The Sweet - Teenage Rampage Reaction

In this video we're listening to more from The Sweet. We're really enjoying learning more about this amazing band thanks to all of you guys. We can't wait to hear what this one is all about. Enjoy!
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[@johncarr2806]

Andy Scott is still keeping the music alive to this day.

[@thunderspike1892]

Sweet did a phenomenal live performance at the 1974 Musikladen from Germany. Songs like No You Don''t, Sweet F.A., The Six Teens, Breakdown, Solid Gold Brass, Man With The Golden Arm and Turn It Down. More metal than many bands back then

[@ghichens3418]

Classic " Sweet " Cant beat this band for energy and fun ! "Glam " at its best ! More Please .

[@clivemason-ms8ju]

Sweet were so much fun. I wish I had been old enough to see them live, and sadly it is too late now that we have lost so many of the group.

[@Robbo766]

I really like The Sweet! I thought they were great when I was a teenager! I used to headbang to ''Action''.

[@uhldi]

one of their 8 number one singles in germany….such a big band…

[@PlasticGirl65]

And to think their only number one in the UK was Blockbuster, it's criminal.

[@gypsyroadhog]

Should have had more No.1’s maybe just being released at wrong times as was well planned out back then, not competing against other popular acts…can’t remember them going up against Slade with any

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

@@PlasticGirl65 They spent more than 10 weeks in the top 2 in the UK... very bad luck

[@francislester6327]

The sweet were different class and Brian was a fantastic vocalist from Bonnie Scotland of course👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mauricecarrig3019]

We were thumping the playgrounds to this im 62 now keep them coming SWEET of course ❤

[@johnclarke-vs9qe]

Entertaining, energetic, fun, talented, variety. The Sweet were all of these and more - great band!

[@kynamatthewson7702]

You have made my day. Their best song.

[@gypsyroadhog]

One of my favourite Sweet songs, this and The Sixteens…these and their big rivals Slade ruled

[@colrhodes377]

Many of their album tracks would do really well on this channel

[@markferrett700]

How lucky we were to be teenagers when this came out.....🤟

[@gypsyroadhog]

We sure were 👍

[@PlasticGirl65]

I wasn't a teenager, I was only 9 🙂

[@markferrett700]

@@PlasticGirl65 sorry you missed out by a few years!!

[@PlasticGirl65]

@@markferrett700 Yeah, I never got to see them live because I wasn't old enough. My parents would never have let me go. 51 years a Sweet fan since the age of 7.

[@hanspettersson504]

Hear Hear !

[@craigalden9416]

Thanks for the shout out…. Another couple to consider…. Action…. Lies in your eyes….🇦🇺👍.

[@davidellis5141]

Love Sweet ..Rock & Roll Candy 🍬 😋

[@garethmcwilliams8888]

Haven’t heard this on a long time, you can see a pre-punk dimension in the lyrics..

[@gilledwards9302]

This was the first 45 single I ever bought. I was 13 years old at the time and only a couple of years later I was too ashamed to admit to it! Now I regard it as one of my guilty pleasures. The music follows their established formula and the lyrics are cringe-worthy but the technique is incredibly tight and... I can't help liking it.

[@samguberman2288]

Yes you had to keep quiet about loving The Sweet and T.Rex at school back then, just music snobbery I suppose, the brainy kids liked Genesis and Yes but I couldn't get into them .

[@garyfarrell954]

"the sweet" were awesome. their album "give us a wink" was a classic. i dream of the day i find a t shirt that says "little willy was a dick!!"🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@hanierfamily]

Get one made. You'll make a lot of money if you sell those. Maybe even have 'The Sweet' over top of the quote. LOL

[@hanierfamily]

Or just 'Sweet'.

[@leeroykincaid2172]

Mick Tucker was the best / most underrated drummer of the glam era….

[@sexpistol7712]

A further recommendation is , action , a song they wrote , which is also awsome . Many thanks , great reaction.

[@paulrogers7067]

Seem them many times over the years just a great band

[@richardbray6454]

Their self-written B-Side to "Teenage Rampage" called "Own Up,Take A Look At Yourself" is fantastic,it shows off their musicianship,the drums,the bass guitar,the lead guitar & lead vocals,one of their best,of many great B-Sides,Andy Scott,the lead guitarist wasn't too keen on "Teenage Rampage",as he thought the song was was inferior to their previous hit "The Ballroom Blitz" i guess that song was hard to match,for sure,as a Sweet fan myself,I wasn't too keen on it either,but Chinn & Chapman made up for it later that year in 1974,with "The Six-Teens,arguably their best song they had written for Sweet,& I won't argue with that,a more mature sound from them,even DJ John Peel liked it,otherwise he detested Sweet,just like many other music critics,but how wrong they all were,as Sweet had more strings to their bow than they were given credit for,the most successful glam band from that era to have major success in America,3 top five hits,1 top 10,1 top 20,& few others too

[@PlasticGirl65]

The B-sides of most of their singles were way better than the A-side IMO. NY connection being one of my favourites.

[@richardbray6454]

"New York Connection" is one of my favourites too,in my top 3 of theirs,back in the late 90s,I asked this guy at work if his son,who worked for the music page Ceefax on Channel 4 in the UK,if he could post my top 10 Sweet B-Sides,& he did,saw it on TV,& I got a photo copy of it to keep,still have it,my top 3 were 1 "Rock & Roll Disgrace 2 "New York Connection" & 3 "Burn On The Flame",a few years back,I commented on "New York Connection" on KZbin & Sweet in general,there was a great cover on KZbin of "Need A Lot Of Lovin'",by this Scandinavian school band,with a girl singer,just checked if it was still on there,but isn't for now,I wonder where they first heard it? A cover of "Man From Mecca" is on there,not too sure about other Sweet B-Sides,I started following Sweet from Poppa Joe,& I finally got to see them at Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1978,a pity it all went wrong after,especially after the success of "Love Is Like Oxygen",it was nominated for the Ivor Novello award for best song of 1978,but missed out to "Baker Street",was off to see Brian Connolly at The Marquee Club in London,circa 1980,but when I got there,it was cancelled due to his health,on KZbin,the Professor of Rock site,there is a great documentary about Sweet,when he talks about the incident when Brian got attacked,etc & other things too,also,Sea Of Tranquility is worth watching for the best Sweet albums & their best records,in 1992,at The Royal Standard pub in Walthamstow East London,saw Andy Scott,sadly,he's the only one left now,Steve Priest's Urn is at forest lawn cemetery in Glendale California,it's on KZbin,that's where Michael Jackson is,also on KZbin,you see Brian Connolly's memorial plaque & Mick Tucker's memorial bench long live Sweet,❤

[@PlasticGirl65]

I saw Andy a couple of years ago, he had Limehouse Lizzy as support and they were great. Going again in December.

[@colrhodes377]

I have a suggestion. Paul Rodgers, Take love. Since Paul has been living in Canada for many years and is a duel citizen, it could easily be Canadian content

[@andrewsim9180]

I agree, Chris, you make a good observation about the production balance. Too many (other) songs allow one-or-more element/s to crowd-out the other elements - often having too much of everything. Very important to allow enough elbow room t optimise the various component sounds/ instruments. You have a good ear Chris.

[@festidious2644]

That was a fun one, Mr. AKG. It reminded me of Ballroom Blitz. One very early song that came out in 1971 was Co-Co which I remember being on the radio. It would be great to hear you two react to that one.

[@hanierfamily]

Indeed, we have done a video for Coco. That was fun.

[@festidious2644]

@@hanierfamily As a Canadian, I must say sorry. I should have checked first but NOBODY would EVER do that one. I am pleased and will check it out tomorrow. Thank you. If my memory serves me correctly, it has steel drums in it. Gonna find out!

[@btj-oo8xc]

One of their many No2's. Hanier's you need to look at 'Set Me Free', 'No You Don't', 'Solid Gold Brass' and the album version of 'Fox on the Run'

[@royferntorp]

Set Me Free was the birth of pop metal.

[@karpatigeorges343]

👍👍👍

[@sexpistol7712]

Thank you , cheers for the heads up .

[@stormhawk3319]

If you like cheesy 70s pop music I recommend Glass of Champagne by Sailor.

[@kevinanddobby]

This is there best single i was a teenager when this came out sweet rule

[@mightyV444]

"Rampage" reminds me of the other video you two watched today 😅 My 17-year-old Son had been obsessed with their 'Fox On The Run' for quite a while a couple of years ago, including cover versions like Ace Frehley's 😄

[@SPKdesign1]

Ace Frehely did a fantastic version of "New York Groove".

[@mightyV444]

@@SPKdesign1 - I just listened to to both his and the Hello original for the first time (Not bad at all!) and realised "Europe's youngest Rock band" had kinda lifted the intro in '79: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYe4e6GYad2mZpI 😄

[@SPKdesign1]

Just checked Frehley's version, it's excellent. That's going on a playlist.

[@mightyV444]

@@SPKdesign1 - Cool! 😀👍 What about those German youngsters? Will _they_ go on a playlist, too? 😄

[@SPKdesign1]

@@mightyV444 Probably not.

[@SPKdesign1]

I think I still have this on 7".

[@colrhodes377]

You have 7 inch? Impressed!

[@hanierfamily]

You just had too...

[@colrhodes377]

@@hanierfamily I did!

[@gypsyroadhog]

Me too

[@colrhodes377]

This song is about something that happened on tour in Glasgow

[@uhldi]

their follow up single was The Six Teens…great song..maybe you can play this one too….(.?)

[@quaresma9003]

Hello dear Friends, can you react to JOURNEY "mother father" live in Houston 1981 ? Because is a real masterpiece. JOURNEY & Steve Perry was inducted rock'n rol Hall of fame 2017. Thanks 🎉

[@KevinRCarr]

Been following you folks for a while, haven't seen you react to anything by the band Powder Blues. Wondering if you're either too familiar with them to do a reaction because they were a Canadian band, or if you're just not familiar with them. I'd find it interesting if you were to react to one of their songs, perhaps the song Doin' It Right, or What Have I Been Drinking, or Hear That Guitar Ring.

[@hanierfamily]

Doin' It Right was very much played on local radio where we grew up. We're happy to hear the rest, though. Frankly, we didn't know the name of the band that performed that song.

[@Theboxingobserver]

Love this channel :) And they are both Clash fans 😋 xxx

[@hanierfamily]

Wow... I (Chris) had such a weird pause on that one.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

This is Blockbuster wearing a false moustache 😮.. that’s not a bad thing though 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SPKdesign1]

I didn't want to say but you're right.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@SPKdesign1 cheers big man , it’s clearly Nicky Chin n Mike Chapman saying “ what we need lads is another Blockbuster .. here’s one we knocked up this morning “ 😆 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SPKdesign1]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I'd be surprised if it wasn't. The prerunners to Stock Aitken & Waterman. They did more than a few Suzie Q as well. I don't think there's been any Suzi Quatro on this channel yet.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@SPKdesign1 yeah that would be cool , devil gate drive springs to mind 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SPKdesign1]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Just saw a thing saying she's died after a car crash.

[@michaeldooley5398]

I think the Sweet never got the credit they deserved , they were terrific musicians and Brian and Steve could sing great rock n roll . most of their big hits not all , Chinn and chapman wrote , Steve priest though said someone else was the brains behind the band i don't know his name i think it was a producer .

[@PlasticGirl65]

Phil Wainman.

[@michaeldooley5398]

@@PlasticGirl65 Nice one .

[@michaeldooley5398]

I think Status Quo would be a great choice Caroline and Rockin all over the world and down down , are great songs .

[@colrhodes377]

Definitely

[@SPKdesign1]

Piledriver is one of the best LPs they did and their Live LP is excellent.

[@colrhodes377]

@@SPKdesign1 The mighty Quo are brilliant live. Or at least they were. I think only Francis Rossi still lives.

[@colrhodes377]

Also, Deep Purple, Strange kind of woman, live from the Made in Japan album is a must listen to. I think that Chris in particular would be blown off his chair by it.

[@SPKdesign1]

@@colrhodes377 I don't even know if they are still going. They had a fair run for their money though.