tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post5141152210761577337..comments2024-03-29T09:29:27.372+00:00Comments on Unthought of, though, somehow: SweetThe Swedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-68811767517663179572013-02-14T19:36:55.536+00:002013-02-14T19:36:55.536+00:00C. I saw some of the Connolly documentary at the t...C. I saw some of the Connolly documentary at the time, but to be honest found it too upsetting to sit through the whole thing.<br /><br />I have at least one more Sweet-related post sitting on the back-burner, which might freak you out even more than Steve did all those years ago!<br /><br />David Hepworth wrote an amusing piece on his blog a couple of weeks ago entitled 'When do you hang up your air guitar?'. It's well worth a read, but what made me howl with laughter was one of the comments left after the piece from someone called backwards7, "I will give up my air guitar when they pry it from my cold dead hands. Even in death my fingers will still be frantically wriggling their way up and down an imaginary fret, like a pair of upturned beetles desperately attempting to right themselves." Utter genius!The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-20428742436251041192013-02-14T18:38:31.082+00:002013-02-14T18:38:31.082+00:00PS - Great reminiscences of yours too. "Lear...PS - Great reminiscences of yours too. "Learnt the intricacies of air guitar..." Love it!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-65211768404521441642013-02-14T18:31:37.657+00:002013-02-14T18:31:37.657+00:00I'm afraid (as I think a certain Kolley Kibber...I'm afraid (as I think a certain Kolley Kibber said somewhere too!) I was more a fan of Brian's hair than anything else at the height of their success. I do remember feeling very uncomfortable seeing Steve Priest doing that "we just haven't got a clue what to do" bit on Blockbuster on TOTP - eww, he freaked me out a bit back then! (Not so good at androgyny as Brett Anderson ;- yeah I had to mention him!)<br />I've only really appreciated their more rock sound in retrospect, but they were still an unmissable part of my growing up.<br />Oh, hard to believe poor old Brian was only 51 when he died! He looked so awful in his later years - I'm guessing you saw that documentary about him from not long before he died I think, about him going out on the road again and playing Butlins? - pretty heartbreaking stuff I thought.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-29483156005305927312013-02-14T13:37:41.542+00:002013-02-14T13:37:41.542+00:00SB. They could rock all right, not 'arf, and n...SB. They could rock all right, not 'arf, and not just later on. Check out some of those early b-sides.<br /><br />OPC. I remember all the hoo-ha surrounding the Blockbuster/Jean Genie riffs. If I had been a little older, I might have come down on one side or the other, but at the time I was at the right age to love it all!<br /><br />John. Spot-on Phil Wainman reference, brilliant! Good point too.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-24844699907039607632013-02-14T12:50:10.171+00:002013-02-14T12:50:10.171+00:00'Do the first first verse and track it Phil...'Do the first first verse and track it Phil' Wainman was integral in getting The Sweet sound. More than just a tape engineer, he got Andy Scott's guitar to sound dirty; unlike Mike Chapman who always defaulted to squeeky clean <i>Bubblegum</i> when recording a single. No surprise then that within a handful of years he was recording Billy Idol's Generation X.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-57646824940145366352013-02-14T12:29:10.103+00:002013-02-14T12:29:10.103+00:00You could not help but like some of the Sweet outp...You could not help but like some of the Sweet output....I never quite forgave them for getting to number 1 with Blockbuster and if I remember keeping Bowie off the coveted spot. I was sure they ripped the riff off Bowie....but I could be wrong. Good thaat you hav kept your old stubs....I wish I had done that...got a few some where? Old Pa's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367815328789444775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-10880180784710795412013-02-14T09:54:06.026+00:002013-02-14T09:54:06.026+00:00That band really wanted to rock, didn't they? ...That band really wanted to rock, didn't they? They jammed with Ritchie a few times. Stupidly, I stooped buying their stuff after 'Poppa Joe' (!) and they weren't one of 'my' groups through their halcyon days. I now really appreciate their big hits and the later heavy stuff. A very good band indeed. RIP, Mick and Brian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com