Letter From Britain
Lively Up Yourself!
I hope the Bay City Rollers become huge number one American biggest teeny sellers of all time, because it'll make everyone in England so cross.
April 1, 1976
I hope the Bay City Rollers become huge number one American biggest teeny sellers of all time, because it'll make everyone in England so cross. The spirit of '76 is mean, the sound of '76 is a carping disharmony, the movement of '76 is keeping up with Mr. Jones. Something is happening, we don't know what it is, but we do know what we don't like: Bruce Springsteen — "competent pastiche of West Side Story," Patti Smith — "pretentious bitch, Rimbaud,.. .fuckl," the Rollers — "puerile, badly dressed."