44 on Billboard's Hot 100, becoming their third-biggest hit to that point (1976). The first single out of the gate from their fifth album, "Tejas," it peaked at No. There's also a really nice blues-harp-and-drum break. Not to be confused - at all - with the Beatles' classic of the same name, ZZ Top's "It's Only Love" is much closer in spirit to the Rolling Stones, bearing more than a passing resemblance to the laid-back swagger of the "Tumbling Dice" groove. But there's clearly something to be said for "Somebody Else been shakin' you tree / Supposed to be savin' all that stuff for me." And lyrically? If you want artful check-ins from the broken-hearted, stick with Dylan. The riff is just that good at channeling John Fogerty's best work. The only single London Records bothered to release from "ZZ Top's First Album," it rides in on a riff so swampy, there's a chance some listeners thought it was the best thing CCR had done in weeks. But the production is what ultimately seals the deal here. The guitar work is brilliant, there's some interesting percussion going on and Gibbons' wounded vocals work the soulful side of blues to great effect.
There's a lot of empty going on, which makes the parts that are there that much more effective. The best cut released from "Antenna" was a moody blues grind with plenty of atmosphere. From the hard-rock wailing of the vocals to the idea of writing a song that speaks directly to the faction of the '70s rock audience made up of beer-drinking hell-raisers, this couldn't have felt more like a sure-fire hit. The second single from "Tres Hombres" failed to chart (despite it following "La Grange"), but not for lack of trying. And the vocal has plenty of personality, especially the stutter when he wants to hear her "s-s-s-s-say you enjoyed, baby / Really enjoyed gettin' it on." The third single released from their fifth album, "Tejas," finds them swaggering through several classic guitar licks from Gibbons, including some excellent slide work and a smoldering bent-note solo as the track fades out. Consider, if you will, the second verse, where Billy Gibbons does his best to make her want to give it up with "Well there's a few more things you should know about me / I trained trigger single-handedly / I invented see-through negligees / And I bought the flying saucer off the Presley estate." How could anyone resist? But the lyrics are what made me choose this single over the previous "Recycler" songs. The pulsating synths follow through on the ready-for-MTV promise of their mainstream breakthrough with "Eliminator" (which would explain why they called it "Recycler").
2, but it certainly feels like a chart-topping single. The first three singles from "Recycler" topped the mainstream-rock charts. Indian Bend Road, Salt River Reservation.
The Pool at Talking Stick Resort, 9800 E. Just bein' thorough, y'all.ĭetails: 8 p.m. ZZ Top took their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 on the strength of a career that evolved from the gut-bucket blues-rocking swagger of "La Grange" and "Tush" to the synthesized polish of their '80s MTV hits.Īs they prepare to rock the Pool at Talking Stick Resort this Sunday, here's a look back at their 15 greatest singles, from "Somebody Else (Been Shakin' Your Tree)" to "Give It Up" and "Breakaway." That's right.
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