Music: "Ballroom Blitz," The Sweet (1973)

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The version of my youth.

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OMG I thought Tia Carrere’s was campy. I had no idea.

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I like the tension in Glam between the pub-rocker mentality and the dressing-up box costumes.

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It was sad what alcohol did to Brian Connolly in the end.

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The version of my youth (the Sweet version is literally the version of my youth).

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My dear fellow…

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The version of my youth:

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The version of my adulthood.

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The Sweet version is the best version. Even the GIF of the car-trip lip-syncing guy agrees.

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Tia Careere is my root.

I had no idea there were so many covers. Rock and roll.

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Great stuff - one from the same era was by The Rezillos (just found the live version on my iPod!)

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Thanks for that. I’d not heard this one.

Definitely still my favorite version. Joan Jett did an amazing job covering their AC/DC and I would absolutely LOVE to hear her cover this!

The version of my youth and adulthood until the night I picked it for Karaoke:

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