28 Jan 2011: it's... 1972

[Tinka Cat]

Badfinger closes us out with some not-very-glam, Dixie dear.

But a great single indeed!

listening to replay now.  It has the requisite chain saw guitars; is it just to pretty to fit in with the other songs?

Gaz remarked the amps are horrible in this one; they certainly are VERY metallic, especially the solo.

Bowie, Mott, and Roxy are almost *always* good.  If they define glam, then I'm all over it.   The TRex cut wouldn't be my choice for this, but they have to be included- thankfully, it's short.  Throw in the Sweet, Slade, that Alice cut and the set takes a gimmicky turn. 

Slade?  They put on a top hat and makeup, grow out those mutton chops and scream some lyrics and, boom.  Glam?   Some guy on FB said Slade was horrible in concert back in the day.  I can see that.

[RGMike]

Badfinger closes us out with some not-very-glam, Dixie dear.

But a great single indeed!

listening to replay now.  It has the requisite chain saw guitars; is it just to pretty to fit in with the other songs?

Gaz remarked the amps are horrible in this one; they certainly are VERY metallic, especially the solo.

Bowie, Mott, and Roxy are almost *always* good.  If they define glam, then I'm all over it.   The TRex cut wouldn't be my choice for this, but they have to be included- thankfully, it's short.  Throw in the Sweet, Slade, that Alice cut and the set takes a gimmicky turn. 

Slade?  They put on a top hat and makeup, grow out those mutton chops and scream some lyrics and, boom.  Glam?   Some guy on FB said Slade was horrible in concert back in the day.  I can see that.

Funny that we didn't hear Gary Glitter; "RnR Pt 1" was arguably one of the biggest "glitter rock" chart hits that year in the US, along with Alice C's "School's Out".

[mshray]

This Alice B-side is obviously another bustout -- and it's rare to hear a version of "When You're a Jet" that doesn't sound gay. This is really an amazing set, considering all these songs are from the same year.

The glam-rock parody from Phantom of the Paradise would fit nicely here -- wrong year, tho'.

That wasn't merely a B-side, it was on the LP, which was in the very first batch of LP's I got from my first go round with the Columbia Music Club circa 1975.



my second favorite track in fact.  I totally, and I mean TOTALLY, flipped out when I heard this on Saturday.  Might be the biggest surprise Annalisa has given me yet.