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| Rock of ages festival - Seebronn, Germany July 29, 2006 |
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| Andy Scott, the only remaining original member of Sweet, was the oldest performer on the festival with a Hard Rocking 57 years under his belt. The fact that he and his band was received with much cheer was a surprise to most. It seemed everybody wanted to see them, but nobody dared to confess to it. And, when one thinks about their hits, the first attribute that comes to mind would be cheesy. But, when the crowd went wild during the first song, “Hell Raiser,” there was no holding back. Andy Scott had to recruit new musicians for his band, and he did well in getting Tony O’Hora, who played with Praying Mantis before and has a solo album out on Frontiers Records. Tony is a good frontman, and he performed the songs in a way that let you forget that Brian Conolly could not be there this day. Andy acknowledged that and asked the crowd for a big applause for the guys, because “it is not easy when you have to sing like girls.” They went on with two more recent songs before Andy told the audience they would play some old stuff now, especially for the German Hell’s Angels guys who still use Sweet songs in their initiation rites. And Tony added “songs from Sweet’s Spinal Tap years.” With this attitude, they rampaged through “Wig Wam Bam” and other Glam classics. A definite highlight was “Love Is Like Oxygen,” with all parts performed, from the most Progressive phase of the band in 1978, including a short version of The Beatles’ “Let It Be” in the instrumental section. There is not much to add when one looks at the playlist, and when the last notes of “Ballroom Blitz” had faded, the crowd was definitely satisfied. Very visibly, so was the band. Or, as Andy put it: “You made a happy man very old today.”
Setlist: Hell Raiser * Burn On The Flame * Everything * Wig Wam Bam * Teenage Rampage * Live Is Like Oxygen * Piece Of The Action * Blockbuster * Fox On The Run * Ballroom Blitz | |
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