His music’s still played, for the most part. Again, no conviction, but enough evidence and testimony for us to conclude that something unsavoury was going on at Neverland. Is it as simple as Glitter got convicted? Then there’s Michael Jackson. Why has Gary Glitter been so completely erased from British pop music history, when others with similar allegations to their name haven’t? Plenty of huge stars from the sixties and seventies have their accusers… Jagger, Bowie… while Pete Townshend got caught ‘researching’ a book on child abuse. We’ll have cause to mention him when we arrive at a couple of 80s #1s.) He has been jailed for possessing child pornography, for child sexual abuse and attempted rape. I won’t be doing a Gary Glitter Top 10, or a Remembering Gary Glitter when he passes. I had never ever heard it before, and I probably never will again without choosing to. It is undeniably catchy though I would rate it worst out of his three chart-toppers. When the kids have moved on you know a style is on its way out…īut ‘Always Yours’ is a perfectly reasonable slice of late-era glam.
#Gary glitter 2018 full#
We’ve come full circle, from the days of thirty-something Bill Haley rocking around the clock to Glitter and Alvin Stardust dancing about in sparkly jumpsuits.
Which is rich, coming from a man in his mid-thirties. Al-ways Yo-ours…Īs with all his #1s, you don’t have to look very hard before finding lines that sound dodgy in hindsight. There are handclaps, pianos, and Glitter’s frenzied vocals.
The glitter stomp drumbeat has been sped up to raucous rockabilly levels. You know, I know, I’ll never never let you go… It’s a frantic record that races through its three minute allocation. He wasn’t always, I have to keep reminding myself, just a creepy paedo. Considering that the latter two acts are a decade away from arriving on the scene, we can conclude that Gary Glitter was a bit of an influence. (OK, he did, they just didn’t get to number one.) I’m getting Mud (the that’s me, that’s me lines are straight outta ‘Tiger Feet’) through Shakin’ Stevens vibes. There was the 1996 date at McNichol’s Arena that featured a full production of “Quadrophenia”, including guest vocalists Gary Glitter and Billy Idol.Always Yours, by Gary Glitter (his 3 rd and final #1)Įxcept, it’s another foot tapper. There was a triumphant reunion tour in 1989 that came to Folsom Field in Boulder. I have seen The Who several times since - though they have been on again off again ever since Moon’s death in 1978. As we exited the stadium, the car, flames shooting high into the night, had attracted a police helicopter, buzzing noisily around it, flashing its busy spotlight all over The Who’s rock and roll war zone. The band had the power to incite riotous behavior in its audience - from stomping too hard in the grandstands to torching a car in the parking lot. The feeling of danger that surrounded The Who was intact in Anaheim. Pete Townshend (Photo by Tim Van Schmidt) The safety of the structure was in question as The Who played. The fans rocked to the point where the management flashed a message on the scoreboard asking patrons to stop stomping in the grandstands. Moon took a turn at vocals for “Uncle Ernie”.
#Gary glitter 2018 full version#
It was a gas to hear a full version of “Magic Bus”. “Baba O’Reilly” was magnificent, lights spreading out over the huge crowd - truly a “teenage wasteland”.
0 kommentar(er)
