Bester Sound mit Ballroom Blitz. Wurde nie als Single ausgekoppelt, ansonsten weltweit wohl No. one. Ähnliche Elemente bei der Glam-Hard-Rock-Mucke wie bei Deep Purple`s Highway Star
fuck, these guys were really great musicians and songwriters, this definitely spawned some of later yrs hard edge rock, i remember nikki sixx said this was the shit, he is right
@RR44video I dont think a band like ELO copied these guys. They were a different sound. Sweet (The Sweet) started in the mid/late 60's as a bubble gum/glam rock band. ElO started off as the Move and were progressive rock. Two different styles, two different sounds. I like Sweet, and I have all of ELO's Albums. Nothing alike.
Andy Scott was a pioneer of really fast rhythm guitar playing, and this and Ball Room Blitz just show he was was ahead of his time. BTW Krokus covered Ball Room Blitz. This band really got screwed bu the media who didn't know what to think of them because they tried to make them POP, and really ignored them because of that.
Andy Scott was a pioneer of really fast rhythm guitar playing, and this and Ball Room Blitz just show he was was ahead of his time. BTW Krokus covered Ball Room Blitz
@egcroan I was a Krokus fan at the time and just cringed at that cover. They also messed with another "untouchable" song, "Schools Out" by Alice Cooper. They should have stopped at American Woman :)
@tractorboy406 - I thought Stryper had covered a Saxon song too, and it does sound more like the Saxon version. Then I realized it was a cover that Saxon had done. All of these 20+ years I thought it was a Saxon original - DOH!
The Sweet had the misfortune to have to make due with what they set before Chinn/Chapman, in the direction of bubblegum songs that were truly great, but the true ability of this band did not really become clear - this was clearly evident on both the single B-sides and on the albums, where the boys could crack it properly. "Sweet Fanny Adams" is an album that rocks and rolls from beginning to end. Here was the band with producer Phil Wainman of her very best. Rocking greetings from Germany.
Wow I found a song that I love 3 versions of. This original is the newest to me. I first knew the Saxon version from their Crusader album, and I love Stryper's new version (which I think is more similar to the Saxon cover than this original), and now I love this version too. But then I've loved everything I heard from Sweet - obviously not enough till now.
This song was on the "Desolation Boulevard" album in the US. I liked seeing this, because now I know the meaning of "Sweet FA", also on Desolation Boulevard
Sweet were fairly big in the U.S., with 4 or 5 Top 20 hits. Little Willy,the first,then Blitz, Fox, Action, and Oxygen,the last but I don/t recall them touring here as they were well established in Britain first. Anybody who rocked were into them as well as Lizzy, Foghat, Nazareth, Sabbath,UFO, Zep,Humble Pie,U.Heep,ELO, & even early Priest, to name the best from the Brit/Irish area..Bay City Rollers were heavily promoted & marketed teeny bop pop that was over hyped even before a song was out..
back in '74 & they cld write a song of such awesomeness. wow .
salute.
1st heard of this song from Vince Neil's debut solo album & didn't even realise that it's a cover til' tdy .. geezzzzz ..
acty my dad got a record from them before & i still rem it til this day when i listened to them for e very 1st time & e songs Ballroom Blitz & Love Is Like An Oxygen got me hooked.
Sweet had the two big top 40 hits here in the US, but yeah, really they were intense hard rockers with a glam tinge. Desolation Boulevard is one of my definite fave albums, to this day. Great, great, stuff.
These guys had some great tunes. I did this one and No You Don't in a couple different bands. If its true what all you guys are saying about BCR and Sweet? Then is a good thing that didn't happen w/UFO, Priest & Thin Lizzy. Its all about marketing though and what flavor is selling. IMO they shudda stuck w/these guys though and pushed 'em out there after hysteria from Saturday Night died out. That was pretty much IT for BCR in the US.
Even though, Desolation Blvd. had some 'bubble-gummy' sounds. If you cut through the poppy stuff. These guys hammered it out on the album. The same hard riffs, the driving bass, the drum fills are all still there. It is sad how they got clumped with Bay City Rollers..S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Nights......need I say more. If anyone is wondering..compare the 2 and you will find many distinct differences. =D
Sweet was one of the best live bands ever. They sounded just as good in concert as they do on this studio recording. In other words, Sweet was for real. No engineering, no overdubs, no phony baloney technical tricks to make up for a lack of real musicianship and vocal talent.
It's sad that this era has faded away to only memory and recordings. The classic rock generation was the BEST!
Saxon covered this. This is where Steve Harris from Iron Maiden sez he got his heavy-speed-metal ideas from. This wasn't fast punk rock...it was probably the origins of what we call metal today. Sabbath and Led Zep got the credit. Sweet could play many styles including jazz breaks in Solid Gold Brass.
Guys, Vince Neil from motley crue did a cover of this on his solo album "Exposed"... you should definately check it out! Always loved the Sweet but never knew this song was by them.
I am a huge Ritchie Blakemore fan and this sounds a lot like some of the solos from both Purple and Rainbow. Yes Queen and Sweet were very similar I found this first at the ripe old age of 10 yrs old and loved and still do. To me this was better all out Rock as compared to Queen. I saw Queen in 79 great show. But Connellys voice was better suited for Rock and he was very underated
Wow Zeuss! I saw Queen in late 78, so we both saw the same News of the World tour, it sounds like. I agree with you that this is all out rock, but I enjoy both bands way too much to really compete them against each other. It's like trying to compare Beethoven to Mozart. How do you rate genius against genius?
@ZUESS12 Agree about Connelly very good call, I've always thought Mick Tucker as a drummer was very underated as well, the drumming on this song especially showcase's the guy's talent....and also from the same album the title track, he was far ahead of his time..
@TheSweetFA74 Yes Connelly was very underated however thier sound was not as unique as Queens. I sing in a hard rock Christian band that has a lot of secular influence (Sabbath STP etc) and I still listen to much of it. Really between about 1969 and 1985 there was some of the best rock ever produced. Much of it now lacks any depth at all. It is based on a few power chords and very little if any lead to speak of. Also the concerts are very short with very little improv at all no solos.
So many memories....my big bro introduced them to me in like 1972...3?...4?I din`t think they were this popular.I looked up to my big bro and thought at the time that he had found another gem that no one else knew or had.We had the "Off The Record",Desolation Blvd","Give Us A Wink","The Sweet",and a few more.I remember my sis and I loved the track "Healer" from "Give Us A Wink".Aside from the bubble gummy "Fox On The Run" and such,I thought no one knew them.Great stuff.
I think the Sweet and Queen are very much in the same general realm of rock and roll. Any group that emphasizes harmonization and that twangy sort of high speed power riffs is. Who else? I can't think of another right off hand.
OMG! I heard this song for the first time a few days ago & it rocked my socks off... I thought it was Deep Purple at first and that is a major compliment.
The first time I heard 'Action' was a Def Leppard cover, I only found out it was a Sweet song later.
All we hear by The Sweet from poxy DJ's are 'Little Willy' & 'Wig Wam Bam' - Sack em all! They're depriving an entire generation of the best of The Sweet.
Absolutely brilliant !!! There were a few bands in the day that never made it as big as they should have done.Sweet obviously, other bands I like that never reached the height of commercial success are Budgie ,Nazareth, Camel and SAHB.Like Sweet they also influenced the next generation of musicians.Thanks for posting this, really enjoyed it.
Im american and this album rocked me through high school and still does to his day, thank you sweet and thank you UK for your contribution to kick as rock n roll!!!!
I was the 5th caller in 1975, I was 16 and won this album, Desolation Boulevard. I couldn't believe all the great tracks. So great to hear every one blown away like I was. Long Live Sweet.
im agree with you man! the best music is in the 80s...the 90´s was bad, horrible! Nirvana, and other bands...uah! I have a puke! Live Sweet!!!! From Colombia.
sad to hear the lead singer and drummer died BUT MAN WHAT A BAND-- they should have been bigger.. American Radio did and still misses so many greats artists
I believe the reason Sweet didn't take off in America is because they were introduced at the same time as the Bay City Rollers, and American rock fans sort of lumped Sweet in with Bay City Rollers and dismissed them as posers, which of course they were not. Lucky for us that Sweet ended up influencing a lot of great bands, and Bay City Rollers didn't. :D
You're right. They weren't bigger here because of marketing. People that got into the Sweet sort of got into it by accident. Most of their bad ass songs were album cuts that weren't released to radio, like this rocking number right here. The Sweet is by far the most under-rated band of all time.
I don't think that's what it was, on the BCR thing. Sweet did take off in America, but they were an acquired taste. They didn't have the kind of machine behind them that groups like Led Zeppelin or the Stones had. I think that they got kind of overshadowed by the heavier sounds, which I think are more popular in America. But they were great and we love them and they'll always be on the list fo any true rock and roll fan.
Also because the US version of Desolation Blvd. made Sweet sound more like the bay city rollers in comparison to the UK version, it might have been different if US was introduced the same version as Europe, which is a much richer trip.
But THE SWEET had their share of success in America, especially when they signed to Capitol and immediately had two hits "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run" and the LP "Desolation Boulevard" was a hit album.
im more of an 80's glam fan but without theas guys to pave the road the bands from the 80's would of never been able to pump it to the next level! then the 90's came and everything sucked.
Sweet kicked everyones ass in their day, nobdy matched the raw power and talent. These guys were so far ahead of the times. Any aspiring rock band needs to listen to Sweet and pay homage to the masters.
I've still got this album and it's in bloody awesome condition, I'll never part with it and this was one song I use to play over and over, fucken awesome
They were mighty good.
iFabianRS 1 month ago
Классика жанра
BADZENKO 1 month ago
It's fine stuff, but I will readily admit liking the Fastbacks' cover more than the original.
jlis2 1 month ago
still big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ekishotmailcom 1 month ago
I veri precursori dell'Heavy Metal !!!!
maxsmeraldi 1 month ago
I was misguided I always thought Heathen put this out in the 80s
WavyGravyTrain1 3 months ago
Bester Sound mit Ballroom Blitz. Wurde nie als Single ausgekoppelt, ansonsten weltweit wohl No. one. Ähnliche Elemente bei der Glam-Hard-Rock-Mucke wie bei Deep Purple`s Highway Star
Tschunasun 3 months ago
@RR44video
What are you talking about? ELO didn't copy these guys! ELO was the Move before they formed that band. There not that much alike anyway.
Liam4Dead 4 months ago
I don't know how the drummers arms didn't fall off on this song!
loririsk 4 months ago 3
)))VINCE NEIL DID A GREAT COVER OF THIS ON HIS SOLO--
pekoe 5 months ago
I heard them 1st time in 1974 since that time these guys are in my heart.
They are true rock and roll band
wg390 5 months ago 3
I can't believe that is the same band that plays "Co Co".
robertow2 5 months ago
RIP MIck!
SZTANCSEK 5 months ago
Em 1976 eu curtia muito e até hoje é bom!
paulinhoosodrac1 6 months ago
i thought vince neil was the originator. noob FAIL on me.
modanoleht 6 months ago
Now that's some great rock..
avamp1 6 months ago
I can only imagine how brilliantly Iron Maiden could play cover on this song.
inpluged 6 months ago
Eu tenho o LP dessa banda. Muito curti esse som quando jovem. Muito bala!
gpr150961 6 months ago
Brian is singing lead
great voice love his accent!!
dmuse1981 6 months ago
Brian is singing lead
dmuse1981 6 months ago
fuck, these guys were really great musicians and songwriters, this definitely spawned some of later yrs hard edge rock, i remember nikki sixx said this was the shit, he is right
vanhalen515084 6 months ago 15
THELO OLO TO L.P TON SWEET FANNY ADAMS OK MY FRENT...........
500kakka 7 months ago
Who is singing?
sill567 7 months ago
@sill567 Brian Connolly! :( RIP
LoBlazor 6 months ago
@RR44video I dont think a band like ELO copied these guys. They were a different sound. Sweet (The Sweet) started in the mid/late 60's as a bubble gum/glam rock band. ElO started off as the Move and were progressive rock. Two different styles, two different sounds. I like Sweet, and I have all of ELO's Albums. Nothing alike.
pg1171 7 months ago
ESTOS SON LOS MAESTROS LOS Q ABRIERON EL CAMINO DEL METAL GLAM DE LOS 80S...
jppgstrat 7 months ago
@jppgstrat Queen universalizó el glam
DefLeppardBarcelona 6 months ago
Sweet Fanny Adams ALBUM YEAH.... Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet Fanny Adams
jppgstrat 7 months ago
just saying, but i love the song air on a tape loop.. and im guessing you do too.. :P
kittiesgomow33 7 months ago
Very similar to Queen - the guitar sound and backing vocals. This was a great band.
tommyzjr 8 months ago
@tommyzjr,
I left a similar comment on Action. Sweet is AWESOME!!!
nowUhave 7 months ago
@tommyzjr thats because queen stole form Sweet :(
kittiesgomow33 7 months ago
@tommyzjr yeah actually, it does..
kittiesgomow33 7 months ago
Vince did ok on his version, but this is "Sweet". lol
ace2k707 8 months ago
Best B-side band ever!
BigAndTall666 8 months ago
saxon pwns you!
ChiefWyldeSpirit 9 months ago
Sounds a bit like Nitro! Well, Nitro sounded like them :P
H057IL3 9 months ago
still big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ekishotmailcom 9 months ago
Brian Conolly sings very similar as Deep Purple's 'flight of the rat' . Great song anyway with great guitar arrangement.
espressocoffeeman 9 months ago
My all time favourite Sweet song!!
sherlock747 9 months ago 9
@sherlock747 nice sound big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ekishotmailcom 9 months ago
Sounds like Judas Priest , I think this song was out before Priest got their sound though.
MrHattrick63 9 months ago
Andy Scott was a pioneer of really fast rhythm guitar playing, and this and Ball Room Blitz just show he was was ahead of his time. BTW Krokus covered Ball Room Blitz. This band really got screwed bu the media who didn't know what to think of them because they tried to make them POP, and really ignored them because of that.
egcroan 9 months ago
Andy Scott was a pioneer of really fast rhythm guitar playing, and this and Ball Room Blitz just show he was was ahead of his time. BTW Krokus covered Ball Room Blitz
egcroan 9 months ago
@egcroan I was a Krokus fan at the time and just cringed at that cover. They also messed with another "untouchable" song, "Schools Out" by Alice Cooper. They should have stopped at American Woman :)
demonhoopa 8 months ago
Andy Scott was a pioneer of really fast rhythm guitar playing, and this and Ball Room Blitz just show he was was ahead of his time.
egcroan 9 months ago
I would really love that bass solo @ 3:36 to continue!
OlaEarL 10 months ago
this song sets my mind free from some of this new shit
archie977 10 months ago 3
the right words thello98
ekishotmailcom 10 months ago
when this album came out hard rock was in full swing!!!! mid./late 70's. great tune.
pacman13434 10 months ago
Wow! Sounds a little like Judas Priest. This is from 1974?
learnamericanenglish 10 months ago
desolation boulevard is the american version, the british one is different
aironatape 11 months ago 3
this is off desolation boulevard
pahat58 11 months ago
@tractorboy406 - I thought Stryper had covered a Saxon song too, and it does sound more like the Saxon version. Then I realized it was a cover that Saxon had done. All of these 20+ years I thought it was a Saxon original - DOH!
HemoJeff 11 months ago
adelantados para su epoca parece power metal
edward7771000 11 months ago
The Sweet had the misfortune to have to make due with what they set before Chinn/Chapman, in the direction of bubblegum songs that were truly great, but the true ability of this band did not really become clear - this was clearly evident on both the single B-sides and on the albums, where the boys could crack it properly. "Sweet Fanny Adams" is an album that rocks and rolls from beginning to end. Here was the band with producer Phil Wainman of her very best. Rocking greetings from Germany.
musicfreak1967 11 months ago
Now THIS is the original song , there's several crappy versions on youtube
pencon61 11 months ago
Wow I found a song that I love 3 versions of. This original is the newest to me. I first knew the Saxon version from their Crusader album, and I love Stryper's new version (which I think is more similar to the Saxon cover than this original), and now I love this version too. But then I've loved everything I heard from Sweet - obviously not enough till now.
tractorboy406 11 months ago
3 people are tone deaf and have NO taste!
BigAndTall666 1 year ago 2
Uff yeah great song!!
MagnificentIron 1 year ago
Try waking from light slumber to this song at 4:28 A.M. IT WILL BLOE YOUR MIND
Bubbamiester1000 1 year ago
This song was on the "Desolation Boulevard" album in the US. I liked seeing this, because now I know the meaning of "Sweet FA", also on Desolation Boulevard
2333jim 1 year ago
What a great drummer Mick Tucker was! This might be his best song. Too bad he is gone.
2333jim 1 year ago
Sweet je jedna z nelepších kapel mého mládí a je nenahraditelná.
milanoskop 1 year ago
@Gyphia
I DEFINITELY don't understand YOU.
You say credit Sweet for their influence on metal...then you say listen to Flight Of the Rat from 4 years before.
Ithink you got it wrong and meant that DP influenced Sweet.
theplanetking 1 year ago
where can i find this song to download? it isnt on itunes..
cljamy 1 year ago
Под эту музыку я в 1975 г уходил в армию
И сейчас нравится
Gek6591 1 year ago 2
I like it !
MrSalagh 1 year ago
Damn this is good.
I heard that the Fanny Adams album didn't sell well which is a shame.
They are, in my opinion, ahead of their time with this song.
I hear elements that must have inspired Iron Maiden in some parts.
dmacnic 1 year ago 2
@dmacnic And Thrash Metal
historiantruerocker 10 months ago
Sweet were fairly big in the U.S., with 4 or 5 Top 20 hits. Little Willy,the first,then Blitz, Fox, Action, and Oxygen,the last but I don/t recall them touring here as they were well established in Britain first. Anybody who rocked were into them as well as Lizzy, Foghat, Nazareth, Sabbath,UFO, Zep,Humble Pie,U.Heep,ELO, & even early Priest, to name the best from the Brit/Irish area..Bay City Rollers were heavily promoted & marketed teeny bop pop that was over hyped even before a song was out..
4tuneagent 1 year ago
back in '74 & they cld write a song of such awesomeness. wow .
salute.
1st heard of this song from Vince Neil's debut solo album & didn't even realise that it's a cover til' tdy .. geezzzzz ..
acty my dad got a record from them before & i still rem it til this day when i listened to them for e very 1st time & e songs Ballroom Blitz & Love Is Like An Oxygen got me hooked.
chaosziszme 1 year ago
@Gyphia
I'll rehprase that..If Flight Of The Rat was done 4 years before this, then how could this have had any influence on Deep Purple when they wrote it?
theplanetking 1 year ago
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theplanetking 1 year ago
Sweet took me to music...until this moment..thank you so much Andy, Mick, Brian and Steve..!!
vmlnc 1 year ago
Sweet had the two big top 40 hits here in the US, but yeah, really they were intense hard rockers with a glam tinge. Desolation Boulevard is one of my definite fave albums, to this day. Great, great, stuff.
billybgame 1 year ago
These guys had some great tunes. I did this one and No You Don't in a couple different bands. If its true what all you guys are saying about BCR and Sweet? Then is a good thing that didn't happen w/UFO, Priest & Thin Lizzy. Its all about marketing though and what flavor is selling. IMO they shudda stuck w/these guys though and pushed 'em out there after hysteria from Saturday Night died out. That was pretty much IT for BCR in the US.
slownezy 1 year ago
grandi...great....
jak9444444 1 year ago
thanks for upoloading it!!!
it rocks wiiiild!
flamenkoit 1 year ago
Even though, Desolation Blvd. had some 'bubble-gummy' sounds. If you cut through the poppy stuff. These guys hammered it out on the album. The same hard riffs, the driving bass, the drum fills are all still there. It is sad how they got clumped with Bay City Rollers..S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Nights......need I say more. If anyone is wondering..compare the 2 and you will find many distinct differences. =D
musicsnob01 1 year ago
damn i wish these dudes would have had dual rec amps back then. what a cool tune
satchbooggy 1 year ago
Still have my copy of Sweet Fanny Adams - this was and still is my fave track!
wmrxb15 1 year ago
THE SWEET, I BELIEVE INFLUENCED TO SOME DEGREE HANOI ROCKS . . .
ANYWAY IT MATTERS NOT SO MUCH. . .
I LOVE BOTH OF THESE BANDS TREMENDOUSLY ! :D :D :D
- THE TURNCOAT GOO
turncoatgoo 1 year ago
Have this on cassette tape, still sounds awesome. Great drumming Mick Tucker!
London9 1 year ago
these dudes would be some serious METAL if thwey were around today ---i grew up with thjis shit --it started me on my illustrious metal career --lol
ECLIPSEOFMYMIND1 1 year ago
Godfathers of glam!!!
greekshark 1 year ago
♪♫♥ !
GoodVibesOfficial 1 year ago
this just might be the fastest song of 1974
OUtsidethenine4eva 1 year ago
@OUtsidethenine4eva yeah this and stone cold crazy.
TheChugulator 1 year ago
Sweet was one of the best live bands ever. They sounded just as good in concert as they do on this studio recording. In other words, Sweet was for real. No engineering, no overdubs, no phony baloney technical tricks to make up for a lack of real musicianship and vocal talent.
It's sad that this era has faded away to only memory and recordings. The classic rock generation was the BEST!
hartley8184 1 year ago
There is a hint of Deep Purple but it is actually more like Rainbow. Especially the solo part.
ZUESS12 1 year ago
This sounds like heavy metal from 70s to me :)))
cikcak01 1 year ago
@cikcak01 check out the version by Heathen it kicks total ass
SexyYfronts 1 year ago
@SexyYfronts yeah i know for Heathen version great cover indeed :)))
cikcak01 1 year ago
guitar sounds here a lto like blackmore's...nice :)
mravozmar 1 year ago
this song is gonna be on the next album of Stryper! it sounds awesome!!
RAFLAMOLAO 1 year ago
it does sound alot likeDEEP PURPLE............ thats a good thing !!!!!
wheelie63 1 year ago
@wheelie63
Andy Scott and Ritchie Blackmore were buddies back then. Listen to DP's Super Trouper and Sweet's In To The Night...the same melody in the verses.
pstholm 1 year ago
@pstholm Reckon that splains it, thanx
wheelie63 1 year ago
@pstholm lol sorry just wanna say andys my couson ;)
melbabzx 1 year ago
@melbabzx
Cool that Andy's ur cousin.
Maybe he and Blackmore weren't buddies...but that was the story I heard....I meant no disrespect ;)
pstholm 1 year ago
great song , ive heard other bands do it, but theses guys did it first in my book !!!!
dvsrocks1000 1 year ago
Saxon covered this. This is where Steve Harris from Iron Maiden sez he got his heavy-speed-metal ideas from. This wasn't fast punk rock...it was probably the origins of what we call metal today. Sabbath and Led Zep got the credit. Sweet could play many styles including jazz breaks in Solid Gold Brass.
Gordfozzfoster 1 year ago
still awesome 30 years later
bombers1957 1 year ago
Best of Rock!
salamandra717 1 year ago
Guys, Vince Neil from motley crue did a cover of this on his solo album "Exposed"... you should definately check it out! Always loved the Sweet but never knew this song was by them.
panterahead667 1 year ago
I am a huge Ritchie Blakemore fan and this sounds a lot like some of the solos from both Purple and Rainbow. Yes Queen and Sweet were very similar I found this first at the ripe old age of 10 yrs old and loved and still do. To me this was better all out Rock as compared to Queen. I saw Queen in 79 great show. But Connellys voice was better suited for Rock and he was very underated
ZUESS12 1 year ago 2
@ZUESS12
Wow Zeuss! I saw Queen in late 78, so we both saw the same News of the World tour, it sounds like. I agree with you that this is all out rock, but I enjoy both bands way too much to really compete them against each other. It's like trying to compare Beethoven to Mozart. How do you rate genius against genius?
hartley8184 1 year ago
@ZUESS12 Agree about Connelly very good call, I've always thought Mick Tucker as a drummer was very underated as well, the drumming on this song especially showcase's the guy's talent....and also from the same album the title track, he was far ahead of his time..
TheSweetFA74 1 year ago
@TheSweetFA74 Yes Connelly was very underated however thier sound was not as unique as Queens. I sing in a hard rock Christian band that has a lot of secular influence (Sabbath STP etc) and I still listen to much of it. Really between about 1969 and 1985 there was some of the best rock ever produced. Much of it now lacks any depth at all. It is based on a few power chords and very little if any lead to speak of. Also the concerts are very short with very little improv at all no solos.
ZUESS12 1 year ago
esto es lo mejor ..gracias
cambutes 1 year ago
heathen plays it better haha...
panagiotis444444 1 year ago
@panagiotis444444 alot better.
Deaththrash94 1 year ago
So many memories....my big bro introduced them to me in like 1972...3?...4?I din`t think they were this popular.I looked up to my big bro and thought at the time that he had found another gem that no one else knew or had.We had the "Off The Record",Desolation Blvd","Give Us A Wink","The Sweet",and a few more.I remember my sis and I loved the track "Healer" from "Give Us A Wink".Aside from the bubble gummy "Fox On The Run" and such,I thought no one knew them.Great stuff.
gorgaphliaz 1 year ago
I think the Sweet and Queen are very much in the same general realm of rock and roll. Any group that emphasizes harmonization and that twangy sort of high speed power riffs is. Who else? I can't think of another right off hand.
hartley8184 1 year ago
@hartley8184 Bango on the nose. Two amazing powerhouse bands in their day.
tiddler111 1 year ago
LOET THERE BEBROCK
zokacymb 1 year ago
this song sounds so massive! amazingly heavy. its a really cool song to turn up load :D
derangedband 1 year ago
When I was a little kid and heard this record, I thought for sure they were saying "seventy-three". It STILL sounds like it :)
AIKevorkian 1 year ago
It's funny, so many bands have remade this and NONE have topped the original and they never will.
MeanSOB1 1 year ago
Grew up in Detroit. Glad I did.
80maxshred 1 year ago
The Sweet was very popular in the Detroit area. But then DETROIT ROCKS!
boardskins 1 year ago
@Gyphia I just posted a comment & that's the song that made me think 'Deep Purple' - Good to see I'm not alone.
pjvenner 1 year ago
OMG! I heard this song for the first time a few days ago & it rocked my socks off... I thought it was Deep Purple at first and that is a major compliment.
The first time I heard 'Action' was a Def Leppard cover, I only found out it was a Sweet song later.
All we hear by The Sweet from poxy DJ's are 'Little Willy' & 'Wig Wam Bam' - Sack em all! They're depriving an entire generation of the best of The Sweet.
pjvenner 1 year ago
Saxon did this song to.
someonewithballs 1 year ago
This song is so beautiful, can't stop listening to it!
The Heathen version is as good as this one!
alekornie 1 year ago
Que buena cancion, la conoci por un cover que hace Heathen, pero en original muy buena!!!!!!!!!!
Kentivel 1 year ago
live with boc and t rex in detroit 73 talk about kickin ass!
chefonfire911 1 year ago
Sweet still kicks all the others asses....
thello98 1 year ago 7
NICEEEE!!! :D
Annachronism68 1 year ago
the beast of metal music. o melhor do metal
marcondes912 1 year ago
gotta love sweet, great band but i like heathens version of this song better though
doolb666 1 year ago
Absolutely brilliant !!! There were a few bands in the day that never made it as big as they should have done.Sweet obviously, other bands I like that never reached the height of commercial success are Budgie ,Nazareth, Camel and SAHB.Like Sweet they also influenced the next generation of musicians.Thanks for posting this, really enjoyed it.
Jupitersgoose 1 year ago
Im american and this album rocked me through high school and still does to his day, thank you sweet and thank you UK for your contribution to kick as rock n roll!!!!
ms3k 1 year ago
This is road racing music!!! unbeleivable!!! makes me feel 16 again and now im 43!!!!!!!! Great song!!!!
nehocyrrah 1 year ago
glamour rock for ever
tatikos47 1 year ago
oh my
beautifulacts 1 year ago
Mick Tucker = most underrated rock drummer in history!!
TenTonHorse 1 year ago 14
soooooo gooooood ! myyyy teeenyyy timeeeee....
mickeybaumann 1 year ago
Glam Rock is awesome! This song is so kickass, especially the solo!
TO0DLES213 1 year ago
Why did you have to die brian connolly! T.T
LousShar 1 year ago 2
hmm ,drugs and alcohol i would say : )
dickvanhynten 1 year ago 3
SWEET WAS BIG ENOUGH 30 YEARS AGO IN UkRAINE .....i bought one of my first SOVIET 45* ...IN STATE SHOPPP...
oleg4560 1 year ago 6
Sweet will always be big!!
aironatape 1 year ago 10
IT WAS AT THE TIME OF THIS ALBUM THAT sWEET STARTED TO NOT DO SO WELL.
THIS WAS A HEAVIER SOUNDING ALBUM AND THAT WASNT WHAT WAS SELLING AT THE TIME.
HOWEVER I AM GREAT METAL FAN AND THIS ALBUM WAS BRILLIANT.
GREAT MUSIC, GREAT GUITAR SOUND AND GREAT VOCALS.
SEEN SWEET A COUPLE OF YERAS AGO AND WHILE ANDY SOUNDED GREAT ON GUITAR THE VOCALS WERE POOR COMPARED TO BRIAN.
nigelwright7557 1 year ago
@nigelwright7557 Do you mean not well in the States?
YamersLexx 1 year ago
I was the 5th caller in 1975, I was 16 and won this album, Desolation Boulevard. I couldn't believe all the great tracks. So great to hear every one blown away like I was. Long Live Sweet.
1joepoe 1 year ago 4
those end chords around 3:25 get me everytime!!! magic!!!
krevice 1 year ago 2
it still inspires me (WITH THAT FLANGE)EVEN BETTER THAN 30 YEARS BACK//////////......
oleg4560 1 year ago
im agree with you man! the best music is in the 80s...the 90´s was bad, horrible! Nirvana, and other bands...uah! I have a puke! Live Sweet!!!! From Colombia.
Angsteddie 2 years ago
sad to hear the lead singer and drummer died BUT MAN WHAT A BAND-- they should have been bigger.. American Radio did and still misses so many greats artists
dangerousDan30306 2 years ago 3
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LousShar 2 years ago
listen to the music on this track each player is superb plus brians raw vocals this is top notch rock music up with the best
littlebay75 2 years ago
NWOBHM half a decade before the actual wave...
BaptizedinFire 2 years ago
SWEET=AWESOME
racecar06 2 years ago 2
I believe the reason Sweet didn't take off in America is because they were introduced at the same time as the Bay City Rollers, and American rock fans sort of lumped Sweet in with Bay City Rollers and dismissed them as posers, which of course they were not. Lucky for us that Sweet ended up influencing a lot of great bands, and Bay City Rollers didn't. :D
dLimboStick 2 years ago 7
Other bands knew which were best!!!
aironatape 2 years ago
You're right. They weren't bigger here because of marketing. People that got into the Sweet sort of got into it by accident. Most of their bad ass songs were album cuts that weren't released to radio, like this rocking number right here. The Sweet is by far the most under-rated band of all time.
JackOfferlott 2 years ago 3
@dLimboStick
I don't think that's what it was, on the BCR thing. Sweet did take off in America, but they were an acquired taste. They didn't have the kind of machine behind them that groups like Led Zeppelin or the Stones had. I think that they got kind of overshadowed by the heavier sounds, which I think are more popular in America. But they were great and we love them and they'll always be on the list fo any true rock and roll fan.
hartley8184 1 year ago
@dLimboStick they wrote metal songs ch and chap bubble gum i like the songs of there own best
skank101266 1 year ago
@dLimboStick
Also because the US version of Desolation Blvd. made Sweet sound more like the bay city rollers in comparison to the UK version, it might have been different if US was introduced the same version as Europe, which is a much richer trip.
MirraSyren 1 year ago
But THE SWEET had their share of success in America, especially when they signed to Capitol and immediately had two hits "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run" and the LP "Desolation Boulevard" was a hit album.
moorlock2003 1 year ago
im more of an 80's glam fan but without theas guys to pave the road the bands from the 80's would of never been able to pump it to the next level! then the 90's came and everything sucked.
evalsxes 2 years ago 3
The 90's were incredibly bad. Great comment!
JackOfferlott 2 years ago 13
sweet hell
jesperjensen74 2 years ago
Now this is what I'm talking about .. Sweet fucking rocked !!!
LifesonFan4Life 2 years ago 3
Desolation Boulevard - 1973?
enakcma 2 years ago
Set Me Free was put on the American version of Desolation Boulevard and contained the supposed best of both albums.
aironatape 2 years ago
@aironatape Ah I see, so they sort of pulled a Beatles didn't they?
Master1Icy 2 years ago
Sweet kicked everyones ass in their day, nobdy matched the raw power and talent. These guys were so far ahead of the times. Any aspiring rock band needs to listen to Sweet and pay homage to the masters.
lgwelsh1 2 years ago 5
i concur
aironatape 2 years ago
I've still got this album and it's in bloody awesome condition, I'll never part with it and this was one song I use to play over and over, fucken awesome
Shadzan 2 years ago
Probly their heaviest song, this and she gimme lovin. Their glam stuff was good, it didn't suck, nontheless this heavier stuff is so friggin awesome!
TheChugulator 2 years ago
Every 80's hair metal band has to bow before these godfathers...
termsofusepolice 2 years ago 5
Damn.
This kicks ass.
AlbertMondback 2 years ago
proto-speed metal and power metal
Oni64 2 years ago 2
The MIGHTY Sweet! Legends who influenced everyone else that followed!
RockbertoRocks 2 years ago 3
kickass
TinoCostan 2 years ago 2
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kostasb1 2 years ago 3
Rock 100 WDIZ Orlando,FL plays this song quite often.
eflint1 2 years ago