Talk:Sharp Dressed Man

Mountie O'reely?

Mountie O'reely?

Can't find references to this anywhere... Google only turns up this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.67.63.238 (talk) 05:05, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

• And only a year later, someone replies. Yes, Went through the same process and got exactly the same result. I just cut the line. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 02:01, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

True Miracles Tour?

True Miracles Tour? More like false. It was cancelled.Sposato (talk) 11:40, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Additional citations

Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 07:19, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Moody Blues

Gemini Dream from 1981 sounds like prior art. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.235.8.15 (talk) 10:59, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Synth-pop genre

Synth-pop

I am questioning whether this song is actually synth-pop. While there is a source for the synth-pop genre, I fail to hear synth-pop sounds while listening to this song. I most recently heard this song on SiriusXM's Classic Rewind and it sounded more blues rock than synth-pop. There's electric guitar, but no audible synthesizer as far as I can tell. There could be a more synthesizer heavy version of this song out there, but I have yet to stumble upon it, so if anybody knows if such a version exists and has a link to it, please do share it. For now, until consensus can be reached here, I am placing the synth-pop genre and its source here and removing it from the main page. That's not to say it can't be moved back later if more evidence is found to support it, of course. Moline1 (talk) 18:50, 28 November 2022 (UTC) Moline1 (talk) 18:50, 28 November 2022 (UTC) {{reflist}

The article lists the credits for the song and it lists Dusty Hill as simply playing keyboards. This can mean anything, like piano. It doesn't explicitly mention synthesizer. Moline1 (talk) 18:58, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

It seems a specious argument to say you "fail to hear" synth, but then say the keyboards could be piano. I fail to hear piano, and the band's use of synth on this album is well documented. [1]

I myself wouldn't call it synth-pop, but it has synth and it's kinda pop, so I'm happy to defer to a very reliable source.

I also feel it should have been left in until there was a consensus against its inclusion. I'll return it for now. Doctorhawkes (talk) 21:14, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Is there a version of this song where the synthesizer is audible a la the dance remix of Legs? In the one I heard on SiriusXM's Classic Rewind, it did not seem like the synthesizer was audible on that version, kind of like the non-dance version of Legs you hear on classic rock radio (idk if classic hits radio plays the dance remix of Legs, or if they play the classic rock version). Also, not doubting that the album has synthesizers. I've known about that since the first time I discovered this album. Just struggling to hear the synths on this particular song, lol. Moline1 (talk) 23:46, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

I dug up the song on YouTube and the version posted by the official ZZ Top YouTube channel also did not seem to feature any audible synthesizer. I searched for a dance remix a la Legs, but I only got third party dance/house remixes (likely not authorized by the band). I'm starting to wonder if Rolling Stone didn't jump the gun in calling this synth-pop. The quote from Rolling Stone, as follows, is: "Touted by ZZ Top as a return to roots, Rhythmeen finds the power trio ditching the synth-pop thud of their '80s hits "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man.""

While it is right to label Legs as synth-pop as there actually is a synthesizer in that song (just barely audible in the blues rock version, and much more prominent in the dance remix), I don't think it is right to label this song as synth-pop unless someone can prove that a synthesizer can be found in this song.

There is a cymbal-like sound that can be heard throughout the song. Now that I think about it, that cymbal-like sound could in fact be the synthesizer, programmed in such a way that it sounds cymbal-esk. I'm struggling to recall off the top of my head, but I'm fairly certain I've heard songs where the synthesizer sounds cymbal-like, and that could be what's going on here, although you are welcome to prove me wrong if those are actual cymbals and not synth sounds. What really could help in settling this, is a music program where you feed it a song file (in this case, "Sharp Dressed Man") and it tells you what instruments can be found in the song. If this doesn't exist, someone should work on such a program. Moline1 (talk) 02:14, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

While the ZZ singles of this era don't sound like British synth-pop of the time, the influence of Mr Linn is pretty obvious, and several of the musical lines sound sampled and sequenced. That's not a criticism - it would have been strange if they weren't using this studio technology at that time, as everybody else was. --Ef80 (talk) 19:08, 19 February 2024 (UTC)