Gibbons, Moving Sidewalks, Rocky HillĬall 01474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number ZZT12SL64490 ZZT12SL64490 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item)ħ0s Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Rock, Rock And Roll, Southern RockĪmerican Blues, Billy F. Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. Sleeping Bag (click here for more of the same title)Īdd item to your basket for a postage/shipping quoteġ2' vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single) Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). Shinedown’s ‘Planet Zero’ is ready for a spin.ZZ Top Sleeping Bag US Promo 12' vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single) I like getting the album before it is officially released. As with all their videos, it is a lot of fun. She runs in to John Dye’s character who helps her on the run along with ZZ Top and the Eliminator girls. The video is about Heather’s character’s house being broken in to by some thieves and she grabs the money and is on the run. The video starred Nancy from ‘Nightmare on Elm Street whose name is Heather Langenkamp as well as John Dye from ‘Touched by an Angel’.

It introduced the Afterburner Space Shuttle. The video for the song is the last one to feature the 3 Eliminator Girls and the famous car. Billy sings it as Billy sings and the song is pretty silly overall, but it is catchy and they were riding high and could do no wrong at that time. The drums sound like they are from an electric drum machine as there are a lot of electronic elements throughout. Musically, the song is a solid rocker and Billy was able to get a really harsh guitar tone from his amps that really sounds cool. Maybe there is some double entendre’s going on with it, but I think it is just about sleeping in a sleeping bag. The line “Let’s go out to Egypt ’cause it’s in the plan / Sleep beside the pharoahs in the shifting sand” is reference to an old sleeping bag that Billy had that he said looked like a mummy case. I guess it was inspired by their love them. The song is about what the title says its about…sleeping bags. I found my copy on one of my many local digs as my stores seem to have an abundance of picture sleeve singles as I seem to find at least one on every trip, but usually more than one.

The B-Side on the single is the same with “Party on the Patio”. This version as the muscled out body wearing the mask with the ZZ Top name down the side which the logo is along the top on the original single. version but it is not standard release as the original cover was different as it was just the mask. The song is written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart making it the band’s most successful single ever. However, it did something no other ZZ Top song had done up to that point. The single came out in 1985 and went to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 which equaled the chart position of “Legs”. The first single off the album was “Sleeping Bag” and the follow-up to their hit “Legs”. ZZ Top were still riding high with ‘Afterburner’ after the massive success of the previous album ‘Eliminator’.

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