They also appeared in Back to the Future 3. They were only going to visit the set, but since they fit in with the western look with their long beards they got to be part of the band and played an old time version of one of their songs in the film.
You were talking about ZZ top being angels...I have a great story along those lines. My daughter flew to a different state to meet up with her grandpa to go to a ZZ Top concert. Well, the tickets were sold out so he didn't get any. My daughter was all bummed out and was talking about how much she wanted to see them. They're walking in the airport, and a guy with a beard is walking next to them. He heard that she was disappointed with not getting tickets, and he stopped them and handed them two tickets to the concert. My daughter thanked him and asked him who he was, and he said God lol. 😊
Early years (1969-1972) Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z. Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is at the top" which gave him the idea of naming the band "ZZ Top"
The car and the pretty women were a theme for his entire album, "Eliminator" and it was closely tied in to the launch of MTV. The whole package was HUGE.
Yes that is one of my favorite song of theirs and I love the fact that they never played in LaGrange, Texas until last year as long as they have been out .
'80s ZZ Top like this song is fun, but their best stuff is from the "70s. I recommend "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", "Cheap Sunglasses", or "Lowdown in the Street" as just a few of their awesome '70s output.
Agreed. Early 70's ZZ is the bomb. Best classic you omitted, though. "Waitin' On The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" defines this 'little ol' band from Texas.'
The drummer Frank Beard is the one who doesn't have an actual beard. The other two are Billy Gibbons on guitar and Dusty Hill on bass. Dusty passed away 2021.
@@captainmoretokin2172 Not only that, but Dusty actually named Elwood Francis his successor. Elwood had worked for ZZ for years as the occasional background musician and equipment manager. He hadn't worked for them for the last decade, but the minute he heard about Dusty's request, he came running.
IIRC, Billy had The Eliminator built. It was so beautiful they used it in a number videos. For a change of pace, check out Blue Jeans Blues. Billy and Dusty took separate breaks and both came back with beards, so they decided to keep them.
I worked at our police station here In Australia in 1989 and heard the guys say something about a Pearl necklace and I didn’t know what it was and they wouldn’t tell me 😂. I went home and asked my hubby, who was furious that they had even mentioned it in front of me 🤣 but he did tell me what it was. 15 years with the police and it took me 9 years to hear about that, still cracks me up laughing.
@@emerje0 The races actually started coming together then because of the draft into the Vietnam War. It gave us something in common to hate and hated it we did!
Robert Palmer sang the song addicted to love. He had a few songs I really enjoyed over the years. ZZ Top has a lot of fantastic songs. My favorite is probably rough boy.
True . his name is Frank Beard . He's the drummer. My brother won 60 bucks from him rolling the bones after the concert in Casper, Wy. My brother was a drummer R.I.P. Brother
Frank walked up to my beastie as he smoked a doobie on the sea wall in Huntington Beach CA. Ask to join in. Was in town in 94' playing The Forum that night. Cool ass dude.
Frank Beard is the drummer and he doesn’t have a beard. There were/are 3 members in the band and the bassist passed away a few years ago. La Grange Texas is where they’re from. Saw them in Edmonton, Alberta in the 80s and they were awesome! Check out Legs and the spinning guitars. So far all of these are from the Eliminator album. As others have said, they have more great songs - Pearl Necklace has a different connotation lol and other oldies from them. Awesome of you to show this!!!!
They called themselves ZZ Top, a name whose origins are shrouded in mystery though it is thought to be either a hybrid of Zig Zag and Top cigarette rolling papers or a tribute to blues singer Z. Z. Hill was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top in 2004. He died in 2021 after a period of declining health. In line with his wishes, he was succeeded by the band's longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis.. drummer name was Frank Beard.
The ZZ Top Eliminator Girls are Kymberly Herrin, Playboy Playmate September 1982 (who passed away in 2022), Jeana Keogh (formerly Tomassina), Playboy Playmate November 1980 and one of the original Real Housewives of Orange County, and Daniele Arnaud, who is now a College Professor teaching French.
one of my favorite rock bands! i'm from Chicago 53 year old Black Woman love ZZ Top! i love all kind of music i got into to music like this when i was 8 years old! so glad u are getting into music like this!
Wiki - Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z. Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is at the top" which gave him the idea of naming the band "ZZ Top".
I absolutely loved your reaction to this! It brings me back to these times. I'm a 62 year old woman and when I'm riding down the road in my vehicle or sitting on my front porch classic rock is playing and songs like this (well) all music is ALMOST BLOWING THE SPEAKERS UP!
Or my favorite "Simply Irresistible" the video of which is what Shania Twain's "Man! I feel like a woman" was paying homage to or parodying. I'm a sucker for those sword sounds.
The best little band from Texas. My husband and me went to one of their concerts in the 2000's and that red car is driving into the stage when the play the song Legs. That concerts was just amazing.
ZZ Top are from Texas. Billy Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z. Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is at the top" which gave him the idea of naming the band "ZZ Top"
The band with the unmistakable brand. Car & ZZ Keychain, the bevy of "Toppers", the loop gesture for scene transitions... the unusual basses, LOL! the BellyButton guitar spin
Little brother man, you are making me smile with tears in my eyes, because I’m sharing in your joy! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! When you got up to dance… I was an original ZZ Top fan and they were cool as sh.. then. So happy you’re finding this stuff and feelin’ it. Right there with ya.
This song reminds me of my brother Stephen. He looks sharp all the time, even when he is wearing jeans. He loves ZZ Top, too, perfect song to describe him. All the girls came running "as fast as they can"!
Classic 80's ZZ Top. I enjoy their 70's stuff that is more Texas blues. For some suggestions: "Hot, Blue and Righteous", "Heard it on the X", "Blue Jeans Blues", "Tush", :Waitin' on the BNus/Jesus Just Left Chicago". Fior their double entdre songs: "Pearl Necklace", "Tube Snake Boogie", "Sleeping Bag", "Velcro Fly".
When I get a new sound system, the first thing I play is La Grange to check that the bass is up high enough to get the true rummmbllllle!. If your breastbone isn't thumping, it ain't set high enough!
I've seen ZZ Top in concert twice! The first time they had a white buffalo rise up onto the stage from below with a desert scene on the backdrop behind it! This was a 4th of July Jam in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1976. GREAT concert and it lasted 12 hours! The only other group I remember in it was Blue Oyster Cult! Those were good times!
For many years I thought they were saying "Every girl's crazy about a *shot glass man*" it wasn't until I asked my a friend who was a big fan of ZZ Top what they meant by shot glass man and he busted up laughing and told me it's "sharp dressed man" then it all made sense.
It's surprising you wouldn't have heard them on the radio because these songs of theirs you're checking out now were such hits and they're still played regularly on classic rock radios and probably in a lot of commercials, but hey, that's great you discover them now and are having fun. These guys and their videos were all about that. Good groovy rock music and fun...
LOL! My musician son, loved ZZ Top so much he grew out his beard. Long! I remember him at around his mid 30s, giving me a ride through the streets of Salem Oregon in his Vintage Corvette with the window down, at night playing this song loud. I had to plug my ears because his speakers would blow you away. I closed my eyes most of the time too. It was a crazy wild ride and have to admit... Fun!
Frank Beard……and the boys are more or less magical godfathers….the car and the gorgeous ladies are the helpers. You are going to love the video for “Legs”…..
ZZtop was the second concert I saw in my life in 1983! They make alot of sound for tres amigos! Which just so happens to be the name of one of their earlier albums!
Legend has it, Billy Gibbons was in a convenience store and saw packs of Zig Zags (also known as ZZs) & Top rolling papers side by side on a shelf. He mumbled to himself "Zig Zag Top....ZZ Top, hmmm." And the rest is history.
ZZ Top is so amazing. I was very sad when Dusty Hill passed away. I used to listen to them when I was 15 yrs old. My older brother was 9 yrs older then me, so I was introduced to music genres. I’m soon to be 65. You need to watch their video of “Legs”. I really enjoy watching your videos. Your reactions to the older music is phenomenal. I am fairly new to your channel. Can’t wait to see more.
A good progression of their Rock style would be "La Grange" (1973), "Tush" (1975), "Cheap Sunglasses" (1979), then the stuff you've heard from "Eliminator" (1983). Oh and if you haven't heard "Legs", that video is obviously a must... 🤪😎
I saw them in concert before I knew who they were, and I became an instant fan! They were just as good live, if not better! They have that sound of the 70's/early 80's of Southern Rock! It was a great time for music! ZZ Top was always a band that when they came on the radio, you would turn it up! Thanks for the blast from the past!! I needed this today.
I heard they also used the name to be easily discoverable in record stores as their albums would be on top alphabetically in the "Z" section. The second Z in the name basically guaranteed this. ZZ (on) Top.
Bout time you got to ZZ Top!! I've been watching you since you started in with Stevie Ray Vaughan. Welcome to my world my friend. Your eyes are wide open now.
Can't wait for him to react to Legs
Guarantee he’s heard it given his mention of WWE into music in other vids and we all know a certain long legged women used legs as her walk out music
😂
Yep 😂😂😂
YES! ❤️
Or the Tube Snake Boogie!
ZZ Top....best driving music in history
Love zz top but best driving music still belongs to bob seger. 😎
Speeding ticket music
"Beer drinkers and hellraisers" "I'm bad. I'm nationwide" "cheap sunglasses" "La Grange".... Just a few of ZZ-top's anthems that must be heard.
Yes! React to them all!
La Grange for sure.
I always loved "TV dinners"
@@shawnh9590Might have to fill BP in on the background story. Lol.
No doubt, La Grange!
ZZ Top is the Southern Rock group that never fails to give, and give HARD!
Billy Gibbons also had a recurring role on the TV show "Bones" as Angela's father .....
And wasn't Dusty a recurring character on King of the Hill?
They also appeared in Back to the Future 3. They were only going to visit the set, but since they fit in with the western look with their long beards they got to be part of the band and played an old time version of one of their songs in the film.
@@PriscillaV1964 They played themselves in King of the Hill, Dusty Hill was supposed to be Hank Hill's cousin.
They were also on Two and a Half Men
@emerje0 Double Back, the theme song of the film, they played a bluegrass cover version at the dance.
Billy Gibbons still owns the 33 Ford Coupe Eliminator to this day. He's quite the collector of hot rods.
false. the eliminator sadly got stolen and then destroyed in a wreck in the 90s, but was replaced by the cadzilla
Dead Heads are fans of the Grateful Dead. i went to a ZZ Top concert years ago, worth it!!!
The Walking Dead!! 🤣
Took my mom and girlfriend at the time to see ZZ Top. What an absolute blast.
It’s decades ago, but it was so much fun. I won’t ever forget this concert! 👍😎🎸
You were talking about ZZ top being angels...I have a great story along those lines. My daughter flew to a different state to meet up with her grandpa to go to a ZZ Top concert. Well, the tickets were sold out so he didn't get any. My daughter was all bummed out and was talking about how much she wanted to see them. They're walking in the airport, and a guy with a beard is walking next to them. He heard that she was disappointed with not getting tickets, and he stopped them and handed them two tickets to the concert. My daughter thanked him and asked him who he was, and he said God lol. 😊
Love your story. I’m sure she’ll never forget! Thank you for telling it.😊
Great story! 😃👍
Early years (1969-1972)
Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z. Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is at the top" which gave him the idea of naming the band "ZZ Top"
They played with Hendrix.... that's how far they go back.
@@skwervin1 yeah, crazy isn't it?
The idea was also to be last in record shops. So their records would always be easy to find.
I thought Z.Z. Hill came in there somewhere
@@AdamMPick Oh, now that makes sense. Good marketing.
The car and the pretty women were a theme for his entire album, "Eliminator" and it was closely tied in to the launch of MTV. The whole package was HUGE.
Ya gotta listen to LaGrange!!! ZZTop is awesome!
Yes that is one of my favorite song of theirs and I love the fact that they never played in LaGrange, Texas until last year as long as they have been out .
About a famous Texas brothel!I believe it’s called The Chicken Ranch or, something like that.Zz Top are American music legends
La Grange is the best, a tribute to John Lee Hooker
" I'm A Rough Boy " great guitar playing by Billy.
Pearl Necklace, ZZTop Bro, you owe it to yourself !!!!!
Just 3 guys from Texas we call it Texas rock !!!
The car was a 1933 Ford model A called the Eliminator it was in several videos.
Speaking of bad ass cars, if you’ve never seen Billy Gibbons Cadzilla, Do yourself a favor and look it up on UA-cam that thing is insane.
With the custom Kenny Youngblood paint job!
I thought it was a tricked out Chrysler PT Cruiser. Thanks for clarifying it.
@@cr16219
OH GOD, NOOOO
That's an insult! 😅
Don't forget the SBC power plant!
'80s ZZ Top like this song is fun, but their best stuff is from the "70s. I recommend "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", "Cheap Sunglasses", or "Lowdown in the Street" as just a few of their awesome '70s output.
Agreed. Early 70's ZZ is the bomb. Best classic you omitted, though. "Waitin' On The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" defines this 'little ol' band from Texas.'
The drummer Frank Beard is the one who doesn't have an actual beard. The other two are Billy Gibbons on guitar and Dusty Hill on bass. Dusty passed away 2021.
And they brought in a new bass player . His name is Elwood.
@@captainmoretokin2172 Not only that, but Dusty actually named Elwood Francis his successor. Elwood had worked for ZZ for years as the occasional background musician and equipment manager. He hadn't worked for them for the last decade, but the minute he heard about Dusty's request, he came running.
IIRC, Billy had The Eliminator built. It was so beautiful they used it in a number videos.
For a change of pace, check out Blue Jeans Blues.
Billy and Dusty took separate breaks and both came back with beards, so they decided to keep them.
I can’t wait till he reacts to pearl necklace
😂mum's the word.
Yeah that will be a good one. Hahaha
I worked at our police station here In Australia in 1989 and heard the guys say something about a Pearl necklace and I didn’t know what it was and they wouldn’t tell me 😂. I went home and asked my hubby, who was furious that they had even mentioned it in front of me 🤣 but he did tell me what it was. 15 years with the police and it took me 9 years to hear about that, still cracks me up laughing.
Tube Snake Boogie would be a great one too!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Your addicted to love", is by Robert Palmer
The drummer is called Frank Beard
Sorry didn't see your comment yet. Hail from Oz
Now for some fun: for those that don't know, there was a song on Sesame Street called " Z Z Blues " - good music - by a 'band' called 'Over The Top '
Brought to you by the letter Z 😅
You would have loved being alive in the 60s and 70s. The music was always the best.
In the North anyway. People that looked like BP in the south were living a hard life.
@@emerje0 The races actually started coming together then because of the draft into the Vietnam War. It gave us something in common to hate and hated it we did!
Robert Palmer sang the song addicted to love. He had a few songs I really enjoyed over the years. ZZ Top has a lot of fantastic songs. My favorite is probably rough boy.
True . his name is Frank Beard . He's the drummer. My brother won 60 bucks from him rolling the bones after the concert in Casper, Wy. My brother was a drummer R.I.P. Brother
R.I.P
Frank walked up to my beastie as he smoked a doobie on the sea wall in Huntington Beach CA.
Ask to join in.
Was in town in 94' playing The Forum that night.
Cool ass dude.
The band who can make the blues into party music. Keep going with them!
It’s 80’s music !!! My era ! All natural women ! No BBL , Boob jobs , nor weaves !! lol 😂
EXACTLY!!!!!
Yes ! But LOADS of AquaNet 😂
💯FACTS!
The 70's, at their finest!!!!
Totally true.. my era music too.. Br. from Finland
Frank Beard is the drummer and he doesn’t have a beard. There were/are 3 members in the band and the bassist passed away a few years ago. La Grange Texas is where they’re from. Saw them in Edmonton, Alberta in the 80s and they were awesome! Check out Legs and the spinning guitars. So far all of these are from the Eliminator album. As others have said, they have more great songs - Pearl Necklace has a different connotation lol and other oldies from them. Awesome of you to show this!!!!
They aren’t from LaGrange, that’s here the whorehouse was. One is from Dallas, one from Houston.
They called themselves ZZ Top, a name whose origins are shrouded in mystery though it is thought to be either a hybrid of Zig Zag and Top cigarette rolling papers or a tribute to blues singer Z. Z.
Hill was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top in 2004. He died in 2021 after a period of declining health. In line with his wishes, he was succeeded by the band's longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis.. drummer name was Frank Beard.
Their name is a twist on BB King
One of the greatest cruising songs ever recorded. If you’ve never played air drums to this while driving….. you’re lyin’. 😆😎😎😎😎
The ZZ Top Eliminator Girls are Kymberly Herrin, Playboy Playmate September 1982 (who passed away in 2022), Jeana Keogh (formerly Tomassina), Playboy Playmate November 1980 and one of the original Real Housewives of Orange County, and Daniele Arnaud, who is now a College Professor teaching French.
Geez have you been stalking these old ladies, lmao jk
@@kylewhite2985 Well since I’m just a little younger than them…I don’t consider them that old! 🤣
Imagine putting this on your resume 🤣
Kym Herrin also had bit parts in Ghostbusters and Romancing the Stone, if I recall - both non-speaking roles.
ZZ Zigzag Top rolling papers
I love Cheap Sunglasses. That song is awesome.
You're gonna love Tube Steak Boogie....
Bama gal saw ZZ Top in Pcola Fla 1986...dope thick. Great time.
Wait till he sees those fuzzy spinning guitars
one of my favorite rock bands! i'm from Chicago 53 year old Black Woman love ZZ Top! i love all kind of music i got into to music like this when i was 8 years old! so glad u are getting into music like this!
The Grateful Dead. I heard that Billy Gibbons taught Jimi Hendrix how to play slide guitar way back in the early days in the 60s.
The grateful Dead bro don't go crazy😂
Wiki - Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z. Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is at the top" which gave him the idea of naming the band "ZZ Top".
Drummer, Frank Beard, vocals/guitar, Billy Gibbons, bassist/vocals Dusty Hill (RIP 2021).
****** A CLASSIC among Class Acts!
I absolutely loved your reaction to this! It brings me back to these times. I'm a 62 year old woman and when I'm riding down the road in my vehicle or sitting on my front porch classic rock is playing and songs like this (well) all music is ALMOST BLOWING THE SPEAKERS UP!
58 years old here and right with ya!
Their music is always put up full blast in my car riding down the hughway👍
At one point in time they were Guinness Book of World Records. Loudest 3 man group in history.
I’ll say it again…Blue Jean Blues. Different vibe but amazing musicianship
Agree!
Definitely check out their song "La Grange" the version they played on the Howard stern show.. freaking awesome
Robert Palmer “Addicted To Love “.
Or my favorite "Simply Irresistible" the video of which is what Shania Twain's "Man! I feel like a woman" was paying homage to or parodying. I'm a sucker for those sword sounds.
The best little band from Texas. My husband and me went to one of their concerts in the 2000's and that red car is driving into the stage when the play the song Legs. That concerts was just amazing.
ZZ Top are from Texas.
Billy Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z. Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name.
He then figured that "king is at the top" which gave him the idea of naming the band "ZZ Top"
The band with the unmistakable brand.
Car & ZZ Keychain,
the bevy of "Toppers",
the loop gesture for scene transitions...
the unusual basses,
LOL! the BellyButton guitar spin
There greatest hits album is fire !!!!!!!!
Favorite ZZ Top song!
ZZ top is legendary. If you haven't heard them before, you are in for a surprise if you dive into their catalog more.
It's on 95% of people's playlist. Love to play it when I'm driving. Keeps you awake and rocking and singing with the chorus. ZZ Top is top notch.
Watch live from Darryls house. That is Darryl Hall. The people who come and play with him are all great in their own right.
Used to watch it on late night TV. Saw Hall and Green doing "Crazy" and was hooked.
Little brother man, you are making me smile with tears in my eyes, because I’m sharing in your joy! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! When you got up to dance…
I was an original ZZ Top fan and they were cool as sh.. then. So happy you’re finding this stuff and feelin’ it. Right there with ya.
ZZ TOP owns this car
Billy Gibbons actually owns the car
This song reminds me of my brother Stephen. He looks sharp all the time, even when he is wearing jeans. He loves ZZ Top, too, perfect song to describe him. All the girls came running "as fast as they can"!
I’m so proud that the younger generation is listening to my music. This is what you call real music. Thanks for you awesome review 🥰
My band played waramup for ZZTOP in 1975! Amazing musicians! Check out Tush, and La Graange!
Classic 80's ZZ Top. I enjoy their 70's stuff that is more Texas blues. For some suggestions: "Hot, Blue and Righteous", "Heard it on the X", "Blue Jeans Blues", "Tush", :Waitin' on the BNus/Jesus Just Left Chicago". Fior their double entdre songs: "Pearl Necklace", "Tube Snake Boogie", "Sleeping Bag", "Velcro Fly".
This band just made you move... and loved them... still love their music... so awesome.
LaGrange is my personal favorite
Cheap Sunglasses for me.
When I get a new sound system, the first thing I play is La Grange to check that the bass is up high enough to get the true rummmbllllle!. If your breastbone isn't thumping, it ain't set high enough!
I've seen ZZ Top in concert twice! The first time they had a white buffalo rise up onto the stage from below with a desert scene on the backdrop behind it! This was a 4th of July Jam in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1976. GREAT concert and it lasted 12 hours! The only other group I remember in it was Blue Oyster Cult! Those were good times!
ZZTop legends
ZZ Top is just that little Ol’ Band From Texas, a Southern rock-n-roll blues band.
For many years I thought they were saying "Every girl's crazy about a *shot glass man*" it wasn't until I asked my a friend who was a big fan of ZZ Top what they meant by shot glass man and he busted up laughing and told me it's "sharp dressed man" then it all made sense.
So you didn't make a connection to the song title then?
Not with this song but my misheard lyric was Nights in White Satin....I never understood why knights would wear white satin to battle....
@VictorPM1550 Nope, I didn't get into ZZ Top until later in life, and I never actually knew the song title.
@MichaelNaydeck Lol as a kid I thought the same thing but figured it out after a while.
Had all of their 45’s and they were the king of Friday Night Videos. Such an unmistakable sound.
And of corse, ZZTop was the perfect match to the third "Back to the Future" movie. They made the music in that movie, kick ass!
It's surprising you wouldn't have heard them on the radio because these songs of theirs you're checking out now were such hits and they're still played regularly on classic rock radios and probably in a lot of commercials, but hey, that's great you discover them now and are having fun. These guys and their videos were all about that. Good groovy rock music and fun...
"That Little Ol' Band from Texas" was the badge of honor they wore on every stage.
LOL! My musician son, loved ZZ Top so much he grew out his beard. Long! I remember him at around his mid 30s, giving me a ride through the streets of Salem Oregon in his Vintage Corvette with the window down, at night playing this song loud. I had to plug my ears because his speakers would blow you away. I closed my eyes most of the time too. It was a crazy wild ride and have to admit... Fun!
I just realized that every ZZ Top video is a 4-minute Mentos commercial.
😂
One of them had a recurring role in "Bones" as Angela's super cool, mysterious musician dad who was "scarey".
please do ZZ top Pearl Necklace
Yes, please do
Frank Beard……and the boys are more or less magical godfathers….the car and the gorgeous ladies are the helpers. You are going to love the video for “Legs”…..
ZZ Top had a greatest hits video album. When you see it, it will blow your mind 🤯🤯🤯🤯
ZZtop was the second concert I saw in my life in 1983! They make alot of sound for tres amigos! Which just so happens to be the name of one of their earlier albums!
‘Tres Hombres’ is the name of their third album.
First time I’ve heard a reactor to ZZ Top break out into Amy Grant!
Legend has it, Billy Gibbons was in a convenience store and saw packs of Zig Zags (also known as ZZs) & Top rolling papers side by side on a shelf. He mumbled to himself "Zig Zag Top....ZZ Top, hmmm." And the rest is history.
Grateful Dead - deadheads. Lol
I was yelling it at the screen in octave levels I didn’t know I could reach 😂
ZZ Top my childhood soundtrack lol Mom and Dad loved them so was on all the time
ZZ Top = superior angelic wing men!
ZZ Top is so amazing. I was very sad when Dusty Hill passed away. I used to listen to them when I was 15 yrs old. My older brother was 9 yrs older then me, so I was introduced to music genres. I’m soon to be 65. You need to watch their video of “Legs”. I really enjoy watching your videos. Your reactions to the older music is phenomenal. I am fairly new to your channel. Can’t wait to see more.
A good progression of their Rock style would be "La Grange" (1973), "Tush" (1975), "Cheap Sunglasses" (1979), then the stuff you've heard from "Eliminator" (1983). Oh and if you haven't heard "Legs", that video is obviously a must... 🤪😎
I saw them in concert before I knew who they were, and I became an instant fan! They were just as good live, if not better! They have that sound of the 70's/early 80's of Southern Rock! It was a great time for music! ZZ Top was always a band that when they came on the radio, you would turn it up! Thanks for the blast from the past!! I needed this today.
Try Pearl Necklace? Tube Snake Boogie? Might as well do the trilogy with the car and finish with Legs.
30 years ago I was asked to go ZZ Top show, wasn't expecting much, was on of the best shows I ever seen and Ive seen a bunch
This is ZZ Top 2.0. Go back and listen to the 1.0 version.
I love ZZ Top!!!! In the 80s on MTV, they had the best videos!
Got my first speeding ticket to ZZ Top's "Under Pressure"...so much energy
Got me under pressure is a PUT IT UP a must in the ride 🤘🏽😎
This driving, heavy guitar is a trademark of ZZ Top. The loudest group going.
The name ZZ Top comes from rolling papers, Zig Zag and Tops
I heard it was a takeoff of BB King.
Well damn just got on here....new subscriber less nano 🔐 seconds...
I heard they also used the name to be easily discoverable in record stores as their albums would be on top alphabetically in the "Z" section. The second Z in the name basically guaranteed this. ZZ (on) Top.
Yep that is the story I heard, they are named after rolling papers.
@@maxs2982 Pretty sure Frank Zappa would have been on top. 😉
LOVE seeing the younger generations discovering the GREAT music I grew up listening to!!! 😁❤️
ZZ Top
La Grange
Tush
Legs
Cheap Sunglasses
Waiting For The Bus/Jesus Just left Chicago.
Addicted To Love was Robert Palmer
my fave ZZ Top song! ♥
Their music helped me through a lot of nightshifts in the 80ies. We cramed the music as high as we could and sang through the night. 😂
I got to see them in concert.
It was SMOOTH!! LOVE ZZ TOP!!
Bout time you got to ZZ Top!!
I've been watching you since you started in with Stevie Ray Vaughan. Welcome to my world my friend. Your eyes are wide open now.
Some of the coolest guys in rock music. "La Grange" and "I'm Bad. I'm Nationwide" just ooze coolness.