Posted August 30, 200618 yr one of the most fondly remembered genres of music, highly distinctive style and good time pop. but was it really that good? i guess it depends upon when you got into music, as glam recruited a whole new fanbase. i didnt like it, in general.... as a fan of 60's music i found that glam was too frivolous, prefering the more serious music of the 60's. i couldnt stand the fashion, i couldnt understand why people wanted to look like naff clowns and be strongly camp, although most werent gay. this put me off the music, which upon re-examination i admit was pretty good pop. slade, sweet, t rex in particular produced good pop. but the thing about glam..... nearly every big glam star 72-75 was a washed up, failed 60's star. gary glitter, alvin stardust, bowie, slade, t rex, sweet, rod stewart, elton john ... i dont think that before or since has a genre been dominated by 'flops'...
August 30, 200618 yr one of the most fondly remembered genres of music, highly distinctive style and good time pop. but was it really that good? i guess it depends upon when you got into music, as glam recruited a whole new fanbase. i didnt like it, in general.... as a fan of 60's music i found that glam was too frivolous, prefering the more serious music of the 60's. i couldnt stand the fashion, i couldnt understand why people wanted to look like naff clowns and be strongly camp, although most werent gay. this put me off the music, which upon re-examination i admit was pretty good pop. slade, sweet, t rex in particular produced good pop. but the thing about glam..... nearly every big glam star 72-75 was a washed up, failed 60's star. gary glitter, alvin stardust, bowie, slade, t rex, sweet, rod stewart, elton john ... i dont think that before or since has a genre been dominated by 'flops'... disagree that Bowie,Rod and Elton were flops as they continued long after 75 recording and touring to a large fan base to this day, agree with Paul Gadd and Shane Fenton though :lol: Bowie has influenced many an artist from 1975 to 2006.
August 31, 200618 yr Author disagree that Bowie,Rod and Elton were flops as they continued long after 75 recording and touring to a large fan base to this day, agree with Paul Gadd and Shane Fenton though :lol: Bowie has influenced many an artist from 1975 to 2006. read again m8.... i said '60's flops'.. which they were :)
August 31, 200618 yr read again m8.... i said '60's flops'.. which they were :) Was Bowie that much of a flop in the 60s though...? I thought he had one or two hits in the 60s, and he started gathering momentum from about '69 onwards....
September 1, 200618 yr My favourite music of all time is glam rock as it takes me back to my junior school days. In my opinion the best music came from 1972-1975 . The Sweet were a very underated group & were brilliant live. T Rex made some good tunes earlier on but towards the end kept on repeating the formula of their songs.
September 3, 200618 yr I got into music at the tail end of the glam era, so I started off preferring the acts who were taking the place of these acts in the charts. As a result, I never cared for the music or the acts. That said, the first group I liked were Mud, hardly anything better, but at the time they seemed a lot better than any of those glam rock acts!
September 4, 200618 yr My brother likes T Rex but I can't stand them. Maybe the odd song is listenable but that's it... I like Slade's christmas song, classic.
September 4, 200618 yr My brother likes T Rex but I can't stand them. Maybe the odd song is listenable but that's it... I like Slade's christmas song, classic. it was Marc Bolan's voice as much as anything else. That warble used to annoy me, and I still find it off-putting.
September 4, 200618 yr it was Marc Bolan's voice as much as anything else. That warble used to annoy me, and I still find it off-putting. Yeah. Like he was singing under water.
September 10, 200618 yr how dare you all speak about Marc Bolan in this way, hes dead, have sme rspect, and he wasnt a 60's washup, you all dont no what your speaking about. he had many a hit in the last two years of the 60's, like "Debora" and "One Inch rock" just look at hes chart posistions: 24/10/1970 T.Rex Ride A White Swan {2} 27/02/1971 T.Rex Hot Love {1} 10/07/1971 T.Rex Get It On {1} 13/11/1971 T.Rex Jeepster {2} 29/01/1972 T.Rex Telegram Sam {1} 13/05/1972 T.Rex Metal Guru -{1}- 16/09/1972 T.Rex Children Of The Revolution -{2}- 09/12/1972 T.Rex Solid Gold Easy Action -{2}- 10/03/1973 T.Rex 20th Century Boy {3} 16/06/1973 T.Rex Groover -{4}- 24/11/1973 T.Rex Truck On (Tyke) -{12}- 09/02/1974 Marc Bolan And T.Rex Teenage Dream -{13}- 13/07/1974 T.Rex Light Of Love -{22}- 16/11/1974 T.Rex Zip Gun Boogie -{41}- 12/07/1975 T.Rex New York City {15}- 11/10/1975 T.Rex Dreamy Lady {41} 06/03/1976 T.Rex London Boys {40} 19/06/1976 T.Rex I Love To Boogie -{13}- 02/10/1976 T.Rex Laser Love {41}- 02/04/1977 T.Rex Soul Of My Suit {42} see, o.k, he started to slipabit towards the end, but he had a hit evrey year. they also released a few songs of hes last album after he died, but they wernt promoted, so they didnt chart.and admitinly hes later songs were better, dreamy lady, soul of my suit and zip gun boogie are real favs of mine
September 10, 200618 yr Author how dare you all speak about Marc Bolan in this way, hes dead, have sme rspect, and he wasnt a 60's washup, you all dont no what your speaking about. he had many a hit in the last two years of the 60's, like "Debora" and "One Inch rock" just look at hes chart posistions: 24/10/1970 T.Rex Ride A White Swan {2} 27/02/1971 T.Rex Hot Love {1} 10/07/1971 T.Rex Get It On {1} 13/11/1971 T.Rex Jeepster {2} 29/01/1972 T.Rex Telegram Sam {1} 13/05/1972 T.Rex Metal Guru -{1}- 16/09/1972 T.Rex Children Of The Revolution -{2}- 09/12/1972 T.Rex Solid Gold Easy Action -{2}- 10/03/1973 T.Rex 20th Century Boy {3} 16/06/1973 T.Rex Groover -{4}- 24/11/1973 T.Rex Truck On (Tyke) -{12}- 09/02/1974 Marc Bolan And T.Rex Teenage Dream -{13}- 13/07/1974 T.Rex Light Of Love -{22}- 16/11/1974 T.Rex Zip Gun Boogie -{41}- 12/07/1975 T.Rex New York City {15}- 11/10/1975 T.Rex Dreamy Lady {41} 06/03/1976 T.Rex London Boys {40} 19/06/1976 T.Rex I Love To Boogie -{13}- 02/10/1976 T.Rex Laser Love {41}- 02/04/1977 T.Rex Soul Of My Suit {42} see, o.k, he started to slipabit towards the end, but he had a hit evrey year. they also released a few songs of hes last album after he died, but they wernt promoted, so they didnt chart.and admitinly hes later songs were better, dreamy lady, soul of my suit and zip gun boogie are real favs of mine shut up you pillock... you have completely defeated your own argument.... pmsl...
September 12, 200618 yr i watched the full monty and was surprised that they hadnt slotted another song over the part where the boy is watching his dad and his mates strip to gary glitter. i thought it might have come out the same year as the glitter arrest then i looked in my film book and realized the film was a few years earlier.
September 12, 200618 yr but the thing about glam..... nearly every big glam star 72-75 was a washed up, failed 60's star. i was thinking about this the other day when i was reading about one of alvin stardust's sons had become a headmaster of this school (Pate's Grammar School) and when you worked out what his age would have been in about 1973 (about 31), you think they are so old to be a new popstar as you wouldnt get that happening today (except perhaps for a very gay dance thing artist???) as thats something like robbie williams starting out now with rudebox as his debut hit. gary glitter too http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/GaryGlitter_GreatestHits.jpg
September 12, 200618 yr Author i was thinking about this the other day when i was reading about one of alvin stardust's sons had become a headmaster of this school (Pate's Grammar School) and when you worked out what his age would have been in about 1973 (about 31), you think they are so old to be a new popstar as you wouldnt get that happening today (except perhaps for a very gay dance thing artist???) as thats something like robbie williams starting out now with rudebox as his debut hit. gary glitter too http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/GaryGlitter_GreatestHits.jpg both stardust (shane fenton) and glitter (paul gadd) did have minor chart success in the early 60's, but yes, you are right, imagin if take that only had a few minor hits in the early 90's, then robbie came all big now... as an aging bloke! thats the comparison.
September 12, 200618 yr both stardust (shane fenton) and glitter (paul gadd) did have minor chart success in the early 60's, oh didnt know that about glitter, however looked up the shane fenton hits (as well as adam f's hits :lol: ) in my book after reading the thing about his son. and what was even more bizarre he had a top 20 hits too (think it was no 19 in 62 or something) :o :o :o
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