What band(s) first got you into Rock-n-Roll?
The Who and Black Sabbath
@ChippySuave Being from Liverpool & with parents who used to go to The Cavern, it had to be The Beatles (I later made my parents really proud by playing there myself). My Dad loved The Who & Kinks (still does, actually), my Mum The Stones so it was them. But Sweet were the first band I paid real attention to. I begged them to use my birthday money when this was on Top of the Pops, so by default this became the first single I ever bought.
Sweet - The Sixteens
#cosomusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9MZ3ooM6wQ
Elvis, from my parents, hence the Avatar Then glam as a small kid. T-Rex, Gary Glitter (we didn't know! 🙃 ) Suzy Quatro, Bowie, Sweet
@BillyBones @ChippySuave @killingfloorman Gary Glitter's recorded sound was actually rather unique for the doubling of guitar and sax.
@gshevlin It really was. I'm sure the drums had at least some influence on Adam Ant a few years later.
I saw The Glitter Band (without GG) in the 80's and they sounded exactly the same. It's a shame about him though, because his frontman act was every bit as important as the music imo. Now it's really frowned upon to listen to him (for obvious reasons), except - it seems - in the States.
@gshevlin @ChippySuave @BillyBones didn't he use 2 drummers as well?
@killingfloorman @BillyBones @ChippySuave Yep. "Rock'n'Roll Parts 1 and 2" was 2 sides of a single edited down from a 15+ minute jam session.
@gshevlin I never knew that snippet! 😲
@ChippySuave @killingfloorman
@BillyBones @ChippySuave @gshevlin neither did I. Thanks 👍
@ChippySuave @BillyBones @killingfloorman It was also one of the original "sleeper" singles. I remember Part 2 (the instumental edit) slowly getting airplay over a period of months. Part 1 was hardly ever played.
@BillyBones @ChippySuave i somehow forgot to put Slade in there. Shame on me
@killingfloorman That does it. I'm claiming you as my long-lost bro 👍
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3nhHV4GiLg
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@killingfloorman My question about Gary Glitter and other rockers who do this.. why do they think it is sexy to wear a shirt with a V-neck that reaches their navel? 😂 @BillyBones
@ChippySuave It drove all women wild back then. Apparently 🤣
@killingfloorman Are you sure we're not brothers? I still love Gary Glitter's music, shame he's a twat.
My Dad's always fancied Suzi Quatro (and to this day is the 'famous person he'd be allowed to shag' lol). We met her together after seeing her with The Rubettes & Alvin Stardust. Saw her backstage and my Mum had to convince him to get a kiss from her! My Dad's an ex-policeman, big fella, hard as hell but turned into a blushing schoolboy that night 😆
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