How Sweet it is!
The first post of Sucky CD Sunday is dedicated to the musical stylings of '70s Glamour Rock band, Sweet. Since I have admitted to utterly robbing this idea from forgotten Disc Friday, I am going to start with the administration details, just like he does. Here they are ...
The Band: Andy Scott, Steve Priest, Brian Connolly, Mick Tucker.
Origin:England
Years active: 1968 , 1981
Genre(s):Pop, Glamour Rock
Label(s):RCA,Capitol Polydor
These guys had 8 #1 hits in Germany. That pretty much says it all. Have you heard what constitutes as music over there? And all you Kraftwerk fans with your fingers on the comment button, forget it, they are the next post on Sucky CD Sunday.
"Ballroom Blitz" was their big hit, best known for a cover that Tia Carrera sings in Wayne's World. Sweet's own version is better because it sounds freaky and maniacal. My personal fav is "Love is like Oxygen". I think I like it for the astute, angst-ridden lyrics that speak to me like poetry.
Love is like oxygen
You get too much you get too high
Not enough and you're gonna die
Love gets you high
Truer words have never been spoken.
When I think about it, for me, Sweet is exactly what their name denotes. I sometimes crave them - sometimes I need to crank Ballroom Blitz to "11" and let that just rip. And then I feel sick to my stomach.
posted by pog mo thoin @ 2:19 PM
2 Comments:
The funny thing is, they are categorized as "glam rock" but they are not "glam". Where are they "glam"?
I own the fantastic "Best of Sweet" compilation and I have a feeling people out there don't know what they're missing.
"One of the Sixteens" is a great, poppy, sickly-sweet Teen drama. Fantastic song, amongst a slew of others on this disc.
I believe the "Glam" description comes from their live shows back in the 70's. I may be speaking out of school - but I believe it has to do with the style of their shows. Grand, theatrical, over-the-top stadium productions... belive it or not, you'll sometimes find the master, the Thin White Duke, the inimitable David Bowie classified under glam-rock for his years as Ziggy Stardust. Not, of course, entirely forgetting his Spiders from Mars.
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