Apart from the chugging "Sleeping Bag," not even the singles sound like ZZ Top (though "Dipping Low (In the Lap of Luxury" is a blatant "Gimme All Your Lovin'" rewrite): the terrific post-new wave rocker "Stages" is the poppiest thing they ever cut, the ballad "Rough Boy" is far removed from slow blues, and the full-fledged synth dance of "Velcro Fly" is a true mind-bender. As an artifact of that time, Afterburner is pretty good - never has a hard rock album sounded so artificial, nor has a nominal blues-rock album sounded so devoid of blues. That's all just a sign of the times, when even hard rock bands had to sound as slick as synth pop, complete with clanging DX-7s and cavernous drums. So, Afterburner, their most synthetic album, will not please most ZZ Top fans, even if it did go platinum several time over and reached number four. And blues-rock just doesn't kick when it's synthesized, even if ZZ Top's grooves always bordered on robotic. Sometimes they can trick you into thinking they're a little flashier than usual, but they're still a lil' ol' blues band from Texas, kicking out blues-rockers. Problem is, no matter how much you dress ZZ Top up, they're still ZZ Top. If you look at things that way, then Afterburner, ZZ Top's follow-up to their blockbuster Eliminator, makes sense - they're just giving the people more of what they want. While you're at it, you might visualize how space age this all is by turning your signature car into a space shuttle. And if you were praised for being visionary because you played all your blues grooves to a slightly sequenced beat, you'd probably be tempted to not just continue in that direction, but to tighten the sequencer and graft on synthesizers, since it'll all signal how futuristic you are. ZZ Top released their last album in september 2012, it is called “La Futura” a mix of Blues Rock, Boogie Rock and Southern Hard Rock from Texas….Well, if you just had your biggest hit ever, you'd probably try to replicate it, too. the famous ZZ Keyring will disappear once placed on top of the grave prepared for the red car that was part of the success of the previous video of ZZTOP The funeral of the Eliminator is very sad……. In fact, ZZ Top decided to change their vehicle, from the classic red car called “eliminator” to the rocket of Afterburner ( the car will be destroyed in the video of Sleeping Bag and replaced by the rocket” the astronaut that is riding on the rocket that is the symbol of the album. They also talk about Egypt that will recur also in the cover of the single where a sphinx is wearing astronaut shades……. Surtout que sur Rakuten, votre référence Sleeping Bag est disponible à prix bas dans notre catégorie 45 Tours. Fan de musique, rien ne vaut une platine-vinyles pour écouter vos artistes et groupes préférés comme Sleeping Bag. the ZZ Top are explaining how it is great to make love with their baby inside a sleeping bag. 45 tours zz top sleeping bag top sleeping Achat Sleeping Bag pas cher. Sleeping Bag lyrics are very easy to explain……. Today we talk about another success from the band from Texas, published in 1985 in the album “Afterburner”, the song is “Sleeping Bag”.Īfterburner is the ninth album made by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard and produced by Billy Ham….rapidly it rose the chart of the most sold albums reaching the status of Platinum Album several times. Lyric of the week Lyrics 0 views 0 1 min readĭo you remember when we talked about “Legs” ?