I Wanna Be Committed - The Sweet

[Gordomusic1]

Great to hear that crazy Andy guitar solo at the end again.

[RCbeastly]

CD Japan calls "Strung Up" "Live and Best" but it is out of print. There is a $100 used LP release on Amazon. Other than that it just looks like pathetic MP3 downloads.

[MrRalphsworld]

I had that LP in 1976.

Wish I still had it :(

[rodclubman76]

Sweet were always wanting to record heavier material but were held back by "management" as part fo the plan to make their career last a lot longer than it actually did - sadly things did not turn out as planned and the rest is history.

[Dyynamo]

@rodclubman76

I think you came close to what happened way back in 1974 between C&C and Sweet, but at the same time are way off the mark. Yes C&C were in the USA when Sweet did SFA, but I believe it was more about promoting themselves than promoting Sweet. Also, they DID record again with Sweet after SFA. Desolation Boulevard is testament to that. The breaking point was when Fox On The Run was released as a single. As good as I Wanna Be Committed is, I Think it would have bombed as a single.

[rodclubman76]

This was the last song that Chinn & Chapman had written for the band before the split and was never released as a single - it first saw the light of day on "Strung Up" - the dual album featuring one lp of sweet written songs and one lp of Chinn Chapman songs. The long term plan for the Sweet (in C & C's plan) was to gradually make Sweet's releases heavier and heavier.

[rodclubman76]

Folks, I think I can shed some light on this - Chinn and Chapman walked away from Sweet as a result of a misunderstanding. C & C were in the states marketing the band - whilst they were over there Sweet went in to the studio and recorded Sweet Fanny Adams. As C & C saw themselves as having the sole rights to all production work - they got really pissed off and refused to work the Sweet again.

[GLABB69]

So tinny . This needs and deserves to have a better quality version on here.

[BigSCTVfan]

Dyynamo, you misunderstood what I was saying. I was saying that the songs Chinn and Chapman contributed to The Sweet got heavier and darker in their lyrical matter than they were when they first started. I cited "Jeanie" because that song seemed like pure fluff compared to this song, which has very dark lyrical matter and arrangements. This should have been right up Sweet's alley. Sweet shouldn't have parted ways with Chinn and Chapman.

[Dyynamo]

@BigSCTVfan I don't believe I did misunderstand you. The songs were heavier in the latter part, but there were many reasons why C&C were shown the door and they weren't musical ones. The main one was the fact that C&C were writing for quite a number of other acts at the time and became more freelance than part of the whole Sweet set up. If they'd continued to give Sweet 100% then they'd have worked together for a whole lot longer, but C&C were in demand from all quarters for their services.

[BigSCTVfan]

It's easy to hear why this song wasn't released as a single. Definitely wild and experimental! You know, it's funny, I don't know why Sweet was so eager to get rid of Chinn and Chapman, as it appeared that Chinn/Champman as time was going on were writing songs more in line with what the Sweet was about. I mean, just compare this song with freakin' "Jeanie", for christsakes! Oh well, I guess the Sweet guys were just determined to make it on their own, no matter what.

[Dyynamo]

@BigSCTVfan

I think you contradict yourself a bit there. First off you say that its easy to see why this song wasn't released as a single, but then go on to say they should have stuck with Chinn and Chapman, citing Jeannie ( a song that is strongly rumoured to have been written by a member of Deep Purple btw) as a reason why they shouldn't have used their own stuff. How come you didn't mention Action as one of their songs that was also covered by Def Leppard, or Fox On The Run which was huge.

[headofapollo]

@Dyynamo- you & bigsctfan need to get a room-chill out!

[Dyynamo]

@headofapollo

Erm.... The last post in that thread was 7 months ago. Who's the one who needs to chill here lol.

[headofapollo]

@Dyynamo shall we get a room then?!?

[ToddSweeneyOnce]

As great as Queen was, I'll still take Sweet any day.

[bassmonkey1962]

Amazing drumming by Mick Tucker.

[moonsault2506123]

my least favourite song by sweet,intended as a single it was never released as one,they recorded it just before they left chinnichap,and said if it was released they would'nt promote it!.

[fedtheend]

it must have been distributed with queen then, because I recall hearing queen and sweet together.

[Sweetoothist]

The double LP Strung Up was released on CD in Japan in 1992 under the title Anthology (Capitol/EMI TOCP-7521). As far as I'm aware its the only CD release so far to contain the full unexpurgated four minute plus version of withdrawn single, I Wanna Be Committed. There were some minor fades on the live tracks, mainly some onstage banter, so that the original album could fit on one CD.

[21pinch]

I was on a UK Sweet site [don't recall the name, found it on Ebay] and there's even more "new" releases of almost everything you can imagine, but no Strung Up.

I don't get it.

[Sweetoothist]

As I explained Sweet - Anthology is Strung Up under an alternative title. It features identical artwork by Petagno, albeit altered slightly for the CD format, identical tracks and sequencing. I suggest you contact a rock import specialist like CD Japan. Happy hunting!

[21pinch]

Thanks! I'll have to get some of that solid plastic alloy.

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Great idea to play vinyl as not on CD. I have the vinyl and always loved Strung Up. Why wont they release these treasures? Thanks heaps.

[marcfedak]

The Sweet weren't always taken seriously because of their sometimes silly teeny bopper lyrics, but they always displayed great musicianship and insane vocals, and when they did their own songs, you can see how close to Queen they were in ambition.

[Dyynamo]

Thats a strange comment about them being close to Queen. Sweet preceded Queen by a few years.

[21pinch]

If you look on the back of Give Us A Wink, I always thought it said "Queen are a bunch of winkers" with "Queen" rubbed out just enough that you can still see it.

[noodlam]

only one on y-tube. thanks. stoned, 1974, listening to this on giant Genesis speakers with my bud's mom yelling, TURN THAT SHIT DOWN!! "PHONE FOR YOU!!!!" yee-ha.

[noodlam]

Wow Man. Thanks for posting. One of the great cuts from this great album.

[InternetToughGuyXL]

Bad assss!

And the pops at the end kind of accent it.

[realloveism]

cool video clip :-)

[chowkoo]

i thought i was a tripper....

[rodclubman76]

This is the last track that Chinn/Chapman wrote for Sweet before they parted ways. First time I ever heard it was on Strung Up - I do not know if it was ever released as a single anywhere?

[PhantomSweetLove16]

Totally badass band. :)

[21pinch]

This is the full length version, available only on Strung Up. It's on the US version of Boulevard but it fades out before the true ending.

Although Strung Up has yet to be released on CD [that I know of], the concert they took the live stuff from is available on CD as "Live At The Rainbow, The Complete Concert" recorded Friday December 21st 1973.

[jm3xyz]

The ending is one hell of a fantastic heavy-psychedelic-crazy music trip!

SWEET AT THEIR BEST!!!

Thx for posting

[HedyShepard]

I hope there's a video of them playing this unfn'believable song out there somewhere.

[sweetfa123]

hint hint.............

[warminator]

aaahhh..so glad you posted it. I`ve been waiting so long.

Quite unique sweet song with so many structures far ahead of its time.

[F1tsy]

Then i had the US version, though im from Sweden.

Diffrenet album cover then on this clip so yeah.

Good song.

[SigalaSigala]

this was released on "desolation blvd." in nov. '74-"strung up" wasn't released until nov. '75.  it's on my "desolation blvd." cd.

[Dyynamo]

Its not on the European version of Desolation Boulevard. Only the USA one. I was speaking from a European point of view but I stand corrected that it appeared in the US before over here.

[TechMaven]

Yup, it's on my Desolation Blvd LP. I'm so old, all my Sweet is on vinyl.

[SigalaSigala]

Most of mine was on 8-tracks! I'm an 8-track kind of guy living in an iPod world!

[IcouldBNE1]

Yeah I have this on the U.S. Desolation Boulevard LP also, which I think was selected UK album tracks and singles from 73-75 from what I've heard. Ballroom Blitz didn't become a hit in the U.S. till 75 so they put that on the U.S. DB also.

[jm3xyz]

Best Sweet song.

'nuff said!

[Marzkiss]

Hey very cool presentation Dyynamo...love this track...and yes, I would love to get this album again!! Rock on dude

[linkreeves]

That's the record I can't get. I want it so bad

[soozun]

Cool! Someone at thesweet.com forums just posted a picture of their record collection and they have Strung Up framed on the wall. Do you display your records? They are so cool!