tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post7826616320426445270..comments2024-03-10T23:51:37.936+00:00Comments on The Glass Walking-Stick: Music 1973Simon B http://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-74923775722850734662014-01-15T23:11:02.136+00:002014-01-15T23:11:02.136+00:00Cheers, Jon! I'll check 'em out :-)Cheers, Jon! I'll check 'em out :-)Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-83538165845033988532014-01-15T13:14:12.517+00:002014-01-15T13:14:12.517+00:00Growing Up is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Growing Up is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ym3J5iEcQ<br />and Hard To Be A Saint here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfYXk5--ZB0Jasper L'Estrangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523365666840980885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-59349541386099308392014-01-15T00:29:21.801+00:002014-01-15T00:29:21.801+00:00@Mark
I'll have to agree with you that G*ry wa...@Mark<br />I'll have to agree with you that G*ry was a hell of a showman back in the day. When I saw him live he did the whole James Brown being-dragged-off-stage-under-a-cloak routine and had us all merrily chanting "Leader! Leader!" It's just a shame that the memory's been tainted...<br /><br />@Jon<br />Thanks! I've actually never heard those Bowie tracks, although I've wanted to for a long time. Whenever I see "Pin Ups" for sale, it's always the bare-bones version, without "Growin' Up"... I suppose I could trawl You Tube for it...Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-35659055090695581392014-01-14T12:51:00.856+00:002014-01-14T12:51:00.856+00:00Great round-up. I wasn't born until 1974 but I...Great round-up. I wasn't born until 1974 but I grew to discover a lot of the period's music through the record collections of my older brother and cousins. Out of interest, have you ever heard Bowie's version of Springsteen's "Growing Up" (available as a bonus track on reissues of "Pin Ups"). He was an early champion of Springsteen and also did "Hard To Be A Saint In The City". I weirdly prefer Bowie's versions of both songs.Jasper L'Estrangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523365666840980885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-36288779009950252042014-01-12T01:07:30.180+00:002014-01-12T01:07:30.180+00:00I try to keep Gary Glitter and Paul Gadd separate....I try to keep Gary Glitter and Paul Gadd separate. Gary Glitter was born in 1972 and died in 1998. Paul Gadd may be safely ignored.<br />Still, I respect that your opinion is the more common one. We used to go and see Gazza every Christmas at the University of East Anglia throughout the 80s, and they're still some of the best gigs I've ever seen.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-75339395576671350902014-01-11T11:16:04.192+00:002014-01-11T11:16:04.192+00:00Hi Steve! Glam did seem a mostly UK-based phenomen...Hi Steve! Glam did seem a mostly UK-based phenomenon, albeit a very short-lived one. As Joe says above it was pretty much all over by the end of '73. Many of the artists involved tried to move on but didn't really have any staying power beyond the funny clothes and greasepaint. Like that Bowie bloke... whatever happened to him?<br />:-)Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-90011018229136665462014-01-11T04:00:55.144+00:002014-01-11T04:00:55.144+00:00I missed glam entirely the first time--as did many...I missed glam entirely the first time--as did many of us here in the states. I knew Bowie and had his early singles but didn't know what to make of him sometimes. Never heard of Gl*tt*r at the time and only discovered the Sweet and Slade and Mott and the others over the years since.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-50870198855595696772014-01-09T07:31:12.013+00:002014-01-09T07:31:12.013+00:00@Mark
The subject of the former Paul Gadd is a tri...@Mark<br />The subject of the former Paul Gadd is a tricky one. Like most kids my age I was a huge fan of G. Glitter but the revelations about his offences have swept his music under history's carpet. I actually saw him live at the old Gloucester Leisure Centre and it was one of the best gigs ever. But... I'm not going to give the old perv space on my blog...<br /><br />@Joe<br />Thanks for the comment! I am cheating slightly by talking about 1973 at the start of 2014, but I've meant to do these posts for months ( and should have done them earlier ) and I don't want a little thing like time stopping me :-)Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-2025183939202576682014-01-09T00:32:48.417+00:002014-01-09T00:32:48.417+00:00Forty years ago was actually January 1974... by wh...Forty years ago was actually January 1974... by which time glam had passed its peak - Bowie had laid Ziggy Stardust publicly to rest, the TOTP glammers had mostly had their biggest hits... Likewise the progessive crowd had had their moment, Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP etc would spend the next few years still big but coasting on previous achievements and/or struggling to come up with something new. (Pink Floyd basically attempted and dropped a couple of albums before they followed up Dark Side.) It was the beginning of a period of transition - not that there wasn't a lot of good music still around...Joe S. Walkerhttp://www.joesimpsonwalker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-26360846798066334902014-01-08T23:32:17.635+00:002014-01-08T23:32:17.635+00:00Wot, 1973 and no mention of G*ry Gl*tter?!!Wot, 1973 and no mention of G*ry Gl*tter?!!Marknoreply@blogger.com