Sweet - Wig Wam Bam | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@exeter1985]

If you like this, try 'Saturday Night' by the Bay City Rollers.

[@styxchic8225]

Thanks for some brightness in my day Jamel.

[@lisaashby1547]

Please react to Tiger Feet by Mud

[@mickylawless1941]

How about some Wishbone Ash "Blowin Free"! Another 70's classic.

[@crashmarx]

@Jamel_AKA_Jamel I know you have reacted to some Van Halen videos, check out Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen's new band Mammoth WVH, the video is "Don't Back Down" and its a rocker and the video is cutesy especially the end

[@rubydazzler]

I love the 'Sweet Stomp' you can hear in the background ... everyone stamping in time, what a great band they were.

[@pennymcneela7095]

Wig~Wam glam man. I've watched Brian Connolly interview today, it was very moving, he died at the age of 51. So sad.

[@garfield122010]

Fox on the run, Blockbuster, Love is like oxygen, Teenage rampage. ❤️❤️

[@eviekelpie1]

Yes!!!

[@joelanderos23]

sweet should be in the rock & roll hall of fame with what they brought to the table. action, ac-dc, fox on the run, ballroom blitz, love is like oxygen...

[@johnszostowski767]

also "Sweet - Fox On The Run" is a banger

[@annj7021]

I think he did that already

[@janlis001]

I was seven years of age back then and loved it!!!!!!....Until now!!!!!!....THE SWEET were my youth....

[@karaminalee]

The wig is BACK!!!!! Oh hells yes!!

[@stevepence229]

ys that wig is back.. i love it .. he could pass for Samuel Jackson from Pulp Fiction lol

[@ianbrooke6342]

It starts to look more real with every wearing!

[@peck404]

They were before Queen and then Queen was influenced by them 😋😋😋😎

[@DeidreL9]

Jamel l wasn’t there but my cousin was! She’s older than me by 14 years. She said it was insane. She’s in love with Steve Priest like I am (the one in the Native American headdress). I think all the girls wanted him in their teepee🤣 Oh my gosh MEMORIES of my cousin’s wild days!❤️

[@maryleeluna8573]

You’re always so fun to watch!! Thanks for the smiles!

[@ihearcrickets]

Yay, more Sweet. Steve in a headdress is always fun

[@marje8249]

Not sure how I missed you doing this one! Love it 🥰 I waited for ten hours to see them at a concert and get autographs 🤓

[@55tweisted]

what a great time to be alive back then you had roller skating parties and had this great music to skate to loved the 70s so many great memories so many great Bands my pic was from 1976 my baby Girl

[@helen8755]

So glad to see the wig! Its Throwbackness time!

[@leemcclements8889]

Love, love, love The Sweet! My favorite band growing up in the 70's. Brian Connelly was a hottie!Thanks for the reaction!

[@KathySandru]

Steve Priest was mine as well as Andy Scott. Couldn’t decide which one I crushed harder on. But Andy is still alive & The Sweet just released a new album & it rocks pretty hard! Check out the official Sweet page on KZbin!

[@leemcclements8889]

@@KathySandru Yes..I do follow the official page. Too bad the other 3 didn't stay with us along with Andy. What a cool tour that would be 50 years later!

[@jodidavis6595]

I was 8 then but only now do I really appreciate their huge talent all across the board. Loved Steve priest the bass player

[@lisa_jetsgurl642]

Yes the wig is back 🤣🤣Great reaction Jamel u made my night❤

[@toddstevens13]

When you are all done with the Pop Rock portion of The Sweet, which is all good, give a listen to the historical first Worldwide Thrash Metal Sweet song "Sweet FA". These guys were versatile, able to play anything, "even the phonebook" which is a phrase from my time in the early 60's

[@pamelalybarger7298]

YES

[@kelliem1562]

I introduced my son, who is just starting as a musician, to The Sweet, and he is loving and seeing the influence this band has had way ahead of their time with Sweet FA!

[@MAGA-kv1nj]

Check out Sweet's B-sides, showcasing the band's versatility with a much heavier (but just as good, if not better) side. Give a listen to "Someone Else Will", "Set Me Free", "Sweet F.A.", "Cockroach" (among many other killer jams) and you will swear that there's no way this is the same band singing Wig Wam Bam. lol Sweet also played funk, blues, and some jazz-oriented tunes as well. Truly a great band... it's a shame they aren't more well known.

[@marymitchell8717]

My best girlfriend and I drove to prom in 2008 in my dad's classic car blaring this cassette on the stereo. One of the best days of my life. Sweet is timeless!!!

[@deborahcornell171]

Never heard that one! But I liked it. Try "Love Is Like Oxygen", one of their songs with a more mature sound.💙

[@deborahcornell171]

@@crazyelf62 Thanks!💙

[@Damaged262]

Probably their best tune. I was a teen when they were anything. Just didn't like this song tho.

[@gypsyroadhog]

Their last hit in uk

[@discobikerAndRosie]

I'd had been there if I could, but I was only 8 yrs old at the time! The Sweet totally rocked! Loved the dancing in this one too! This is my favorite! I'm so glad you liked it! When you got up to dance, I was dancing with you! I can't sit still with Wig Wam Bam! I suggest you check out their top 10 songs. You'll probably love Ballroom Blitz, Little Willy, etc. My 5 yr old nephews name is William. I call him Willt & the Sweet song is HIS song! The Sweet was the bomb during my youth! Still is!

[@nenelles-dancelikenobodysw8511]

So fun when you take the wig out! Miss your dancing in the bathroom days. 😂😂😂🙃🙃🙃🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦👍👍👍

[@amyelizabeth529]

Was the room with the shiplap on the walls his bathroom? Hahaha 😊 I didn't know that. I love it. That's dedication.

[@michaelbuhl4250]

"Fox On The Run" is a good Sweet song. There was also a good cover of it in the '80s by Redd Kross.

[@ericwilliams1031]

Also Ace Frehley did a good cover

[@timbillings6884]

Yes!!! 👍👍 I haven't thought about that song for years love it!!! 😊

[@WanderingWriter]

He reacted to that a long while ago

[@michaelbuhl4250]

@@WanderingWriter I'll have to look for it.

[@lynnhafferkamp6054]

I was too young to fully appreciate these guys back then ; rediscovered them years later and realized how awesome they were

[@Chris-filosifer64]

Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982.

[@peteriuliano5846]

SWEET is so amazing TOP OF THE POPS

[@ronnieburns4554]

Jamel, that's the way it was in the 70's in Germany! What a great time to watch the show on a black and white TV! Disco was, a German music show, that played a lot of Good music! I do miss those days!

[@patrickjudd7001]

ACTION is a great Sweet song!!!

[@nelliejewell2665]

Oh my goodness! When I saw that you pulled out the wig I got such a good chuckle. Thanks for that.

[@grannyframmy]

I am german and this used to be the "IT" show on Saturdays for years-always had the big stars from overseas on like Rod Steward sang I am sailing, his first world hit there. Yes Sweet was a part of my early teenager years lol.. (lived 13 yrs in the states, my sons are american) God bless

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

OH YEAH,the Hero of my Youth,ILJA RICHTER and his German Television Show "DISCO".....all the great Stars were there over the years....a lot to discover !!!!

[@christiaanb.a1469]

You have to check out Slade next, super popular in Britain at the time, never took off in the U.S. Same glam rock genre as Sweet. Lots of great songs

[@daniellueke4717]

Yasss, I loved Slade! Too bad they never made it big in Canada or the US.

[@rodneyprill4618]

Rock n Roll Preacher

[@eviekelpie1]

Yes huge here in Australia too

[@brxee]

Skweeze me, pleeze me.

[@sounder9393]

They broke in America in 1984.

[@myproject13ttt]

I was in the second grade when I started getting into this band. I became addicted early with Music. I had 11 uncles and aunts and they were throwing every genre of music, at me... from the left, the right, from top to bottom and it was soooo Sweet!👊

[@karencolley-smidt864]

I was 11 that year too! I had 3 older siblings that played music all the time. I got into music early because of them.

[@michaelbickel5550]

Keep The Sweet coming my man! Action is another great song!

[@fixzeichner5592]

That was the disco show on German television. I saw this gig back then. Sweet was a real rock band but they got these songs written by their producers Chinn and Chapmann and had commercial success with them. It was called glam rock back then.

[@julzbell1963]

The Sweet ruled glam rock 😍 Ballroom Blitz.

[@labyfan1313]

Wow I can't believe it took me until just now to understand what this song is about, after seeing the costumes and actually picking up some of the lyrics. Keep Sweet coming with: Hell Raiser, Action, and Blockbuster.

[@johnbarrick1244]

Loved this song for years and it's still my favorite from The Sweet!

[@GibsonHeavy]

They have some great rockers... Action, Turn it down, Teenage rampage... Tons of rocker stuff, they only did the glam thing, when they were doing the "Chin and Chapman" songs. Lots of videos totally "Leather Clad".

[@eviekelpie1]

Thanks for doing my request. This is one of my favs. Other bangers are Fox on the run and Love is like oxygen. Love it when the "fro" comes out 😁

[@karenedwards8946]

Listen to Block Buster by Sweet, great song 🎵🎵🎵

[@pamelalybarger7298]

YES

[@joegreen9987]

SWEET THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS 🎸 IN THE SEVENTIES THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE BAD BOYS OF ROCK AND ROLL BANDS I LOVED THIS BANDS THEY HAD CLASS

[@benradical6179]

This song and "Fox on the Run" are my two favorite Sweet songs

[@terryray8370]

I watched an interview with Andy Scott, the guitar player, and he said he never did figure out where Steve Priest got that head dress

[@highpath4776]

Songwriters Mike's Chinn and Chapman , nod to previous songs - Hiawatha was Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta, and Running Bear was the Big Boppa's written song for Johnny Preston

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

Someone said it, but they have a song, LITTLE WILLY that kind of sounds like this. It’s a fun song.

[@Cheryl_Haydon]

I was just gonna say that, lol. Little Willy is totally fun!!

[@susanhenke8441]

Same geat

[@susanhenke8441]

Same beat

[@pamelalybarger7298]

LOVE Sweet, and Steve is the best

[@metalloadedbakedpotato4382]

Desolation Boulevard was my first album. one of my favorite bands. You need to check out SweetF.A.,I wanna to be committed, No you don't, Into the night,ACDC,Little Willie and of course Ballroom Blitz and Fox on the run.

[@KathySandru]

Jamel did reactions of both Little Willy & Ballroom Blitz. Check it out in his playlist. I think he should do Blockbuster. Steve Priest was a naughty guy & there are 2 versions of the song where he dressed glam in one & as “Gay Hitler” in the other. Guess which one the BBC banned!

[@stephensmith62]

Music can be fun .... Fox on the Run is a pearler ...

[@eduardojuscelinodiazmartin9969]

Little Willy! Hellraiser! Action! Set Me Free! Fox On The Run! Teenage Rampage! ...and if you want another wam-bammy experience, check David Bowie's "Suffragette City"

[@FrancisAdam-nf4kj]

Hi Jamal love your reactions man pure enthusiasm class

[@christineremmer5514]

Happy days,stomping in my four inch platforms and flares brilliant love from Darlington uk

[@mariawigent9773]

I love Sweet and your shenanigans when you hear these bands

[@jimsargent7619]

I was 12 back in 72 but it was the best time ever for a little head banging when these songs came on the radio. Or if I saved my allowance I could by the 45!!

[@NikkieTwix]

Finally someone reacts to this song 😂 I love it

[@katet7991]

Loved this one! I was around when it was first on the radio! The Sweet was a real pin up band back then! They were in all the teen magazines. Another good one from this phase is Teenage Rampage - really rocky and catchy. Fox On the Run was another hit for them. And they did alot of heavier rock which I didn't know about then, only discovered it now - worth listening to. I am only now opening my eyes to the vast catalogue of songs these bands often did - often not widely known to me or the general fan base at the time because people only knew about the ones promoted on radio. I wish the Sweet had received more attention back then, after their initial hits. I am glad you play quite a few songs from artists you like, because often their most commercial hits do not do them justice. (More early Blondie please! IN THE FLESH, DREAMING, UNION CITY BLUE, ATOMIC, CALL ME, SHAYLA, FADE AWAY AND RADIATE, ACCIDENTS NEVER HAPPEN, 11.69, PICTURE THIS. And ALOT MORE! Thank you for your channel!

[@desichambers7556]

Sweet had a string of hits in the 70s and their last one was Love is like oxygen in 1980 I believe. Sadly there's only one band member still living.

[@ge-21express34]

I was at this show....in spirit.

[@carolowler]

I'm not sure if you've covered any Suzi Quatro yet, same era, but a little lady that gave the guys a run for their money. Although she is American, she has become a national treasure here in the U.K..

[@marje8249]

Blockbuster is another good Sweet song 😊 🤞🏼

[@rysiek5765]

Sweet ....the hard and metal rock band...

[@maiteboixmunoz1843]

Sweet forever !!!!

[@lisaannbarriner9633]

Enjoyed visiting with you and the wig. Lol. It was a lot fun to watch you reacting to this. 😃🤣

[@amandamason6699]

This was brilliant 😂😂😎

[@michaelhubbard5246]

BTW, a "Wig Wam" is slang for an Indian Teepee. This song is about "Hooking up" with an Indian (Amaerican) girl. It has nothing to do with Wigs.

[@PamK36]

Do "No You Don't" live on German TV. They are actually playing on that one.

[@melissavaughn6008]

Love Sweet"s Musikladen performances!

[@melissavaughn6008]

@Robert Brown absolutely underrated and....underestimated!!

[@MrRedjack12]

yes . that was a great rocking performance. it showed more than just the glam side of the band.

[@amyelizabeth529]

I'm glad you requested this one - although Wig Was Bam was a fun look at their performance, I'm pretty sure they were lip syncing. 😉

[@tedsmith4385]

Yeah…..Blockbuster next, great track from the guys

[@johnjohn-xf8nh]

A cool old Sweet song. Here are some Sweet songs of higher rock power. All studio versions is the recommendation. Hope this gets your interests. Thank you. Yesterday's rain, Cockroach, Sweet F.A., Set me free, Healer.

[@lovemyrainydays]

Oh heck yes!! There's nothing like Sweet (or Slade either!!!!!!) to make you feel good and get your feet moving!

[@jonnno2439]

To see some more dancers enjoying themselves, go to",Top Of The Pops 1960s Dancing Girls", and Top Of The Pops Dance Contest :)

[@annettelewis3325]

not that time, but I was at one of their Concerts, just Magic

[@RukoHanaji]

I first heard of this song from the comic Love & Rockets in which young proto-punk Latina Maggie and her best friend Lettie listen to Lettie's brother's garage and glam 45s. And it was a good 20 years until I heard the song on KZbin, but it was everything I could have hoped for.

[@TracyfromNC]

In 1973 the principal of my junior high kicked me out of a school dance for dancing too suggestively!

[@vickilloyd7472]

It was illegal to dance in my small hometown in Tennessee LOL

[@anthonyfieldhouse9691]

Rocking the wig Jamal.

[@agnespaterson6901]

Glam Rock, some of the best music ever. I was 13 when this came out. Great memories.

[@paulajatherton]

lol, I remember this tune. You're a tonic Jamel, like the wig and the dancing you do, lol

[@vickiekostecki]

Wig Wam Bam is a solid banger, but then I love Sweet a little too much.

[@ibb2151]

Teenage rampage, live in musikladen/1974 ! Best one :)

[@midnightfury7267]

Whoa! Get down on your bad self Jamel! too much fun.

[@busterlibetre3603]

Yes the Sweet the first band my mum ever saw at the stardust in Manchester in 1973 for her 7th birthday. Please can you react to Madness they are another iconic British band.

[@kimbozw1808]

glad you checked it out bro. the song title may be alluding in some way to the old slogan "wham bam thank you ma'am"!

[@cherrymcgregor535]

Was hoping you would do this ! Loved messing about to this when it came out !

[@ePelle741]

Hahaaaa, I didn't expect the wig! 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelnolan1963]

Try a little touch.... Try a little too much.... I wasn't in that crowd,however I was playing air guitar in my bedroom as a young 8yo boy. Still sounds great 50 years later 🎸🥁😎✌️

[@Roger-lx6xr]

Love the Family and the Food, Jamal. Appreciate the vlog adventures.

[@helenb6399]

There is a dance routine to this that Black Lace hijacked later. It was made up in the discos, all the older girls had it off pat, but me being younger only just got it by the end of the song! I remember the "little too much" bit with intense finger wags & brush offs to the boys!

[@tomcookman7202]

Hey Jamel, thanks for checking out Sweet! Man, but just wait until you hear their heavy intense songs like Set Me Free, Sweet F.A., No You Don't, Cockroach etc. Peace brother!

[@carolestanier2019]

We all know how you love to dance. Listen to a great 70's tune by Mud called Tiger Feet

[@keithalanbaker535]

The most successful record by The Sweet in the UK was there number one hit single Blockbuster (which is worth checking out) Ballroom Blitz got to number 2 and wig wam bam got to number 4.

[@Sportsref13]

they were dressed as "village people" 5 years, before the Village People even formed :P

[@MsMidnight2000]

Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis is in the Hiawatha neighborhood

[@russallert]

The German TV show Disco used to regularly show clips from Top Of The Pops, such as this one. The BBC, in its lack of wisdom, erased most of the videotapes of the show. But the German network ZDF preserved its videotapes of Disco, so any surviving TOTP clips come from the ZDF archives.

[@gigantor62]

I love a bit of " Vig Vam Bam. "

[@B-a-t-m-a-n]

I'd never heard this song before and instantly knew it was Sweet. The backups really do it for me.

[@bearders22]

This was the 1st record I ever bought in 1971!

[@Striker0760]

Other hits of theirs, and there were many, Blockbuster, CoCo, Ballroom Blitz. I see you have already done the last one. So try out Little Willy. Try those out for starters!

[@philliphancock6992]

I heard sweet the first time when I was in the 9th grade and the name of the song was ball room bltz. You do a great job

[@scottferrell2806]

So that’s where the Crüe got the idea for the war paint!!!!

[@helenb6399]

Totally! Used the intro from Hellraiser for Kickstart my Heart & rang Brian Connolly for ideas!