Talk:Legs (song)

Correct Lyric...

I've seen it a few different places, a few different ways:

"And I want her, shit, I've got to have her" "And I want her, said, I've got to have her" "And I want her, sure, I've got to have her"

Personally, I think it's "shit"... which would add it to the group of songs airable on the radio with such lyrics (such as "Tough Guys" by REO Speedwagon with the lyric "... they're full of shit" Gpia7r (talk) 20:44, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Remix

What is the difference between the original and the remix? AmericanLeMans (talk) 01:33, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

11 years later and the article is still missing any discussion of the fact that there are two distinctly different versions of this song. The original from Eliminator clocks in at 4:34, and there appears to be a contemporary single mix that runs about 3:35. But it's not just an edit; it has a significantly different feel to it, with more dominant synthesizers and much more subdued guitars. The 1992 Greatest Hits album version is the original single mix, but it's not faded out at 3:35; the end guitar solo is a full minute longer.

If anyone has any reliable source material on why the single version departs so drastically from the album version, it would be great to include this. 47.152.134.2 (talk) 19:36, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

I looked for discussion of this issue and found nothing in reliable sources. Some online forum discussions exist, talking about how the remix/remaster stuff is garbage. The original 1983 vinyl LP Eliminator mixed by Terry Manning remains by far the best version of the song. Binksternet (talk) 19:54, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

ELECTRONIC ROCK VS NEW WAVE

Having just read the discussion about electronic rock vs new wave, I agree that the song smacks more of "new wave". However, many people don't know this (some do): there was only one human on the album, that was Billy Gibbons (except when you heard Dusty sing a song. The bass was synthesizer, the drums were a sampler. These are facts as stated by Dave Blayney (ex ZZ Top stage manager for 15 years) in his book "Sharp Dressed Man" on Hyperion books. Deborah Frost (of Rolling Stone) stated this in her book as well. And I know these people and the information is true. But the album still falls into the New Wave category. It doesn't have a predominately electronic sound. The drum sampler was meant to sound like real drums and management did not want people to know it was machine. The bass synthesizer on the album was meant to represent Dusty. Most people cannot tell the difference and (even though most people have no knowledge) most people would argue that it's the whole band playing. What I have said here is true. Show business is full of "cheating", for example: in a movie a stunt man would do the dangerous stuff and you'd believe it was the actor (or want to believe). People want to believe that "Eliminator" is the band ZZ Top, but it's not. They didn't even write all the material, but they represented that they did. All facts, all truth. Seek the books I referred to above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66..80.6 (talk) 19:49, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

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"1983 vinyl album" Sample Mislabeled

This is the single mix, not the mix on the album. 2603:6011:4902:9128:488E:7593:729B:FC5C (talk) 12:44, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

True. I'll change. Doctorhawkes (talk) 02:08, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

That's strange. I took the sample from a vinyl "needle drop" recording of the vinyl, as far as I know. My digital version of the album is in FLAC format and is labeled as a vinyl LP digitization. I would be interested to know what musical identifiers are present to let the listener know which version was the album mix and which the single. Binksternet (talk) 05:21, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

I'll defer to your better judgment and revert. I went off the versions on Youtube, but not all are official. The change does appear to be supported by the considerable difference in playing time, though, as well as sounding markedly different. Doctorhawkes (talk) 09:48, 15 February 2022 (UTC)