La historia de Nazareth, una de las bandas más icónicas del rock, comenzó en Dunfermline, Escocia, en 1968. El grupo se formó con la unión de talentosos músicos locales: Dan McCafferty (voz), Manny Charlton (guitarra), Pete Agnew (bajo) y Darrell Sweet (batería). Estos músicos ya tenían experiencia previa en otras bandas locales, y su amor por el rock y la determinación de compartir su música los unió.
El primer álbum de Nazareth, titulado simplemente Nazareth, salió a la luz en 1971. Aunque no tuvo un gran éxito comercial, sentó las bases de lo que vendría. Con su segundo álbum, Exercises (1972), la banda comenzó a pulir su sonido y a ganar seguidores leales. Fue un preludio a la explosión que estaba por venir.
En 1973, Nazareth lanzó Razamanaz, producido por Roger Glover de Deep Purple. Este álbum marcó un punto de inflexión en la carrera del grupo. Canciones como "Broken Down Angel" y "Bad Bad Boy" se convirtieron en clásicos y ayudaron a la banda a consolidarse en la escena internacional del rock. Razamanaz fue un éxito rotundo y llevó a Nazareth a una gira mundial.
A shoe shine boy gave me a nickel
With a smile on his face
The school kids would give me some gin
If I would let them in
They were shaking all over
Ran into a friend with a lonely lady on his arm
Woke up in my garage, I was holding my own
Can't remember where I'd been
I was aching all over
From rolling on the stone
I was aching all over from rolling on the hard stone.
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
Kissin' cousins just ain't my style
Not like some knight in shining armour
Touring with the sideshow
That was my blow
But we hung on for the fun
Lots of fun for everyone
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
Till the danger man with his danger plan
He took me aside
And then he took me apart
I was a young man with love in my heart
Oh, how he made me pay
It was the hard way
It was the hard way
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
Ooh, what a night!
(Cleminson)
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