one of there best songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0hG3Gib-Is
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brENsKi wrote:
well done on reviving a 7½ yr dead, thread
if you wanted to talk abou the Sweet why not start a new one?
this has to be a new "regurgitate expired stuff" world record.... even Howard Carter, on breaking into Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 found something newer than this thread
Hi brENSKI
I used the search tool and found the old thread on Sweet that way. Reviving old threads seems to be a bit of a "no no" on here then. That's not always the case, as I am a bit of a regular on The Sweet site for instance, and bringing an old thread back to the top can sometimes get discussion going again if its been a while and there are new members and its a great thread.
Having said that, your suggestion for a new thread is a good one. I note you commented on my Sparks/Brian May thread recently, so an angle on Sweet and Queen would certainly be a cool way to go. In fact there are lots of Queen threads on The Sweet site and plenty of Queen fans amongst Sweet fans as well. Alternatively, just a Sweet only thread under the Personal section might be good too.
well done on reviving a 7½ yr dead, thread
if you wanted to talk abou the Sweet why not start a new one?
this has to be a new "regurgitate expired stuff" world record.... even Howard Carter, on breaking into Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 found something newer than this thread
Hi brENSKI
I used the search tool and found the old thread on Sweet that way. Reviving old threads seems to be a bit of a "no no" on here then. That's not always the case, as I am a bit of a regular on The Sweet site for instance, and bringing an old thread back to the top can sometimes get discussion going again if its been a while and there are new members and its a great thread.
Having said that, your suggestion for a new thread is a good one. I note you commented on my Sparks/Brian May thread recently, so an angle on Sweet and Queen would certainly be a cool way to go. In fact there are lots of Queen threads on The Sweet site and plenty of Queen fans amongst Sweet fans as well. Alternatively, just a Sweet only thread under the Personal section might be good too.
pittrek wrote:
Well what can I say ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8iyNvJ78GM
or maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNM8N5sn07
Hi pittrek
Thanks for reminding people how great a track Sweet FA is. Check out You Spin Me Round version off New York Connection and I think you will see what I mean about the Sweet FA guitar. Its got some great keyboards on it too.
Well what can I say ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8iyNvJ78GM
or maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNM8N5sn07
Hi pittrek
Thanks for reminding people how great a track Sweet FA is. Check out You Spin Me Round version off New York Connection and I think you will see what I mean about the Sweet FA guitar. Its got some great keyboards on it too.
david (galashiels) wrote:
One of there best songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0hG3Gib-Is
Hi David
Its a ripper, isn't it? So incredibly underrated this band were in the UK. Yet polling in Germany in recent years has apparently still shown them to be in the top 4 or 5 most popular bands in their history.
Check our Play All Night from the first Brianless album if you don't already know it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V7TODpQK60
One of there best songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0hG3Gib-Is
Hi David
Its a ripper, isn't it? So incredibly underrated this band were in the UK. Yet polling in Germany in recent years has apparently still shown them to be in the top 4 or 5 most popular bands in their history.
Check our Play All Night from the first Brianless album if you don't already know it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V7TODpQK60
Didn't Brian May and Andy Scott just do a benefit together? I've seen pictures of the 2 together on the fore-mentioned Sweet site.....(that must have been a Sweet concert!!!)
Hi there waq
It was Rock Against Cancer, which was held in Wiltshire. Sounds like it was a fantastic event. Brian fronted up with Kerry Ellis and did a few songs, before coming back for the encore which included We Will Rock You. Great stuff!
Apparently Sweet also did a set which went down a storm.
What are you like with technology waq? I mean Can you put up a photo of Brian and Andy together at the event? I think it is awesome!
It was Rock Against Cancer, which was held in Wiltshire. Sounds like it was a fantastic event. Brian fronted up with Kerry Ellis and did a few songs, before coming back for the encore which included We Will Rock You. Great stuff!
Apparently Sweet also did a set which went down a storm.
What are you like with technology waq? I mean Can you put up a photo of Brian and Andy together at the event? I think it is awesome!
Heavenite wrote:
david (galashiels) wrote:
One of there best songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0hG3Gib-Is
Hi David
Its a ripper, isn't it? So incredibly underrated this band were in the UK. Yet polling in Germany in recent years has apparently still shown them to be in the top 4 or 5 most popular bands in their history.
Check our Play All Night from the first Brianless album if you don't already know it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V7TODpQK60
And Sweet have now uploaded You Spin Me Round on YouTube, so here it is for you to listen to with its Sweet FA guitars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWJIa87UyE
The album is named after their b-side from the 1970's and they have also included an updated version of the song on the album, and that also sounds excellent.
david (galashiels) wrote:
One of there best songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0hG3Gib-Is
Hi David
Its a ripper, isn't it? So incredibly underrated this band were in the UK. Yet polling in Germany in recent years has apparently still shown them to be in the top 4 or 5 most popular bands in their history.
Check our Play All Night from the first Brianless album if you don't already know it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V7TODpQK60
And Sweet have now uploaded You Spin Me Round on YouTube, so here it is for you to listen to with its Sweet FA guitars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWJIa87UyE
The album is named after their b-side from the 1970's and they have also included an updated version of the song on the album, and that also sounds excellent.
i liked the sweet in their heyday.
they were one of the bands i was into from the british glam rock scene at the time. i had some of their singles and also one of their albums too. i think i was around 12 or 13 at the time.
i also saw them in concert as well, that was around the time of the single 'action.'
on that particular tour i listened to an interview on the radio with them. at one stage they complained that queen had nicked 'their' sound by using so many harmonies in their songs!!!
even recently i read an andy scott interview and he's still moaning about queen! what a joke!
he's obviously pissed off that the sweet weren't/aren't as popular as queen.
its not as if they had a monopoly on vocal harmonies.
i only have a greatest hits lp of theirs now. they had some really good songs, one or two quite heavy. my favourite song of theirs is 'turn it down', which is one of their more heavier tunes.
they were one of the bands i was into from the british glam rock scene at the time. i had some of their singles and also one of their albums too. i think i was around 12 or 13 at the time.
i also saw them in concert as well, that was around the time of the single 'action.'
on that particular tour i listened to an interview on the radio with them. at one stage they complained that queen had nicked 'their' sound by using so many harmonies in their songs!!!
even recently i read an andy scott interview and he's still moaning about queen! what a joke!
he's obviously pissed off that the sweet weren't/aren't as popular as queen.
its not as if they had a monopoly on vocal harmonies.
i only have a greatest hits lp of theirs now. they had some really good songs, one or two quite heavy. my favourite song of theirs is 'turn it down', which is one of their more heavier tunes.
I Bought Andy Scotts Sweet's last CD of new music, "sweetlife" a few years ago and i have the greatest hits, but i wouldn't say i'm the biggest fan.
purplepiepete wrote:
i liked the sweet in their heyday.they were one of the bands i was into from the british glam rock scene at the time. i had some of their singles and also one of their albums too. i think i was around 12 or 13 at the time.i also saw them in concert as well, that was around the time of the single 'action.'on that particular tour i listened to an interview on the radio with them. at one stage they complained that queen had nicked 'their' sound by using so many harmonies in their songs!!!even recently i read an andy scott interview and he's still moaning about queen! what a joke!he's obviously pissed off that the sweet weren't/aren't as popular as queen.its not as if they had a monopoly on vocal harmonies.i only have a greatest hits lp of theirs now. they had some really good songs, one or two quite heavy. my favourite song of theirs is 'turn it down', which is one of their more heavier tunes.
Hi purplepiepete
Sweet and Queen certainly had some similarities, and Queen may have been influenced by Sweet given they were the just about the biggest thing in the UK in 1973 before Queen broke, but that was all. Queen certainly went to places that Sweet never went in their career. Here is a link to a discussion off the Sweet Forum which discusses whether Queen were influenced by Sweet. The first two pages are probably the most relevant, although it does come back to discuss Queen a few more times in the thread.
http://thesweetglamforum.yuku.com/topic/7653/Bunch--W-nkers--Thinking---1973--Sweet-ruled--charts
Just on Andy Scott, he has changed his tune in relation to Queen. In fact, just the other day after the Rock Against Cancer event he said that playing guitar next to Brian May in the encore to the Rock Against Cancer Concert was about as good as it gets as per this link:
http://thesweetglamforum.yuku.com/topic/8189/Message-from-Andy-on-Facebook
Just on Turn It Down, have you ever seen the live version off The Geordie Scene programme? It's so cool! Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3hWKV-fX3g
i liked the sweet in their heyday.they were one of the bands i was into from the british glam rock scene at the time. i had some of their singles and also one of their albums too. i think i was around 12 or 13 at the time.i also saw them in concert as well, that was around the time of the single 'action.'on that particular tour i listened to an interview on the radio with them. at one stage they complained that queen had nicked 'their' sound by using so many harmonies in their songs!!!even recently i read an andy scott interview and he's still moaning about queen! what a joke!he's obviously pissed off that the sweet weren't/aren't as popular as queen.its not as if they had a monopoly on vocal harmonies.i only have a greatest hits lp of theirs now. they had some really good songs, one or two quite heavy. my favourite song of theirs is 'turn it down', which is one of their more heavier tunes.
Hi purplepiepete
Sweet and Queen certainly had some similarities, and Queen may have been influenced by Sweet given they were the just about the biggest thing in the UK in 1973 before Queen broke, but that was all. Queen certainly went to places that Sweet never went in their career. Here is a link to a discussion off the Sweet Forum which discusses whether Queen were influenced by Sweet. The first two pages are probably the most relevant, although it does come back to discuss Queen a few more times in the thread.
http://thesweetglamforum.yuku.com/topic/7653/Bunch--W-nkers--Thinking---1973--Sweet-ruled--charts
Just on Andy Scott, he has changed his tune in relation to Queen. In fact, just the other day after the Rock Against Cancer event he said that playing guitar next to Brian May in the encore to the Rock Against Cancer Concert was about as good as it gets as per this link:
http://thesweetglamforum.yuku.com/topic/8189/Message-from-Andy-on-Facebook
Just on Turn It Down, have you ever seen the live version off The Geordie Scene programme? It's so cool! Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3hWKV-fX3g
slade were my favourite band of that era. unfortunately coz they dressed in ridiculous looking clothes[like many of the bands] i don't think they are ever taken seriously.
however they had the two best songwriters of that time, the greatest singer, and the most powerful tunes around for a while.
trivia.
noddy from slade was approached by ac/dc to replace bon after he'd died.
i think nod would of ended up being board in the band, although his voice would've suited and he had that cheeky larrikin character like bon did.
however they had the two best songwriters of that time, the greatest singer, and the most powerful tunes around for a while.
trivia.
noddy from slade was approached by ac/dc to replace bon after he'd died.
i think nod would of ended up being board in the band, although his voice would've suited and he had that cheeky larrikin character like bon did.
as for sweet fans thinking queen ripped them off???
what a joke.
thats like comparing the beatles to the wurzels ffs!
did the sweet rip off the beatles? the fab four had high pitched harmonies at times too.
its all sour grapes. you only have to look at andy scotts face, it shows a lifetime of bitterness.
this type of thing really makes me sick!
get over it sweet fans who believe this. your band and its material simply wasn't quite good enough. simple as that!
nothing wrong with the sweet, but queen and most of their songs are on a different level.
what a joke.
thats like comparing the beatles to the wurzels ffs!
did the sweet rip off the beatles? the fab four had high pitched harmonies at times too.
its all sour grapes. you only have to look at andy scotts face, it shows a lifetime of bitterness.
this type of thing really makes me sick!
get over it sweet fans who believe this. your band and its material simply wasn't quite good enough. simple as that!
nothing wrong with the sweet, but queen and most of their songs are on a different level.
Hi Purplepiepete
Queen and Sweet are my two favourite bands, and I certainly don't think Queen ripped Sweet off. Influenced maybe, but that is a compliment, not an insult. And I'm not sure how much of the thread that I supplied that you read, but it is clear that most of the Sweet fans on there love Queen and don't regard them as having ripped Sweet off at all.
However what might surprise you is that the success story is the other way around in Germany where, just as unfairly, Queen has often been regarded as a Sweet copy (not me, that's for sure!).
Sweet was incredibly successful in Germany and had no less than 7 number 1's (even more in Denmark). A comparison of the chart history for the singles success of each of the bands in Germany is also very lop sided towards Sweet in that respect. Even more incredibly, in recent years Germans have voted Sweet the most popular band of the 70's and and have also voted them as high as the third most popular band of all time (I have a feeling that Queen weren't in the top 100 in the 1970's period).
So while your Beatles/Wurzels comparison might be a pretty common one in the UK, it is probably not a balanced one from the overall European perspective.
As a huge Queen fan, I think Sweet really did have something special to offer, as so many on this thread also seem to as well. I'm not sure how much of their stuff you know, but I think they have some absolutely wonderful albums in their discography, as Queen surely does. Significantly Brian May also wrote some words at the time of Brian Connolly's death, when he said that Sweet put out some of the best songs of its time. What's more Queen quoted Andy Scott in the Queen Bio released in the 1990's when Andy said that Sweet opened the door and Queen rushed by them leaving them holding the door handle. I doubt that would have been included in a Queen biography if they thought that statement was a crock.
As far as Slade goes, from what I know of them, I certainly like them and agree they are a very good band. I have a copy of Slade in Flame, which I think is absolutely great. But as good as they are, I much prefer bands with more melodic vocals and harmonies like Sweet and Queen and the Freddie Mercury/Brian Connolly style of "sweet" sounding singer. Not that Noddy Holder or Bon Scott are bad or anything. Far form it. As an Aussie I know Bon particularly well and he is a legend. But those heavier rock voices are just not my absolute favourites. I also like the sort of guitar solos that Brian May and Andy Scott were so fond of in the early to mid 70's. Wonderful stuff! I'm not completely sure, but based on Slade in Flame, I don't think the Slade guitarist was ever really into that sort of thing.
Queen and Sweet are my two favourite bands, and I certainly don't think Queen ripped Sweet off. Influenced maybe, but that is a compliment, not an insult. And I'm not sure how much of the thread that I supplied that you read, but it is clear that most of the Sweet fans on there love Queen and don't regard them as having ripped Sweet off at all.
However what might surprise you is that the success story is the other way around in Germany where, just as unfairly, Queen has often been regarded as a Sweet copy (not me, that's for sure!).
Sweet was incredibly successful in Germany and had no less than 7 number 1's (even more in Denmark). A comparison of the chart history for the singles success of each of the bands in Germany is also very lop sided towards Sweet in that respect. Even more incredibly, in recent years Germans have voted Sweet the most popular band of the 70's and and have also voted them as high as the third most popular band of all time (I have a feeling that Queen weren't in the top 100 in the 1970's period).
So while your Beatles/Wurzels comparison might be a pretty common one in the UK, it is probably not a balanced one from the overall European perspective.
As a huge Queen fan, I think Sweet really did have something special to offer, as so many on this thread also seem to as well. I'm not sure how much of their stuff you know, but I think they have some absolutely wonderful albums in their discography, as Queen surely does. Significantly Brian May also wrote some words at the time of Brian Connolly's death, when he said that Sweet put out some of the best songs of its time. What's more Queen quoted Andy Scott in the Queen Bio released in the 1990's when Andy said that Sweet opened the door and Queen rushed by them leaving them holding the door handle. I doubt that would have been included in a Queen biography if they thought that statement was a crock.
As far as Slade goes, from what I know of them, I certainly like them and agree they are a very good band. I have a copy of Slade in Flame, which I think is absolutely great. But as good as they are, I much prefer bands with more melodic vocals and harmonies like Sweet and Queen and the Freddie Mercury/Brian Connolly style of "sweet" sounding singer. Not that Noddy Holder or Bon Scott are bad or anything. Far form it. As an Aussie I know Bon particularly well and he is a legend. But those heavier rock voices are just not my absolute favourites. I also like the sort of guitar solos that Brian May and Andy Scott were so fond of in the early to mid 70's. Wonderful stuff! I'm not completely sure, but based on Slade in Flame, I don't think the Slade guitarist was ever really into that sort of thing.
Hi again Purplepiepete
I forgot to mention that Slade's current lead singer Mal McNulty was in Sweet and then later its lead singer for a while. But while he was quite good, I think he suits Slade far more than Sweet.
The other thing I wanted to mention is I wonder if you knew that the current lineups of Slade and Sweet are doing an extensive tour of the UK later this year. As two of the pre-eminent glam bands before Queen's arrival on the scene, I think its really good to see them touring together. Not sure how many orignal Slade members are left though. Sweet has just the one with Andy Scott, although that latest song I put up above shows he is still ensuring the standard is right up there.
I forgot to mention that Slade's current lead singer Mal McNulty was in Sweet and then later its lead singer for a while. But while he was quite good, I think he suits Slade far more than Sweet.
The other thing I wanted to mention is I wonder if you knew that the current lineups of Slade and Sweet are doing an extensive tour of the UK later this year. As two of the pre-eminent glam bands before Queen's arrival on the scene, I think its really good to see them touring together. Not sure how many orignal Slade members are left though. Sweet has just the one with Andy Scott, although that latest song I put up above shows he is still ensuring the standard is right up there.
purplepiepete wrote:
as for sweet fans thinking queen ripped them off???
what a joke.
thats like comparing the beatles to the wurzels ffs!
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haha, you're funny. no it's nothing like comparing the beatles to the wurzels.