Posted on 11/10/2023 12:21:10 PM PST by DallasBiff
Sweet performing "The Ballroom Blitz" on the the German TV show Sylvester-Tanzparty from the 31st December, 1974.
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I loved many of their songs back then and still do. They were a fun uplifting change from the hard rock of the time, which is my favorite genre. At least their hits were melodic with lyrics that told stories. My favorites: Fernando, Chicatita, Eagle (that too many have never heard).
I hadn’t heard that song for many years. Then one day we were at a laser tag place shooting each other and that song came on overhead. I was blasting through the laser tag place shooting it up singing Ballroom Blitz.
Just a perfect high energy song.
great song!!!
I was going to say “A Thin Line Between Love and Hate”
Air Supply about cornered the market on songs I hate.
Worst is a tie between “Billy Don’t Be Hero” and “The Night Chicago Died”.
“The Night Chicago Died”.
In 1974, the British pop group Paper Lace released a single, The Night Chicago Died, about Al Capone and his famous shootout with Chicago police. After the single hit No. 1 in the United States, the band wrote to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley enquiring about the possibility of receiving a heroes’ welcome and an official proclamation. Paper Lace promptly received a reply from the Mayor’s Office on City Hall stationery:
“We might persuade Paper Lace and the author of The Night Chicago Died to come to Chicago and jump in the Chicago River,” it read, “placing their heads under water three times and surfacing twice. The lyrics are the greatest assemblage of garbage ever to be published. Thank you for contacting us. Pray tell us, are you nuts?”
There was some horrific music during that period that was really popular. It was odd because it was the also famous for really good music especially Southern Rock and what we call Yacht Rock now. I think Yacht Rock was called Country Rock(Eagles, Pure Prairie League, Poco, etc) back then.
“All Out Of Love” had one of the longest held notes in pop song history.
I really hated that song, but I hated One Night In Bangkok even more.
Go To Pieces by Peter and Gordon. The greatest “die for love, look what you did to me” song of all time.” It’s so bad it’s frickin awesome.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TqqQG2jdwvM&pp=ygUgR28gVG8gUGllY2VzIGJ5IFBldGVyIGFuZCBHb3Jkb24%3D
Hated Debbie Boone’s You Light Up My Life
Ian Drury And The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WGVgfjnLqc
1976
Paul McCartney and Wings
Silly Love Songs
There! Top that!
https://youtu.be/ap87QgZKTNw?si=Bbwii4GXjZxjGCjp
Yep. Good stuff.
Ditto
Me, I do the only thing that still
Makes sense to me
I do the Rock
I do the Rock Rock
Yes, that one’s pretty bad, but I think this one may beat it.
Paul Anka - (You’re) Having My Baby
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SFHWl-ZyRAg
OK, you win, lol!
Muskrat love
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