Sweet - Desolation Boulevard

joecubbie

Mon, 13/10/2014 - 22:49

And the man in the back said "Everyone attack!" And it turned into a ballroom blitz.

Tape / Vinyl / CD / Recording etc

Not for sale or trade

Year: 1974

Bands:

Sweet

meaningless

on Tue, 14/10/2014 - 06:08

ur musictaste is unbelieveable...haha..for ur age :) cchheeerrrssss

joecubbie

on Tue, 14/10/2014 - 16:47

Back when I was really young, like 3/4, my parents used to play this music collection called AM Gold when we'd go on road trips. It consisted of late 60s/early 70s Top 40 crap year by year, but one of the discs had "Ballroom Blitz". Sweet was one of the few hard rock bands in the early 70s who was able to cross over into pop territory, mainly because they started as a bubblegum pop-rock band. And when I heard that song, my little ears were never the same again haha.

gloriousdeath

on Tue, 14/10/2014 - 19:42

cool lp... yep, mom and dad sure did some good parenting on you hahaha

joecubbie

on Tue, 14/10/2014 - 20:03

They sure did haha

Nater90 on Wed, 15/10/2014 - 04:03

Five flames from my Dad, He loves Sweet, If we're driving along in his car and Ballroom Blitz comes on (classic rock station on radio) he cranks it like no tomorrow, Its a great song, To make fun of him I change "Ballroom Blitz" to Wall of Death and do dirty vocals.

joecubbie

on Wed, 15/10/2014 - 05:05

Haha, come to think of it, "Ballroom Blitz" could be considered the first mosh pit song. It could be about moshing and definitely fast and heavy enough to be moshed to...could Sweet have prophesied what was to come 10 years later with bands like D.R.I., Anthrax, and Exodus??? Hmmmm...

Nater90 on Wed, 15/10/2014 - 07:35

I'd mosh to it to be honest, Hell...I'd mosh to anything, But in all seriousness! Both Sweet and bands alike would have some influence on Thrash / Crossover Thrash, Imagine if Anthrax did a cover!