David Bowie in the 70s, deep dive (part ii)
Continued from part I. Pin Ups (1973)I’m hesitant to include Pin Ups in this deep dive. It’s a collection of […]
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David Bowie in the 70s, deep dive (part I)
I grew up in the late 90s, and every weirdo rock band that my 14-year-old-self listened to – Nine Inch
Rattus Norvegicus by the Stranglers (1977)
I’m internally conflicted about punk. Its abrasive, bile-spewing nihilism is compelling; its wilfully obstreperous lack of melody and musicianship less
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London Calling by the Clash (1979)
My favourite band growing up were the Manic Street Preachers, a Welsh rock act that rose to prominence in the
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Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (1977)
Rumours is the sound of a disintegrating band. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were embroiled in a bad-tempered separation while
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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols by the Sex Pistols (1977)
It’s easy to forget that, in the late 1970s, there was indeed anarchy in the UK. The economic growth and
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A Night at the Opera by Queen (1975)
What madness is this? Coming immediately off the back of the review of Born to Run, surely one of the
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Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (1975)
The review of Hotel California hinted at a dichotomy between, on the one hand, the gender-bending, experimental, slightly deviant aesthetic
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Hotel California by the Eagles (1976)
I like the Dude, but the Dude hates the fuckin’ Eagles, man, which is only to be expected, because they
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John (1973)
My parents repeatedly played Too Low For Zero in our car during the 80s, so Elton John reminds me vividly