Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that
takes the classic mixtape approach to building
a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.
Joining me once again as guest curator is Patreon
mixtaper David Lee Smith. David, great to have
you back on the show, man. It's great to be hanging
out with you again, man. The last time you and
I talked was, believe it or not, all the way
back on episode 27, which was the ultimate Stevie
Ray Vaughan playlist, which... is a very popular
episode amongst blues fans that listen to my
weekly mixtape. And tonight, we're going to stay
in that bluesy realm. And surprisingly enough,
we're also going to stay in Texas with, well,
that little old band from Texas, ZZ Top. How
hard was it for you to whittle down 15 studio
albums for your bank of songs this evening? Oh,
well. In comparison to the Stevie Ray Vaughan
episode, which the Stevie Ray Vaughan catalog
is minimal compared to the ZZ Top catalog. So
we got a lot more songs to work with here this
time. So I wanted to kind of do what I did with
the Stevie Ray Vaughan episode. Maybe sprinkle
in a couple of their hit songs and a couple of
the deeper cuts and try to at least not be too
heavy on certain albums, maybe one song per album
to at least kind of spice things up a bit. So
kind of like a similar process as from the Stevie
Ray Vaughan episode. So but just a lot more to
work with here. Yeah, between the box sets and
the sheer amount of compilation albums that ZZ
Top has put out over the years. There are obviously
the quote unquote hits. And I think we might
shock some people tonight because not all the
hits might get represented because I also dug
a little deeper and went into some of the songs
that I feel like while there are some hits that
deserve to be there and will be there, there
are some other songs I feel like fall under that
underrated category and deserve to get a little
love. Oh, absolutely. I mean, because, you know,
every band has their hits and well, I wouldn't
say every band because they're obviously those
under the radar bands that not everyone's going
to know about. But most bands will have their
hits and deeper cuts. So, you know, ZZ Top's
no different. And we'll try to strike that balance
tonight. But with that said, let's get down to
business. As I mentioned at the top of the show,
David and I will be curating the ultimate ZZ
Top mixtape, and we'll use the old cassette deck
approach. David, as my special guest, will begin
side A with his first song choice, and then I'll
add a song that I feel best follows up that choice.
We'll then flip -flop choosing songs until we've
mapped out 10 songs for side A. We'll then give
our mixtape a proverbial flip, and we'll map
outside. Be only this time, I'll kick things
off with David choosing second. Our overall goal
for the episode is to craft the best ZZ Top mixtape
possible through only 20 songs. At the end of
the show, you can take our conversation to the
next level by visiting the episode page at myweeklymixtape
.com to give our final mixtape a listen via the
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here, becoming a Patreon mixtaper at patreon
.com forward slash myweeklymixtape. And a few
of the Patreon mixtapers that aren't David chimed
in with the songs they would use to kick things
off tonight, and I want to give a shout -out
to a few of those. Tom Hutchinson chimed in with
Got Me Under Pressure from Eliminator. And sticking
with Eliminator, both Philip Bergman and Chad
LaMassa chimed in with Legs. And Philip tossed
in Sharp Dress Man as well. Sean Goff chimed
in with the, quote, very 80s sounding Rough Boy
off of Afterburner, saying he knows it's more
of a John Waite meets Bryan Adams. But 13 year
old Sean loved it. And that album has always
stuck with him. And Sean's not alone, because
Mike Daly also chimed in with Rough Boy, saying
he happened to win all of the CDs. up through
Recycler from an upstate New York radio station
back in the 90s, and Rough Boy would be his pick
so he could ease someone into the band and then
let loose after that. And then finally, Brandon
from Virginia chimed in saying, let's go with
some deep cuts, let's go old school, and let's
go with Just Got Paid or Heard It on the X. Once
again, if you'd like to chime in for future My
Weekly Mixtape episodes, come join the fellow
mixtapers at patreon .com forward slash My Weekly
Mixtape. Now, David, I hope this isn't too rough
boy, but I'm passing the mic over to you to chime
in with your first song choice of the evening.
Thank you for that dad joke. Gotta love it, man.
Gotta love it. Okay, so. Like what we did for
the Playlist Wars episode for ZZ Top, I'm going
to start off this mixtape the same way I started
off my little playlist for the Playlist Wars
episode. I'm going to start off from the first
song off their third album, Trace Hombres, my
favorite ZZ Top album. We kind of talked about
this on Twitter and you read my mind about this.
It's Have Mercy, Been Waiting for the Bus All
Day. You know, just a... Simple, but yet fantastic,
memorable riff that stays in your head. It's
awesome. Billy Gibbons' guitar tone's excellent.
And Dusty, the now A -grade Dusty Hill, and Frank
Beard are filling their roles so well as the
rhythm section for that three -piece band. And,
you know, the guitar solo's fantastic. The harmonica
solo's awesome. And it just goes back to the
riff, and it just suddenly... It stops and it
transitions to that next song, but I'm not going
to spoil it. But, you know, just a fantastic
way to start an album. And I think it's a fantastic
way to start this little mixtape here. Have mercy.
And I'm just going to say for the first time
ever. On my weekly mixtape. I'm not even going
to comment on the song you chose because I am
just going to go right into track two, because
there's no way you could start with waiting for
the bus without immediately following it up with
the band's cover of Viva Las Vegas from their
great. No, I'm just kidding. I am immediately
going with Jesus Just Left Chicago. These two
songs are meant to be one. As far as I'm concerned,
this is actually track one in my mind because
on my phone, I have both songs ripped as one
track because let's just be honest. You're not
supposed to listen to these songs separated from
each other. Now, in 2013, Houston Chronicle entertainment
writer Andrew Dansby wrote that the merging of
the songs was actually not the plan. And the
engineer made a mistake. and spliced the songs
too close together, thus causing what you hear
on the album. However, in 2017, Terry Manning,
the actual album engineer, and the person who
performed said edit, wrote in a blog post that
it was indeed not an accident. And the key change,
everything about it just feels, it's so jarring.
It really grabs your attention. Not only grabs,
grabs isn't the right word. It demands your attention
because waiting for the bus has that ZZ Top swagger.
And Jesus Just Left Chicago brings in that blues
element of the band. So, I mean, if you're looking
for a little bit of what ZZ Top is about, the
swagger and the blues, I don't think there's
a better way to start than the power duo, if
you want to call it, from Tres Hombres, waiting
for the bus. Jesus just left Chicago. And you
know me and my cover songs. There's no shortage
for either one of these. In 2002, Hank Williams
Jr. covered both songs together on the Sharp
Dressed Men, a tribute to ZZ Top album. And in
2011, Daughtry covered the songs, again combined,
on ZZ Top, a tribute from Friends. Now, breaking
the songs apart. Boo. Fish covered Jesus Just
Left Chicago. Sans bus on their 97 live album,
Slip, Stitch and Pass. And in 2001, Government
Mule also covered a busless Chicago on their
Hidden Treasure CDs, which makes me think the
jam bands want to lean a little bit more into
the Jesus Just Left Chicago thing. But man, the
two songs need to be together as far as I'm concerned.
Agreed. I mean, I could ask my buddy Lou from
the Ridiculous Rock Record Reviews podcast because
I know he's a big Phish fan and I know Phish
did cover Jesus Just Left Chicago. Yeah, I know
the jam bands kind of do that sort of thing.
But yes, I agree with you. They need to be together.
One of the things that Jesus Just Left Chicago
actually added on that Trace Umbre's album was
not just a blues element, like you said, but
a gospel feel to it as well. Yes. Because that's
not the only song that has that kind of gospel
connection to it on that album. And I might kind
of shove one in there just to give a more better
example of the gospel feel. But yeah, those two
songs together just kicking off Tres Hombres
is just wow. I mean, breathtaking in my opinion.
And assuming you're not going to follow up with
beer drinkers and hell raisers like Tres Hombres,
what are you going to follow up waiting for the
bus and Jesus Just Left Chicago with on our mixtape?
As much as I want to put that song on there,
because that is just that song is a scorch fest
and it's one of my favorites off that album.
But I think I'm going to go back to their first
album, ZZ Top's first album. Fantastic name for
a debut album. But yes, I feel kind of bad for
saying that. I thought that the band didn't have
their stuff together by the first album when
we did that Playlist Wars episode. I take that
comment back because maybe it's because I didn't
have enough time with the first album. But now
that I have, I want to put a rather surprising
pick that they also put on that raw, that little
band from Texas soundtrack. And that is Certified
Blues. Nice. One of their more underrated cuts.
You know, another great riff. Vocals are great.
And that's another solid solo. And I love how
the song ends with revisiting that little lick
that they do in the transitions between the chorus
and the verses. So it's a fantastic way to end
that song. And I think it's such an interesting
choice to put on that little band from Texas
soundtrack. So very underrated cut, in my opinion.
I feel like people overlook the first album because
it doesn't have that massive fan favorite. like
a Just Got Paid from Rio Grande Mud, or obviously
all the hits off of Tres Hombres. Oh, yeah. It's
kind of one of those overlooked albums, and it's
ridiculously underrated, but I do have to give
my PSA here. Don't be fooled by certain CDs when
you go to buy this album. A lot of pressings
of this album were remixed in the 80s to give
it that post -Eliminator sound. And especially
if you buy the ZZ Top six pack album, they're
completely remixed and they sound like they're
from the Eliminator era. In order to hear the
way the band intended this song to sound, you
need to pick up the 2013 box set, the complete
studio albums, 1970 to 1990, because the sound,
the mastering, everything is exactly as the band
intended. And it's that true 70s blues rock sound.
When you add that compressed 80s drum to it,
it really, in my humble opinion, sucks the life
out of the song. And you don't want to do that.
I was going to point that out. Thank you for
bringing up the six pack thing, because I know
this may be a controversial take, but I agree
with you. The whole program drums to make it
sound like the Eliminator drum sound. Not very
happy with that, but I will say. some of the
songs where it has that beefy guitars or the
uh reverb guitars i actually honestly don't hate
because um you know i'm a guitar guy so i mean
i don't have too much of a problem with the guitars
but i do agree with you on the drums the drum
sound sucks the life out of them for sure yeah
and i think in hindsight I feel like it was the
label really trying to jump on the massive, massive
success of Eliminator instead of just letting
people go back and discover the brilliance that
is ZZ Top. Because ZZ Top, in my humble opinion,
has eras. They have their 70s era, which is very
truly defined. It's a distinct sound, as is their
80s era and as is their 90s and beyond era. And
I think to compliment Certified Blues, which
is from ZZ Top's first album, I'm going to jump
all the way to the other end of the spectrum.
And I'm going to go to the band's final official
studio album. We're going to go to 2012. And
we're going to go with La Futura. And believe
it or not, it's actually a cover of a hip hop
song that came out in 1998 called 25 lighters,
which was released by DJ DMD featuring little
Kiki and fat Pat. Now, you know, I'm a sucker
for cover songs. And what I love about cover
songs is when a band takes it, flips it on its
ear, reinvents it and makes it their own to the
point that you can listen to both songs back
to back. and think you're listening to two entirely
different songs and on i gots to get paid again
an album opener and a cover song so it's checking
off all the brian colburn boxes here cover song
be damned this is a zz top song it fits perfectly
with anything from their entire catalog and what
i love about the latter era of this band there
is a swagger that i want to say kind of started
a little bit on antenna but really started shining
through on rhythm mean and on there is a swagger
that is brought out and unfortunately the only
thing i don't like about La Futura is the brick
walling that unfortunately everything Rick Rubin
touched around this time, he kind of did, but
the songs are strong. The songs are amazing.
And I feel like coming out of certified blues,
hopping to I gots to get paid is a interesting
jump. That's going to give people a little bit
of a jolt, so to speak like, Whoa, what the hell
was that? We've gone four songs and we haven't
touched on the eighties yet. don't worry hang
on we'll get to it hang on just chill for a little
bit people we'll get to them but yeah i mean
i agree with you about love future it's guilty
of the brick wall production courtesy of rick
rubin but i got to get paid i mean it's the uh
uh lead single from the album and it's uh i first
heard it i first heard the song and the and saw
the video uh well I guess, part of the video
due to Guitar Hero Live because I'm a Guitar
Hero guy. And I give it all the credit for helping
me embrace rock and roll, especially during my
teenage years. But, you know, I've always been
a ZZ Top fan because I grew up with their hits.
But aside from that, I got to get paid I've always
liked. And, you know, yeah, it's cemented with
ZZ Top at this point. They're always going to
play it in their set list from here to the end
of time or whenever they decide to call it quits.
I mean, over 50 years later, I mean, think about
it. ZZ Top. The only band I can think of that
50 years without a single lineup change until
the passing of the now late Great Dusty Hill.
I mean, I don't think any other band out there
is going to even touch that. That's a milestone
for them. But they're going to keep playing that
song until they hang it up. And, you know, it's
a very good cover song. I mean, they do good
cover songs anyway. So it fits in with their
catalog. And now you get to follow that up. We
got two from Trace Ombre's ZZ Top's first album.
And La Futura, where do we go from here? Are
we going to bring the 80s in now? Well, the people
are going to have to wait a little bit longer.
But not to worry. We promise you we will get
them. If you're going to bring in, I gots to
get paid. So how about we go to Rio Grande and
Mud? You know what? I'm hoping we're not coming
across as greedy people here. But if you gots
to get paid. then I'm just got to get paid from
Rio Grande of Mud with Just Got Paid. I mean,
it's one of their, I guess aside from, since
we talked about ZZ Top's first album, where it
didn't have the big hits, well, I guess Brown
Sugar would be the most popular song from that
album because it's the song that they still play
today. Just got paid, I hear on the radio every
now and then, especially at work. I mean, yet
another fantastic Billy Gibbons riff, cool bass
lines from Dusty, and a fantastic slide guitar
solo. And I'm a sucker for some good old blues
rock guitar slide. Billy Gibbons is no different,
folks. Another one of their stellar, stellar
hits that deserves to be in their set list and
keep playing until they hang it up. So another
fantastic song. And what's funny is. You said
it's one of their hits, and I completely and
utterly agree with you. However, technically,
it's not a quote unquote hit because the band
never released it as a single, even though it's
on several of their greatest hits compilations.
This was an album cut that just took off because,
let's be honest, it's one of the most badass
ZZ Top riffs ever. And yeah, it made itself a
hit. It didn't need. the label to push it, the
people spoke, and this became a ZZ Top staple
because of that. But then again, even though
there are some songs that you hear on the radio
that were not singles, like Stairway to Heaven
was not a single, and yet you hear that all the
time. There are some other songs out there that
were not actual radio singles that you hear on
the radio. Just Got Paid's not a single, yet
you hear it on the radio. So I'll take the whole
hit thing back and I'll say staple. staple hit,
whatever you want to call it. It's a masterpiece
of ZZ Top as far as I'm concerned. And I'll be
honest, the label got it wrong. There's a reason
Just Got Paid is in every ZZ Top set list since
the album came out. It is part of their core
of who they are as a band. And I'm so glad you
chose that one because it makes things a little
easier on me because I obviously had that on
my list. Musicians love this song because there's
a ton of cover versions as well. Once again,
we talked about that sharp dress men attribute
to ZZ Top in 2002. Montgomery Gentry covered
it. Ministry and the co -conspirators covered
the song in an industrial version. In 2009, Mastodon
with Billy Gibbons covered the song for Covered,
A Revolution in Sound. And in the same year,
recent My Weekly Mixtape guest Joe Bonamassa
covered the song on his Live from the Royal Albert
Hall CD. And then, look, Government Mule, we
talked about them before. Once again, 2016, Telstar
Sessions CD, they covered it there again. Obviously,
Warren Haynes has nothing but love for Billy
Gibbons and the rest of ZZ Top. And he shows
that he wears it on his sleeve and deservedly
so, because that riff, again, one of the most
badass ZZ Top riffs ever. It's absolutely infectious,
no doubt about it. I mean, but then again, anyone
who falls into that blues rock genre are going
to put Billy Gibbons up on that pedestal, even
though Billy Gibbons is not going to. let that
distract him. Cause you know, he's a humble dude
and I respect that a lot out of him. So, but
then again, a lot of the blues rock folks are
going to put him up on that pedestal without
question. Agreed. Agreed. I mean, if you go back
to our, the ultimate modern blues rock episode
with Jax hollow, she talked about when she did
the cruise that she was on, the one thing she
wanted out of that whole cruise was to sit and
talk music with Billy Gibbons. That was like
on her bucket list. And it's. Obviously on a
lot of musicians' bucket lists. Sure. Well, just
got paid, just got paid, just got paid. I'm going
to continue playing chicken with this 80s easy
top train. People are starting to sweat. They're
starting to pull their collars out a little bit.
They're starting to get concerned. But we're
going to go to 1975's Fandango next. And this
song was last played live by the band. in 2013
and according to setlist .fm it's been played
approximately because not every setlist is there
approximately 110 times by the band so to put
that into some perspective for those listening
sharp dress man give me all your loving and our
first two tracks of the night waiting for the
bus and jesus just left chicago have all been
played by zz top over 1600 times So you might
call this a deep cut, but there's a groove there
that's just, well, as the song title says, nasty
and funky. We're going with Nasty Dogs and Funky
Kings from Fandango. In 2008, The Sword covered
the song on their Gods of the Earth album. This
song, literally the title just says it all. There's
nothing more I need to add. nasty, and funky.
Oh my goodness. Thank you so much for picking
that because I had this from my bucket list from
the Fandango album. Thank you. Round of applause
to you, sir. And I want to give a shout out to
a former Ridiculous Rock Record Reviews podcast
host, the great Aaron Martell, because he actually
chimed in with that song in the playlist where
ZZ Top. I'm thinking that's probably his favorite
ZZ Top song. So Aaron, that's for you, big man.
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings, you know, fantastic
groove, fantastic riffs. Billy Gibbons telling
it like it is. And a cool groove with the solo,
too. And a fantastic cover version by, I'm surprised
you didn't even point this man out, Pat Travers.
Oh, my God, you're right. Thank you. Yes. Over
the years, I've become more of a Pat Travers
fan. He covered Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings along.
with Waiting for the Bus and Jesus Just Left
Chicago. He loves his blues rock. And he does
those super well. I think Pat Travers is another
one of those criminally underrated guys, even
though he's been around for a long time. That
surprised me how he's not talked about so much,
but except for those that in the know. But man,
he's the real deal as far as I'm concerned. And
he does Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings so well too.
So gotta give him props. A hundred percent. I
need to revoke my cover song car. You know what?
I just need to end the show. Thank you folks.
It's been a great run. I dropped the ball. Oh,
what a great, thank you for that one. Definitely
look up Pat Travers cover. That is a bad -ass
cover too. But I mean, the original is there.
I mean, the groundwork was laid. Absolutely.
So we're at track seven. We have not touched
the 80s yet. Are we continuing to play chicken
with the 80s train? I'm enjoying this game of
chicken here, man. Let's keep it going. Let's
keep this train rolling, baby. Okay, I mean,
we got so many great rock songs so far, but I
want to kind of give us a little change of pace.
I want to at least point out another great song
that I think ZZ Top excels at, and that's the
Blues Rock Ballad. So I want to go back to Tres
Hombres, and I promise you I'm not being so heavy
on this album, but as I mentioned with Jesus
Just Left Chicago, with ZZ Top pointing out the
gospel connection, Hot, Blue, and Righteous has
that gospel connection too. It's a fantastic,
well -done blues rock ballad. And like I said,
I think ZZ Top does the ballad so well. you know
a lot of blues ballads i think are very well
done because obviously the blues is passion it's
emotion it's intense passion and emotion so hot
blue and righteous is so beautiful it's a nice
gospel blues tune and it's just it captivates
me every time i hear it i mean sure there may
be no i guess no solo in the song but billy gibbons
Coming across like a preacher. I mean, he is
the Reverend Billy Gibbons after all. So coming
across like a preacher with Dusty backing him
up on some instances in the verses is just utterly
captivating. And I've always loved it so much.
So Hot Blue and Righteous. Now, for those that
actually have this on vinyl, this is what I like
to call a master class in an album. closing track
i always talk about album openers because with
cds on you know you always get the album opener
and you get the final album closer but with vinyl
you used to get the side closer and the side
closer had to be a song that was powerful enough
to whet your appetite to want to flip the album
over and listen aside too and hot blue and righteous
is just that it really grabs your attention and
it's a stamp at the end of an amazing album side
for the band whereas when you listen to it on
the cd it's kind of just a halfway mark it's
still just as powerful in that moment but on
vinyl when i listened to this growing up as a
kid man it just spoke to you almost like you
said it's in that gospel vibe it literally spoke
to you and Made you feel like there's so much
more to this album yet to come. And there obviously
is on side B. So absolutely love the pick. But
coming out of something that's a little slower,
a little more gospel -y, I feel like we need
to kind of kick it back up again. Oh, yeah. Yeah,
of course. But. I'm having a little too much
fun playing chicken with this train. So I'm going
to just teeter that 80s line and go to 1979 just
to be just as obnoxious as I possibly can. And
I'm going to knock the wall down like the Kool
-Aid man and just go, oh, yeah. 1979 Deguelo.
We're going to go with Cheap Sunglasses. Reach
number 29 on the Billboard US Hot 100. Let's
just get into that sound that, let's be honest,
will bring you into that 80s ZZ Top sound that
all of the other Patreon mixtapers chimed in
with. But as far as I'm concerned, Cheap Sunglasses
is an anthem. And it is definitely one of those
transition songs that take you from that 70s
blues rock that the band is known for up through,
hell, even a lot of Deguelo still has it. But
it definitely transitions you to what you're
about to get to on El Loco and then even more
so on Eliminator. So I feel like this is a great
way to kind of bring us towards the era that
a lot of people... are really, really waiting
for right now. You know, that's a good call.
And, you know, this is probably going to turn
into one of the best games of all time, playing
chicken with the ZZ80 ZZ Top. And I love it.
So, but yes, thank you for bringing up cheap
sunglasses. I have that on my bucket list. So
I know I don't have my webcam on, but I did take
my ZZ Top, actual ZZ Top glasses that I bought
from the official store. Just put them on just
for that song, man. And I hear it at work every
now and then. Again, we're bringing back the
funky, the riffs, the way that Billy Gibbons
just delivers the song. And just an infectious
solo near the end that is just, oh. It's like
a guitar's paradise right there, man. It's just
so, so good. It's so musical. In 1988, EPMD sampled
the track in You're a Customer. And then in 2011,
we talked about ZZ Top, a tribute from friends
earlier. The amazing Wolf Mother covered this
song and did a killer job of it. It's just one
of those riffs that, oh God, it just grabs on
and never lets go. Absolutely, man. Absolutely.
Well, you have one song left for side A. Chugga,
chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga. The train's still
going, baby. Let's keep it up, man. We're almost
at the end of our first side, so let's keep it
on just a little longer. I think we'll go to
Tejas this time. Probably my favorite song off
this album. From what I could gather on the internet.
The lyrics to this song point out it tells a
story I think of like a shady character or a
drug dealer of sorts. And I think another criminally
underrated overlooked song of theirs, El and
the Hombre called El Diablo. The vibe is just
so cool. Billy tells the story very well. The
way he sings it, it just screams cool to my ears.
And, you know, again, another song that lacks
a solo. But you know what? I don't care. It grabs
you. It's awesome, I think. So El Diablo from
Tejas, criminally underrated. Even though the
album went gold, I think Tejas might very well
be. ZZ Top's most underrated album. I mean, you
had hits, you had It's Only Love and Arrested
for Driving While Blind, but I feel like this
album, maybe along with their first album, almost
get overlooked by kind of the massive nature
of some of the other albums in their discography,
like Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango,
Deguelo. I feel like Tejas gets overlooked and
it's a shame because the album's incredible.
Absolutely. I mean, there are obviously some
overload gems on that album, too. And to the
best of my knowledge, I think it contains the
only instrumental that the band has ever done
for the album Closer, Asleep in the Desert. So
it's an interesting album, no doubt about it.
So we're up to track 10. What's it going to be,
man? At this point, I just got to go, and I'm
going to play Chicken. And we're going to go
an entire side without a single 80 ZZ Top song.
And I am going to go with another album opener.
You did it. We did it. We did it. And I want
to apologize. But trust me, we'll make up for
it on side B. I'm going to go to 1994's Antenna
and go with another album opener that just blows
my mind. We're going to go with Pincushion. reached
number one on the Billboard U .S. Mainstream
Rock Charts and number 24 on the U .S. Bubbling
Under Hot 100 Singles. It was also a hit on the
other side of the pond, reaching number 15 on
the U .K. Singles Chart. To me, I feel like this
song's important because this song is the start
of the quote -unquote ladder era ZZ Top. where
all these songs had this blue swagger to them,
but there's this pivot from the 80s sheen. There's
still elements of that 80s vibe on Antenna, but
the album is definitely heading towards that
latter era sound that they would achieve on Rhythmine
onwards. Plus, the guitar solo, dirty. It's just
so dirty. So closing out Side A, And yes, not
a single 80s song. Somehow, David, you and I
made this happen. And I don't know if we should
be applauding ourselves or running for cover,
but pincushion to close out Side A. You know,
as long as we promise that we will fill the list
with the 80s songs, I think they'll forgive us.
I think they will forgive us. But thank you for
pointing out pincushion because I had that on
here as well. I was glad that I actually put
that on the playlist towards episode because.
The reason I say that is because not only is
it a badass song, and like you said, ZZ Top maintained
their identity even through the 90s onward with
their blues rock swagger, despite grunge coming
up at that time. So they maintain their identity,
they maintain who they are, and a fantastic,
dirty riff. Guitar lover's wet dream right there,
I think. The outro solo is awesome. Billy Gibbons,
of course, being Billy Gibbons, vocally and guitar
playing wise. And another thing is because that
you and Gomez had Pincushion as your honorable
mention. So, yay, I got Brian Comer and then
Gomez riding my coattails on Pincushion. So,
love it. Well, that was one that was in my bank
of songs as I was trying to whittle it down and
I couldn't make it happen. on Playlist Wars.
So obviously had to tip the hat there, but my
weekly mixtapes, a whole new ball game, baby.
And closing out this side, I feel like there's
just no better way. And there you have it, folks.
Side A of the ultimate ZZ Top mixtape, which
kicked off with the one -two punch of Waiting
for the Bus and Jesus Just Left Chicago from
Trace Ombre's certified blues from ZZ Top's first
album, I Gots to Get Paid from La Futura, Just
Got Paid from Rio Grande Mud, Nasty Dogs and
Funky Kings from Fandango, Hot, Blue, and Righteous
from Trace Ombre's Cheap Sunglasses from Deguelo,
El Diablo from Tejas, and Pincushion from Antenna.
Head over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all
the songs we've discussed in this mix through
the playlist embedded on the episode page. And
here we go, Side B. Now this time, David, I am...
taking that chicken and just running right into
the train. Because if I'm going to kick off a
side, I got to kick off the side with an album
opener. That is the album opener that blew my
mind as a child. It's the song that introduced
me to ZZ Top. I spent hours staring at the cover
of 1983's Eliminator. The album is diamond. It
is ZZ Top's finest hour. at least album sales
wise. And we are going to go with a drum beat
that to me is up there with Aerosmith's walk
this way as a memorable drum open, you know,
exactly what's about to happen. Give me all your
love in the start off side B diving right into
the eighties. Once again, cover songs galore.
In 2002, country group Lone Star covered the
song on the Sharp Dressed Men tribute I mentioned
earlier. And in 2007. Former My Weekly Mixtape
guest Walter Trout covered the song on the Southern
Rock Madness compilation, which we talked about
if you want to go back and listen to episode
60 when Walter was a guest on the show. And then
Filter in 2011 covered it on the ZZ Top, a tribute
from Friends. And then if you want something
a little more out there, in 2018, bluegrass band
Steven Seagulls covered the song on the Grainsville
LP. Gimme All Your Lovin' is just one of those
songs that, to me, if we did a ZZ Top playlist
and didn't include this song, I feel like we'd
be doing the band a disservice. Eliminator had
to be talked about, and it's just one of those
anthems from the band. Again, I had mentioned
1 ,600 times this song has been played live.
And I don't see any concert from here to when
the band ends that it won't be. So there you
go, people, you got your wish. But yeah, I mean,
of course we had to include that. And thank you.
Cause you know, it's one of the songs that a
lot of people got into ZZ Top about. Cause obviously
Eliminator is diamond album. They hit the mother
load with that album. It's obviously a big product
of the times of the early eighties with the drum
machines and the, just the production of it all.
And, From doing the research on the Eliminator
album review that I did with Ridiculous Rock
Record Reviews back near the end of 2020, Frank
Beard and Dusty Hill were not involved with the
album because the band were obviously taking
different influences into their music a little
bit. So Billy's kind of doing that whole beats
per minute deal. So you can't deny this is the
song that a lot of people got into ZZ Top for.
It's absolutely undeniable. And this song, along
with some of the other songs from this album,
was called the Illuminator Trio of Music Videos.
And I gotta say, their music videos are absolute
comic gold. And I love that about ZZ Top. I love
that about a lot of many bands that actually
have a big sense of humor. ZZ Top is absolutely
no different, man. You gotta have that sense
of humor. What can be said about Gimme All Your
Lemon except it's one of their most popular songs,
and obviously they're going to keep playing that
until they hang it up. And now you get to follow
it up with track two. Are we going to stay in
the 80s here? Well, we finally got it off our
list, so let's go into Recycler. And I'm happy
I got to experience the band playing the song
live in 2022. I'm shuffling through the Texas
sand. But my head's in Mississippi. I mean, it's
a single. It's one of their underrated singles,
I think. Because, you know, it's obviously not
Give Me All Your Lovin' or any other big songs
that they put out. But, I mean, it's got that
fantastic Billy Gibbons guitar tone. Billy delivering
the vocals in a humorous manner. Great guitar
solo. It's one of their... more obviously another
one of their great ZZ Top songs. And I was very
happy I got to experience this song live because
ZZ Top seems like they don't really, well, they
mix their set list every now and then, but just
not often because obviously they're going to
play the big songs, obviously the Eliminator
singles and other staples and whatnot. But My
Head's in Mississippi, I think, is one of their
overlooked in terms of singles. But it's a fantastic
song, no doubt about that. reached number one
on the billboard album rocks chart and even charted
in australia it was only 166 but still on the
other side of the world charted in australia
fantastic song with the b -side a fool for your
stockings which is another bluesy yes great from
the band and i should probably throw in that
i do understand the fact that recycler came out
in 1990 but there's this gray area for me that
is 1990 maybe it's i don't know it's just where
i was musically there's a there are so many albums
that came out in 1990 that i associate with the
1980s just based on production style and sound
yeah i even sometimes refer to it as 1980 90
when i'm talking about albums from either 89
or 90 so yes i understand recycler is technically
a 1990s zz top album but i've always lumped it
in with the 80s ZZ Top because the sound on Recycler
versus the sound on Antenna is 80s to 90s. There
is a definite pivot between those two albums.
Yes, I was about to point that out. Thank you.
In terms of their production style, absolutely.
I have a song from Recycler in my list as well,
but I haven't decided quite if it's going to
fit yet or not. But for now, to follow up my
heads in Mississippi, I'm going to go all the
way back to 1981. And I'm going to go to El Loco.
Now, I know most people are probably thinking
I'm going to go with Pearl Necklace because that
is probably the single they think of when they
think of El Loco. But I am going to go with what
I consider to be the most underrated single.
It's made their greatest hits albums, but it
only reached 103 on the Billboard U .S. bubbling
under Hot 100 singles. And it hit number four
on the mainstream rock tracks chart. To me, this
is ZZ Top. with all of their humor front and
center tube snake boogie get your mind out of
the gutter the song is not one long innuendo
it's actually lingo for a surfboard or a boogie
board think about that the next time you listen
to the lyrics but this one is so much fun it's
got such a groove and it's a little outside of
the zz top box it has that beach -esque feel
to it, which is different from anything in their
catalog. I feel like this is one of those songs
that really sticks out for that very reason.
And I feel like to give listeners a true encapsulation
of what ZZ Top is as a band, I feel like we have
to go with something like Tube Snake Boogie because
you brought the gospel aspect in on the other
side with Hot Blue and Righteous. Let's bring
out their humorous side in Tube Snake Boogie.
You know, I wouldn't be surprised that this second
side would be like the whole 80s and humorous
side of ZZ Top. So, I mean, if it keeps going
down that path, then, hey, why not? Let's go
for it. So, yeah, I mean, Tube Snake Boogie,
I mean, yeah, because Pearl Necklace, obviously,
the big song from El Loco. And I did see them
play Pearl Necklace. It was fantastic also. But,
I mean, hey, the whole set was great. I mean,
what can you expect from ZZ Top? That whole concert
was great. So, but yeah, I mean, Tube Snake Boogie,
obviously, has that beach feel to it but you
can still put in that z top flair obviously well
because of billy gibbons guitar tone really because
it's so distinctive that it fits in with him
so you know the licks that he throws in there
so it fits in and obviously the whole humor that
he brings in as a matter of fact that's one of
those el loco meaning the crazy one in spanish
They went to town on that album. They were just
having a ball and having a blast with that album.
So they have a couple of humorous songs on that
album. All right, man, we've got Gimme All Your
Lovin' from Eliminator, My Head's in Mississippi
from Recycler, and Tube Snake Boogie from El
Loco. Where are we going from here? I think we
should go and put in Afterburner. Now, this is
not my favorite ZZ Top album, but I don't hate
it. Now... I'm happy that the production doesn't
overpower the guitars on the album. If it did,
I would have a different opinion for it, for
sure. But there are some quality tunes on that
album. You can't deny that. And I don't care.
I may call this a guilty pleasure, but I know
you say there are no such thing as guilty pleasure,
so I don't care. The groove, the beat, it'll
get your butt shaking, your hips flowing around.
We're going to do the Velcro fly up in here.
Nice. Another funny, I mean, the song itself
is great. The music video is hysterical. And
I think I may have heard this song back when
I was a kid because I remember that whole say
yeah, yeah hook that sprinkles in the song every
now and then because I may have heard that a
couple of times, but I just didn't know it was
ZZ Top. But you can't deny the groove is infectious.
You know, Billy Gibbons is still doing his thing
under there. And like I said, if the guitars
were not so forward in the mix, I would have
a different opinion on the album. But his guitars
are still there and you can't take that away.
So it's a fun song. The video is hilarious. So
let's do the Velcro fly up in here. All right.
You know, a lot of the Patreon mixtapers chimed
in with Rough Boy from the same album. Big, big,
big in the 1985 -1986 range. Song peaked at number
15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart, number
35 on the Hot 100. Believe it or not, Velcro
Fly, the band's last top 40 hit. So it's actually
an important song in their history. Yeah, I could
have went with Rough Boy because... Again, that's
another song that they played when I went to
that concert with Jeff Beck on stage, believe
it or not. I mean, because because, you know,
I think Jeff Beck may be a huge fan of that song
because they always seem to pull him on stage
when when they play Rough Boy. I mean, I won't
argue about that. I mean, it's a fantastic song.
Like I chimed in with Rough Boy a couple of times,
like I think. If I remember correctly, you did
maybe like an 80s ballad episode on one of your
podcasts. And I chimed in with Ruff Boy and I
love that song, too. I mean, because really the
guitar solo obviously carries that song. You
can't take that away. But I thought I'd go something
with, you know, maybe a little unexpected. Well,
maybe not so much unexpected because it's like
you said, their last top 40 hit. But, you know,
it's undeniable. You can't take that away from
them. Not at all. And I think I'm going to follow
it up with something that. Might be a little
bit of a deeper cut, but I'm going to go off
of Eliminator. So is anything a deep cut when
you're coming from the Eliminator album? That
is a rhetorical question. I don't know if you
would consider any track from Eliminator to be
deep, but this was a song that was not a single.
However, I'm not the biggest movie guy in the
world, and I know Gomez will stand up and applaud
me for this one. This song was featured in the
movie One Crazy Summer, and I loved that movie
growing up. And I was so stoked because after
the movie was over, I begged my parents to see
if there was any chance we can go to the record
store so I could pick up the soundtrack to One
Crazy Summer. Thank God they said no, because
had they taken me, I would have been very disappointed
to find out that there never was. nor probably
ever will be a soundtrack released from this
movie. There should be because the soundtrack
and one crazy summer is awesome. But my father
did say, why would you want to go out and buy
the soundtrack when you already own the song?
And he pulled out our copy of eliminator and
he dropped the needle on my next pick. Dirty
dog. This song. rocks it does have that 80s vibe
that we're going for here on side two even though
we included a slight dip of the toe into the
1990s water if you will with my heads in mississippi
from recycler but it's one of those songs i think
is underrated because everybody thinks about
the give me all your love and sharp dress man
legs got me under pressure dirty dog is up there
with all of those songs, and I'm actually shocked
it wasn't a single. So I want to give it some
love in our mixtape tonight by following up Velcro
Fly with Dirty Dog. And I'm right there with
you. I think Dirty Dog is pretty underrated on
Eliminator, even though I'll be honest, Side
1 for me on that album is much stronger than
that of Side 2. Side 2 does kind of lose steam
a little bit for me, even though the songs, I
don't hate them, but they do kind of lose steam
a little bit for me. But no doubt, Dirty Dog
is heavy, pretty heavy in terms of Eliminator.
You know, Billy Gibbons' guitar tone, making
dog noises, and calling out a woman that did
him wrong by calling her a scurvy dog. You know,
another good Billy Gibbons solo. So yeah, I mean,
I'm right there with you. I think it's a good
song. One of the better songs from side two of
Eliminator. So then we're back to you for the
second half of side B in track six. What do you
got? Hmm. This one's going to be totally out
of left field, but you know what? This is the
out of left field side. Let's keep it going,
man. I don't care. Let's go back to Dig Away
O, my second favorite ZZ Top album. And do you
want to talk about ZZ Top humor? Let's go. What's
a, I forgot. I can't give the credit for this,
but I did see this from a writer who called this
song, quote unquote, ZZ Top meets Frank Zappa.
And we're going to go with Manic Mechanic. Nice.
I just, I don't care. I mean, this one's way
out of left field. It's hilarious from start
to finish. And I crack up every single time the
way Billy Gibbons delivers the vocals. It cracks
me up. I mean, because really, these guys had
such great chemistry. They had great sense of
humor, which I adore about them. And I proudly
sing along every single time he blurts out the
vocals. Just never gets old for me. And I don't
care. We're just going to keep getting wacky
up in here. So let's go drive off into the sunset
with the manic mechanic, man. Wow. Oh, my God.
I was debating going back to Deguelo because
this is 1979. So I was like, oh, we could kind
of like we did 1990, which is one year out of
the 80s. I could go 1979 and go with I thank
you. But now that you brought manic mechanic
into the fold. Oh. Man, this is tough. This is
really tough. That's a great song, though. Great
pick. So I don't think I'm going to go with I
Thank You, even though I love that song. It was
tough for me to pick another song from Diggie
Willow because to me, Tres Hombres and Diggie
Willow are perfect albums. They're five star
albums for me, and I could have picked any song
from those two albums. So it was tough for me.
But, you know, since humor is such a big deal
in terms of ZZ Top, we have to bring it in. We
just got to. Oh, yeah, we've definitely spotlighted
their humorous side on Side B. And I think I'm
going to, well, double down on the movie side
as well while we continue here. And I'm going
to go back to 1990s Recycler as well as the soundtrack
to Back to the Future 3. And we're going to go
double back to follow up Manic Mechanic. The
band played the song in an Old West style in
the movie when they cameoed. But the studio version
plays over the credits. reached number one on
the Billboard US Album Rock Chart. It was there
for five weeks. It also reached number 29 on
the UK Singles Chart and was nominated for an
MTV Video Music Award in 1990 for Best Video
from a Film back when MTV actually played videos.
Fun fact about Doubleback, the B -side to the
single. They went with Just Got Paid from Rio
Grande Mud as the B -side. Smart move label.
You know, that's not the first time where I've
seen a B -side from a band taking a song from
an album that's completely in the past, like
Van Halen. I think the B -side for Hopper Teacher
was Little Dreamer from Van Halen 1. Yes. So
that's pretty odd, making the B -side be a song
from a completely different album. But hey, I'm
not a label person, so who am I to say? But double
back. Since Gomez obviously established himself
as a big movie guy, that was a shock that he
didn't put that song on his list when we did
that episode. But I feel like this is redemption
for him as well by me choosing it tonight. There
you go, Gomez. Hopefully we made you happy with
our mixtape here so far. So, I mean. Yeah, it's
a great way to close off Recycler with Double
Vac. It's a very solid tune. And yeah, the cameo
of ZZ Top and Bad to the Future 3, it's a nice
little cameo for those guys. And a very, very
good tune from, I think, is another underrated
album. All right. Humor and movies and movies
and humor. Where do we go from here? Hmm. Well,
we're getting very close to the end already.
Yeah. This song? Obviously is very undeniable
too. It has a little bit of that humor at the
same time. Very few lyrics in it, but we've got
to do it. We have to put Lagrange from Tres Hombres.
It's one of their best jams. The way Billy delivers
the vocals, you know what I'm talking about.
I could sing along to that. Absolutely. I've
never done karaoke before. If I ever do karaoke
in like somewhere here in Texas. i think lagrange
would probably be one of the first ones i pull
out because you know you don't even have to have
a good range to sing zz top songs and plus there
are very few words so i can pull that off no
questions asked i'm sure but other than that
lagrange is one of their undeniable iconic tunes
the riff was from john lee hooker's boogie chillin
except also i want to put in a rolling stones
connection shake your hips from the exile on
main street album yes obviously has that feel
to it now i don't know that's um i don't know
if zz top ever credited the rolling stones for
that but like you said the whole john lee hooker
thing was where they got it from so you know
the riff the billy givens solo the vocals you
can't Obviously, one of their staples. So what
can be said about LaGrange? What could be said
about it? How, how, how, how? That's what you
say. How, how, how, how? Reached number 41 on
the Billboard U .S. Hot 100. And in 2020, reentered
the charts and hit number 12 on the Billboard
U .S. Hot Rock and Alternative Songs chart. Due
in part to that little old band from Texas documentary,
which if you haven't seen it. please go back
and watch that. And once again, we have to bring
up movies. It was used in Shanghai noon, striptease.
Armageddon, and the Dukes of Hazzard, among probably
several others. You know my cover versions. 1983,
Hank Williams on his Strong Stuff album did a
version of the song. We've talked about the Sharp
Dressed Men, a tribute to ZZ Top. Tracy Bird,
one of my favorite 90s country singers, covered
the song in 2002. And in 2005, Guitar Shredders,
Joe Satriani, Steve Vai. And John Petrucci covered
the track on the G3 Live from Tokyo album. Absolutely
a necessity. To be on this playlist, we have
to hit some of the big hits here. We've gone
a little deeper than I expected throughout this
episode. So bringing it back to LaGrange, I feel
like was a smart move. Blues Traveler, another
guest on my weekly mixtape, has covered LaGrange
throughout the years. This song is an anthem.
This song deserves to be on the playlist. And
following it up, we're going to stick with the
big hits. At least I am. And we're going to go
back to 1983's Eliminator because as I was a
kid, these were the memories that were etched
into my mind before I learned more about ZZ Top.
And when I was five years old, I wanted to dress
up. Why? Because every girl's crazy about a sharp
dress, man. 56 on the Billboard US Hot 100, number
eight on the mainstream rock tracks chart. And
just like... The last song we talked about, LaGrange,
re -entered the charts in 2020 and hit number
14 on the U .S. Hot Rock and Alternative Songs
chart. Again, due to that documentary. In 2009,
Guitar World ranked the song number 43 on the
list of the 50 greatest guitar solos of all time.
Hmm. I mean, it's definitely... One of the 50
most memorable guitar solos of all time. There
are some Billy Gibbons solos I personally enjoy
more. However, I understand why its importance
was here because it's one of the band's biggest
hits. And I know I mentioned this back on the
Playlist Wars episode, but I got to mention it
again. Steve Moore, a .k .a. The Mad Drummer,
the viral video where he's showing off his. drumming
talents, if you will, behind Rick K and the all
-nighters. I'll make sure to re -embed that video
on the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com if
you haven't seen it and you need a laugh for
the day. But we have to include some of the hits.
And I know there's some that have... Falling
through the cracks right now. Legs being one
of them right off the top of my head. ZZ Top
is a tough band if you're trying to strike that
balance between the big hits and some of the
deeper cuts. I think we're doing a really good
job of it. But yeah, we definitely needed to
bring that balance back with some more hits.
And LaGrange and the Sharp Dressed Man does just
that. There's easily a volume two here and the
guilt's already starting to set in. You know,
just to add to that video real quick, I wonder
if the boys from ZZ Top ever saw that video,
because that should be like its own meme with
that dude just flailing around. I mean, you know,
ZZ Top loves their humor, so I'm hoping that
they ever see that video at least once. I would
even say if they did, I would bet money that
Frank Beard would step off the kit and let him
up on stage to play it with them for a night.
How fun would that be? I completely agree with
you. For one night to have that dude play with
Billy and now Elwood Francis, that would be a
sight to behold right there. Amen. And real quick,
I'm happy that you added Sharp Dressed Man because
Sharp Dressed Man, I really debated between that
and Lagrange to put for this mixtape tonight.
So I'm really happy. Oh, good, dude. We had some
ESPN going on there then. That's awesome. Yes,
I love that. I love that a lot. So Sharp Dressed
Man is obviously one of the songs that means
a lot to me. It's one of the songs. That I got
into ZZ Top with also. And I haven't really worn
that many suits because the last time I wore
close to a suit was when I was in Air Force Junior
ROTC in high school. We had to wear the dress
blues back then. So I think the next time I wear
a suit, I have to make sure I blast sharp dress
man when I enter a room. Because obviously it's
a stellar song. And I'm surprised that song wasn't
bigger on the Hot 100. But then again. A lot
of big stuff was going on in the early 80s. So
I'll have to make sure to keep all that in mind.
So I'm happy you brought that in. Well, David,
we have talked a lot of 80s. Yes, we bounced
79, 90. But this side definitely leaned in a
lot more than side A did. We are throwing ZZ
Top listeners. We're taking them on a ride tonight.
And you get the honor, the pleasure, or the horror,
depending on how you look at it, of closing out.
tonight's mixtape. What are we ending with tonight?
To close out this mixtape, I couldn't think of
anything else to close it out, but to pay tribute
to a good Texan, the late, great Dusty Hill with
his signature tune from Fandango, another one
of the band's biggest songs. And I am baffled
they did not even pull this out when I saw them.
Granted, He's not alive with us anymore. But
then again, even if they used that last audio
recording, I would have been okay because I wanted
to hear Dusty sing. So we're going to close out
this mixtape with the closer of Fandango. He's
just looking for some tush. Yes, thank you. We
have to. We have to do it. Now, in terms of the
six -pack remix, I think I grew up with the six
-pack version of the song. More than the actual
studio version, because I remember that guitar
slide, that one guitar slide that they added
in right before the first solo. That's on the
six pack version, not the actual studio version.
So that's probably the version that I grew up
with more. Now, we talked about the awful drum
sound on that six pack remix, but I don't hate
the. beefy guitars or the reverb guitars so but
other than that a great riff from billy gibbons
dusty hill fantastic voice paying shout out to
dallas texas which is i live close to dallas
texas i'm about maybe a good 20 minutes away
from dallas great slide work from billy from
the reverend billy g i mean man we had to we
have to end this mixtape With a tribute to Dusty
Hill. So rest in peace, Dusty. David, I am so
thankful. I literally felt like I know David
enough that if I go with Sharp Dressed Man after
LaGrange, he will make sure to close this playlist
out the only way that you should close it out
with Tush. I was debating going back and forth,
going, do I do sharp dress, man? I have faith.
I have faith that David Lee Smith will go with
Tush if I pull a sharp dress man in the nine
slot. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Reach
number 20 on the billboard. U .S. Hot 100. VH1
named the song the 67th best hard rock song of
all time. Personally, I'd go a little higher.
I talk about my cover versions in 1990. Joan
Jett covered it on the Hit List CD in 2002. I
know I brought up the Sharp Dressed Men. I'm
a big country guy. I know. I love my country.
That's Sharp Dressed Men, a tribute to ZZ Top.
Kenny Chesney covers it, and he does a great
job. But my favorite. Even though the Joan Jett
version slaps in 2011, Grace Potter on ZZ Top,
a tribute from friends. She slays it. Absolutely
slays it. What a perfect way to close outside
B, which kicked off with Give Me All Your Lovin'
from Eliminator. My Head's in Mississippi from
Recycler. Tube Snake Boogie from El Loco. Velcro
Fly from Afterburner. Dirty Dog from Eliminator,
Manic Mechanic from Deguelo, Doubleback from
Recycler, Lagrange from Trace Ombre, Sharp Dress
Man from Eliminator, and Tush from Fandango.
Head over to MyWeeklyMixtape .com to hear all
the songs we've discussed in this mix through
the playlist embedded on the episode page. David,
it's a blast as always. First, and as always,
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