Sweet - Man From Mecca (1972)

Just one of Sweet's great B-sides which showed what sort of band they really were and what you could expect to hear from them if you went to see them in concert.

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[fatpizzaman]

Was this song written about the prophet Mohammed? If not, what has the song got to do with the title?

[silksashbash]

@fatpizzaman Good question. Actually it harks backs to the 70s and a chain of ballrooms in UK known as the Mecca Clubs (the Mecca circuit). Well because of the overt sexually nature of their stage act Sweet were banned from playing on this circuit hence the song. It's a stab back at the guy who decided their act was simply too risqué for the audiences they were attracting. (Nowadays it would be Man From YouTube .. a video I made for Hey Mama got axed a few weeks back!) They're Bingo halls now

[antonotr]

Fucking tremendous

[grandeline]

mick tucker is my hero, when i heard this song on the sweet singles album i got for xmas way back then it made my drumming what it is today, its classic 70s that influenced a lot of musicians

[RUgregarious]

I still have this 45, I nearly woere it out playing this song

[sonicsteev]

The sweet kicked ass I wish I coulda seen em live back in the day

[dahanks1]

@themanmaschine I got this on 45 for Christmas that year!

[dahanks1]

Blew out the speaker on my little record player cranking this when I was 5. I always wondered what "Take a wipeout by the innerhouse" meant, until I bought the CD with lyrics last year. "Take a white mouse; he's hiding in a house." Hoo boy...

[dahanks1]

@xerri1 Alcohol can take hold of the strongest of souls if given the chance.

[456japan]

@xerri1 yes..i just wonder why brian who is so talented good lookin would turn to alchohol?these guys paved the way for many bands...i miss them dearly....

[xerri1]

ive only just started to rediscover the brilliance of the sweet, way ahead of their time ,who knows how far they would have been taken if the ravages of alcohol hadnt taken hold of brian, is it my imagination but there always seems to be such sadness in andys face post the sweets break up

[Carillonmaster1]

More cowbell please!!