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Video Classics: ‘Sharp Dressed Man’

So you dress in road-worn black leather, battered wide-brimmed hats, wear your sunglasses at night and most of you have wild, bushy chest-length beards that you won’t shave off because you are, by your own admission ‘too ugly without ‘em’ …

… but your signature song is Sharp Dressed Man.

In the wild, weird world or rock, truth is often stranger than fiction, and if you go by looks alone, ZZ Top is stranger than most. And yet, behind their outlandish appearance is a band whose three members are one of the very few in all of rock and roll to have stayed together, actively recording and releasing albums for 40 years.

After years of recording and touring, building their fan base, the band found their peak of success with the 1983 album Eliminator. MTV was just starting to hit its stride, and the members of ZZ Top recognized the new importance of the music video in marketing their band’s image.  Each of the album’s hits was released with its accompanying video, and tying all the videos together was the appearance of an iconic, cherry-red 1934 Ford hot rod dubbed ‘The Eliminator’ and three attractive women, the ‘Eliminator Girls’.

Sharp Dressed Man ended up being the biggest hit of them all from Eliminator, going to #2 in the U.S. when it was released as a single later in the year. It remains ZZ Top’s signature song and biggest hit to date, though with the band still releasing albums, you never know when they may strike again. 

Biggest full moon of the year

On Saturday, January 10th, we shall see the biggest moon of the entire year.

It will be around 14% wider and 30% brighter than normal.

It’s Always The Clarinet Section That Suffers Most

The final AP Top 25 football poll

With Florida’s big win last night, they are considered the National Champions. Here is the final AP Top 25 football poll.

School (first)	Record	Pts.	Prev.
1. Florida 48	13-1	1,606	1
2. Utah (16)	13-0	1,519	7
3. Southern California (1)	12-1	1,481	5
4. Texas	12-1	1,478	3
5. Oklahoma	12-2	1,391	2
6. Alabama	12-2	1,264	4
7. TCU	11-2	1,193	11
8. Penn State	11-2	1,153	6
9. Ohio State	10-3	1,013	10
10. Oregon	10-3	997	15
11. Boise State	12-1	938	9
12. Texas Tech	11-2	916	8
13. Georgia	10-3	903	16
14. Mississippi	9-4	857	20
15. Virginia Tech	10-4	713	21
16. Oklahoma State	9-4	534	13
17. Cincinnati	11-3	506	12
18. Oregon State	9-4	467	24
19. Missouri	10-4	435	25
20. Iowa	9-4	317	–
21. Florida State	9-4	246	–
22. Georgia Tech	9-4	223	14
23. West Virginia	9-4	144	–
24. Michigan State	9-4	{tspc} 138	19
25. BYU	10-3	137	17
Others receiving votes: California 128, Pittsburgh 106, LSU 95, Nebraska 64, Tulsa 61, Northwestern 53, Ball State 13, Boston College 11, Rutgers 11, Rice 8, Arizona 4, Kansas 2.

You might notice flying way under the radar and not much was said about them, but TCU finished at #7 and Texas Tech got way more publicity and finished #12.