the one we lost.
@Mango Roxx I grew up listening to everything from Hank Williams,to Alice Cooper.Loved Johnny Cash,and Iron Butterfly equally.Still enjoy some of the music today,but sure do miss the music from back then.
We play Sweet at all family events. Everyone gets up to dance to Little Willy and Ballroom Blitz, my 87 mom leads us all on the dance floor. Our brother Roger just passed a few weeks ago and we all danced to Sweet in the parking lot at the funeral luncheon. He always kept us rockin....Love and miss you Rog!!!
Sorry to hear about Roger but it's wonderful you honored him as he would have wanted. My niece wants us to play Brick House!
RIP Roger!!
Roger was dancing right there with you in the parking lot.
One thing for sure is that Roger had excellent music taste.
Awesome!
I first heard this in 1977 when I was 14 years old. It still puts a smile on my face!
Man what time to be young and having fun at that time. No phones, all vibes ✌🏻
And sex around every corner. Seriously people were having sex all over the place. Women were on the pill and if you caught anything all you needed was a shot. People didn't even talk or tell each other their names they just did it and split.
@@lennybuttz2162 that’s wild lol
I have been a fan since I was about 12, and I am 60 now.
I'm 66, I loved this song in Junior High School, and still do!
61 here
Got out my 72 year book, we all looked like that. WOW !
1973: These guys are awesome
2020: These guys are awesome
They're going to stay awesome forever
This song came out in 72
I agree with you 100%. Their music brings back wonderful memories of growing up in the 70's.
#AwesomeFoursome
RIP Brian, Mick and Steve
this level of talent is timeless.....sad that people take generations to realize what's lasting
yes
I always liked this band but I now just appreciate them alot more. They sound excellent live and they had alot of hits. Great band!
Another song I loved. I married and had my first child. I'm a 71 year old great grandma now. Their music is still infectious.
65 here
Rock on, Grandma!
64 here.
Bin 66 und liebe diese Musik und diese Jungs noch immer. Wenn ich Sweet höre, bin ich sofort 50 Jahre jünger. Sweet for ever❤❤❤❤
This song came out when I was about 10, just love it. I found it here on TH-cam about 2 months ago and decided to play it for my 2 grandkids who are 3 and 1. They loved it! We dance around the house and they’ll say, “Play it again, Grammy”! Such great memories!😃
Just the best
Uu888
That's great...I remember this infectious song also. I didn't realize it was Sweet though....when Sweet had their second coming with Ballroom Blitz.
we're the same age! LOL ... and I only found out that they were also responsible for Ballroom Blitz!
Rock Trivia - Little Willy was a cat.
Absolutely love this song as much as I did when I was a teen. I'm 62 and still love it. Great band!
I am 63 yrs old and feel the same way . LOVE THIS TUNE !❤
My sister played this daily I believe in the Summer ☀️ 😅
😂 gleiches Alter, gleicher Geschmack!!!
Rock Trivia - Little Willy was a cat.
64 here! Loved this group! So many great memories of the good old days!!!!
2024 and I still know all the words!! I was 10 years old in 1972…
A hell I was 12
I was 6 and I remember that song like it was yesterday
15 in 1972
@tattednyctrkman8119 I was 6 too. LOVE ❤️ 😍 this!!
Because of TH-cam I’m reliving my childhood! The 70s were the best time to grow up. With our current world turning upside down, it’s nice to escape and remember a simple, happier time.
Sad but True
ABSOLUTELY I JUST TYPED EXACT SAME THING
rock first klass am dreptate?
These early appearances are pure gold.
You can tell by their smiles they enjoyed this song!
cuz they know what it means
I’m (38) playing this song rn because my 6yr old son wants to listen to it. He’s been singing it for days. 🤣 He has excellent taste in music.
how funny, i also sang it with my son when he was 6. that was 19 years ago.
Nice! You're doing a great job! :D
What a great band they are, the vocals, the band, music the songs.
the writers chinn chapp
great party song
what a great band what a legacy i love it. such a nice songs glam rock. i will never forget. i was 10 years loved it. i still do.
I remember playing this on my older brothers' record player in the mid-70s. ❤ One of my fav songs ever!
We will never beat the music to what we had in the 70s
80s said, "Hold my beer and stomped a mud hole in the 70s.
We had the best music! Sorry kids!
Disco cancels everything good the 70s had.
Is anyone listening in 2020? Because I am. Sadly I was born in 2005 so I wasn't brought up with this amazing band. But im so glad i can listen now.
Me 13 01 2020
Love it
Yes IAM
Yep me too😀
Love this song. Has since I been growing up.
Rest in Peace, Steve Priest...
Your GLAM STAR will shine forever.
So SWEET ...
I'd no idea until a few minutes ago that he'd died. He and his pals here gave us some great music to remember.
I've been listening to Sweet since I was about 8yrs old. It never gets old.
same! they're handily in my top 10, possibly still in my top 5.
Me too ❤
These guys are in my Heart ❤
Can't stop listening at. 65 years young lol
know what it means?
Me neither❤
That was right in your era
@@johnjeffreys6440 some dude named willy can't take a hint to make like a tree and leave or some sexual reference 😂
@@sbinsdca Referred to by Goldmember in Austin Powers.
Süss, noch ganz am Anfang. Ich war damals 14, bis heute Fan und höre die Songs noch immer.❤😊
I was 12. I have all of their music. I have never grown tired of them, and never will!
Brian was handsome and pretty at the same time....that hair sums up the 70's.
My first favorite band when I was 6 or 7 years old, used to catch them on top of the pops in Holland as my Dad was stationed there in the Air Force in the early 70's, still listening to this day at 57, what a great band with a ton of great songs.
Always loved this song then in 2000 my grandson William was born and we called him Will or Willy. Well needless to say I've been singing this to him for the last 21 years. When I came across this video I got so excited and immediately sent it to him. He is serving in the United States Marines overseas and I'm always sending him things to keep him smiling and this certainly put a smile on his face! Thanks for the memories of my teenage years and for what your song means to me and my grandson!
And now your heartwarming comment has put a smile on my face as well :) that's wonderful you do that for your grandson! Love this song!
Aww
Your story reminds me of this one, about a Marine with nine months or so left in his hitch.
His mother sends him a postcard that "It's just like being pregnant again, nine more months and my baby will be home!"
Naturally, her baby didn't get the postcard until after it'd been a day on the unit notice board! : )
First thank your grandson for his service form one Marine to another Marine , and the song is still fantastic
This was one of a very few songs by The Sweet that got a decent amount of airplay in the US. I was in kindergarten in Detroit in 1973 when it was popular. My teacher bought the 45 and gave it to me.
My dad used to always play this song, then after not hearing it for about 15 years, it popped into my head so I pulled it up on TH-cam. Absolute tune!
How bout it and the yellow suit so great
It's one of the tunes of all time!
Even though they had some success , this band was definitely underrated and somewhat ahead of their time . All the hair bands of the eighties and Def Leppard and Motley Crue owe these guys something if not a mention. I mean Sweet laid the groundwork for them.
Def Leppard and Motley both acknowledge that the Sweet was a huge influence on them.
raydeen1 Thank You ! Glad to know that. I wish I knew more . Life only holds so many hours. Read the story of Sweet. If it hasn't been done it would make a good film . Brian Connolly the lead singer really had a tough life but then again , he made his mark and for a brief period he got to sing and front a great band .
BigKing Bud
Check out Louis Jordan and discover where Johnny B . Goode came from---- sort of . The great like Chuck Berry take their influences and repackage them with their inner psyches at work . It is only in retrospect,' which comes from being on the planet a long time, do we see it AND I am glad Zep won that Taurus lawsuit .
some success lol efff sake man your sleepin they made queen what they were lol its not glam rock they used glamrock as a stool to get them selves noticed cant you see even Jamaican music co co,pappa joe to get there music noticed.
some success they sold millions lol
Loved this song as a kid. Still do.
Let’s all go back to the 70’s❗️❗️
Yes please! I was not alive in the 70's but I wish so!
I was born in 1968! Let's go 😅
Wonderful times,fashion and music. Take me back now and leave this complete madness 2022 .😜👍 when we knew what a real woman was.
Loved some Sweet in the 70s and now
I saw Sweet in concert back on June 4, 1978 in Providence, Rhode Island when I was 16 years old! Sweet was one band in a line up of 6 rock bands to perform on that day! Ticket price for the general admision show was $20.00 for a 12 hour show that also included the rock bands Foghat, Foreigner, Nazareth, The Atlanta Rhythm Section, and Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)! Simply spectacular show, and the 1970s was an simply great time to be a teenaged rock and roll music fan! And as for Sweet, they were totally Sweet!
This song never gets old!
@Richard. I never get tired of their song: Love Is Like Oxygen either. 😊
Bona fide classic🎶🎶🎶🎸
11 yrs old in "72' & I still have this song etched in my mind word for word.
Same here brother, I was only 7 but I feel like I'm listening on that old tiny radio my dad had back then.
Me Too
I was also 11 in 1972. I remember I loved this song.
Flashback to 1972, it brings back so much memories. The Sweet ran on every school party. I don't believe that you can listen today's music still after 50 years...
Totally correct well said
Just bought their CD in op shop. I can only listen to them LOUD. I crank up the sound and bop away. Love it.
You litraly cannot beat this kind of music, just so uplifting no matter what mood your in.. Wish time travel was a thing ud see me in the middle of the crowd 😊
I was born in 63. I still listen to this at every opportunity. And most of the bands I grew up with. 60s & 70s were the BEST!! You had so many different genres back then.
yeah man!!! born in 1963 also!!! We grew up at the best time late 60's 70's and 80's WOW!!! everybody just got together and had fun everyone got along, this world today i just dont get it
Born 2-26-63, first record I ever bought, 45rpm, Little Willy by Sweet. Man from Mecca on "B" side. Still got it.
When I was 5 years old this song came on the radio and it Rocked! My favorite song for years. My name was William and I wasn't taken shit from Nobody!!! Long live the Sweet!
That's awesome 😊
You've got to love the drummer too. He's got that floor tom sounding so close to the base. 😁
I was not cool when I loved this band in the early 70s. Eat your heart out they are still amazing!!
Still not cool
And i was one of those who would not listen to "that kinda" music back then. Thought it was so NOISY compared to anything i heard up to then! My (younger) sister had all the tapes and the posters out of "Jackie" comic.. We stuck the posters to the ceiling (because all the walls were hung with large religious pictures in heavy frames. Not to be moved. In case the wall fell down with them.) Everything was grand until the selotape wore out on an A3 size poster of.. a popstar, possibly David Essex? And one dark night he fell down from the ceiling, on top of one of us while we were asleep. Oh the screams! 😱
@@wolverine67044 why every mostly liked that 🎵 🎶 music
❤❤"Eat your heart out"!😂😂😂😂❤❤
Haven't heard that for decades❣😎😘
One of my favorite songs of 1972. Blast from the past.
Many years later still listen to this song tells you how good it actuality is
Still remember listing to this on me mum's old transistor radio.. Great days, and fond memories.
I was around 13 yrs. old when I heard this...all the sudden I'm 57...this song still kicks ASS!,,,:).
WHY is this group still not in the rock and roll hall of fame???????
Great song, I love it
Some great songs.... But the body of work isn't there.
I love this band. They were rock stars.
When I was a kid I absolutely loathed this type of pop music. It wasn't serious enough for 13 year old me. I'm 61 now, and I love this stuff.
Also easier to appreciate as the whole world had turned into an absolute shithole since then. Especially over the last two years.
@@smartfart9003 The world today is a much better place than it was when I was growing up, by nearly every measure.
JD Goodwin
You were more mature as a 13 year-old then, but now you're degrading!
@@redblade8160 Mom?
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This song fills up my head with good vibes. It's so energetic and alive. Great bass, drumming, guitar and vocals.
This was the first Sweet song I heard, when I was about 9. It was their first big hit here in the US. They played it a lot at the skating rink. Now my 28 year old daughter loves it and thinks it's hilarious. It's a very addictive song!😎
@Henry Jacobsen yeah I had heard that too.
This was played at all our school sock hops in 7th grade!
Das waren meine besten Teenie Zeiten . Ich liebe diesen Song .
Loved this song always playing on AM radio in the 70's. Didn't know it was Sweet until now. Even more respect for this great band.
I'm 66 and introducing Sweet to my 15 yr old granddaughter 🥰
Now, THAT's music!:)
You rock!
1972, love to be 17 years old again. We had Great music like this.
Do you remember that this song (in the U.S.) didn't come out until about April '73? I didn't realize before it was already a hit in the U.K. the previous year.
@@robmcgowan4034 not sure why it was a hit the year before in the UK. According to Wikipedia, the song was released in the UK May 1972 and the States September 1972. Makes no difference to me, it was a great song and I really enjoyed it and the memories.
I have a son named William and every now and then I will play this song for him. He’s 36 now and he still likes the song lol.
Love this band fantastic xxxx
Das war noch Musik und die Sendung habe ich nie verpasst ,ich war und bin immer noch ein Riesen grosser Sweet Fan bin 63 Jahre und damit aufgewachsen
Great band!
Great song!
Love that last modulation!
Cherry on the cake of one SWEET treat!
I remember buying the 45 record and about wore it out. Lol. I'm 61 and this is bringing memories!
Just knew from my son that Steve Priest just passed away ...RIP...you are the best bassist in galaxy and the Sweet was the best glam rock in rock planet ,now the 3 men gonna meet and join together again in heaven..Brian ...Mick...and Steve RIP ...Hat off to you all in good memories you gave good Rock and Roll.
i have my 3yr niece loving Little Willy, it's her favorite song! a whole new generation luvin The Sweet!!!!
I was 13 when this came out and I'm 60 now and still love this and all of the old music. I will be listening to the Oldie's until the day I die.
God bless them all.
Surely one of the best rock bands that this country has ever produced.
Been a part of the Punk Rock generation I never really got Glam Rock but I recognise Real Genius when I hear it and the Sweet had it in spades, iconic looks, masterful musicians, great vocals and outstanding songs that really did Rock.
R.I.P Brian, Steve and Mick ❤❤❤
I was 7 when this came out, still love it today. Loved growing up with this kinda music.
I had this on 8-Track back then. Sweet was the best band for car cruising music in the 1970s. Great times.
The 50s , 60s and 70s were the three greatest decades of music ever and always will be!! Modern music can’t even come close to comparing!!
Those decades had a lot of great songs, I agree, but at the risk of being called a heretic, Little Willy isn't one of them. It's pretty corny even by early 70s standards. Sweet had much better singles.
The 80s weren't too bad either.
Love this band. I remember when this was still on the top 40. Loved them all through my life, all the way through "Level Headed" One of the greatest glam rock bands ever!
Listen all the time
RIP steve priest, there must be some party going on up there with the amount of singers we have lost, so sad Steve was so funny and a brilliant singer xx
Hope we can join the party over there ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Can you imagine him being greeted by his fellow musicians in heaven with his famous line - " Until you arrived, we just haven't a clue what to do?"
There is no heaven lol its fake as Santa claus
@@gappkidd5162 that's what u think pal your in for a shock 😵😵😵😵
Such a great song. The sweet was much bigger in America than the critics would have you think 🤔 . Everyone born from 1950 to 59 knew exactly who they were and loved them. Desolation Blvd is one of the best pop rock albums ever.
Absolutely, the 2 different versions of Fox from the british LP to the American
Love this song!! Forever a fan of the Sweet
This brings out childhood memories. Lovely!❤️
This was one of the first 45's that I purchased at 11 years old... great band... still listen to them all the time. Great music never goes away.
Still listening to these awesome tunes in the great lock down of 2020
Same!
Same here! Excellent tune!
My sister bought this 45 when I was about 8 0r 9. I used to sneak in her room and play it when she wasn't home. I later inherited the record. I'm a writer and I named a character Willy because of this song. Man, I love so many of their songs but this was my introduction. The whole band is criminally underrated, particularly Mick Tucker, who was as good as it got.
Loved this song as a kid. Still have the 45!
Who’s still listening in September 2024?
Me and I took too many blue pills.. I can't keep little willy down!
October 2024
November 2024
OMG! Welcome to the 70's! So much fun!! Put on headphones and dance!
Gone much too soon but never forgotten
Rest in peace Mr.Brian Connolly and Mr.Mick Tucker
Little Willy 1972: Sold 500. 000 times. In Germany 20 weeks on place 1.
I still love Sweet from the beginning till today!
Ellen R. Sweet certainly was the greatest rock band of the era without doubt, absolutely love em.
I too
ALWAYS LOVED THE SWEET AWESOME BEEN LISTENING TO THEM 51 YEARS
R.I.P. Steve Priest June 2020 only Andy left
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Love to all, Mick, Brian and Steve. Andy, keep the flame burning ..
Rest in power Steve Priest. I was able to get his book "Are You Ready Steve" personally autographed with my name in it. I hoped that I'd get to see him in concert with his band when they were touring; it wasn't meant to be. When the band's Facebook page mentioned that Steve was moved from the hospital to a facility "better suited for his needs," it sounded like his health was failing--it already had been. Love to Brian, Mick and Steve.
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Now Andy has a wig that would make any horse proud