Now playing - "Little Willy" by Sweet.
First song I learned to dance to.
eta: I have fond childhood memories of going to our town's only bowling alley and playiing "Fox on the Run" and "Ballroom Blitz" on the jukebox....
I'm pretty sure I've posted a couple Sweet songs at BR. Maybe "Love is Like Oxygen" and "Action." As you might imagine, I am not only the kind of person who has several Sweet records, and have written about them, but I also own videos of them.
Decembrists show tonight. tre excited.
Decembrists show tonight. tre excited.
Lucky! They've been playing "O, Valencia" on the local classic rock station. Very disconcerting to hear Colin's voice coming from a mainstream radio setting.
Yeah, I figured that Hec would comment on Sweet. I have a greatest hits CD, plus I got "AC-DC" from Hec (I think) and "Funny, Funny" from (I think) a CD of bubblegum hits, which maybe is called
Bubblegum Hits....
Maybe "Love is Like Oxygen"
Long version or the edit?
I don't think I've heard the long version in... forever, if ever. My version is 3:47. How is the long version different? Does it have a break in the middle?
Does it have a break in the middle?
Yep. Extended instrumental noodling (like, several minutes worth) before one last return to the chorus. I know someone who took the long version and edited it so it was wayyyyy longer - when the song came back, they went back to the beginning of the song rather than the return after the break, and then did it another 3 or 4 times. Hilarious to play for an unsuspecting group of stoned people (I know someone else who did something similar with Golden Earring's "Twilight Zone").
Long version or the edit?
I've got the long version on my iTunes - 6:51. But I think I had the radio /single edit as well. I probably took one off in a fit of house cleaning.
eta:
I'm listening to it now and the extended middle section is a quiet acoustic guitar and piano (or synth) interlude that slowly builds back up to the crunchy main riff.
oops, concert NOT tonight. tomorrow. still excited.
David, the box arrived -- thank you!!! I am overwhelmed with musicness!