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Music Appreciation

marble falls

(67,162 posts) Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:00 PM Jun 29

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Sweet - Love is Like Oxygen

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Sweet - Love is Like Oxygen (Original Post) marble falls Jun 29 OP

This is a Sweet track I don't hear often enough nt Ilikepurple Jun 29 #1

When I first heard it, I thought it was the best ELO cut I had heard. Always liked this song a lot. marble falls Jun 30 #2

Yeah, I was a big Sweet fan and didn't recognize it as them right away either Ilikepurple Jun 30 #4

One Of Their Gentler Moments ProfessorGAC Jun 30 #3

Desolation was big in Cleveland area, but I don't recall much of Give Us a Wink. marble falls Jun 30 #5

Here's A Sample Of "Wink" ProfessorGAC Jun 30 #6

Ilikepurple

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1. This is a Sweet track I don't hear often enough nt

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Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:13 PM

Jun 29

marble falls

(67,162 posts)

2. When I first heard it, I thought it was the best ELO cut I had heard. Always liked this song a lot.

Reply to Ilikepurple (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:30 AM

Jun 30

Ilikepurple

(260 posts)

4. Yeah, I was a big Sweet fan and didn't recognize it as them right away either

Reply to marble falls (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 07:19 PM

Jun 30

I might have thought ELO before Sweet also, but can’t really remember who I thought it was

ProfessorGAC

(73,761 posts)

3. One Of Their Gentler Moments

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:54 PM

Jun 30

That album isn't much like Desolation Boulevard or Give Us A Wink.
But they were such good singers, they could do anything.

marble falls

(67,162 posts)

5. Desolation was big in Cleveland area, but I don't recall much of Give Us a Wink.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:54 PM

Jun 30

ProfessorGAC

(73,761 posts)

6. Here's A Sample Of "Wink"

Reply to marble falls (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:05 PM

Jun 30

Was a big hit in England, but minor in the US.
During the middle guitar solo, they break into 17/4 time (3 measures of 4, one of 5). Pretty cool.
This song goes through some movements, too.

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