The SWEET (Official Thread)

[METALPRIEST]

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Albums:

Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be (1971)
The Sweet (first album released in North America) (1973)
Sweet Fanny Adams (1974)
Desolation Boulevard (1974)
Give Us a Wink (1976)
Off the Record (1977)
Level Headed (1978)
Cut Above the Rest (1979)
Waters Edge (1980)
Identity Crisis (1982)



The British rock band that became one of the BIGGEST glam rock bands in the 70s!! The original line-up included Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Frank Torpey, and Mick Tucker. Torpey was replaced by Mick Stewart and then by Andy Scott, being the most well known guitar player.

Sweet's music style changed from songs like "Funny Funny", to a much more heavy style with high-pitched backing vocals.




The band has thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone, and one reaching number 1.





In early 1974 Sweet had received public praise from The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend. A second album was released during 1974 called Desolation Boulevard. One of the tracks off this album was a cover of The Who's "My Generation" (not on the U.S. version of the album). This album, produced by Mike Chapman in place of the now-departed Phil Wainman, was recorded in a mere six days and featured a rawer "live" sound.



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[snakes&ladders]

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Nothing like this Sweet icon tune........."are you ready Mick,....." :


Ballroom Blitz

 

[LG]

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Nice MP...

First song I heard by the Sweet,,,was "Little Willy", one of my girlfriends loved that tune.

My favorite S&L has already posted, it is just a great fun song, if you can't smile when you play that one you need help.

I think the raw sound MP talked about on Desolation Blvd. was the perfect fit for the band, I did like "Fox on the Run", and "Love is like Oxygen', okay but the Sweet were better with the edgy harder sound to me anyway.

Little Willy.

 

[METALPRIEST]

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Wig Wam Bam

 

[0000]

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Nice MP...

First song I heard by the Sweet,,,was "Little Willy", one of my girlfriends loved that tune.

My favorite S&L has already posted, it is just a great fun song, if you can't smile when you play that one you need help.

I think the raw sound MP talked about on Desolation Blvd. was the perfect fit for the band, I did like "Fox on the Run", and "Love is like Oxygen', okay but the Sweet were better with the edgy harder sound to me anyway.

Little Willy.

Fox On The Run is my favorite from them, I hate that song Love Is Like Oxygen, its so fluffy and pop-y and corporate sounding, I don't own any albums, but maybe I should at least pick up their first....

 

[Foxhound]

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For years whenever I heard the words AC/DC on the radio, I thought of Sweet's big hit single:



She got girls
Girls all over the world
She got men
Every now and then
But she can't make up her mind
On just how to fill her time
But the only way she can unwind

Chorus
A.C. D.C.
She's got some other lover as well as me
A.C. D.C.
She's got some other women as well as me
She's got some other women as well as me

She's got funk
But they call her a punk
She got zing
You ought'a see her dingaling
Well let's be in it together
'Cause she'll be in it forever
You've got to take it now or never

Chorus

A.C. D.C.
She's got some other woman as well as me
A.C. D.C.
Some other woman as well as me
A.C. D.C.
Some other woman as well as me....

Then when it turned out to be the band of that name, I'd be disappointed/annoyed.

 

[rtbuck]

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My favorite song by Sweet

No You Don't

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

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Sweet is a big fave of mine. Most of my favorite songs by them have already been brought up "Ballroom Blitz", "Wig-Wam Bam", "A.C.D.C.", "Little Willy", etc. Some really overlook songs that I love by them are

Stairway to the Stars


Lies in Your Eyes

 

[METALPRIEST]

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One of my favorite "heavies" which was also covered by heavy metal band RAVEN.

HELLRAISER!!

 

[Magic]

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Cut Above the Rest (1979)

Discophony


Stay With Me


This song is probably the best off this album

Mother Earth