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LITM Extra - School's Out! Glam Rock pt.1
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the whole thing, plus dozens of hours more discussion and conversation, head to patreon.com/LoveMessagePod.
In this patrons’ episode we continue our look at musical currents of the 1970s by pulling on our platform boots, pasting on some eyeliner and getting ready for Glam Rock. In the first of two episodes, Tim and Jeremy excavate the pre-history of this strange trans-Atlantic phenomenon, which expresses both fascinating cultural insights and some pretty bad music (to our ears).
Tim and Jeremy discuss the concept of glamour itself, the glamorous side of Hippy culture, and clothing and makeup as forms of self-expression. They also get stuck into 60s Garage Rock, focusing on The Stooges and The Velvet Underground, to consider ideas of decadence, masculinity, mass culture, Warhol and more, before - via a detour through the singular artistry of David Bowie - teeing up two recognisable faces of early Glam: Marc Bolan and Alice Cooper.
Next episode we’ll be continuing on to Roxy Music, the New York Dolls, later Bowie, Slade, and the legacy of this strange musical force.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
Tracklist:
The Pleasure Seekers - What a Way to Die
The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
The Stooges - TV Eye
Alice Cooper - I’m Eighteen
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Alice Cooper - School’s Out
T. Rex - Hot Love
Books:
Philip Auslander - Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music
Simon Reynolds Book - Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century
Colin Campbell - The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism
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This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the whole thing, plus dozens of hours more discussion and conversation, head to patreon.com/LoveMessagePod.
In this patrons’ episode we continue our look at musical currents of the 1970s by pulling on our platform boots, pasting on some eyeliner and getting ready for Glam Rock. In the first of two episodes, Tim and Jeremy excavate the pre-history of this strange trans-Atlantic phenomenon, which expresses both fascinating cultural insights and some pretty bad music (to our ears).
Tim and Jeremy discuss the concept of glamour itself, the glamorous side of Hippy culture, and clothing and makeup as forms of self-expression. They also get stuck into 60s Garage Rock, focusing on The Stooges and The Velvet Underground, to consider ideas of decadence, masculinity, mass culture, Warhol and more, before - via a detour through the singular artistry of David Bowie - teeing up two recognisable faces of early Glam: Marc Bolan and Alice Cooper.
Next episode we’ll be continuing on to Roxy Music, the New York Dolls, later Bowie, Slade, and the legacy of this strange musical force.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
Tracklist:
The Pleasure Seekers - What a Way to Die
The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
The Stooges - TV Eye
Alice Cooper - I’m Eighteen
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Alice Cooper - School’s Out
T. Rex - Hot Love
Books:
Philip Auslander - Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music
Simon Reynolds Book - Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century
Colin Campbell - The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism
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