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  • I would have to say that all 3 of these musicians are great!. There's not 1 that tries to steal the show from the others. They compliment each other in their work. When you read the credits on the cd case you see ZZ Top, not just single names doing all the work. Now thats a true team. Corporate America should pay ZZ Top to come talk to them. Thak about it.

  • DR Brinkley's "Border Blaster" out of Mexico.

  • 2:14

  • Best less than 2:30 rocker ever done. Cool lyrics, great vocals by Dusty Hill, who unfortunetly doesn't get enough chances to sing lead with Billy, awesome solo, this is a power trio doin' it's thang right here!

  • haha the old cappezio's ....wanna be a rock star? wear white cappezio's fuk off if I mispelled it

  • This proves that you CAN hit the dislike button by accident people...

  • the best ever song lyrics... country Jesus hillbilly blues, that's where I got my licks!!

  • Very best!

  • Dusty has a great voice !

  • That bass was throbbing

  • whoa that's kickass!!!!

  • I'm gonna continue the praise of Dusty's bass playing;Heard it on the X is a rockin song from this fine southern rock band and that's what they are,Texas is a southern state.ZZTop has made some of the best songs ever and they deserve all the gratitude given to em and more.

  • Loud beards and fuzzy guitars. Dusty's amps are on 12

  • Oh My God. Dusty Hill's bass sound is unbelievable. I mean, everyone knows Billy Gibbons is great, but the bass..... Whatta tone! No wonder they sound so huge.... its a 3-piece band that sounds like a 6 piece.

  • KICK ASS!

  • what happened to Frank Beard? He was on his way to being an otherworldly drummer but then came Eliminator (a great album) with mostly a drum track driving

    everything I think maybe we should find out what they did with the real Frank Beard

  • one of the best live perfroming bands ever

  • 2:12 That's Dusty's best attempt at verticality. Now THAT white man CAN'T jump! :-)

  • Aye one Dusty Hill gonna sang for ya right heeyah!

  • zztop holds the all time record for having the orginal band members the longest

  • Before  MTV

  • One of the best power trios of all time in my humble opinion.

  • x rock 80.

  • ZZ top forever.

  • zz top was cool in the 70´s, they were great in the 80´s, they were awesome everytime. even today. coolest bluesrock/pop/tex-mex/god-know­s-what-band ever!

  • Led Zeppelin meets the Rio Grande!

  • holy shit, this song just rips, frank beard just plays the shit out of this, what a super band, i first heard them with eliminator, than i got there older stuff, wow, what a difference, they really are a great band

  • Like Motorhead and even Discharge...That distirted bass rules. Cliff

    Burton was right!!!!!!

  • @sitro74 I am thinking you are talking about the part of the Metallica "Cliff Em All" tape where they are naming their influences and favorites and at the very end Cliff with a big cheesy smile nods his head and says "ZZ TOP!"..you are right and so was Cliff like you said. Cliff Burton was brilliant!

  • I got this song on my Ipod, don't sound as good as this!

  • 1 person clearly didn't hear it on the x.

  • Zz are Amish rockers.

  • @iandiTODAY NEEEEEver break down in western kansas at night during the winter. Friggan no phones, no cars=one cold walk.

  • @Tarten46 LOL!!

  • Most southern people in the US like ZZTop. Funny thing I know is that people up in northern areas do not really like ZZTop that much, and that's what I heard about.

  • @tshk5271221 Hmm, well Canada absolutely LOVES ZZ Top and always has. They sell out here every year dude.

  • @tshk5271221 That is Bullshit!!

    

  • @tshk5271221 you heard wrong, we love zz top in the north too, best live band I've ever seen, one of the few bands you cant really appreciate until you see them live, their studio works does not do the justice

  • @MrMiken1970

    DUDE, I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE MY CAR WITHOUT TURNING ON ZZTOP SONGS. SINCE ZZTOP WAS INFLUENCED BY HISPANIC CULTURE, NORTHERN PEOPLE WON'T LIKE ZZTOP, AND THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM MY FRIEND. IF NOT TRUE, THAT'S GOOD.

  • i was at my guitarplayers house the other night,and he threw this show in the dvd player/giant plasma screen,and WOW! whatta performance! i promptly ordered

    "double down live" on dvd.cannot wait till it arrives in the mail! i saw your post(thank you) before i saw it at my buds house,and i wondered if it was available on dvd.

    i am blown away! rock on brother!

  • Great western like song

  • i love this song

  • DR. B mentioned at :52-aka the man there singing about-

  • young and jumpy --

  • WOW, do ya think that drugs might have something to do with their high energy levels? Great video though.

  • Dusty, Billy, and Frank, could have fronted their own 'Kick Ass" band if they wanted to and be very successful at it. What makes ZZ special is that each member is on equal footing with the others. How else could they have managed to KICK ASS for sooo long? Long live the TOP!!

  • Billy's best tone ever

  • i did a lot of drinkin and some fighting with this music cranking up as loud as it would go,,,the good ole days!!!

  • diggin' me some ZZ... 

  • 1 dislike? UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!! lol

  • @ElDiabloEastSida musta guessed wrong on the last vote... and they're still bitter ☺☺☺

  • Frank Beard is one of the best drummers that you never here about.

  • @mynewpastime Robbie Bachman also..

  • @mynewpastime Yes.. or hear about either!!

  • @mynewpastime yeah! he´s one of the coolest looking drummer in the world, and he and the band are idols for a hole generation. what a pity that much to less people are listening such a music today...  BLUES-ROCK FOREVER !!!

  • @mynewpastime You are Right! L. Pace...Paragould, Arkansas.

  • Hell Yeah 

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  • @bassmanjoe And what´s wrong?

  • This is fucking great !!! Love ZZ Top!

  • More Dr. B trivia. Doc Brinkley as he was known specialized in restoring male virility by implanting goat glands in his patients. He also dabbled in politics and actually won the office of governor of Kansas in the late twenties/early thirties although the two major parties conspired to deny him his rightfully won victory. He also owned a flamethrower AM radio station in Milford, Kansas that reached all or parts of thirty states. The government conspired to take that from him also.

  • our band was on Rock Palast back in 80', it was on every weekend. 

  • All I know for sure is that Z.Z. Top always played well live. I don't recall them ever rendering a bad show. I've never been disappointed in their live sets---I've had my socks knocked off by their accuracy and awesome live feel, but never been let down! Thanks for the great post!

  • the one who disliked this obviously doesn't know what good and talented music is.

  • I always imagined that Dusty and Billy sang back and forth on each line of the lyrics as if conversing. I was wrong.

  • @HonkIfYouLoveHonking no, you're correct....Billy and Dusty most certainly DID trade off on the verses of the song.Billy kicks it off with "Do you remember, back in 1966", Dusty on "Country Jesus, Hillbilly blues, that's where I got my licks", and so on...duets on the "anywhere, y'all, ev'rywhere, y'all", then Billy on the "I heard it, I heard it, I heard it on the X". Dusty just did the lion's share on this outing is all.....

  • @bowslap Oh OK. Thanks.

    

  • What more can a person say?! They rule Tejas hands down!

  • This song will never get old.

  • Talk about TIMELESS, this song still is every bit as vital as it was then!!!

  • dude zz top could make a song about abosulotley nothign and it will be good

  • This is raw!

  • Border Blasters Reign Supreme! ZZ Top can flat out play. Great Great stuff.

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  • i love watching frank on the drums, nobody else does as smooth as he does.

  • This is the ZZTop I grew up with not the "gimme all your lovin'" lame crap.

  • @generationx1966 That song ain't all fluff, you know? The one they used in GTA is much worse, it doesn't sound like the ZZ I know and love

  • @MetallicBill It was the beginning of the end,you have to agree.El Loco was their last decent album. After that it was sell out city...

  • @generationx1966 I've yet to see them live, though they still play out, Blue Oyster Cult is a band that rarely records but do tour still and are amazing live. I'm glad they are still a ROCK band! haha

  • @generationx1966 I know the first 5 albums was theyre best

  • where did you get this ? :)

  • If you like ZZ's "X" check our a guy who calls himself KINGSBLADEUSA. His version blew me away. And he seems like a cool guy as he'll personally respond to posts.

    He's got other great covers of Ted Nugent, the Offspring, Johnny Cash, Metallica and more.

  • Yet another ZZ song where Beard's syncopation really gives the music it's bad-ass ZZ-Top sound. That man's drumming is so subtle...he's kinda like a pocket drummer who figured out how to lay down the heavy to rock and roll. Another great example of his style spelling out ZZ's sound is the song "Just Got Paid Today".

  • I love when Dusty sings.

  • Two things:

    1. What the hell does Gibbons say at the beginning of this song? I hear him say it before every performance, but I can hardly figure out a single word of it!

    2. Why does Dusty sing the entire thing here? It's clearly Gibbons singing parts of the verses on the original. It sounds like Gibbons's voice on the studio version of "Dust My Broom" too, but Dusty always takes over that one live as well...

  • @Thetarantinomaniac

    1) Everyone, Dusty Hill's gonna sing for you right here!!

    2) Why not?

  • @lookingforfun70 I mean, it's cool that Dusty gets a bit more spotlight during live performances than he does in the studio...it just seems kinda random how they switch up the lead vocalist for certain songs every now and then.

  • They played at neyland stadium and filled it up 100,000+ around that time they could hold there own with anyone including MJ.

  • The amount of ass this kicks is sick. Just sick. Thanks for posting!

  • @lookingforfun70 Amen Brother!

  • Love the vocal harmony. this is a high energy performance. Miss the slide lead though. thanx for posting.

  • wow, Frank looks so young

  • Fookin Hell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i always liked dusty's vocals better.

  • I dont know about the best bass player ever....

    hes a good one tho..

  • rock period , no question. those were the day's when talend was for real, thank god zz top is still going strong. britney spears, lady ga ga and all the (other american idol) crap need's to be flushed down the toilet zz rules

  • This is the definition of rock

  • FIND THE LYRICS @ EasyLyrics . org/?artist=ZZ+Top&title=Heard­+In+On+The+X

  • I love it when douche bags say the eagles are Americas greatest rock band.

  • @jolem5000

    Yeah dude, they're not even in the top 15.

  • @jolem5000 I agree. But they did have one of the best guitarists. I speak of Mr. Walsh. The others were lucky fags.

  • M9000 thanks, dawg you are my new best friend and i'm lightin one up for dr.b right now,johnnyk,perfect! my band cool world opens for these muthers on may 30th at rocklahoma!! I first saw them in 72 in Portland Or, been playing ax every since and it finally paid off, fuck me,,, i'm gonna open for ZZ TOP!!!!!!!!

  • tires crunching on snow growly bass i love it

  • tires crunching on snow growly bass i love it

  • heard on the x in my opinion the riff that lead to EVH's Mean street listen to the two riffs back to back belly to belly no question in my mind....

  • i always wondered about that , thanks mika19000

  • Trivia: The "Doctor B" mentioned in the lyrics was Dr. John Brinkley, a wealthy and influential pre-WWII American quack physician who outflanked Federal broadcasting regulations by setting up a Mexico-based "X-station" outside US control. In between pitches for his phony cures, his station played all sorts of hillbilly and blues stuff that mainstream US channels wouldn't touch.

  • Great bit of info there, thanks!

  • @mikal9000 - That's awesome! Thanks for the information.  ZZ Top! Those 3 li'l ole boyz from Tejas ... RULE! Yeehaw!!!

  • @FanOfJanis If the subject interests you, check out the book CHARLATAN by Pope Brock. Doctor B was a fascinating character -- they should make a movie about his life, with Johnny Depp in the title role!

  • @mikal9000 50000 watts

  • @mikal9000

    Wasnt that station in nogalas, sonora, mexico?

  • @CarloRossiJr Brinkley's station was XERA, in Villa Acuña. He based his "clinic" across the river in Del Rio, Texas. If you're interested in the Brinkley story, check out the book CHARLATAN by Pope Brock.

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  • @mikal9000

    sounds like a good time to me ! I just found this partial review.

    ..."Brinkley agreed to try to restore the man’s virility via an unorthodox transplant operation. The farmer wound up with two extra testicles courtesy of one luckless goat."

  • @CarloRossiJr There is an interesting profile of "Dr" Brinkley in the book: "Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone" the story of the Original Carter Family...check it out.

  • @mikal9000 How cool is that!?!! Was unaware; thanks for the info, for real.

  • I love the blues and southern rock mixture. My favorites are before the Eliminator album. You can tell they love what they play.

  • @tbh4220

    Yeah i totally agree with you brother,from Eliminator album and after it's not as much from the heart, it's more like "we want to make a whole lot of money!

    But if you have a lot of dough you can buy a lot of nice guitars, amps, cars and of course some meaty pleasures that you can afford to pay for and that's all good and fine!

  • Dusty Hill has the most ugly-ass bass tone I've ever heard.

    I love it.

  • @BobaBaggins

    Muddy, like a fart.

    Me, too.

  • The hand claps live is further proof how much ass these guys kick.

  • Love Billys hat!

  • ZZ Top Rules

  • Love the song, but the white shoes kill me!

  • They were dressed up! :) Like Eddie in Christmas Vacation. Nothin' but the best!

  • This smokes! Thanx for posting. Dusty sings real good.

  • NOTHIN BUT SMILES HERE

  • Best blues band!second is SRV and double trouble.I'm not from Texas but Texas propagated the best blues.

  • ZZ TOP IS ROCK & ROLL!!!!

  • Dusty Hill - The coolest bass player EVER...

  • @SaddleCat1 coolest yes... best bass player nah theres others

  • @SaddleCat1 dusty hill is hank hills cousin laol ha ha

  • @SaddleCat1 Not to berate Dusty as he is good but if you like good bass player check out James Jamerson, he was the studio bass player for Motown. You hear him on old those old great Motown songs. Really listen to one of them next time you hear it (tune in to the local oldies or YouTube of course. I think you will appreciate his ability, and yes, even being a once obscure session muscian he is now in the R&R Hall of Fame where he belongs. As will Dusty, if not already.

  • @kosmickat Stanley Clark

  • fuckin' awesome!!!!

  • Dusty is so underrated

  • Wow I never knew he sang this tune

    It has always been one of my favorites by them .

    I recently read a book about them

    Interesting history of this band of

    most awesome rockers !!

  • On this concert, live at Krugahalle, Essen

    Germany, i heart ZZ Top at first Time !

    My favorit Song was Ten Foot Pole.

    Seit dem ist ZZ Top meine Lieblingsband

  • HELL YEAH!!! This is how I remember "That little 'ol Band from Texas"! (Yah, I'm an 'ol dude, LOL!)

  • what was rock palast something like midnight special accept a lot better

  • Great quality, saw them here in Berlin back in 2003, a little older but they still rocked!

  • They are just tearing it up!! This might be the greatest live ZZ Top I've ever heard---pure no BS go for the jugular rock...AWESOME STUFF!!

  • ZZ Top is one of the best Rock N' Roll Bands EVER!

  • this band just rocks!! No BS just pure rock...This is almost 30 years ago and sounds kick ass!! Better than 99% of bands out today!

  • Beardless gettin' his shuffle on!

  • and the whole thing's comin' out on double down!!!

  • great!

  • Now thats ZZ top at there best

  • They were on fire !!!

  • Now that's some kick-ass Rock and Roll!

  • super vraiment cool!!!

  • heard this on XM at work today and remember how much this album kicked! I'm going to date myself but WTF! When I was in highschool, you dare not throw a party at your house if you didn't have this album on hand!!!

  • 1977/philly pa w/ Blue Oyster Cult and Ted Nugent... I was 14/15.... Amazing Years.... Next gig i went to TROWER/Robin....... Foghat....... List goes onnnnn!!!!!!

  • that little 'ol band from texas rocks the

    fuck out man!!!!

  • talk 'bout a three piece band that kicks

  • killer riff.....killer song!!! thats one of the fuzziest tones i ever heard Billy play...

  • BADASS

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