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* NewerThanTheyThink: They were never known for being a band of clean-shaven musicians (though Billy Gibbons was briefly clean-shaven during the band's early years), but their iconic beards weren't fully grown until ''El Loco'' era. ''El Loco'' was released just five weeks before MTV first launched, leading to the band making videos for songs on their next album, 1983's ''Music/{{Eliminator|ZZTopAlbum}}'', resulting in many people's first exposures to the band having the image of Billy's and Dusty's huge beards, even though most of the songs that get played on classic rock radio come from ''Eliminator'' or before.
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* SignatureSong: "La Grange" and "Sharp Dressed Man", although "Legs", "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Tush" are not far behind in popularity.

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* SignatureSong: "La Grange" and "Sharp Dressed Man", although "Legs", "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Tush" are not far behind in popularity.popularity.
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* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not in a snazzy suit or in full formal evening wear, but a mish-mash of styles that makes him look like he's trying too hard [[note]]silk suits are worn during summer but topcoats are for autumn, top hats are for formal white tie but he's wearing a long tie, and how is he wearing gloves and a diamond ring at the same time?[[/note]]. And you know what? [[RefugeInAudacity You could totally pull that off.]][[note]]Alternately, the singer may be boasting about the lavish contents of his ''wardrobe'', not necessarily the clothes he happens to be wearing at the moment.[[/note]]]]

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* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not in a snazzy suit or in full formal evening wear, but a mish-mash of styles that makes him look like he's trying too hard [[note]]silk suits are worn during summer but topcoats are for autumn, top hats are for formal white tie but he's wearing a long tie, and how is he wearing gloves and a diamond ring at the same time?[[/note]]. And you know what? [[RefugeInAudacity You could totally pull that off.]][[note]]Alternately, the singer may be boasting about the lavish contents of his ''wardrobe'', not necessarily the clothes he happens to be wearing at the moment.[[/note]]]][[/note]]
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* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not in a snazzy suit or in full formal evening wear, but a mish-mash of styles that makes him look like he's trying too hard [[note]]silk suits are worn during summer but topcoats are for autumn, top hats are for formal white tie but he's wearing a long tie, and how is he wearing gloves and a diamond ring at the same time?[[/note]]. And you know what? [[RefugeInAudacity You could totally pull that off.]]

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* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not in a snazzy suit or in full formal evening wear, but a mish-mash of styles that makes him look like he's trying too hard [[note]]silk suits are worn during summer but topcoats are for autumn, top hats are for formal white tie but he's wearing a long tie, and how is he wearing gloves and a diamond ring at the same time?[[/note]]. And you know what? [[RefugeInAudacity You could totally pull that off.]]]][[note]]Alternately, the singer may be boasting about the lavish contents of his ''wardrobe'', not necessarily the clothes he happens to be wearing at the moment.[[/note]]]]
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* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not in a snazzy suit or in full formal evening wear, but a mish-mash of styles that makes him look like he's trying too hard [[note]]silk suits are worn during summer but topcoats are for autumn, top hats are for formal white tie but he's wearing a long tie, and how is he wearing gloves and a diamond ring at the same time?[[/note]]. And you know what? [[RefugeInAudacity You could totally pull that off.]]

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* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not in a snazzy suit or in full formal evening wear, but a mish-mash of styles that makes him look like he's trying too hard [[note]]silk suits are worn during summer but topcoats are for autumn, top hats are for formal white tie but he's wearing a long tie, and how is he wearing gloves and a diamond ring at the same time?[[/note]]. And you know what? [[RefugeInAudacity You could totally pull that off.]]]]
* SignatureSong: "La Grange" and "Sharp Dressed Man", although "Legs", "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Tush" are not far behind in popularity.

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* EpicRiff: Too many to count...count, though "La Grange" is easily the most iconic.


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* MorePopularSpinOff: Of American Blues (Dusty and Frank's previous band) and Moving Sidewalks (Billy's previous band).
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: La Grange, Tx. is a real place, as is [[Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas that shack that once stood just outside its city limits]] [[note]]more of a large dilapidated farmhouse than a shack, really, but close enough[[/note]]. Given that, its amazing to see the tongue-in-cheek love a conservative minor city has for a song that has helped forever brand it as "The Best Little Town In Texas". The band paid back the love in 2015 by holding [[AliensInCardiff a full concert at the annual county fair]] of the town that had been a favorite layover stop in their earliest days of touring.

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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: La Grange, Tx. is a real place, as is [[Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas that shack that once stood just outside its city limits]] [[note]]more of a large dilapidated farmhouse than a shack, really, but close enough[[/note]]. Given that, its it's amazing to see the tongue-in-cheek love a conservative minor city has for a song that has helped forever brand it as "The Best Little Town In Texas". The band paid back the love in 2015 by holding [[AliensInCardiff a full concert at the annual county fair]] of the town that had been a favorite layover stop in their earliest days of touring.
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* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not just in a snazzy suit, but ''full formal evening wear'', complete with white gloves and a top hat. And you know what? [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel You could totally pull that off.]]

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* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not just in a snazzy suit, but ''full suit or in full formal evening wear'', complete with wear, but a mish-mash of styles that makes him look like he's trying too hard [[note]]silk suits are worn during summer but topcoats are for autumn, top hats are for formal white tie but he's wearing a long tie, and how is he wearing gloves and a top hat. diamond ring at the same time?[[/note]]. And you know what? [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel [[RefugeInAudacity You could totally pull that off.]]
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: La Grange, Tx. is a real place, as is [[Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas that shack that once stood just outside its city limits]] [[note]]more of a large dilapidated farmhouse than a shack, really, but close enough[[/note]]. Given that, its amazing to see the tongue-in-cheek love a conservative minor city has for a song that has helped forever brand it as "The Best Little Town In Texas". The band paid back the love in 2015 by holding [[AliensInCardiff a full concert at the annual county fair]] of the town that had been a favorite layover stop in their earliest days of touring.

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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: La Grange, Tx. is a real place, as is [[Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas that shack that once stood just outside its city limits]] [[note]]more of a large dilapidated farmhouse than a shack, really, but close enough[[/note]]. Given that, its amazing to see the tongue-in-cheek love a conservative minor city has for a song that has helped forever brand it as "The Best Little Town In Texas". The band paid back the love in 2015 by holding [[AliensInCardiff a full concert at the annual county fair]] of the town that had been a favorite layover stop in their earliest days of touring.touring.
* NarmCharm: The lyrics to the TropeNamer for "Sharp-Dressed Man," have the singer describing himself not just in a snazzy suit, but ''full formal evening wear'', complete with white gloves and a top hat. And you know what? [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel You could totally pull that off.]]
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* EpicRiff: Too many to count...

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* EpicRiff: Too many to count...count...
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: La Grange, Tx. is a real place, as is [[Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas that shack that once stood just outside its city limits]] [[note]]more of a large dilapidated farmhouse than a shack, really, but close enough[[/note]]. Given that, its amazing to see the tongue-in-cheek love a conservative minor city has for a song that has helped forever brand it as "The Best Little Town In Texas". The band paid back the love in 2015 by holding [[AliensInCardiff a full concert at the annual county fair]] of the town that had been a favorite layover stop in their earliest days of touring.
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* BilingualBonus: Many album titles are actually Spanish, e.g. "Tres Hombres" (meaning ''Three Men''), "Degüello" (''Beheading'') or "El Loco" (''The Crazy One''). Not all that surprising considering the band is from Texas.
** They even recorded two songs in Spanish on ''Mescalero'', "Mescalero" and "Qué Lastima".
* IncrediblyLamePun: In response to some fans noticing that ''Eliminator'' was the first album since ''ZZ Top's First Album'' to not have Spanish in its title, Billy joked that it could be read as ''El Iminator'' instead.
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** They even recorded two songs in Spanish on ''Mescalero'', "Mescalero" and "Qué Lastima".
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* BilingualBonus: Many album titles are actually Spanish, e.g. "Tres Hombres" (meaning ''Three Men''), "Degüello" (''Beheading'') or "El Loco" (''The Crazy One'').

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* BilingualBonus: Many album titles are actually Spanish, e.g. "Tres Hombres" (meaning ''Three Men''), "Degüello" (''Beheading'') or "El Loco" (''The Crazy One''). Not all that surprising considering the band is from Texas.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: In response to some fans noticing that ''Eliminator'' was the first album since ''Rio Grande Mud'' to not have Spanish in its title, Billy joked that it could be read as ''El Iminator'' instead.
** "Rio Grande" isn't Spanish?

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* IncrediblyLamePun: In response to some fans noticing that ''Eliminator'' was the first album since ''Rio Grande Mud'' ''ZZ Top's First Album'' to not have Spanish in its title, Billy joked that it could be read as ''El Iminator'' instead.
** "Rio Grande" isn't Spanish?
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** "Rio Grande" isn't Spanish?
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* IncrediblyLamePun: In response to some fans noticing that ''Eliminator'' was the first album since ''Rio Grande Mud'' to not have Spanish in its title, Billy joked that it could be read as ''El Iminator'' instead.
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* BilingualBonus: Many album titles are actually Spanish, e.g. "Tres Hombres" (meaning ''Three Men''), "Degüello" (''Beheading'') or "El Loco" (''The Crazy One'').
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* Epic Riff: Too many to count...

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* Epic Riff: EpicRiff: Too many to count...
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* Epic *Epic Riff: Too many to count...
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