Sweet (1978) Silverbird

 From my favourite Sweet album the incredibly under appreciated (though not on Lost70sGems) Level- Headed (1978) which was a brief commercial comeback for the group with the 'Love is like Oxygen' hit single. It begins with several sharp strikes of a wide open, acoustic guitar before a synthesized bass part gurgles underneath and we get to the vocals. The song features a bubblegum tone to it's story of young love; it is about a fictitious 'silverbird' rescuing the young protagonist from a lonely bedroom back to his love. This is a another great Brian Connolly lead vocal, proving why he was lead vocalist in a band full of exceptional singers; his delivery of lines such as "I was a young boy..yeah she was young too" and "It's been five-years, unjusti-fied years" are stellar and just as catchy as the pop hooks. In fact go back to Sweet's first record Slow Motion to hear how his vocals anchored the band with a Dylanesque brogue.