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I hated that term "glam rock" because to me, it had the stigma of cross-dressing (not that there's anything wrong with it), and if I did listen to Bowie or T-Rex or someone like that, the kids would deem you a drag queen. Elton John and Rod Stewart were considered "glam rock" to some critics.
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Hmm! The glam rock period of time took a more flamboyant style - and some bands took an effeminate image but I believe that continued into New Wave. I believe that New Wave gave the feminine style a more serious edge - Not that it bothers me at all.

Glam rock, to me, will never bring about images of transvetitism - most bands were playing it for laughs and there seemed to be a party atmosphere which you don't seem to get anymore.

I can see your point about Elton John, he wore some amazing costumes and glasses but Rod Stewart? Nah!  :)

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Funny, it never struck me like that (well, apart from the bloke in Mudd maybe?  :) ). Glam rock actually was mostly pretty straight. I mean, you could hardly have got a more hard-rocking hetero' band than Slade.

Off the top of my head the only 'glam' artist that I can think of that had a slightly gay image was Bowie at the time of Ziggy Stardust (oh, I guess he did a bit of cross dressing too, now I come to think about it - on the original cover of The Man Who Sold The World). I think Bowie was the first well-known person I know of who put across a positive gay image. Remember that, back in the early '70s, no really well-known people were truly 'out'. Most people thought that all gay people were as camp as Larry Grayson or John Inman from Are You Being Served (though not even Larry and John were, apparently, gay - they just, you know, 'acted' the part....  ;D ).

Ah, how times have changed.

all the best
Huw

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I agree (as usual) with Paul UK.

Glam rock does not (in anyway) mean 'gay' rock.
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I got a different impression from the other posts.
I'm glad to hear it's not labled. At least as fat as you two are concerned. Though when I say I like certian performers I get a Look, which means that it IS labled in some way. What a pity.  

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I liked the New York Dolls, David Johannson had a great voice.  I liked that song he did as Buster Poindexter, something about the radio in the early 80s, beautiful song.
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yeah i loved the "buster poindexter" song "hot,hot,hot" but i never really heard of any songs by the NYD's but i did hear of them.End Quote

I remember Buster Poindexter's version of 'Hot, Hot, Hot' but who did it first? Buster or Arrow?

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I'm glad to hear it's not labled. At least as fat as you two are concerned. Though when I say I like certian performers I get a Look, which means that it IS labled in some way. What a pity.  End Quote

I think a lot of blokes in the 70s would feel quite offended if someone would refer to 'glam rock' as an excercise in transvestite homosexuality.

I also get that look from people when I mention certain performers as well but I don't think it's because they are labelled as such. I believe it's through ignorance of other people's feelings about certain music.

That is a pity.  :-/

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I remember Buster Poindexter's version of 'Hot, Hot, Hot' but who did it first? Buster or Arrow?
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That would've been Arrow, Bobby - over three years earlier than Buster's rendition...it was one of the first genuine soca records to cross over - come to think of it, I don't think there's been many more...!

In one of your posts above you refer to the difference between glam and stadium rock - well, once glam had died off around 1974-75, the boundaries between what remained and the newer "hard rockers" became ever more blurred. Sweet were a prime example - after they decided to rely more on self-penned material, they eventually did become a well-respected rock group. And although their successes came after glam had gone, both Queen & Kiss kept the "outrageous showmanship" alongside their harder rock sensibilities - and it done both groups no harm at all...

So although some people may just brush Glam off as "another fad", it did have some far-reaching effects...after all, if Punk can be talked about as an art form nowadays, why not Glam?

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So although some people may just brush Glam off as "another fad", it did have some far-reaching effects...after all, if Punk can be talked about as an art form nowadays, why not Glam?
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I totally agree, Paul UK. As for punk, to call it an 'artform' would be pushing things a bit but as a revolutionary force for a country on the skids at the time, I believe it's influence is legendary - perhaps the like we will never see again.

I think that bands are too self conscious to attempt anything T-Rex, David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Slade, Wizzard, The Sweet had been doing in the 70s. Bands don't know how to have fun anymore.