Will SWEET Be Remembered? w/Martin Popoff & Reed Little |
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Martin Popoff & Reed Little join Grant for a discussion about the 1970's glam band Sweet! How will Sweet be remembered? Will they be remembered by future generations? We discuss!!
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With Queen and Thin Lizzy, Sweet will never be forgotten in my world. They are so underrated and should be up there with the biggest classic artists. ❤😊
I totally agree!!! Thanks for the comment!!
Sweet, won’t be forgotten !!
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I hope not :-). Thanks for the comment!!
In 2020 I went Sweet crazy and bought everything. I even got the 3 dvd box set. Love them!
You wouldn't happen to like Slade as well Rand?
@@RockDaydreamNation I saw them live in Las Vegas Nevada open for Humble Pie in 1972. They were very energetic but I never bought anything by them.
Rand I needed you go Slade crazy in 2020, not Sweet crazy ;-)
@@GrantsRockWarehaus lol
Desolation boulevard is one of the best albums ever printed
I can't argue about that either! Love it!
Scott Stankis
Printed?? You mean released.
Thank you , for your opinion. Sweet, will always be remembered, no matter, what you say. Long live , Sweet forever!! I pick, Sweet, over classic or current bands. Sweet, was much more, than a glam band. They played all kinds of rock, metal, hard rock, pop rock, glam, etc..
It’s all rock/ Rock n’ Roll !!
I love it all !!
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Life is better with music.
I'm giving you the award for the most comments :-)
All of, Sweet’s, music is cool, hot and spot-on rockin’ !!
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Gene Simmons : if there was no Sweet thered be no Kiss: , Joe Ellicott: The band I wanted to be in:, Nicki Sixx: we wanted to be them:
I hear way more Slade in Kiss than Sweet, but all those UK bands has an influence on KIss
Thank you, Martin Popoff, for your book about , Sweet !!
I appreciate it very much !!
I love it very much.
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Life is better with music.
Life is better with music....tru dat!
I'm an American born in the early 60s and I can only speak for my experience in NC. We really loved the Sweet songs. Littly Willy was always played at the skating rink, as you brought up. My good friend was in love with Blitz. My daughter who's 29 loves Oxygen and Wig Wam Bam. I'm totally in love with the Sweet and will always love them. It's a shame Mick never got the recognition he deserved as a drummer. He was phenomenal! My favorite albums are Sweet FA and Give Us a Wink, as I liked the harder rock side of them. I think that was their forte, but I love everything from their bubblegum on up through the last album. With them you get 4 bands in one- bubblegum, glam, hard rock, and "regular" rock.
I love this!!! Thank you for commenting! The fact that your daughter loves them...gives me hope
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Yeah she's pretty diverse in musical tastes. She likes stuff from 50s like Chuck Berry, on up through say the 2010s. 80s is her favorite decade though.
One of the fortunate ones to see the original Sweet live in 1978. They kicked ass! Playing all the heavy tunes. Windy City was mind blowing. Only played 2 songs off Level Headed. The rest was all the crunchy heavy stuff. One of the greatest concerts I've ever seen just for the fact I got to see the original band LIVE
Holy crap Briggs....that is amazing!!!
In Australia we had a monster selling album called "Sweet Singles Album". It had the 4 singles from Jan 73 to Jan 74 : "Blockbuster" " Hellraiser" " Ballroom Blitz" ' Teenage Rampage". It also contained 7 heavy "B" sides from that period that were just AWESOME.
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As long as I'm alive, Sweet will be remembered in America!
Based on the amount of views for this video...It looks like Sweet will be remembered for a long time!
@@GrantsRockWarehaus This is part of why Sweet will be remembered for a long time. Even after all this time, more people are becoming Sweet fans every day. Check out how this guy reacts to hearing Sweet for the first time. He has reviewed several other Sweet songs since then, and now he appears to also be a Sweet fan for life.
ua-cam.com/video/ENUk5Hk8K1E/v-deo.html
I grew up with Sweet here in Australia in the 70s. From the Sweet Singles Album to Level Headed, they couldn't do no wrong.
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You guys are right. "Sweet Fanny Adams" & "Give Us A Wink" are their 2 best albums.
Sweet FA was my first vinyl full length ever as a kid. Still love it all these years later!
It’s a classic! Thanks for the comment!
I’m 60, and I still remember Sweet. In fact, Desolation Boulevard was the first album I bought with my own money.
Steve Stevens does a rousing version of Action.
Steve Stevens as in Billy Idol? Thanks for the comment!!
Not heard that. Will try to check it out. My band (I am 62 by the way) do a cover of Action and it is one of the most well received songs in our set
Sweet were a great band and also my first favorite band. Here is my fav songs ranked:
1,No you Don´t
2.Sweet F.A.
3.Windy City
4.Hell Raiser
5.Hard Times
6.Rebel Rouser
7.Cockroach
8.Done me Wrong Alright
9.Lies in your Eyes
10.Need a lot of Lovin´
11.Set me Free
12.Breakdown
13,Fox on the Run
14.Restless
15.Rock n Roll Disgrace
16.Yesterdays Rain
17.Turn it Down
18.Someone Else Will
19.Action
20,Live for Today
21,Keep it in
22,I wanne be commited
23.Ballroom Blitz
24.Burning
25,Ac Dc
Jim, I freakin' love this! So many great songs! Thanks for the comment! If you haven't subscribed yet, please do!!!
I can quite dig that list of yours, Jim!
jim ekberg
The Sweet never released a bad track. I've got no favourite song at all. They're all great.
A very good list. Some minor tweaks and a couple of additions could be made but really, you could make a Sweet top 50 and the same would be said. Well done.
I can't believe you did not mention the songs man from Mecca and the Six teens. What kind of a sweet fan are you. 🤷
Great band Desolation Blvd is an awesome kick ass album that is a definite top 10 album for me
I can't argue with that...it's a classic!
Definitely one of the best rock albums ever.
One of the greatest bands during my life and still love them today. As a pre-teen in the Netherlands I loved all the glam stuff. They were big in the Netherlands. As I got older I discovered the heavier stuff and loved that too. As far as I'm concerned Sweet will never be forgotten.
What a great post! Thank you and please like and subscribe for more great stuff on the way! Radi, what are your thoughts on Slade? I'm working on a Slade show??
Slade are great too. I like Sweet a bit more but Slade has a larger catalogue.
Stryper does a killer version of Set Me Free!
Definitely worth checking out.
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Heathen also did a great version
So glad Grant brought the Queen/Sweet connection. I'm from 73, so I know Queen since ever, but got to know Sweet only in 94. The first thing I noticed was how Sweet's vocal harmonies were similar to Queen's. Then I learned that Sweet did it first. In the last 30 years, bands like Sweet, Badfinger, Raspberries, Big Star have become cult bands. It's like Velvet Underground in the early 80 - though V.U. became everyone's cult band to the point that they could make a tour in the early 90's.
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I bought 4 Sweet CD's in the last 2 years
There's a couple more you in the used bins here in Ohio ;-)
Here in the UK I grew up watching bands like Sweet, Slade & T.Rex on Top Of The Pops. I absolutely loved their hit singles. Their B sides were really heavy & helped get me into hard rock. The shame is these bands aren’t really remembered much even here in their home country. However they will always have a special place in my heart as their drummer Mick Tucker used to drink in my local pub & encouraged me to play the drums.
Thanks for your comment! Mick Tucker was the man! We will probably never see another band like Sweet
thank you so much for posting. For me the best of the glam rock bands that was essentially a hard rock act Listening to their primitive early single Co-Co and then the self-penned B- Side Done Me Wrong Alright confirmed that the band were rockers at heart. for example, the magnificent Windy City track. The huge change in direction between the album Off The Record and Level Headed was even more pronounced than that between Zep II and III. The reference to David Bowie originated in the fact his single The Jean Genie has the same riff as Blockbuster but came out 6 months earlier. Also of note both The Sweet and Uriah Heep were focused on vocal harmonics long before Queen entered the scene. In terms of their legacy Pete Townsend (The Who) was a big fan and invited The Sweet as 'Special Guests' at their open-air concert at a football ground (Charlton Athletic) in 1975. Unfortunately, Brian Connolly's throat met a fist which meant the band had to withdraw. Given that Sweet Fanny Adams and Desolation Boulevard were out, and their singles were not reaching the higher echelons of the charts at this time, this may have proved pivotal point in the band's fortunes. To be exposed to 50k fans of rock music fans may have influenced the perception people had here in the U.K that the band were a serious rock act and that they were much more than a glam-rock act. I met Brian Connolly a couple of times in the late 80's early 90's and it was obvious that both he and Andy Scott had issues which culminated in Brian's sacking. An attempted reunion never materialised as Brian's health was deteriorating...very sad. At the end of the day your U.S bands like Kiss and Motley Crue etc owe much to The Sweet. Apologies for the long commentary but i would like to ask a question please. When Brian was touring in the late 80's he sang a song that was akin to Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand and was, by far, the high point of the gig. When i spoke to Brian after he believed that this unrecorded track as going to be his pathway in obtaining a new record deal. This never materialised i and have never heard this track since. Does anyone have more detail and if it is possible to hear this track again somehow?
Holy crap...thanks for the comment! Barrie, please like and subscrible...I may need you for a panel! I have never heard the track, but hopefully someone out there has the answer!
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I did a search and found a 1982 single by Brian called Hypnotized. I am sure that is not what you are looking for but I will look some more.
Any chance you know the title of the song? If you do a search on UA-cam Brian Connolly unreleased songs you will get a bunch of songs maybe one of them?
One other is a 1995 single called Wait Until The Morning Comes. Which is really pretty good.
@@nicolascharalambous6298 Yes indeed i have that single. The title of the track in question eludes me but i remember it was around 8 minutes long. Of course, this was performed before UA-cam but i have investigated this media and others but without success. Unfortunately Wait Until The Morning Comes was not what i was looking for but agree it is a fine track. Anyway i appreciate your response, Nicholas. Many thanks and the search continues.
If movies continued to be made that include Sweet songs in the soundtrack like Guardians of the Galaxy, they may still be remembered. BTW, Desolation Blvd is one of my favorite all-time albums.
Desolation Blvd is a brilliant record! Thank you for the comment!
If you go on the YT videos for Fox and Blitz, you'd be surprised at the number of young folks who say the movies brought them there. As for Brian getting kicked in the throat in the attack, he did recover mostly but didn't have the high range he once had. I think they made a mistake by not getting a new lead singer when BC left. Maybe Dio could have turned them into an 80s metal band who could compete with Def Lep, Crue, etc. Who knows? BC's drinking was way more unfortunate than anything that could have happened to the Sweet. Sad he couldn't turn it around.
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Personally I think Sweet Fanny Adams is better
@@GrantsRockWarehaus It is a very good record, but not the US version! The original Desolation Boulavard and Sweet Fanny Adams records stand up individually but the compilation album that was released as DB in the USA is very difficult to listen to.
BTW: You guys didn't mention much about live performances. You should listen to the recordings that were filmed for Musikladen and which are now on UA-cam - this for a start will give you an appreciation... ua-cam.com/video/Ndnidos5HRU/v-deo.html
When talking about Sweet records, especially the early singles, it's important to note that the B-Sides were usually the band's songs as opposed to Mike Chapman's (Chinn/Chapman). The B-Sides sounded so different and they were the songs that ought to be remembered. The bubble-gum era Chapman songs deserve to be mostly forgotten.
Sadly, I can't find my vinyl copy of Give Us a Wink but when Martin flashed his copy and lifted the inner sleeve, on the rear the message about Queen can be momentarily spotted.
Andy does still tour with his band (see info on thesweet.com/) by the way.
Heathen also did “Set Me Free” and Tia Carrere did “Ballroom Blitz”.
I'll check it out! Thanks!
I hear ‘Fox on the Run’ all the time on rotation at my local BMW dealership.
Does it help sell more cars?
I agree with Martin. "Give Us A Wink" is a 10/10 metal classic!!!
Pleasant Valley Picker CA aren't you one of Larry's people? If you like the content over here, please like and subscribe! Nice to see your name pop up here!!!!
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Hi. Do you mean Larry Graves? A.K.A. Canadian Studmuffin? Yes been subbed to him some years now.
@@pleasantvalleypickerca7681 Yep!
The best bands originate from the UK. The Sweet were extremely popular in Europe, Australia and Japan. Much bigger market than North America.
I love all the british bands...I agree 100%
Thanks for becoming a member! I have a new appreciation for this band as they were actually damn good, once they started doing their own material. They were great live in the 70's!
Thanks Larry, I'm happy to support! Maybe someday we can collaborate :-)
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Yes, in the new year I am planning on having one on one live chats, so you'll be invited at some point!
@@CSMuffin Looking forward to it!
Sweet are very much remembered here in the U.K. as one of the main glam bands, of course along with their contemporaries Slade, Mud, Gary Glitter, T-Rex, etc. Most of the singles are still played on mainstream radio channels. I’m not sure how well the albums sold here but the Chinn/Chapman singles in particular were huge sellers
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@@GrantsRockWarehaus I would be really keen on a Slade show!
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SWEET won’t be forgotten. I WILL make sure my grandchild knows exactly who they are and the history of the band! Long live the SWEET ❤
Another interesting discussion, well done. Saw Sweet live around '79 a fantastic group! Unfortunately I don't see them being remembered. They had powerful fun hits, yet they seem all but forgotten today. Which is a shame. They were Glamtacular!
Yeah, they will be forgotten...I'm afraid :-(
I got into Sweet and the whole glam rock scene just this year, and being only 18 years of age, it makes me probably their youngest fan alive. Saw Andy Scott's Sweet live in Germany just last week. I'll definitely remember them as one of the best bands ever✌️
Holy crap Andy...what can I say? Since you are 18, maybe there is hope for Sweet to continue on with future generations. Wow...I just don't know what to say. Please like and subscribe, there's more "Glam Rock" content in the pipeline...
Raven did a kick ass version of Hellraiser/Action.
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Great job crew, fun discussion to watch!
Thanks so much! This show was a blast!!
Got my first 45 Hell Raiser / Burning at the age of 6 and later on in the same year, 1973 bought my first Ballroom Blitz / R&R disgrace! Now at the age of 55 I've been running my own vintage record/cd shop for 25 years now. Recently two women bought the new Sweet 2lp compilation, one aged 31 and her mom aged 62......
Arco, where are you located? Your own record/CD shop....OMG I love this! Thanks for sharing and please like and subscribe!!
Thanks to Martin for mentioning MUD and the song Tiger Feet. I had to pause this video and watch that. Definite SWEET vibes and reminded me of Suzy Quatro and "Devil Gate Drive". As a kid in the 60's & 70's the only SWEET songs I really knew were Ballroom Blitz and "Oxygen". Both of which I thought were awesome. A deep dive into Sweet's catalogue thanks mainly to Andy Scott's UA-cam channel a couple years ago made me realize they had a ton of awesome songs!
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Have loved SWEET since early childhood in the 70s. First with the catchy/charming "Little Willy" single on Bell Records when I was all of 7. Then, the kick ass singles, "Hellraiser," "Ballroom Blitz," "Blockbuster," "Burning," "Rock and Roll Disgrace," "Fox On The Run," etc.
But the cementing, "fan for life" moment came in buying the monster that is "GIVE US A WINK" in 1976. Here lies one of the great underrated heavy rock albums of all time. ⚡
On first listen (in that spirited Bicentennial year), I recall the power, obvious talent and below the belt impact of killer songs like "Yesterday's Rain," "Cockroach," "Keep It In" and the very Queen-like "White Mice"
The hits were fantastic as well (i.e. "Action" and "The Lies In Your Eyes")
And as a 10 year old ROCK adoring, budding musician kid, the epic, side ending track "THE HEALER" really got under my skin as well. Loved, and still love "The Healer"!
Overall, "Give Us A Wink" 😉 truly ROCKS from start to finish, without a dull moment in tow, but full of visceral exciting ones!
SWEET FANNY ADAMS (1974) is another fantastic album. A close #2 for me, actually. DESOLATION BLVD. (UK) is also really good, especially if you replace the sloppier "Fox On The Run" original, with the far superior 1975 single version.
OFF THE RECORD (1977) is another LP worth your time. Might not be as great as "Give Us A Wink," but it's a very fine follow up that satisfies in the same vein.
I also enjoy "LEVEL HEADED" from '78. It's a much more pop oriented affair, but as with all other Sweet efforts of the 70s and early 80s, they prove their eclectic ability to effortlessly perform disparate sub genres with aplomb.
*And within Level Headed, please check out the "full album version" of LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN. Over 6 minutes long and including a very cool funk-jazz work out as coda!
Long Live Sweet! 💪
*It's absolutely true that they did not receive the proper respect and attention they deserved, and will not be remembered as the other iconic greats like Zeppelin, KISS, Sabbath, David Bowie, Beatles, AC/DC, The Who, VH, The Stones, etc.
It's a shame. They deserve better. They might not be in that specific upper echelon, but they're definitely worth serious appreciation. People, in general... the ones who even know them, seem to only link Sweet to the obvious glam hits and also their bubblegum roots. As is the case so often with "the masses," they're really missing the boat on this band's sheer talent and diverse abilities with so many styles of music.
But I genuinely don't give a rip what the masses deem worthy anyway.
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Thanks so much for the comment! I hope you like and subscribe..I need you to hang around!!! Long Live Sweet! 💪.
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Absolutely, Grant. Appreciate your kind comment. And I'm glad you enjoyed what I had to say about the almighty SWEET! I did "like" already, but I will subscribe as well, right now.
Have a great weekend, man.
Marc
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I’m such a nerd because I just love listening to what everybody is saying!
You just have good taste! haha
Real happy how well this has done for you my man! 60 subs in week!
Thanks Davy! +80 in last 28 days....I hope the momentum keeps going ;-)
@@GrantsRockWarehaus You hit the......Sweet....spot.
Thank you, thank you!
Sweet will be remembered more in the UK and Europe simply because they had more hits and due to this, received more exposure. I'm sure its a similar situation in the USA , with bands shifting loads of units in the states, yet remaining practically unknown outside of North America.
Yep, I agree. Kinda like Styx or Journey here in the states. I don't they ever took off in the UK and Europe
Great topic! The story of Sweet really is a catalog of a massive opportunities ultimately squandered. From the US/North American perspective the band's 1975 tour as headliners fell flat. They were probably just too ambitious at that stage. Then they failed to tour in the US behind both the Give Us a Wink and Off the Record albums, missing another chance to gain fans, especially metal/hard rockers. They were lined up to share the bill in the US in '77 with Aerosmith - that would have been an amazing double bill. But again, they changed their minds, didn't tour and instead spent a year off the road doing a soft rock/prog album. By the time Love is Like Oxygen came out they were largely forgotten and so it went on...a shame coz they WERE pretty amazing.
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Great commentary! I have been a fan of Sweet’s since my early 20’s. I’m 43 now. I’m enjoying a new revival and discovering more of their great music and watching their performances on UA-cam. Watching them perform adds to my experience and understanding of the term “glam rock”. My kids love them too as we listen to music together. My 10 year old’s friend recognized their song “Papa Joe” while it was playing in my car which shocked me. My point is that their music and style can appeal to younger generations and it’s a matter of exposure really. UA-cam reactors are reacting to them and there seems to be a revival in classic rock bands in general right now. So I hope some of these medias can keep great music alive and appreciated.
Hi Melinda, thanks for your comment! A 10 year old knowing "Papa Joe"....that's priceless :-). Please like and subscribe...more great content on the way!!!
I think people in the UK and Germany especially are going to remember Sweet for a very long time to come.
Yes they're not that familiar to Americans but that's not the case here and in my experience for what it's worth is that older folks are such fanatics of this band that they tend to share them and their legacy with the younger generations of the family who aren't slow to pick up on Sweet's energy and
catchiness themselves.
Check out the other youtube videos posting Sweet songs and band member tributes and you can see that people are paying them tributes almost every day sometimes, it's incredible.
That doesn't seem to happen to just your average band
Great show guys. The three albums without Brian are surprisingly good especially the final one, Identity Crisis from 1982, when they got really heavy again. Nobody cared by that point unfortunately. Even Martin of all people admitted he doesn’t own it
Off to Discogs I go!!!
People that have a true passion for rock music will never say, "glam" or "hair" rock. If it's good, and Sweet was and is, it will stand forever. Who cares about modern radio, people listen to what they want.
Based on the response from this video, I don't think Sweet have anything to worry about for a long time! Gary, thanks for the comment. I hope to stick around and like and subscribe!!
Heathen also did a version of Set Me Free. Nuclear Assault and Krokus did Ballroom Blitz.
I'll check those out! Thanks for the comment!
pat benetar kicks arse with’no you don’t’👍🏻
Sweet will be remembered, for years in future. By their fans Who grow old with them. A s a group that was talenter, hardworking and serious.
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The new band, Deraps covered, Sweet’s song, ‘Ballroom Blitz’ and The Struts did, too !!Girlschool,covered ‘Fox On the Run’, Def Leppard covered, ‘Action’ , Pat Benatar covered, ‘No You Don’t’, and so many more bands!! Sweet’s music will live on forever. Stop stereotyping, Sweet-for what they wear or look like and their band name. Sweet will be remembered, in the USA and always will !!
Long live, the music of
Sweet, forever!! Sweet, are cool, hot and spot-on rockin’ 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇯🇵🇳🇱🏴🇸🇪🇨🇭🏴and more!
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Benatar is actually excellent in her interpretation, even sounding more sincere than Connolly in No you don't - and still performing at 70! ua-cam.com/video/FnlFat6fI5g/v-deo.html
I remember 'Love is Like Oxygen' very well.
I've loved that track ever since I first heard it. One of those songs you never get tired of.
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Indeed. I am even more fond of it now, 44 years later after first hearing it.
Isolation Boulevard is the latest Sweet production.
Like his word means anything
I means something ;-)
Sweet we’re big in Australia and still played on the radio and videos played on late music TV
All right Australia!!! Love live Sweet!
I live in Germany and I was 8 years when I first heard Sweet. There was a hugely popular TV show called „Disco“ and The Sweet, Suzy Quatro and Smokie were there all over the place. Later, when I turned towards the heavier stuff, I despised the chinnychappy singalongliness of those glammy gumbubbles. When they wrote their own songs like on „Off the record“ (where a purplish riff from Tokyo blew through the windy city) I put them into consideration again, but never as a band in the major league of rock.
Thanks djgerman for the comment! Love live Sweet!
I lived there too at the time, Sweet were everywhere on all the big TV shows always on the radio too and in the pop magazines. It's definitely a continental thing like glam seemed to be, they're still well remembered in Europe but it came and went in the States.
I was in high school when I first heard Little Willy. Then Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run, Love is Like Oxygen. So I now I'm re-acquainting myself and checking out more songs. They're all on UA-cam now. I don't listen to the radio or spotify much. If I hear a song that I like, I download it.
The albums are on Apple
Thanks for comment Chris!! I usually seek out the physical media, but when it comes down to it...it's not about the media, it's about the music!
Sweet is my all time favorite band but I agree how here in the USA they are fading from people's memory banks and not obtaining new younger fans. The 4 U.S hits dont recieve radio airplay anymore. However I always want to keep their name alive.
I want to keep their name alive as well...hence the video :-) I've almost gotten 2K views for this video which in unheard of for my measly channel. I'm starting to think there's hope for Sweet! Please like and subscribe...more good stuff on the way!!!
Actually if you have Sirius XM, they do play the Sweet. I've heard Little Willy, BB, Action, Oxygen, and Fox lately.
I do have Sirius...I"ll keep my ears open :-)
Sweet were victims of confusing releases and lackluster “Best of” efforts in the US. They will be remembered as long as musicians still play their instruments as they’ve always been highly regarded by musicians who know their stuff.
Favorite album: US Desolation Boulevard. Top 5 of ALL time. Why? Because Sweet Fanny Adams didn’t exist in the US nor the UK/RCA Desolation Blvd. Nick S Etc.
Nick, once again...you are spot on!
One of my favorite bands though I can’t claim to be a completist. The Sndy Scott version did a covers album a few years ago and it has some cool tracks…. Especially that Spin me Round tune from the 80s that they mash up with a Sweet tune that escapes me.
Why should they be forgotten. Going to see them next month - obviously only Andy left. Tour every year and audiences are 600 - 1,000 mark.
The UK still has hope...it's not the same story in the USA. Thanks for the comment!!!
Action by Def Lephard was a great cover...
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That was absolute over produced rubbish
Sweet.................. Rules
I can't argue with that ;-)
Legendary hardrockers.
One of the great bands.
Christer my friend, you are 100% right!!
British Sweet fan here. Firstly I find it an insult that you describe Ballroom Blitz as a novelty record. The fact that it has been covered so many bands disputes that. If you want a novelty I believe Little Willy was a top 5 hit in the USA long before Ballroom Blitz. Also, with the USA being such a huge market I think you will find they get better feedback in some areas than others. I have all the classic line up Sweet albums. Bought them all upon release after hearing the b sides. They kicked butt and were much maligned at the time. The Chinn/Chapman singles were great songs but you had to listen to the B sides and the albums to get to the meat of the band. Their self penned songs were as heavy as you like and Sweet Fanny Adams is an early thrash tune for crying out loud! They were under appreciated at the time but seem to get more recognition nowadays for their contribution. I know Gene Simmons of Kiss is quoted as saying "without Sweet there would be no Kiss" You don’t mention that in your discussion. You can't get a bigger recommendation than that (even though I am no Kiss fan) Just to mention their look, one of the funniest descriptions of their look was that they looked like "hod carriers in drag" Very funny even if very true!! LOL Def Leppard are also big Sweet fans and there are many more as well. In fact The Lep released a cover of Action as a single that did well in the UK and Europe. As for Glam, it is still well remembered in the UK although radio is very choosy about what they play in retro radio stations. Sweet, Slade, T Rex, Bowie glam era, is still regularly played on rock radio here. Glam is not forgotten. Also, in the rest of Europe, Sweet are treated with great respect and reverence. They were huge in Germany and Scandinavia and are still popular when Andy takes the current line up over there. The later heavy albums were heavy and immense. You mention Mick’s heavy drum sound. Did you know that Sweet were the first band to use the studio in Munich where that big drum sound was found. It was after this that Zeppelin went out there and recorded and where Bonham finally honed his huge drum sound. FACT!! Before the Zep fans get on their soapbox. Sweet do have a legacy and in the UK and Europe that they do not have in the USA. As for the Queen thing. Andy Scott still has a chip on his shoulder about that and even recently in an online interview I saw him going on about it. It was a long time ago Andy and you need to move on. The fans know what is what. Queen were a different animal and I still love both bands.
I personally wouldn't consider Ballroom Blitz as a novelty record. To me is had to be one the best singles on the 70's. It was big here in the states when it was released (and it still stands up). I appreciate your comments! I love it! Please like, subscribe...etc. I hope you stick around watch more of my content :-)
@@GrantsRockWarehaus That is fair enough. One of you in the discussion (the guy who wrote the book, sorry I have forgotten his name. Busy day) did call it a novelty record though, which I take umbrage to. Judging by your reply it was not you Grant!! It was an interesting video and good to see a different take on the band. I know there are portions of America that do still like (The) Sweet and I do believe some areas they will be more forgotten than others which was alluded to in the discussion. In the UK and Europe they are still much revered. At least to a point, and while the retro rock stations keep playing their songs they will not be forgotten. Thanks for the reply
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I fully agree with you.
Nothing wrong with the word novelty: the drums, the vocal vamp at the start, the comedic vocals, the stop start, the title, the story, it's it, its... there are like ten novelty things about it - and I love it.
In the US, Fox On The Run wasn't released as a radio single until 1975 around like when Bad Company broke. It was on TOTP in '73 in England. In The States it was Little Willy, Ballroom, Fox, & Oxygen and that's it. Nobody could tell you who did ANY of them! People would guess 3 different one hit wonders for the 1st three and Queen for Oxygen.
pewsterbaby, great comment! Do you think that Sweet will stand the test of time?
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Thank you reply! In your 3-way show up there you guys started talking about bands' longevity related to word of mouth and who's gonna be remembered and why. Popoff, the literary documentarian extraordinaire, was mentioning that after the bands' fans all die off, there's not gonna be a residual effect of staying power without those initial fans around. That was hard to hear. Man, I'd never thought about stuff like that. I always thought all Rock was gonna be brought along into succeding generations because well, You Tube is here now. So I guess you COULD say there's hope. It'd be tragic if the merits and accomplishments of these four awesome people went unheralded but alas, it does appear that's going to be the case at least here in America. I have a female friend in England who was a Sweet maniac when I met her in 2009 when she was 20. She told me she was the only one of her age group who likes them these days, so there even seems to be very little support for them even in their home country where they ruled TOTP for two years. Anyway, Martin really bummed me out with that "If a tree falls in the forest, will anyone remember The Sweet" discussion. Jesus Martin, you got like half of us fastening nooses in our collective closets at home! (just kidding) But yeah, it was amazing listening and watching your Sweet Symposium, Grant. I like your interests and level of knowledge and passion.
Correction - I noticed in 1978 when I was 11, Love Is Like Oxygen most people mistook for Electric Light Orchestra, not Queen. Those background vocals were the same as ELO. It had to have been the same producer. Thing is, Grant, that sound is sadly attributed to ELO and Queen and not The Sweet at all. It's an injustice. Lastly, I adore Steve Priest. I loved what he did with image. Couldn't take my eyes off him.
Know what? Like with Motley Crue, they and The Sweet are like the only two bands where the electric guitarist is the LEAST popular of the four members. Mick Mars and Andy Scott both at the bottom, popularity-wise and they're the main one directing the music.
Oh, and I'm listening again as I'm typing this. You mention T..Rex not being known really. Yep, only one song. Grant, when I jumped onto You Tube for the 1st time in '08, I discovered T.Rex was a whole different thing in England! T. Rextasy is unheard of here Stateside. I was like "Holy shit! Look at all these promos and tv appearances! And a freaking movie too? I'm in! ima watch it all."
And The Sweet discovered on You Tube with all those TOTP and Music Ladens and all. Oh man, what a treasure trove!
And in conclusion - the thing is about all that great T. Rex and Sweet stuff on You Tube, seems like you, me, and a handful of people are the only ones who make it our own. Looks like they will be lost to the passage of time. Gez Grant.
I disagree 100 %!!! If you ask 90% of any 80's rock bands, hair bands, glam bands they will give Sweet as one of the biggest influence.The original line up were 1 of the best bands to ever record. The Andy Scott Sweet is still going storng on the 50th anaversry tour. Mick Tucker was one of the best rok and roll drummers, just ask most drummers from the 70's and 80's.. Everyone in the band were amazing singers and together they made the Sweet sound!
Also check out Ravens version of Hell Raiser!! The Struts did Ballroom Blits, Girls School fox on the Run, and so many more!!!!!
I agree with everything you said, but I'm afraid Sweet is on that road to forgotten here in the states. Ask a lot of the younger generation who Sweet is and they have no idea. This also goes for a lot of bands, it's just how things go...
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Sweet still gets played on classic rock radio=Fox on the Run,Ballroom,and Oxygen.That's the Legacy at least on Canadian radio.
Those get played rarely in the states anymore....It's sad state of affairs
@@GrantsRockWarehaus I guess they did have a bit of impact in Canada not like Nazareth level but alright
The industial band Testify did 2 versions of ballroom blitz that I think are great. My first heroes were Sweet so I'm not a fan of Sweet covers but I love the Testifys covers 🤘
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I'll never forget Sweet! I still listen to them on the regular, along with ELO & Cheap Trick. Yeah, sure, I'm in that demographic, but so are a lot of people. Ultimately, you're right. Sweet will not enjoy the enduring love of music fans the same way the Beatles will, or Kiss, or Queen. But I wouldn't completely rule out their popularity being reinvigorated by another band or another media. I think the reason that hasn't happened yet is that the timing has just been a bit off. They had a bit of a resurgence in the UK when I was living there in '86-'87 when there was a 12" mega-remix (sort of Sique Sigue Sputnik-style) of "Ballroom Blitz" that was making the rounds. The right exposure, to a market that's receptive, & you never know...
Jeff Scott Soto is the vocalist you were trying to recall. He sang on the first two Yngwie Malmsteen records, & fronted the BEST incarnation of Boogie Knights, as well as fronting Journey (yeah, Journey!) 2006-2007. Great singer! I didn't much care for his collab with Sweet, though. Chalk it up to taste, I reckon. ✌🏼
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"Deep track alert" Windy City is incredible plodding Metal that has a weird melodic proggy section that makes it such an Unsung tune in their cannon
* All ages, love Sweet, in the USA, just like other, long time rock bands !! You don’t always have to sell out to be a great band. Sweet, was an original, out of the ordinary band. They were around before, Queen and I love Sweet, better !! David Bowie is great but, Sweet rocks better !! 🎤🎸🎤🎹🥁
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There has been plenty of box sets of sweet in the last 5 years or so. Maybe the usa did not get them? Most countries did. I am from australia and i got them.
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Reed said it: Sweet are associated with the 70s glam scene and even then only as one band of the era.
By the way, I loved Reed’s four-point approach. I was naming bands just a breath ahead of Reed naming them because I totally got where he was coming from.
Reed is great!
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Reed and Martin, two awesome dudes to get in for a rock history discussion!
@@musicisajourney yes… absolutely brilliant!
Def Leppard also covered ‘Action, Sweet appear in the video! Also, check out the intros to David Bowie’s ‘Jean Genie’ versus Sweet’s ‘Blockbuster’ - both released at the same time!
Love this!! I will check those and listen for the similarities
Jeff Scott Soto. You're welcome! ✌🏼
Love it!
I was 10 in 1974. I heard Ballroom Blitz and have been drumming ever since. Was able to chat with Mick in 2000 and thanked him for the inspiration. He passed three years later from cancer.
How cool you got to meet Mick! There will never be another dummer like him and definitely needs more recognition
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Interesting that so many people rate Mick's drumming yet his name never appears on lists of the best drummers. And yet, some that are acknowledged as being "the best" just don't have the artistry that Mick was able to present, nor the showmanship.
your 💯 that sweet don’t get airplay anymore even in australia were they were huge in mid to late 70’😩i’ll always be supportive of one of the most under the radar bands ever☝🏻
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It may be regional, but I hear FOTR more than BB. I generally listen to two rock stations in central Minnesota. Always love hearing anything from The Sweet.
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Only just seen this. Excellent.
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Heathen did a gr8 cover of set me free - which is often forgotten about - sweet are still fondly remembered over here in the uk - an awful lot of nwobhm bands loved em leppard / saxon / vardis where all fans - they were such a part of our growing up - america had kiss - we had sweet lol - kiss was everything i the u.s there was no room for sweet over there - wereas kiss arent so fondly remembered over here
Well...I'd take Sweet over Kiss any day. You folks in the UK were the lucky ones ;-)
@@GrantsRockWarehaus lol brilliant - id agree somewhat - but do like some kiss tunes - i just couldnt get past the image
@@williamgainford9332 Oh, I like everything up untill The Elder, but Sweet were on another level
@@GrantsRockWarehaus elders actually pretty good - just not a kiss record lol - yeah sweet were brilliant - seeing them on totp when i was nine - wig wam bam blew my mind - first band i ever loved -i still love em fifty years ago !!!! yikes
It is a shame that they really are kind of buried in history, I only have Sweet F.A. through Off the Record but those are all really great albums. Queen, Bowie and Elton were able to get over, but not T. Rex, Mott, Sweet, Cockney Rebel etc, even as hard as some people pushed. They all get one song as compensation and that is it. But that era was amazing, and I would have loved to have been there for it (I was born in '77)
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Coincidentally today I was watching the new Quantum leap on Peacock Season 1 Episode 4. Ballroom Blitz is played during the opening scene almost in its entirety. Love that Rock On Sweet.
Quantium Leap...nice!
Sweet essentially signed a Faustian pact with Chinn/Chapman. They had loads of hit singles and presumably made decent money by putting their own songs on the b-sides, but this meant that all those great tracks like Burn on the Flame, Need a Lot of Loving and many others were probably played once or twice by the kids (like myself at the time) who bought Wigwam Bam or Blockbuster, instead of making albums like Sweet Fanny Adams or Desolation Boulevard absolute classics rather than might-have-beens as they actually turned out. I mean, an 8-minute drum solo and a cover of My Generation on the latter?
On the other hand, how big could they have got had they stuck to their guns and just gone out as a 70s hard rock band? About the size of bands like UFO and Lizzy, maybe? Highly-regarded to this day by their fans, but never really huge sellers. Sweet probably ended up with much more money than they would have done had they not hooked up with Chinn/Chapman. And despite the fact that they did make a lot of really good music that still sounds great to my ears - the vocals and all the instruments were brilliantly recorded - sadly as you say they will most likely be forgotten once their old fans are no longer around. Still, maybe if we can no longer remember them, Someone Else Will?
Andy Scott - Underrated guitarist / Brian Connely - Underrated vox - They really were pretty great
Who is connely?
@@mickwarnie8707 Brian 'Connolly' - Vocalist
It was talking here bout if the name of tte group was not heavy enough? ( what abput kiss. Others?) Brian, in a intervju in fact said He wanted to changer the name of the band, coz it was litterly too Sweet for their hardrock style minst 1970;s. It will allways be SWEET. Good enought.
I'm with ya...good enough
I'm old enough to remember Sweet in their heyday. They were massive in the 70s. I now work with a lot of youngsters of both sexes who not only have never heard of Sweet but haven't even heard of the Stones! So yes Sweet will be forgotten. What a shame.
The Stones too...well I'm not surprised...all these bands will fade into the distance eventually...just sayin
Look at the Love is like Oxygen video. 3800000 views! Commented on most days.
Not going to be forgotten soon
Lemmy played bass on The Damned's version of Ballroom Blitz.
Thanks Bassmon
Lemmy did a cover with his own band motorhead too.
Action IS on the UK original GUAW
Pardon??
Just like the UK based hard rock band The Darkness to American audiences they were over the top, not only in sound but appearance.
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Apart from bubble gum, glam rock songs the Sweet played pop rock. Nothing to do with Heavy Metal stuff, though.
Just stumbled upon this, does anybody know if The Juicer is a 1969 song? some releases have the 1969 and some others have 1970 written on them, hell of a rocky song for 1969!
The Sweet - All You'll Ever Get From Me/The Juicer single came out in Germany in 1969
It bugs me that I see Sweet mentioned in a few documentaries as a glam rock band when I know that they did four really hard rocking, heavy albums that inspired bands like Saxon, and Krokus.
they are stereotyped... no doubt!
Personally I think you totally missed the point. All of you said unanimously they would be forgotten. But the fact that you did a UA-cam video on them means they will never be forgotten. I say that because you are only the tip of the iceberg. If you search UA-cam there are countless videos being made reviewing there songs by new younger generation of people. In addition Andy Scott's UA-cam channel has a treasure trove of live concerts and videos that can be viewed.
There are many other bands who have done SWEET remakes or have stated SWEET was there inspiration such as Motley Crue, Axl Rose and of course Def Leppard who did Action and performs it on stage. In addition there music shows up on movies such as Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy and I am sure many more.
So in my opinion there music is going to be here forever as social media has made that possible. In regards to SWEET I personally believe they were way ahead of there time and if Brian Connolly did not have the Alcohol Disease and they made it to the mid 80s watch out they would have been huge. But it wasn't meant to be. In my opinion they are one of the 70s premier bands.
I did get to see SWEET open for Fog Hat 1977-78 a dream for me since they were my favorite band.
My truck tag is SWEET.
There Box set Is amazing highly recommended.
FYI Brian Connolly has a son Jr. who also sings.
I will leave you with this SWEET was Queen before Queen was Queen, change my mind. Keep on Rocking.
I love this! I hope Sweet will be long remembered. The fact that this video has had over 6,000 views is a good sign. Thanks for the comment! Love live Sweet!!!
Germany!!!!
Hello Germany!!
8 #1's in Germany!
@@jeffreycafferelli6973 You can't argue with that! Thanks for the comment Jeffrey!!
I should have discussed more about the longevity comparison with Benny Goodman. Swing music was the peak of popular music for about 15 years. Benny Goodman (and his orchestra) were some of the kings of swing for about 10 years - more or less the mid-30's to the mid-40's. Rock music and its various derivatives (and I'm including EDM, hiphop, pop, and many other things) have now been at the height of popular music for nearly 70 years. Not only that, but in that 70 years, information such as recordings and general information about bands has become much more widely, cheaply, and easily available. Benny may be more or less forgotten, but people still remember Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and other rock pioneers. For that matter, the resurgence of "classic movies", including musicals, has continued to keep swing music in public consciousness, although I think it's fair to say that at the moment there is no indication that it will ever regain its dominant position in popular music.
They remember Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard for now, but as times go on, they too will be forgotten. It's just how it works. My 23 y.o. son could care less about Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard.
Sweet forever !!🎤🎸🎵🎹🥁
Mahlhammer says….. a lot of bands put a cover of a Sweet song ! But these days nobody is making albums !
Sweet made some Incredible music BUT for just "Set me Free" and "Into the Night" they go right up there at the top of the heap among the other Greats!
Good call!
The give us a wink album was pretty big in the usa aswell so surley that went gold too? 20 something on the charts at the time. Action and lies in your eyes were singles too off that album.
There are many people who believe that Spinal Tap was loosely based on The Sweet and some of glam metal bands of the 70s.
Possible...but it's really a combination of those bands back in the day. Such a great film!!
I do, sadly, feel The Sweet will eventually be forgotten here in the States - absent some major event like a documentary, re-issue campaign, or, as Reed elaborated, use of one of their songs in some cultural event like Breaking Bad with Baby Blue by Badfinger or Stranger Things with Kate Bush. It’s an undeserving fate but when you don’t tour and your presence is neglible that is what happens.
On another note - no way The Beatles will ever be forgotten. They’ve long transcended genre and are cultural and historical icons. Just as Mozart, Beethoven, Bach etc have not been forgotten - the Beatles were masters of their craft and have secured their place among the giants of music.
Maybe not be forgotten, but the cultural impact that they made will be. Those baby boomers will only live so long, but they won't have to impact that they once did. There's a show here somewhere..lol