Ballroom Blitz

if you are like me (by that i mean kind of lame) the first time you heard the amazzzzing song Ballroom Blitz was when Cassandra and her band Crucial Taunt played it at the end of 1992s Wayne's World.

but Ballroom Blitz was released 19 years prior by the British band Sweet, it went to #1 in Australia and only to #2 in the UK. It took a bit for them to release it in the U.S and A and when it was out in 1975 it only reached #5. i totally don't get it.

don't be scared of glam rock. it's your friend.
and don't be fooled by the other bands, this song has been covered 3 thousand times. none are as good as the original.

i really think that something is wrong with your ears if Ballroom Blitz doesn't induce at least one of the following symptoms:

shoulders moving up and down
crazy dancing (like molly ringwald in The Breakfast Club)
toe tapping
strong desire to roller skate
knee slapping
waving around imaginary drumsticks
plain old-fashioned clapping
singing loudly

here's the live version, long pretty boy hair and all:



here's the fucking creepy video: