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<font size="4" face="Arial">Odd, especially considering that Bolan was credited with inventing the very genre itself!Quote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
Oh yeah, I love the image also, but the music man. I would never have fallen in love with T-Rex just for the image way back when. I liked Electric Warrior, but once I heard The Slider, I was done for. His image wasn't overly GLAM.
He wore the sparkles around his eyes before anyone else, and his satin suits were quite tres chic!
...and the music was tres chic as well [img]wink.gif[/img] ...
For most of the bands who I love, I listened to their music first and then I discovered to what they looked like...
Glam, when done right is, to me, the perfect rock'n'roll.
Like someone mentioned you have the big hooks, the riffs and overall carchy songs which is of course the most important thing. Then there is the rock star element to it.
To me it was never interessting to be in a band without an image. If you wanna be a rock star, dress the part has always been my attitude. Give the people something to look at, some entertainment, some value for money... I think band like Nirvana (and a million other bands) just don't make an effort to entertain. They look boring and they were boring.
Now if you are also into partying there is no better style of music to be into than glam... and let's face it girls like glam as well...
You just can't lose with this.
Now where are those blasted drugs! I know I have them somewhere haha
<font size="4" face="Arial">Odd, especially considering that Bolan was credited with inventing the very genre itself!Quote:
Originally posted by JayForSure:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="4" face="Arial">Originally posted by Carl I.:
Oh yeah, I love the image also, but the music man. I would never have fallen in love with T-Rex just for the image way back when. I liked Electric Warrior, but once I heard The Slider, I was done for. His image wasn't overly GLAM.
He wore the sparkles around his eyes before anyone else, and his satin suits were quite tres chic!</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="4" face="Arial">I know, but by the time I fell into Glam, I had already started seeing pictures of Hanoi Rocks, an in all honesty, Bolan was quite "tame" in comparison. The look had been around. It was his music that made me sit up and take REAL notice in 1983 when I first noticed it. During his prime, I was only 2, so his look really would have missed it's mark at that point.
But don't get me wrong, as odd as it is, nothing SCREAMS "GLAM IMAGE" and inspiration as much as that black and white cover for The Slider!!! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Yeah, only Andy really wore any kind of "Glam" footwear at times. The rest of them though, the cool looks, then you get to their feet and they were wearing Nike's!!! I never understood that either, and it hurt the image a tad, didn't it?
Wasn't it just RAzzle who wore Nike's?
I can't remember ever seeing Nasty, Sammy, Mike or Andy wearing Nike's, but of course I might be wrong.
Think the most common footwear they had were these chealsea boot type things without the heels
I was attracted by the Teeth of a band.
Nothing more,..
Nothing less.
<font size="4" face="Arial">Almost positive Mike was a tenny shoe guy often.Quote:
Originally posted by chrisdamien:
Wasn't it just RAzzle who wore Nike's?
I can't remember ever seeing Nasty, Sammy, Mike or Andy wearing Nike's, but of course I might be wrong.
Think the most common footwear they had were these chealsea boot type things without the heels