The Wildest Monotone Around
It's been a long time since. I've been exposed to such a concentrated dose of pop as last week, watching the David Bowie segment of Midnight Special. The show itself, all flash and wham barii, was like' one great audio-visual single; following Wolfman Jerk and all those boring un-produced American" rock shows, it'll have to go down in history like the Beatles" first appearance oh Ed Sullivan.
The Wildest Monotone Around
GREG SHAW
Nov. 20
It's been a long time since. I've been exposed to such a concentrated dose of pop as last week, watching the David Bowie segment of Midnight Special. The show itself, all flash and wham barii, was like' one greataudio-visual single; following Wolfman Jerk and all those boring un-produced American" rock shows, it'll have to go down in history like the Beatles" first appearance oh Ed Sullivan. It was a night I'll never forget. We had the TV at the office, working on the magazine while we watched, I was pasting down advance photos of Marianne Faithfull from the show, glancing at the piles of 1965 Who pictures in front of me as Bowie did "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere." Later, Rodney Bingenheimer dropped in, fresh from England 'with some exclusive Suzi Quatro shots and a French copy of the new Sweet single "Ballroom Blitz" (unreleased here as yet) with a fabulous picture sleeve. Bowie himself was down the street watching the show from Rodney's club, where a party was in progress. The Troggs were on TV.