We were at the Trak cinema seeing a Scorsese double. The second film was Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. After Mean Streets and Taxi Driver. A bit of a letdown really. Can't remember much about it. Except for the opening shot which was the VW bug driving down the highway while "All The Way From Memphis" played on the soundtrack. And they had this great rock sound system at the Trak so it sounded magnificent. It was just amazing. I thought this was gonna be great but alas I can't remember anything else.
In 1973 if Bowie told me to buy a record I would do it. He put his stamp on the times. Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, and Mott The Hoople. Though I liked the first Mott album I loved the second. The first track which is this one just exploded out of the record player. It made me want to play piano. I still would like to play piano. Just like Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. Banging the keys which obviously Ian Hunter is doing here.
I bought the book "Dairy Of A Rock and Roll Star" by Ian Hunter. Maybe the best book about being in a band ever written. It was like a brochure as Mick Jones from the Clash put it. It was the stuff of rock and roll dreams but it showed the tedious stuff too and the rip-offs and brilliant stuff like the hunt for second-hand guitars and it made we want to be in a band. But I would have to wait 3 more years for that to happen. I had to buy an electric guitar.
In 1973 if Bowie told me to buy a record I would do it. He put his stamp on the times. Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, and Mott The Hoople. Though I liked the first Mott album I loved the second. The first track which is this one just exploded out of the record player. It made me want to play piano. I still would like to play piano. Just like Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. Banging the keys which obviously Ian Hunter is doing here.
I bought the book "Dairy Of A Rock and Roll Star" by Ian Hunter. Maybe the best book about being in a band ever written. It was like a brochure as Mick Jones from the Clash put it. It was the stuff of rock and roll dreams but it showed the tedious stuff too and the rip-offs and brilliant stuff like the hunt for second-hand guitars and it made we want to be in a band. But I would have to wait 3 more years for that to happen. I had to buy an electric guitar.
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