Many years ago I found out the hard way that this song can bring policemen to your door on a nice, sunny afternoon if you live in an apartment complex...
Eliminator was my introduction to ZZ Top and at the time I wasn't keen to listen to their older songs. These days, there's good stuff back there!
Deguello was kind of their "crossover" album... it was kind of like it was the bridge between the Little ol' Band from Texas bluesy rock to the more "pop" sounding stuff that was prevalent afterward. It was the last album they did that interested me. I never could get into El Loco, or Eliminator and most of what came afterward.
Bopping around the country in the Air Force in the 70's allowed me to see a lot of concerts, and I was able to see them once in Oklahoma City during their Tres Hombres tour (my introduction to ZZ Top!), and once in Fayetteville, N.C. during the Deguello tour. The cool thing about that show was how they performed the extra music parts in some of the songs. They played on the giant video screen behind the live concert. The three of them played saxophones dressed as the Lone Wolf Horns on that screen. They would open the songs playing saxes onscreen and the live members rocked in at their entry point. It was pretty cool because both of them played together during the whole songs like they were a 6-piece band.
I used to like this song, but that was several million playings ago. Sorry, but to me it's the new Stairway to Paradise—I'm deathly tired of them both.
Eliminator was my introduction to ZZ Top and at the time I wasn't keen to listen to their older songs. These days, there's good stuff back there!
Deguello was kind of their "crossover" album... it was kind of like it was the bridge between the Little ol' Band from Texas bluesy rock to the more "pop" sounding stuff that was prevalent afterward. It was the last album they did that interested me. I never could get into El Loco, or Eliminator and most of what came afterward.
Bopping around the country in the Air Force in the 70's allowed me to see a lot of concerts, and I was able to see them once in Oklahoma City during their Tres Hombres tour (my introduction to ZZ Top!), and once in Fayetteville, N.C. during the Deguello tour. The cool thing about that show was how they performed the extra music parts in some of the songs. They played on the giant video screen behind the live concert. The three of them played saxophones dressed as the Lone Wolf Horns on that screen. They would open the songs playing saxes onscreen and the live members rocked in at their entry point. It was pretty cool because both of them played together during the whole songs like they were a 6-piece band.
Good times.
I went flying back in time to my first ever concert: The Doobies playing in Mobile, Alabama... touring for THIS album's release!