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Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that

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takes the classic mixtape approach to building

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a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.

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Joining me once again as guest curator is Patreon

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mixtaper David Lee Smith. David, great to have

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you back on the show, man. It's great to be hanging

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out with you again, man. The last time you and

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I talked was, believe it or not, all the way

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back on episode 27, which was the ultimate Stevie

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Ray Vaughan playlist, which... is a very popular

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episode amongst blues fans that listen to my

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weekly mixtape. And tonight, we're going to stay

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in that bluesy realm. And surprisingly enough,

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we're also going to stay in Texas with, well,

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that little old band from Texas, ZZ Top. How

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hard was it for you to whittle down 15 studio

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albums for your bank of songs this evening? Oh,

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well. In comparison to the Stevie Ray Vaughan

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episode, which the Stevie Ray Vaughan catalog

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is minimal compared to the ZZ Top catalog. So

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we got a lot more songs to work with here this

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time. So I wanted to kind of do what I did with

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the Stevie Ray Vaughan episode. Maybe sprinkle

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in a couple of their hit songs and a couple of

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the deeper cuts and try to at least not be too

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heavy on certain albums, maybe one song per album

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to at least kind of spice things up a bit. So

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kind of like a similar process as from the Stevie

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Ray Vaughan episode. So but just a lot more to

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work with here. Yeah, between the box sets and

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the sheer amount of compilation albums that ZZ

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Top has put out over the years. There are obviously

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the quote unquote hits. And I think we might

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shock some people tonight because not all the

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hits might get represented because I also dug

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a little deeper and went into some of the songs

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that I feel like while there are some hits that

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deserve to be there and will be there, there

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are some other songs I feel like fall under that

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underrated category and deserve to get a little

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love. Oh, absolutely. I mean, because, you know,

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every band has their hits and well, I wouldn't

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say every band because they're obviously those

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under the radar bands that not everyone's going

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to know about. But most bands will have their

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hits and deeper cuts. So, you know, ZZ Top's

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no different. And we'll try to strike that balance

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tonight. But with that said, let's get down to

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business. As I mentioned at the top of the show,

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David and I will be curating the ultimate ZZ

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Top mixtape, and we'll use the old cassette deck

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approach. David, as my special guest, will begin

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side A with his first song choice, and then I'll

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add a song that I feel best follows up that choice.

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We'll then flip -flop choosing songs until we've

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mapped out 10 songs for side A. We'll then give

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our mixtape a proverbial flip, and we'll map

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outside. Be only this time, I'll kick things

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off with David choosing second. Our overall goal

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for the episode is to craft the best ZZ Top mixtape

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possible through only 20 songs. At the end of

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the show, you can take our conversation to the

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next level by visiting the episode page at myweeklymixtape

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.com to give our final mixtape a listen via the

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embedded playlist. And if you like what you're

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hearing on the show, you can help me out by either

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here, becoming a Patreon mixtaper at patreon

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.com forward slash myweeklymixtape. And a few

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of the Patreon mixtapers that aren't David chimed

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in with the songs they would use to kick things

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off tonight, and I want to give a shout -out

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to a few of those. Tom Hutchinson chimed in with

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Got Me Under Pressure from Eliminator. And sticking

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with Eliminator, both Philip Bergman and Chad

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LaMassa chimed in with Legs. And Philip tossed

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in Sharp Dress Man as well. Sean Goff chimed

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in with the, quote, very 80s sounding Rough Boy

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off of Afterburner, saying he knows it's more

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of a John Waite meets Bryan Adams. But 13 year

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old Sean loved it. And that album has always

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stuck with him. And Sean's not alone, because

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Mike Daly also chimed in with Rough Boy, saying

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he happened to win all of the CDs. up through

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Recycler from an upstate New York radio station

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back in the 90s, and Rough Boy would be his pick

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so he could ease someone into the band and then

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let loose after that. And then finally, Brandon

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from Virginia chimed in saying, let's go with

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some deep cuts, let's go old school, and let's

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go with Just Got Paid or Heard It on the X. Once

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again, if you'd like to chime in for future My

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Weekly Mixtape episodes, come join the fellow

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mixtapers at patreon .com forward slash My Weekly

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Mixtape. Now, David, I hope this isn't too rough

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boy, but I'm passing the mic over to you to chime

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in with your first song choice of the evening.

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Thank you for that dad joke. Gotta love it, man.

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Gotta love it. Okay, so. Like what we did for

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the Playlist Wars episode for ZZ Top, I'm going

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to start off this mixtape the same way I started

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off my little playlist for the Playlist Wars

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episode. I'm going to start off from the first

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song off their third album, Trace Hombres, my

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favorite ZZ Top album. We kind of talked about

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this on Twitter and you read my mind about this.

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It's Have Mercy, Been Waiting for the Bus All

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Day. You know, just a... Simple, but yet fantastic,

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memorable riff that stays in your head. It's

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awesome. Billy Gibbons' guitar tone's excellent.

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And Dusty, the now A -grade Dusty Hill, and Frank

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Beard are filling their roles so well as the

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rhythm section for that three -piece band. And,

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you know, the guitar solo's fantastic. The harmonica

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solo's awesome. And it just goes back to the

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riff, and it just suddenly... It stops and it

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transitions to that next song, but I'm not going

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to spoil it. But, you know, just a fantastic

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way to start an album. And I think it's a fantastic

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way to start this little mixtape here. Have mercy.

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And I'm just going to say for the first time

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ever. On my weekly mixtape. I'm not even going

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to comment on the song you chose because I am

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just going to go right into track two, because

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there's no way you could start with waiting for

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the bus without immediately following it up with

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the band's cover of Viva Las Vegas from their

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great. No, I'm just kidding. I am immediately

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going with Jesus Just Left Chicago. These two

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songs are meant to be one. As far as I'm concerned,

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this is actually track one in my mind because

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on my phone, I have both songs ripped as one

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track because let's just be honest. You're not

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supposed to listen to these songs separated from

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each other. Now, in 2013, Houston Chronicle entertainment

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writer Andrew Dansby wrote that the merging of

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the songs was actually not the plan. And the

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engineer made a mistake. and spliced the songs

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too close together, thus causing what you hear

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on the album. However, in 2017, Terry Manning,

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the actual album engineer, and the person who

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performed said edit, wrote in a blog post that

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it was indeed not an accident. And the key change,

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everything about it just feels, it's so jarring.

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It really grabs your attention. Not only grabs,

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grabs isn't the right word. It demands your attention

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because waiting for the bus has that ZZ Top swagger.

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And Jesus Just Left Chicago brings in that blues

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element of the band. So, I mean, if you're looking

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for a little bit of what ZZ Top is about, the

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swagger and the blues, I don't think there's

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a better way to start than the power duo, if

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you want to call it, from Tres Hombres, waiting

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for the bus. Jesus just left Chicago. And you

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know me and my cover songs. There's no shortage

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for either one of these. In 2002, Hank Williams

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Jr. covered both songs together on the Sharp

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Dressed Men, a tribute to ZZ Top album. And in

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2011, Daughtry covered the songs, again combined,

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on ZZ Top, a tribute from Friends. Now, breaking

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the songs apart. Boo. Fish covered Jesus Just

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Left Chicago. Sans bus on their 97 live album,

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Slip, Stitch and Pass. And in 2001, Government

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Mule also covered a busless Chicago on their

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Hidden Treasure CDs, which makes me think the

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jam bands want to lean a little bit more into

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the Jesus Just Left Chicago thing. But man, the

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two songs need to be together as far as I'm concerned.

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Agreed. I mean, I could ask my buddy Lou from

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the Ridiculous Rock Record Reviews podcast because

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I know he's a big Phish fan and I know Phish

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did cover Jesus Just Left Chicago. Yeah, I know

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the jam bands kind of do that sort of thing.

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But yes, I agree with you. They need to be together.

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One of the things that Jesus Just Left Chicago

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actually added on that Trace Umbre's album was

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not just a blues element, like you said, but

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a gospel feel to it as well. Yes. Because that's

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not the only song that has that kind of gospel

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connection to it on that album. And I might kind

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of shove one in there just to give a more better

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example of the gospel feel. But yeah, those two

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songs together just kicking off Tres Hombres

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is just wow. I mean, breathtaking in my opinion.

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And assuming you're not going to follow up with

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beer drinkers and hell raisers like Tres Hombres,

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what are you going to follow up waiting for the

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bus and Jesus Just Left Chicago with on our mixtape?

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As much as I want to put that song on there,

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because that is just that song is a scorch fest

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and it's one of my favorites off that album.

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But I think I'm going to go back to their first

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album, ZZ Top's first album. Fantastic name for

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a debut album. But yes, I feel kind of bad for

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saying that. I thought that the band didn't have

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their stuff together by the first album when

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we did that Playlist Wars episode. I take that

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comment back because maybe it's because I didn't

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have enough time with the first album. But now

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that I have, I want to put a rather surprising

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pick that they also put on that raw, that little

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band from Texas soundtrack. And that is Certified

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Blues. Nice. One of their more underrated cuts.

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You know, another great riff. Vocals are great.

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And that's another solid solo. And I love how

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the song ends with revisiting that little lick

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that they do in the transitions between the chorus

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and the verses. So it's a fantastic way to end

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that song. And I think it's such an interesting

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choice to put on that little band from Texas

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soundtrack. So very underrated cut, in my opinion.

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I feel like people overlook the first album because

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it doesn't have that massive fan favorite. like

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a Just Got Paid from Rio Grande Mud, or obviously

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all the hits off of Tres Hombres. Oh, yeah. It's

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kind of one of those overlooked albums, and it's

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ridiculously underrated, but I do have to give

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my PSA here. Don't be fooled by certain CDs when

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you go to buy this album. A lot of pressings

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of this album were remixed in the 80s to give

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it that post -Eliminator sound. And especially

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if you buy the ZZ Top six pack album, they're

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completely remixed and they sound like they're

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from the Eliminator era. In order to hear the

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way the band intended this song to sound, you

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need to pick up the 2013 box set, the complete

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studio albums, 1970 to 1990, because the sound,

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the mastering, everything is exactly as the band

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intended. And it's that true 70s blues rock sound.

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When you add that compressed 80s drum to it,

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it really, in my humble opinion, sucks the life

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out of the song. And you don't want to do that.

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I was going to point that out. Thank you for

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bringing up the six pack thing, because I know

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this may be a controversial take, but I agree

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with you. The whole program drums to make it

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sound like the Eliminator drum sound. Not very

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happy with that, but I will say. some of the

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songs where it has that beefy guitars or the

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uh reverb guitars i actually honestly don't hate

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because um you know i'm a guitar guy so i mean

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i don't have too much of a problem with the guitars

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but i do agree with you on the drums the drum

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sound sucks the life out of them for sure yeah

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and i think in hindsight I feel like it was the

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label really trying to jump on the massive, massive

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success of Eliminator instead of just letting

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people go back and discover the brilliance that

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is ZZ Top. Because ZZ Top, in my humble opinion,

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has eras. They have their 70s era, which is very

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truly defined. It's a distinct sound, as is their

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80s era and as is their 90s and beyond era. And

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I think to compliment Certified Blues, which

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is from ZZ Top's first album, I'm going to jump

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all the way to the other end of the spectrum.

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And I'm going to go to the band's final official

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studio album. We're going to go to 2012. And

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we're going to go with La Futura. And believe

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it or not, it's actually a cover of a hip hop

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song that came out in 1998 called 25 lighters,

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which was released by DJ DMD featuring little

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Kiki and fat Pat. Now, you know, I'm a sucker

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for cover songs. And what I love about cover

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songs is when a band takes it, flips it on its

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ear, reinvents it and makes it their own to the

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point that you can listen to both songs back

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to back. and think you're listening to two entirely

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different songs and on i gots to get paid again

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an album opener and a cover song so it's checking

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off all the brian colburn boxes here cover song

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be damned this is a zz top song it fits perfectly

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with anything from their entire catalog and what

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i love about the latter era of this band there

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is a swagger that i want to say kind of started

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a little bit on antenna but really started shining

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through on rhythm mean and on there is a swagger

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that is brought out and unfortunately the only

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thing i don't like about La Futura is the brick

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walling that unfortunately everything Rick Rubin

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touched around this time, he kind of did, but

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the songs are strong. The songs are amazing.

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And I feel like coming out of certified blues,

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hopping to I gots to get paid is a interesting

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jump. That's going to give people a little bit

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of a jolt, so to speak like, Whoa, what the hell

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was that? We've gone four songs and we haven't

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touched on the eighties yet. don't worry hang

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on we'll get to it hang on just chill for a little

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bit people we'll get to them but yeah i mean

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i agree with you about love future it's guilty

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of the brick wall production courtesy of rick

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rubin but i got to get paid i mean it's the uh

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uh lead single from the album and it's uh i first

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heard it i first heard the song and the and saw

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:06.779
the video uh well I guess, part of the video

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due to Guitar Hero Live because I'm a Guitar

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Hero guy. And I give it all the credit for helping

00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:14.419
me embrace rock and roll, especially during my

00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:16.600
teenage years. But, you know, I've always been

00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:18.659
a ZZ Top fan because I grew up with their hits.

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But aside from that, I got to get paid I've always

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liked. And, you know, yeah, it's cemented with

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ZZ Top at this point. They're always going to

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play it in their set list from here to the end

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of time or whenever they decide to call it quits.

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I mean, over 50 years later, I mean, think about

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it. ZZ Top. The only band I can think of that

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50 years without a single lineup change until

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the passing of the now late Great Dusty Hill.

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I mean, I don't think any other band out there

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is going to even touch that. That's a milestone

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for them. But they're going to keep playing that

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song until they hang it up. And, you know, it's

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a very good cover song. I mean, they do good

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:57.480
cover songs anyway. So it fits in with their

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catalog. And now you get to follow that up. We

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got two from Trace Ombre's ZZ Top's first album.

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And La Futura, where do we go from here? Are

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we going to bring the 80s in now? Well, the people

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are going to have to wait a little bit longer.

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But not to worry. We promise you we will get

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them. If you're going to bring in, I gots to

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get paid. So how about we go to Rio Grande and

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Mud? You know what? I'm hoping we're not coming

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across as greedy people here. But if you gots

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to get paid. then I'm just got to get paid from

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Rio Grande of Mud with Just Got Paid. I mean,

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it's one of their, I guess aside from, since

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we talked about ZZ Top's first album, where it

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didn't have the big hits, well, I guess Brown

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Sugar would be the most popular song from that

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album because it's the song that they still play

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today. Just got paid, I hear on the radio every

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now and then, especially at work. I mean, yet

00:17:54.809 --> 00:17:58.589
another fantastic Billy Gibbons riff, cool bass

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lines from Dusty, and a fantastic slide guitar

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solo. And I'm a sucker for some good old blues

00:18:04.349 --> 00:18:06.990
rock guitar slide. Billy Gibbons is no different,

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folks. Another one of their stellar, stellar

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hits that deserves to be in their set list and

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keep playing until they hang it up. So another

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fantastic song. And what's funny is. You said

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it's one of their hits, and I completely and

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utterly agree with you. However, technically,

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it's not a quote unquote hit because the band

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never released it as a single, even though it's

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on several of their greatest hits compilations.

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This was an album cut that just took off because,

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let's be honest, it's one of the most badass

00:18:41.509 --> 00:18:46.609
ZZ Top riffs ever. And yeah, it made itself a

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hit. It didn't need. the label to push it, the

00:18:49.769 --> 00:18:52.970
people spoke, and this became a ZZ Top staple

00:18:52.970 --> 00:18:56.150
because of that. But then again, even though

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there are some songs that you hear on the radio

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that were not singles, like Stairway to Heaven

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was not a single, and yet you hear that all the

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time. There are some other songs out there that

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were not actual radio singles that you hear on

00:19:08.609 --> 00:19:11.349
the radio. Just Got Paid's not a single, yet

00:19:11.349 --> 00:19:14.190
you hear it on the radio. So I'll take the whole

00:19:14.190 --> 00:19:17.890
hit thing back and I'll say staple. staple hit,

00:19:17.990 --> 00:19:19.990
whatever you want to call it. It's a masterpiece

00:19:19.990 --> 00:19:23.390
of ZZ Top as far as I'm concerned. And I'll be

00:19:23.390 --> 00:19:26.450
honest, the label got it wrong. There's a reason

00:19:26.450 --> 00:19:31.170
Just Got Paid is in every ZZ Top set list since

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the album came out. It is part of their core

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of who they are as a band. And I'm so glad you

00:19:38.329 --> 00:19:40.529
chose that one because it makes things a little

00:19:40.529 --> 00:19:43.130
easier on me because I obviously had that on

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my list. Musicians love this song because there's

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a ton of cover versions as well. Once again,

00:19:50.789 --> 00:19:52.890
we talked about that sharp dress men attribute

00:19:52.890 --> 00:19:56.609
to ZZ Top in 2002. Montgomery Gentry covered

00:19:56.609 --> 00:19:59.849
it. Ministry and the co -conspirators covered

00:19:59.849 --> 00:20:04.609
the song in an industrial version. In 2009, Mastodon

00:20:04.609 --> 00:20:07.670
with Billy Gibbons covered the song for Covered,

00:20:07.670 --> 00:20:10.809
A Revolution in Sound. And in the same year,

00:20:11.069 --> 00:20:14.569
recent My Weekly Mixtape guest Joe Bonamassa

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covered the song on his Live from the Royal Albert

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Hall CD. And then, look, Government Mule, we

00:20:21.529 --> 00:20:25.470
talked about them before. Once again, 2016, Telstar

00:20:25.470 --> 00:20:29.279
Sessions CD, they covered it there again. Obviously,

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:31.519
Warren Haynes has nothing but love for Billy

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Gibbons and the rest of ZZ Top. And he shows

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:37.680
that he wears it on his sleeve and deservedly

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so, because that riff, again, one of the most

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:44.519
badass ZZ Top riffs ever. It's absolutely infectious,

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:46.819
no doubt about it. I mean, but then again, anyone

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:49.400
who falls into that blues rock genre are going

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.839
to put Billy Gibbons up on that pedestal, even

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:55.559
though Billy Gibbons is not going to. let that

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distract him. Cause you know, he's a humble dude

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and I respect that a lot out of him. So, but

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:02.420
then again, a lot of the blues rock folks are

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:04.220
going to put him up on that pedestal without

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question. Agreed. Agreed. I mean, if you go back

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:10.539
to our, the ultimate modern blues rock episode

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with Jax hollow, she talked about when she did

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:16.619
the cruise that she was on, the one thing she

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:18.900
wanted out of that whole cruise was to sit and

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:21.359
talk music with Billy Gibbons. That was like

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:24.829
on her bucket list. And it's. Obviously on a

00:21:24.829 --> 00:21:29.329
lot of musicians' bucket lists. Sure. Well, just

00:21:29.329 --> 00:21:33.970
got paid, just got paid, just got paid. I'm going

00:21:33.970 --> 00:21:36.609
to continue playing chicken with this 80s easy

00:21:36.609 --> 00:21:39.690
top train. People are starting to sweat. They're

00:21:39.690 --> 00:21:41.609
starting to pull their collars out a little bit.

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They're starting to get concerned. But we're

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going to go to 1975's Fandango next. And this

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song was last played live by the band. in 2013

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and according to setlist .fm it's been played

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approximately because not every setlist is there

00:22:00.329 --> 00:22:05.869
approximately 110 times by the band so to put

00:22:05.869 --> 00:22:08.170
that into some perspective for those listening

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sharp dress man give me all your loving and our

00:22:12.069 --> 00:22:13.970
first two tracks of the night waiting for the

00:22:13.970 --> 00:22:17.269
bus and jesus just left chicago have all been

00:22:17.269 --> 00:22:21.960
played by zz top over 1600 times So you might

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:25.099
call this a deep cut, but there's a groove there

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:30.920
that's just, well, as the song title says, nasty

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:36.319
and funky. We're going with Nasty Dogs and Funky

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:41.359
Kings from Fandango. In 2008, The Sword covered

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:44.559
the song on their Gods of the Earth album. This

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:48.420
song, literally the title just says it all. There's

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:52.630
nothing more I need to add. nasty, and funky.

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Oh my goodness. Thank you so much for picking

00:22:56.450 --> 00:22:59.089
that because I had this from my bucket list from

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the Fandango album. Thank you. Round of applause

00:23:02.150 --> 00:23:05.029
to you, sir. And I want to give a shout out to

00:23:05.029 --> 00:23:07.710
a former Ridiculous Rock Record Reviews podcast

00:23:07.710 --> 00:23:11.009
host, the great Aaron Martell, because he actually

00:23:11.009 --> 00:23:13.769
chimed in with that song in the playlist where

00:23:13.769 --> 00:23:15.829
ZZ Top. I'm thinking that's probably his favorite

00:23:15.829 --> 00:23:18.630
ZZ Top song. So Aaron, that's for you, big man.

00:23:20.029 --> 00:23:22.410
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings, you know, fantastic

00:23:22.410 --> 00:23:25.430
groove, fantastic riffs. Billy Gibbons telling

00:23:25.430 --> 00:23:29.089
it like it is. And a cool groove with the solo,

00:23:29.190 --> 00:23:32.809
too. And a fantastic cover version by, I'm surprised

00:23:32.809 --> 00:23:35.269
you didn't even point this man out, Pat Travers.

00:23:35.509 --> 00:23:40.190
Oh, my God, you're right. Thank you. Yes. Over

00:23:40.190 --> 00:23:42.769
the years, I've become more of a Pat Travers

00:23:42.769 --> 00:23:45.910
fan. He covered Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings along.

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:49.119
with Waiting for the Bus and Jesus Just Left

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Chicago. He loves his blues rock. And he does

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:56.380
those super well. I think Pat Travers is another

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:58.940
one of those criminally underrated guys, even

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:01.980
though he's been around for a long time. That

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:04.259
surprised me how he's not talked about so much,

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:08.319
but except for those that in the know. But man,

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:10.640
he's the real deal as far as I'm concerned. And

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:14.240
he does Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings so well too.

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:17.630
So gotta give him props. A hundred percent. I

00:24:17.630 --> 00:24:20.410
need to revoke my cover song car. You know what?

00:24:20.430 --> 00:24:22.890
I just need to end the show. Thank you folks.

00:24:22.970 --> 00:24:28.269
It's been a great run. I dropped the ball. Oh,

00:24:28.430 --> 00:24:30.490
what a great, thank you for that one. Definitely

00:24:30.490 --> 00:24:33.130
look up Pat Travers cover. That is a bad -ass

00:24:33.130 --> 00:24:36.089
cover too. But I mean, the original is there.

00:24:36.210 --> 00:24:38.950
I mean, the groundwork was laid. Absolutely.

00:24:39.269 --> 00:24:42.740
So we're at track seven. We have not touched

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:45.880
the 80s yet. Are we continuing to play chicken

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:49.759
with the 80s train? I'm enjoying this game of

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:52.059
chicken here, man. Let's keep it going. Let's

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:56.259
keep this train rolling, baby. Okay, I mean,

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:59.039
we got so many great rock songs so far, but I

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:01.180
want to kind of give us a little change of pace.

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:05.059
I want to at least point out another great song

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:08.599
that I think ZZ Top excels at, and that's the

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:12.660
Blues Rock Ballad. So I want to go back to Tres

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:15.859
Hombres, and I promise you I'm not being so heavy

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:18.680
on this album, but as I mentioned with Jesus

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:22.079
Just Left Chicago, with ZZ Top pointing out the

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:25.880
gospel connection, Hot, Blue, and Righteous has

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:28.759
that gospel connection too. It's a fantastic,

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:31.980
well -done blues rock ballad. And like I said,

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:36.849
I think ZZ Top does the ballad so well. you know

00:25:36.849 --> 00:25:39.049
a lot of blues ballads i think are very well

00:25:39.049 --> 00:25:43.049
done because obviously the blues is passion it's

00:25:43.049 --> 00:25:49.329
emotion it's intense passion and emotion so hot

00:25:49.329 --> 00:25:53.289
blue and righteous is so beautiful it's a nice

00:25:53.289 --> 00:25:57.650
gospel blues tune and it's just it captivates

00:25:57.650 --> 00:25:59.789
me every time i hear it i mean sure there may

00:25:59.789 --> 00:26:03.970
be no i guess no solo in the song but billy gibbons

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:07.099
Coming across like a preacher. I mean, he is

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:10.140
the Reverend Billy Gibbons after all. So coming

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:12.539
across like a preacher with Dusty backing him

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:16.160
up on some instances in the verses is just utterly

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:18.619
captivating. And I've always loved it so much.

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:23.019
So Hot Blue and Righteous. Now, for those that

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:27.859
actually have this on vinyl, this is what I like

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:33.079
to call a master class in an album. closing track

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:36.819
i always talk about album openers because with

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:39.680
cds on you know you always get the album opener

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:42.519
and you get the final album closer but with vinyl

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:46.119
you used to get the side closer and the side

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:48.839
closer had to be a song that was powerful enough

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:52.559
to whet your appetite to want to flip the album

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:56.480
over and listen aside too and hot blue and righteous

00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:01.380
is just that it really grabs your attention and

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:06.160
it's a stamp at the end of an amazing album side

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.559
for the band whereas when you listen to it on

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.660
the cd it's kind of just a halfway mark it's

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:14.480
still just as powerful in that moment but on

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:16.539
vinyl when i listened to this growing up as a

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:22.240
kid man it just spoke to you almost like you

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:25.500
said it's in that gospel vibe it literally spoke

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:29.480
to you and Made you feel like there's so much

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:31.660
more to this album yet to come. And there obviously

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:37.380
is on side B. So absolutely love the pick. But

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:39.660
coming out of something that's a little slower,

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:41.920
a little more gospel -y, I feel like we need

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:44.799
to kind of kick it back up again. Oh, yeah. Yeah,

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:47.740
of course. But. I'm having a little too much

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:50.680
fun playing chicken with this train. So I'm going

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:55.420
to just teeter that 80s line and go to 1979 just

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:59.359
to be just as obnoxious as I possibly can. And

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:02.299
I'm going to knock the wall down like the Kool

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:07.390
-Aid man and just go, oh, yeah. 1979 Deguelo.

00:28:07.390 --> 00:28:10.609
We're going to go with Cheap Sunglasses. Reach

00:28:10.609 --> 00:28:14.410
number 29 on the Billboard US Hot 100. Let's

00:28:14.410 --> 00:28:17.089
just get into that sound that, let's be honest,

00:28:17.269 --> 00:28:22.089
will bring you into that 80s ZZ Top sound that

00:28:22.089 --> 00:28:24.589
all of the other Patreon mixtapers chimed in

00:28:24.589 --> 00:28:28.650
with. But as far as I'm concerned, Cheap Sunglasses

00:28:28.650 --> 00:28:32.960
is an anthem. And it is definitely one of those

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:37.099
transition songs that take you from that 70s

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:41.299
blues rock that the band is known for up through,

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:44.920
hell, even a lot of Deguelo still has it. But

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:47.940
it definitely transitions you to what you're

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:51.500
about to get to on El Loco and then even more

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:55.599
so on Eliminator. So I feel like this is a great

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:58.819
way to kind of bring us towards the era that

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:01.460
a lot of people... are really, really waiting

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:05.039
for right now. You know, that's a good call.

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:06.799
And, you know, this is probably going to turn

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:08.940
into one of the best games of all time, playing

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:11.880
chicken with the ZZ80 ZZ Top. And I love it.

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:14.619
So, but yes, thank you for bringing up cheap

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:16.920
sunglasses. I have that on my bucket list. So

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:20.640
I know I don't have my webcam on, but I did take

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:23.559
my ZZ Top, actual ZZ Top glasses that I bought

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:26.309
from the official store. Just put them on just

00:29:26.309 --> 00:29:28.950
for that song, man. And I hear it at work every

00:29:28.950 --> 00:29:31.829
now and then. Again, we're bringing back the

00:29:31.829 --> 00:29:35.269
funky, the riffs, the way that Billy Gibbons

00:29:35.269 --> 00:29:39.049
just delivers the song. And just an infectious

00:29:39.049 --> 00:29:42.809
solo near the end that is just, oh. It's like

00:29:42.809 --> 00:29:45.109
a guitar's paradise right there, man. It's just

00:29:45.109 --> 00:29:51.329
so, so good. It's so musical. In 1988, EPMD sampled

00:29:51.329 --> 00:29:55.029
the track in You're a Customer. And then in 2011,

00:29:55.390 --> 00:29:57.849
we talked about ZZ Top, a tribute from friends

00:29:57.849 --> 00:30:01.930
earlier. The amazing Wolf Mother covered this

00:30:01.930 --> 00:30:04.730
song and did a killer job of it. It's just one

00:30:04.730 --> 00:30:08.549
of those riffs that, oh God, it just grabs on

00:30:08.549 --> 00:30:12.869
and never lets go. Absolutely, man. Absolutely.

00:30:12.869 --> 00:30:17.289
Well, you have one song left for side A. Chugga,

00:30:17.289 --> 00:30:19.230
chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga. The train's still

00:30:19.230 --> 00:30:24.190
going, baby. Let's keep it up, man. We're almost

00:30:24.190 --> 00:30:26.210
at the end of our first side, so let's keep it

00:30:26.210 --> 00:30:29.130
on just a little longer. I think we'll go to

00:30:29.130 --> 00:30:33.029
Tejas this time. Probably my favorite song off

00:30:33.029 --> 00:30:36.730
this album. From what I could gather on the internet.

00:30:37.390 --> 00:30:39.890
The lyrics to this song point out it tells a

00:30:39.890 --> 00:30:42.309
story I think of like a shady character or a

00:30:42.309 --> 00:30:45.910
drug dealer of sorts. And I think another criminally

00:30:45.910 --> 00:30:49.730
underrated overlooked song of theirs, El and

00:30:49.730 --> 00:30:53.509
the Hombre called El Diablo. The vibe is just

00:30:53.509 --> 00:30:57.069
so cool. Billy tells the story very well. The

00:30:57.069 --> 00:30:59.650
way he sings it, it just screams cool to my ears.

00:31:00.029 --> 00:31:02.569
And, you know, again, another song that lacks

00:31:02.569 --> 00:31:06.599
a solo. But you know what? I don't care. It grabs

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:11.460
you. It's awesome, I think. So El Diablo from

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:14.559
Tejas, criminally underrated. Even though the

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:17.380
album went gold, I think Tejas might very well

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:21.539
be. ZZ Top's most underrated album. I mean, you

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:24.559
had hits, you had It's Only Love and Arrested

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:27.359
for Driving While Blind, but I feel like this

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:30.759
album, maybe along with their first album, almost

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:34.220
get overlooked by kind of the massive nature

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:36.720
of some of the other albums in their discography,

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:40.059
like Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango,

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:43.900
Deguelo. I feel like Tejas gets overlooked and

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.779
it's a shame because the album's incredible.

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:48.630
Absolutely. I mean, there are obviously some

00:31:48.630 --> 00:31:51.650
overload gems on that album, too. And to the

00:31:51.650 --> 00:31:53.690
best of my knowledge, I think it contains the

00:31:53.690 --> 00:31:55.789
only instrumental that the band has ever done

00:31:55.789 --> 00:31:59.369
for the album Closer, Asleep in the Desert. So

00:31:59.369 --> 00:32:01.890
it's an interesting album, no doubt about it.

00:32:02.789 --> 00:32:06.089
So we're up to track 10. What's it going to be,

00:32:06.170 --> 00:32:11.549
man? At this point, I just got to go, and I'm

00:32:11.549 --> 00:32:14.339
going to play Chicken. And we're going to go

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:18.119
an entire side without a single 80 ZZ Top song.

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.440
And I am going to go with another album opener.

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:24.480
You did it. We did it. We did it. And I want

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:27.460
to apologize. But trust me, we'll make up for

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:31.640
it on side B. I'm going to go to 1994's Antenna

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:34.559
and go with another album opener that just blows

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:37.660
my mind. We're going to go with Pincushion. reached

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:40.140
number one on the Billboard U .S. Mainstream

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:43.700
Rock Charts and number 24 on the U .S. Bubbling

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:47.480
Under Hot 100 Singles. It was also a hit on the

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:50.500
other side of the pond, reaching number 15 on

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:53.819
the U .K. Singles Chart. To me, I feel like this

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:57.980
song's important because this song is the start

00:32:57.980 --> 00:33:02.460
of the quote -unquote ladder era ZZ Top. where

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:05.259
all these songs had this blue swagger to them,

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:09.900
but there's this pivot from the 80s sheen. There's

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:13.420
still elements of that 80s vibe on Antenna, but

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:16.420
the album is definitely heading towards that

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:20.339
latter era sound that they would achieve on Rhythmine

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:26.420
onwards. Plus, the guitar solo, dirty. It's just

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:31.839
so dirty. So closing out Side A, And yes, not

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:34.640
a single 80s song. Somehow, David, you and I

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:37.160
made this happen. And I don't know if we should

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:40.359
be applauding ourselves or running for cover,

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:43.519
but pincushion to close out Side A. You know,

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:45.980
as long as we promise that we will fill the list

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:47.940
with the 80s songs, I think they'll forgive us.

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:51.299
I think they will forgive us. But thank you for

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:53.279
pointing out pincushion because I had that on

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:56.019
here as well. I was glad that I actually put

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.960
that on the playlist towards episode because.

00:33:58.539 --> 00:34:00.400
The reason I say that is because not only is

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:04.960
it a badass song, and like you said, ZZ Top maintained

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:09.280
their identity even through the 90s onward with

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:13.280
their blues rock swagger, despite grunge coming

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:16.659
up at that time. So they maintain their identity,

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:20.480
they maintain who they are, and a fantastic,

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:24.900
dirty riff. Guitar lover's wet dream right there,

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:30.500
I think. The outro solo is awesome. Billy Gibbons,

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:34.219
of course, being Billy Gibbons, vocally and guitar

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:37.300
playing wise. And another thing is because that

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:40.380
you and Gomez had Pincushion as your honorable

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:43.699
mention. So, yay, I got Brian Comer and then

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:47.019
Gomez riding my coattails on Pincushion. So,

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:51.400
love it. Well, that was one that was in my bank

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:53.639
of songs as I was trying to whittle it down and

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:56.889
I couldn't make it happen. on Playlist Wars.

00:34:56.989 --> 00:34:59.710
So obviously had to tip the hat there, but my

00:34:59.710 --> 00:35:01.869
weekly mixtapes, a whole new ball game, baby.

00:35:02.030 --> 00:35:06.349
And closing out this side, I feel like there's

00:35:06.349 --> 00:35:09.119
just no better way. And there you have it, folks.

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:13.360
Side A of the ultimate ZZ Top mixtape, which

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:15.840
kicked off with the one -two punch of Waiting

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:19.000
for the Bus and Jesus Just Left Chicago from

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:22.840
Trace Ombre's certified blues from ZZ Top's first

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:26.559
album, I Gots to Get Paid from La Futura, Just

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:30.159
Got Paid from Rio Grande Mud, Nasty Dogs and

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:33.659
Funky Kings from Fandango, Hot, Blue, and Righteous

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:37.650
from Trace Ombre's Cheap Sunglasses from Deguelo,

00:35:37.710 --> 00:35:42.489
El Diablo from Tejas, and Pincushion from Antenna.

00:35:42.550 --> 00:35:45.650
Head over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all

00:35:45.650 --> 00:35:48.309
the songs we've discussed in this mix through

00:35:48.309 --> 00:35:52.969
the playlist embedded on the episode page. And

00:35:52.969 --> 00:35:59.269
here we go, Side B. Now this time, David, I am...

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:02.000
taking that chicken and just running right into

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:04.800
the train. Because if I'm going to kick off a

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:08.119
side, I got to kick off the side with an album

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:11.880
opener. That is the album opener that blew my

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:14.260
mind as a child. It's the song that introduced

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:19.760
me to ZZ Top. I spent hours staring at the cover

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:24.440
of 1983's Eliminator. The album is diamond. It

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:28.199
is ZZ Top's finest hour. at least album sales

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:31.500
wise. And we are going to go with a drum beat

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:34.960
that to me is up there with Aerosmith's walk

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:39.159
this way as a memorable drum open, you know,

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:42.320
exactly what's about to happen. Give me all your

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:45.480
love in the start off side B diving right into

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:49.079
the eighties. Once again, cover songs galore.

00:36:49.630 --> 00:36:53.329
In 2002, country group Lone Star covered the

00:36:53.329 --> 00:36:56.250
song on the Sharp Dressed Men tribute I mentioned

00:36:56.250 --> 00:37:00.730
earlier. And in 2007. Former My Weekly Mixtape

00:37:00.730 --> 00:37:04.289
guest Walter Trout covered the song on the Southern

00:37:04.289 --> 00:37:07.230
Rock Madness compilation, which we talked about

00:37:07.230 --> 00:37:08.929
if you want to go back and listen to episode

00:37:08.929 --> 00:37:12.449
60 when Walter was a guest on the show. And then

00:37:12.449 --> 00:37:16.650
Filter in 2011 covered it on the ZZ Top, a tribute

00:37:16.650 --> 00:37:18.510
from Friends. And then if you want something

00:37:18.510 --> 00:37:22.969
a little more out there, in 2018, bluegrass band

00:37:22.969 --> 00:37:26.570
Steven Seagulls covered the song on the Grainsville

00:37:26.570 --> 00:37:30.369
LP. Gimme All Your Lovin' is just one of those

00:37:30.369 --> 00:37:35.110
songs that, to me, if we did a ZZ Top playlist

00:37:35.110 --> 00:37:38.690
and didn't include this song, I feel like we'd

00:37:38.690 --> 00:37:42.690
be doing the band a disservice. Eliminator had

00:37:42.690 --> 00:37:46.949
to be talked about, and it's just one of those

00:37:46.949 --> 00:37:50.469
anthems from the band. Again, I had mentioned

00:37:50.469 --> 00:37:53.489
1 ,600 times this song has been played live.

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:56.519
And I don't see any concert from here to when

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:59.059
the band ends that it won't be. So there you

00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:01.920
go, people, you got your wish. But yeah, I mean,

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:04.059
of course we had to include that. And thank you.

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:07.239
Cause you know, it's one of the songs that a

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:10.579
lot of people got into ZZ Top about. Cause obviously

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:13.699
Eliminator is diamond album. They hit the mother

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:17.019
load with that album. It's obviously a big product

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:19.599
of the times of the early eighties with the drum

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:22.840
machines and the, just the production of it all.

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:26.260
And, From doing the research on the Eliminator

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:28.360
album review that I did with Ridiculous Rock

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:31.980
Record Reviews back near the end of 2020, Frank

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:34.900
Beard and Dusty Hill were not involved with the

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:37.760
album because the band were obviously taking

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:40.719
different influences into their music a little

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:44.019
bit. So Billy's kind of doing that whole beats

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:47.619
per minute deal. So you can't deny this is the

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:49.940
song that a lot of people got into ZZ Top for.

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:56.889
It's absolutely undeniable. And this song, along

00:38:56.889 --> 00:38:58.849
with some of the other songs from this album,

00:38:58.949 --> 00:39:02.630
was called the Illuminator Trio of Music Videos.

00:39:03.389 --> 00:39:08.150
And I gotta say, their music videos are absolute

00:39:08.150 --> 00:39:13.329
comic gold. And I love that about ZZ Top. I love

00:39:13.329 --> 00:39:15.750
that about a lot of many bands that actually

00:39:15.750 --> 00:39:19.230
have a big sense of humor. ZZ Top is absolutely

00:39:19.230 --> 00:39:21.429
no different, man. You gotta have that sense

00:39:21.429 --> 00:39:24.619
of humor. What can be said about Gimme All Your

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:26.559
Lemon except it's one of their most popular songs,

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:28.579
and obviously they're going to keep playing that

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:32.239
until they hang it up. And now you get to follow

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:34.860
it up with track two. Are we going to stay in

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:38.219
the 80s here? Well, we finally got it off our

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:42.400
list, so let's go into Recycler. And I'm happy

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:45.420
I got to experience the band playing the song

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:50.500
live in 2022. I'm shuffling through the Texas

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:56.610
sand. But my head's in Mississippi. I mean, it's

00:39:56.610 --> 00:39:59.250
a single. It's one of their underrated singles,

00:39:59.530 --> 00:40:01.949
I think. Because, you know, it's obviously not

00:40:01.949 --> 00:40:04.690
Give Me All Your Lovin' or any other big songs

00:40:04.690 --> 00:40:07.469
that they put out. But, I mean, it's got that

00:40:07.469 --> 00:40:11.130
fantastic Billy Gibbons guitar tone. Billy delivering

00:40:11.130 --> 00:40:13.869
the vocals in a humorous manner. Great guitar

00:40:13.869 --> 00:40:16.980
solo. It's one of their... more obviously another

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:19.559
one of their great ZZ Top songs. And I was very

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:22.500
happy I got to experience this song live because

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:25.619
ZZ Top seems like they don't really, well, they

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:27.699
mix their set list every now and then, but just

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:29.539
not often because obviously they're going to

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:32.559
play the big songs, obviously the Eliminator

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:37.159
singles and other staples and whatnot. But My

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:39.039
Head's in Mississippi, I think, is one of their

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:43.099
overlooked in terms of singles. But it's a fantastic

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:45.820
song, no doubt about that. reached number one

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:49.760
on the billboard album rocks chart and even charted

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:53.119
in australia it was only 166 but still on the

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:55.320
other side of the world charted in australia

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:58.940
fantastic song with the b -side a fool for your

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:03.099
stockings which is another bluesy yes great from

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:06.000
the band and i should probably throw in that

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:09.019
i do understand the fact that recycler came out

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:13.650
in 1990 but there's this gray area for me that

00:41:13.650 --> 00:41:17.730
is 1990 maybe it's i don't know it's just where

00:41:17.730 --> 00:41:20.949
i was musically there's a there are so many albums

00:41:20.949 --> 00:41:24.289
that came out in 1990 that i associate with the

00:41:24.289 --> 00:41:27.469
1980s just based on production style and sound

00:41:27.469 --> 00:41:31.030
yeah i even sometimes refer to it as 1980 90

00:41:31.030 --> 00:41:33.630
when i'm talking about albums from either 89

00:41:33.630 --> 00:41:37.289
or 90 so yes i understand recycler is technically

00:41:37.289 --> 00:41:42.300
a 1990s zz top album but i've always lumped it

00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:47.380
in with the 80s ZZ Top because the sound on Recycler

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:51.900
versus the sound on Antenna is 80s to 90s. There

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:54.599
is a definite pivot between those two albums.

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:57.019
Yes, I was about to point that out. Thank you.

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:59.559
In terms of their production style, absolutely.

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:03.300
I have a song from Recycler in my list as well,

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:05.280
but I haven't decided quite if it's going to

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:08.739
fit yet or not. But for now, to follow up my

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:10.519
heads in Mississippi, I'm going to go all the

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:13.800
way back to 1981. And I'm going to go to El Loco.

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:16.219
Now, I know most people are probably thinking

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:18.280
I'm going to go with Pearl Necklace because that

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:20.539
is probably the single they think of when they

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:23.420
think of El Loco. But I am going to go with what

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:25.659
I consider to be the most underrated single.

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:28.340
It's made their greatest hits albums, but it

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:31.940
only reached 103 on the Billboard U .S. bubbling

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:35.139
under Hot 100 singles. And it hit number four

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:38.199
on the mainstream rock tracks chart. To me, this

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:42.269
is ZZ Top. with all of their humor front and

00:42:42.269 --> 00:42:45.670
center tube snake boogie get your mind out of

00:42:45.670 --> 00:42:50.510
the gutter the song is not one long innuendo

00:42:50.510 --> 00:42:54.909
it's actually lingo for a surfboard or a boogie

00:42:54.909 --> 00:42:57.610
board think about that the next time you listen

00:42:57.610 --> 00:43:01.170
to the lyrics but this one is so much fun it's

00:43:01.170 --> 00:43:04.949
got such a groove and it's a little outside of

00:43:04.949 --> 00:43:09.869
the zz top box it has that beach -esque feel

00:43:09.869 --> 00:43:12.929
to it, which is different from anything in their

00:43:12.929 --> 00:43:16.030
catalog. I feel like this is one of those songs

00:43:16.030 --> 00:43:19.030
that really sticks out for that very reason.

00:43:19.250 --> 00:43:23.630
And I feel like to give listeners a true encapsulation

00:43:23.630 --> 00:43:26.989
of what ZZ Top is as a band, I feel like we have

00:43:26.989 --> 00:43:29.090
to go with something like Tube Snake Boogie because

00:43:29.090 --> 00:43:32.630
you brought the gospel aspect in on the other

00:43:32.630 --> 00:43:35.150
side with Hot Blue and Righteous. Let's bring

00:43:35.150 --> 00:43:37.289
out their humorous side in Tube Snake Boogie.

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.880
You know, I wouldn't be surprised that this second

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:42.820
side would be like the whole 80s and humorous

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:45.599
side of ZZ Top. So, I mean, if it keeps going

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:48.039
down that path, then, hey, why not? Let's go

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:50.400
for it. So, yeah, I mean, Tube Snake Boogie,

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:52.960
I mean, yeah, because Pearl Necklace, obviously,

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:55.559
the big song from El Loco. And I did see them

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:59.239
play Pearl Necklace. It was fantastic also. But,

00:43:59.320 --> 00:44:01.119
I mean, hey, the whole set was great. I mean,

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:03.500
what can you expect from ZZ Top? That whole concert

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:06.880
was great. So, but yeah, I mean, Tube Snake Boogie,

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:10.239
obviously, has that beach feel to it but you

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:13.099
can still put in that z top flair obviously well

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:16.500
because of billy gibbons guitar tone really because

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:20.519
it's so distinctive that it fits in with him

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:24.000
so you know the licks that he throws in there

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:27.739
so it fits in and obviously the whole humor that

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:29.719
he brings in as a matter of fact that's one of

00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:33.420
those el loco meaning the crazy one in spanish

00:44:33.869 --> 00:44:35.750
They went to town on that album. They were just

00:44:35.750 --> 00:44:37.670
having a ball and having a blast with that album.

00:44:37.809 --> 00:44:40.210
So they have a couple of humorous songs on that

00:44:40.210 --> 00:44:42.929
album. All right, man, we've got Gimme All Your

00:44:42.929 --> 00:44:45.469
Lovin' from Eliminator, My Head's in Mississippi

00:44:45.469 --> 00:44:48.610
from Recycler, and Tube Snake Boogie from El

00:44:48.610 --> 00:44:51.789
Loco. Where are we going from here? I think we

00:44:51.789 --> 00:44:55.170
should go and put in Afterburner. Now, this is

00:44:55.170 --> 00:44:58.730
not my favorite ZZ Top album, but I don't hate

00:44:58.730 --> 00:45:01.659
it. Now... I'm happy that the production doesn't

00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:04.599
overpower the guitars on the album. If it did,

00:45:04.659 --> 00:45:06.440
I would have a different opinion for it, for

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:09.059
sure. But there are some quality tunes on that

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:12.079
album. You can't deny that. And I don't care.

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:15.760
I may call this a guilty pleasure, but I know

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:17.980
you say there are no such thing as guilty pleasure,

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:22.699
so I don't care. The groove, the beat, it'll

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:25.440
get your butt shaking, your hips flowing around.

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:28.760
We're going to do the Velcro fly up in here.

00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:33.519
Nice. Another funny, I mean, the song itself

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:37.239
is great. The music video is hysterical. And

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:40.519
I think I may have heard this song back when

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:42.539
I was a kid because I remember that whole say

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:46.239
yeah, yeah hook that sprinkles in the song every

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:48.079
now and then because I may have heard that a

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:49.739
couple of times, but I just didn't know it was

00:45:49.739 --> 00:45:53.920
ZZ Top. But you can't deny the groove is infectious.

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:58.579
You know, Billy Gibbons is still doing his thing

00:45:58.579 --> 00:46:01.909
under there. And like I said, if the guitars

00:46:01.909 --> 00:46:03.949
were not so forward in the mix, I would have

00:46:03.949 --> 00:46:06.690
a different opinion on the album. But his guitars

00:46:06.690 --> 00:46:08.369
are still there and you can't take that away.

00:46:08.510 --> 00:46:12.230
So it's a fun song. The video is hilarious. So

00:46:12.230 --> 00:46:15.289
let's do the Velcro fly up in here. All right.

00:46:15.309 --> 00:46:17.690
You know, a lot of the Patreon mixtapers chimed

00:46:17.690 --> 00:46:21.090
in with Rough Boy from the same album. Big, big,

00:46:21.230 --> 00:46:25.570
big in the 1985 -1986 range. Song peaked at number

00:46:25.570 --> 00:46:28.909
15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart, number

00:46:28.909 --> 00:46:33.110
35 on the Hot 100. Believe it or not, Velcro

00:46:33.110 --> 00:46:37.469
Fly, the band's last top 40 hit. So it's actually

00:46:37.469 --> 00:46:42.309
an important song in their history. Yeah, I could

00:46:42.309 --> 00:46:45.219
have went with Rough Boy because... Again, that's

00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:46.940
another song that they played when I went to

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:49.380
that concert with Jeff Beck on stage, believe

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:51.619
it or not. I mean, because because, you know,

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:54.119
I think Jeff Beck may be a huge fan of that song

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:56.219
because they always seem to pull him on stage

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:59.619
when when they play Rough Boy. I mean, I won't

00:46:59.619 --> 00:47:01.860
argue about that. I mean, it's a fantastic song.

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:04.920
Like I chimed in with Rough Boy a couple of times,

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:07.280
like I think. If I remember correctly, you did

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:10.320
maybe like an 80s ballad episode on one of your

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:12.119
podcasts. And I chimed in with Ruff Boy and I

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:14.099
love that song, too. I mean, because really the

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:16.199
guitar solo obviously carries that song. You

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:19.219
can't take that away. But I thought I'd go something

00:47:19.219 --> 00:47:22.159
with, you know, maybe a little unexpected. Well,

00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:24.280
maybe not so much unexpected because it's like

00:47:24.280 --> 00:47:26.519
you said, their last top 40 hit. But, you know,

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:29.239
it's undeniable. You can't take that away from

00:47:29.239 --> 00:47:31.960
them. Not at all. And I think I'm going to follow

00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:34.710
it up with something that. Might be a little

00:47:34.710 --> 00:47:36.510
bit of a deeper cut, but I'm going to go off

00:47:36.510 --> 00:47:40.289
of Eliminator. So is anything a deep cut when

00:47:40.289 --> 00:47:43.789
you're coming from the Eliminator album? That

00:47:43.789 --> 00:47:46.550
is a rhetorical question. I don't know if you

00:47:46.550 --> 00:47:48.849
would consider any track from Eliminator to be

00:47:48.849 --> 00:47:52.230
deep, but this was a song that was not a single.

00:47:52.349 --> 00:47:55.489
However, I'm not the biggest movie guy in the

00:47:55.489 --> 00:47:57.510
world, and I know Gomez will stand up and applaud

00:47:57.510 --> 00:48:00.480
me for this one. This song was featured in the

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:04.440
movie One Crazy Summer, and I loved that movie

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:08.280
growing up. And I was so stoked because after

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:11.139
the movie was over, I begged my parents to see

00:48:11.139 --> 00:48:13.039
if there was any chance we can go to the record

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:15.440
store so I could pick up the soundtrack to One

00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:18.679
Crazy Summer. Thank God they said no, because

00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:21.360
had they taken me, I would have been very disappointed

00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:24.820
to find out that there never was. nor probably

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:27.320
ever will be a soundtrack released from this

00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:29.579
movie. There should be because the soundtrack

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:32.280
and one crazy summer is awesome. But my father

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:34.880
did say, why would you want to go out and buy

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:37.179
the soundtrack when you already own the song?

00:48:37.300 --> 00:48:40.239
And he pulled out our copy of eliminator and

00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:43.480
he dropped the needle on my next pick. Dirty

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:48.289
dog. This song. rocks it does have that 80s vibe

00:48:48.289 --> 00:48:50.750
that we're going for here on side two even though

00:48:50.750 --> 00:48:53.989
we included a slight dip of the toe into the

00:48:53.989 --> 00:48:57.469
1990s water if you will with my heads in mississippi

00:48:57.469 --> 00:49:00.769
from recycler but it's one of those songs i think

00:49:00.769 --> 00:49:04.030
is underrated because everybody thinks about

00:49:04.030 --> 00:49:05.929
the give me all your love and sharp dress man

00:49:05.929 --> 00:49:10.239
legs got me under pressure dirty dog is up there

00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:12.219
with all of those songs, and I'm actually shocked

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:14.420
it wasn't a single. So I want to give it some

00:49:14.420 --> 00:49:18.019
love in our mixtape tonight by following up Velcro

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:21.320
Fly with Dirty Dog. And I'm right there with

00:49:21.320 --> 00:49:23.420
you. I think Dirty Dog is pretty underrated on

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:26.780
Eliminator, even though I'll be honest, Side

00:49:26.780 --> 00:49:29.079
1 for me on that album is much stronger than

00:49:29.079 --> 00:49:32.659
that of Side 2. Side 2 does kind of lose steam

00:49:32.659 --> 00:49:34.840
a little bit for me, even though the songs, I

00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:37.400
don't hate them, but they do kind of lose steam

00:49:37.400 --> 00:49:39.840
a little bit for me. But no doubt, Dirty Dog

00:49:39.840 --> 00:49:42.780
is heavy, pretty heavy in terms of Eliminator.

00:49:42.860 --> 00:49:45.960
You know, Billy Gibbons' guitar tone, making

00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:49.139
dog noises, and calling out a woman that did

00:49:49.139 --> 00:49:51.940
him wrong by calling her a scurvy dog. You know,

00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:54.780
another good Billy Gibbons solo. So yeah, I mean,

00:49:54.800 --> 00:49:56.460
I'm right there with you. I think it's a good

00:49:56.460 --> 00:49:59.400
song. One of the better songs from side two of

00:49:59.400 --> 00:50:02.559
Eliminator. So then we're back to you for the

00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:05.280
second half of side B in track six. What do you

00:50:05.280 --> 00:50:08.980
got? Hmm. This one's going to be totally out

00:50:08.980 --> 00:50:10.699
of left field, but you know what? This is the

00:50:10.699 --> 00:50:13.179
out of left field side. Let's keep it going,

00:50:13.340 --> 00:50:17.139
man. I don't care. Let's go back to Dig Away

00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:21.019
O, my second favorite ZZ Top album. And do you

00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:25.699
want to talk about ZZ Top humor? Let's go. What's

00:50:25.699 --> 00:50:28.800
a, I forgot. I can't give the credit for this,

00:50:28.840 --> 00:50:31.860
but I did see this from a writer who called this

00:50:31.860 --> 00:50:36.320
song, quote unquote, ZZ Top meets Frank Zappa.

00:50:36.909 --> 00:50:39.969
And we're going to go with Manic Mechanic. Nice.

00:50:40.530 --> 00:50:43.929
I just, I don't care. I mean, this one's way

00:50:43.929 --> 00:50:46.550
out of left field. It's hilarious from start

00:50:46.550 --> 00:50:50.389
to finish. And I crack up every single time the

00:50:50.389 --> 00:50:53.789
way Billy Gibbons delivers the vocals. It cracks

00:50:53.789 --> 00:50:56.349
me up. I mean, because really, these guys had

00:50:56.349 --> 00:50:58.889
such great chemistry. They had great sense of

00:50:58.889 --> 00:51:02.610
humor, which I adore about them. And I proudly

00:51:02.610 --> 00:51:05.090
sing along every single time he blurts out the

00:51:05.090 --> 00:51:09.230
vocals. Just never gets old for me. And I don't

00:51:09.230 --> 00:51:10.949
care. We're just going to keep getting wacky

00:51:10.949 --> 00:51:13.610
up in here. So let's go drive off into the sunset

00:51:13.610 --> 00:51:17.389
with the manic mechanic, man. Wow. Oh, my God.

00:51:17.469 --> 00:51:21.170
I was debating going back to Deguelo because

00:51:21.170 --> 00:51:23.570
this is 1979. So I was like, oh, we could kind

00:51:23.570 --> 00:51:26.610
of like we did 1990, which is one year out of

00:51:26.610 --> 00:51:30.630
the 80s. I could go 1979 and go with I thank

00:51:30.630 --> 00:51:32.550
you. But now that you brought manic mechanic

00:51:32.550 --> 00:51:37.719
into the fold. Oh. Man, this is tough. This is

00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:40.420
really tough. That's a great song, though. Great

00:51:40.420 --> 00:51:43.119
pick. So I don't think I'm going to go with I

00:51:43.119 --> 00:51:45.639
Thank You, even though I love that song. It was

00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:47.320
tough for me to pick another song from Diggie

00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:49.980
Willow because to me, Tres Hombres and Diggie

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:52.719
Willow are perfect albums. They're five star

00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:55.280
albums for me, and I could have picked any song

00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:57.960
from those two albums. So it was tough for me.

00:51:58.019 --> 00:52:00.780
But, you know, since humor is such a big deal

00:52:00.780 --> 00:52:03.059
in terms of ZZ Top, we have to bring it in. We

00:52:03.059 --> 00:52:06.150
just got to. Oh, yeah, we've definitely spotlighted

00:52:06.150 --> 00:52:09.210
their humorous side on Side B. And I think I'm

00:52:09.210 --> 00:52:12.610
going to, well, double down on the movie side

00:52:12.610 --> 00:52:15.510
as well while we continue here. And I'm going

00:52:15.510 --> 00:52:19.710
to go back to 1990s Recycler as well as the soundtrack

00:52:19.710 --> 00:52:22.670
to Back to the Future 3. And we're going to go

00:52:22.670 --> 00:52:26.230
double back to follow up Manic Mechanic. The

00:52:26.230 --> 00:52:28.690
band played the song in an Old West style in

00:52:28.690 --> 00:52:31.289
the movie when they cameoed. But the studio version

00:52:31.289 --> 00:52:34.480
plays over the credits. reached number one on

00:52:34.480 --> 00:52:37.079
the Billboard US Album Rock Chart. It was there

00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:40.260
for five weeks. It also reached number 29 on

00:52:40.260 --> 00:52:43.519
the UK Singles Chart and was nominated for an

00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:47.400
MTV Video Music Award in 1990 for Best Video

00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:50.940
from a Film back when MTV actually played videos.

00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:55.460
Fun fact about Doubleback, the B -side to the

00:52:55.460 --> 00:52:58.739
single. They went with Just Got Paid from Rio

00:52:58.739 --> 00:53:02.829
Grande Mud as the B -side. Smart move label.

00:53:03.230 --> 00:53:05.050
You know, that's not the first time where I've

00:53:05.050 --> 00:53:09.010
seen a B -side from a band taking a song from

00:53:09.010 --> 00:53:12.769
an album that's completely in the past, like

00:53:12.769 --> 00:53:16.550
Van Halen. I think the B -side for Hopper Teacher

00:53:16.550 --> 00:53:20.230
was Little Dreamer from Van Halen 1. Yes. So

00:53:20.230 --> 00:53:23.349
that's pretty odd, making the B -side be a song

00:53:23.349 --> 00:53:26.789
from a completely different album. But hey, I'm

00:53:26.789 --> 00:53:30.329
not a label person, so who am I to say? But double

00:53:30.329 --> 00:53:33.630
back. Since Gomez obviously established himself

00:53:33.630 --> 00:53:37.050
as a big movie guy, that was a shock that he

00:53:37.050 --> 00:53:39.670
didn't put that song on his list when we did

00:53:39.670 --> 00:53:41.889
that episode. But I feel like this is redemption

00:53:41.889 --> 00:53:45.489
for him as well by me choosing it tonight. There

00:53:45.489 --> 00:53:47.849
you go, Gomez. Hopefully we made you happy with

00:53:47.849 --> 00:53:50.570
our mixtape here so far. So, I mean. Yeah, it's

00:53:50.570 --> 00:53:53.130
a great way to close off Recycler with Double

00:53:53.130 --> 00:53:56.650
Vac. It's a very solid tune. And yeah, the cameo

00:53:56.650 --> 00:54:00.210
of ZZ Top and Bad to the Future 3, it's a nice

00:54:00.210 --> 00:54:03.050
little cameo for those guys. And a very, very

00:54:03.050 --> 00:54:06.010
good tune from, I think, is another underrated

00:54:06.010 --> 00:54:09.530
album. All right. Humor and movies and movies

00:54:09.530 --> 00:54:14.050
and humor. Where do we go from here? Hmm. Well,

00:54:14.070 --> 00:54:15.489
we're getting very close to the end already.

00:54:15.969 --> 00:54:21.260
Yeah. This song? Obviously is very undeniable

00:54:21.260 --> 00:54:24.320
too. It has a little bit of that humor at the

00:54:24.320 --> 00:54:28.500
same time. Very few lyrics in it, but we've got

00:54:28.500 --> 00:54:32.179
to do it. We have to put Lagrange from Tres Hombres.

00:54:32.760 --> 00:54:36.280
It's one of their best jams. The way Billy delivers

00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:38.579
the vocals, you know what I'm talking about.

00:54:38.860 --> 00:54:42.300
I could sing along to that. Absolutely. I've

00:54:42.300 --> 00:54:45.179
never done karaoke before. If I ever do karaoke

00:54:45.179 --> 00:54:48.659
in like somewhere here in Texas. i think lagrange

00:54:48.659 --> 00:54:51.099
would probably be one of the first ones i pull

00:54:51.099 --> 00:54:53.760
out because you know you don't even have to have

00:54:53.760 --> 00:54:56.840
a good range to sing zz top songs and plus there

00:54:56.840 --> 00:54:59.940
are very few words so i can pull that off no

00:54:59.940 --> 00:55:03.300
questions asked i'm sure but other than that

00:55:03.300 --> 00:55:07.820
lagrange is one of their undeniable iconic tunes

00:55:07.820 --> 00:55:13.559
the riff was from john lee hooker's boogie chillin

00:55:13.559 --> 00:55:18.360
except also i want to put in a rolling stones

00:55:18.360 --> 00:55:21.880
connection shake your hips from the exile on

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:25.619
main street album yes obviously has that feel

00:55:25.619 --> 00:55:32.099
to it now i don't know that's um i don't know

00:55:32.099 --> 00:55:34.820
if zz top ever credited the rolling stones for

00:55:34.820 --> 00:55:37.599
that but like you said the whole john lee hooker

00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:40.679
thing was where they got it from so you know

00:55:40.679 --> 00:55:46.119
the riff the billy givens solo the vocals you

00:55:46.119 --> 00:55:50.940
can't Obviously, one of their staples. So what

00:55:50.940 --> 00:55:53.659
can be said about LaGrange? What could be said

00:55:53.659 --> 00:55:56.239
about it? How, how, how, how? That's what you

00:55:56.239 --> 00:55:59.840
say. How, how, how, how? Reached number 41 on

00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:04.019
the Billboard U .S. Hot 100. And in 2020, reentered

00:56:04.019 --> 00:56:06.579
the charts and hit number 12 on the Billboard

00:56:06.579 --> 00:56:10.000
U .S. Hot Rock and Alternative Songs chart. Due

00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:13.119
in part to that little old band from Texas documentary,

00:56:13.400 --> 00:56:15.780
which if you haven't seen it. please go back

00:56:15.780 --> 00:56:18.639
and watch that. And once again, we have to bring

00:56:18.639 --> 00:56:22.699
up movies. It was used in Shanghai noon, striptease.

00:56:23.470 --> 00:56:26.349
Armageddon, and the Dukes of Hazzard, among probably

00:56:26.349 --> 00:56:29.789
several others. You know my cover versions. 1983,

00:56:30.389 --> 00:56:33.349
Hank Williams on his Strong Stuff album did a

00:56:33.349 --> 00:56:35.989
version of the song. We've talked about the Sharp

00:56:35.989 --> 00:56:39.269
Dressed Men, a tribute to ZZ Top. Tracy Bird,

00:56:39.389 --> 00:56:42.170
one of my favorite 90s country singers, covered

00:56:42.170 --> 00:56:47.329
the song in 2002. And in 2005, Guitar Shredders,

00:56:47.329 --> 00:56:51.510
Joe Satriani, Steve Vai. And John Petrucci covered

00:56:51.510 --> 00:56:56.369
the track on the G3 Live from Tokyo album. Absolutely

00:56:56.369 --> 00:57:00.969
a necessity. To be on this playlist, we have

00:57:00.969 --> 00:57:03.869
to hit some of the big hits here. We've gone

00:57:03.869 --> 00:57:06.389
a little deeper than I expected throughout this

00:57:06.389 --> 00:57:09.650
episode. So bringing it back to LaGrange, I feel

00:57:09.650 --> 00:57:12.530
like was a smart move. Blues Traveler, another

00:57:12.530 --> 00:57:16.250
guest on my weekly mixtape, has covered LaGrange

00:57:16.250 --> 00:57:18.969
throughout the years. This song is an anthem.

00:57:19.010 --> 00:57:22.369
This song deserves to be on the playlist. And

00:57:22.369 --> 00:57:24.750
following it up, we're going to stick with the

00:57:24.750 --> 00:57:28.260
big hits. At least I am. And we're going to go

00:57:28.260 --> 00:57:31.239
back to 1983's Eliminator because as I was a

00:57:31.239 --> 00:57:33.780
kid, these were the memories that were etched

00:57:33.780 --> 00:57:37.000
into my mind before I learned more about ZZ Top.

00:57:37.440 --> 00:57:40.719
And when I was five years old, I wanted to dress

00:57:40.719 --> 00:57:43.880
up. Why? Because every girl's crazy about a sharp

00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:48.340
dress, man. 56 on the Billboard US Hot 100, number

00:57:48.340 --> 00:57:51.199
eight on the mainstream rock tracks chart. And

00:57:51.199 --> 00:57:54.929
just like... The last song we talked about, LaGrange,

00:57:55.110 --> 00:57:58.489
re -entered the charts in 2020 and hit number

00:57:58.489 --> 00:58:01.789
14 on the U .S. Hot Rock and Alternative Songs

00:58:01.789 --> 00:58:06.110
chart. Again, due to that documentary. In 2009,

00:58:06.469 --> 00:58:10.289
Guitar World ranked the song number 43 on the

00:58:10.289 --> 00:58:13.289
list of the 50 greatest guitar solos of all time.

00:58:13.849 --> 00:58:18.320
Hmm. I mean, it's definitely... One of the 50

00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:20.900
most memorable guitar solos of all time. There

00:58:20.900 --> 00:58:23.920
are some Billy Gibbons solos I personally enjoy

00:58:23.920 --> 00:58:28.800
more. However, I understand why its importance

00:58:28.800 --> 00:58:30.719
was here because it's one of the band's biggest

00:58:30.719 --> 00:58:33.579
hits. And I know I mentioned this back on the

00:58:33.579 --> 00:58:35.820
Playlist Wars episode, but I got to mention it

00:58:35.820 --> 00:58:39.360
again. Steve Moore, a .k .a. The Mad Drummer,

00:58:39.460 --> 00:58:43.550
the viral video where he's showing off his. drumming

00:58:43.550 --> 00:58:46.650
talents, if you will, behind Rick K and the all

00:58:46.650 --> 00:58:49.349
-nighters. I'll make sure to re -embed that video

00:58:49.349 --> 00:58:53.329
on the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com if

00:58:53.329 --> 00:58:55.909
you haven't seen it and you need a laugh for

00:58:55.909 --> 00:58:58.929
the day. But we have to include some of the hits.

00:58:59.010 --> 00:59:00.940
And I know there's some that have... Falling

00:59:00.940 --> 00:59:03.659
through the cracks right now. Legs being one

00:59:03.659 --> 00:59:06.280
of them right off the top of my head. ZZ Top

00:59:06.280 --> 00:59:08.739
is a tough band if you're trying to strike that

00:59:08.739 --> 00:59:11.300
balance between the big hits and some of the

00:59:11.300 --> 00:59:13.079
deeper cuts. I think we're doing a really good

00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:15.599
job of it. But yeah, we definitely needed to

00:59:15.599 --> 00:59:18.159
bring that balance back with some more hits.

00:59:18.300 --> 00:59:21.460
And LaGrange and the Sharp Dressed Man does just

00:59:21.460 --> 00:59:25.039
that. There's easily a volume two here and the

00:59:25.039 --> 00:59:28.090
guilt's already starting to set in. You know,

00:59:28.110 --> 00:59:31.050
just to add to that video real quick, I wonder

00:59:31.050 --> 00:59:33.489
if the boys from ZZ Top ever saw that video,

00:59:33.610 --> 00:59:36.210
because that should be like its own meme with

00:59:36.210 --> 00:59:40.070
that dude just flailing around. I mean, you know,

00:59:40.110 --> 00:59:42.550
ZZ Top loves their humor, so I'm hoping that

00:59:42.550 --> 00:59:45.289
they ever see that video at least once. I would

00:59:45.289 --> 00:59:48.570
even say if they did, I would bet money that

00:59:48.570 --> 00:59:52.090
Frank Beard would step off the kit and let him

00:59:52.090 --> 00:59:54.570
up on stage to play it with them for a night.

00:59:54.710 --> 00:59:58.360
How fun would that be? I completely agree with

00:59:58.360 --> 01:00:01.360
you. For one night to have that dude play with

01:00:01.360 --> 01:00:04.000
Billy and now Elwood Francis, that would be a

01:00:04.000 --> 01:00:07.699
sight to behold right there. Amen. And real quick,

01:00:07.840 --> 01:00:10.219
I'm happy that you added Sharp Dressed Man because

01:00:10.219 --> 01:00:12.739
Sharp Dressed Man, I really debated between that

01:00:12.739 --> 01:00:15.179
and Lagrange to put for this mixtape tonight.

01:00:15.320 --> 01:00:17.619
So I'm really happy. Oh, good, dude. We had some

01:00:17.619 --> 01:00:19.840
ESPN going on there then. That's awesome. Yes,

01:00:19.940 --> 01:00:22.460
I love that. I love that a lot. So Sharp Dressed

01:00:22.460 --> 01:00:24.579
Man is obviously one of the songs that means

01:00:24.579 --> 01:00:27.170
a lot to me. It's one of the songs. That I got

01:00:27.170 --> 01:00:30.090
into ZZ Top with also. And I haven't really worn

01:00:30.090 --> 01:00:31.670
that many suits because the last time I wore

01:00:31.670 --> 01:00:34.429
close to a suit was when I was in Air Force Junior

01:00:34.429 --> 01:00:36.969
ROTC in high school. We had to wear the dress

01:00:36.969 --> 01:00:40.610
blues back then. So I think the next time I wear

01:00:40.610 --> 01:00:43.789
a suit, I have to make sure I blast sharp dress

01:00:43.789 --> 01:00:48.250
man when I enter a room. Because obviously it's

01:00:48.250 --> 01:00:50.969
a stellar song. And I'm surprised that song wasn't

01:00:50.969 --> 01:00:54.320
bigger on the Hot 100. But then again. A lot

01:00:54.320 --> 01:00:56.559
of big stuff was going on in the early 80s. So

01:00:56.559 --> 01:00:58.519
I'll have to make sure to keep all that in mind.

01:00:58.659 --> 01:01:00.900
So I'm happy you brought that in. Well, David,

01:01:01.019 --> 01:01:03.800
we have talked a lot of 80s. Yes, we bounced

01:01:03.800 --> 01:01:07.440
79, 90. But this side definitely leaned in a

01:01:07.440 --> 01:01:10.820
lot more than side A did. We are throwing ZZ

01:01:10.820 --> 01:01:13.559
Top listeners. We're taking them on a ride tonight.

01:01:13.900 --> 01:01:19.460
And you get the honor, the pleasure, or the horror,

01:01:19.699 --> 01:01:23.179
depending on how you look at it, of closing out.

01:01:23.610 --> 01:01:26.369
tonight's mixtape. What are we ending with tonight?

01:01:26.650 --> 01:01:30.630
To close out this mixtape, I couldn't think of

01:01:30.630 --> 01:01:34.610
anything else to close it out, but to pay tribute

01:01:34.610 --> 01:01:39.309
to a good Texan, the late, great Dusty Hill with

01:01:39.309 --> 01:01:43.309
his signature tune from Fandango, another one

01:01:43.309 --> 01:01:47.349
of the band's biggest songs. And I am baffled

01:01:47.349 --> 01:01:50.090
they did not even pull this out when I saw them.

01:01:50.369 --> 01:01:53.880
Granted, He's not alive with us anymore. But

01:01:53.880 --> 01:01:56.400
then again, even if they used that last audio

01:01:56.400 --> 01:01:58.539
recording, I would have been okay because I wanted

01:01:58.539 --> 01:02:01.260
to hear Dusty sing. So we're going to close out

01:02:01.260 --> 01:02:05.880
this mixtape with the closer of Fandango. He's

01:02:05.880 --> 01:02:09.579
just looking for some tush. Yes, thank you. We

01:02:09.579 --> 01:02:14.079
have to. We have to do it. Now, in terms of the

01:02:14.079 --> 01:02:17.679
six -pack remix, I think I grew up with the six

01:02:17.679 --> 01:02:20.760
-pack version of the song. More than the actual

01:02:20.760 --> 01:02:25.280
studio version, because I remember that guitar

01:02:25.280 --> 01:02:29.300
slide, that one guitar slide that they added

01:02:29.300 --> 01:02:31.980
in right before the first solo. That's on the

01:02:31.980 --> 01:02:35.119
six pack version, not the actual studio version.

01:02:35.880 --> 01:02:39.480
So that's probably the version that I grew up

01:02:39.480 --> 01:02:44.360
with more. Now, we talked about the awful drum

01:02:44.360 --> 01:02:47.199
sound on that six pack remix, but I don't hate

01:02:47.199 --> 01:02:51.829
the. beefy guitars or the reverb guitars so but

01:02:51.829 --> 01:02:55.389
other than that a great riff from billy gibbons

01:02:55.389 --> 01:02:59.969
dusty hill fantastic voice paying shout out to

01:02:59.969 --> 01:03:03.070
dallas texas which is i live close to dallas

01:03:03.070 --> 01:03:05.710
texas i'm about maybe a good 20 minutes away

01:03:05.710 --> 01:03:09.210
from dallas great slide work from billy from

01:03:09.210 --> 01:03:13.769
the reverend billy g i mean man we had to we

01:03:13.769 --> 01:03:18.030
have to end this mixtape With a tribute to Dusty

01:03:18.030 --> 01:03:22.130
Hill. So rest in peace, Dusty. David, I am so

01:03:22.130 --> 01:03:26.550
thankful. I literally felt like I know David

01:03:26.550 --> 01:03:29.909
enough that if I go with Sharp Dressed Man after

01:03:29.909 --> 01:03:34.449
LaGrange, he will make sure to close this playlist

01:03:34.449 --> 01:03:38.170
out the only way that you should close it out

01:03:38.170 --> 01:03:41.400
with Tush. I was debating going back and forth,

01:03:41.400 --> 01:03:45.119
going, do I do sharp dress, man? I have faith.

01:03:45.179 --> 01:03:48.239
I have faith that David Lee Smith will go with

01:03:48.239 --> 01:03:51.019
Tush if I pull a sharp dress man in the nine

01:03:51.019 --> 01:03:54.219
slot. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Reach

01:03:54.219 --> 01:03:58.739
number 20 on the billboard. U .S. Hot 100. VH1

01:03:58.739 --> 01:04:02.519
named the song the 67th best hard rock song of

01:04:02.519 --> 01:04:05.019
all time. Personally, I'd go a little higher.

01:04:05.239 --> 01:04:08.619
I talk about my cover versions in 1990. Joan

01:04:08.619 --> 01:04:13.019
Jett covered it on the Hit List CD in 2002. I

01:04:13.019 --> 01:04:14.679
know I brought up the Sharp Dressed Men. I'm

01:04:14.679 --> 01:04:17.039
a big country guy. I know. I love my country.

01:04:17.119 --> 01:04:19.860
That's Sharp Dressed Men, a tribute to ZZ Top.

01:04:20.079 --> 01:04:22.920
Kenny Chesney covers it, and he does a great

01:04:22.920 --> 01:04:26.780
job. But my favorite. Even though the Joan Jett

01:04:26.780 --> 01:04:32.119
version slaps in 2011, Grace Potter on ZZ Top,

01:04:32.219 --> 01:04:36.340
a tribute from friends. She slays it. Absolutely

01:04:36.340 --> 01:04:40.760
slays it. What a perfect way to close outside

01:04:40.760 --> 01:04:44.380
B, which kicked off with Give Me All Your Lovin'

01:04:44.440 --> 01:04:47.340
from Eliminator. My Head's in Mississippi from

01:04:47.340 --> 01:04:51.500
Recycler. Tube Snake Boogie from El Loco. Velcro

01:04:51.500 --> 01:04:55.199
Fly from Afterburner. Dirty Dog from Eliminator,

01:04:55.320 --> 01:04:58.920
Manic Mechanic from Deguelo, Doubleback from

01:04:58.920 --> 01:05:03.179
Recycler, Lagrange from Trace Ombre, Sharp Dress

01:05:03.179 --> 01:05:06.699
Man from Eliminator, and Tush from Fandango.

01:05:06.780 --> 01:05:10.179
Head over to MyWeeklyMixtape .com to hear all

01:05:10.179 --> 01:05:12.940
the songs we've discussed in this mix through

01:05:12.940 --> 01:05:17.059
the playlist embedded on the episode page. David,

01:05:17.099 --> 01:05:19.780
it's a blast as always. First, and as always,

01:05:19.900 --> 01:05:22.940
thank you for being a part of the Patreon Mixtaper

01:05:22.940 --> 01:05:25.460
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