Pop / Rock catchy, high-quality, mixed with a colorful aesthetics well-watered and imaginative sexual provocation. This is Glam Rock!!
The Glam Rock explosion had been brewing since 1971 but in the summer of 1972 when the new heroes of British rock radio raided an entire country to present a new "movement" musical, aesthetic and sexual.
The Glam Rock explosion had been brewing since 1971 but in the summer of 1972 when the new heroes of British rock radio raided an entire country to present a new "movement" musical, aesthetic and sexual.
The traditional transfer of influence between the U.S. and Britain suffered its first setback since the sexual ambiguity, the subject of "slut" of the songs were too provocative for the Americans, who already had problems with one of the biggest names in rock USA Alice Cooper.
History of Glam Rock can be told in many ways but I always liked the perspective that this is the story of 2 friends who conquered the music world in the early 70: Marc Bolan and David Bowie. These two luminaries met at 60 when I pulled the roll folkie, even agreed to form a band together but the company ended badly because legend has it that the little team that had been stolen.
Bolan recorded the guitar on Bowie The Prettiest Star, 1970. But it was the hit single from T-Rex (Bolan's band) Ride a white swan which led to an avalanche of sequins, makeup, androgyny and a lot of sexual provocation.
T-Rex.
To my Marc Bolan and T. Rex were and are the real Kings of Glam Rock. Not only were the "fathers" of the invention but the most perfected a simple but ingenious formula. Simple and very catchy riffs, but never tiring to repeat (to AC / DC), pop mixed with the exact dose of hard rock, the production of a true master of the affair as Tony Visconti (contributor needed in the race: David Bowie , surprise!) and a lot of mug. This was the recipe to create a phenomenon like the T-Rexmania, something never seen since the Beatles.
Bolan did not get the support of the American public and went through a stage of decline that seemed to come in the late 70's when it was claimed by the punk generation. An unfortunate traffic accident took the life of this little genius in September 1977.
I'll be damned if the piano is not Elton John himself!!
degenerated As this man.
David Bowie.
The eternal dilemma David Bowie Ziggy Stardust?, "Actor or character?, Who was responsible de uno de los más revolucionarios éxitos de los 70?, los dos tienen gran parte de culpa.
Bowie llevaba camino de convertirse en un One hit wonder después de su Space Oddity, supuestamente inspirado por la reconversión rockera de su amigo Marc Bolan, nuestro hombre dio el paso necesario para llegar al éxito: mutó en un alienigena llamado Ziggy.
Ziggy Stardust acompañado por su banda The Spiders From Mars, con el inolvidable Mick "Ronno" Ronson a la guitarra, se convirtieron en la sensación de 1972 por su música y la presencia escénica del andrógino alien Ziggy/Bowie y su complicidad con Ronson (famosas las felaciones a la guitarra de Ronno).
In 1974, there is little glam rock idol who emigrated to the USA to take root in that country and initiate a series of mutations still good despite the occasional rant.
During the debut of Bowie and his cronies in the popular television show Top of the Pops, an event occurred that would change the musical vision of many people and that would alert the UK right-thinking society: Bowie puts his arm around the neck Ronson. They were more innocent times.
Roxy Music.
Brian's band Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Brian "U2" Eno, Andy McKay and Paul Thompson were not the typical vultures who took advantage of the phenomenon of fashion to forge a short-lived success. Roxy Music was rock edge without falling into the pomposity and egotism instrumental progressive rock.
His first two albums with Eno giving a veneer experimental pop songs designed by Ferry are required listening for anyone who boasts of having good taste in music. Since the departure of Eno's production of the band maintains a good level but the risk decreases as the commercial increases. Eno
debut solo albums by charging a couple of genuine pop gems like Needle in the camel's eye before moving to the ambient sound amen to start a successful career as a producer.
Roxy Music, an example of commercialism and experimentation well understood ... not as a current band that I know.
Roxy Music, an example of commercialism and experimentation well understood ... not as a current band that I know.
Slade.
Slade had a pint of Banda'Gañanes as could be, but some guys who composed 17 songs that entered the Top 20 with 6 1, 3 of them going straight to the top spot in the charts from 1971 to 1976 should be something more than a redneck. This record is only comparable to what got the Beatles in the 60's decade that began SladeSkin. This great idea came from his manager Chas Chandler, former bassist of the Animals and manager of the late Jimi Hendrix. They moved away from that and decided to make promotional maneuver the deliberate misspellings in the titles of their songs in house brand.
came to star in his own movie (Slade In Flame) and got out of ostracism, which were submitted by the hordes of punk and New Wave, in the early eighties with a short string of new successes.
The Sweet.
always considered to be the prototype aesthetic Sweet Motley Crue but I digress. Sweet
began working as a syrupy pop performers usually composed and produced by the duo Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman (responsible for hits for many other artists of the genre). Things change when you increase the power of rock music and earn the sky and the applause of the audience with his better-known Ballroom Blitz.
In 1974 they recorded another of his great songs: Fox on the run, this time made up the group without external intervention.
Its popularity decreased, addictions, bad internal coils they ruin the group stage enters the disturbing input and output members, separations and reunions. deaths of Brian Connolly and Mick Tucker and the band split in 2 formations led by Andy Scott and Steve Priest respectively prevent a full-fledged meeting.
There are still many stories to tell but that is another day.
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