Please react to the longer version from the Level Headed album. This version runs about 6:50. The extra 3 minutes is worth the listen. Also, due to the production quality of this song, DO NOT play a live version ... the masses will revolt.
The best thing about Sweet was that they never took themselves remotely seriously, which was quite a rarity in early 70s rock ! One of them (Andy Scott probably) said " Bowie was an alien rock star, Bolan was a a magic pixie...we just looked like construction workers in drag " which pretty much sums it up. Good time, party band. No frills, no pretensions, platform boots. Can't knock it. I'll wait patiently for Teenage Rampage...
Their later material was much heavier than their earlier stuff. Several people have already mentioned "Love is Like Oxygen", "Hellraiser", "Fox on the Run", and "Teenage Rampage", but a couple heavy tunes to add to the list include "No You Don't", "Action", and "Cockroach". They are grossly underrated
Yes, Steve Priest was a likable, humour-rich being, the joking, prankster side of Brian, sensitive and tormented, whose sincere friend he was until the end...
Lead vocalist is Brian Connelly. On the bass is Steve Priest. Mick Tucker on drums Andy Scott guitars. All four could sing. Andy Scott is the only surviving member.
Although grouped into the "Glam Rock" genre, this group could really play live. The lead singer Brian Connolly's brother was actor Mark Mcmanus who played the title role in Police series Taggart.
I love how respectful you two are to all music. Even if you might not care for it sometimes, you make the effort to understand it and see why others may like it. Love your reactions
I loved your reaction, Jay and Amber. 'Sweet' had so many hits, "Ballroom Blitz", "Blockbuster", "Hell Raiser", "Teenage Rampage", "Co-Co", "Poppa Joe", "Love Is Like Oxygen", "Fox On The Run", "Little Willy", "Tom Tom Turnaround" and "Wig Wam Bam" as you've just reacted to.
I just watched your reaction to Wig Wam Bam and you asked for info about Sweet. You got it. The group is well named because these were probably the sweetest four guys you could ever meet. They deserved better than they got. Of the four members only Andy Scott, the guitarist, is still alive. The first to go was Brian Connolly. He was jumped in the street by three guys because he had been flirting with one of their girlfriends. The last blow was a kick to the throat. The thug said "that ought to do it". They were about to tour America with the Who but had to cancel. It was six months before some of Brian's voice came back. He never really recovered. With his body torn up by alcohol he began having heart attacks. I've heard as many as nine a day or as many as 13 a day. Then the shakes started. I heard a promotor talking about putting a Sweet reunion together. He met the plane and saw all but Brian coming off the planes. They told him Brian was coming. The last person off the plane was Brian. He was only a shadow of himself, a bent-over little old man with the shakes walking with a cane. And his voice was gone. There was no reunion. Brian spent his last years living a what they call a council flat (small apartment paid for by the gov't) and died in 1997 aged 51. Mick Tucker was next. He had everything - worldwide success with the band, and he married his high school sweetheart. The she was killed in a car crash and he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. Even a bone marrow transplant from his brother didn't help. Mick died in 2002 at 54. After the band split up Steve Priest has moved to L.A. He died in 2020 at 72.
Assuming you weren't caught in a power outage, run out of coins for the electric meter, or didn't own a T.V... We didn't hide behind sofa because Dr Who was on, we hid when the rent officer knocked on front door. 😆
The only thing that bothered me about tv in the 70’s when I was a kid in Sweden was Jimmy Savile. He was just so bizarre looking and acting, he gave me the creeps. My parents couldn’t stand him either. It turned out I was right: he was a creepy bad guy.
This was not Top of the Pops, but Disco - a German equivalent (from 1971 to 1982-during my teenage years). Luckily, Jimmy Savile wasn’t present. Disco was hosted by Ilja Richter, the gentleman who opened and closed the performance. Lots of British bands were guests at Disco. Germany didn’t experience power outages during that time, but we had Car-free Sundays because of the oil crisis. You could play football on the Autobah.😁
"Fox on the run" is the next song!!! Mick Tucker was the best glam rock drummer, Andy Scott (the guitarist) wrote a lot of great songs and was a producer, Steve Priest (the bassist) was an innovator and also a good songwriter, Brian Connelly... You just have to listen to him to know what a good singer he was. The unknown member is Mike Chapman, who wrote many of their hits but didn't play concerts.
More Sweet to react to: Teenage Rampage, The Lies In Your Eyes, Love Is Like Oxygen (the long version), Blockbuster, Hellraiser, Action. If you haven't done Ballroom Blitz, that's another i'd recommend!
Although the band is lip synching to a pre-recorded track, the sound of the audience stomping on the floor in time with the beat can easily be heard during the verses. Positioning the drummer at the front of the band was quite common for many bands in the 70’s.
I love love love sweet . This song reminds me of being on holidays at haven camps when I was a kid played it every night and we all learned the dance which I still do 40 years on 😁
When I was in pre-school I got my first record player. It was one of those portable briefcase-style Disney record players with the needle in Mickey Mouse's finger. My mom and her brothers gave me their old scratched records to listen to, but my kindergarten teacher gave me my first brand new record when she bought me Little Willy on a 45 as a gift.
😆European “Glam bands” always crack me up. This was a British band, but some of the other European countries had some crazy stuff in the 70’s and 80’s.
OMG! The Sweet is one of my all time favorite bands! Had all their albums back in the 70's! Absolutely love them! Andy Scott is the only remaining member alive.And although this one may be humorous, they were a very serious band.
This was played at every school disco and every birthday/wedding/anniversary party in the 80s and 90s, along with "The Time Warp" and everyone knew the dance moves 😀
The first Sweet song that got me becoming a huge fan back in 1972. Still a huge Sweet fan to this day, best band ever. Definitely check out some of their heavier songs like she gimme lovin' and Cockroach.
Everyone suggests "Love Is Like Oxygen", and it is good but the full length version may be a bit long for you two to really enjoy. You should check out the songs "AC/DC", ""Poppa Joe", "Action", "Hell Raiser", "Teenage Rampage", and "Co-Co". I think these songs would be more up your alley. I've been a Hugh Sweet fan for a very long time. Amber needs to listen to "Ballroom Blitz" also since Jay did it solo.
I have heard it and I still have the LP. I like the song I just think they might get a little bored with the full version. Like I said, I'm a huge Sweet fan and have been forever.@@IZZY_EDIBLE
Sweet was my favourite band in high school during the mid to late 70s. Ballroom Blitz and Fox On The Run were their biggest hits in North America, and other great songs include No You Don't (which Pat Benatar covered), Sweet FA, Action, The Lies In Your Eyes, Fever Of Love, Laura Lee, Block Buster and a few zillion others. They were known for purposely being outrageous - they used to open their live shows by projecting porn flicks on a screen while The Stripper by David Rose blared in the background.
He was singing bout a couple of Indian girls working their magic on Hiawathaa and Running Bear Thats why Steve wore the Indian outfit. God bless yall as always.
Mick Tucker was one of the greatest Rock drummers in history, that's why he's up front ! I was 10 when I first saw this on TV and loved Sweet for over 50 years with a passion. Thanks for reviewing this guys. This is a commercial single but in fact Sweet were heavy rock and raunchy and yes you are right..fun. SWEET FOREVER
Oh geez!! Haven't heard this song for at least 30 years! Reminds me of when we used to go to the youth club. This song and the Superman song had everyone on the dance floor. Even those of us who hated dancing LOL
I love The Sweet, just the best Glam Rock band ever! If you want a fun time just pick any of the tunes that others will be commenting because they are all good! They never get old either, the 50th play is just as much fun as the 1st time you hear them!
Sweet were a good rock band , they had a string of commercially pop based singles which were written for them by the song writing team of Chinn and Chapman and not by the band themselves which made them one of the biggest selling singles acts globally in the 70s. Their albums however didn't sell as well as their singles. This track is one of their biggest sellers, they eventually managed to start getting their own songs taken seriously, but by that time their star had faded. Fox on the run I believe was their biggest success as songwriters in their own right
Their other US top 10 hits were Love Is Like Oxygen (#8) and Fox On the Run (#5). They had UK hits as plus those, Block Buster (#1), Hell Raiser (#2), Teenage Rampage #2), Co-Co (#2), and The Six Teens (#9), Action, a UK #15 is also one of my favorites. If you re-visit Ballroom Blitz, I recommend this promotional video one, th-cam.com/video/r8pYpii2Atg/w-d-xo.html, keep an eye on Mick Tucker, the drummer, and how energetic he is!
This was written by Chin and Chapman. Chapman went on to produce Blondie. They also wrote stuff for Suzie Quatro and loads of other Glam Rock bands in the early 70's in Britain. But after getting stick for not writing their on songs they had a very big hit with one they wrote in 1977 or 8 called Love is like oxygen which is very good and proved they could write their own songs.
I always play this song it's so much fun. It always made me happy when they mention Running bear and Little White Dove because that's from a song called "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston. My mom would play that song all the time when we would clean our house and we always had a good time.
This is a good song. I’d jam this loud while driving. Good old 70s, RIP. I wish I could bring that good feeling the 70s brought to this generation of music. I’d do it! 🙏🏻🕊️❤️🔥🎸🎤🫡🤟🏻🎼🥁
My Brother was a big Sweet fan , and at School ( in Essex ) he and his mates did a tribute band , my brother was on the drums. I mention it to him now and again and we both roll our eyes. The 70s was a happy time for us, so it has nice memories . Cheers
Guys great reaction. One of my faves from the UK 1970s. There were a few huge bands in that era including Sweet - others were T.Rex (who I think you've reacted to twice, 'Get It On (Bang A Gong)' and 'Hot Love' but there's lots more hits); and Slade, who were the biggest selling band of the 1970s in the UK. They had 6 consecutive no.1s, a feat that wasn't repeated until the late 1990s, by Take That - and you had to sell a lot more to get a no.1 in the '70s!
Grew up as a elementary school kid in the 70's. This is my childhood! Absolutely love The Sweet! All kids parties played these. Sang these songs until I was hoarse as a kid. Still love them. Please, please do "Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep" by "Middle of the Road" - it'll make you smile. Your children would love it too.
One more comment! In the earlier part of their career, Sweet dressed glam, but their hits were written for them by the successful songwriting team Chinn & Chapman. These were known as Sweet's 'bubblegum' hits: 'Wig Wam Bam', 'Little Willy', 'Blockbuster', 'Poppa Joe', 'Funny Funny', 'Co-Co', 'Hell Raiser', 'Teenage Rampage', 'The Sixteens'. But Sweet were a hard rock band influenced by the likes of Deep Purple. They wanted to be known for their heavier sound rather than the bubblegum. They wrote their own songs which were heavier, and appeared on many of the B-sides of their Chinn-Chapman A-side hits. After a while they left the CC team to write all their own songs which are great hard rockers, some also hits. Try any of: 'Action', No You Don't', 'Done Me Wrong All Right', 'Set Me Free', 'Cockroach', 'Love Is Like Oxygen'. You already did (I think) 'Fox On The Run' (the album version doesn't have the keyboards of the hit version, it's all guitar, so is a bit heavier) Like most Sweet fans I love both styles/periods, it's all great, bubblegum for the lighter fun and the heavier stuff is more serious while still being catchy. Having said that, 'Blockbuster' and 'Hell Raiser' rock out pretty well!
People who are not songwriters don't understand how hard it is to right catchy songs like this. Sweet made it sound effortless (it isn't). They were amazing.
The UK went through a Glam Rock period, at least as far as the charts were concerned, in the first half of the 70s. Sweet were part of that, as were Slade (Mama Weer All Crazy Now), Marc Bolan (Twentieth Century Boy), Wizzard (See My Baby Jive) and several others, including that one in jail just down the road from here. It was easy to dismiss The Sweet as an insignificant pop group but scratch beneath the surface and you have a band that could really play. Some of their album stuff was fairly heavy. I'm not sure if you've done Fox on the Run, but that was one of their own rather than coming from Chinn and Chapman like a lot of their hits. Most of the Glam Rock bands were actually fairly decent bands in their own right. You have to remember that anything you see on Top of the Pops from that period - like this - was mimed, so bands could pretty well do what they wanted, often taking the Mick out of the whole miming process. Having the drummer out front was quite common on that show.
If you love 70s British glam rock, you've got to listen to Slade and also Wizzard at Christmas time. British classics, that still reach the top 20 every Christmas
HA!!! GREAT BLAST from the PAST!!! When I was a teen, Friday Nights at the Skating Rink: SWEET got EVERYONE out on the FLOOR!!! ...and, instead of clapping - we'd stomp the skates on the floor!!! IT WAS AWESOME for a 12 / 13 year old!!! The Joker by Steve Miller played, a lot....Hot Chocolate's: You Sexy Thing...and, Amii Stewart's: Knock On Wood....ALL GREAT SKATE TUNES!!! This was a FUN ONE!! Glad ya'll thought so, too!!! HUGS!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Please do 'I believe in a thing called love' by The Darkness. It is very camp and has a very 70's feel. The music video is crazy and lead singer Justin Hawkins' voice is amazing; Jay will love his high notes.
Sweet were borderline bubblegum sometimes, but they always rocked, which was their saving grace. I sometimes wonder what Native Americans though of this song.
1) This bubblegum sound is what got Sweet started (with the poppy songwriting team of Chinn/Chapman), but they wanted to escape that and play heavier stuff (like on Desolation Boulevard and Give Us A Wink albums). 2) Try "Lies in you eyes" (official video from Supersonic TV show in 1976 is best) from Give Us A Wink album. Awesome rocking song... it's harder. Set Me Free and Action are good too. 3) How have you not done SLADE yet?? Glam kings, and great fun rockers! Unfortunately, there are a lot of crappy 70s TV lip sync videos out there for them, so please choose wisely - want you to have a good first experience! My fav is "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" on Supersonic in 1977... Pure live, pure loud power. Balloons, streamers, and real fun from Slade.
Drummers were pretty much always out front once up a time. Amber really should react to Ballroom Blitz if she has not heard it. That song still gets the ladies up. Set Me Free is a great rocker by these guys.
YEEES! I listened to this the other day with my mum, this was her teen years right here. I loved this when I was a kid. SO glad you're enjoying The Sweet!
The most underrated band of the 70's, "Love is like Oxygen" is a must
FACTS!!!
Fox on the run.❤️
Yes and listen to the long version!
Please react to the longer version from the Level Headed album. This version runs about 6:50. The extra 3 minutes is worth the listen. Also, due to the production quality of this song, DO NOT play a live version ... the masses will revolt.
Yes! Love Is Like Oxygen is a must. That was my hair cut in 7th grade and color..😅.
Jay & Amber, you'll LOVE their "Love Is Like Oxygen" and "Fox on the Run"!!! I see Jay already did "Ballroom Blitz".
Yes, I totally forgot about Fox on the Run.
They did Fox and Blitz.
@@magneto7930 Like I said, Jay (not Amber) did Blitz. Fox not found.
@surlechapeau yes, my bad I didn't see the full comment, correct Jay did that one. I guess Fox was taken down.
@@magneto7930 no worries
The best thing about Sweet was that they never took themselves remotely seriously, which was quite a rarity in early 70s rock ! One of them (Andy Scott probably) said " Bowie was an alien rock star, Bolan was a a magic pixie...we just looked like construction workers in drag " which pretty much sums it up. Good time, party band. No frills, no pretensions, platform boots. Can't knock it.
I'll wait patiently for Teenage Rampage...
I love this comment ❤️. Currently my running list is Slade and Sweet.
I love Lost Angels and No You Don't
Lots of good stuff from them, need for Jay and Amber to do lots more sweet! Slade is another one they must watch and hear!
Their later material was much heavier than their earlier stuff. Several people have already mentioned "Love is Like Oxygen", "Hellraiser", "Fox on the Run", and "Teenage Rampage", but a couple heavy tunes to add to the list include "No You Don't", "Action", and "Cockroach". They are grossly underrated
Also Sweet F.A. and AC/DC. Kind of cracks me up everybody mentions Love is Like Oxygen and it is one of my least favorite Sweet songs.
Please add The Sixteens and Blockbuster to that awesome list
Not just their later stuff, early b sides like Done me wrong alright, Man from Mecca, Burning, New York connection are all heavy.
Healer is a great heavy tune also.
@@jimgeorge9476 Same here, I like them, but that song disgusted me as a kid, just never came around to it
The guy in the head dress is Steve Priest, he plays up the camp bit when his vocal comes in. Very funny guy
Yes, Steve Priest was a likable, humour-rich being, the joking, prankster side of Brian, sensitive and tormented, whose sincere friend he was until the end...
Lead vocalist is Brian Connelly. On the bass is Steve Priest. Mick Tucker on drums Andy Scott guitars. All four could sing. Andy Scott is the only surviving member.
This was the first record I ever bought.1972🎸
Not many drummers could twirl their sticks like Mick Tucker.
@@clivenewman4810 very true. That man could play extremely well! The proof was right there in man with the golden arm.
@@jeffreyflint6286 Some of their B sides could have been hits thanks to the song writing factory of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.
@@clivenewman4810 very true. The b side of fox on the run was burn on the flame. Great tune
The full-length version of Love is Like Oxygen is a must listen! The radio version cuts off the best part of the song.
AGREED!👍🏻
Hard agree.
Lead singer was a heartthrob.. everyone loved his hair 😂
Although grouped into the "Glam Rock" genre, this group could really play live. The lead singer Brian Connolly's
brother was actor Mark Mcmanus who played the title role in Police series Taggart.
How can you not LOVE Steve Priest? That guy was a character
🤘🤪🤘
I love how respectful you two are to all music. Even if you might not care for it sometimes, you make the effort to understand it and see why others may like it.
Love your reactions
-#cheers-- !-
I loved your reaction, Jay and Amber.
'Sweet' had so many hits, "Ballroom Blitz", "Blockbuster", "Hell Raiser", "Teenage Rampage", "Co-Co", "Poppa Joe", "Love Is Like Oxygen", "Fox On The Run", "Little Willy", "Tom Tom Turnaround" and "Wig Wam Bam" as you've just reacted to.
And lies in you eyes
@@markgrace7181 Yes, one I missed, there's bound to be others too.
Don't forget "Action" and "The Six Teens".
All great songs, and I always thought "Blockbuster" was killer!!
@@bloppysloppy4057Yes, more great tracks, particularly 'Action'.
If you're loving the guy with the feather headdress, you'll really love him in "Blockbuster"!!!
I just watched your reaction to Wig Wam Bam and you asked for info about Sweet. You got it. The group is well named because these were probably the sweetest four guys you could ever meet. They deserved better than they got. Of the four members only Andy Scott, the guitarist, is still alive. The first to go was Brian Connolly. He was jumped in the street by three guys because he had been flirting with one of their girlfriends. The last blow was a kick to the throat. The thug said "that ought to do it". They were about to tour America with the Who but had to cancel. It was six months before some of Brian's voice came back. He never really recovered. With his body torn up by alcohol he began having heart attacks. I've heard as many as nine a day or as many as 13 a day. Then the shakes started. I heard a promotor talking about putting a Sweet reunion together. He met the plane and saw all but Brian coming off the planes. They told him Brian was coming. The last person off the plane was Brian. He was only a shadow of himself, a bent-over little old man with the shakes walking with a cane. And his voice was gone. There was no reunion. Brian spent his last years living a what they call a council flat (small apartment paid for by the gov't) and died in 1997 aged 51. Mick Tucker was next. He had everything - worldwide success with the band, and he married his high school sweetheart. The she was killed in a car crash and he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. Even a bone marrow transplant from his brother didn't help. Mick died in 2002 at 54. After the band split up Steve Priest has moved to L.A. He died in 2020 at 72.
Love Ballroom Blitz, Little Willy and Wig Wam Bang! Great reaction! Fox on the Run next, please!
OMG. 1970’s Top of the Pops, every Thursday night watching magic like this happen. ✌️
Assuming you weren't caught in a power outage, run out of coins for the electric meter, or didn't own a T.V...
We didn't hide behind sofa because Dr Who was on, we hid when the rent officer knocked on front door. 😆
The only thing that bothered me about tv in the 70’s when I was a kid in Sweden was Jimmy Savile. He was just so bizarre looking and acting, he gave me the creeps. My parents couldn’t stand him either. It turned out I was right: he was a creepy bad guy.
This was not Top of the Pops, but Disco - a German equivalent (from 1971 to 1982-during my teenage years). Luckily, Jimmy Savile wasn’t present. Disco was hosted by Ilja Richter, the gentleman who opened and closed the performance. Lots of British bands were guests at Disco. Germany didn’t experience power outages during that time, but we had Car-free Sundays because of the oil crisis. You could play football on the Autobah.😁
@@paulleach3612 you were lucky. ✌️
You ready Steve, ah ha, Andy, Ya, Mic, Ok..... alright fellas lets goooooooooo!
Seriously under rated band, and Mick was one of the best drummers around and never got enough credit
Underrated song from them: "Poppa Joe"--it's got an island vibe and Amber will definitely be dancing.
We posted at the same time, definitely Poppa Joe for a different sound from Sweet
Papa Joe is awesome!
Sweet is awesome! Wig Wam Bam was/is such a fun song.
The Sweet .....must hear..... Teenage Rampage - Fox on the Run - Love is like Oxygen - Blockbuster - No you Don't
Yes, "No You Don't". I had the Desolation Blvd 8-track and would play that constantly in my car driving to my high school!😎
...Peppermint Twist...😃
"running bear" is a call-back to Johnny Preston's hit from the early 1960s
Only guitarist Andy Scott left now. RIP Brian Connolly, Mick Tucker and Steve Priest.
Glad Sweet are still getting love. ❤
"Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet" !! There's my teen years ... right there ! Sweet ... Love 'em !! 😀
The early Sweet days of quirky fun songs! Love is like oxygen is the bomb as well as Teenage Rampage and Action!
"Fox on the run" is the next song!!! Mick Tucker was the best glam rock drummer, Andy Scott (the guitarist) wrote a lot of great songs and was a producer, Steve Priest (the bassist) was an innovator and also a good songwriter, Brian Connelly... You just have to listen to him to know what a good singer he was. The unknown member is Mike Chapman, who wrote many of their hits but didn't play concerts.
WIg WamBam had its own dance! Well done every time its played
One of the biggest songs and groups ever of the 70,s. They were huge and inspirered all upcoming groups.
The sixteens will show you their diverse range they was capable of
Loved Sixteens
All four band members had lead-singer voices.
Love Sweet, just good old rock and roll fun.
More Sweet to react to: Teenage Rampage, The Lies In Your Eyes, Love Is Like Oxygen (the long version), Blockbuster, Hellraiser, Action. If you haven't done Ballroom Blitz, that's another i'd recommend!
And there’s still more amazing Sweet gems to explore! They were such a great band.
@@AJAXKID123 Yes, they were a great bunch of musicians, very talented, and tight as a band.
Fox On the Run
@@smd2169 They did react to that one, but it must have been taken down.
Hi you two...teenage rampage and poppa Joe are absolute Sweet classics...the 70s was just incredible..mind you I am in my mid 60s now 😢
❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸
Blockbuster is my favourite from sweet.
Mine too and their only uk No.1
Although the band is lip synching to a pre-recorded track, the sound of the audience stomping on the floor in time with the beat can easily be heard during the verses. Positioning the drummer at the front of the band was quite common for many bands in the 70’s.
I love love love sweet . This song reminds me of being on holidays at haven camps when I was a kid played it every night and we all learned the dance which I still do 40 years on 😁
Same we may have been been at the same have camps
“Love Is Like Oxygen” definitely worth the listen!
When I was in pre-school I got my first record player. It was one of those portable briefcase-style Disney record players with the needle in Mickey Mouse's finger. My mom and her brothers gave me their old scratched records to listen to, but my kindergarten teacher gave me my first brand new record when she bought me Little Willy on a 45 as a gift.
Action, Sweet FA & Set Me Free are 180 degrees out from their early Glam days. Mick Tucker was a bad-ass rock drummer.
Fox OnThe Run, Blockbuster.
The Sweet are heavily placed in the Glam rock era that’s true in the early years
But by the mid 70’s they were definitely more heavy rock
The haircut was called a feather cut , all the rage in the 70s
They were an underrated band for the 70s era..
The LEGENDARY German Tv Show "Disco" with Ilja Richter....Childhood Memories !
😆European “Glam bands” always crack me up. This was a British band, but some of the other European countries had some crazy stuff in the 70’s and 80’s.
They were great.All are gone except Andy Scott and He's still touring as Sweet,and trying to keep it alive.,Great song..Great Reaction
OMG! The Sweet is one of my all time favorite bands! Had all their albums back in the 70's! Absolutely love them! Andy Scott is the only remaining member alive.And although this one may be humorous, they were a very serious band.
This was played at every school disco and every birthday/wedding/anniversary party in the 80s and 90s, along with "The Time Warp" and everyone knew the dance moves 😀
Blockbuster was their biggest hit. Number one for 5 weeks.
“Fox on the Run” was one Sweet’s most iconic songs! Definitely worth a listen!
If Amber hasn't listen to Ballroom Blitz that is a must for sure, for sure
The first Sweet song that got me becoming a huge fan back in 1972. Still a huge Sweet fan to this day, best band ever. Definitely check out some of their heavier songs like she gimme lovin' and Cockroach.
Everyone suggests "Love Is Like Oxygen", and it is good but the full length version may be a bit long for you two to really enjoy. You should check out the songs "AC/DC", ""Poppa Joe", "Action", "Hell Raiser", "Teenage Rampage", and "Co-Co". I think these songs would be more up your alley. I've been a Hugh Sweet fan for a very long time. Amber needs to listen to "Ballroom Blitz" also since Jay did it solo.
No! You gotta hear the full version of LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN!
I have heard it and I still have the LP. I like the song I just think they might get a little bored with the full version. Like I said, I'm a huge Sweet fan and have been forever.@@IZZY_EDIBLE
Sweet was my favourite band in high school during the mid to late 70s. Ballroom Blitz and Fox On The Run were their biggest hits in North America, and other great songs include No You Don't (which Pat Benatar covered), Sweet FA, Action, The Lies In Your Eyes, Fever Of Love, Laura Lee, Block Buster and a few zillion others. They were known for purposely being outrageous - they used to open their live shows by projecting porn flicks on a screen while The Stripper by David Rose blared in the background.
Love Sweet!!!!❤❤ The Lies In Your Eyes, and Yesterdays Rain are awesome
Yes they are. Love yesterdays rain! My favourite from Give Us A Wink.
He was singing bout a couple of Indian girls working their magic on Hiawathaa and Running Bear
Thats why Steve wore the Indian outfit. God bless yall as always.
Love is like oxygen and Fox on the run. Two of their best.
Mick Tucker was one of the greatest Rock drummers in history, that's why he's up front ! I was 10 when I first saw this on TV and loved Sweet for over 50 years with a passion. Thanks for reviewing this guys. This is a commercial single but in fact Sweet were heavy rock and raunchy and yes you are right..fun. SWEET FOREVER
Sweet FA, the first Speed Metal song ever, makes Sweet the most versatile group ever.
Oh geez!! Haven't heard this song for at least 30 years! Reminds me of when we used to go to the youth club. This song and the Superman song had everyone on the dance floor. Even those of us who hated dancing LOL
I love The Sweet, just the best Glam Rock band ever! If you want a fun time just pick any of the tunes that others will be commenting because they are all good! They never get old either, the 50th play is just as much fun as the 1st time you hear them!
When you listen "Love is Like Oxygen" Please make sure you listen to the full length live version! You will not regret it
Sweet were a good rock band , they had a string of commercially pop based singles which were written for them by the song writing team of Chinn and Chapman and not by the band themselves which made them one of the biggest selling singles acts globally in the 70s.
Their albums however didn't sell as well as their singles.
This track is one of their biggest sellers, they eventually managed to start getting their own songs taken seriously, but by that time their star had faded.
Fox on the run I believe was their biggest success as songwriters in their own right
Their other US top 10 hits were Love Is Like Oxygen (#8) and Fox On the Run (#5). They had UK hits as plus those, Block Buster (#1), Hell Raiser (#2), Teenage Rampage #2), Co-Co (#2), and The Six Teens (#9), Action, a UK #15 is also one of my favorites. If you re-visit Ballroom Blitz, I recommend this promotional video one, th-cam.com/video/r8pYpii2Atg/w-d-xo.html, keep an eye on Mick Tucker, the drummer, and how energetic he is!
You forgot their musical salute to Alexander Graham Bell :P
Def Leppard did great remake on Action and Hellraiser
Got my first The Sweet LP in 1972 and I've loved the band ever since. Thank you for reacting to them again.
One of the best of the 70’s! Should absolutely be in the RRHF! 😎😎😎
I was 9 when this song came out , later in high school dancing in a circle with my friends like the group In the video 70’s music was the best
This was written by Chin and Chapman. Chapman went on to produce Blondie. They also wrote stuff for Suzie Quatro and loads of other Glam Rock bands in the early 70's in Britain. But after getting stick for not writing their on songs they had a very big hit with one they wrote in 1977 or 8 called Love is like oxygen which is very good and proved they could write their own songs.
Ballroom Blitz and Fox on the Run definitely worth a listen too. The Sweet - the archetypal British Glam Rock band of the early 1970s🇬🇧😎👍🏻
The best Sweet song for me will always be Love Is Like Oxygen. Another great 70s British band are The Babys Isn’t It Time. GREAT songs
I always play this song it's so much fun. It always made me happy when they mention Running bear and Little White Dove because that's from a song called "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston. My mom would play that song all the time when we would clean our house and we always had a good time.
Aw, Running Bear was a favorite of my dad's, and I have such fun memories of him singing and dancing with my sister and I to that one.
Fox on the run....Still my favourite 50 years on
This is a good song. I’d jam this loud while driving. Good old 70s, RIP. I wish I could bring that good feeling the 70s brought to this generation of music. I’d do it!
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"Action," "Blockbuster," "Love Is Like Oxygen," "Funk It Up," "The Six'teens".... just to name a few!
My Brother was a big Sweet fan , and at School ( in Essex ) he and his mates did a tribute band , my brother was on the drums. I mention it to him now and again and we both roll our eyes. The 70s was a happy time for us, so it has nice memories . Cheers
California Nights was one of their biggest hits here, it's sung by the bass player
"The Jiucer", "Man From Mecca", "Set Me Free", "Restless" or "Yesterday's Rain".
Guys great reaction. One of my faves from the UK 1970s. There were a few huge bands in that era including Sweet - others were T.Rex (who I think you've reacted to twice, 'Get It On (Bang A Gong)' and 'Hot Love' but there's lots more hits); and Slade, who were the biggest selling band of the 1970s in the UK. They had 6 consecutive no.1s, a feat that wasn't repeated until the late 1990s, by Take That - and you had to sell a lot more to get a no.1 in the '70s!
Remember back in the 70's, there was a rather provocative dance to this song
Grew up as a elementary school kid in the 70's. This is my childhood! Absolutely love The Sweet! All kids parties played these. Sang these songs until I was hoarse as a kid. Still love them. Please, please do "Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep" by "Middle of the Road" - it'll make you smile. Your children would love it too.
I only know a handful of Sweets songs but "Fox on the Run" by them is a great song, other than "Ballroom Blitz" I think it was their biggest hit.
One more comment! In the earlier part of their career, Sweet dressed glam, but their hits were written for them by the successful songwriting team Chinn & Chapman. These were known as Sweet's 'bubblegum' hits: 'Wig Wam Bam', 'Little Willy', 'Blockbuster', 'Poppa Joe', 'Funny Funny', 'Co-Co', 'Hell Raiser', 'Teenage Rampage', 'The Sixteens'.
But Sweet were a hard rock band influenced by the likes of Deep Purple. They wanted to be known for their heavier sound rather than the bubblegum. They wrote their own songs which were heavier, and appeared on many of the B-sides of their Chinn-Chapman A-side hits. After a while they left the CC team to write all their own songs which are great hard rockers, some also hits. Try any of: 'Action', No You Don't', 'Done Me Wrong All Right', 'Set Me Free', 'Cockroach', 'Love Is Like Oxygen'. You already did (I think) 'Fox On The Run' (the album version doesn't have the keyboards of the hit version, it's all guitar, so is a bit heavier)
Like most Sweet fans I love both styles/periods, it's all great, bubblegum for the lighter fun and the heavier stuff is more serious while still being catchy. Having said that, 'Blockbuster' and 'Hell Raiser' rock out pretty well!
People who are not songwriters don't understand how hard it is to right catchy songs like this. Sweet made it sound effortless (it isn't). They were amazing.
Windy City, or Into The Night........ both awesome Sweet songs!
The UK went through a Glam Rock period, at least as far as the charts were concerned, in the first half of the 70s. Sweet were part of that, as were Slade (Mama Weer All Crazy Now), Marc Bolan (Twentieth Century Boy), Wizzard (See My Baby Jive) and several others, including that one in jail just down the road from here.
It was easy to dismiss The Sweet as an insignificant pop group but scratch beneath the surface and you have a band that could really play. Some of their album stuff was fairly heavy. I'm not sure if you've done Fox on the Run, but that was one of their own rather than coming from Chinn and Chapman like a lot of their hits. Most of the Glam Rock bands were actually fairly decent bands in their own right.
You have to remember that anything you see on Top of the Pops from that period - like this - was mimed, so bands could pretty well do what they wanted, often taking the Mick out of the whole miming process. Having the drummer out front was quite common on that show.
When talking about the best group in the world 🌎 they work real hard great music
Love is like oxygen it's a must by Sweet!
If you love 70s British glam rock, you've got to listen to Slade and also Wizzard at Christmas time. British classics, that still reach the top 20 every Christmas
Love is like oxygen
The next song has to be Fox On The Run. One of Sweets biggest high energy hits!
Grew up in the 70s spent my youth in the 80s….I consider myself blessed ❤
HA!!! GREAT BLAST from the PAST!!! When I was a teen, Friday Nights at the Skating Rink: SWEET got EVERYONE out on the FLOOR!!! ...and, instead of clapping - we'd stomp the skates on the floor!!! IT WAS AWESOME for a 12 / 13 year old!!! The Joker by Steve Miller played, a lot....Hot Chocolate's: You Sexy Thing...and, Amii Stewart's: Knock On Wood....ALL GREAT SKATE TUNES!!! This was a FUN ONE!! Glad ya'll thought so, too!!! HUGS!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Please do 'I believe in a thing called love' by The Darkness. It is very camp and has a very 70's feel. The music video is crazy and lead singer Justin Hawkins' voice is amazing; Jay will love his high notes.
Loved all this back in the day. Still do.
Sweet were borderline bubblegum sometimes, but they always rocked, which was their saving grace. I sometimes wonder what Native Americans though of this song.
1) This bubblegum sound is what got Sweet started (with the poppy songwriting team of Chinn/Chapman), but they wanted to escape that and play heavier stuff (like on Desolation Boulevard and Give Us A Wink albums).
2) Try "Lies in you eyes" (official video from Supersonic TV show in 1976 is best) from Give Us A Wink album. Awesome rocking song... it's harder. Set Me Free and Action are good too.
3) How have you not done SLADE yet?? Glam kings, and great fun rockers! Unfortunately, there are a lot of crappy 70s TV lip sync videos out there for them, so please choose wisely - want you to have a good first experience! My fav is "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" on Supersonic in 1977... Pure live, pure loud power. Balloons, streamers, and real fun from Slade.
Drummers were pretty much always out front once up a time. Amber really should react to Ballroom Blitz if she has not heard it. That song still gets the ladies up. Set Me Free is a great rocker by these guys.
Germans and Scots, clapping on one and four every time there’s a dance tune, lol!
YEEES! I listened to this the other day with my mum, this was her teen years right here. I loved this when I was a kid. SO glad you're enjoying The Sweet!