Telephant wrote:I don't trust a man that doesn't like ZZ Top.
i actually agree. not liking ZZ top would indicate not liking all things manly... like hot naked bitches giving blow jobs. Therefore it would be safe to surmise that not liking ZZ top means you're gay... and untrustworthy.
And if you wanna get into some real shit, you could probably skip the 4th and 5th albums and go straight to Deguello. Not that the 4th and 5th albums are bad, but Deguello is a more solid album front to back IMO. IMO the fifth album (Tejas) is probably their weakest album next to Antenna.
No likey the Tejas? I remember being a bit disappointed when it came out, mainly because it so much different from the earlier stuff. A couple of years ago I went back and listened to it from front to back and now its one of my favorites. It mixes well with a little green.
That album also has Sure Got Cold After THe Rain Fell which is one of my favorite slow ZZ tunes. And occasionally I'll sing Francine but change it to Amy, y'know, for the lady.
Telephant wrote:That album also has Sure Got Cold After THe Rain Fell which is one of my favorite slow ZZ tunes. And occasionally I'll sing Francine but change it to Amy, y'know, for the lady.
Yep that song is one of my favs as well. So awesome end to end.
ZZ Top is amazing. And one of the coolest and most underrated things about them is that in spite of their image as grizzled Texas bluesmen, they are one of the most fearlessly experimental bands in rock. Their range is right up there with The Beatles, Floyd, or The Clash.
"If there was only a way that I couldn't even any less than I already can't then I'd gladly not, but I think I've entered some quantum paradox, dark matter levels of can't evening where the total absolute value of not evenness exceeds all ability to explain the can'ting." - MR RUBATO
My first concert was ZZ Top, with Jakyl as the opener. Top played great, but the set list was kind of Too much Eliminator/Afterburner cheese. Not their best era, IMO.
I loves me some pre-Eliminator top
Rampage wrote:This is like, "should I trade my ziplock bag full of mayo for a Fleshlight."
My cover band rocks several top songs: Waitin for the bus Jesus just left Chicago Just got paid (open e) Tush Cheap Sunglasses (if you don't do hybrid picking, it ain't right) La Grange (if you don't pluck the beginning part, you ain't doing it right)
Ry Manchu wrote:Start with Eliminator. Take a break and cook or buy some sloppy bar-b-q and then smoke it if you got it and listen to Tres Hombres followed by Rio Grande Mud. Do at least four shots of tequila during those two albums, and then put on Deguello. If you're still not a ZZ Top fan, then buy a cardigan sweater, move to Delaware or New Hampshire, get a job in accounting and buy some Steely Dan albums.
Ry Manchu wrote:Start with Eliminator. Take a break and cook or buy some sloppy bar-b-q and then smoke it if you got it and listen to Tres Hombres followed by Rio Grande Mud. Do at least four shots of tequila during those two albums, and then put on Deguello. If you're still not a ZZ Top fan, then buy a cardigan sweater, move to Delaware or New Hampshire, get a job in accounting and buy some Steely Dan albums.
Whoa Whoa Whoa
Lets not bring Steely Dan into this
you are absolutely right - they would be trampled underfoot in seconds by the awesomeness that is ZZ Top.
Rampage wrote:Oh, you can't play guitar because of your cats? What's next, you don't have sex with your wife because your vagina is acting up?
K-Bizzle wrote:There comes a point in every young mans life when he forsakes the skittles and mountain dew of his childhood for the beer and reese's of manhood.
ovid9 wrote:I really need to get some of their albums. I have the greatest hits, one of the first albums I ever bought actually from Columbia or BMG. Love it.
But I should really get some of their full albums.
So good.
On some of the older greatest hits, the remixing/mastering sucked. The newer remasters are great, as I mentioned above.
ovid9 wrote:I really need to get some of their albums. I have the greatest hits, one of the first albums I ever bought actually from Columbia or BMG. Love it.
But I should really get some of their full albums.
So good.
On some of the older greatest hits, the remixing/mastering sucked. The newer remasters are great, as I mentioned above.
Yeah, this would've been like 1993 or something. It always sounded fine to me, but I'm used to it sounding that way now.
Rampage wrote:Oh, you can't play guitar because of your cats? What's next, you don't have sex with your wife because your vagina is acting up?
K-Bizzle wrote:There comes a point in every young mans life when he forsakes the skittles and mountain dew of his childhood for the beer and reese's of manhood.
My dad's best friend got me into Zz top and fleetwood mac when I was about 8, so they have been a fan for a while.
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Too much Eliminator/Afterburner cheese. 
Not their best era, IMO. 
