David L 11:30 Sat Jul 27
Sweet - much maligned
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Looking back now what a bloody awesome group they were. Very disrespected by the industry but fuck me they had some cracking songs.
Great time for music, the 70s
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
11:13 Mon Jul 29
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Woden 6:27 Mon Jul 29
Wiki is probably right, but officially wrong. Read the note to the entry. From the Independent obit.
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DukeofDevo
8:33 Mon Jul 29
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CYGNET - I think you misunderstood, I made two separate points, Chinn and Chapman we’re indeed prolific songwriters for Sweet and others AND Fox on the Run, which I caught a bit of, wouldn’t get made today HTH
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geoffpikey
8:31 Mon Jul 29
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I just cannot believe the number of Sweet devotees on WHO!
I may start one up about the "genius" of Busted. Same shit, different decade.
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Bungo
8:19 Mon Jul 29
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Now that Motley Crue have been mentioned, I feel it is my duty to draw your attention to this video showcasing their talent, especially the singer's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pdQnZLEWNo
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VanDerElstVenerator
8:12 Mon Jul 29
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There's some splendid drumming by the brilliant Mick Tucker on the Sweet track 'Set Me Free'
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Bungo
8:03 Mon Jul 29
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geoffpikey 7:44 Mon Jul 29
How they are all still alive is to me even more amazing than the lucrative career they forged from shite like 'Too Fast For Love'.
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geoffpikey
7:44 Mon Jul 29
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It's impossible to be worse than Motley Crue, so don't think that's a compelling argument.
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azel senior
6:42 Mon Jul 29
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Yep.
A much better, early version of Mottley Crue.
Proper rock n rollers offstage as well from what I hear.
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Woden
6:27 Mon Jul 29
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Surface
Half brother according to Wiki.
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David L
4:46 Mon Jul 29
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Pickle tried to buy that - he was looking for a 3 inch version though.
LOL fucking LOL
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only1billybonds
11:33 Mon Jul 29
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Thames.
You forgot 'Little Willy'.
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Thames Ironworks
10:37 Mon Jul 29
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Ballroom Blitz, covered by so many others and cracking fight scene song.
Blockbuster
Fox on the Run
Slow Motion
Wig wam bam, the holiday camp song.
All great tracks.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
8:52 Mon Jul 29
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Woden 5:26 Sun Jul 28
Unrelated step-brother officially, I believe. Which is rum, because they looked fucking identical.
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arsene york-hunt
4:05 Mon Jul 29
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Never heard of them. Is this about pop music?
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gph
12:59 Mon Jul 29
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Sweet certainly aren't one of the groups I hate.
That's as far as I'm going to go towards them being "awesome".
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SUM A DING WONG
12:27 Mon Jul 29
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Unfortunately, drink has it's wicked way with all of us.
😉
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only1billybonds
12:25 Mon Jul 29
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Sum.
Yea. Apologies for being thick.
In my defence, drink has had its wicked way with me this evening.
Devil gate drive indeed.
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SUM A DING WONG
12:02 Mon Jul 29
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only1billybonds 11:33 Sun Jul 28
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Only1billybonds,
Have you worked it out yet, mate?
😉
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cygnet
11:44 Sun Jul 28
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Chinn and Chapman didn't write Fox On The Run. That was written and produced by the band themselves.
Also Love Is Like Oxygen was mainly written by Andy Scott.
Both songs made the US Top Ten.
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DukeofDevo
11:34 Sun Jul 28
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Chinn and Chapman - very underrated songwriters
Stumbled across Fox on the Run on YouTube the other day, you’d never get away with that these days!
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