Sweet - Fountain

[moonsault2506123]

level headed is a great album.

[uniquemum73]

Fan-freakin-tastic!!!! 

[strivingx67]

For sure one of my all-time favs by Sweet.

Up there with Lady Starlight for me.

[fabrizio1973fabri]

From "Level Headed" LP (1978) - Andy Scott on lead vocals.

[toooomcat]

@fabrizio1973fabri Yes! B-Side! Like the song very much!

[bjstoker1]

This is so beautiful. And so is Sweet.

[popeyenolive]

Best lyrics on the album

[popeyenolive]

Beautiful lyrics.....one of my most favorite songs. Only rock tune I know where Harpsichord sounds great.

[ballroomblitzkid1994]

@popeyenolive I agree with you, but check out Yes' "Siberian Khatru".

[galleon30000]

nice !!!!!

[CoolStrat62]

As with so many albums , the real jems are the ones that never made airplay !

[hyperbully]

This song reminds me of the Spandau Ballet song "Gold." Or vice-versa since this one came out first.

[nigelwright7557]

Great song, shame it didnt fit in with charts music at the time or it could have done very well in the charts.

[Meoawsy]

Eines meiner Favoriten von Sweet!

One of my Favorites! :-D

[GenesisAfterglow]

......what a brilliant song.................

[LucasSanfelice]

Man, unbelievable how, nowadays, rappers and hot blondes become really famous with 2 videoclips....

On the other hand, Sweet(and many others) made, like, 5 or 6 ALBUMS filled with really really amazing songs, and never got the deserved fame...

That sux, imagine if all of these bands were really famous, they would keep making amazing songs.

[4162661670]

man sweet became such a different band... without a real purpose are we rock or are we just disco pop... music gods decided there faith along with so many seventies bands who where cast out by the rock gods..

[obr32]

krásné skvělé nádherné

[ienaplinski1999]

cosa poter aggiungere a questo brano perfetto in tutto, frutto del talento e del percorso musicale che questo gruppo è stato capace di portare avanti nel corso degli anni, anche attraverso momenti critici. forse da lassù bryan e mycky applaudono steve e andy che ancora oggi cantano a tutto in mondo il mito dei sweet.

[dadadruma]

did sweet tour to support level headed in 78?

[seekanddestroy09]

i agree with your opinion that sweet IS the most underrated ever and mick too-----these guys were not given the credit they deserved

[hugobear1]

Never understood why they weren't HUGE in America - everyone namechecks them, even KIss.

[dadadruma]

@hugobear1 lousy promotion by capitol PERIOD id bet my life if capitol did half of what they were supposed to the outcome would of quite possibly changed the path poor Brian chose and that would of definitly would of lead to more tours

[pmsptlu]

I absolutely love this song....all the sweet members proved to be very creative, each of them in their particular way. Glad that "Fountain" is available on video

[pmsptlu]

Agree, Andy Scott sings fountain

[TheChugulator]

the keyboard sounds a little styx-ish

Great song!

[eflint1]

WDIZ Rock 100 Orlando, FL plays this song quite often.

[YamersLexx]

Great song! But I love to see the artists enjoy preforming, it looks like they lost the pleasure of preforming. sad

[im42itus2]

Fountain is one of those great track The Sweet put on their albums, that no-one got to hear. Andy as a very serious Rock Star and Musician, with the band the way he wanted it to sound. Fantastic.

[astonmerrygoldfan09]

Brian doesn't look happy...Andy has been acting the bully again...

[iFabianRS]

@astonmerrygoldfan09 Probably Brian was drunk or late before they recorded this... That's why he doesn't have his own microphone I think.

[jhbdfbksdhgfjldsnglg]

andy is an equally god singer as nrian was,they aöö could sing like pros,

Wonder if andy could play on a few tracks in my group :-)

I would also like the drummer in gentle giant

John Weathers

[soniclady89]

Stopped by to watch/listen again!

That middle eighth - the solo, always gives me massive goosebumps!!! (*_*)

Absolutely looooove this song.

[TechMaven]

As much as I like the older stuff, THIS is my favorite album...They really sound great here.

[jegonus]

Where's the stinkin' end to this??? Half the keyboard outro is chopped like Chinese cabbage in a Hawaiian barb a FUCKIN cue.

[RulerOfRock666]

Didn't know that Brian played guitar.

[70s80sMusicFan]

I love Andy's performance on this song. He kinda reminds me of George Harrison...

Great Tune nonetheless. I agree this band should have received more recognition. A lot of their material was superb!

[marvinurnaked]

Andy Scott looks like one of the Gibb brothers.

[dadadruma]

unfortunatly for the band and the fans this was brians last album with the band as he spiralled into alcoholisim i read somewhere that during the 78 us tour that brian wouldnt show up for the concerts and it would wind up being just andy mick and steve and thats how it ended four yeats later these guys are the most underrated band ever in rock and mick the most underrated drummer ever

[nigelwright7557]

I have seen BC Sweet and AS sweet.

I saw Brian live not long before he died and his voice was magic.

[teaismylife247]

wow. I keep looking up Sweet album tracks here on youtube, they never fail to surprise me.

a criminally underrated band.

[Viznel137]

A Beautiful song!This version sounds different from the album at the end!

[seekanddestroy09]

first i heard this song it will definitely not be the last the comparison made to harrison is right on

[4162661670]

no big secret that andy and brian where not the best of friends i think andy once said that it was a big mistake letting brian go. Brian at the time needed rehab not to be given the boot come on andy no matter what u guys where still friends at some level brian deserved better than the fate that awaited him.

[ox092]

I Would say Level Headed i probably one of my fav albums Sweet did next to Desolation Boulevard

[1Brian94Connolly5]

it's sad

look at brian. he shows andy his back. what went wrong??

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ew and the end remembers my on dracula...

[chisongs]

Excellent track.

[04033004]

fantastic song from the level headed album. romantic side of sweet.excellent guitar

playing from andy.loved this song.the sweet

in memory forever!!!

[Gerbear70]

Weird...Andy here has this real George harrison persona thing going on...not only the beard but listen to the vocal AND the Slide guitar solo...

[eflint1]

A cross between Beatles and Skynyrds "FreeBird" (on the guitar solo).

Was Brian actually playing the acoustic guitar here, or just pretending?

[jadebronte]

Pretending- it was a prop. Only one step on the journey to leaving him behind. So sad- poor Brian, RIP.

[kai223noa]

Looks to me like he is fingering the chords correctly.

[JuliaundRomeo12]

Sweet waren die Besten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rezi10th81]

I don't understand how some people call this simple music and they only used three cords on every song. Rubbish. I think Sweet and Kiss don't get enough respect for what they did. Both bands made some original sound changing music.

[ScottAnderson1948]

Kiss? Yuck. You can't compare, SWEET, to Kiss. Kiss couldn't play, to save their lives. Gene Simmons, why don't you learn how to play bass guitar. I can outplay your whole band, singlehanded. You hack!!!

[MartyRotten]

@ScottAnderson1948 Amen to that!  Kiss were wankers compared to Sweet.

[totaldissenter69]

@ScottAnderson1948

Right on Brother!

[ZUESS12]

@ScottAnderson1948 Interesting that Kiss was mentioned This is what I was listening too when my friends were listening too Kiss back in the Mid seventies. I told them the reason was that these guys were far more talented to say the least.

[Helenxoxdevilxox]

@ScottAnderson1948 then why aren't you out there making it big dumb ass .... I lover Sweet but KISS are the gods of rock and I love sweet waay more and longer than KISS but Kiss are the gods and if you can outplay them I'd love to see it PROVE IT MOTHER FU**ER BAHHHAAAHAAAAHAAAHHHHAAAA

[Viznel137]

Beautiful song!!!!!!

[Blackmamafan]

Fountain is a magnificant album track from Sweet's 1978 album "Level Headed". It feature's guitarist Andy Scott on Lead vocals.

[goopah]

Hey, neither my original vinyl record OR my CD of this album has that extended harpsichord or whatever it's called--solo at the end. They have the solo, but not this extended version. Is the extended version available on CD anywhere??? Thanks!

[hot4tunes]

ace! cool! the baws!

[sneakyarse]

Sounds very Beatles

[lemm66]

they split before they realized how good they were with the original line up. They were not able to sit together at the table. Sad, but they raised a milestone inthe history of rock and roll.This song says a lot about the unknown rumours inside the band.SWEET forever...

[Rallemann1966]

I dedicated the lyrics of this song to my girlfriend, Claudia. How she's doing today???

[funkemariechen62]

1978??????????????

[TrejosEd]

1977 . The year the LEVEL HEADED Album was released

[Priestofevil750]

Sweeeeeet

[squirm13]

I Love this song.

[thesolot]

i said it first.

[nationwide0800]

once the band decided to lose the shackles of Chinn/Chapman the real Sweet emerged with a vengeance wow knew the song never seen video thankyou a masterclass

[thesolot]

I love this song.

[sweetladystarlight]

Andy has such a fantastic voice! I wonder why he didnt sing lead after Brian left? Thanks for this wonderful memory of Sweet!

[moorlock2003]

Yes. Andy Scott's solo single "Lady Starlight" is beautiful too.

[svaran]

is amazing vocally.

[billywest56]

another of my all time favorites!!

[renklauf]

Brilliant! Never seen this on video before, though its always been one of my fave tracks off the album. This was pretty much the final throws of the Sweet we all know and love, so watch, enjoy and remember the good times! Brian and Mick - gone but NEVER forgotten.

[SirOliverNorwell]

Awesome song! This is now in my personal The Sweet Top 3-Songs: the other two being Love Is Like Oxygen and Fox On The Run.

[SirOliverNorwell]

Just ordered the album Level Headed with this one and Love Is Like Oxygen on it. This for sure must be the most ELO-ish album that Sweet made. Heck, on first sight I even thought it could be Richard Tandy there on keyboards. This song really is a very nice surprise. Never heard it before. Much thanks for posting it!

[SirOliverNorwell]

Great song, introspective melody complete with a terrific guitar solo in the middle and even some harpsichord at the end. Didn't even know it up until a few minutes ago. I defintely will purchase a CD with this tune if it's available right now.

[wendyann131]

love andy scott wonder if he'd fancy a toy-girl lol

[keepnets]

I was in school with Andy Scott... email me for more info Sweet fans ;)

[junequeenofscots]

endora i agree 100% but dont forget by this point brian had been wailing for well over a decade if he hadnt allowed pride and the bottle get in his way he could have been with sweet for a lot longer whether they could have renewed their former success or even better only god knows

[Jadranko23]

Some of you folks, blame only Brian for the brake and his addict to the "bottle", but that's just scratching of the surface. Brian would never, ever, left the band (he formed with Mick) if he wasn't forced to leave. Drinking problem worsened when they made Level Headed with Brian just on the half of it and finally kicked him out while recording Cut above the rest, with songs mostly written in the A key which Brian wasn't able to sing!

[Jadranko23]

Some of you folks, blame only Brian for the brake and his addict to the "bottle", but that's just scratching of the surface. Brian would never, ever, left the band (he formed with Mick) if he wasn't forced to leave. Drinking problem worsened when they made Level Headed with Brian just on the half of it and finally kicked him out while recording Cut above the rest, with songs mostly written in the A key which Brian wasn't able to sing!

[JONASROBICELAND]

as a BIG sweet fan i only say most songs on cut above were not worth singing anyway....

[keepnets]

I was in school in Wrexham with Andy Scott!! contact me for more info Sweet fans!

[TrejosEd]

This is one hard to find! A friend of mine had the vinyl back in 1983. I recorded on cassette, you know... then I lost the tape. Too bad I could not find it UP TO NOW! I still sing it (I know the lyrics by heart) every time I can.

[squirm13]

Superb song, I sort of remember the sweet when I was really young, although have only got into them recently. I think at least half the band is dead now.

[libelle4]

Thanks for putting this great song up. I loved to listen to Fountain in the older days and now I still like it as much!

[Solpugid]

A definitely different view of a truly great band.

[endora60]

OK, call me a purist, but IMO a good Sweet song can only be made better if Brian's singing it. Why waste a vocalist of his calibre? Not that Scott's a lousy singer, but compared to the guy who was SUPPOSED to be the lead singer, he's not much.

[TechMaven]

I think Andy Scott wrote this.

[TrejosEd]

Brian Connolly did

[BigMoons2]

There's alot of songs Brian didn't sing back in the day. Lady Starlight, No You Don't, Into the Night among others. Plus, Andy had the highest of highest falsettos and made that trademark Sweet Harmonies.

[linkreeves]

Remember they are a group and should share a few songs. Mick I think has vocals on two or three songs

[TechMaven]

The more I listen to these more obscure Sweet songs, the more I believe they could have been hits..This song in particular is a pretty timeless piece. I does not sound dated at all to me.

[linkreeves]

For those who r looking-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=Ii9rjJorHrk

[TigerlilyLoamsdown]

This is great. Love it. Thanks for posting!

[linkreeves]

There's a video of California Nights here on youtube.

[oodlesnoodles]

WHERE???? We have looked everywhere????

[deadwoodmountain]

I knew that they were good musicians when I listen to Desolation Blvd. Set Me Free and Sweet F.A. was a good example, and that little jazzy break in Solid Gold Brass showed their versatility.

[hamsterchops]

Brian should've sung this (for that SWEET sound)

[beamerZ]

After ''level headed'' the critics finally took them serious;they were good musicians as well as composers.

I always thought it was Brain who played the clavecimble at the end?![he was a very good pianoplayer therefore i thought it was him]

[linkreeves]

Why would you even give up on them

[deadwoodmountain]

I've never heard of this song since I gave up on Sweet after after Love is Like Oxygen......what year is this from??

[TechMaven]

It's from the same album as Love Is Like Oxygen. Level Headed.

[RobertoUgalde]

The Mighty SWEET rules!!!!!!!

[fridaycat]

always loved this song..first time i have seen the video..thanks for posting it

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Wow never seen this before and I have heaps of video and DVD clips

[kitty2020]

have you got the one from that christmas special. Blockbuster.. Because the one I have is not good quality.

[TechMaven]

Cool!! Got any other vids from "Level Headed"?