Not to worry, some kind individuals have posted a link to "Flyin High" on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn7boyyKHQA
Obviously the ZZ fan community has been very excited to hear this new song. A lot of discussion has taken place, a little bit negative but mostly very positive. While some have noted the high production and slickness of the track there is also enough rock influence and traditional ZZ Top aspects to make the song a winner.
Over the past six years the group has worked with multiple people with varying intensity as songs were slowly built for the forever forming new album. To that end it is likely that some songs will have the influence of The Black Keys, some will have Rick Rubin's influence and others will be impacted by Jimi Jamison, who apparently has worked rather extensively with the group in the past.
For what it's worth, and this is merely my unprofessional opinion and I have no specific or inside knowledge, I believe this to be a collaboration more or less between Billy and perhaps Jamison. The song seemingly has very little evidence of Dusty or Frank. Perhaps they are the rhythm section and perhaps they are not. Billy has been known to play bass on songs in the past, and the drums, even if the basic tracking is Frank, definetly have some drum machine help. Similar to some Mescalero songs, this sounds more like a Billy solo composition than a ZZ Top song. Don't get me wrong, I really like the song. I just tend to analyze things.
I really hope we get at least 5-7 songs where Billy, Dusty and Frank sat in a room together, wrote some music and lyrics, and recorded it live in the studio.
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There is also talk that this may indeed be ZZ's last album. There is some evidence to support this. I'll save the topic for a future blog entry.
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