Thursday, July 16, 2009

An Early Clue to the New Direction: Glam Guitar Hero Edition

From his 1974 solo album of the same name, please enjoy David Bowie's guitar foil and (apparently) all-around nice guy Mick Ronson and his post-Ventures instrumental take on Richard Rodgers' immortal "Slaughter on 10th Avenue."



As always, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded the first reader who gleans the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
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14 comments:

  1. Gummo7/16/2009 2:39 PM

    Great r'n'r instrumentals?

    Or have you done that one already?

    (BTW, I always thought one of rocks' great odd couples was when Ronson played lead guitar for Dylan in '75....)

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  2. steve simels7/16/2009 2:51 PM

    I always thought that odd, too, but he was actually great on that tour. And he produced that excellent McGuinn album as a result....

    Uh no, BTW....not instrumentals.

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  3. Unknown7/16/2009 2:57 PM

    Street Names?

    New York City references?

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  4. Wendy7/16/2009 3:17 PM

    Bands with boys who are prettier than most girls? :-)

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  5. David Rasmussen7/16/2009 3:28 PM

    That was excellent... band members who outshine the big name?

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  6. FD13NYC7/16/2009 3:41 PM

    Sadly, dead or live musicians who play songs about locations? Let us not forget how terrific he was with Ian Hunter! I still miss his screeching wah-wah feedback.

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  7. steve simels7/16/2009 5:41 PM

    I actually think this is awful, if truth be told. And the album, if memory serves, is pretty terrible also.

    Let's just say he did better work...
    :-)

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  8. Anonymous7/16/2009 7:15 PM

    Songs with addresses?

    ROTP(lumber)

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  9. David Rasmussen7/16/2009 7:45 PM

    I got caught up in the space age bachelor pad-ness of this (and am not a Bowie fan). Music that sounds like the title sequence for a movie?

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  10. MBowen7/16/2009 7:49 PM

    Songs that could have used a click track (definitely sounds like it slows down for a couple of bars around 1:00)?

    Songs about death/killing?

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  11. Alex7/16/2009 9:10 PM

    Rock 'n' Roll remakes of songs from musical theater?

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  12. dSmith7/16/2009 10:04 PM

    Recordings with piano playing that wouldn't sound out of place on a Ferrante and Teicher album?

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  13. steve simels7/16/2009 11:32 PM


    Peter said...


    New York City references?

    Close enough, damn your eyes!

    Seriously -- wear your coveted No-Prize on you lapel with pride, my friend!!!!

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  14. geor3ge7/16/2009 11:35 PM

    I always thought that odd, too, but he was actually great on that tour. And he produced that excellent McGuinn album as a result....

    The Bootleg Series from a few years ago captures some pretty astounding moments. Damn, that was a great band.

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