La Grange’s primal riff – a tasty bit of rocker-boy-does-the-blues – never fails that gruff mumble from Gibbons is a joke he’s well in on, I’m sure. The two songs I’ll always judge ZZ Top by are La Grange and Tush. Well, it’s good to hear Beck always in my book. He adds his unique chops to Rough Boy and the blues-plodder Sixteen Tons. There are two tracks from London and both feature Jeff Beck. Sharp Dressed Man is the better of the two but still a lazy-stomper these days. But the vocal still works, if the lyrical sentiment seems downright creepy. Legs sounds like a KISS song from its intro. Well, they still light the crowd up it seems. Then we get the brace of 80s classics – Legs and Sharp Dressed Man. With tracks from various locales the sound is noticeably different – audience ambience and such – and that’s probably neither here nor there for most fans of the band.īilly sounds great vocally on Cheap Sunglasses, Waitin For The Bus has a great lurching strut and some tasty harmonica, Jesus Just Left Chicago sound ominous and deep, as good or maybe even better as its original recording. Same line-up since 1969 – same approach, give or take an album or two with some synths and keys – such a rarity. Since then though they’ve been stroking their beards around the world playing the hits – first a live DVD from Montreux, 2013 which was okay and now this live greatest hits album all the songs you’d want to hear from a goddamn-great boogie-blues band. There was that awesome record from five years ago now, a helluva ‘comeback’ from a band that’s never really gone away. Live – Greatest Hits From Around The World
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