Glam Rock and you.
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Topic: Glam Rock and you.
Posted By: Alitare
Subject: Glam Rock and you.
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 16:07
| I don't pretend to have any extreme glam rock knowledge. I've been exploring the genre for the past few weeks and have really grown to adore T.Rex and Bowie. Roxy Music was fine, too. This is a terribly incomplete list. I'm mainly looking for suggestions outside of Bowie, Rex, Hoople, Roxy, and the New York Dolls. I didn't include Heroes or Low for some reason or another. |
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 16:23
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Wow, this triggers some nostalgic feelings. I started to get interested in pop and rock music when I was a wee teenage laddie of about 12 years old. You were right not to include Heroes or Low: Bowie may have been a glam rock artist for some time, but these albums were of a later date: the real glam rock years were from 1971 to 1974. Some other glam rock artists of the period of whom most were of a lesser artistic level than the ones you mentioned: The Sweet, Middle of the Road, Slade, David Cassidy (many girls of my age were in love with him  ), The Osmonds, Alice Cooper, Gary Glitter. These crowded the singles charts in those days.At that time I did not listen to albums yet. This started with Pink Floyd and turned me into prog. BTW, my vote goes to Hunky Dory. ------------- 
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 16:30
I forgot to include Cooper. I figured him more of a hard rocker, but to not include his material from School's Out to Welcome to my Nightmare would be foolish.
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someone_else wrote:Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 16:41
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I've been meaning to hear many of these albums but haven't, therefore I vote for Aladdin Sane. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 16:50
| Some great albums but I'm not voting as a protest for missing out Slade. |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 17:03
There is an Other option. :)
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 17:23
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Of these I will go for Electric Warrior. But Bowie could easily get my vote.
From a later time I quite like Hanoi Rocks who were basically responsible for many a band in the eighties
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 17:26
| Personally I have to go for Tanx and Ziggy Stardust. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 19:18
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Sparks is okey from what I have heard (and he is glam rock)
the first Roxy album is glam rock with RiO elements, Ziggy Stardust is what it is a statement of rock and roll, but also Elton Johns album Don't Shoot me Im only the Piano Player, and Captain Fantastic is glam rock.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 19:51
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Ziggy Stardust Slider Aladin Sane Hunk Dory Electric Warrior Absolutely amazing records. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 22:29
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Hmmm...my top ten would be...
Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (an all-time top twenty rock album for me)
Cooper - Killer
Mott the Hoople - The Hoople
Bowie - Aladin Sane
T-Rex - Electric Warrior Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Cooper - Love it to Death
Roxy Music - Prairie Life
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Roxie Music - For Your Pleasure ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 22:41
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Mott The Hoople is classic stuff but Ziggy Stardust is such a great. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 22:43
| There are a few of these I don't know of but there are not many albums I like as much as Sparks's Kimono My House. Or their next one, Propaganda. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 01:13
| The first band I ever liked and also the first band I ever saw live. Also this is the frist record I ever bought |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 02:31
The Sparks were one of the best bands in the genre. How could I forget to mention them? This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us (1974) is one of my favourite hits ever. -------------
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 02:55
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The Tubes self titled debut is pretty amazing. ------------- 
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Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 04:51
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The Slider, but these are all top albums. Here are another couple of great bands:
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Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 05:01
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Desolation Boulavard-Sweet
For Your Pleasure-Roxy Music
...Featuring Little Willy and Blockbuster-Sweet
Mott-Mott The Hoople
Roxy Music-Roxy Music
Love It To Death-Alice Cooper
Rock And Roll Over-Kiss
Queen II-Queen
Strangers-Blackfoot Sue
Framed-The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 05:17
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For Your Pleasure from the list, but leaving out Sweet is a bit of a shame.
On a similar vein, a long forgotten band and a shade of a Sweet clone Son Of A Gun won TV talent show "New Faces" then scored a complete "miss" with their Phil Wainman produce debut single "Maison De L'Amour" and then disapeared into obscurity. Pity really because it wasn't a bad single. I would post it here but the muppet who uploaded the track to YouTube accompanied it with a cheesecake glamour slideshow so it's NSFW, so be warned, here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZKT4zdbHwc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZKT4zdbHwc
Early incarnation of Smokie weren't bad as an early Sweet clone either (called Smokey then, name change because Smokey Robinson threw a tantrum), 'twas later they turned rubbish :
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 10:59
I like the later Todd Rungren produced Remote Control although it doesn't really have much to do with Glam Rock. The Tubes were a hard band to put a label on.
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Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 13:25
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Ziggy!
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 14:50
 ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 15:39
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 16:49
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 16:55
What about Suzy Quatro? the Runaways and Joan Jett? i love Rock'n Roll 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 17:16
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 17:32
| This thread needs more Suzi Quatro. |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: May 19 2011 at 05:56
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I think that in the hayday of GlamRock albums weren't as important as singles. Thus a lot of GlamRock-albums were mere compilations of singles. I would never have dreamed about buying an album by Gary Glitter, The Glitter Band, Alvin Stardust (he deserves to be mentioned) or Sweet. If you liked the singles, you liked the singles (and to name just one example: The Sweet had some surprising Hardrock-numbers as B-sides of their singles. Im talking vinyl, of course). I voted for Bowie and Ziggy Stardust, one of the most important (concept!) albums of the 70s. ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 19 2011 at 06:19
Sparks and T. Rex are two other glam bands I wouldn't (didn't) hesitate in buying albums of. ------------- What? |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 19 2011 at 06:30
Suzi Quatro, the little girl with the big throat... She should have been mentioned before
 . And Gary Glitter too  .The Runaways, Joan Jett was one of them, are part of another story, these gals came later, '77-78, they were of about my age. -------------
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Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: May 19 2011 at 06:49
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Other
Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Animal |
Posted By: rupert
Date Posted: February 08 2012 at 19:15
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So hard so hard so hard to choose... I have to go for "The Slider", though. Marc Bolan, for me, impersonated "Glam Rock", Bowie may have produced music of more merit as well as Roxy Music's first three albums may have "aged" the best... I grew up on T.Rex, Marc was a main influence for me to pick up guitar and write songs myself, and so it has to be him for me, still. When I was a young boy, I slightly preferred "Electric Warrior", but "The Slider" is more fun... thanks for this topic ! Greets Roop ------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: February 08 2012 at 19:17
| Hunky Dory. Though I love Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and T.Rex' Tanx very much too. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 08 2012 at 19:59
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Posted By: rupert
Date Posted: February 08 2012 at 20:46
thanks for that question, I'll take my dictionary now ( I'm a German ! )... wait... PERSONIFIED ! Thanks again, sorry Roop ------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |
Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 01:24
| The earlier "Sparks" album has some very strange compositions - and a nice guitar solo in "No More Mr Nice Guys". |
Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 02:12
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In my past it was Sweet, Suzi Quatro and T. Rex. ------------- http://revbookburn.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/rexcat http://www.myspace.com/prxcat Greetings! And Welcome to The Global Internet Church of Prog! Hail the Prog and Praise "Bob"! |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 12:53
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I voted For Your Pleasure. I don't like those Bowie albums as much as most people do. T. Rex is much more fun. But Roxy Music were incredible.
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 13:36
Yes, indeed. Still a massive Bowie fan, though. Not very familiar with T.Rex. Something that should be remedied? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LinusW88" rel="nofollow - Blargh |
Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 13:42
| T. Rex seem to have settled into a glam rock groove. I was quite suprised when working backwards to discover the first "T. Rex" album and the preceding "A Beard Of Stars" and "Unicorn" albums as "Tyrannosaurus Rex". |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 14:17
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T Rex or Tyrannasaurus Rex were a bit different when they started.
John Peel RIP introduces them 1968
This is pre his days of impersonating Glam Rock!  ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 14:53
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------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 16:21
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I was into The Sweet, Slade & Mud, as so many other kids I suppose. Chinn & Chapman! And then, like many others, I got attracted to Queen. Nowadays, my favorite artists of glam would be Roxy Music, on the strength of their first two albums. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 16:40
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Other, "Sladest" by Slade. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 16:42
Queen are not glam.... They had glammish look, but never played glam songs. |
Posted By: rupert
Date Posted: February 09 2012 at 17:34
I think that "Electric Warrior", "The Slider" and "Tanx" are well worth listening in, but be sure that Marc Bolan was the least progressive of the three. It's far more old time rock'n'roll & boogie-infected... the music is more simple but very charming. HE was the "Glam" of it. I agree with you concerning Roxy, though... in many ways they were better, far more adventurous. But it was T.Rex that I grew up with... my elder brother bringing home all their albums and singles in the early 70s. ------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |
Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: February 10 2012 at 13:48
Great stuff - thanks for posting that  |
Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: February 10 2012 at 13:51
There are a couple of great Sweet songs posted here already - but check out the crazy twin guitar on this one |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: February 10 2012 at 17:51
| I had some connection to it in reality which was stunning for me. I had a guitartist friend who played like Alan Holdsworth and was a guitarist for the New York Dolls. I toured along with the Dead End Kids and Ian Hunter. I followed Glam Rock long before I ever hit the road. I liked the Slider by T.REX, Country Life -Roxy Music, early Bowie. The first 2 Ian HUnter releases and "White Punks On Dope" felt like a closing to it all. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 10 2012 at 17:58
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There is another side to teen glam band Sweet that would probably surprise many on PA i.e. they were a very highly accomplished hard rock band when they played the music they wanted to make ------------- 
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