Album: Afterburner
Video: From YouTube.
Billboard Hot 100 Peak: 21
MTV Top 20 Peak: 2
MTV Top 20 Weeks: 8
Look who dropped in from deep in the heart of Texas! It's our favorite furry bearded wonders, ZZ Top (or "The Top", to those in the know).
Usually when people think of The Top, it's to reminisce about classics like "Sharp Dressed Man", "Legs", and "Gimme All Your Lovin'". But The Top was still thriving in the mid-80's, and "Stages" was a solid tune. Underappreciated, without a doubt. It was shamefully left off The Top's 1992 Greatest Hits album. (Did I mention that "The Top" is another name for "ZZ Top"?)
Another thing about this band. You may notice they all have exceptionally long distinctive beards, except for one member. The name of that man? Frank BEARD. Whoa! Brutal irony! Coincidence, or is The Top messing with our minds?
Now, this video got shafted in the year-end countdown all the way down here at #96, considering it's weekly chart performance. A solid eight-week chart run including a two-week peak at #2. It's time we give "Stages" some love, with all their changing, re-arranging ways.
Speaking of which, are there five things we love about this video? I believe there are.
1) Beards and guitars.
2) A giant contraption flying through space broadcasting ZZ Top via satellite. Don't see that every day!
3) TV's with snowy pictures. Intentional, or is my TV just messed up? Tough to decide!
4) Three lovely ladies on their feet at 1:21.
5) Ending with a "Stay tuned..." teaser. Recall that the previous video from the Afterburner album, Sleeping Bag, ended with a "To Be Continued". The plot doesn't follow logically from one video to the next, but The Top works in mysterious ways. Perhaps all will make sense in the end.
Look who dropped in from deep in the heart of Texas! It's our favorite furry bearded wonders, ZZ Top (or "The Top", to those in the know).
Usually when people think of The Top, it's to reminisce about classics like "Sharp Dressed Man", "Legs", and "Gimme All Your Lovin'". But The Top was still thriving in the mid-80's, and "Stages" was a solid tune. Underappreciated, without a doubt. It was shamefully left off The Top's 1992 Greatest Hits album. (Did I mention that "The Top" is another name for "ZZ Top"?)
Another thing about this band. You may notice they all have exceptionally long distinctive beards, except for one member. The name of that man? Frank BEARD. Whoa! Brutal irony! Coincidence, or is The Top messing with our minds?
Now, this video got shafted in the year-end countdown all the way down here at #96, considering it's weekly chart performance. A solid eight-week chart run including a two-week peak at #2. It's time we give "Stages" some love, with all their changing, re-arranging ways.
Speaking of which, are there five things we love about this video? I believe there are.
1) Beards and guitars.
2) A giant contraption flying through space broadcasting ZZ Top via satellite. Don't see that every day!
3) TV's with snowy pictures. Intentional, or is my TV just messed up? Tough to decide!
4) Three lovely ladies on their feet at 1:21.
5) Ending with a "Stay tuned..." teaser. Recall that the previous video from the Afterburner album, Sleeping Bag, ended with a "To Be Continued". The plot doesn't follow logically from one video to the next, but The Top works in mysterious ways. Perhaps all will make sense in the end.
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