| Janurary |
Sweet hit the nail right on the head, this song appeals to the teenage rebel in all of us ... and if it doesn't please leave this page now and get back to your Oasis records.. you obviously don't understand rock'n'roll. Muds biggest hit.. complete with stolen dance steps (Stolen from the Shadows). |
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Febuary
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Alice Cooper, gives us another prime slice of teen angst.. "Is this the only way to get through my teens.." Bolan has his first solo hit.. a portent of things to come. Alvin Stardust, still skating close to the fake glam zone... (Only the twangy guitar is keeping him here..) Bowie just OOZES SEX! Some people would put BCR into the proper section.. but this is glam ROCK isn't it? I don't recall BCR having 'b' sides of a heavier nature (ala' Sweet) or doing anything remotely worthwhile in the overall scheme of things.. This is pap, and pap it will stay. |
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| March | The Glitter Band step out from behind Gary and have a hit that sounds just like the Glitter Band.. top stuff! |
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| April |
Ok, pay attention now... Slade have just released a ballad.. this is an important development.. people will copy and they will mess it up.. can you imagine Alvin Stardust getting away with a ballad? nope, I thought not.. Mud are still happily riding the Chinnichap wave.. Mott The Hoople realise where they are. |
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May
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Sadly, Gary will never get his wish, we won't remember him this way, we'll remember him for an entirely different reason. So if you're one of those angry people that writes to me demanding I erase Glitter from this site completely, I would ask why Hitler isn't taken out of books about World War 2, or Gengis Khan, or Mussolini, or Saddam Hussein aren't removed from their relevent chapters of history. It's history, that's all it is, we can't change it, we should learn from it and stop it ever happening again, but putting our heads in the sand and pretending the parties involved didn't exist will get us nowhere. The Rubettes don their jaunty white caps polish their super white teeth and release this KILLER record! Sparks (The brothers Mael) move to the UK, find a band from the Melody Makers classifed section - and make a classic album (Kimono My House) which leads off with this song.. Elton John bet the producer this would NEVER be a hit.. and that dear Elton, is why you're fake glam and Sparks are still cool 30 years later, however, when I met them, they were too cool to be nice.. BCR again.. every generation has its "Take That". And Alvin loses that Credible 2% that was keeping him in the cool section.. did you know he does Glam Rock revival shows now wearing "joke" wigs and boots.. very ironic Alvin, very "90's" ..utter shite. |
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| June |
Cockney rebel jump on the bandwagon, a touch fey, very pretentious.. but actually quite good.. Don't know much about "Arrows" suffice to say this record is great! |
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| July | Everyone treading water, except Sweet & Sparks who follow up their debut hit with a fine piece of shrieking stomp, "Girls grow tops to go topless in, While we sit and count the hairs that blossom from our chins, Our voices change at a rapid pace I could start a song a tenor and then end as bass" - Gen-i-us - .. The Sweet are still talking to my soul with this fine teen anthem.. where were you in '68? er.. junior school.. why do you ask? |
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August
Fake Glam:
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Cozy Powell was a giant amongst drummers, his work with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is testament to that, he played with loads of bands and brought heavyosity with him every time. One of the top 10 Rock Drummers of all time if you ask me (You know the list, the one with Keith Moon at number one..) Anyway, this was the last solo hit for Cozy. (until the central reservation)
BCR go on to be the years best selling group ...after "The Wombles." Showaddywaddy get included on all Glam Rock compilation albums, but they're really a rock'n'roll revival act, they came to fame on a TV talent show.. not cool guys. |
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September
Fake Glam:
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Cockney Rebel still fey, Bowie doing another cover version.. something he does real well, also his image seems to be changing.. uh-oh!! you you you ....fool. |
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October
Fake Glam:
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2nd ballad from Slade.. the writings on the wall.. Dunno why the Glitter Band want Gary back, they're having more hits than him at this point.. |
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| November |
Great month eh? Six classy releases. |
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December
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Jealous of Slade & Wizzard's triumph last year Mud try for it with this pastiche Elvis number.. dreadful! |
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Glam's barely alive in: 1975