Once upon a time in the 80s, I was a dancer (had to pay the bills ya know) and this song was huuuge. So whenever my biker friends would come to see me, they would request this song and one of those biker friends who wore a pair of white cheap sunglasses would hand them to me and I would dance with the glasses. Good times and no regrets peeps, some of the best years of my life. Thanks Wolfs!
@D1Gr8hansGraf
3 жыл бұрын
You provided very valuable community service thru your emotional support group, my friend! 🤟🏽🥃
@cristyrawks6325
3 жыл бұрын
@@D1Gr8hansGraf Me?
@D1Gr8hansGraf
3 жыл бұрын
@@cristyrawks6325 dancers were my therapy then! 😁
@cristyrawks6325
3 жыл бұрын
@@D1Gr8hansGraf Ohhh okay lol
@juergenstange6844
3 жыл бұрын
I was there in Essen/Germany in 1980 ! It was absolutely great !!! I was just eighteen, so I don't had to ask my parents. It took a longtime till this was available on CD or vinyl, so I had to buy a bootleg.
@bertpainter8385
3 жыл бұрын
You guys being in a band can really appreciate these guys. They are right up there with one of the best 3 piece rock band ever right along with "Cream" with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce. If you don't know much about Cream, let me know and I'll point you to the right videos. A little fun fact about Billy Gibbons. He uses 7 gauge extra lights strings. His reasoning is why do people have to use so much energy to play guitar. And his right. When you put distortion or gain and pump up the volume on rock guitar, there is really no need for heavier gauge strings and you barely how to play to get that sound. With how much effort Billy puts into playing, He's barely hitting the strings with his right hand and his left hand hardly works to play the fretboard side with his left. A number of people did a comparison video with 7's up to 13 gauge strings that Stevie Ray Vaughan used to use. Although there is a difference in timbre, it's not noticeable using distortion or heavy gain. SRV is the only person I've noticed who can play 13's and play them with any kind of authority. He was strong MF. Cheap sunglasses and Sharp dressed man were two of the all time most played songs by young bands back in the 70's and 80's. And always received well by the people.
@Freedum_Fries
3 жыл бұрын
I played on 7's once it really does play with ease. hard part for me is I have a heavy picking hand and I just couldn't get myself to play with more ease lol
@thedocofrock1890
3 жыл бұрын
and also let's not forget the james gang - joe walsh at his best. jim fox kickin' the shit out of his kit. and also the jimi hendrix experience. for some reason they don't get mentioned much. and a different genre of course but the police were a great 3 man band. saw them in '83 on the synchronicity tour
@bertpainter8385
3 жыл бұрын
@@thedocofrock1890 It's funny I was in a band that we cover one song by the Police, I forget the name now, but I never really paid attention to that band. I just learned my part. Never realized they were just a 3 piece band. We had a organ/keyboard player to fill in the 4th spot, along with bass, drums and guitar. I was too young to even care about anything but playing in a band at the time. Joe Walsh was one of my favorites. And Funk 49 is still a great riff to play around on and jam out. Love that song.
@bertpainter8385
3 жыл бұрын
@@Freedum_Fries Yep, I watch an interview with Billy and the interviewer mention how he had to adjust his right picking hand to those light gauge strings. And that that was the secret to playing them. I've only gone down to 8's and my SG couldn't handle them as the trust rod had a problem with adjusting and only works with 10's for the intonation. My PRS needs an intonation adjustment, so I still use 9's. But as I get older, I'm finding the need to get thinner gauge strings.
@thedocofrock1890
3 жыл бұрын
@@bertpainter8385 funk 49 - walsh had some killer riffs - and the bomber too
@Freedum_Fries
3 жыл бұрын
The best part about this band is, The Drummers last name is, "Beard" and he doesn't Have one hahaha!!
@shannonmccullough8324
3 жыл бұрын
When ZZ Top started, he was the only one with a beard.
@Drinckx2
3 жыл бұрын
They are a brilliant band, but yes, the best ZZ Top fact is exactly that.
@suprchickn7745
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know--Billy is a pretty big highlight as well!
@keefmack
3 жыл бұрын
There are several excellent songs from this show where the band is just going bananas.
@thunderstruck5484
3 жыл бұрын
Me and wife went to ZZ Top concert New Year’s Eve early 80s and as I’ve said before my ears are still ringin! Thanks guys for another great great fun video
@D1Gr8hansGraf
3 жыл бұрын
Got to see these cats with Lynyrd Skynyrd as the opening band! That was a hell of a show!
@birdmanhero
3 жыл бұрын
Theres a great episode of King of the Hill where its revealed bassist Dusty Hill is Hank Hill's cousin and the whole band torments Hank the entire episode lol
@robrobertson4619
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite ZZ Top song😎😉 I know live is usually best, but the studio version is slightly better in my opinion. Love your reaction videos👍
@headcheeze69
3 жыл бұрын
Love.
@dianelindquist9796
3 жыл бұрын
Saw them in concert years ago, crazy fun! And it’s only three guys!
@mikeberry2649
3 жыл бұрын
What a great sound they had back then. Especially Frank Beard. He was at his best then.
@jeffcochran4879
3 жыл бұрын
Same concert, I’m bad I’m nationwide
@krazzybastard
3 жыл бұрын
The coolest band of all time😎. Try Fool for your stockings or blue Jean blues by these guys. Both classic ZZ Top👍
@randalladams7692
3 жыл бұрын
Cant wait you 2 are my favs and you rock
@rolfnoch2422
3 жыл бұрын
I was 18 or 19 ... and this was/is one of my favorite songs. What a nice time with CHEAP sunglasses! B-)
@dztxtea
3 жыл бұрын
RIP Dusty Hill
@davmtu
3 жыл бұрын
I am so excited to see them live next month in southern Indiana.
@scottdarden5808
3 жыл бұрын
I love the way Billy and Dusty would always dance
@kjw1886
3 жыл бұрын
They opened for Jimi Hendrix in an american tour.
@mickeymayfield4192
3 жыл бұрын
just a little band from texas, imagine in the late 60s when they started having them play at your prom?
@Itelkner
3 жыл бұрын
Man, their songs just drip with swing and swag.
@edwardcrews2952
3 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Dusty
@SolaMelodica
3 жыл бұрын
Dirty, grungy, and funky! BOOM!
@alisonmontana8895
3 жыл бұрын
Since I haven't seen anyone else say it, they are in Back to the Future 3, the three piece banc where the guy spins his drum around. That's ZZTop.
@MetalMcfly
3 жыл бұрын
x2 fun facts = In the early days such as this video.. Billy Gibbons uses a 1972 U.S. American quarter as his guitar pick to get his metal on metal sound to the strings. This is why so many other guitarists couldn't get this tone nor effect on a Gibson Les Paul in the 70's. Billy literally coined the Texas rock and roll sound in the 70's -80's with this very technique up until 1983's Eliminator album where new studio technology took over and was able to "mimic" his studio tone. Fact 2... Frank Beard (the drummer) is the only member w/o an actual beard.
@patrickkelly9721
Жыл бұрын
Have the Wolf Hunterz noticed the drummer, whose name is Beard, is the one member without a beard?
@dalem8332
3 жыл бұрын
Great song! The entire album is excellent. Thanks! 🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦🇨🇦
@charliemac64
3 жыл бұрын
ZZ Top: Thug Life before Thug Life
@brianstarks2752
3 жыл бұрын
Jesus Just left Chicago my absolute favorite
@quendras7953
3 жыл бұрын
WOW!! This recording is like 41 years old - I' m 51 myself, so I might _not_ have seen it at the german TV (WDR is a german TV station) at that time (parent's forbid), but WOW - it doesn't sound old!
@MarkSmith-ws1mb
3 жыл бұрын
I find it funny that the guy with the last name beard is the only one without a beard
@jayman58016
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely some soul in that guitar
@americanmutt9089
3 жыл бұрын
I wore cheap plastic frame mirrored aviators back in the'80's.
@ChataCovers
3 жыл бұрын
you gotta hear the studio version of this song
@creepyaxe
3 жыл бұрын
Try Tush and La Grange
@scottdarden5808
3 жыл бұрын
RIP Dusty
@dianelindquist9796
3 жыл бұрын
Love ZZ!!! This song is fun, you should also try TV dinner!!
@saltydrunkard
3 жыл бұрын
Try "Beer drinkers and hell raisers" early ZZ top
@dwain437
3 жыл бұрын
Bad and nation wde. Gotta do it
@ericmyers5003
3 жыл бұрын
✌🎸🤘
@geonub37
3 жыл бұрын
I just got sunglasses 2 for $3 on clearance at Acme (local supermarket) coupla weeks ago
@uncledan7500
3 жыл бұрын
Don't they sound like an inbound locamotive coming up behind you?!😎
@lonniellink4072
3 жыл бұрын
Frank Beard is the one without the beard
@jamgee4402
3 жыл бұрын
zz top has had the same line up for 50 years...cant name any other band that has been around that long with the same line up
@willasacco9898
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe, Los Lobos?
@D1Gr8hansGraf
3 жыл бұрын
Jethro Tull comes close.
@baumi-metal9123
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe not the best but surely the damn coolest band on the planet. Side-info: This is from Rockpalast (= rock palace), a music programme from WDR (West Deutscher Rundfunk). That means west german broadcast and is a regional TV for whole Northrhine-Westphalia that still broadcasts today. Maybe the biggest regio-tv station in Germany. Greetings from Germany.
@meowenstein
3 жыл бұрын
The Sword does a great cover of this song.
@Flesharrower
3 жыл бұрын
This was peak ZZ Top.
@mwellsjr1979
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah ZZ top one of my favorite bands. I know this is a little different but I think you guys need to check out" the warnings "new single "choke" you would be amazed at the growth of that band.
@HALberdier17
3 жыл бұрын
I only have cheap sunglasses. I bought them at a county faire where you buy two pairs for a total of $25 and get one free.
@vjordan1709
3 жыл бұрын
Billy's attack on the guitar is so in your face because he uses a quarter for a pick...
@mickeymayfield4192
3 жыл бұрын
react to zz tops pearl necklace off el loco 1981, or velcro fly from afterburner 1985, both great bluesy ballads
@robertdoerr5999
3 жыл бұрын
The Reverend Willie g.
@mdudley52
3 жыл бұрын
Billy Gibbons aka the Preacher
@Lonewolf8012
3 жыл бұрын
ZZ top the most ironic group in history, the drummers name is Frank Beard, and he is the only one that does not have a beard. ;)
@jasongood903
3 жыл бұрын
At one time he had the longest
@jacqueline23788
3 жыл бұрын
50 years on the road just try to do the same
@waynecollins4391
3 жыл бұрын
CHECK OUT HARD ROCK BAND VANDENBERG AND MARK FREE BAND!!!
@danejohnson7773
2 жыл бұрын
This song needs a couple more catchy hooks!!
@thebackyardbear
3 жыл бұрын
SHE WANTS A PEARL NECKLACE
@randalladams7692
3 жыл бұрын
The drummers last name is beard he the one who don't have one funny
@ycleptubi8935
3 жыл бұрын
7 seconds ago??
@joshritz7067
3 жыл бұрын
Ever guitarist I know how's stolen licks from the legendary Reverend Willy G
@taylortyler1867
3 жыл бұрын
Only David Gilmour rates above Billy Gibbons in _my_ book.
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