It is a testament to talent on how these guys transitioned from the "classic" ZZ sound of the 60's/70's and adapted to the 80's. And those ladies from the 80s... WOOFTAH!!! I miss the 80s! LOL
No band has ever been nor will ever be cooler than zz top. The beards, the voices, the cars, the cool ass lyrics, the way they dress. Everything. legends
From actual research instead of childhood rumors. "The band ZZ Top's name came from an idea by guitarist and lead singer Billy Gibbons. Gibbons noticed that many performers' names used initials while living in a small apartment with concert posters. He was particularly inspired by blues legends B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill, and considered combining their initials into "ZZ King". However, he thought that was too similar to the original name, and eventually came up with "ZZ Top" as a way to signify "reaching the pinnacle" of their journey. "
Yea, I gave up and just see maybe 6 bands that share and own that TOP overall. But if you want to narrow it to "80's" then ZZ Top might stand alone, esp on the Mtv circuit.
These guys were absolutely not afraid to change their sound. They were always unmistakably ZZ Top. And would have a song or two, at least, that goes back to their roots. Like "My Head's In Mississippi" from 1990.
If you want to see how much talent this band has watch them play "Le Grange" live on the Howard stern show. It will blow your mind. Whether you show it on your show or just watch it for yourself. Trust me it's amazing.
Respectfully, the loudest 3 piece band ever will always be Motorhead. Doesn't take away from ZZ's total coolness and fun of course, but as far as loudness in a 3 piece format is concerned, no contest. Still to this day. Lemmy, Mikkey and Campbell, untouched.
I was in the Navy when this came out. Partying in a field, listening to home made mix tapes, and singing at the top of our drunk little sailor lungs ... good times.
We all loved ZZ top. Girls boys. We were and still are a generation of " togetherness." What a time to live never meant to be forgotten. Never. Rock on Gen X.
A little trivia for those who do not know it, ZZ Top did the same spinning of the guitar and bass in the movie Back to the Future Part III ... using acoustics since the movie was set before electricity.
When they were filming the Festival, a piece of equipment broke. While they were waiting someone asked ZZ Top to sing a song, After AN HOUR of performing, the singer asked if the equipment got fixed, the Director said yes.....
I’ve gone to 4 ZZ Top concerts and they were all amazing and so fun. My brother went to school with Frank Beard (for context my brother is 75 and I’m 59). In the 80s in my late teens early 20s they were BOMB!
@markdrechsler5660 yeah, he hasn't done "Tube Snake Boogie" & "Pearl Necklace " either. Wait until he does those & figures out what they're about. "Tush" too
Its crazy to think that Billy Gibbons was an opening act for Jimi Hendrix back in the day & here we are decades later & BG is still rockin' . His longevity is to be respected & admired . As far as i remember JH loved his guitar playing a lot .
Unrelated fun fact... The actor who played the kid that tried to steal the guitar from Ray Charles in The Blues Brothers, was the limo driver Argyle in in the movie Die Hard.
The car is called the "Eliminator" car and was featured in several music videos. It has a corvette engine in it. Its been on magazine covers as well. It was used for the album cover to their album called Eliminator. That car is like a 4th member of the group. Lol I believe Billy Gibson of ZZ Top is/was a car collector.
This band was one of those that used a video outlet, MTV, to strengthen its career. The 70s were massive enough for ZZ, Top with hits like Tush, La Grange and Jesus just Left Chicago. The 1983 LP Eliminator put the boys from Texas at a whole 'nother level. Besides Legs there was three other mammoth hits off here: Gimme All Your Lovin, Rough Boy and the ultra huge Sharp Dressed Man.
ZZ top came into the industry like. So we're gonna look like Wizards with guitar's, but we're gonna sing like Angels! 😂 Let them wrap their brains around this!
@@justtere Sadly I get the feeling he might not play it if he knew...?! He's a tendency to being what us Brits call "po-faced" about that & similar subjects... (being a Christian is such "a pain in the arse" when it comes - no pun intended - to such things! ☹️)
Man I’ll never stop loving hearing those dudes play. I grew up playing around in a shop where they built and painted show cars and they constantly blasted ZZ Top. 🤟
The first time I saw them on TV, I couldn't figure out why they weren't showing the rest of the band. I didn't realize 3 people could make that much Music.
I was the same way when I first saw them on TV. Kept trying to find the rest of their band and the day that I finally realized that the three of them was the whole d*mn band, it totally blew me away!
You gotta keep in mind, This was at a time when Mtv just launched, so artists felt like they needed to have the best video out there for the music. Same as content creators feeling like they're next video has to raise the bar! No different. Platforms changed but goals stayed the same.
They became pop stars in the 80s, but the quality of their music (like this) took a huge hit. Check out their 70s stuff, albums like "Tres Hombres" or "Fandango." That was peak ZZ Top.
At this time , ZZ Top were headlining at Donington Monsters of Rock in UK , a sunny Sunday evening , drinking scrumpy cider with some Hells Angels ( no idea ) , they flew the Eliminator hot Rod about 200 ft above the crowd , slung under a chinook helicopter. Those were the days !
This is when MTV actually played music videos. Stuff through the 80’s was stellar. I watched the very first episode of MTV sitting on the couch with my best friend. The rocket blasted off every hour, and that’s pretty much how we told time. Everything was new and amazing. Yes, I’m old, but I’m glad my music era was 80’s & early 90’s.
This is how a ragged trio of Texans conquered MTV during the synth pop period; great music and great videos. Unlike a lot of hard-core ZZ top fans, I love their 80's stuff. You still have to listen to La Grange, Jesus Just Left Chicago, or Blue Jean Blues to hear their true genius. Gotsta get paid is also as cool as it gets. They teamed up with Rick Rubin and did a song based on the 90's rap song "25 lighters". I don't know the song because the only rap I really do is rap/jazz fusion; Digable Planets, or Us3.
Zz Top formed in 1969 in Texas as a blues/ rock band. Cpl fun facts: Jimi Hendrix was a big fan of Bill Gibbons' guitar playing and that is something. Everyone told them if they wanna make it in the music industry they have to go to New York. To which they said " no, we are staying right here in Houston". They became really popular in the 80s with the introduction of the Car, storytelling videos and the Album ELIMINATOR. To hear their more blues and raw stuff, check out " Tush" as many mentioned, and " Jesus just left Chicago". Love, love your reactions. And mostly your commentary instead of just watching. Keep up the great entertainement.
Did you know zz top makes an appearance in back to the future 3? They're the band playing at the town celebration. When they spin the guitars watch Marty's face!! Also - the one with the name beard - doesn't have one - the drummer. Last time i was in the rock and roll hall of fame - they had the car there.
Loudest concert I ever attended...ZZ Top 1990 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento. OMG. My ears are still ringing to this day. Amazing how much sound 3 guys can make...
Saw them 3x's. The Recycler tour with the stage made to look like a junkyard was fuckin awesome and my fave of the 3. 1990. One of the greatest 3 piece bands to ever do it. RIP Dusty 🤘😎
The name (Zig Zags and Tops rolling papers) is an urban (suburban?) legend. Reverend Billy himself said it was named after their hero of the Blues ZZ Hill. ZZ Top is probably my all-time favorite band. They got funk, soul, the controlled chaos of distorted guitars and pinched harmonics-sublime. And that red ‘34 Ford was in many of my fantasies as a teenager lol
Yes, girls do love this song. I love all of their songs, especially the earlier stuff from the 70s, into the early 80s. I love Legs, too, from ‘84 or ‘85. I was going to g into 12th grade. They are awesome. That Lil’ Lo Band from Texas.
ZZ Top has been around for a long time. They were the king of cool and a three man band. The eliminator car the old Ford is awesome and iconic and I do believe that was their wives in the video. RIP Dusty Hill
Something you would probably like - ZZ Top covering a rap artist! They shared studio space with the rapper Z-Ro here in Houston, liked his "25 Lighters", and did it up as a ZZ song in "I Gotsta Get Paid". Awesome song, with a slammin video.
ZZ Top is just one of those bands that just keep making hit after hit through out all the years. Also, fun fact Jimmi Hendrick rated guitarist Billy Gibbons as one of the greatest guitarist of all time.
RIP Dusty Hill, ZZ Top's bass player for 50 years, and RIP Kimberly Herrin, the actress and Playboy Playmate in the red top, who just recently died of cancer. She had roles in movies such as Romancing The Stone and Ghostbusters. The other two women are French model Danièle Arnaud and "Real Housewives" Jeana Keough, former Playmate and formerly married to Oakland A's pitcher Matt Keough. The "make-over girl" is Wendy Frazier. ZZ Top was heavily influenced by Mississippi delta blues from the 1930s and 40s, but played in a boogie-rock style. They had their first major success in the 1970s, but their success began to fade with the rise of Disco in the late 70s, but their Eliminator album - using then-new tech of drum machines and synths, and largely written by guitarist Billy Gibbons in the studio along with the engineer - was a breakthrough, and their innovative early MTV videos were massive hits and caused a decade of resurgence for the band, with their albums Eliminator, Afterburner, and Recycler all being top 5 albums in the 1980s. You really should check out some of their pre-video-era hits. Songs like their signature song "La Grange" (written about the famous "Chicken Ranch" brothel in La Grange, Texas, which also inspired the Broadway musical and subsequent movie "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'), "Tush", and the funk/blues 1-2 punch of "Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" (these two songs are always played together). Other favorites are "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" and their cover of "Dust My Broom", both from the universally great Deguello album. If you like blues-rock, often with some added funk, you'll never go wrong with ZZ Top.
65 Gen X er here. They are legends. They also have their very own style . Love em. Check out some recent appearance of a feat. Song with the main guitarist. All masters. The boys from Texas. Welcome to cinema and a song. The Real MTV generation. When it started and ran the industry.
Yo, BP! Always great content! On that note, I grew up in the 80s & 90s circa '78. As you grew up a hip-hop head,. I grew up listening to just about everything rock/metal since the 1950s on up. Most of your reactions are childhood memories of mine when the songs came out if not then shortly after. Seeing people of different ethnicities, social & economical circles vibing over the same music I grew up with kicks A$$! Rock/Metal in all it's forms belongs to all peoples! God Bless & Much Success!
I’m 70 in a couple of days. When I was 17 in 1971 I bought my first car and drove into town like a king. As I crested the hill into my UK working class northern town. Z Z Top Boogie came on the analogue radio. I’d never heard them before… it was about 1971… My mind was suitably blown.
ZZ has always been in my top 3 favorite groups. I've seen lots of their concerts with the first one being in the mid 70s. Their music never gets old. There isn't one single song they've ever done that I don't like. That's saying alot! Thanks for you reaction!
ZZ Top was on the bill for a free military concert at Camp Pendleton. My platoon got tasked with setting up the stage, sound, lights, etc. for the promoter. We all got crew passes, and were able to hang out wherever we wanted before, and during the concert. I gave one to my wife, who loves ZZ Top. She got her own personal concert! She was chilling in front of the stage when they came out to do their sound checks, but hey ran through heir whole set. Later, she ran into Billy in the green room area, and got his autograph and a bunch of pictures with him. It was her first concert, and will probably be her best.
The guitar player, Billy Gibbons, toured with Jimi Hendrix in 1968 and they became good friends, Hendrix loved his playing and legend has it that Jimi said in an interview Billy was his favorite guitar player. And at the time Billy was just a teen from Texas.
If you haven’t done their song La Grange yet… it’s gotta be next! 🙏🏼 It’s a vibe & we used to put it on in my 1st apartment & dance around w/ all the friends! 😂 It’s a GREAT one!! ❤
Now go back and watch Back to the Future III and pay attention to the band at the town party. Watch them spin their guitars, just like this video. When it came out, it was super cool to see them in the movie. We knew they did Doubleback but we didn’t know they would be in the movie.
I haven't seen this music video since it was popular on MTV back in the day. Being a teenage boy at the time, yeah, this was a popular video, and we wanted the car, and the girl. I've always LOVED this song on the radio. Love it to this day, as with SO MANY EARLY 80'S SONGS.
I used to live next door to the base player for ZZ Top dusty Hill, The original name of the band was moving sit was a 5 piece band and they cut it down to 3 members, Right out of Pasadena Texas
Ironically the drummer Frank beard is the only member that didn't have a beard, Gillette razors offered a million dollars a piece if they use their razors to shave and they refused
ZZ Top was the longest-running rock band with only its original members. Small wonder! You should check out the video documentary "That Little Ol' Rock Band From Texas" to get a good look at where they came from and how they got to the top. They played that "shuffle" sound for all it was worth: hard, fast, and lots of fun.
I first saw these guys live at the old Surfers Paradise raceway, the opening bands were two big Australian groups, Rose Tattoo and the Angels. The whole concert was amazing, but after the Angels finished, these three guys with their fuzzy guitars got up and just blew everyone else away. The sound they made was incredible. The stage backdrop was the dashboard of the car as a spaceship, there was a giant gold Tutankhamen mask with a white cloth mountain which disappeared up Tut's nose. But the sound... the sound was just amazing. RIP Dusty, live on Billy and Frank.
And wasn't that a great time for music....some of the best Aussie Pub Rock bands. While there's some of today's stuff I like & am glad the women are getting a lit more airplay, the very late 70s ( even disco 😅) and the 80s really have my heart.
30 years or so when I lived in Memphis, at one of our small late-night bars. Many times, me and my friends would be eating and drinking at a table to turn around to see ZZ Top group seating at a table, just chilling and partying with all of us. Good times
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This is a band that never took itself too seriously, and was always a ton of fun.
R.I.P. Dusty Hill
🙏😢❤️
I never get tired of ZZTop
Yep, and she got Leggs
It is a testament to talent on how these guys transitioned from the "classic" ZZ sound of the 60's/70's and adapted to the 80's. And those ladies from the 80s... WOOFTAH!!! I miss the 80s! LOL
U said it
I went to high school 80 to 84. I’m so grateful growing up at that time. Till this day I think about it all the time. Sex ,drugs and Rock n Roll ❤
Every teenage boy at that time had the same thought as you. “Wish I had that car”😂❤️
Still do at 48….
Women do love ZZ Top and their music. I've seen them live a few times. Play this on the jukebox at a dive or biker bar and they'll be dancing.
No band has ever been nor will ever be cooler than zz top. The beards, the voices, the cars, the cool ass lyrics, the way they dress. Everything. legends
From actual research instead of childhood rumors.
"The band ZZ Top's name came from an idea by guitarist and lead singer Billy Gibbons. Gibbons noticed that many performers' names used initials while living in a small apartment with concert posters. He was particularly inspired by blues legends B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill, and considered combining their initials into "ZZ King". However, he thought that was too similar to the original name, and eventually came up with "ZZ Top" as a way to signify "reaching the pinnacle" of their journey. "
Do Lagrange, Waiting on the bus
What he said!!!
This is the correct explanation of the name.
so you're telling me it WASN'T because they used zigzag papers to roll their cigarettes??
Tush and Le Grange will blow your mind.
The 2 songs you've listened to so far are nada compared to them.
ZZ Top slaps. Arguably the greatest american rockband. Arguably. RIP Dusty.
Yea, I gave up and just see maybe 6 bands that share and own that TOP overall. But if you want to narrow it to "80's" then ZZ Top might stand alone, esp on the Mtv circuit.
These guys were absolutely not afraid to change their sound. They were always unmistakably ZZ Top. And would have a song or two, at least, that goes back to their roots. Like "My Head's In Mississippi" from 1990.
"Brown Sugar" 🔥🔥🔥🔥
"Certified Blues"
🤘🤘
(c'mon!)
What can I say, those of us that grew up in the 70s and 80s had it better than we deserved when it came to great music. We were spoiled.
Yes, we were spoiled! BLISSFULLY SPOILED!
If you want to see how much talent this band has watch them play "Le Grange" live on the Howard stern show. It will blow your mind. Whether you show it on your show or just watch it for yourself. Trust me it's amazing.
The only band mate without a beard Frank Beard! The loudest 3 piece band ever, and their music is insane!
Respectfully, the loudest 3 piece band ever will always be Motorhead.
Doesn't take away from ZZ's total coolness and fun of course, but as far as loudness in a 3 piece format is concerned, no contest.
Still to this day.
Lemmy, Mikkey and Campbell, untouched.
Rush
@@DoppelgangerZNCAT you beat me to it I was just coming to write the same comment
I was in the Navy when this came out. Partying in a field, listening to home made mix tapes, and singing at the top of our drunk little sailor lungs ... good times.
Thank you for your service to our nation. :)
We all loved ZZ top. Girls boys. We were and still are a generation of " togetherness." What a time to live never meant to be forgotten. Never. Rock on Gen X.
That red car is the Eliminator 😊 Billy Gibbons still has it and every once in a while you'll catch it driving around Houston 😊
A little trivia for those who do not know it, ZZ Top did the same spinning of the guitar and bass in the movie Back to the Future Part III ... using acoustics since the movie was set before electricity.
When they were filming the Festival, a piece of equipment broke. While they were waiting someone asked ZZ Top to sing a song, After AN HOUR of performing, the singer asked if the equipment got fixed, the Director said yes.....
I have the Back To The Future trilogy
@@ronniesmith8941 - Me too. I still love each film.
That 1933 Ford Coupe is still iconic!!
it was partly inspired by 'the california kid'. another iconic coupe.
The Eliminator.
I’ve gone to 4 ZZ Top concerts and they were all amazing and so fun. My brother went to school with Frank Beard (for context my brother is 75 and I’m 59). In the 80s in my late teens early 20s they were BOMB!
Seen them twice. Love them
Frank beard lol the one with no beard
Wouldn’t you love to go back just one more and live from 1979-1986 all over again?
I saw them every tour in the 80:s
The fuzzy guitars and them disappearing was awesome. Always had great stages
I love a lot of ZZ Top. My top 2 favorites are "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" & "Cheap Sunglasses"
Those are both great, and I don’t think BP has done either.
@markdrechsler5660 yeah, he hasn't done "Tube Snake Boogie" & "Pearl Necklace " either. Wait until he does those & figures out what they're about. "Tush" too
Mine is Every Girl Loves A Sharp Dressed Man! So so True!
This band after hitting it BIG, still honored their contracts to perform at local high school proms in SE Texas.
Its crazy to think that Billy Gibbons was an opening act for Jimi Hendrix back in the day & here we are decades later & BG is still rockin' . His longevity is to be respected & admired . As far as i remember JH loved his guitar playing a lot .
Yes, Billy was Jimi's favorite guitar player.
@@Blackdog06019that says alot 💯
And played the Dad of Angela on Bones for many years of the show. He wasn't on much, but he was great and the perfect 'scary dad', lol.
One of the best concerts I've seen.
She grabbed the only guy that treated her right from the beginning. I think that's really the best part of this video.
THIS!
Waitin On The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago & Blue Jean Blues are Seriously Badass ❤
My favs along with La Grange
Hot Blue and Righteous, Mexican Blackbird
Great songs
Waiting on the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago is an amazing track. BP HAS to do that one.
Yes!!
Fun fact… the girl in the red Ferrari in the movie Vacation was Christie Brinkley, a supermodel who was married to singer Billy Joel.
I believe Christy is also featured in, and was one of the inspirations for, Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl".
Unrelated fun fact... The actor who played the kid that tried to steal the guitar from Ray Charles in The Blues Brothers, was the limo driver Argyle in in the movie Die Hard.
🥴
I got to see ZZ Top back in the day and, no bull, most panties and bras Ive ever seen flying thru the air!! These dudes ARE lit af!!!
She was so fine. Still is.
Pegasus- their Album Eliiminator is the source of the songs- release in 1983 with singles dropping in 1983 and 1984 it sold 11 Million copies
That's just the US sales!
I love how ZZ Top deploys the pretty girls to come to help a girl in need of defense.
And she rescues her prince, too!
I saw ZZ at Brixton a lot of years ago and was caught off guard with "Tube Snake Boogie" , what a song !
The car is called the "Eliminator" car and was featured in several music videos. It has a corvette engine in it. Its been on magazine covers as well. It was used for the album cover to their album called Eliminator. That car is like a 4th member of the group. Lol I believe Billy Gibson of ZZ Top is/was a car collector.
Ironic how the only member of the band that don’t have a beard is the drummer and his last name is Beard.
The Fairy Groovefathers are back!
"Ladies love ZZtop"
Can't wait to see if that still holds up after listening to "tube snake boogie" or "pearl necklace".😂😅
It does. Ladies love ZZ Top.
Hey, BP! Thank you for reacting to my favorite ZZ Top song. Love the video - big Cinderella vibes going on here! Enjoy!
This band was one of those that used a video outlet, MTV, to strengthen its career. The 70s were massive enough for ZZ, Top with hits like Tush, La Grange and Jesus just Left Chicago. The 1983 LP Eliminator put the boys from Texas at a whole 'nother level. Besides Legs there was three other mammoth hits off here: Gimme All Your Lovin, Rough Boy and the ultra huge Sharp Dressed Man.
ZZ top came into the industry like. So we're gonna look like Wizards with guitar's, but we're gonna sing like Angels! 😂 Let them wrap their brains around this!
ZZ Top are so awesome! RIP Dusty Hill. Love your reaction!
Pearl necklace is a very good ZZ Top song on all the radio stations
I love String of Pearls. Can you imagine if BP played it without knowing what it means?
Or, "Tube Snake Boogie" 🐍 🤔 🙄 😏 🤣
@@justtere
Sadly I get the feeling he might not play it if he knew...?! He's a tendency to being what us Brits call "po-faced" about that & similar subjects... (being a Christian is such "a pain in the arse" when it comes - no pun intended - to such things! ☹️)
been listening to them since i was 15 and at nearly 56 i still love them and their whole vibe.
Man I’ll never stop loving hearing those dudes play. I grew up playing around in a shop where they built and painted show cars and they constantly blasted ZZ Top. 🤟
Waitin For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago
The first time I saw them on TV, I couldn't figure out why they weren't showing the rest of the band. I didn't realize 3 people could make that much Music.
I was the same way when I first saw them on TV. Kept trying to find the rest of their band and the day that I finally realized that the three of them was the whole d*mn band, it totally blew me away!
Trust me the way you feel about it for seeing at your first time is the way we felt about it when we seen ZZ Top for the first time.
I saw them in the 1980s. Still one of my favorite bands.
I am a woman and I love ZZ Top and their videos !!!!!!!! The Magic Red Ride !!! Glad you're enjoying them BP !!
Best concert I ever went to. Fourth of July, 1976. Memphis.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Blue Oyster Cult, and The Outlaws
Phenomenal 😊
These guys are the real deal when it comes to rock and roll. They are INCREDIBLE!
You gotta keep in mind, This was at a time when Mtv just launched, so artists felt like they needed to have the best video out there for the music.
Same as content creators feeling like they're next video has to raise the bar! No different. Platforms changed but goals stayed the same.
They became pop stars in the 80s, but the quality of their music (like this) took a huge hit. Check out their 70s stuff, albums like "Tres Hombres" or "Fandango." That was peak ZZ Top.
At this time , ZZ Top were headlining at Donington Monsters of Rock in UK , a sunny Sunday evening , drinking scrumpy cider with some Hells Angels ( no idea ) , they flew the Eliminator hot Rod about 200 ft above the crowd , slung under a chinook helicopter.
Those were the days !
This is when MTV actually played music videos. Stuff through the 80’s was stellar. I watched the very first episode of MTV sitting on the couch with my best friend. The rocket blasted off every hour, and that’s pretty much how we told time. Everything was new and amazing. Yes, I’m old, but I’m glad my music era was 80’s & early 90’s.
This is how a ragged trio of Texans conquered MTV during the synth pop period; great music and great videos. Unlike a lot of hard-core ZZ top fans, I love their 80's stuff. You still have to listen to La Grange, Jesus Just Left Chicago, or Blue Jean Blues to hear their true genius. Gotsta get paid is also as cool as it gets. They teamed up with Rick Rubin and did a song based on the 90's rap song "25 lighters". I don't know the song because the only rap I really do is rap/jazz fusion; Digable Planets, or Us3.
Zz Top formed in 1969 in Texas as a blues/ rock band.
Cpl fun facts: Jimi Hendrix was a big fan of Bill Gibbons' guitar playing and that is something.
Everyone told them if they wanna make it in the music industry they have to go to New York. To which they said " no, we are staying right here in Houston".
They became really popular in the 80s with the introduction of the Car, storytelling videos and the Album ELIMINATOR.
To hear their more blues and raw stuff, check out " Tush" as many mentioned, and " Jesus just left Chicago".
Love, love your reactions. And mostly your commentary instead of just watching.
Keep up the great entertainement.
Did you know zz top makes an appearance in back to the future 3? They're the band playing at the town celebration. When they spin the guitars watch Marty's face!!
Also - the one with the name beard - doesn't have one - the drummer.
Last time i was in the rock and roll hall of fame - they had the car there.
Rough boy - was a surprise to everyone! Even them 😊
Yes he said 💩 I've got to have her. Only a few radio stations caught it and then they started bleeping it out
I got to see them on tour at Richfield Clliseum July 23, 1994. My birthday is July 31, so it was a birthday present to see them. Amazing concert,
Saw ZZ Top 4 times. Loved watching them dance on stage
Loudest concert I ever attended...ZZ Top 1990 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento. OMG. My ears are still ringing to this day. Amazing how much sound 3 guys can make...
I saw a twisted sister and Dokken at radio City music Hall. Dokken was so loud everybody walked out. It was painful to listen
Saw them 3x's. The Recycler tour with the stage made to look like a junkyard was fuckin awesome and my fave of the 3. 1990. One of the greatest 3 piece bands to ever do it. RIP Dusty 🤘😎
The name (Zig Zags and Tops rolling papers) is an urban (suburban?) legend. Reverend Billy himself said it was named after their hero of the Blues ZZ Hill.
ZZ Top is probably my all-time favorite band. They got funk, soul, the controlled chaos of distorted guitars and pinched harmonics-sublime.
And that red ‘34 Ford was in many of my fantasies as a teenager lol
ZZ Top .. the all time favorite music video on MTV !!! Yes , saw these guys in concert too . AMAZING
Gotta love the MTV Generation! The coolest thing about this video was ZZ Top!❤❤
I saw ZZTop in Atlanta Ga., 2 times, Fist time concert was Afterburner and it was awesome
Yes, girls do love this song. I love all of their songs, especially the earlier stuff from the 70s, into the early 80s. I love Legs, too, from ‘84 or ‘85. I was going to g into 12th grade. They are awesome. That Lil’ Lo Band from Texas.
Saw your face light up when the girls 1st got out the car! Us 80's chicks knew how dress!
Aqua Net to the rescue
I always get the craving to hear their old announcer anouncing That Little Ol' Band From Texas.
Saw them in Houston in the 80s. They were fantastic- RIP Dusty.
ZZ Top has been around for a long time. They were the king of cool and a three man band. The eliminator car the old Ford is awesome and iconic and I do believe that was their wives in the video. RIP Dusty Hill
1971 was their first album
As you know, this band is special. Try playing some of their older stuff. Lots of blues influence, and lots of great songs.
I was lucky enough to get to see ZZ Top years ago. Cincinnati Ohio! They were the king of cool 😎
ZZ Top Blue jean blues...gotta hear it. And Kiss Unplugged "I still love you"...great videos!
Something you would probably like - ZZ Top covering a rap artist! They shared studio space with the rapper Z-Ro here in Houston, liked his "25 Lighters", and did it up as a ZZ song in "I Gotsta Get Paid". Awesome song, with a slammin video.
Oh, everyone made a beeline for the dancefloor when this track came on, back in the 80's! LOVED IT!!
ZZ Top is just one of those bands that just keep making hit after hit through out all the years. Also, fun fact Jimmi Hendrick rated guitarist Billy Gibbons as one of the greatest guitarist of all time.
RIP Dusty Hill, ZZ Top's bass player for 50 years, and RIP Kimberly Herrin, the actress and Playboy Playmate in the red top, who just recently died of cancer. She had roles in movies such as Romancing The Stone and Ghostbusters. The other two women are French model Danièle Arnaud and "Real Housewives" Jeana Keough, former Playmate and formerly married to Oakland A's pitcher Matt Keough. The "make-over girl" is Wendy Frazier.
ZZ Top was heavily influenced by Mississippi delta blues from the 1930s and 40s, but played in a boogie-rock style. They had their first major success in the 1970s, but their success began to fade with the rise of Disco in the late 70s, but their Eliminator album - using then-new tech of drum machines and synths, and largely written by guitarist Billy Gibbons in the studio along with the engineer - was a breakthrough, and their innovative early MTV videos were massive hits and caused a decade of resurgence for the band, with their albums Eliminator, Afterburner, and Recycler all being top 5 albums in the 1980s.
You really should check out some of their pre-video-era hits. Songs like their signature song "La Grange" (written about the famous "Chicken Ranch" brothel in La Grange, Texas, which also inspired the Broadway musical and subsequent movie "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'), "Tush", and the funk/blues 1-2 punch of "Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" (these two songs are always played together). Other favorites are "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" and their cover of "Dust My Broom", both from the universally great Deguello album.
If you like blues-rock, often with some added funk, you'll never go wrong with ZZ Top.
65 Gen X er here. They are legends. They also have their very own style . Love em. Check out some recent appearance of a feat. Song with the main guitarist. All masters. The boys from Texas. Welcome to cinema and a song. The Real MTV generation. When it started and ran the industry.
“You can’t sneak that by me” LOVE that! You just made my day ! 😂
Yo, BP!
Always great content! On that note, I grew up in the 80s & 90s circa '78. As you grew up a hip-hop head,. I grew up listening to just about everything rock/metal since the 1950s on up. Most of your reactions are childhood memories of mine when the songs came out if not then shortly after. Seeing people of different ethnicities, social & economical circles vibing over the same music I grew up with kicks A$$! Rock/Metal in all it's forms belongs to all peoples!
God Bless & Much Success!
I’m 70 in a couple of days. When I was 17 in 1971 I bought my first car and drove into town like a king. As I crested the hill into my UK working class northern town. Z Z Top Boogie came on the analogue radio. I’d never heard them before… it was about 1971… My mind was suitably blown.
ZZ has always been in my top 3 favorite groups. I've seen lots of their concerts with the first one being in the mid 70s. Their music never gets old. There isn't one single song they've ever done that I don't like. That's saying alot! Thanks for you reaction!
ZZ Top was on the bill for a free military concert at Camp Pendleton. My platoon got tasked with setting up the stage, sound, lights, etc. for the promoter. We all got crew passes, and were able to hang out wherever we wanted before, and during the concert. I gave one to my wife, who loves ZZ Top. She got her own personal concert! She was chilling in front of the stage when they came out to do their sound checks, but hey ran through heir whole set. Later, she ran into Billy in the green room area, and got his autograph and a bunch of pictures with him. It was her first concert, and will probably be her best.
I went to a ZZ Top/Skynyrd show a couple of months ago, and Gibbons is just the most effortlessly cool dude you could imagine.
Black Pegasus.... living the ZZ Top video dream back in '98....!!
Saw them 3 yrs ago at our State Fair... they rocked it still.
The guitar player, Billy Gibbons, toured with Jimi Hendrix in 1968 and they became good friends, Hendrix loved his playing and legend has it that Jimi said in an interview Billy was his favorite guitar player. And at the time Billy was just a teen from Texas.
If you haven’t done their song La Grange yet… it’s gotta be next! 🙏🏼 It’s a vibe & we used to put it on in my 1st apartment & dance around w/ all the friends! 😂 It’s a GREAT one!! ❤
I second this request!! 🙌🙏
I Need You Tonight by ZZ Top awesome drumming in this song 🔥😎
Now go back and watch Back to the Future III and pay attention to the band at the town party. Watch them spin their guitars, just like this video. When it came out, it was super cool to see them in the movie. We knew they did Doubleback but we didn’t know they would be in the movie.
Ah, reminds me of watchin' this video on MTV back when MTV was music all day long!! God Bless Ya'll!!!
I haven't seen this music video since it was popular on MTV back in the day. Being a teenage boy at the time, yeah, this was a popular video, and we wanted the car, and the girl. I've always LOVED this song on the radio. Love it to this day, as with SO MANY EARLY 80'S SONGS.
I was always fascinated that drummer Frank Beard is the only one without a beard!!!😂❤
Closing your eyes to listen is what made music on radio so phkn good 😂
I used to live next door to the base player for ZZ Top dusty Hill, The original name of the band was moving sit was a 5 piece band and they cut it down to 3 members, Right out of Pasadena Texas
Ironically the drummer Frank beard is the only member that didn't have a beard, Gillette razors offered a million dollars a piece if they use their razors to shave and they refused
ZZ Top was the longest-running rock band with only its original members. Small wonder! You should check out the video documentary "That Little Ol' Rock Band From Texas" to get a good look at where they came from and how they got to the top. They played that "shuffle" sound for all it was worth: hard, fast, and lots of fun.
I was a teenager when this came out and still makes me smile today at the age of 62! 🙂
I first saw these guys live at the old Surfers Paradise raceway, the opening bands were two big Australian groups, Rose Tattoo and the Angels. The whole concert was amazing, but after the Angels finished, these three guys with their fuzzy guitars got up and just blew everyone else away. The sound they made was incredible. The stage backdrop was the dashboard of the car as a spaceship, there was a giant gold Tutankhamen mask with a white cloth mountain which disappeared up Tut's nose. But the sound... the sound was just amazing.
RIP Dusty, live on Billy and Frank.
And wasn't that a great time for music....some of the best Aussie Pub Rock bands. While there's some of today's stuff I like & am glad the women are getting a lit more airplay, the very late 70s ( even disco 😅) and the 80s really have my heart.
I was a Sr in high school when this album came out. ZZ Top videos fueled many a teenage boy's dreams.
I saw them in concert a month ago and it was great! They still got it! The ultimate "cool cats"
30 years or so when I lived in Memphis, at one of our small late-night bars. Many times, me and my friends would be eating and drinking at a table to turn around to see ZZ Top group seating at a table, just chilling and partying with all of us. Good times
The best outdoors concert I have ever been to. The air was electric. Got some great pics too
This was one of their MTV dominant trifecta with Sharp Dressed Man and Gimmie all upur lovin