Link Wray - ' The Swag '

[johnhanusin]

This was the B-side of Rumble. I bought the 45 in 1958.

[SuspendedNinth]

I want to live in a pink trailer and blast this all day

[allanchrist]

Pink Flamingos burnt this one into my head!

[EmeraldCave]

COTTON, COTTON! I HEAR THE EGGMAN, COTTON! EGG MAN, EGG MAN, I'M IN HERE! HELP, GOD, GOD!

[halloweenfriday]

Everyone: Gucci Guilty

Me: Pink Flamingos

[NostaIgiaJunkie]

Found the song thanks to John Waters. Reminded of it by Gucci and Lana. God bless

[MrDagwood]

"That's got swag" came out in 1958 and kids are just discovering it now! haha

[southamerican]

I learned guitar with this song...I loved the beat, ...simple...and really kicked ass.

[ronlawray]

Being 79 l remember this group well growing up in ml the DC area. Milt Grant played their songs often on his TV show.

All these years l thought the title was The Shag...not Swag...and this is the 1st time hearing this song since the late 50's...

Tx You tube

[giggles]

"I'm all dressed up and ready to fall in love!" :)

[Teddyb]

Just the bare essentials, no gimmicks just a brilliant beat, love the constant bass. Good stuff !!!

[jessicaoctostar]

I first liked this song because of Pink Flamingos but i would have liked it regardless because its an awesome song

[mariacanavan]

Its an instrumental track by Link Wray a fabulous guitarist from the 1950's.

It is indeed a very cool sound but Gucci have made it current again & it just R. O. C. K.

[curtisconrad]

I know right Link Wray stepped out of a time machine from the future back in 1958 Rock and roll has never looked back

[stanleykeith]

Great song, Love this kind of Sound !!!!

[davidlea]

Wow, just heard this for the first time off the Gucci guilty advert. Didn't know it was Link Wray, I know Rumble, ahead of it time just like this track. Sounds like British blues group like the Yardbirds.

[surrealbrain]

Thanks Gucci Guilty. Now when I hear this song, I expect to see an ostrich in the can isles in the grocery store, and I'm terrified to go to the laundromat out of fear of a freakin' tiger.

[Shankopottomus]

You can tell the influence that this had on the Beatles in their early days!

[henryspadt]

This is why the 50s 60s and 70s were the best eras of music they are stilled used frequently in ads and attract more people to become fans every day

[fadeskywards]

These guys are the masters of catchy tunes