New ZZTop track - Flying High.

Haven't seen this posted yet - if I missed it and this is a duplicate thread, my apologies
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Nice to hear new stuff but I'm afraid it's kind of genericy-watered-down ZZ Top. :sad:

I was expecting more, I guess.

any info on the upcoming release?

Did Rick Rubin produce this track? It sounds more like a bad Bon Jovi's song than the raw "back to the roots" ZZ Top expecting.

I liked it until the chorus started. Anthemic arena rock songs suck. JMHO

Oh my goodness. The chorus killed me. In a death way.

I miss the Fandango\ Tejas era sound...raw with a touch of country to it. Everything since then has been overproduced to death.

I liked it until the chorus started. Anthemic arena rock songs suck. JMHO

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Yeah.......... um........ Oh gosh. NO.
That mess is like somebody was told to knock out a song that "sounded like" some ZZ Top. And they would then've been ridiculed for the result. Rightly.
A bad parody.
WOW. Gettin' old is ROUGH. Hope my memory goes a bit more, soon - so I won't remember when some things were so much better.
Blek.

...:cry:...

Sounds like they are heavily influenced by Glee.

I love ZZ. But that is awful. I'm gonna go listen to "Fool for Your Stockings" and cleanse myself.

Seems we all pretty much have the same opinion. I was digging it until the chorus, then I cried.

Hey it's their stab at having another hit, like at least a few spins here and there, can't blame em for that. And it's not all THAT bad, IMO. yeah dumb chorus fer sure, but the verse section is cool.

It's just fairly standard ZZ stuff. Nothing wrong with it at all. In fact, I quite like it!!! There, someone's said it!!!!!

I can see the chorus being quite catchy if you hear it as often as we've all heard 'Tush' or 'Legs' or any of their other big ones. They just need to get the lovely ladies and the video camera going again and this could be a new MTV hit.

Let's be honest, unless BFG found a totally new tone to use (and that ain't gonna happen) we may as well accept that all the songs are going to sound similar - check the vid of the rig rundown where his tech explains how they eq all the guitars to sound like Pearly Gates!!

Oh that was boring, but it triggered the hunger. Think I'll go listen to Tres Hombres.

Well, it's got cowbell.... guess that's a good thing..

Did Rick Rubin produce this track? It sounds more like a bad Bon Jovi's song than the raw "back to the roots" ZZ Top expecting.
exactly what i was thinking.
maybe it will be a superhit, but i have my doubts.

I miss the Fandango\ Tejas era sound...raw with a touch of country to it. Everything since then has been overproduced to death.

Amen.

I started laughing when the chorus kicked in.

I wondered if it was a russian clone/joke, but it sure does sound like "modern" ZZ top.

Sadly, it'll get airplay because of the chorus. And all the women in the front row of every ZZ Top concert, that sit placidly and politely thru the entire concert and then get up and excitedly dance to the 80s hits in the last part of the show, will love it and say its their best ever.

(about the 80s chicks at the shows... I'm not making it up, I've seen it several times now)

I started laughing when the chorus kicked in.

I wondered if it was a russian clone/joke, but it sure does sound like "modern" ZZ top.

Sadly, it'll get airplay because of the chorus. And all the women in the front row of every ZZ Top concert, that sit placidly and politely thru the entire concert and then get up and excitedly dance to the 80s hits in the last part of the show, will love it and say its their best ever.

(about the 80s chicks at the shows... I'm not making it up, I've seen it several times now)

And I'm the guy who stands up and gets pumped about all the other songs... :lol:

Take out the chorus and it sounds like it came off of Rhythmeen. Add it back, it sounds like it might've been the second choice for the theme to Friends ...

OK, after one hundred listens and learning the solo at 2:19-2:58 I've decided that it's not Rhythmeen quality but for Eliminator-on era ZZ, it ain't bad....

I'm a ZZ Top fan, and I've decided: I can't abide by that track. :sad:
Heck, even Mescalero is better than that... :shock:

I liked a coupla things off Mescalero; AlleyGator and Buck Nekkid

The one I like is "Going So Good". That's a good song. But the album on its own is not great, IMHO. Tried to listen to it again the other day and it still doesn't do it for me. So much so that I've never listened to it past track 6... It's that bad. :oops:

Chorus is really not their best :( But I like the rest :D Solo is good.

Take out the chorus and it sounds like it came off of Rhythmeen.

Just what I was thinking, only it sounds like a.... friendly Rhythmeen.

That album was just nasty.

- D

Billy"s played the same solo for 40 years. Never got the Mojo. No worse or better then he ever was.

Seems very elimator ish to me too.

I don't mind it for what it is.....obviousley a stab at a radio friendly track/single.

Sure as guitarists we like the earlier, groovy stuff but as a businessman or musician making a living whats better?

We are a very small and niche audience, not to mention exceedingly difficult to please.....

The storage alone on his 800 + guitars must cost a fortune let alone his entourage and running costs....

Interesting stuff. As they say "Don't emulate, innovate".

Oh my goodness. The chorus killed me. In a death way.

This. Started out promising. At least they still kill live.

Ah. Can't get the YouTube clip to load.
I had presumed the new stuff would be back to the roots but I guess not, disappointment city.
Still, Billy's got to pay for all that beard conditioner somehow.
Someone mentioned the clip with his guitar tech, its quite an eye opener.

Just what I was thinking, only it sounds like a.... friendly Rhythmeen.

That album was just nasty.

- D

Yep! Love that album.

This new song can get grittier in the instrumental department. And I agree with all that's said on the chorus; they should ditch it.

I liked it until the chorus started. Anthemic arena rock songs suck. JMHO
Got to agree with ya!

the voice sounds too young for the Right Rev Willy G (a little too high pitched and 'pure')

Starting to think it is maybe fake, or an early demo.

- drums sound too computer-y demo like
- guitars normally sound way better
- that chorus...
- it's posted from the Russian ZZ Top club... how would they get hold on a genuine track like this?

On the 'young' sounding voice: I bet that's his vocals being reworked with some autotune.

lose the sterile digital reverb sheen and it's almost ok. that chorus is dumb as they come.

Oh, please be a fake. Please. I'm getting that Aerosmith feeling.

And a big MEH to that...

Not fake :

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/06/zz_top_nasa_flyin_high.php


ZZ Top has now joined the club of Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Steve Miller, Stevie Winwood, and many others -

last good stuff at least 30 years ago...:cry:

Not fake :

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/06/zz_top_nasa_flyin_high.php


ZZ Top has now joined the club of Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Steve Miller, Stevie Winwood, and many others -

last good stuff at least 30 years ago...:cry:

It's not easy to stay on top of the game.
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Heard it now. :cry:

It's acquitted. the person above who said it sounds like ZZ Top via Glee is pretty spot on. Still, at least they're actually recording new music. Who knows, if a full album follows there might be some good cuts on it.

This will make no 1 ...............................in Kazakhstan.

It's not easy to stay on top of the game.
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Possibly so, but having heard that track I just wish they had stopped trying to be 'on top' of anything, and semi retired to enjoy their wealth and guitar collections - and to just be themselves. As a band or individuals.

If you heard that chorus played by a 'local bar band' you would cringe at the apparent naivety, at how derivative it is, and its generally embarrassing awfulness.
The fact it is ZZ Top makes it 10 times worse.

There has regularly been sweet spots and mud patches in ZZ Tops history.

But I simply wish I had not ever heard that chorus.

The worst thing is... That chorus is playing in my head right now. And even worse... There's a chance this is going to be their biggest hit to date given its radio-friendliness.

When The Rev said in a interview they were going back to the beginning, I was hoping he meant along the lines of Degüello....

Wow, I hope that's something they did for a commercial or movie and not what the new album is going to be like.

This doesn't sound like anything from the beginning. ZZ's first album is great. This is just awful.

I'll tell you what, I was listening to it driving around as dusk was settling in, and it's pretty damn good driving tuneage.

They've got to get back to their roots and do something like "Sleeping Bag."

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I'm joking, but I actually like "Sleeping Bag" a lot.

It's better than Shania's new song....http://www.thefenderforum.com/forum/images/smilies/hidesbehindsofa.gif

I think to stay on top of your game you have either join the Forever 27 Club or be like Bowie and quietly disappear.

It's better than Shania's new song....http://www.thefenderforum.com/forum/images/smilies/hidesbehindsofa.gif


I havent heard Shanias... is it bad? I always wondered if she would even try to do more music without Mutt. Apparently David Foster, the acclaimed producer from Canada, is in charge this time.

To me, those albums should have been titled Mutt Lange featuring Shania Twain.

I can't believe Foster would have let that POS be released. It's that bad.

The big flaw is the production. Not so much because it's overdone just that it seems inconsistent. I'm guessing this is a demo. If they went full blown 80's ZZ Top production with the song it could be very cool. Especially if they roll out a new video with girls. But I am easy to please, I actually loved XXX.

I have to agree about the chorus. Suddenly they turned into .38 Special. I'll give the album a shot, though....

IT doesn't sound as if that is a finished product.....although many here have pronounced it DOA! LOL I have heard better....and I have heard worse. IT just rock and roll....which is what ZZ Top is all about...all they have ever been about. Great pole dancin' tuen if you have the right girls working, right?

Two observations...
1) The deal with Billy G's EQ process has been public knowledge for a couple of decades now...at least.

2) There is not nearly enough cow bell. I gotta have more cowbell! I suppose Will Ferrell was not available????

to paraphrase that little old band from liverpool....

"Let me hear your cowbells ringing out,
Come and bring your cowboy home!
I'm back, I'm back, I'm back
in the U.S. of A."

Okay, another observation.....I have watched a total of 3 minutes of 'Glee'...no mas, por favor; that's enough....and so I am of the opinon that if someone can watch 'Glee' long enough to relate tha show to any other thing might not be the best rock and roll reviewer anyway, right?

eeeeeehaw.....

Some people think that everything after Fandango to be a waste. I am not of that opinion...just saying that people have been dogging that Little old band from TExas for decades now.

Another observation......anyone...male at least...who doesn't like to see women get up and boogie has more issues at hand (?) than what Z.Z. Tops' latest song sounds like!

"She's got legs,
And she knows how to use them."

Another.....eeeeeeehaw.....

Ya'll have a good one...

Mescalero was better

I am sorta anxious for the album! Anyone know any release date details?

Call me weird.......I LOVED IT. Seriously, what I love and miss about ZZ Tops is a catchy rythm, something I hum after I turn it off. I'm hearing the Chorus in my head as we speak. Frank beard still sounds like a drum track though. Bummer.......

Yep! Love that album.

This new song can get grittier in the instrumental department. And I agree with all that's said on the chorus; they should ditch it.

(Dusting an old thread)

Those darn ZZ Top guys listened!
It's still not a very great song but the whole feel is definitely grittier on their new La Futura album.

Chocolate Mousse....you know I like that big caboose. :roll:

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There is a lot of cymbal work on that track!
Given all the music that is being made today I think they are keeping it real! Where are you going to find that kind of guitar tone and work on a Nationally released project?

If you subscribe to Rhapsody the album is already posted there.

It's too late to listen to the whole thing but the first track "gotsta get paid" is pretty damn good. Here is the track list that I copied from Rhapsody:


I Gotsta Get Paid

Consumption

Over You

Heartache In Blue

I Don't Wanna Lose, Lose, You

Flyin' High

It's Too Easy Mañana

Big Shiny Nine

Have A Little Mercy

I just gave a listen to a few more songs on this album.. I'm liking it more each time I listen!!

I just gave a listen to a few more songs on this album.. I'm liking it more each time I listen!!

Yeah!

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Heartache in Blues sounds lowdown...i like it.

There's a good article in the August Texas Monthly regarding Gibbons and I Gotsa Get Paid. Seems he lifted it from Houston rapper DJ DMD's Twenty Five Lighters (1998).

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I see Billy as following his vision as honestly as anyone has at his level of success. No one hits a home run with every at bat but he's still swinging. And it seems that criticism would be more valid if offered by someone with a similar history and experience. If Redd Volkaert or Duke Levine would just post an opinion-but they're probably busy playing. :wink:

The song is good, the album is good.

I like it ok on first listen. Tough crowd...I too love cheap sunglasses, and can play that song for an hour straight without getting bored. At the time it was written many considered it ubber cheesy (still is kinda) but as cool and blues rawk as billy and zz are, they are kinda campy and always have been. That is part of their allure.

I'm ready to hear the rest.

I made it 44 seconds and I'm a ZZ fan from way back.

Sounds pretty good live...

It doesn't sound like he is running that tele through his rig that makes all his guitars sound like Pearly

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