I would concurr with Woodys statement, though obvioulsy not in that cod black coontray accent of course!
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Posts: 4793 14/04/08 19:02:56 Sweet Indulgence |
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Posts: 4793 20/04/08 12:09:01 Sweet Indulgence |
You're probably thinking of Baba O'Reilly which has the same bleepy synth sound going into power chords.
Same with Wont Get Fooled Again.
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Posts: 1052 20/04/08 12:43:03 |
�VC10 wrote: �Yep. This is the one. Cheers. |
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The riff comparison posts were so much fun! Can anyone do Windy City vs Woman From Tokyo by DP? Someone once pointed this out to me but I'd never notice
myself
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Posts: 4927 24/04/08 17:04:49 Sweet F A |
CatherineInRock wrote: Yeah, they're similar, but not identical.
What do I know about music? Sweet FA!!!
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Posts: 1682 29/04/08 03:24:09 Burning |
The most obvious one to me is Let Your Love Go by Bread, the chorus of 4th of July and this one are almost identical.
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Ok, thanks for pointing that out. I was going to ask and just realized that someone else mentioned it above.
Sweet "Windy City" (1977) Deep Purple "Woman From Tokyo" (1973) From the Sweet song "Windy City": "Waitin' for the risin' sun to shine on windy city" Ok, the land of the rising sun is Japan. The windy city is Chicago. I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. But it is a cool song no matter what.
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Posts: 1052 01/05/08 10:47:17 |
It doesn't actually say the "land" of the rising sun though. It just says "Waiting for the rising sun to shine on windy city" which to
me sounds like they are waiting for daybreak.
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Posts: 4927 01/05/08 11:03:16 Sweet F A |
Dyynam0 wrote: Yep, that's my understanding...
What do I know about music? Sweet FA!!!
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wow thanks guys, so that's what my dad meant it sounds like deep p. when I played him windy city. Never noticed it.
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Was Blockbuster Sweets best selling record in the U.K?
Try Fox on the Run. |
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Posts: 1052 15/05/08 08:05:47 |
panasonicq wrote: Well I don't know the actual numbers of records sold, but Blockbuster spent about four weeks at number 1, whereas Fox On The Run only reached number 2, and also only spent 10 weeks in the charts to Blockbusters 15, so I'd hazard a guess that Blocky sold more copies. |
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Blockbuster was No.1 for 6 weeks but Fox on the Run was their biggest selling single.
You had to sell more in '75 to get to No1 but Andy will tell you "Fox" was the biggest out of all the singles. These days, you only need to sell a few hundred copies to be a chart single and a few downloads! The singles chart finished some years ago in my opinion. Not the same anymore. |
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I stopped caring about charts in the 80-ies, when I found other ways to keep in touch with new music. (rock radioprograms, magazins, penpals, local metalheads)
Chartpositions can be faked by hugh recordcompanies.
But hey I discovered The Sweet through a TV chart in '72, so respect to charts, they did their work! |
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Well, here are Sweets best selling singles in the U.K.! Funny Funny 13 (14 w.) 1971 Co-Co 2 (15 w.) 1971 Alexander Graham Bell 33 (5 w.) 1971 Poppa Joe 11 (12 w.) 1972 Little Willy 4 (14 w.) 1972 Wig-Wam Bam 4 (13w.) 1972 Blockbuster! 1 (15 w.) 1973 Hell Raiser 2 (11 w.) 1973 The Ballroom Blitz 2 (9 w.) 1973 Teenage Rampage 2 (8 w.) 1974 The Six Teens 9 (7w.) 1974 Turn It Down 41 (2 w.) 1974 Fox On The Run 2 (10 w.) 1975 Action 15 (6 w.) 1975 The Lies In Your Eyes 35 (4 w.) 1976 Love Is Like Oxygen 9 (9 w.) 1978 It's... It's... The Sweet Mix 45 (5 w.) 1985 
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Count up the worldwide sales and Fox On The Run comes top.
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Posts: 1052 22/06/08 15:36:47 |
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Same here! Aren't we talking about U.K. best selling Sweet singles? Dyynam0 was right! 
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Andy said "Fox was our biggest selling single", you can make what you will from that comment. U.K or worldwide?
It IS possible to out sell a No1 hit. You could sell double and not make the top 5. Depends on the time it was released. A No1 chart single now probably wouldn't even make the top 40 in the mid to late 70's. Cheers, Pawl. |
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