There is not enough ZZ Top in this world

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

But you knew that already, didn't you...

[Tobin S.]

1. I could do without Tube Steak Boogie

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

2. No you couldn't....

You need Tube Steak Boogie. We all do.

[Roon]

3. I like Pearl Necklace..

When I heard that played at the bar I would crack up.

[pokerfan]

12. Risque lyrics is pretty much a blues tradition

Traveling Riverside Blues: "Squeeze my lemon until the juice runs down my leg." (Robert Johnson)
Big Long Sliding Thing (Dinah Washington)
Big Ten Inch Record (Bull Moose Jackson)
Sixty Minute Man (The Dominoes)
Baby Let Me Bang Your Box (The Toppers)

[Common Sense Party]

17. I believe that's "snake"

:rofl:

[Sebastian Doyle]

4. Their synth pop mid 80's albums haven't really aged well

Afterburner in particular. Still like the classic stuff though.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. Well...not enough pre-synth ZZ Top, anyway.

They've actually cut back quite a bit...a couple of their more recent releases were heralded as "back to the basics," and there is a degree of truth in that. I just know that when I'm in the mood to hear a song like "Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell," the last song in the world I want to hear is "Sleeping Bag."

:toast:

[realisticphish]

10. yeah, this

the original stuff kicks ass

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

13. I should have qualified my original statement

Tres Hombres.

[pokerfan]

6. La Grange (live version)

Proof that you don't even need three chords to play the blues...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnMFOeEPUks

[Common Sense Party]

8. How many chords are there in that song?

[pokerfan]

11. One?

Considered to be almost a "one-chord blues", it is one of their most successful songs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grange_%28song%29

Tabs: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/zz_top/tres_hombres/la_grange.txt

GuitarTeacher.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjoVdcOkFkM

[Common Sense Party]

15. Is that right? I don't know chords from corpses, so I always

assumed there were multiple chords in that song. Leave it to ZZ to do nore with less.

[pokerfan]

24. doesn't necessarily make it easy or simple

Young players often assume that the fewer chords there are in a tune, the easier it is to play. This is true only on the level of fretboard shape shifting. On a one chord tune, like "Boogie Chillun" the complexity lies in the feel and dynamics. This involves very close coordination between the hands, and a very strong sense of time and development. FIGURE 1 is a rhythm figure like "Boogie Chillun." The original is played in open A tuning; this example is adapted to standard tuning. The emphasis falls on the upbeats of the shuffle, rather than the downbeats a common feature of "boogie" riffs, as they have come to be known. It can be played with the pick alone, thumb and fingers, with the pick playing the downbeats and the fingers (middle and ring) playing the upbeats.
http://www.e-tabs.org/viewlesson.php?lid=11

[Mopar151]

7. Texas Boogie, side order of a killer ZZ Cover

Your appetizer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IgSiX2KDxM

Fab T-birds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAno6opLXe0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EviIu2YqVyg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxNnEEK6uG0 - Delbert McClinton

Johnny Winter - stone county: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRwAj5_SoHE

hiway 61:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9j25V4iw94

[realisticphish]

9. Every DUer crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed post nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. as seen through a pair of cheap sunglasses

oh yeah.

[Common Sense Party]

16. But I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. no Tush for you?

[Common Sense Party]

19. Only if it belongs to Leila and she Gives Me All Her Lovin' in a Backdoor

Love Affair. She's always been a Bad Girl.

Her or Francine--I'm a Fool for her Stockings. We had a nice Party on the Patio on my Sleeping Bag.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. Funny you should mention that, because last night I saw a naked cowgirl...

...she was floatin' across the ceiling. She was mumblin' to some howlin' wolf, about some voodoo healin'.

:toast:

[Common Sense Party]

26. Man, if I could only flag her down...

[guitar man]

20. Deep in the South of Texas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4yR2BciEnc

[Joe Fields]

21. After "Deguello" they lost all perspective and creativity.

They were one of the alltime great bands that traded on their popularity and put out what they thought were what was the public wanted, instead of just creating more great music. In other words, they just coasted.

[Orsino]

22. While I think it theoretically possible to have enough Top...

...I would agree that we certainly don't, as yet.

[jobycom]

25. I beg to differ. I think there is entirely too much ZZ Top in this world.

A little less ZZ Top would have left me wanting more, but too much Top left me needing less. You know the albums of which I speak. :)

[mikeSchmuckabee]

27. Damn straight