14
Jun
ZZ Top: Doubleback
ZZ Top is a rare band for the following achievements:
- They attract a huge audience playing songs undistinguishable from one another.
- They went techno during the 80s yet the fans still love them.
AC/DC is known for No.1, and Kiss for No.2. But do we know a band that did both?
Doubleback, soundtrack of Back to the Future III, is aptly titled: if you go back and come back again (double back), everything remains the same. The video says it loud: sunglasses, girls in hot pants, and synthesized guitar sound. The same old ZZ Top.
Staple song: Tush / Sleeping Bag (If you picked the latter, you’re old.)
P.S. Frank Beard, the drummer, is the only ZZ Top with no beard.
