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Title: ZZ Tops's Eliminator turns 35!
Post by: Juice Brohnston on March 29, 2018, 07:59:07 AM
Man, time flies. I guess some of the long time fans didn't embrace it at the time, but it was a huge album. The car, the girls..perfect fodder for a new MTV generation.

A year or two back, the bank released  La Futura. The video for "I Gotsta Get Paid' had the ol' Eliminator front and centre. I was glad these guys were (are) still around.


Title: Re: ZZ Tops's Eliminator turns 35!
Post by: KDS on March 29, 2018, 08:28:21 AM
Man, time flies. I guess some of the long time fans didn't embrace it at the time, but it was a huge album. The car, the girls..perfect fodder for a new MTV generation.

A year or two back, the bank released  La Futura. The video for "I Gotsta Get Paid' had the ol' Eliminator front and centre. I was glad these guys were (are) still around.

While I tend to prefer their 70s material, the Eliminator album was really solid.   The sound was a little more slick, almost AOR-ish, but they didn't compromise IMO.