Today on AMD-FM we have a soundtrack tune from one of my favorite blues rock bands, ZZ Top, formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. The group members are Billy Gibbons (guitar, vocals), Dusty Hill (bass, keyboards, vocals), and Frank Beard (drums, percussion).
They hold the distinction of being among the few rock bands still composed of its original recording members after more than 35 years[1] and until September 2006, the same manager/producer, Bill Ham.
They reached the peak of their commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, scoring many hit songs during that era, but they remain together today and are still touring and releasing albums. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2004. Summarizing their music, Cub Koda wrote, "As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers; Gibbons is one of America's finest blues guitarists working in the hard rock idiom ... while Hill and Beard provide the ultimate rhythm section support."[2] Their song lyrics often feature sexual innuendo and humor. Gibbons and Hill are also famous for their custom guitars, many of which were co-designed by Gibbons with master luthier John Bolin of Bolin Guitars. Hill requests that his basses have a similar neck profile to the 1950s Fender Precision Bass he used extensively in the early days of the band.
Nearly as well-known as their music is the group's appearance: Gibbons and Hill are almost always pictured wearing sunglasses (a nod to their 1979 song "Cheap Sunglasses"), similar if not matching clothing, and their trademark chest-length beards; ironically, Beard sports a mustache, but rarely a beard. In 1984, the Gillette Company reportedly offered Gibbons and Hill US$1 million apiece to shave their beards for a television commercial but they declined, stating "We're too ugly without 'em".
So now let’s get to the music, from the soundtrack to the movie “From Dusk Till Dawn,” starring George Clooney, Quentin Tarentino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis and Selma Hayek as “Miss Satanic Pandemonia “here is:
ZZ Top
“She’s Just Killing Me”
Everything about her was natural
Everything about her was cool
But I'm a little partial for beautiful girls
Even if they blood runs blue
I think I see her
I think I want her
I think I love her
She's just killing me
I think she's killing me
Her castanets are enormous
Her bongo beat absolute
And when she doin' midnite performances
She's got a secret somethin' to boot
I think I see her
I think I want her
Oh, I think I love her
But she's just killing me
I think she's killing me
Miss Satanic Pandemonia
Don't get any lower or slower
What you see is what you get conmigo
And the bonus of an albino boa
I think I see her
I think I want her
Yes, I think I love her
She's just killing me
She's just killing me
(That's some time I had)
I think I see her
I know I love her
Yes, I might love her
She's just killing me
She wanna be killing me
(Suck my blood)
Video clip: ZZ Top, George Clooney, "From Dusk Till Dawn" "She's Just Killing Me"
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