ZZ Top

[Ted Dansons Wig]

THe ZZ Top thread. Good to see an old friend again. Here's hoping. They got to this year havent they?

[Osama Jim Laden]

ZZ would draw a crowd, wouldn't they? Be brilliant to get them in

[russycarps]

billy gibbons is too good for the glastonbury crowd

[dentalplan]

billy gibbons is too good for the glastonbury crowd

I think you'd be the last poster I'd expect to condone this.

But yeah, it needs to happen. I'm floored at the fact they've never played before actually.

[russycarps]

I reckon they've never even heard of glastonbury.

the chances of them playing will have been raised by bruce springsteen playing though I bet.

[The Nal]

I reckon they've never even heard of glastonbury.

the chances of them playing will have been raised by bruce springsteen playing though I bet.

And The Stones. The Stones giving the festival their stamp of approval is huge within the rock and roll fraternity.

[Wooderson]

Are ZZ Top ( along with Super Furry Animals - AND Talking Heads of course *cough* ) a band we all like on here?

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Are ZZ Top ( along with Super Furry Animals - AND Talking Heads of course *cough* ) a band we all like on here?

I sense one or two may have a slight leaning towards Nick Cave as well

[CaledonianGonzo]

My small-minded view is that I'm not especially a fan - I've got a copy of Eliminator and the Greatest Hits, but that's about it. I Gotsta Get Paid is also a ruddy massive tune.

However, I'd almost certainly go to see them, especially as if they do play they're likely to be a mid-afternoon prospect and so unlikely to clash with anyone too exciting.

[tevaburger]

Don't love them, but Eliminator was one of my most played albums of 83-84, and I continued on with Afterburner and even one of their 90's records (the one with "Pin Cushion" on)...it's quite unlikely i'd go see them on their own (Wembley Arena 86 my only gig) but they are perfect band to be part of a weekend package like Glasto, so would be well-excited to see them added.

perhaps it's best they don't know about the festival and just let management book them, as they don't fit in with the ethos of Glasto...for all the grief that the likes of Clapton and Ferry get on here, I don't see anyone hammering away at these lot for their Republican Party support

[Wooderson]

I sense one or two may have a slight leaning towards Nick Cave as well

I'm vetoing that one.

[The Nal]

My small-minded view is that I'm not especially a fan - I've got a copy of Eliminator and the Greatest Hits, but that's about it. I Gotsta Get Paid is also a ruddy massive tune.

However, I'd almost certainly go to see them, especially as if they do play they're likely to be a mid-afternoon prospect and so unlikely to clash with anyone too exciting.

I don't listen to them too much either really so I'd be in that bracket too. Would be there 100% mind you and really enjoy it.

A great 50 minute set in mid afternoon would be perfect. Or even better, in a tent.

But they're very much in the "serious rock acts" category, well travelled bluesmen, so not sure if they'd be keen on a token 50 minute slot beneath Vampire Weekend or whoever?

[russycarps]

But they're very much in the "serious rock acts" category, well travelled bluesmen, so not sure if they'd be keen on a token 50 minute slot beneath Vampire Weekend or whoever?

Yeh thats my thought on it really. Could they get a leonard cohen-type expended set length I wonder. Would there even be the demand for it?

[The Nal]

Yeh thats my thought on it really. Could they get a leonard cohen-type expended set length I wonder. Would there even be the demand for it?

Don't think so no.

West Holts maybe as Tonyo says. Much more a receptive crowd to something different round there. The could blues away all night and keep people dancing.

[Wooderson]

Lot of "Not a fan but fucked if I'm missing them" on this thread. Lol

[The Nal]

Lot of "Not a fan but fucked if I'm missing them" on this thread. Lol

Clash depending obviously but yeah, they'd be a bit of rock fun. Good musicians too.

[dentalplan]

Lot of "Not a fan but fucked if I'm missing them" on this thread. Lol

I imagine they're well liked but not well loved. eg. They're not a band you'd pay £40 to go see at your local arena but perfect for an afternoon at Glastonbury. Certainly how I feel anyway.

[russycarps]

Well, I'm a fan. I've paid money to see them in concert and never been disappointed.

Billy Gibbons is one of my favourite guitarists...

and they started playing My Head's In Mississippi last year... which is such a great track

I think billy gibbons could be the man to unite us tone...I love him

I've paid to see zz top too.

[suzie sue]

I always had them down alongside def leppard and other 80s metal groups but must give them a proper listen

[TheSeventhOne]

I would've gone to see them before Glasto last year if it hadn't sold out so quickly

[TheSeventhOne]

I always had them down alongside def leppard and other 80s metal groups but must give them a proper listen

Def Leppard wish they were as cool as ZZ Top:

[The Nal]

I always had them down alongside def leppard and other 80s metal groups but must give them a proper listen

Nah thankfully nothing like them. Def Leppard are an appalling band. The absolute pits.

ZZ Top are a proper Texan blues rock band. Very well respected in the biz. And rightly so. Last album was pretty good too!

Try the best of from 1977 for a kick off. Or Deguello.

Edited January 8, 2014 by The Nal

[zico martin]

i think i must need some educating here as well, I only know them from give me all yoru lovin', legs and sharp dressed man and i always took them as a kinda novelty rock band with comedy beards.

sorry like, at my age i should know better but they have kinda slipped through the net!

[The Nal]

Speaking of Sharp Dressed Man!

[maninkilt]

Got to agree with Zico, to me they are just a big beards and nearly naked ladies gimmick band, my point here is not that I am right and those who see them as quality bluesmen are wrong but that where they may play (stage and how high on the bill) is more dictated by how well they will be anticipated and by how many people than the musicianship displayed, there are plenty of bands who are outstanding muscicians but unheard of, they will not play the pyramid stage.