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ZZ Top Is An American Rock Band Formed In 1969 In Houston Texas. For 51 Years It Was Composed Of Vocalist-Guitarist Billy Gibbons Drummer Frank Beard And Bassist-Vocalist Dusty Hill Until Hill's Death In 2021. ZZ Top Had Developed A Signature Sound Based On Gibbons' Blues Guitar Playing Style And Hill And Beard's Rhythm Section. They Are Popular For Their Live Performances Sly And Humorous Lyrics And The Matching Appearances Of Gibbons And Hill Who Wore Sunglasses Hats And Long Beards. ZZ Top Formed After Gibbons' Previous Band Moving Sidewalks Disbanded In 1969. Within A Year They Signed With London Records And Released ZZ Top's First Album In 1971. Subsequent Releases Such As Tres Hombres 1973 And Fandango! 1975 And The Singles "La Grange" And "Tush" Gained Extensive Radio Airplay. By The Mid-1970s ZZ Top Had Become Renowned In North America For Their Live Act Including The Worldwide Texas Tour 1976–1977 Which Was A Critical And Commercial Success. After A Hiatus ZZ Top Returned In 1979 With A New Musical Direction And Image With Gibbons And Hill Wearing Sunglasses And Matching Chest-Length Beards. With The Album El Loco 1981 They Began To Experiment With Synthesizers And Drum Machines. They Established A More Mainstream Sound And Rose To International Stardom With Eliminator 1983 And Afterburner 1985 Which Integrated Influences From New Wave Punk And Dance-Rock. The Popularity Of These Albums' Music Videos Including Those For "Gimme All Your Lovin'" "Sharp Dressed Man" And "Legs" Gave Them Mass Exposure On Television Channel MTV And Made Them Prominent Artists In 1980s Pop Culture. The Afterburner Tour Set Records For The Highest-Attended And Highest-Grossing Concert Tour Of 1986. After Gaining Additional Acclaim With The Release Of Their Tenth Album Recycler 1990 And Its Accompanying Tour The Group's Experimentation Continued With Mixed Success On The Albums Antenna 1994 Rhythmeen 1996 XXX 1999 And Mescalero 2003 . They Most Recently Released La Futura 2012 And Goin' 50 2019 A Compilation Album Commemorating The Band's 50th Anniversary. By The Time Of Hill's Death In 2021 ZZ Top Had Become The Longest-Running Band With An Unchanged Lineup In The History Of Popular Music. Per Hill's Wishes He Was Replaced By Their Longtime Guitar Tech Elwood Francis On Bass. ZZ Top Has Released 15 Studio Albums And Sold An Estimated 50 Million Records Worldwide. They Have Won Three MTV Video Music Awards And In 2004 The Members Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In 2015 Rolling Stone Ranked Gibbons The 32nd Greatest Guitarist Of All Time. The Band Members Have Supported Campaigns And Charities Including Childline St. Jude Children's Research Hospital And A Fundraiser For The Delta Blues Museum. Studio Albums
ZZ Top's First Album 1971 Rio Grande Mud 1972 Tres Hombres 1973 Fandango! 1975 Tejas 1976 Degüello 1979 El Loco 1981 Eliminator 1983 Afterburner 1985 Recycler 1990 Antenna 1994 Rhythmeen 1996 XXX 1999 Mescalero 2003 La Futura 2012
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Legs
Zz-Top - Eliminator
"Legs" Is A Song By ZZ Top From Their 1983 Album Eliminator. The Song Was Released As The Fourth Single In May 1984 More Than A Year After The Album Came Out. It Reached #8 On The Billboard Hot 100 In The United States Their Highest-Charting Single On The Pop Charts And The Dance Mix Version Of The Song Peaked At #13 On The Dance Charts. A Video Was Made For "Legs" Depicting A Timid Young Female Store Clerk Who Is Given Confidence By A Trio Of Sexy Women With The Band Mysteriously Appearing And Disappearing. "Legs" Was The Third Installment Of A Trilogy Of Similarly Themed Videos Shot By Tim Newman For Eliminator And It Won The MTV Video Music Award For Best Group. The Video Was Placed Into Heavy Rotation On MTV Which Helped To Lift The Single High On The Charts. Like Other Songs On Eliminator The Musical Style Of "Legs" Shows The Band's New Interest In Electronic Music Elements Driven By Singer-Guitarist Billy Gibbons Who Was Pushing To Incorporate New Wave And Synth-Pop Styles. Pre-Production Engineer Linden Hudson Established The Song's Pulsing Synthesizer Line During Rehearsals. "Legs" Contains Electric Guitar And Vocals From Gibbons But The Bass Guitar Of Dusty Hill And Drums Of Frank Beard Were Replaced In The Final Mix By Engineer Terry Manning Who Played Keyboard Bass And Drum Machine To Achieve The Style Sought By Gibbons. On The Inspiration For The Song Billy Gibbons Said "We Were Driving In A Rainstorm To The Studio Back In Texas When We Spotted A Woman Who Was Getting Drenched And Wanted Us To Pull Over To Provide A Ride. We Circled Back And—boom—she Was Gone. She Had Legs And Knew How To Use ’em!" The Band ZZ Top Developed The Song "Legs" At The Home Of Drummer Frank Beard On The Outskirts Of Houston Texas In The Band's Rehearsal Studio. The Studio Held Recording Equipment Installed And Operated By Live-In Engineer Linden Hudson. To Give The Song A Sense Of Propulsion Hudson Created An Unusual Synthesizer Sound By Routing The Synth's Audio Signal Through A Noise Gate That Was Triggered Externally By Continual Sixteenth-Note Hi-Hat Samples From A Drum Machine. As A Result The Synthesizer Chords Pulsed To A Sixteenth-Note Beat At A Tempo Of 125 Beats Per Minute. Gibbons Played A Dean ML Guitar For Both Rhythm And Lead Parts And Sang The Lead Vocal Part. Beard Played Drums And Dusty Hill Played Bass Guitar. Gibbons Beard And Hill Were Credited On The Album As Songwriters. The Band Recorded The Eliminator Album Professionally At Ardent Studios In Memphis Tennessee Under The Guidance Of Band Manager Bill Ham And Longtime Band Recording Engineer Terry Manning. Manning Phoned Hudson To Ask How He Had Generated The Pulsing Synth Effect. The Whole Band Recorded Their Parts At Ardent Then Beard And Hill Returned Home To Texas.
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ZZ Top Is An American Rock Band Formed In 1969 In Houston Texas. For 51 Years It Was Composed Of Vocalist-Guitarist Billy Gibbons Drummer Frank Beard And Bassist-Vocalist Dusty Hill Until Hill's Death In 2021. ZZ Top Had Developed A Signature Sound Based On Gibbons' Blues Guitar Playing Style And Hill And Beard's Rhythm Section. They Are Popular For Their Live Performances Sly And Humorous Lyrics And The Matching Appearances Of Gibbons And Hill Who Wore Sunglasses Hats And Long Beards. ZZ Top Formed After Gibbons' Previous Band Moving Sidewalks Disbanded In 1969. Within A Year They Signed With London Records And Released ZZ Top's First Album In 1971. Subsequent Releases Such As Tres Hombres 1973 And Fandango! 1975 And The Singles "La Grange" And "Tush" Gained Extensive Radio Airplay. By The Mid-1970s ZZ Top Had Become Renowned In North America For Their Live Act Including The Worldwide Texas Tour 1976–1977 Which Was A Critical And Commercial Success. After A Hiatus ZZ Top Returned In 1979 With A New Musical Direction And Image With Gibbons And Hill Wearing Sunglasses And Matching Chest-Length Beards. With The Album El Loco 1981 They Began To Experiment With Synthesizers And Drum Machines. They Established A More Mainstream Sound And Rose To International Stardom With Eliminator 1983 And Afterburner 1985 Which Integrated Influences From New Wave Punk And Dance-Rock. The Popularity Of These Albums' Music Videos Including Those For "Gimme All Your Lovin'" "Sharp Dressed Man" And "Legs" Gave Them Mass Exposure On Television Channel MTV And Made Them Prominent Artists In 1980s Pop Culture. The Afterburner Tour Set Records For The Highest-Attended And Highest-Grossing Concert Tour Of 1986. After Gaining Additional Acclaim With The Release Of Their Tenth Album Recycler 1990 And Its Accompanying Tour The Group's Experimentation Continued With Mixed Success On The Albums Antenna 1994 Rhythmeen 1996 XXX 1999 And Mescalero 2003 . They Most Recently Released La Futura 2012 And Goin' 50 2019 A Compilation Album Commemorating The Band's 50th Anniversary. By The Time Of Hill's Death In 2021 ZZ Top Had Become The Longest-Running Band With An Unchanged Lineup In The History Of Popular Music. Per Hill's Wishes He Was Replaced By Their Longtime Guitar Tech Elwood Francis On Bass. ZZ Top Has Released 15 Studio Albums And Sold An Estimated 50 Million Records Worldwide. They Have Won Three MTV Video Music Awards And In 2004 The Members Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In 2015 Rolling Stone Ranked Gibbons The 32nd Greatest Guitarist Of All Time. The Band Members Have Supported Campaigns And Charities Including Childline St. Jude Children's Research Hospital And A Fundraiser For The Delta Blues Museum. Studio Albums
ZZ Top's First Album 1971 Rio Grande Mud 1972 Tres Hombres 1973 Fandango! 1975 Tejas 1976 Degüello 1979 El Loco 1981 Eliminator 1983 Afterburner 1985 Recycler 1990 Antenna 1994 Rhythmeen 1996 XXX 1999 Mescalero 2003 La Futura 2012 read less
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"Legs" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was released as the fourth single in May 1984 more than a year after the album came out. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States (their highest-charting single on the pop charts), and the dance mix version of the song peaked at #13 on the dance charts.
A video was made for "Legs", depicting a timid young female store clerk who is given confidence by a trio of sexy women, with the band mysteriously appearing and disappearing. "Legs" was the third installment of a trilogy of similarly themed videos shot by Tim Newman for Eliminator, and it won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group. The video was placed into heavy rotation on MTV, which helped to lift the single high on the charts.
Like other songs on Eliminator, the musical style of "Legs" shows the band's new interest in electronic music elements, driven by singer-guitarist Billy Gibbons who was pushing to incorporate new wave and synth-pop styles. Pre-production engineer Linden Hudson established the song's pulsing synthesizer line during rehearsals. "Legs" contains electric guitar and vocals from Gibbons, but the bass guitar of Dusty Hill and drums of Frank Beard were replaced in the final mix by engineer Terry Manning who played keyboard bass and drum machine to achieve the style sought by Gibbons.
On the inspiration for the song, Billy Gibbons said, "We were driving in a rainstorm to the studio back in Texas when we spotted a woman who was getting drenched and wanted us to pull over to provide a ride. We circled back and—boom—she was gone. She had legs and knew how to use ’em!"
The band ZZ Top developed the song "Legs" at the home of drummer Frank Beard on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, in the band's rehearsal studio. The studio held recording equipment installed and operated by live-in engineer Linden Hudson. To give the song a sense of propulsion, Hudson created an unusual synthesizer sound by routing the synth's audio signal through a noise gate that was triggered externally by continual sixteenth-note hi-hat samples from a drum machine. As a result, the synthesizer chords pulsed to a sixteenth-note beat at a tempo of 125 beats per minute. Gibbons played a Dean ML guitar for both rhythm and lead parts, and sang the lead vocal part. Beard played drums, and Dusty Hill played bass guitar. Gibbons, Beard and Hill were credited on the album as songwriters.
The band recorded the Eliminator album professionally at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, under the guidance of band manager Bill Ham and longtime band recording engineer Terry Manning. Manning phoned Hudson to ask how he had generated the pulsing synth effect. The whole band recorded their parts at Ardent, then Beard and Hill returned home to Texas. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Eliminator Is The Eighth Studio Album By American Blues-Rock Band ZZ Top Released In 1983. It Was The Band's Most Successful Album Having Reached Diamond Status. The Album Is A Successful Blend Of Blues Rock And Analog Synthesizers. In 1989 It Was Ranked #39 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The The 100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 396 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. It Is Their First Album Since ZZ Top's First Album Not To Have A Title Related To Hispanic Culture Although When Asked About This Gibbons Quipped That It's "El Iminator". In The UK It Was The Band's First Album To Be Certified By The British Phonographic Industry Attaining Silver 60 000 Units In 1984. By The Year End It Was Certified Platinum 300 000 Units And Currently It Is Certified 4 X Platinum.